Injection Site Information Cap

• US 20170056641A1
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CRISI Medical Systems, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: CRISI Medical Systems, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Bochenko, Walter John
• Granted Patent: US 9,931,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1044 Verifying the connection, e.g. audible feedback, tactile feedback, visual feedback, using external light sources
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1077 Adapters, e.g. couplings adapting a connector to one or several other connectors
• 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 2205/6009 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 2205/6063 Optical identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6081 Colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/82 Internal energy supply devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/0208 Subcutaneous access sites for injecting or removing fluids transcutaneous access sites A61M39/0247; implantable infusion devices A61M5/14276
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/162 with antiseptic agent incorporated within the connector
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/20 Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes

Abstract

A injection site information cap includes a housing, a cover portion, an engagement portion configured to couple to and cover an injection port of an injection site, and at least one information element on the cover portion that is positioned to be automatically sensed by at least one sensor of the injection site when the engagement portion is coupled to or is being coupled to the medication injection port. Related apparatus, systems, and techniques are also described.

Claims

1. A method for implementation by one or more data processors comprising:

receiving, by at least one data processor, information from a medication delivery apparatus characterizing at least one information element on a cap covering an injection port of the medication delivery apparatus;

associating, by at least one data processor, the received information with data comprising one or more of;

a disinfection state of the injection port, a caregiver identification, an identification of a patient, a procedural step performed in connection with care of the patient, a state of waste disposal, a lab sample, respiratory management for the patient, and dietary management for the patient; and

promoting the associated data.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the medication delivery apparatus comprises:

a housing;

a fluid conduit at least partially extending within the housing and configured to deliver medication within a medication container to the patient;

an injection port extending from an external surface of the housing and configured to be coupled to a fluid outlet of the medication container, the injection port being fluidically and directly coupled to the fluid conduit; and

at least one sensor disposed within the housing to sense the at least one information element on the information cap.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein the medication delivery apparatus further comprises:

a transmitter within the housing to wirelessly transmit information generated by the at least one sensor to a remote data collection system; and

a self-contained power source within the housing powering the at least one sensor and the transmitter.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein promoting the associated data comprises at least one of:

displaying the associated data, storing the associated data into a physical storage device, loading the associated data into memory, and transmitting the associated data to a remote computing system.