Systems and methods for monitoring administration of medical products
First Claim
1. A method for administering a medical product to a patient, the method comprising:
- providing a delivery device and a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device;
loading a medical product into the delivery device;
downloading a product identifier into the medicine data storage device, the product identifier identifying the medical product loaded into the delivery device;
uploading the product identifier from the medicine data storage device into a reader at a location in close proximity to an individual patient;
accessing a patient record associated with the individual patient using the reader to confirm that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product identified by the product identifier; and
administering the medical product to the individual patient once it is confirmed that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring administration of a medical product within a delivery device using a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device that includes a product identifier identifying the medical product and an intended patient identifier identifying a patient intended to receive the medical product. Before administering the medical product to an individual patient, the product identifier and the intended patient identifier are uploaded into a reader, and a patient identifier is accessed from the reader'"'"'s memory or uploaded from a patient identification device associated with the individual patient into the reader. The patient identifier is compared with the intended patient identifier to determine whether the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product. Once it is confirmed that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product, the medical product is administered to the individual patient.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for administering a medical product to a patient, the method comprising:
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providing a delivery device and a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device;
loading a medical product into the delivery device;
downloading a product identifier into the medicine data storage device, the product identifier identifying the medical product loaded into the delivery device;
uploading the product identifier from the medicine data storage device into a reader at a location in close proximity to an individual patient;
accessing a patient record associated with the individual patient using the reader to confirm that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product identified by the product identifier; and
administering the medical product to the individual patient once it is confirmed that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for administering a medical product to a patient, the method comprising:
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providing a delivery device comprising a medical product therein and a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device, the medicine data storage device comprising a product identifier identifying the medical product and an intended patient identifier identifying a patient intended to receive the medical product;
uploading the product identifier and the intended patient identifier from the medicine data storage device into a reader;
accessing a patient record associated with the individual patient using the reader to confirm that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product identified by the product identifier;
comparing the patient identifier with the intended patient identifier to determine whether the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product; and
administering the medical product to the individual patient once it is confirmed that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for administering a medical product to a patient, comprising:
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a delivery device comprising a medical product therein and a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device, the medicine data storage device comprising a product identifier identifying the medical product and an intended patient identifier identifying a patient intended to receive the medical product;
a patient data storage device storing a patient identifier, the patient data storage device being associable with an individual patient, whereby the patient identifier uniquely identifies the individual patient;
an electronic reader configured for uploading the product identifier and the intended patient identifier from the medicine data storage device, the reader configured for uploading the patient identifier from the patient data storage device associated with an individual patient;
a processor coupled to the reader for comparing the patient identifier with the intended patient identifier to determine whether the patient identifier and the intended patient identifier match; and
an output device for indicating whether the patient identifier and the intended patient identifier match, thereby confirming whether the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for acquiring data related to a medical product being administered to a patient, comprising:
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a container comprising a medical product therein, the medical product being deliverable from the container to a patient;
an electronic medicine data storage device attached to the container, the medicine data storage device comprising a product identifier stored therein identifying the medical product in the container;
a patient identification device associable with an individual patient, the patient identification device comprising a patient data storage device storing a patient identifier identifying the individual patient;
an electronic reader for acquiring the product identifier from the medicine data storage device and the patient identifier from the patient data storage device;
a communications interface coupled to the reader for acquiring product data associated with the product identifier and patient data associated with the patient identifier; and
memory for storing the product and patient data acquired by the communications interface in a patient data file. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for administering a medical product to a patient, comprising:
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a delivery device comprising a medical product therein and a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device, the medicine data storage device comprising a product identifier identifying the medical product and an intended patient identifier identifying a patient intended to receive the medical product;
an electronic reader configured for uploading the product identifier and the intended patient identifier from the medicine data storage device, the reader configured for uploading the patient identifier from the patient data storage device associated with an individual patient;
memory coupled to the reader storing a patient identifier, the patient identifier uniquely identifying the individual patient;
a processor coupled to the reader for comparing the patient identifier with the intended patient identifier to determine whether the patient identifier and the intended patient identifier match; and
an output device for indicating whether the patient identifier and the intended patient identifier match, thereby confirming whether the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product.
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35. A method for acquiring data related to a medical product being administered to a patient, comprising:
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providing a container at a provider location, the container comprising a medical product therein and a medicine data storage device storing a product identifier identifying the medical product in the container;
uploading the product identifier into a local network at the provider location;
acquiring product data from a product database stored on a host computer at a remote location from the local network, the product data being identified by the product identifier;
administering the medical product to an individual patient;
entering administration date data into a patient data file generally at the time of administration of the medical product to the individual patient, the patient data file being stored on the local network, the patient data file including a patient identifier identifying the individual patient; and
adding the product data to the patient tracking file. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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