DRUG DISPENSER RESPONSIVE TO PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

• US 20080077440A1
• Filed: 09/24/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Remon Medical Technologies Ltd. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Remon Medical Technologies Ltd. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Doron, Eyal
• Application Number:
  US11/860,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20080077440A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/076 Permanent implantations telemetry using implanted circuitry A61B5/0031; implanted stimulators for therapy A61N1/3605, A61N1/362, A61N1/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/00 Instruments for auscultation
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/049 automatically changing in response to a schedule deviation by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An automatic drug dispensing system that dispenses variable amounts or types of drugs to treat a particular medical condition of a patient, the system comprising a medical sensor which may be implanted in or otherwise coupled to a body surface of a patient, wherein the sensor is configured to measure one or more physiological parameters of the patient; a user interface configured for receiving input relating to the patient'"'"'s current condition; and a processor configured to determine one or more of a drug selection, dosage, and timing regime based at least in part on information received from the medical sensor and user interface.

Claims

1. An automatic drug dispensing system that dispenses variable amounts or types of drugs to treat a particular medical condition of a patient, the system comprising:

a medical sensor which may be implanted in or otherwise coupled to a body surface of a patient, wherein the sensor is configured to measure one or more physiological parameters of the patient;

a user interface configured for receiving input relating to the patient'"'"'s current condition; and

a processor configured to determine one or more of a drug selection, dosage, and timing regime based at least in part on information received from the medical sensor and user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the dispenser is in remote communication with a computer situated at the location of a medical caregiver.

3. The system of claim 2, configured to allow the medical caregiver to monitor the activities of the drug dispensing system over the remote communication link.

4. The system of claim 2, configured to allow the medical caregiver to modify parameters controlling the activities of the drug dispensing system.

5. The system of claim 4, the parameters including a drug dispensing algorithm.