Integrated infusion pump and container

• US 10,342,921 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Barnes, Erik, Butterfield, Robert Dwaine
• Primary Examiner(s): Farrar, Lauren P
• Application Number:
  US15/413,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20170128669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/16863 Occlusion detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/123 with incorporated reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/14 Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6063 Optical identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/045 for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/086 Docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/10 Tube connectors; Tube couplings A61M39/02 takes precedence; connecting needles to syringes or hubs A61M5/34; connecting catheter tubes to hubs A61M25/0014
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1413 Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14228 with linear peristaltic action, i.e. comprising at least three pressurising members or a helical member
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14232 Roller pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16854 : by monitoring line pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 : electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/365 : Air detectors A61M5/1684 takes precedence; in extracorporeal blood circuits A61M1/3626
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 : delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

An integrated pump module is disclosed that includes a rigid housing having a fluid outlet, a fluid reservoir within the housing, and a pumping segment coupled between the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet. The pumping segment is configured to cause fluid to flow from the fluid reservoir to the fluid outlet.

Claims

1. An integrated pump module comprising:

a rigid housing having a top, a bottom, and a fluid outlet;

a fluid reservoir, within the housing, comprising a top, a bottom, and sidewalls; and

a pumping segment coupled between the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet, the pumping segment configured to transfer fluid from the fluid outlet to the fluid reservoir and transfer fluid from the fluid reservoir to the fluid outlet, wherein the top of the fluid reservoir moves toward the housing top when fluid is transferred to the fluid reservoir, and the top of the fluid reservoir moves away from the housing top when fluid is transferred from the fluid reservoir, wherein the pumping segment is configured to be coupled to and driven by a pump actuator external to the integrated pump module.

2. The integrated pump module of claim 1, comprising an information element coupled to the housing, the information element comprising at least one of an integrated pump module identifier, a drug identifier, a patient identifier, and a pumping parameter.

3. The integrated pump module of claim 2, wherein the fluid reservoir contains a quantity of a medication and the information element comprises at least a medication identifier.

4. The integrated pump module of claim 3, wherein the information element comprises information required to administer the medication.

5. The integrated pump module of claim 2, wherein the information element comprises at least one of an optically scannable image, a writable memory, and comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag.

6. The integrated pump module of claim 1, wherein collapsible sidewalls prevent entry of air into the fluid reservoir as fluid is transferred to or from the fluid reservoir.

7. The integrated pump module of claim 1, comprising a sensor configured to detect a position of the fluid reservoir top as the fluid reservoir moves relative to the housing.

8. The integrated pump module of claim 7, wherein the top of the fluid reservoir comprises a first position adjacent the housing top, associated with having a maximum amount of fluid in fluid reservoir, and a second position separated from the housing top, associated with having a minimum amount of fluid in the fluid reservoir.

9. The integrated pump module of claim 1, comprising an air-in-line detector.

10. The integrated pump module of claim 1, comprising a pressure sensor.

11. The integrated pump module of claim 1, wherein the pumping segment is configured to be mechanically manipulated by the pump actuator.

12. A method of transferring a fluid using an integrated pump module, the method comprising:

coupling a source of medical fluid to an integrated pump module comprising;

a rigid housing having a top, a bottom, and a fluid outlet; and

a fluid reservoir, within the housing, comprising a top, a bottom, and collapsible sidewalls, wherein the source of medical fluid is coupled with the outlet;

driving a pumping segment, coupled between the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet, to transfer medical fluid from the source, through the fluid outlet, to the fluid reservoir such that the top of the fluid reservoir moves toward the housing top when fluid is transferred to the fluid reservoir, wherein the pumping segment is configured to be coupled to and driven by a pump actuator external to the integrated pump module;

decoupling the integrated pump module from the source of medical fluid; and

driving the pumping segment to transfer the medical fluid from the fluid reservoir to the outlet such that the collapsible sidewalls fold and the top of the fluid reservoir moves away from the housing top when fluid is transferred from the fluid reservoir.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising detecting, using a sensor, a current position of the top of the fluid reservoir as the fluid reservoir moves relative to the housing.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising detecting a first position associated with having a maximum amount of fluid in fluid reservoir, and a second position associated with having a minimum amount of fluid contained in the fluid reservoir.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising coupling the integrated pump module to a docking location of a filling station.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising coupling the integrated pump module to an IV pump configured to drive the pumping segment.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein driving the pumping segment does not comprise a compressive force to the fluid reservoir.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein driving the pumping segment comprises mechanical manipulation of the pumping segment by a pump actuator.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein driving the pumping segment to transfer medical fluid from the source to the fluid reservoir comprises operating the pumping segment in a first direction, and driving the pumping segment to transfer the medical fluid from the fluid reservoir to the outlet, comprises operating the pumping segment in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.