Reservoirs and delivery devices
First Claim
1. A passive reservoir for containing a medicament to be supplied to a patient through a supply line controlled by a delivery device that is separate from the passive reservoir, said passive reservoir comprising:
- an electrically and/or magnetically operable data carrier means for carrying data relating to a medicament contained in or to be contained in said reservoir, the data carried by said data carrier means providing at least partial control of the delivery device, said data carrier means comprising a resonant device adapted to resonate at at least one predetermined resonant frequency representative of medicament-related data, when activated by an activating field generated by an external field generating means, to thereby emit the medicament-related data.
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Abstract
A passive reservoir for medicament in the form of a plastics bag 1, has a hanging eyelet 2 at its upper end and a lower outlet nozzle 3. The plastics bag 1 has bottom corners 4,5, the left-hand right-angled corner 5 of which encapsulates a data carrier means 6 which carries data relating to a medicament contained or to be contained within the bag 1. The data carrier means is in the form of an electrically and/or magnetically operable device which can emit the data it is carrying in response to activation by a suitable field applied by an external reading device, which can cooperate with a delivery device to control the delivery to a patient of medicament when contained in the bag 1.
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22 Claims
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1. A passive reservoir for containing a medicament to be supplied to a patient through a supply line controlled by a delivery device that is separate from the passive reservoir, said passive reservoir comprising:
an electrically and/or magnetically operable data carrier means for carrying data relating to a medicament contained in or to be contained in said reservoir, the data carried by said data carrier means providing at least partial control of the delivery device, said data carrier means comprising a resonant device adapted to resonate at at least one predetermined resonant frequency representative of medicament-related data, when activated by an activating field generated by an external field generating means, to thereby emit the medicament-related data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A delivery device for use with a passive reservoir containing a medicament to be administered to a patient through a patient supply line leading from the passive reservoir to the patient, the passive reservoir including an electrically and/or magnetically operable data carrier means for carrying data relating to the medicament contained in the passive reservoir, the data carrier means including a resonant device adapted to resonate at at least one predetermined frequency representative of medicament-related data, when activated by an activating field, to thereby emit the medicament-related data;
- said delivery device being located separately from the passive reservoir and comprising;
activation means to emit the activating field; receiving means for receiving data emitted by said resonant device; actuating means for controlling delivery of medicament to the patient by controlling medicament flowing through the patient supply line from the passive reservoir to the patient; and control means coupled to said receiving means and to said actuating means to operate said actuating means on the basis of data received by said receiving means from the resonant device, wherein said activation means is constructed and arranged to produce a signal which will cause said resonant device of said data carrier means on said passive reservoir to resonate, and said receiving means is operable to detect such resonance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
- said delivery device being located separately from the passive reservoir and comprising;
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20. A method for automatically identifying a medicament or a property of a medicament comprising:
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providing a passive reservoir which contains or is to contain the medicament; providing an electrically and/or magnetically operable data carrier means on said passive reservoir to emit data carried by said data carrier means, the data carrier means comprising a resonant device adapted to resonate at at least one predetermined frequency representative of medicament-related data carried by said data carrier means when activated by an activating field generated by an external field generating means; generating the activating field with the external field generating means to cause the resonant device to resonate at the predetermined frequency, to thereby emit the medicament-related data; and identifying the medicament or said property thereof by reading the medicament-related data emitted by the resonant device of the data carrier means.
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21. A reading device for use with a passive reservoir for supplying a medicament to a patient through a supply line controlled by a delivery device separate from the passive reservoir, the delivery device being controlled by an electrically and/or magnetically operable data carrier means provided on the passive reservoir for carrying data relating to the medicament contained in the passive reservoir, the data carrier means including a resonant device adapted to resonate at at least one predetermined frequency representative of medicament-related data, when activated by an activating field, to thereby emit the medicament-related data;
- said reading device comprising;
at least a part of an activating field generating means for generating the activating field to cause the resonant device to resonate at the predetermined frequency to emit the medicament-related data; and at least a part of a receiving means for receiving the medicament-related data emitted by the resonant device, wherein activating field generating means is operable to produce a signal which will cause said resonant device of said data carrier means on said passive reservoir to resonate, and said receiving means is operable to detect such resonance.
- said reading device comprising;
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22. A delivery system comprising:
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a passive reservoir containing a medicament; electrically and/or magnetically operable data carrier means for carrying data relating to the medicament contained in said passive reservoir and including a resonant device adapted to resonate at at least one predetermined frequency representative of medicament-related data, when activated by an activating field, to thereby emit the medicament-related data; a patient supply line leading from said passive reservoir to carry medicament to a patient; and a delivery device located separately from said passive reservoir and comprising; activation means to emit the activating field; receiving means for receiving data emitted by said resonant device; actuating means for controlling delivery of medicament to a patient by controlling medicament flowing through said patient supply line from said passive reservoir to the patient; and control means coupled to said receiving means and to said actuating means to operate said actuating means on the basis of data received by said receiving means from said resonant device, wherein said activation means is constructed and arranged to produce a signal which will cause said resonant device of said data carrier means on said passive reservoir to resonate, and said receiving means is operable to detect such resonance.
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