Work station for medical dose preparation system

• US 10,045,912 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baxter Corporation Englewood (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Baxter Corporation Englewood (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Ranalletta, Joseph V., Weber, Wesley J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Allen
• Application Number:
  US15/193,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20160302569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• Field of Search: 348143
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/003 Connecting table tops to underframes connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts F16B12/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/10 Tops characterised by shape, other than circular or rectangular
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2037/005 Tables specially adapted for laboratories
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 37/00 Tables adapted for other particular purposes glass cutting tables C03B33/03
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/74 for weight
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 3/00 Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0076 Medicament distribution means with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/14 for producing polarised light
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/414 using electronic computing means only
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/143 Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/66 Trinkets, e.g. shirt buttons or jewellery items recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 : Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 : for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

Embodiments of work stations for use in medical dose preparation management system. A work station may include a camera stand. The camera stand may include a housing enclosing a camera and one or more light sources therein. As such, the camera and light sources may be directed at a medical dose preparation staging region to capture medical dose preparation images of the medical dose preparation staging region. The camera stand may include an adjustable support positionable in a plurality of positions to dispose the camera and light source relative to the medical dose preparation staging region. A base with a removable tray may be provided that include medical receptacle engagement features. The work stations may facilitate improved image quality, efficiency of work flows carried out at the work station, and administrative tasks such as cleaning.

Claims

1. A work station for use in a system for medical dose preparation management, comprising:

a base;

a support platform at least partially defining a medication preparation staging region and having a support surface that includes a plurality of grooves defined by an outside face of the support platform that are adapted to support at least a portion of a medication receptacle, wherein a first portion of the plurality of grooves extend in a first direction corresponding with a width of the support surface, and wherein a second portion of the plurality of grooves extend across said first portion of the plurality of grooves in a second direction corresponding with a length of the support surface; and

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an imaging device supportably disposed relative to the base and having an imaging field encompassing at least a portion of the medication preparation staging region.

2. A work station according to claim 1, further comprising:

a scale to output a weight corresponding to a medication receptacle supportably disposed on said support surface in said medication preparation staging region.

3. A work station according to claim 2, wherein said scale is included in said base.

4. A work station according to claim 3, wherein said support platform is removably disposed relative to said base.

5. A work station according to claim 3, further comprising:

a housing, wherein said imaging device is located at least partially within the housing;

and, a support member extending between the base and the housing for supportably disposing the imaging device relative to the base and the support platform.

6. A work station according to claim 5, further comprising:

a transparent shield, wherein said housing and said transparent shield collectively define a continuous outer surface and an enclosed volume within which said imaging device is disposed.

7. A work station according to claim 6, wherein the transparent shield covers at least a portion of the imaging device corresponding to at least a lens of the imaging device, wherein the imaging field extends through the transparent shield.

8. A work station according to claim 6, wherein the imaging device has at least one fixed optical setting that is preset.

9. A work station according to claim 2, wherein said scale comprises a plurality of load cells.

10. A work station according to claim 2, further comprising:

a processor in operative communication with said scale; and

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a memory in operative communication with the processor, wherein the processor is operable to compare the weight to an anticipated weight of the medication receptacle.

11. A work station according to claim 10, wherein said weight and said anticipated weight are stored in said memory as a part of metadata corresponding to a medication dose order.

12. A work station according to claim 11, wherein the processor is operable to calculate a deviation of the weight to the anticipated weight.

13. A work station according to claim 12, wherein the deviation is compared to a threshold deviation, and wherein when the deviation exceeds a threshold deviation an alert is provided to a user.

