Method and Apparatus for Controlling An Infusion Pump or the Like

• US 20110231204A1
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• 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 9,757,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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

1. A method for collecting information using a portable data collector comprising:

first using a portable data collector to collect first information from a first identifier that has first medical information thereon, said first medical information including medical device information from a medical device identifier of a medical device, said first using collecting information by bringing said portable data collector spatially proximate to said first identifier;

second using said portable data collector to collect second information from a second identifier that has second medical information thereon, said second medical information including medication information from a medication container identifier of a medication container, said second using collecting information by bringing said portable data collector spatially proximate to said second identifier; and

third using a portable data collector to collect third information from a third identifier that has third medical information thereon, said third medical information including patient information from a patient identifier of a patient identification device linked to a patient, said third using collecting information by bringing said portable data collector spatially proximate to said third identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of:

using a controller remote from the data collector to compare the medication information and the patient information with prescription information stored by the controller to confirm that the medication is for the patient.

3. The method of claim 2 further including the steps of:

using the controller to send at least a portion of the prescription information to the medical device using the medical device information and displaying at least a portion of the prescription information on a display of the medical device.

4. The method of claim 1 where said third using to collect the patient information is carried out first, said second using to collect the medication information is carried out second, and said first using to collect the medical device information is carried out third.

5. The method of claim 1 where said third using to collect the patient information is carried out first, said first using to collect the medical device information is carried out second, and said second using to collect the medication information is carried out third.

6. The method of claim 1 where said second using to collect the medication information is carried out first, said third using to collect the patient information is carried out second, and said first using to collect the medical device information is carried out third.

7. The method of claim 1 where said second using to collect the medication information is carried out first, said first using to collect the medical device information is carried out second, and said third using to collect the patient information is carried out third.

8. The method of claim 1 where said first using to collect the medical device identifier is collected first, said second using to collect the medication identifier is collected second, and said third using to collect the patient identifier is carried out third.

9. The method of claim 1 where said first using to collect the medical device identifier is collected first, said third using to collect the patient identifier is collected second, and said second using to collect the medication identifier is collected third.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first, second or third identifiers are different formats of identifiers than others of said identifiers.

11. A portable data collector apparatus comprising:

a data collector part, which collects data when an identifier is brought spatially proximate to said data collector part, to collect first information at a first time from a first identifier that has first medical information thereon, said first medical information including medical device information from a medical device identifier of a medical device, and said data collector part also to collect second information at a second time from a second identifier that has second medical information thereon, said second medical information including medication information from a medication container identifier of a medication container, and data collector part to collect third information at a third time from a third identifier that has third medical information thereon, said third medical information including patient information from a patient identifier of a patient identification device linked to a patient,

where said first, second and third times are in any order relative to one another.

12. The portable data collector of claim 11, further including the earliest of the first, second and third times and the latest of the first, second, and third times are obtained within a time limit.

13. The portable data collector of claim 12, where the time limit is less than 3 minutes.

14. A medical device to display medication information comprising:

a plurality of medical devices each with a different identifier corresponding to device information about the medical device where the identifier is readable by a data collector when the data collector is brought proximate to the identifier, and where the identifier on each of the plurality of medical devices can be seen from an outside of each of a respective medical device;

a processor linked to a memory storing medical device identification associated with the medical device identifier,

a display, and

a communication port; and

wherein the memory has first and second states wherein

in the first state, the memory does not have medication information for a specific patient; and

in the second state, the memory has medication information related to a specific patient,

and wherein said memory receives said medication information via the communication port from a network that includes the device information and wherein the display displays at least a portion of the medication information.

15. The medical device of claim 14 where the at least a portion of the medication information includes all of a medication name, a prescribed dosage, and information related to the specific patient.

16. The medical device of claim 14 where the communication port communicates wirelessly and the network includes a wireless network.

17. A method for using a data collector to obtain information and determine that the information has been obtained within a threshold period of time, comprising:

using a data collector to collect information from machine readable identifiers and communicate the information to at least one of a medical device or a remote controller;

wherein said using the data collector obtains at least two items of information from the group consisting of medication information from a medication container, patient information from a patient identification device, physician identification from a physician identification device and device identifier information corresponding to a specific medical device within a communication network;

the method further including performing at least two of the following identifying steps;

(i) permitting an identification of a time at which the device identifier information is obtained;

(ii) permitting an identification of a time at which the medication information is obtained from the medication container; and

(iii) permitting an identification of a time at which the patient information is obtained from the patient identification device; and

the method further including the step of permitting a comparison of at least two of the identified times and when the duration between the compared times exceeds a threshold time period, performing a health safety function that is not performed when the duration between the compared times does not exceed said threshold time period.

18. The method of claim 17, further including the step of permitting a comparison of the earliest of the times and the latest of the times and when the duration exceeds a threshold time period, performing said health safety function that is not performed when the duration between the compared times does not exceed said threshold time period.

19. A method for using a data collector to obtain information and determine that the information has been obtained within a threshold period of time comprising:

(a) obtaining at least two of medication information from a medication container, patient information from a patient identification device and device identifier information corresponding to a medical device within a communication network;

using a data collector;

(b) the method further including performing at least two of the following identifying steps;

i) permitting an identification of the time at which the device identifier information is obtained;

(ii) permitting an identification of the time at which the medication information is obtained from the medication container;

(iii) permitting an identification of the time at which the medication information is obtained from the patient identifier; and

(c) the method further including the step of permitting a comparison of at least two of the times and when the duration between the compared times exceeds a threshold time period, performing a health safety function that is not performed when the duration between the compared times does not exceed said threshold time period.

20. A method for associating at least one medical device with a controller that is remote from the medical device, the method comprising the steps of:

using a device identifier that includes device identifier information identifying a medical device within a communication network;

using a data collector to

obtain the device identifier information;

permitting transfer of the device identifier information from the data collector to the controller;

permitting the device identifier information to associate the controller with the medical device so that the controller can communicate with the medical device;

obtaining at least one of medication information from a medication container, patient information from a patient identification device, and physician identification from a physician identification device;

the method further including permitting at least two of the following identifying steps to be performed;

(i) permitting an identification of a first time at which the device identifier information is obtained;

(ii) permitting an identification of a second time at which the medication information is obtained from the medication container;

and

(iii) permitting an identification of a third time at which the patient information is obtained from the patient identification device; and

the method further including the step of permitting a comparison of at least two of said first, second and third times and when the duration between the times exceeds a threshold time period, permitting a health safety function to be performed that is not performed when the duration between the times does not exceed said threshold time period.