Pharmaceutical injection system, portable terminal, pharmaceutical injection device, health care worker-use information terminal, and method for controlling pharmaceutical injection system

• US 10,596,317 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
• Original Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
• Inventors: Nakanishi, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Jenna
• Application Number:
  US15/509,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20170281866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• 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 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14566 with a replaceable reservoir for receiving a piston rod of the pump
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/168 Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters ; Monitoring media flow to the body flow control in general G05D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 : ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 : relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 : ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

With the pharmaceutical injection system in an embodiment, pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting a pharmaceutical injection amount are inputted to a portable terminal (300), and the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions are transmitted to a health care worker-use information terminal (500). The portable terminal (300) receives the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the health care worker-use information terminal (500), and transmits the pharmaceutical injection amount to a pharmaceutical injection device (100). The health care worker-use information terminal (500) receives the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the portable terminal (300), and the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions is inputted. The health care worker-use information terminal (500) transmits the inputted pharmaceutical injection amount to the portable terminal (300). The pharmaceutical injection device (100) receives the pharmaceutical injection amount transmitted from the portable terminal (300), and a piston drive mechanism (101) is driven on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount.

Claims

1. A pharmaceutical injection system, comprising:

a pharmaceutical injection device configured to inject a pharmaceutical;

a portable terminal configured to set a pharmaceutical injection amount for the pharmaceutical injection device; and

a health care worker-use information terminal capable of communicating with the portable terminal,

wherein the portable terminal has;

a first input component configured to have inputted therein pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount;

a first transmitter configured to transmit the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions to the health care worker-use information terminal;

a first receiver configured to receive from the health care worker-use information terminal the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions; and

a second transmitter configured to transmit the received pharmaceutical injection amount to the pharmaceutical injection device,

wherein the first input component is configured to have input therein information related to an adjustment amount for adjusting the pharmaceutical injection amount and to the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions,

the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions including at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as a change reason, and

the information related to the adjustment amount being the adjustment amount level of several stages;

wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit the information related to the adjustment amount to the health care worker-use information terminal;

wherein the health care worker-use information terminal has;

a second receiver configured to receive the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the portable terminal;

a second input component configured to have the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions having been received;

a third transmitter configured to transmit the inputted pharmaceutical injection amount to the portable terminal; and

a worker-use information terminal display component;

wherein the second input component is configured to have input therein a determination criterion that is set in order to determine validity of the adjustment amount,

the determination criterion being a criterion for determining validity of the adjustment amount by a total of points obtained by converting weights of the change reason,

wherein the worker-use information terminal display component is configured to display a determination result based on the adjustment amount, the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions, and the determination criterion,

wherein the third transmitter is configured to transmit evaluation comments inputted through the second input component on the basis of the determination result, and advice to a user of the pharmaceutical injection device, along with the determination result, to the portable terminal, and

wherein the pharmaceutical injection device has;

a cartridge holder configured to mount a pharmaceutical cartridge thereon;

a main body case having the cartridge holder is openably and closeably provided thereto;

a piston configured to be inserted into the pharmaceutical cartridge mounted to the cartridge holder inside the main body case;

a piston drive mechanism configured to move the piston so as to insert the piston into the pharmaceutical cartridge;

a third receiver configured to receive the pharmaceutical injection amount transmitted from the portable terminal; and

a controller configured to drive the piston drive mechanism on the basis of the received pharmaceutical injection amount.

2. The pharmaceutical injection system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal further has:

a first memory configured to store the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions inputted to the first input component and to store the pharmaceutical injection amount received from the health care worker-use information terminal; and

a portable terminal display component configured to display in graph format the pharmaceutical injection amount and the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions stored in the first memory, and

wherein the health care worker-use information terminal further has;

a second memory configured to store the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the portable terminal, and to store the pharmaceutical injection amount inputted from the second input component; and

the worker-use information terminal display component being configured to display in graph format the pharmaceutical injection amount and the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions stored in the second memory.

3. The pharmaceutical injection system according to claim 1,

wherein the portable terminal has a first communication component configured to communicate with the pharmaceutical injection device,

the pharmaceutical injection device has a second communication component configured to communicate with the portable terminal,

the first communication component has the second transmitter,

the second communication component has the third receiver, and

the first communication component and the second communication component use near field communication (NFC).

4. A portable terminal that sets a pharmaceutical injection amount for a pharmaceutical injection device configured to inject a pharmaceutical, said portable terminal comprising:

a first input component configured to have input therein pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount;

a first transmitter configured to transmit the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions to a health care worker-use information terminal;

a first receiver configured to receive from the health care worker-use information terminal the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions, the pharmaceutical injection amount including an adjustment amount of the pharmaceutical injection amount having been validated on the basis of a determination criterion obtained by converting weights of a change reason to a criterion point system; and

a second transmitter configured to transmit the received pharmaceutical injection amount to the pharmaceutical injection device,

wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions include at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as a change reason.

5. A health care worker-use information terminal capable of communicating with a portable terminal configured to set a pharmaceutical injection amount for a pharmaceutical injection device configured to inject a pharmaceutical, the healthcare worker-use information terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive from the portable terminal pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount;

an input component configured to have the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions having been received, the pharmaceutical injection amount including an adjustment amount of the pharmaceutical injection amount being validated on the basis of determination criterion obtained by converting weights of a change reason to a criterion point system; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the pharmaceutical injection amount having been set to the portable terminal,

wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions include at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as a change reason.

