US Patent 10306012 Secure network access to infusion pump

A system for secure network access to an infusion pump has an infusion pump and a server computer. The infusion pump includes a network interface circuit configured to provide communications over a network, the network interface circuit configured to provide a communication port. The infusion pump includes a processing circuit to open a communication port on the network interface circuit and transmit infusion pump data to a server computer over the network. The processing circuit is configured to transmit to the server computer a request for a command from the server computer and receive a command from the server computer. The processing circuit is configured to determine whether the command is on a predetermined list of commands, the predetermined list of commands being a subset of functions the infusion pump is configured to perform and, if so, process the command and close the communication port.