MEDICAMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140357304A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,179,260 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/60 using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags
• 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: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• 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 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• 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 2205/6054 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: G06Q 40/08 : Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 : delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 : for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 : with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/045 : using recorded signals, e.g. speech
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 : Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, device, and storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving location information and expiration information; determining a current location of the mobile device; determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device; determining that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event; outputting an expiration alarm indicating the expiration event in response to determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device and that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event; receiving, from the user, a request to display a map of a geographic area; displaying, by the mobile device and via a non-operating system application, the map of the geographic area; and displaying an alert icon on the map, wherein the location of the icon on the map is based on the received location information.

Claims

1. A method of tracking a status of a medicament device by a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the mobile device, information regarding a medicament device, the information comprising location information and expiration information;

determining a current location of the mobile device;

determining, based on comparing the current location to the location information, that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device;

determining, based on the received expiration information, that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event;

outputting, to the user of the mobile device and via an operating system element of the mobile device configured to output notifications from multiple different applications, an expiration alarm indicating the expiration event in response to determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device and that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event;

receiving, from the user, a request to display a map of a geographic area;

displaying, by the mobile device and via a non-operating system application, the map of the geographic area; and

displaying an alert icon on the map, wherein the location of the icon on the map is based on the received location information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device receives the information regarding the medicament device by optically reading the information from at least one of the medicament device and a packaging of the medicament device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device receives the information regarding the medicament device by wirelessly communicating with at least one of the medicament device and a packaging of the medicament device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the expiration information is an expiration date and the expiration event comprises at least one of a past expiration of the medicament device and an expiration of the medicament device at a future date that is less than a predetermined amount of time from a current date.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device receives the location information from the medicament device via a communications network, whereby the mobile device is capable of receiving the location information from the medicament device when the medicament device is at a location that is remote from the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile device via a communications network, an activation indication that a second medicament device has been activated;

outputting an activation alert to the user based on the activation indication.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

periodically polling a second medicament device using wireless communication to estimate a distance between the second medicament device and the mobile device;

determining, based on the estimated distance, that the second medicament device is farther away from the mobile device than a predetermined allowable distance; and

outputting a missing device alarm in response to determining that the second medicament device is farther away from then mobile device than the predetermined allowable distance.

8. A mobile device for tracking a status of a medicament device by a mobile device, the device comprising:

a communications interface;

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the communications interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive information regarding a medicament device, the information comprising location information and expiration information,

determine a current location of the mobile device,

determine, based on comparing the current location to the location information, that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device,

determine, based on the received expiration information, that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event,

output, to the user of the mobile device and via an operating system element configured to output notifications from multiple different applications, an expiration alarm indicating the expiration event in response to determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device and that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event,

receive, from the user, a request to display a map of a geographic area,

display, via a non-operating system application, the map of the geographic area, and

display an alert icon on the map, wherein the location of the icon on the map is based on the received location information.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein, in receiving the information regarding the medicament device, the processor is configured to optically read the information from at least one of the medicament device and a packaging of the medicament device.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein, in receiving the information regarding the medicament device, the processor is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of the medicament device and a packaging of the medicament device.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the expiration information is an expiration date and the expiration event comprises at least one of a past expiration of the medicament device and an expiration of the medicament device at a future date that is less than a predetermined amount of time from a current date.

12. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein, in receiving the location information, the processor is configured to receive the location information from the medicament device via a communications network, whereby the mobile device is capable of receiving the location information from the medicament device when the medicament device is at a location that is remote from the mobile device.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, by the mobile device via a communications network, an activation indication that a second medicament device has been activated;

output an activation alert to the user based on the activation indication.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a mobile device for tracking a status of a medicament device, the medium comprising:

instructions for receiving, by the mobile device, information regarding a medicament device, the information comprising location information and expiration information;

instructions for determining a current location of the mobile device;

instructions for determining, based on comparing the current location to the location information, that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device;

instructions for determining, based on the received expiration information, that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event;

instructions for outputting, to the user of the mobile device and via an operating system element of the mobile device configured to output notifications from multiple different applications, an expiration alarm indicating the expiration event in response to determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device and that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event;

instructions for receiving, from the user, a request to display a map of a geographic area;

instructions for displaying, by the mobile device and via a non-operating system application, the map of the geographic area; and

instructions for displaying an alert icon on the map, wherein the location of the icon on the map is based on the received location information.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein instructions for receiving the information regarding the medicament device comprise instructions for optically reading the information from at least one of the medicament device and a packaging of the medicament device.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions for receiving the information regarding the medicament device comprise instructions for wirelessly communicating with at least one of the medicament device and a packaging of the medicament device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the expiration information is an expiration date and the expiration event comprises at least one of a past expiration of the medicament device and an expiration of the medicament device at a future date that is less than a predetermined amount of time from a current date.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions for receiving the location information comprise instructions for receiving location information from the medicament device via a communications network, whereby the mobile device is capable of receiving the location information from the medicament device when the medicament device is at a location that is remote from the mobile device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising:

instructions for receiving, by the mobile device via a communications network, an activation indication that a second medicament device has been activated;

instructions for outputting an activation alert to the user based on the activation indication.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising:

instructions for periodically polling a second medicament device using wireless communication to estimate a distance between the second medicament device and the mobile device;

instructions for determining, based on the estimated distance, that the second medicament device is farther away from the mobile device than a predetermined allowable distance; and

instructions for outputting a missing device alarm in response to determining that the second medicament device is farther away from then mobile device than the predetermined allowable distance.