14. A work station for use in a system for medical dose preparation management, comprising:

a base;

a support platform at least partially defining a medication preparation staging region and having a support surface that includes a plurality of grooves, a plurality of channels, and a surface having a corresponding reference plane, wherein

a first portion of the plurality of grooves extend in a first direction corresponding with a width of the support surface,

a second portion of the plurality of grooves extend across said first portion of the plurality of grooves in a second direction corresponding with a length of the support surface,

each of said plurality of grooves defines a corresponding concave surface having a first radius of curvature,

the plurality of channels extend in said second direction corresponding with said length of said support surface,

each of said plurality of channels defines a corresponding concave surface having a second radius of curvature, wherein

said first radius of curvature is greater than said second radius of said curvature,

said plurality of grooves extend from the reference plane a first depth, and

said plurality of channels extend from the reference plane a second depth that is greater than the first depth; and

an imaging device supportably disposed relative to the base and having an imaging field encompassing at least a portion of the medication preparation staging region.

15. A work station according to claim 14, further comprising:

a scale to output a weight corresponding to a medication receptacle supportably disposed on said support surface in said medication preparation staging region.

16. A work station according to claim 15, wherein said scale is included in said base.

17. A work station according to claim 16, wherein said support platform is removably disposed relative to said base.

18. A work station according to claim 16, further comprising:

a housing, wherein said imaging device is located at least partially within the housing;

and, a support member extending between the base and the housing for supportably disposing the imaging device relative to the base and the support platform.

19. A work station according to claim 18, further comprising:

a transparent shield, wherein said housing and said transparent shield collectively define a continuous outer surface and an enclosed volume within which said imaging device is disposed.

20. A work station according to claim 19, wherein the transparent shield covers at least a portion of the imaging device corresponding to at least a lens of the imaging device, wherein the imaging field extends through the transparent shield.

21. A work station according to claim 19, wherein the imaging device has at least one fixed optical setting that is preset.

22. A work station according to claim 15, wherein said scale comprises a plurality of load cells.

23. A work station according to claim 15, further comprising:

a processor in operative communication with said scale; and

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a memory in operative communication with the processor, wherein the processor is operable to compare the weight to an anticipated weight of the medication receptacle.

24. A work station according to claim 23, wherein said weight and said anticipated weight are stored in said memory as a part of metadata corresponding to a medication dose order.

25. A work station according to claim 24, wherein the processor is operable to calculate a deviation of the weight to the anticipated weight.

26. A work station according to claim 25, wherein the deviation is compared to a threshold deviation, and wherein when the deviation exceeds a threshold deviation an alert is provided to a user.

27. A work station for use in a system for medical dose preparation management, comprising:

a base;

a support platform at least partially defining a medication preparation staging region and having a support surface that includes a plurality of grooves, wherein a first portion of the plurality of grooves extend in a first direction corresponding with a width of the support surface, and wherein a second portion of the plurality of grooves extend across said first portion of the plurality of grooves in a second direction corresponding with a length of the support surface;

an imaging device supportably disposed relative to the base and having an imaging field encompassing at least a portion of the medication preparation staging region;

a scale to output a weight corresponding to a medication receptacle supportably disposed on said support surface in said medication preparation staging region;

a processor in operative communication with said scale; and

a memory in operative communication with the processor, wherein

the processor is operable to compare the weight to an anticipated weight of the medication receptacle and calculate a deviation of the weight to the anticipated weight,

said weight and said anticipated weight are stored in said memory as a part of metadata corresponding to a medication dose order,

the deviation is compared to a threshold deviation, and

when the deviation exceeds a threshold deviation an alert is provided to a user.

28. A work station according to claim 27, wherein said scale is included in said base.

29. A work station according to claim 27, wherein said support platform is removably disposed relative to said base.

30. A work station according to claim 27, wherein said scale comprises a plurality of load cells.

31. A work station according to claim 27, further comprising:

a housing, wherein said imaging device is located at least partially within the housing; and

, a support member extending between the base and the housing for supportably disposing the imaging device relative to the base and the support platform.

32. A work station according to claim 31, further comprising:

a transparent shield, wherein said housing and said transparent shield collectively define a continuous outer surface and an enclosed volume within which said imaging device is disposed.

33. A work station according to claim 32, wherein the transparent shield covers at least a portion of the imaging device corresponding to at least a lens of the imaging device, wherein the imaging field extends through the transparent shield.

34. A work station according to claim 27, wherein the imaging device has at least one fixed optical setting that is preset.