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10.1
ICE Bus Adaptor translates events and data into bus transactions
Component
10.2.1
Power Subsystem: Battery Provides reserve energy to operate the PCA Pump when mains power fails.
Component
10.2.2
Power Subsystem: Power Control Switches between battery-backup and mains supply and detects anomalies like voltage out-of-range.
Component
10.3.1
Operation Subsystem: Control Panel The control panel combines a touch panel with a speaker by which a clinician can enter and confirm configuration and see and hear alarms and warnings. is used by an authorized clinician to start and stop infusion displays the prescription read from the drug container by the scanner for confirmation or rejection. displays the PCA pump's status. allows request of a bolus by a clinician. allows entry of the clinician requested bolus duration displays alarm and warning indications sounds alerts for alarm and warning indications allows alarm inactivation displays if and how alarms are currently inactivated
Component
10.3.3
Operation Subsystem: Operation Thread The operation thread performs primary pump operation control.
Component
10.3.4
Operational Subsystem: Drug Library Thread The drug library thread stores the drug library provided by the hospital pharmacy and retrieves the drug record corresponding to the drug loaded into the reservoir.
Component
10.3.5
Operational Subsystem: Event Logger Thread The event logger thread records all actions or events for later review or audit.
Component
10.3.6
Operational Subsystem: Scanner The scanner reads an optical or RFID code on the patient clinician and the drug container that is loaded into the reservoir.
Component
10.4
Security Subsystem The security subsystem performs authentication calculations of patient wrist bands clinician badges prescription labels drug libraries and messages with ICE. It will also encrypt patient data to be sent to an electronic health record system. Within the security subsystem a crypto process holds a crypto thread which controls a trusted platform module (TPM). A personal presence button must be pressed by a person for certain TPM initializations.
Component
10.5
Fluid Subsystem The fluid subsystem moves drug from the reservoir to the line to the patient and is depicted in Figure 9. The drug flows from the reservoir through the upstream monitor to the pump then through the downstream monitor to the tube to the patient.
Component
10.5.1
Fluid Subsystem: Pump The pump moves fluid at specified rate primes itself announces if priming fails indicates when it's too hot and halts pumping when commanded.
Component
10.5.2
Fluid Subsystem: Upstream Monitor The upstream monitor measures drug flow into the pump and detects upstream occlusion.
Component
10.5.3
Fluid Subsystem: Drug Reservoir The drug reservoir holds liquid drug until infused.
Component
10.5.5
Fluid Subsystem: Patient Button The patient button allows the patient to request an extra bolus of drug on demand. It may be connected by wire or RF to the PCA pump so that it is conveniently located for the patient.
Component
10.6
Safety Subsystem The safety subsystem works with but is distinct from the operation subsystem. The safety subsystem detects faults that may harm the patient signals an alarm or warning and stop infusion or reduces infusion to a keep vein open rate depending on the fault(s) detected. The components in the safety system are listed in Table 10 and depicted in Figure 10.
Component
10.6.1
Safety Subsystem: Failure LED Hardware faults that prevent execution of thread cause the failure LED to illuminate.
Component
10.6.2
Safety Subsystem: Alarm Thread The alarm thread (within the alarm process) evaluates fault signals to determine whether the infusion rate should be changed issues alarm and warning signals to be sounded and displayed by the control panel and creates fault entries to be stored in the fault log.
Component
10.6.3
Safety Subsystem: Pump Fault Manager The pump fault manager determines if the measured upstream and downstream flow rates are within tolerance of the speci ed rate and aggregates other pump fault indications into a combined pump fault indication.
Component
10.6.4
Safety Subsystem: Error Detector The error detector detects conditions that prevent threads from operating thus could not be detected by the alarm thread
Component
10.6.5
Safety Subsystem: Fault Logger The fault logger records all errors that are detected. As such it is pure hardware that does not depend on thread execution. It also maintains a hardware real-time clock used for timestamps by
Component
10.7
Functional Safety Architecture The functional safety architecture separates operation from error/fault detection with a few exceptions. This allows safety requirements to be more easily achieved and verified. Components comprising the functional safety architecture are: Upstream Monitor Downstream Monitor Pump Fault Manager Alarm Thread Error Detector Fault Logger Failure LED Power Control
Component
R2.4.0(1)
temperature range. The PCA pump should be able to operate within a temperature range of Tlo =10C to Thi =50C
Requirement
R2.4.0(2)
atmospheric pressure. The pump should be able to operate under atmospheric pressure ranging from Pmin =20 Hg tp Pmax = 35 Hg
Requirement
R2.4.0(3)
relative humidity. The (external) pump should be able to operate at relative humidity ranging from Hmin = 0% to Hmax =100% (non-condensing)
Requirement
R2.4.0(4)
splashing. The PCA pump should be able to withstand splashing (but not immersion) with water or bodily fluids
Requirement
R4.1.0(1)
basal flow rate. The basal flow rate Fbasal is prescribed by a physician and entered into the PCA pump by scanning the prescription from the drug container label as it is loaded into the reservoir
Requirement
R4.1.0(2)
basal infusion flow range. The pump shall be able to deliver basal infusion at flows throughout the basal infusion flow range of Fbasal min = 1 to Fbasal max = 10 ml/hr
Requirement
R4.1.0(3)
basal infusion flow tolerance. The pump shall deliver basal infusion at the prescribed basal rate within a basal infusion flow tolerance of Fbasal tol = 0.5 ml/hr of the prescribed basal rate.
