Medication delivery system
First Claim
1. A medication delivery system capable of communicating and matching prescribed medication data from a first label on a medication container holding the medication and patient data from a second label on a tag adapted to be worn by a patient wherein the first label also containing instruction of delivering the medication, and the medication and patient data being provided in machine readable formats, the medication delivery system comprising:
- (a) a medical device in communication with the medication container, the medical device adapted to delivering the medication from the container to the patient, the medical device having a data port for receiving information; and
(b) a handheld computing device having means for reading the prescribed medication data and the patient data and comparing the data to confirm a match between the medication data and patient data, the handheld computing device having a transmitter capable of transmitting the medication delivery instruction from the handheld computing device to the medical device wherein the medical device is adapted to deliver the medication to the patient according to the instructions.
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Abstract
A medication delivery system (20) having features of the present invention comprises a medical container (26) holding a prescribed medication (27) to be delivered to a patient, a tag 24 adapted to be worn by the patient, a handheld computing device (22), and an electronic medication delivery device (30). Data on the medication (27) is contained in a first label (28) on the medication container (27). The first label (28) also contains the instruction on how the medication is delivered to the patient, including the appropriate settings for an electronic medication delivery device for delivering the medication to the patient. Patient data is contained in a second label (29) on the tag (24) worn by the patient. The medication data, medication delivery instruction, and patient data are provided in machine readable formats. The handheld computing device (22) reads the medication data and the medication delivery instruction on the medication container (26) and the patient data on the patient tag (24). The handheld computing device (22) stores the information obtained and performs a matching check to confirm that the medication data matches with the patient data. Upon a confirmed match, it transmits the medication delivery instruction to the electronic medication delivery device (30), which downloads the instruction, programs the delivery device 30, and prompts an operator to begin delivering the medication (27) to the patient according to the downloaded instruction.
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64 Claims
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1. A medication delivery system capable of communicating and matching prescribed medication data from a first label on a medication container holding the medication and patient data from a second label on a tag adapted to be worn by a patient wherein the first label also containing instruction of delivering the medication, and the medication and patient data being provided in machine readable formats, the medication delivery system comprising:
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(a) a medical device in communication with the medication container, the medical device adapted to delivering the medication from the container to the patient, the medical device having a data port for receiving information; and
(b) a handheld computing device having means for reading the prescribed medication data and the patient data and comparing the data to confirm a match between the medication data and patient data, the handheld computing device having a transmitter capable of transmitting the medication delivery instruction from the handheld computing device to the medical device wherein the medical device is adapted to deliver the medication to the patient according to the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A medication delivery system comprising:
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(a) a container holding a medication, the container having a first bar code label in machine readable format containing medication data and a predetermined set of pump instructions for delivering the medication;
(b) a tag adapted to be worn by a patient, the tag having a second bar code label in machine readable format containing patient data;
(c) an infusion pump in communication with the medication container, the pump adapted to deliver the medication from the container to the patient via a catheter, the infusion pump having at least one delivery channel, and the pump having a data port for receiving information; and
(d) a personal digital assistant having a bar code scanner thereon and a data transmitter thereon, the personal digital assistant configured to scan the first bar code label and the second bar code label and compare data from the scanned labels to confirm a match between the medication data and patient data, the personal digital assistant transmitter capable of transmitting the predetermined set of pumping instructions from the personal digital assistant to the infusion pump wherein the pump is adapted to deliver the medication to the patient according to the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A medication delivery system comprising:
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(a) a medication container containing a prescribed medication and a first label containing data on the prescribed medication, and instruction of delivering the prescribed medication, the medication data and medication delivery instruction being provided in machine readable format;
(b) a tag adapted to be worn by a patient, the tag having a second label containing data on the patient, the patient data being provided in machine readable format;
(c) a handheld computing device with;
means for reading the prescribed medication data, the medication delivery instruction, and the patient data;
means for storing the data; and
means for communicating with other electronic devices; and
(d) an electronic medication delivery device having the means for communicating with the handheld computing device to receive the medication delivery instruction from the handheld device to deliver the prescribed medication in the medication container to the patient via a catheter, the medication delivery device having at least one delivery channel;
wherein the handheld computing device reads and stores the prescribed medication data and the patient data, performs a matching check between the prescribed medication data and the patient data to confirm a match, and communicates the medication delivery instruction to the electronic medication delivery device to deliver the medication to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A medication delivery system capable of communicating and matching prescribed medication data from a first label on a medication container holding the medication and patient data from a second label on a tag adapted to be worn by a patient wherein the first label also containing instruction of delivering the medication, and the data and instruction being provided in machine readable formats, the medication delivery system comprising:
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(a) a handheld computing device with;
means for reading the prescribed medication data, medication delivery instruction, and patient data;
means for storing the data; and
means for communicating with other electronic devices; and
(b) an electronic medication delivery device to deliver the medication to the patient;
wherein the handheld computing device reads the prescribed medication data and the patient data, performs a matching check to confirm a match between the prescribed medication data and the patient data, and communicates the instruction of delivering the prescribed medication to the medication delivery device to deliver the medication to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method for medication delivery comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a medication container containing a prescribed medication and a first label containing data on the prescribed medication and instruction of delivering of the medication, the prescribed medication data and the instruction of delivering the medication being provided in machine readable format;
(b) providing a tag adapted to be worn by a patient, the tag having a second label containing data of the patient, the patient data being provided in machine readable format;
(c) providing a handheld computing device with;
means for reading the prescribed medication data and medication delivery instruction from the first label and patient data from the second label;
means for storing the data and instruction; and
means for communicating data and instruction to other electronic devices; and
(d) the handheld computing device reading the prescribed medication data and medication delivery instruction from the first label;
(e) the handheld computing device reading the patient data from the second label; and
(f) the handheld computing device performing a matching check and confirming the match between the prescribed medication data and the patient data. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62)
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63. A method for medication delivery comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a medication container containing a prescribed medication and a first label containing data on the prescribed medication and instruction of delivering of the medication, the prescribed medication data and the instruction of delivering the medication being provided in machine readable format;
(b) providing a tag adapted to be worn by a patient, the tag having a second label containing data of the patient, the patient data being provided in machine readable format;
(c) providing a handheld computing device with;
means for reading the prescribed medication data and medication delivery instruction from the first label and patient data from the second label;
means for storing the data and instruction; and
means for communicating data and instruction to other electronic devices; and
(d) the handheld computing device reading the prescribed medication data and medication delivery instruction from the first label;
(e) the handheld computing device reading the patient data from the second label;
(f) the handheld computing device performing a matching check and confirming the match between the prescribed medication data and the patient data; and
(g) the handheld computing device communicating and downloading the medication delivery instruction to a medication delivery device to deliver the medication to the patient.
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64. A method for medication delivery comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying medication data contained in a first label on a medication container containing a prescribed medication, the first label containing data on the prescribed medication and instruction of delivering of the medication, the prescribed medication data and the instruction of delivering the medication being provided in machine readable format;
(b) identifying patient data contained in a second label on a tag adapted to be worn by a patient, the second label containing data of the patient, the patient data being provided in machine readable format;
(c) performing a matching check between the medication data and the patient data by a handheld computing device wherein the handheld computing device having;
means for reading the prescribed medication data and medication delivery instruction from the first label and patient data from the second label;
means for storing the data and instruction; and
means for communicating data and instruction to other electronic devices;
(d) the handheld computing device confirming the data and downloading the instruction of delivering the medication to a medication delivery device.
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