Drug delivery and monitoring system
First Claim
1. A scanner module for use in drug delivery, said module comprising a housing;
- a detector module coupled to said housing;
a storage device coupled to said housing for storing information received from said detector module;
said housing adapted to releasably attach thereto a syringe in operative association with said detector module, said syringe including a moveable plunger for administration of a drug therefrom and including first information provided in association therewith, whereby movement of said syringe relative to said detector module causes said detector module to identify said first information for storage in said storage device and movement of said plunger causes said detector module to determine the quantity of drug delivery for storage in said storage device;
said housing adapted to releasably attach thereto a port cradle in operative association with said detector module, said port cradle coupled to an injection port and having second information provided in association therewith, whereby movement of said port cradle relative to said detector module causes said detector module to identify said second information for storage in said storage device.
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Abstract
A drug administration system includes a cradle attached about an intravenous injection port having a flange extending therefrom. The cradle supports first drug administration information in the nature of machine and human readable code, for example, barcode. A syringe including a needle includes a flange extending from the syringe. The syringe supports second drug administration information in machine and/or human readable form. A scanner module is constructed to slidably receive the flange of the cradle and syringe whereby the syringe needle is aligned with the intravenous injection port. The module may be provided with an electronic scanning system for identifying the first and second drug administration information, as well as determining the amount of the drug being administered from the syringe to the injection port by monitoring movement of the syringe plunger. The information and data may be stored within the module for uploading to a remote location.
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27 Claims
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1. A scanner module for use in drug delivery, said module comprising a housing;
- a detector module coupled to said housing;
a storage device coupled to said housing for storing information received from said detector module;
said housing adapted to releasably attach thereto a syringe in operative association with said detector module, said syringe including a moveable plunger for administration of a drug therefrom and including first information provided in association therewith, whereby movement of said syringe relative to said detector module causes said detector module to identify said first information for storage in said storage device and movement of said plunger causes said detector module to determine the quantity of drug delivery for storage in said storage device;
said housing adapted to releasably attach thereto a port cradle in operative association with said detector module, said port cradle coupled to an injection port and having second information provided in association therewith, whereby movement of said port cradle relative to said detector module causes said detector module to identify said second information for storage in said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a detector module coupled to said housing;
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13. A method of using a scanner module for monitoring drug delivery to an injection port, said scanner module including a detector module and a storage device for storing information received from said detector module;
- said method comprising positioning a scanner module adjacent an injection port;
releasably securing a syringe loaded with a drug to be administered to said scanner module, said syringe having first information provided in association therewith;
identifying said first information by said detector module;
releasably securing a port cradle coupled to an injection port to said scanner module, said port cradle having second information provided in association therewith;
identifying said second information by said detector module;
determining the quantity of drug being delivered by said syringe to said injection port by said detector module; and
storing in said storage device said first and second information and the delivered quantity of said drug. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- said method comprising positioning a scanner module adjacent an injection port;
- 21. A method of using a scanner module having a detector and a storage module for delivering and monitoring drugs to an injection port connected to a patient, said method comprising delivering a drug loaded syringe to said injection port, determining information relative to the drug contained in the syringe by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said syringe using the detector module, determining information relative to the patient by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said injection port using the detector module, pushing a plunger of the syringe to deliver a quantity of the drug through the port, monitoring movement of the plunger while delivering the drug for determining the volume of the drug delivered from the syringe using the detector module, and storing the patient information and the quantity of the drug delivered from said syringe within the storage module.
- 25. A method of using a scanner module having a detector module and a storage module for delivering drugs to an injection port connected to a patient, said method comprising delivering a drug loaded syringe to said injection port, determining information relative to the drug contained in the syringe by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said syringe using the detector module, determining information relative to the patient by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said injection port using the detector module, pushing a plunger of the syringe to deliver a quantity of the drug through the injection port, and storing the information obtained by scanning said machine readable information within the storage device.
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