Medicament information system and method

• US 10,420,623 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Ostrander, Kevin, Denny, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Afrifa-Kyei, Anthony D
• Application Number:
  US15/636,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20170296285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 34053913, 34053912, 3406866
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/3001 for sharps
• 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: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3306 Optical measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• 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 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• 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 2205/581 by audible feedback
• 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 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5086 for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/02 for dispensing rod-shaped articles, e.g. needles packages for cigarettes provided with dispensing means B65D85/1009; dispensers for drinking straws A47G21/184
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 : using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 : Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 : using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 : using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 : stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• 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 20/17 : delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 : for emergency applications

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of using an emergency medicament device. The method includes reading an ID tag from the medicament device using a mobile device; automatically requesting instructions for using the medicament device based on the ID tag; and displaying a video to a user of the mobile device, the video providing instructions for using the medicament device in accordance with approved labeling of the medicament device. Various exemplary embodiments relate to an electronic medicament device including: a reservoir configured to store an amount of medication for treating anaphylaxis; an administration component for administering the medication to a patient; a processor communicatively connected to a memory storing medicament device information; and an identification tag configured to be read by another device, the identification tag providing the medicament device information including identification of instructions for using the medicament device.

Claims

1. A system for receiving a medicament administration component and for communicating, with a mobile device, information associated with the medicament administration component, the system comprising:

a medicament device configured to receive an epinephrine auto-injector, the medicament device having (i) an indicator coupled with the medicament device and configured to illuminate to provide a visual alert to a user responsive to a signal from the mobile device and (ii) a sound source coupled with the medicament device and configured to play a sound to provide an audible alert to the user responsive to the signal from the mobile device;

a communication interface coupled with the medicament device and configured to wirelessly communicate, with the mobile device, information associated with a location of the medicament device; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor of the mobile device perform a process comprising;

receiving a user input for causing the mobile device to contact the medicament device,

determining, from the information associated with the location of the medicament device, that the medicament device is within range of the mobile device,

transmitting, to the medicament device, the signal based on the medicament device being within range of the mobile device,

identifying one or more emergency contacts authorized to track the location of the medicament device, wherein the one or more emergency contacts are stored, prior to the medicament device being used, in a memory of the mobile device,

receiving a communication from the medicament device,

determining, from the communication and independently of input received by the mobile device from a user of the mobile device to initiate a call, that the medicament device is being used or has been used,

causing, subsequent to the determination, the mobile device to initiate communication with the identified one or more emergency contacts via a telecommunication network and to transmit a notification message, and

transmitting tracking information that identifies the location of the medicament device for tracking of the medicament device by the one or more emergency contacts.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor coupled with the medicament device and configured to detect a temperature associated with the medicament device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the communication interface is configured to transmit, to the mobile device, information associated with the detected temperature of the medicament device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is configured to transmit information associated with the medicament device to the mobile device that allows for determining proximity of the medicament device to the mobile device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive information from the mobile device that allows for determining proximity of the medicament device to the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a sensor coupled with the medicament device and configured to detect use of the medicament device, wherein information associated with the use of the medicament device is wirelessly communicated via the communication interface to the mobile device in response to detecting use of the medicament device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface comprises at least one of an electronic tag or a Bluetooth wireless transmitter.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface comprises a memory configured to be read by the mobile device.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a packaging into which the medicament device is placed.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the packaging comprises a tube.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor of a mobile device perform a process for monitoring a medicament administration component, the process comprising:

wirelessly communicating with a medicament device that contains an epinephrine auto-injector and that is located remotely from the mobile device;

based at least on the wireless communication and independently of input received by the mobile device from a user of the mobile device to initiate a call, determining whether the medicament device is being used or has been used;

identifying one or more emergency contacts authorized to track a location of the medicament device, wherein the one or more emergency contacts are stored, prior to the medicament device being used, in a memory of the mobile device;

receiving a user input for causing the mobile device to contact the medicament device;

determining, from proximity information associated with the location of the medicament device, that the medicament device is within range of the mobile device;

transmitting, to the medicament device and based on the medicament device being within range of the mobile device, a signal for causing (i) an indicator coupled with the medicament device to illuminate and (ii) a sound source coupled with the medicament device to play a sound;

subsequent to the medicament device being used, causing the mobile device to initiate communication with the identified one or more emergency contacts via a telecommunication network and to transmit a notification message;

transmitting tracking information that identifies the location of the medicament device for tracking of the medicament device by the one or more emergency contacts; and

displaying a video on the mobile device that includes instructions on how to use the epinephrine auto-injector.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the process further comprises determining whether a detected temperature of the medicament device is outside a temperature range.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the process further comprises, based at least on the wireless communication, displaying information regarding a current temperature of the medicament device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein wirelessly communicating with a medicament device comprises reading a memory of the medicament device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the process further comprises registering the medicament device for a location tracking service.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the process further comprises location tracking the medicament device and displaying the location of the medicament device on the mobile device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the process further comprises notifying the one or more emergency contacts through the mobile device in response to determining that the medicament device has been separated from the mobile device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the process further comprises playing an audible message on the mobile device in response to determining that the medicament device is being used or has been used.

19. A method for communicating, with a mobile device, information associated with a medicament administration component, the method comprising:

providing a medicament device remote from the mobile device and configured to receive an epinephrine auto-injector, the medicament device having (i) an indicator coupled with the medicament device and configured to illuminate to provide a visual alert to a user responsive to a signal from the mobile device and (ii) a sound source coupled with the medicament device and configured to play a sound to provide an audible alert to the user responsive to the signal from the mobile device;

wirelessly communicating, via a communication interface of the medicament device and with the mobile device, information associated with a location of the medicament device; and

performing, by a processor of the mobile device, operations comprising;

receiving a user input for causing the mobile device to contact the medicament device,

determining, from the information associated with the location of the medicament device, that the medicament device is within range of the mobile device,

transmitting, to the medicament device, the signal based on the medicament device being within range of the mobile device,

identifying (i) one or more emergency contacts authorized to track the location of the medicament device and (ii) a notification message, wherein the one or more emergency contacts and the notification message are stored, prior to the medicament device being used, in a memory of the mobile device,

receiving a communication from the medicament device,

determining, from the communication and independently of input received by the mobile device from a user of the mobile device to initiate a call, that the medicament device is being used or has been used,

causing, subsequent to the determination, the mobile device to initiate communication with the identified one or more emergency contacts via a telecommunication network and to transmit a notification message; and

transmitting tracking information that identifies the location of the medicament device for tracking of the medicament device by the one or more emergency contacts.