Method and Apparatus for Controlling An Infusion Pump or the Like

• US 20110196306A1
• Filed: 04/13/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B Braun Medical Incorporated (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Pompare Technologies LLC
• Inventors: De La Huerga, Carlos
• Granted Patent: US 9,750,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/10 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/60 using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/70 Audible labels, e.g. for pre-recorded info or messages
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6063 Optical identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/00 Other apparatus for introducing media into the body for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin salt baths A61H33/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14212 Pumping with an aspiration and an expulsion action
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16827 controlling delivery of multiple fluids, e.g. sequencing, mixing or via separate flow-paths infusion of multiple fluids without using a controller A61M5/1407
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling IV medication delivery and monitoring, the method including providing information tags on IV bags that specify delivery parameters, obtaining delivery parameters for at least one bag, associating a controller with a particular patient, comparing patient information for the particular patient with the delivery parameters, determining the efficacy of delivering the medicant to the patient and affecting pump control as a function of the comparison. The method also includes various timing rules and other verification procedures.

Claims

8. A system used to deliver medication to a patient comprising:

a computer storing prescription information, including information that is specific to a first patient;

said computer having a network connection, receiving first information indicative of a first machine readable identifier corresponding to a patient identification that is attached to a limb of a patient, receiving second information indicative of a second machine readable identifier from a medication dispensing container with medication to be administered to the patient, and receiving third information corresponding to a medical device identification that is representative of a specific one medical device that is associated with delivery of medication to a patient and is indicative of a third machine readable identifier from the specific one medical device;

said computer operating to compare stored prescription data to at least said first and second information, and to determine if information indicative of the use of the medication is authorized to be sent, and if said information indicative of the use of the medication is authorized to be sent, then sending said information indicative of the use of the medication to said specific one medical device using the medical device identification to deliver the medication to the patient.

1. A medical device configured to administer a prescribed amount of medicant to a patent, comprising:

a medical device unit, operable to deliver a prescribed formulation of medicant from a container to an output port, where said output port is adapted to be dispensed to a patient, said medical device unit being electronically controlled, and said medical device unit having an individual medical device identifier that is indicative of said medical device unit and not indicative of other medical device units;

a network communication port, receiving over a network connection, data indicative of an identification of a medical device to be used to deliver said medicant, and dosing information for said medicant, where said data indicative of identification and dosing is based on the medical device identifier, a container identification that was obtained electronically from a medicant to be dispensed, and a patient identification that was obtained electronically from a patient identification part; and

an infusion controller, including a processor and a memory for storing a medical device identification associated with the medical device identifier, the controller for controlling operation of said medical device unit to deliver said medicant in a specified dosage only when said identification of the medical device received over said network connection matches said medical device stored identification, and using said medical device unit according to said dosing information received by said network communication port.

2. The medical device as in claim 1, wherein said medical device includes a machine readable identifier thereon.

3. The medical device as in claim 1, further comprising a housing that holds multiple medical device units, and where said housing includes multiple different machine readable identifier thereon, representative of said multiple medical device units.

4. The medical device as in claim 1, wherein said medical device confirms that it has received said data

5. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the network communication port communicates uses wireless communication.

6. The medical device of claim 1, wherein said infusion controller controls said operation to deliver said medicant also after receiving an identification from a badge of a medical professional.

7. The medical device of claim 1, wherein said infusion controller controls said operation to deliver said medicant after receiving information from a memory associated with the container.

9. A system as in claim 8, wherein said medical device is a medical pump for pumping medication.

10. A system as in claim 8, wherein said computer sends said information indicative of the use of the medication at a current time.

11. A system as in claim 9, wherein said system monitors operation of said medical pump to deliver said medication in a specified dosage as said information indicative of the use of the medication.

12. The system as in claim 8, further comprising said medical device that includes a machine readable identifier thereon.

13. The system as in claim 8, wherein the network communication communicates using wireless communication.

14. The system as in claim 8, wherein said computer controls said operation to deliver said medicant also after receiving an identification from a badge of a medical professional.

15. The system as in claim 8, wherein said computer stores and uses information specific to the patient includes drugs to which the patient is allergic.

16. The system as in claim 8, wherein said computer disables information on said container from being used more than once.

35. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the dosing information includes at least one of a medication identifier, a medicant concentration, and the patient weight.

36. The medical device of claim 1, where the dosing information includes at least one of a flow rate, a duration, a route, a titration standing order, and a medication identifier.

