Injector system

• US 9,162,026 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2010
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Bayer AG)
• Original Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Bayer AG)
• Inventors: Burg, Matthias, Urich, Klaus
• Primary Examiner(s): MENDEZ, MANUEL A
• Application Number:
  US13/512,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• Field of Search: 604/151, 604/189, 604207-211, 604/232, 700/213, 700/215, 700/221, 700224-225, 700/231, 705/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14212 Pumping with an aspiration and an expulsion action
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16827 controlling delivery of multiple fluids, e.g. sequencing, mixing or via separate flow-paths infusion of multiple fluids without using a controller A61M5/1407
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pump injector containing a processor, a pump or a motor with advance for a piston which is suitable for driving liquid out of a container or a cartridge, a data storage device, and a device for data transfer, wherein the processor is electronically connected to the data storage device, to a control unit for the pump or motor, and to the device for data transfer. The injector is suitable for being connected to a container or a cartridge for fluid transfer, which contains a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution and has an additional data storage device fixedly connected thereto. The device for data transfer is suitable for reading out information from the additional data storage device on the container including at least one specification in respect to the identity of the product stored in the container or in the cartridge is stored in the container, a maximum dose per patient, and a maximum usage period after opening the container.

Claims

1. A pump injector comprising:

a processor;

a pump or a motor with advance for a piston suitable for driving liquid out of a container or a cartridge;

a data storage device; and

a device for data transfer,

wherein the processor is electronically connected to the data storage device, to a control unit for the pump or the motor, and to the device for data transfer,

wherein the pump injector is suitable for being connected to one or more containers or one or more cartridges for fluid transfer, wherein the one or more containers or the one or more cartridges each contain a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution for a plurality of patients,

wherein an additional data storage device is fixedly connected to the container or the cartridge, and wherein the additional data storage device connected to the container or the cartridge stores information selected from at least one of a maximum individual dose per patient and a maximum usage period after opening the container or the cartridge,

wherein the device for data transfer is suitable for reading out the information selected from at least one of the maximum individual dose and the maximum usage period after opening the container or the cartridge, from the additional data storage device on the container or the cartridge, and

wherein the processor is adapted to control the control unit for the pump or the motor such that not more than the maximum individual dose is injected or that there is no injection from the container or the cartridge beyond the maximum usage period.

2. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the pump injector is suitable for being connected to a plurality of containers or cartridges for fluid transfer and each comprising the additional data storage device, wherein the plurality of containers or cartridges each respectively contain a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution and where the additional data storage device is fixedly connected to each container or cartridge.

3. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the fluid transfer between the one or more containers or the one or more cartridges and the pump injector takes place via tube connections.

4. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the fluid transfer between the pump injector and the patient takes place via tube connections and a venous catheter.

5. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the device for data transfer and the additional data storage device are configured such that information can be stored in the additional data storage device on the one or more containers or on the one or more cartridges via the device for data transfer.

6. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the device for data transfer and the additional data storage device on the one or more containers or on the one or more cartridges are suitable for wireless interchange of information.

7. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the additional data storage device on the one or more containers or on the one or more cartridges is a radiofrequency identification (RFID) chip.

8. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the one or more containers or the one or more cartridges contain either a salt solution or a contrast agent.

9. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein one or more additional items of information are stored in the additional data storage device on the one or more containers or on the one or more cartridges, wherein the one or more additional items of information are selected from the group consisting of a batch number, an expiry date, and a filling volume.

10. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein one or more additional items of information are stored in the data storage device of the pump injector, in conjunction with a specification in respect to an identity of a product, wherein the one or more items of additional information are selected from the group consisting of a batch number, an expiry date, and a filling volume.

11. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein the pump injector further comprises a display screen connected to the processor.

12. The pump injector of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more containers or at least one of the one or more cartridges is connected to the pump injector for the purpose of fluid transfer.

15. A data interchange system comprising:

a pump injector as recited in claim 1;

one or more containers or one or more cartridges each containing a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution for the plurality of patients; and

an additional data storage device fixedly connected to the container or the cartridge and one or more further data storage devices which are each connected to an additional device for data transfer,

wherein the device for data transfer of the pump injector and the additional device for data transfer connected to each of the one or more further data storage devices are suitable for interchanging information with one another.

16. The data interchange system of claim 15, wherein at least one of the one or more further data storage device belongs to a scanner for diagnostic purposes, to a hospital information system (HIS), to an ordering system, or to an accounting system.

17. The data interchange system of claim 15, wherein data transfer between the device for data transfer of the pump injector and the additional device for data transfer of the one or more further data storage devices is brought about wirelessly or via optical waveguides.

13. A container or a cartridge, which contains a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution for a plurality of patients, the container or the cartridge comprising:

a data storage device fixedly connected to the container or the cartridge,

wherein the data storage device connected to the container or the cartridge stores information selected from the group consisting of a maximum individual dose per patient, a maximum usage periods after opening the container or cartridge, and combinations thereof.

14. The container or the cartridge of claim 13, wherein the data storage device is an RFID chip or data is available in the form of printed one-dimensional codes, 2D codes, or a hologram.

18. A pump injector comprising:

a processor;

a pump or a motor with advance for a piston suitable for driving liquid out of a container or a cartridge;

a data storage device; and

a device for data transfer,

wherein the processor is electronically connected to the data storage device, the device for data transfer, and a control unit for the pump or the motor,

wherein the pump injector is suitable for being connected to one or more containers or one or more cartridges for fluid transfer, wherein the containers or the cartridges each contain a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution for a plurality of patients,

wherein an additional data storage device is fixedly connected to the container or the cartridge, and wherein at least one specification regarding an identity of a product stored in the container or in the cartridge is stored on the additional data storage device on the container or the cartridge,

wherein the device for data transfer is suitable for reading out the at least one specification regarding the identity of the product stored in the container or in the cartridge,

wherein the data storage device of the pump injector stores the at least one specification regarding the identity of the product and at least one additional items of information selected from a maximum individual dose per patient and a maximum usage period after opening the container, and

wherein the processor is adapted to control the control unit for the pump or the motor such that not more than the maximum individual dose is injected or that there is no injection from a container or cartridge beyond the maximum usage period.

19. The pump injector of claim 18, wherein the pump injector is suitable for being connected to a plurality of containers or cartridges for fluid transfer and each comprising the additional data storage device, wherein the plurality of containers or cartridges respectively contain a multiplicity of doses of a parenteral solution for a plurality of patients and where the additional data storage device is fixedly connected to each container or cartridge.

20. The pump injector of claim 18, wherein the device for data transfer and the additional data storage device are configured on the one or more containers or on the one or more cartridges such that information can be stored in the additional data storage device on the one or more containers or on the one or more cartridges, via the device for data transfer.