6. The health care worker-use information terminal of claim 5, configured to allow the determination criterion to be set therein.

7. A pharmaceutical injection device that allows setting of a pharmaceutical injection amount from a portable terminal configured to have inputted therein pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount, the pharmaceutical injection device comprising:

a cartridge holder configured to mount a pharmaceutical cartridge thereon;

a main body case having the cartridge holder to be openably and closeably provided thereto;

a piston configured to be inserted into the pharmaceutical cartridge mounted to the cartridge holder inside the main body case;

a piston drive mechanism configured to move the piston so as to insert the piston into the pharmaceutical cartridge;

a receiver configured to receive from the portable terminal the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the portable terminal to a health care worker-use information terminal, the pharmaceutical injection amount including an adjustment amount of the pharmaceutical injection amount being validated on the basis of a determination criterion obtained by converting weights of a change reason to a criterion point system; and

a controller configured to drive the piston drive mechanism on the basis of the received pharmaceutical injection amount,

wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions include at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as a change reason.

8. A pharmaceutical injection device, comprising:

a cartridge holder configured to mount a pharmaceutical cartridge thereon;

a main body case having the cartridge holder to be openably and closeably provided thereto;

a piston configured to be inserted into the pharmaceutical cartridge mounted to the cartridge holder inside the main body case;

a piston drive mechanism configured to move the piston so as to insert the piston into the pharmaceutical cartridge;

an input component configured to have inputted therein pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting a pharmaceutical injection amount;

a receiver configured to receive setting information for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount, from a health care worker-use information terminal configured to have the setting information inputted to the health care worker-use information terminal;

a setting information memory configured to store the received setting information; and

a pharmaceutical injection amount computer configured to compute the pharmaceutical injection amount on the basis of the setting information, from the inputted pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions, the pharmaceutical injection amount including an adjustment amount of the pharmaceutical injection amount being validated on the basis of determination criterion obtained by converting weights of a change reason to a criterion point system,

wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions include at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as a change reason.

9. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 8, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit information related to pharmaceutical administration history to the health care worker-use information terminal.

10. A method for controlling a pharmaceutical injection system comprising a pharmaceutical injection device configured to inject a pharmaceutical, a portable terminal configured to set a pharmaceutical injection amount for the pharmaceutical injection device, and a health care worker-use information terminal capable of communicating with the portable terminal, the method for controlling the pharmaceutical injection system comprising:

a first input step in which pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount are inputted to the portable terminal, wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions include at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as a change reason;

a first transmission step in which the inputted pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions are transmitted from the portable terminal to the health care worker-use information terminal;

a first reception step in which the health care worker-use information terminal receives the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the portable terminal;

a second input step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the received pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions is inputted to the health care worker-use information terminal, wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount includes an adjustment amount;

a determination step at the health care worker-use information terminal in which a validity of the determination amount is determined based on a determination criterion, which is a criterion for determining validity of the adjustment amount by a total of points obtained by converting weights of the change reason;

a display step in which the health care worker-use information terminal displays a determination result based on the adjustment amount, the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions, and the determination criterion;

a second transmission step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount is transmitted from the health care worker-use information terminal to the portable terminal;

a second reception step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount transmitted from the health care worker-use information terminal is received by the portable terminal;

a third transmission step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount is transmitted from the portable terminal to the pharmaceutical injection device;

a third reception step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount transmitted from the portable terminal is received by the pharmaceutical injection device; and

a first storage step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount is stored by the pharmaceutical injection device; and

a fourth transmission step in which evaluation comments on the basis of the determination result, and advice to a user of the pharmaceutical injection device, along with the determination result, input through the health care worker-use terminal, are transmitted to the portable terminal from the health care worker-use terminal.

11. A method for controlling a pharmaceutical injection system comprising a pharmaceutical injection device configured to inject a pharmaceutical and a health care worker-use information terminal capable of transmitting setting information for setting a pharmaceutical injection amount for the pharmaceutical injection device, the method for controlling the pharmaceutical injection system comprising:

an obtaining step of obtaining determination criterion by converting weights of a change reason to a criterion point system;

an input step in which a the determination criterion, for determining validity of the pharmaceutical injection amount, as setting information is inputted to the health care worker-use information terminal, the determination criterion further provided for determining validity of an adjustment amount of the pharmaceutical injection amount;

a display step in which the health care worker-use information terminal displays a determination result based on the adjustment amount, the determination criterion and pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions, wherein the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions including at least one of blood glucose level, meal size, amount of activity, and scheduled administration date and time as the change reason;

a step in which the inputted setting information is transmitted from the health care worker-use information terminal to the pharmaceutical injection device;

a reception step in which the setting information transmitted from the health care worker-use information terminal is received by the pharmaceutical injection device;

a storage step in which the received setting information is stored by the pharmaceutical injection device;

another input step in which pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting the pharmaceutical injection amount are inputted to the pharmaceutical injection device;

a computation step in which the pharmaceutical injection amount is computed on the basis of the setting information from the inputted pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions; and

another storage step in which the pharmaceutical injection device stores the pharmaceutical injection amount as information related to pharmaceutical administration history.

12. The method for controlling the pharmaceutical injection system according to claim 11, further comprising another transmission step in which the information related to pharmaceutical administration history is transmitted from the pharmaceutical injection device to the health care worker-use information terminal.