Requirement
R4.1.0(5)
minimum KVO flow rate. The pump shall maintain a minimum KVO flow rate of FKVO = 1/ml at all times during infusion even during alarms unless the alarm also stops flow. Table 4 defines which alarms also stop drug flow completely.
Requirement
R4.2.0(2)
patient-requested bolus. A patient-requested bolus shall be delivered at its prescribed rate Fbolus in addition to the prescribed basal flow rate Fbasal but no more than the maximim flow rate for the pump Fmax.
Requirement
R4.2.0(5)
max dose warning. Patient-requested bolus shall not be delivered if infusing prescribed VTBI will exceed hard limits retrieved from the drug library for the volume of drug infused over a period of time. Pump rate shall be reduced to KVO and a max dose warning be issued.
Requirement
R4.3.0(2)
clinician-requested bolus. A clinician-requested bolus shall be delivered at the rate Fccb of VTBI divided by the duration chosen by the clinician ?ccb in addition to the prescribed basal flow rate Fbasal but no more than the maximum flow rate for the pump Fmax.
Requirement
R4.3.0(7)
max dose warning. Clinician commanded bolus shall be halted when continuinh to infuse prescribed VTBI will exceed hard limits retrieved from the drug library for the volume of drug infused over a period of time. Pump rate shall be reduced to KVO and a max dose warning be issued.
Requirement
R5.1.0(1)
measure drug flow. The PCA pump shall measure drug flow within a tolerance of Fmdf tol = 0.1 ml/hr.
Requirement
R5.1.0(2)
detect downstream occlusion. The PCA pump shall detect downstream occlusion
Requirement
R5.1.0(3)
detect upstream occlusion. The PCA pump shall detect upstream occlusion.
Requirement
R5.1.0(4)
detect air-in-line embolism. The PCA pump shall detect air-in-line embolism
Requirement
R5.10.0(1)
patient's wristband. The scanner shall read and authenticate information from the patient's wristband.
Requirement
R5.10.0(2)
clinician's badge. The scanner shall read and authenticate information from the clinician's badge.
Requirement
R5.10.0(3)
drug's package label. The scanner shall read and authenticate information from the drug's package label
Requirement
R5.2.0(1)
pump drug. The mechanical pump shall pump drug at precribed flow rates for basal bolus and KVO infusion when commanded.
Requirement
R5.2.0(2)
halt pumping. The mechanical pump shall halt pumping when commanded or caused in response to an alarm condition (at end of pump stoke?)
Requirement
R5.2.0(3)
reverse flow. The mechanical pump shall not allow reverse flow from the patient into the pump.
Requirement
R5.3.0(1)
device parameters. The PCA pump shall use a physician's prescriptions as device parameters
Requirement
R5.4.0(1)
issue alarms and warnings. The PCA pump shall issue alarms and warnings that require clinician attention
Requirement
R5.4.0(2)
basal over-infusion alarm. IF delivered basal flow rate exceeds the prescribed basal rate setting by more than its allowered tolerance over a period of more than 5 minutes or immediately if the pump goes into free flow the pump shall issue a basal-overinfusion alarm. (EC3.2.7)
Requirement
R5.4.0(3)
basal under-infusion warning. If delivered basal flow rate is less than the prescribed basal rate setting by more than its allowed tolerance over a period of more than 5 minutes or immediately if the flow stops the pump shall issue a basal under-infusion warning. (EC3.2.8)
Requirement
R5.4.0(4)
bolus over-infusion alarm. If delivered patient-requested bolus flow rate exceeds the prescribed patient-requested bolus rate setting by more than its allowed tolerance over a period of more than 1 minute or immediately if the pump goes into free flow the pump shall issue a bolus over-infusion alarm. (EC 3.2.7).
