MEDICATION SAFETY SYSTEM
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Abstract
A medication safety system includes a panel mounted to an IV pole above a multi-channel infusion pump also mounted to the IV pole. The panel includes multiple RFID readers for reading the RFID tags placed on each of the medication containers mounted to the panel. The pump includes a controller that communicates with the RFID readers at the panel to receive the information read by the RFID readers and automatically program the respective pump channel. A verification program verifies that the medication delivery information from the containers matches the patient identified for the pump and the programming parameters of the pump fall within acceptable ranges. In another aspect, the panel contains multiple vibration devices to impart vibrations to the medication of each of the containers mounted to the panel. Those vibrations are sensed by the particular pumping channel to confirm that the correct channel has been programmed for that medication. When the clinician opens the door of the pumping channel, the pump may request information from the RFID reader at the panel for that medication and may wait for receipt of the vibrations in the medication of the tubing mounted into the channel.
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50 Claims
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1-35. -35. (canceled)
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36. A medication safety system comprising:
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a vibration device configured to impart vibrations to a container containing a fluid that is coupled to a delivery apparatus through a conduit; and a vibration sensor configured to couple to the conduit and detect vibrations in the fluid within the conduit and provide a signal when vibrations are sensed. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An intravenous (IV) pump comprising:
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a pump channel configured to receive a conduit that is coupled between a container containing medical fluid and a patient, and to manipulate the conduit to deliver the medical fluid from the container to the patient; a vibration device configured to be coupled to the container and selectively impart vibrations to the container; a vibration sensor proximate to the pump channel, the sensor configured to couple to the conduit and detect vibrations in the fluid within the conduit and provide a signal when vibrations are sensed; a controller operatively coupled to the pump channel, the vibration device, and the vibration sensor, the controller configured to selectively activate the vibration device, receive the signal from the vibration sensor, and provide a signal comprising an indication of whether the pump channel is coupled through a conduit to the container coupled to the activated vibration device. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of determining whether a delivery apparatus is fluidically coupled through a conduit to a container containing a fluid, the method comprising the steps of:
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activating a vibration device coupled to the container; and detecting with a vibration sensor located proximate to the delivery apparatus vibrations in the fluid in the conduit. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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