Infusion Pump Having Radiofrequency Identification and Optical Imaging Capabilities
First Claim
1. A medical device, comprising:
- a microcontroller programmed to send host commands;
a module responsive to said host commands for retrieving data from an object presented to said medical device.
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Abstract
An infusion pump including an optical imaging and an RFID reading module connected thereto through a host interface. The optical imaging and RFID module comprises a system microcontroller that interconnects an optical image capture subsystem and an RFID subsystem preferably routed through a single interface to the infusion pump. This infusion pump controls operation of the optical imaging and RFID module through commands provided through the interface and, as a result, capable of obtaining data encoded on barcodes and RFID tags. The infusion pump, through the optical imaging and RFID module, may thus automatically retrieve patient data, pharmacological information, dosage amounts, etc. from barcodes or RFID tags applied to the patient, intravenous medication, and even medical staff.
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20 Claims
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1. A medical device, comprising:
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a microcontroller programmed to send host commands;
a module responsive to said host commands for retrieving data from an object presented to said medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling a medical device, comprising the steps of:
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presenting an object including data encoded therein to said medical device;
retrieving said data from said object;
comparing said data against data stored in a database;
enabling said medical device after comparing said data retrieved from said object to data stored in said database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In an infusion pump including a first microcontroller for delivering fluids to a patient, the improvement comprising:
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an optical imager for obtaining an image of an object presented to said infusion pump;
a radiofrequency identification (RFID) transceiver for obtaining data from an RFID tag presented to said infusion pump;
a second microcontroller interconnected to said optical imager, said RFID transceiver, and said first microcontroller of said infusion pump;
wherein said first microcontroller is programmed to transmit host commands to said second microcontroller, and said second microcontroller is programmed to operate said optical imager and said RFID transceiver in response to said host commands. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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