SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAMENT STORAGE, DISPENSING, AND ADMINISTRATION

• US 20140252927A1
• Filed: 05/20/2014
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Ostrander, Kevin, DENNY, JOHN W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,922,367 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/209
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/3001 for sharps
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0076 Medicament distribution means with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3306 Optical measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 by audible feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5086 for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/02 for dispensing rod-shaped articles, e.g. needles packages for cigarettes provided with dispensing means B65D85/1009; dispensers for drinking straws A47G21/184
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 : using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 : Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 : using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 : using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 : stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 : delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 : delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 : for emergency applications

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a medicament storage case including: a case body securable to a wall; a door connected to the body; a sleeve to contain an epinephrine injector; a medicament lock including a hook, wherein the hook is positioned to engage the sleeve when in a first position and is positioned to disengage the sleeve when in a second position; an actuator including a solenoid, wherein the solenoid, upon activation, moves the hook from the first position to the second position; a microphone configured to receive first audio as input; a speaker configured to output second audio; a communication unit configured to provide Internet connectivity; a button; and a processor configured to: in response to pressing the button: establish communication between the local user and a remote site, receive an unlock message, and in response to receiving the unlock message, activate the solenoid to release of the sleeve.

Claims

1. A medicament storage case assembly comprising:

a case body defining a front surface, a rear surface, an internal area, and an opening in the front surface through which the internal area is accessible;

securing hardware capable of securing the rear surface of the case body to a wall;

a door hingedly connected to the case body adjacent the opening, wherein the door blocks access to the internal area when the door occupies a closed position and permits access to the internal area when the door occupies an open position;

a medicament lock disposed within the internal area and configured to occupy a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the medicament lock restricts removal of an epinephrine injector from the internal area when the medicament lock occupies the locked state and allows removal of the epinephrine injector from the internal area when the medicament lock occupies the unlocked state;

an actuator configured to transition the medicament lock from the locked state to an unlocked state, wherein transitioning the medicament lock releases the epinephrine injector for removal from the internal area and subsequent use;

a microphone configured to receive first audio as input from a local user;

a speaker configured to output second audio to the local user;

a communication unit configured to provide at least one communication channel to at least one remote site; and

a processor configured to;

establish, via the communication unit, a two way communication session between the local user and the remote site, wherein the communication unit transmits the first audio received by the microphone and receives the second audio to be output via the speaker, and

receive an unlock signal that instructs the storage case to allow access to the epinephrine injector.

2. The medicament storage case of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to output an access signal to the actuator in response to receiving the unlock signal, wherein the actuator transitions the medicament lock from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to receiving the access signal.

3. The medicament storage case of claim 1, further comprising a button in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to establish the two way communication session in response to the button being pressed.

4. The medicament storage case of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

establish a landline telephone call via the communication unit and a plain ordinary telephone system (POTS) to an emergency dispatch in response to the button being pressed; and

transmit predetermined information to the emergency dispatch via the landline telephone call.

5. The medicament storage case of claim 1, further comprising:

a display device,

wherein the processor is further configured to output video instructions via the display device to the user upon allowing access to the epinephrine injector.

6. The medicament storage case of claim 1, further comprising:

a sleeve sized to contain the epinephrine injector and located within the internal area,

wherein the medicament lock engages the sleeve in the locked state to restrict removal of the epinephrine injector from the internal area and disengages from the sleeve in the unlocked state to allow removal of the epinephrine injector from the internal area.

7. The medicament storage case of claim 6, wherein upon the medicament lock disengaging from the sleeve, the sleeve falls away from the medicament lock and toward the opening.

8. The medicament storage case of claim 1, further comprising an additional medicament lock configured to selectively restrict or allow removal of an additional epinephrine injector.

9. A medicament storage case comprising:

a case body defining a front surface, a rear surface, an internal area, and an opening in the front surface through which the internal area is accessible;

securing hardware capable of securing the rear surface of the case body to a wall;

a door hingedly connected to the case body adjacent the opening, wherein the door blocks access to the internal area when the door occupies a closed position and permits access to the internal area when the door occupies an open position;

a retaining structure configured to occupy a first state and a second state, wherein the retaining structure restricts removal of an epinephrine injector from the internal area when the retaining structure occupies the first state and allows removal of the epinephrine injector from the internal area when the retaining structure occupies the second state, wherein the retaining structure transitions from the first state to the second state in response to receiving an unlock signal;

a microphone configured to receive first audio as input from a local user;

a speaker configured to output second audio to the local user;

a communication unit configured to provide at least one communication channel to at least one remote site; and

a processor configured to;

establish, via the communication unit, a two way communication session between the local user and the remote site, wherein the communication unit transmits the first audio received by the microphone and receives the second audio to be output via the speaker, and

receive an access signal that instructs the storage case to allow access to the epinephrine injector.

