Injection Site Information Cap

• US 20170065809A1
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• 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 10,420,926 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 cap comprising:

an engagement portion configured to removably couple to and cover an injection port of an injection site; and

at least one information element on the cap 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 injection port,

wherein the cap includes a disinfectant to disinfect the injection site, and wherein the at least one information element encapsulates data characterizing a disinfection state of the injection port.

2. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the at least one information element comprises human readable information to enable a user to verify the disinfection state.

3. The cap as in claim 2, wherein the at least one information element further comprises optically encoded information including at least one bar code.

4. The cap as in claim 3, wherein the at least one bar code is sensed by the at least one sensor as the cap is circumferentially rotated.

5. The cap as in claim 2, wherein the at least one information element further comprises one or more of:

mechanically encoded information, magnetically encoded information, a near field communication (NFC) tag, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

6. The cap as in claim 1, further comprising a stripped grip section.

7. The cap as in claim 1, further comprising an extended surface forming a finger grip handle, wherein the extended surface has a narrower diameter than a remainder of the cap.

8. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the at least one information element is removably coupled to the cap.

9. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the at least one information element is configured to slide over and attach to the cap.

10. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the at least one information element is configured to wrap around and attach to the cap.

11. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the engagement portion is a push on type configured to push on to the injection port without luer lock threads.

12. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the injection port is fluidically coupled to one of a patient and a fluid wasting reservoir.

13. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the at least one information element further encapsulates data characterizing each of:

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.

14. The cap as in claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one information element and the cap is color coded with one of a plurality of color categories, each color category characterizing one or more of:

caregiver identification, a patient care procedural activity, a laboratory sample, a state of the injection port, a fluid injected into the injection port, and a state of a patient.

15. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the at least one information element is integral to an outer surface of the cap.

16. The cap as in claim 1, wherein the engagement portion is further configured to fluidically seal the injection port of the injection site.

17. A cap comprising:

a first end and an opposite second end;

a first engagement portion on the first end of the cap configured to removably couple to and cover a first injection port of a first injection site;

at least one first information element on an outer surface of the first engagement portion of the cap positioned to be automatically sensed by at least one first sensor of the first injection site when the first engagement portion is coupled to or is being coupled to the first injection port;

a second engagement portion on the opposite second end of the cap configured to couple to and cover a second injection port of a second injection site; and

at least one second information element on an outer surface of the second engagement portion of the cap positioned to be automatically sensed by at least one second sensor of the second injection site when the second engagement portion is coupled to or is being coupled to the second injection port,

wherein the at least one first information element is configured to record a first type of activity, and wherein the at least one second information element is configured to record a second type of activity different than the first type of activity.

18. The cap as in claim 17, further comprising a disinfectant to disinfect the first injection port upon the coupling of the first engagement portion with the first injection port, wherein the at least one first information element encapsulates data characterizing a disinfection state of the first injection port, and wherein the at least one second information element encapsulates data characterizing a procedural step.

19. The cap as in claim 18, wherein the at least one first information element comprises human readable information to enable a user to verify the disinfection state.

20. The cap as in claim 17, wherein one or more of the at least one information element and the at least one second information element is removably coupled to the cap.