Requirement
R5.4.0(5)
bolus under-infusion warning. If patient-requested bolus is less than the prescribed bolus rate setting by more than its allowed tolerance over a period of more than 1 minute or immediately if the flow stops the pump shall issue a bolus under-infusion warning. (EC3.2.8)
Requirement
R5.4.0(6)
square bolus over-infusion alarm. If delivered clinician-requested bolus flow rate exceeds the calculated square bolus rate by more than its allowed tolerance over a period of more than 5 minutes or immediately if the pump goes into free flow the pump shall issue a square bolus over-infusion alarm. (EC3.2.7)
Requirement
R5.4.0(7)
square bolus under-infusion warning. If delivered clinician-requested bolus flow rate is less than the calculated square bolus rate by more than its allowed tolerance over a period of more than 5 minutes or immediately if the flow stops the pump shall issue a square bolus under-infusion warning. (EC3.2.8)
Requirement
R5.4.0(8)
pump overheated alarm. If the pump gets overheated to more than Tpoh = 55 C the pump shall issue a pump overloaded alarm
Requirement
R5.4.1(1)
priority. Alarm's and warning's priority shall be determined in accordance with standard IEC 60601-1-8 Medical electrical equipment- Part 1-8: General requirements for safety - Collateral standard: Alarm systems- General requirements tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems.
Requirement
R5.4.1(2)
alarm pump rate. Priority for alarms and warnings is shown in Table 4; warnings are low-priority alarms. The last column show the alarm pump rate to be used while the alarm is in effect. For "special" flow rates for power malfunctions see Section 6.3.
Requirement
R5.4.1(3)
power and battery failure. Because with either working battery or power supply can operate the pump if the battery failure alarm and either the voltage out-o-range or the power supply failure alarms the the pump rate will be off otherwise the pump rate will continue at its previous value.
Requirement
R5.4.2(1)
visual alarm signal. If a visual indicator is necessary for the clinicaian to identify the equipment or part of the equipment that requires clinician response or awareness at least one visual alarm signal shall be provided that 1. indicated the priority of the highest priority alarm condition; and 2. can be perceived correctly at a distance of 4 m from the PCA pump.
Requirement
R5.4.2(2)
alarm indicator appearance. The alarm indicator appearance shall comply with color flashing frequency and duty cycle given in Table 5.
Requirement
R5.4.2(3)
see alarm signal. At least one visual alarm signal shall be provided that identifies the specific alarm condition and its priority. This signal shall be perceived correctly (be legible) at a distance of 1m from the equipment or part of the equipment or from the clinician's position.
Requirement
R5.4.2(4)
alarm symbols. Visual alarm shall display alarm symbols from Table D.201 Graphical symbols for ALARM SYSTEMS of standard IEC 60601-1-8.
Requirement
R5.4.3(1)
audible alarms signals. Alarms shall cause audible alarms signals that meet the requirements of Tables 203 and 204 of standard IEC 60601-1-8 for alarm pulses bursts and harmonics.
Requirement
R5.4.3(2)
auditory volume. The auditory volume of audible alarms signals shall conform to Selction 201.3.3.2
Requirement
R5.4.3(3)
alarm melody. The alarm melody of audible alarms signals shall conform to Table AAA.1 of standard IEC 60601-1-8 for drug or fluid delivery. \C d g" shall be used for medium priority alarms; \C d g - C d" shall be used for high priority alarms; \e c" shall be used for warnings and low priority alarms.
Requirement
R5.4.3(4)
harmonic components. Each tone in the alarm melody shall be composed of a minimum of 4 harmonic components in the range 300 Hz to 4000 Hz comprising an inverted 9th jazz chord.
Requirement
R5.5.0(16)
cancel alarm signal inactivation. The Control Panel shall provide means to cancel alarm signal inactivation
Requirement
R5.5.0(2)
start button. The PCA pump shall have a start button.
Requirement
R5.5.0(21)
tactile responses. The Control Panel confirms operation during power-on self-test
Requirement
R5.5.0(3)
start infusion. Upon the clinician's pressing of the start button prescribed infusion shall commence
Requirement
R5.5.0(5)
stop button. The PCA pump shall have a stop button.
Requirement
R5.5.0(6)
stop infusion. Upon the clinician's pressing of the stop button prescribed infusion shall halt
Requirement
R5.5.0(7)
clinician bolus request. The control panel shall allow authorized clinician bolus request and choice of duration.. clinician authentication. Required when changing prescription during infusion . patient authenticaion. Required when changing prescription during infusion. prescription authentication. Required when changing prescription during infusion (patient-to-drug match). control panel. The control panel must display currently-programmed patient data and physician's prescription.