10. The medicament storage case of claim 9, further comprising a processor configured to output the access signal to the actuator in response to receiving the unlock signal.

11. The medicament storage case of claim 9, further comprising a button in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to establish the two way communication session in response to the button being pressed.

12. The medicament storage case of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

establish a landline telephone call via the communication unit and a plain ordinary telephone system (POTS) to an emergency dispatch in response to the button being pressed; and

transmit predetermined information to the emergency dispatch via the landline telephone call.

13. The medicament storage case of claim 9, further comprising:

a display device,

wherein the processor is further configured to output video instructions via the display device to the user upon allowing access to the epinephrine injector.

14. The medicament storage case of claim 9, further comprising:

a sleeve sized to contain the epinephrine injector and located within the internal area,

wherein the medicament lock engages the sleeve in the locked state to restrict removal of the epinephrine injector from the internal area and disengages from the sleeve in the unlocked state to allow removal of the epinephrine injector from the internal area.

15. The medicament storage case of claim 14, wherein upon the medicament lock disengaging from the sleeve, the sleeve falls away from the medicament lock and toward the opening.

16. A medicament storage case comprising:

a case body defining a front surface, a rear surface, an internal area, a lower ledge, and an opening in the front surface through which the internal area is accessible;

securing hardware capable of securing the rear surface of the case body to a wall;

a door hingedly connected to the case body adjacent the opening, wherein the door blocks access to the internal area when the door occupies a closed position and permits access to the internal area when the door occupies an open position;

a sleeve sized to contain an epinephrine injector and located within the internal area, the sleeve including a rail;

a medicament lock comprising a hook movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the hook is positioned to engage the rail of the sleeve when in the first position and is positioned to disengage the rail of the sleeve when in the second position, and wherein the sleeve is suspended above the lower ledge when the hook is engaged with the rail of the sleeve and wherein the sleeve falls to the lower ledge when the hook disengages the rail of the sleeve;

an actuator comprising a solenoid, wherein the solenoid, upon activation, moves the hook from the first position to the second position;

a microphone configured to receive first audio as input from a local user;

a speaker configured to output second audio to the local user;

a communication unit configured to provide plain ordinary telephone system (POTS) connectivity and Internet connectivity;

a button accessible to the local user; and

a processor configured to;

detect a press of the button,

in response to detecting the press of the button;

establish a telephone call to an emergency dispatch via the communication unit and the POTS,

transmit predetermined information to the emergency dispatch via the telephone call, and

establish a two-way communication between the local user and a remote site via the communication unit and the Internet, wherein the communication unit transmits the first audio received by the microphone and receives the second audio to be output via the speaker,

receive an unlock message via the Internet, and

in response to receiving the unlock message, cause activation of the solenoid to effect release of the sleeve.

17. The medicament storage case of claim 16, further comprising:

an additional sleeve including an additional rail;

an additional medicament lock engaged with the additional sleeve;

an additional solenoid configured to effect disengagement of the additional medicament lock from the additional sleeve;

wherein, in causing activation of the solenoid, the processor is configured to determine that the message is applicable to the sleeve and inapplicable to the additional sleeve.

18. The medicament storage case of claim 16, further comprising a detachable device connected to the case body, the detachable device comprising:

the microphone and the speaker; and

a WiFi device configured to transmit the video data to the processor.

19. The medicament storage case of claim 18, wherein:

the detachable device is selectively securable to the case body such that, when secured, the detachable device may not be detached from the case body; and

the processor is further configured to;

receive, via the communication unit, an instruction to release the detachable device, and

in response to the instruction to release the detachable device, effect release of the detachable device to allow a user to detach the detachable device from the case body.

20. The medicament storage case of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, via the communication module, an indication that the epinephrine injector has been dispensed.

21. The medicament storage case of claim 16, further comprising a temperature sensor for sensing temperature data, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the temperature data via the communication module.