Medication delivery apparatus

The invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for the intravenous infusion of medication and, more particularly, to the automatic administration of intermittent medications in accordance with a predetermined medical therapy. A multichamber fluid bag is manufactured with a particular chamber size and geometry for implementing a prescribed infusion therapy. Because the infusion therapy is implemented by the bag's chamber configuration, the administration of a complex medical infusion therapy is simplified. It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an automated system based on an integral fluid bag for administering a variety of intravenous drug regimens and reducing the vagaries of existing manual systems. The fluid has multiple chambers configured to implement a prescribed intravenous medical therapy. Each chamber's geometry (size, shape), sequence and position, alone and in combination with the other chambers, matches the prescribed intravenous therapy or drug regimen. The bag's configuration assures that the intravenous therapy is administered in accordance with the prescribed drug regimen, thus automating the previous manual method. A choice of fluid bag configurations may be stocked so that a prescription for well known and widely accepted drug regimens may be filled by merely selecting a bag with the appropriate chamber configuration and filling it with the prescribed medications.