Requirement
R5.5.0(9)
soft limit confirmation. Prescriptions that violate the soft limits of the drug in the drug library shall issue a visible and audible warning requiring a soft limit confirmation by the clinician.
Requirement
R5.5.0(1)
control panel. The control panel must display currently-programmed patient data and physician's prescription.
Requirement
R5.5.0(10)
hard limit. Prescriptions that violate a hard limit of the drug in the drug library shall be rejected with visible and audible indication when con rmation is attempted by the clinician.
Requirement
R5.5.0(11)
show alarm. The Control Panel shall visually indicate the specific problem causing the alarm condition as described in Section 5.4.2.
Requirement
R5.5.0(12)
sound alarm. The Control Panel shall audibly indicate the specific problem causing the alarm condition as described in Section 5.4.3.
Requirement
R5.5.0(13)
stop silences alarms. Pressing the stop button confirms and silences all alarms and terminates any alarm signal inactivation.
Requirement
R5.5.0(14)
inactivate audible alarms indefinitely. The Control Panel shal provide means to inactivate audible alarms indefinitely.
Requirement
R5.5.0(15)
inactivate audible alarms temporarily. The Control Panel shall provide the means to inactivate audible alarms temporarily for a predefined period of time.
Requirement
R5.5.0(17)
inactive auditory alarm symbol. When auditory alarms are inactive the control panel shall display an inactive auditory alarm symbol from Table D.201 Graphical symbols for ALARM SYSTEMS of standard IEC 60601-1-8.
Requirement
R5.5.0(18)
alert-stop-start sequence. If the same alert-stop-start sequence occurs 3 or more times in ten minutes infusion will be stopped and an audible alarm sounded.
Requirement
R5.5.0(19)
sound of audible alarm. The Control Panel confirms operation during power-on self-test
Requirement
R5.5.0(20)
display of visual information. The Control Panel confirms operation during power-on self-test
Requirement
R5.5.0(8)
prescription confirmation. Required when changing prescription during infusion
Requirement
R5.6.0(1)
event log. The PCA pump shall maintain an electronic event log to record each action taken by the pump and each event sensed of its environment.
Requirement
R5.6.0(2)
fault log. The PCA pump shall maintain an electronic fault log to record each fault condition and the associated alarm and/or alert issued.
Requirement
R5.6.0(3)
time stamp. Each log entry shall have a time stamp with its time of occurrence.
Requirement
R5.6.0(4)
prescription retention. The patient's prescription shall be retained for at least ?data= 96 hours after the PCA pump is turned-off and unplugged.
Requirement
R5.6.0(5)
log retention. Information in event and Fault Logs shall be retained for at least ?log= 1000 hours after the PCA pump is turned-off and unplugged.
Requirement
R5.6.0(6)
event log size. The event log shall record 30 days of typical events before overwriting oldest event records first
Requirement
R5.6.0(7)
fault log size. The fault log shall record at least 1000 faults before overwriting oldest fault records first
Requirement
R5.6.0(8)
real-time clock. A real-time clock must produce timestamps accurate to 10 ms.
Requirement
R5.7.0(2)
ICE alarms. The ICE interface shall transmit encrypted and authenticated alarms and warnings to the ICE system.
Requirement
R5.7.0(3)
ICE bolus duration. The ICE interface shall allow an authorized clinician to set the duration of clinician-requested boluses through an ICE supervisor user interface.
Requirement
R5.7.0(4)
ICE KVO rate. The PCA pump shall switch to KVO infusion rate upon receiving an authenticated command through its ICE interface.
Requirement
R5.7.0(5)
ICE resume infusion. The PCA pump shall resume prescribed infusion upon receiving an authenticated command through its ICE interface.
Requirement
R5.7.0(1)
ICE operating status. The ICE Interface shall transmit encrypted and authenticated current operating status to the ICE system.
Requirement
R5.8.0(1)
drug reservoir. The drug reservoir holds liquid pain-killer supplied by the hospital pharmacy and loaded into the PCA pump by the clinician.
Requirement
R5.8.0(10)
empty-reservoir alarm. If the drug volume in the reservoir measures less than Vers =0.5 ml and an infusion is in progress an empty-reservoir alarm shall be issued stopping the pump.
Requirement
R5.8.0(2)
reservoir contents. The drug reservoir shall measure its contents.
Requirement
R5.8.0(3)
reservoir tolerance. The measured drug volume shall be within Vrt = 1 ml of the actual drug volume.
Requirement