Apparatus for supporting injection mixing work

• US 7,333,938 B1
• Filed: 04/26/2000
• Issued: 02/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yuyama Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yuyama Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Yuyama, Hiroyuki, Yasuoka, Keita
• Primary Examiner(s): GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L
• Application Number:
  US09/559,401
• Time in Patent Office: 2,855 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 600/300
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 3/002 Compounding apparatus specially for enteral or parenteral nutritive solutions bottling liquids B67C
• 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 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

An apparatus for supporting injection mixing work comprises a memory for storing data for supporting injection mixing work, a display for displaying the data stored in the memory and a controller for controlling the display. The memory has a patient predictability data file for storing patient predictability data including at least patient predictable information, an injection prescription data file for storing injection prescription data corresponding to the patient predictability data, and a combination related data file for storing combination related data corresponding to each injection of the injection prescription data. The controller displays the predictability data stored in the patient predictability data file according to both the injection prescription data corresponding to the patient predictability data and the combination related data of each injection included in the injection prescription data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for supporting injection mixing work, said apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit operable to acquire an injection prescription data including data specifying a plurality of injections which are prescribed to a patient;

a memory unit operable to store corresponding relations between the data specifying the plurality of injections and pH-values data of the plurality of injections for deciding a mixing order of the plurality of injections before dosing the plurality of injections to a patient;

a decision unit operable to decide a proper mixing order of the plurality of injections included in the injection prescription data acquired by said acquisition unit based on the pH-values data for deciding a mixing order corresponding to the data specifying the plurality of injections stored in said memory unit; and

a display unit operable to display an indication representing the mixing order decided by said decision unit;

wherein the decided mixing order displayed by said display unit is used to properly combine a plurality of the injections which are prescribed to the patient.

2. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein:

said memory unit is further operable to store corresponding relations between the data specifying the plurality of injections and data identifying whether or not the plurality of injections are transfusions; and

said decision unit is operable to decide the proper mixing order of the plurality of injections based on the pH-values data for deciding the mixing order corresponding to the data specifying the plurality of injections, and the data identifying whether or not the injections are transfusions.

3. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 2, wherein:

said memory unit is further operable to store corresponding relations between the data specifying the plurality of injections and data identifying whether or not the plurality of injections need sole administration; and

said decision unit is operable to decide the proper mixing order of the plurality of injections based on the pH-values data for deciding the mixing order corresponding to the data specifying the plurality of injections, the data identifying whether or not the injections are transfusions, and the data identifying whether or not the injections need sole administration.

4. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 3, wherein:

for the injections requiring transfusions, said display unit is operable to display an indication representing that the name of the injection is a transfusion; and

for the injections in need of sole administration, said display unit is operable to display an indication representing that the injection needs sole administration.

5. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein:

said memory unit is further operable to store corresponding relations between the data specifying the plurality of injections and data identifying whether or not the plurality of injections need sole administration; and

said decision unit is operable to decide the proper mixing order of the plurality of injections based on the pH-values data for deciding the mixing order corresponding to the data specifying the plurality of injections, and the data identifying whether or not the injections need sole administration.

6. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein:

said memory unit is further operable to store corresponding relations between a combination of injections and data showing a degree to which the combination of injections is improper;

said apparatus further includes a judging unit operable to judge whether or not any improper combination is present for the injections included in the injection prescription data acquired based on the corresponding relations between combination of injections and data showing the degree to which the combination of injections is improper; and

for the injections which are judged to be an improper combination by said judging unit, said display unit is operable to display an indication showing the degree to which the combination of the injections is improper.

7. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 6, further comprising an operation unit operable to record the corresponding relations between combination of injections and data showing a degree to which the combination of injections is improper onto said memory unit.

8. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein:

said memory unit is further operable to store corresponding relations between the data specifying the plurality of injections and matters requiring attention when using the injections; and

said display unit is operable to display the matters requiring attention when using the injections corresponding to the data specifying the plurality of injections.

9. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein the indication representing the mixing order decided by said decision unit includes names of the plurality of injections included in the injection prescription data acquired by said acquiring unit.

10. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 9, wherein said display unit is operable to display an indication for identifying the name of an injection as to the injection to be mixed subsequently.

11. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein the indication representing the mixing order decided by said decision unit includes an indication representing that the injection included in the injection prescription data acquired by said acquiring unit is a transfusion.

12. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein the indication representing the mixing order decided by said decision unit includes an indication representing that the injection included in the injection prescription data acquired by said acquiring unit needs sole administration.

13. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, wherein the indication representing the mixing order decided by said decision unit includes an indication representing that the injections included in the injection prescription data acquired by said acquiring unit are not a proper combination.

14. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit operable to input data specifying injections to be mixed subsequently; and

a comparison unit operable to compare the data specifying injections inputted with the data specifying injections to be mixed subsequently;

wherein said display unit is operable to display an indication that the comparison by said comparison unit results in an inconsistence.

15. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 1, further comprising:

an operation unit operable to operate to record a composition alteration; and

a recorder operable to record the composition alteration.

16. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 15, wherein when said operation unit is operated, said recorder is operable to record a fact that the composition alteration is caused due to the combination of the plurality of injections.

17. The apparatus for supporting injection mixing work according to claim 15, wherein when said operation unit is operated, the composition alteration caused due to the combination of the plurality of injections specified by the data specifying a plurality of injections is set to a mixing result flag.