37. The medical device of claim 1, wherein said memory in said infusion controller is a first memory associated with the infusion controller, and further comprising a second memory associated with said network communication port.

15-1. The system as in claim 8, wherein said computer stores and uses information about drugs which are genomically incompatible with the patient

17. A system used to deliver a prescribed amount of medication to a patient, comprising

a medical device having a first machine readable identifier;

a patient identification bracelet having a second identifier that identifies a patient identification and that is attached to a limb of a patient;

a medication container, having a third identifier indicative of contents of said medication container that is used to dispense medication to the patient;

a wireless network;

a wireless reader device that reads each of said first, second and third identifiers, and communicates information indicative of each of said first, second and third identifiers over said wireless network; and

a central computer, receiving said information indicative of each of said first, second and third identifiers that were transmitted over the wireless network, said computer operating to compare stored prescription data to at least said second identifier and said third identifier, and to determine if at least a portion of the stored prescription data related to the medication of said third indicator is authorized to be sent, and when the determination indicates that said third indicator is authorized sending said the least a portion of stored prescription data to said medical device using the information obtained from the first identifier.

18. The system as in claim 17, wherein said computer determines whether the prescription data is authorized at a current time, and if so, sends said portion at the current time.

19. A system as in claim 17, wherein said medical device is a medical pump for pumping medication.

20. The system as in claim 17, wherein said computer controls said operation to deliver said medicant also after receiving an identification from a badge of a medical professional.

21. The system as in claim 17, wherein said computer stores and uses information specific to the patient includes drugs to which the patient is allergic.

22. The system as in claim 17, wherein said computer stores and uses information about drugs which are genomically incompatible with the patient

23. The system as in claim 17, wherein said computer disables information on said container from being used more than once

24. The system as in claim 17, wherein said wireless reader device has a readable screen, that shows information from said indicators

25. A system used to deliver a prescribed amount of medication to a patient, comprising:

a medical device having a first machine readable identifier;

a patient identification bracelet having a second identifier that identifies a patient identification and that is attached to a limb of a patient;

a medication container, having a third identifier indicative of contents of the medication container that is used to dispense medication to the patient

a computer system having a remote portable data collector linked to a central controller, said remote portable data collector communicating via a network that includes a wireless network;

said remote portable data collector operable to read each of the first, second and third identifiers, and communicates information indicative of at least the second and third identifiers over said wireless network; and

said central controller, receiving the information indicative of each of said at least second and third identifiers that were transmitted over the wireless network, said controller operating to compare stored prescription data to information indicative of at least the second and third identifiers, and to determine if at least a portion of the stored prescription data related to information indicative of the third identifier is authorized to be transmitted, and when the determination is positive the computer system transmitting the at least a portion of stored prescription data to said medical device using information obtained from the first identifier

26. The system of claim 25 where the central controller transmits the at least a portion of stored prescription data to the remote portable data collector and the remote data collector transmits the at least a portion of stored prescription data to the medical device using the information obtained from the first identifier.

27. The system of claim 25 where the remote portable data collector communicates information indicative of the first identifier over said wireless network with the information indicative of at least the second and third identifiers and the remote portable data collector sends the at least a portion of stored prescription data to the medical device using the information indicative of the first identifier.

28. A system to present information relating to the operation of a medical device to a physician comprising:

a portable data collector with a display and a wireless communication port;

the portable data collector operable to collect patient information from a patient identifier that is associated with a patient;

the portable data collector receives medical device information for a medical device related to the patient information via the wireless communication port, where said medical device is one that is associated with delivery of a specific medication to the patient; and

wherein the display displays patient information and at least a portion of the medical device status.

29. The system of claim 28 further including:

the data collector collects medication information from a medication container identifier on a medication container; and

wherein said at least a portion of the medical device status is based on the medication information.

30. The system of claim 29 further including:

the data collector collects medical device identifier information from a medical device identifier; and

the medical device status is based on an operation of the medical device identified by the medical device identifier information.

31. The system of claim 30 further including:

the data collector transmitting the patient information, the medication information, and the medical device identifier information prior to receiving medical device information.

32. The system of claim 31 further including:

the medical device is an infusion pump and the medical device information includes the status of the infusion pump.

33. The system of claim 31, further including:

the medical device information includes a flow rate of the medication.

34. The system of claim 31 wherein:

the data collector receiving the medical device information from a remote computer.