Infusion system housing medication scanner and user interface device displaying delivery data

• US 9,192,721 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2013
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Vavala, Jill S., Steinhauer, Thomas, Bollish, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, TUYEN KIM
• Application Number:
  US13/961,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20150041531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/462.01, 705/2, 705/3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• 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 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• 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

The current subject matter describes a delivery of medication to a patient based on a scan of a medication container by a scanner implemented on an infusion system. The medication can include oral medications, injection medications, patches, and/or medication drops. The scanner can scan a machine-readable representation (for example, a barcode) on the medication container to obtain recommended delivery data. A user interface device of the infusion system can display the recommended delivery data on a graphical user interface. Based on the recommended delivery data and based on a patient diagnosis by a clinician, the clinician can determine actual delivery data. Based on the determined actual delivery data, the medication can be delivered to the patient via a non-infusion channel. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Claims

1. An infusion system within a housing, the infusion system comprising:

a scanner to scan a machine-readable representation on a medication container containing a medication to be delivered to a patient via a non-infusion channel, the scanning generating recommended delivery data associated with the delivery of the medication while simultaneously infusing a liquid medication to the patient via an infusion channel; and

a user interface device attached to the scanner, the user interface device executing a graphical user interface displaying the recommended delivery data.

2. The infusion system of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable representation comprises one or more of:

a barcode, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a bokode, and a quick response (QR) code.

3. The infusion system of claim 1, wherein the medication comprises one or more of:

at least one oral medication, at least one injection medication, at least one patch, and medication drops.

4. The infusion system of claim 1, wherein the recommended delivery data includes one or more of:

a name of the patient and a patient identifier uniquely identifying the patient, a name of the medication in the scanned medication container, a recommended quantity of the medication for delivery of the medication, a recommended route of delivering the medication, a time for initiating the delivery of the medication, and an event for initiating the delivery of the medication.

5. The infusion system of claim 1, wherein a clinician delivers the medication to the patient via the non-infusion channel in accordance with the recommended delivery data, the non-infusion channel being at least one of:

an oral delivery to a mouth of the patient, a delivery via an injection to a body of the patient, and insertion of medication drops to one of ears, eyes, or nose of the patient.

6. The infusion system of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller connected to the user interface device, the controller receiving data for a delivery of a liquid medication to the patient; and

an infusion device connected to the controller, the controller actuating the infusion device to infuse the liquid medication via an infusion channel in accordance with the data for the delivery of the liquid medication.

7. The infusion pump of claim 6, wherein a clinician delivers the medication within the medication container to the patient via the non-infusion channel while the liquid medication is being infused to the patient via the infusion channel.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface device:

receives user-generated input comprising medication selection data, and

sends the medication selection data over a network to a medication storage and delivery system comprising a plurality of medication containers, the medication storage and delivery system selecting a medication container based on the medication selection data.

9. A system comprising:

a scanner to scan a machine-readable representation on a medication container containing medication to be delivered to a patient, the scanning reading recommended delivery data for the delivery of the medication;

a user interface device connected to the scanner, the user interface device executing a graphical user interface displaying the recommended delivery data, the graphical user interface receiving actual delivery data for the delivery of the medication from a clinician; and

a delivery device being actuated based on the actual delivery data to deliver the medication to the patient via at least one non-infusion channel, the delivery device infusing a liquid medication to the patient when the medication is being delivered via the at least one non-infusion channel;

wherein;

the scanner, the user interface device, and the delivery device are parts of an infusion system; and

the scanner, the user interface device, and the delivery device are packaged within a single housing of the infusion system.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a controller connected to the user interface device and the delivery device, the controller receiving the actual delivery data from the user interface device, the controller actuating the delivery device based on the actual delivery data.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the recommended delivery data comprises one or more of:

a name of the patient and a patient identifier uniquely identifying the patient, a name of the medication in the scanned medication container, a recommended quantity of the medication for delivery of the medication, a recommended route of delivering the medication, a time for initiating the delivery of the medication, and an event for initiating the delivery of the medication.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the actual delivery data comprises data characterized by one of a confirmation and an alteration of the recommended delivery data.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a medication storage device connected to the delivery device, the medical storage device storing the medication contained in the medication container after the scanner scans the machine-readable representation on the medication container.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the delivery device retrieves the medication from the medication storage device before delivering the medication.

15. A method comprising:

receiving medication selection data at a user interface device forming part of an infusion system, the user interface device sending the medication selection data over a network to a medication storage and delivery system comprising a plurality of medication containers, the medication storage and delivery system selecting a medication container based on the medication selection data;

scanning, by a scanner embedded onto the user interface device, a machine-readable representation on the medication container to obtain recommended delivery data for the delivery of the medication, the recommended delivery data being displayed by the user interface device;

receiving, at the user interface device and based on the recommended delivery data, actual delivery data for the delivery of the medication; and

delivering the medication to the patient in accordance with the actual delivery data via at least one non-infusion channel, a liquid medication being infused to the patient during the delivery via an infusion channel, the liquid medication being different from the medication to the patient in accordance with the actual delivery data via at least one non-infusion channel.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the medication selection data is received from a clinician, the medication selection data being received at a graphical user interface executed on the user interface device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the medication selection data is based on a diagnosis of the patient; and

the diagnosis comprises one or more of;

problems to be cured, age of the patient, height of the patient, weight of the patient, symptoms of the patient, medication preferences of the clinician, and a medication-intake preference of the patient.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the recommended delivery data is displayed on a graphical user interface executed on the user interface device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the recommended delivery data comprises one or more of:

a name of the patient and a patient identifier uniquely identifying the patient, a name of the medication in the scanned medication container, a recommended quantity of the medication for delivery of the medication, a recommended route of delivering the medication, a time for initiating the delivery of the medication, and an event for initiating the delivery of the medication.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the actual delivery data is received from a clinician on the graphical user interface executed on the user interface device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the actual delivery data comprises data characterized by one of a confirmation and an alteration of the recommended delivery data.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the actual delivery data is sent to a controller, the controller actuating a delivery device to deliver the medication to the patient based in accordance with the actual delivery data.

23. A non-transitory computer program product storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving medication selection data at a first user interface device, the user interface device sending the medication selection data to a medication storage and delivery system comprising a plurality of medication containers, the medication storage and delivery system selecting the medication container from the plurality of medication containers based on the medication selection data;

scanning, by a scanner embedded onto a second user interface device, a machine-readable representation on the medication container to obtain recommended delivery data for the delivery of the medication, the recommended delivery data being displayed on a graphical user interface of the second user interface device, the first user interface device being separate and remote from the second user interface device;

receiving, at the second user interface device and based on the recommended delivery data, actual delivery data for the delivery of the medication; and

delivering, by a delivery device actuated by a controller receiving the actual delivery data from the second user interface device, the medication to the patient based on the actual delivery data via at least one non-infusion channel while simultaneously infusing a liquid medication to the patient, the liquid medication being different from the medication to the patient based on the actual delivery data.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the medication storage and delivery system comprises a pharmacy medication ordering system.