INFUSION DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An infusion data communication system having a communication link with which relevant administration data may be communicated in a medical fluid administration system, the administration system having a medical fluid container in which is located medical fluid for administration to a patient and a conduit with a lumen through which the medical fluid from the container is conducted to the patient for administration, the administration system having an upstream end at which the container is located and a downstream end at which the patient is located, the infusion data communication system comprising:
- a first data transmitting device located at either the upstream end or the downstream end, the first data transmitting device configured to transmit relevant administration data into the medical fluid residing in the lumen of the conduit; and
a first data reader device engaged with the conduit at a position between the upstream end and the downstream end, the first data reader device configured to receive from the medical fluid in the lumen the relevant administration data transmitted into the medical fluid by the first data transmitting device.
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Abstract
An infusion data communication system provides a communication link among a fluid container, an infusion pump, and a patient through which identification data may be communicated. Data devices are located at the fluid container and the patient and conduct low frequency RF energy at a low power level containing the data into the medical fluid. The data-laden RF energy propagates through the medication fluid to data readers at the infusion pump which receives the RF energy and reads the data. A comparison is made to verify that the right medication is mounted to the infusion pump for administration to the right patient. RFID devices may be used for the data devices and readers. Pump programming data may also be propagated to the infusion pump from the container RFID tag. The RFID device at the patient may be writable and may be used to store a patient MAR.
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2 Claims
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1. An infusion data communication system having a communication link with which relevant administration data may be communicated in a medical fluid administration system, the administration system having a medical fluid container in which is located medical fluid for administration to a patient and a conduit with a lumen through which the medical fluid from the container is conducted to the patient for administration, the administration system having an upstream end at which the container is located and a downstream end at which the patient is located, the infusion data communication system comprising:
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a first data transmitting device located at either the upstream end or the downstream end, the first data transmitting device configured to transmit relevant administration data into the medical fluid residing in the lumen of the conduit; and a first data reader device engaged with the conduit at a position between the upstream end and the downstream end, the first data reader device configured to receive from the medical fluid in the lumen the relevant administration data transmitted into the medical fluid by the first data transmitting device.
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2-31. -31. (canceled)
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