MEDICATION INJECTION SUPERVISOR DEVICE

• US 20100286612A1
• Filed: 03/15/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John J. Hughes, William Cirillo
• Original Assignee: John J. Hughes, William Cirillo
• Inventors: Hughes, John, CIRILLO, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US12/724,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20100286612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/111
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3125 specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3126 Specific display means related to dosing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/58 Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31525 Dosing burettes, pipettes B01L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/00 Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A medication injection supervisor device, in one example embodiment, comprises a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design, a universal header designed slide onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen, an electronics assembly housed by the universal header, a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly, a display to display injection data, and a button to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, including resetting of the time. The medication injection supervisor device can infer the completion of the injection from a plunger of the injection pen being depressed. The medication injection supervisor device can further include a dosage reading system to read a dosage of medication delivered by the prefabrication injection pen, the dosage reading system including a clip specific to the prefabricated injection pen coupled to a plunger of the prefabricated injection pen, the dosage being determined by a position of the clip. The medication injection supervisor device can further include a micro optics subsystem communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly and having a dial reader to take one or more images of a dosage dial of the prefabricated injection pen, and an imaging subsystem communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly to recognize characters in the images taken by the dial reader.

Claims

1. A medication injection supervisor device, the device comprising:

a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to rigidly lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design;

a universal header designed to rigidly lock onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen;

an electronics assembly housed by the universal header;

a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly;

a display to display injection data; and

one or more buttons to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, the manipulation including resetting the time.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the injection data includes a time elapsed since the injection.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the injection is inferred from depressing of a plunger of the injection pen.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the universal header is locked onto the specific sleeve at locking indents.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the display turns off automatically after a predetermined time to conserve power.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the electronic assembly includes one or more sensors to detect environmental and usage data, the environmental and usage data including a time of injection, a temperature at the time of injection, and a dosage.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the electronic assembly is to keep records related to a prescribed injection schedule, to record the dosage and the time of each injection, and to generate alarms, the alarms including one or more of the following:

a reminder to perform an injection, a warning of a late injection, a warning of an early injection, a warning that a temperature of the injection pen is not within a recommended range for a medication delivered by the injection pen, a warning that an injection dosage is outside of an expected range, and a reminder to change a needle on the injection pen.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the alarms include one or more of the following:

a visual alarm, an audio alarm, a vibrational alarm, and an SMS message.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the visual alarm includes displaying one or more colors indicative of safety of the injection.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein, based on the records, the electronic assembly is to automatically perform one or more of the following:

generate a report, compile a measurement history, learn from a past usage pattern

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more buttons are to enable stepping through one or more of the following:

a recorded value, a warning, and a message.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the electronics assembly is to facilitate remote monitoring of the patient'"'"'s condition by communicating information wirelessly via one or more wireless protocols.

13. The device of claim 1, further comprising a locking pin to prevent the injection by blocking an injection mechanism of the injection pen upon determination that the injection is to create an overdose condition according to predetermined criteria.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the locking pin is to release when a lower dosage is selected or is overridden via a button combination.

15. The device of claim 1, further comprising an interface to transfer data from the medication injection supervisor device and to configure the medication injection supervisor device remotely.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the data is analyzed using separate software to produce trend information, the trend information enabling optimization of times and dosages.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the electronics assembly is programmed according to the analysis.

18. A medication injection supervisor device, the device comprising:

a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to rigidly lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design;

a universal header designed to rigidly lock onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen; and

a dosage reading system to read a dosage of medication delivered by the prefabrication injection pen.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the dosage reading system includes a clip specific to the prefabricated injection pen attached to a plunger of the prefabricated injection pen, the dosage being determined by a position of the clip shaft within the universal header.

20. A medication injection supervisor device, the device comprising:

a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to rigidly lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design;

a universal header designed to rigidly lock onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen;

an electronics assembly housed by the universal header;

a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly;

a display to display injection data;

a button to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, the manipulation including resetting the time;

an optical imaging subsystem communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly to take one or more images of a dosage dial of the prefabricated injection pen, the particular sleeve being designed to ensure that the dial reader is positioned over the dosage dial, the micro optics subsystem being activated upon detecting of the injection by the sensor; and

an imaging subsystem communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly, the imaging subsystem to recognize characters in the one or more images taken by the dial reader of the micro optics subsystem.