Method and apparatus for providing an emergency notification for an allergic reaction

• US 9,589,443 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2014
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Shirley
• Application Number:
  US14/475,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063838A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/00 Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems catheters A61M25/00; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; devices for taking samples of blood A61B5/15; filters implantable into blood vessels A61F2/01
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/00 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests vaccination appliances for veterinary use A61D1/025 ; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; combinations of vial and syringe for mixing or transferring their contents A61J1/20; holders for containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/16
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/043 detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector are disclosed. For example, the method determines location information of the medical injector. The method then detects the usage of the medical injector, and records a time of the usage of the medical injector. The method then sends the notification comprising the time at which the usage of the medical injector is detected and the location information of the medical injector.

Claims

1. A method for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector, the method comprising:

determining, via a processor, location information of the medical injector;

detecting, via the processor, the usage of the medical injector;

recording, via the processor, a time of the usage of the medical injector;

obtaining, via the processor, personalized information of an intended patient, the personalized information comprising a list of allergen triggers associated with the intended patient; and

sending, via the processor, the notification comprising the time at which the usage of the medical injector is detected, the location information of the medical injector, and the personalized information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information comprises information to be used for providing an emergency care to the intended patient after the usage of the medical injector.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information of the intended patient is configured in the medical injector.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the personalized information is configured via a software application deployed in the medical injector.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information is obtained from a network element of a network service provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information is obtained via a local device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information is obtained upon the usage of the medical injector.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is sent to an emergency service provider.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is sent to a server of a network service provider.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the server of the network service provider forwards the notification to an emergency service provider.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the notification is forwarded to the emergency service provider in a format that the emergency service provider is capable of processing the notification.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the server of the network service provider provides an additional notification to a list of recipients, wherein the list of recipients comprises one or more of:

a family member, a guardian, a next of kin, a caregiver, a doctor, a neighbor, a school official, and a nurse.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information is accessible by an emergency service provider on a subscription basis.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized information is configured via a web portal.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises a latitudinal coordinate and a longitudinal coordinate at which the medical injector is located.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the location information further comprises an altitude at which the medical injector is located.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector, the operations comprising:

determining location information of the medical injector;

detecting the usage of the medical injector;

recording a time of the usage of the medical injector;

obtaining personalized information of an intended patient, the personalized information comprising a list of allergen triggers associated with the intended patient; and

sending the notification comprising the time at which the usage of the medical injector is detected, the location information of the medical injector, and the personalized information.

18. An apparatus for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining location information of the medical injector;

detecting the usage of the medical injector;

recording a time of the usage of the medical injector;

obtaining personalized information of an intended patient, the personalized information comprising a list of allergen triggers associated with the intended patient; and

sending the notification comprising the time at which the usage of the medical injector is detected, the location information of the medical injector, and the personalized information.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the notification is sent to an emergency service provider.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the notification is sent to a server of a network service provider.