System and method for medicament storage, dispensing, and administration

• US 9,643,770 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Denny, John W., Ostrander, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): COLLINS, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US14/575,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20150105903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 700232, 700236, 700237, 700244, 715740
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/00 General identification or selection means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0076 Medicament distribution means with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0084 for multiple medicaments
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/02 for dispensing rod-shaped articles, e.g. needles packages for cigarettes provided with dispensing means B65D85/1009; dispensers for drinking straws A47G21/184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 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: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, device, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a user device, the medium comprising: instructions for displaying an indication of an incoming request to establish a communication session with a patient operating a medication dispenser; instructions for establishing a two-way communication session with the patient via the medication dispenser based on a physician user of the user device approving the incoming request; instructions for displaying a dispense user interface (UI) element during the two-way communication session; instructions for receiving a selection of the dispense UI element from the physician user; and instructions for transmitting, based on the selection, a command for the medication dispenser to dispense a medication to the patient.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a user device, the medium comprising:

instructions for displaying an indication of an incoming request to establish a communication session with a patient operating a medication dispenser;

instructions for establishing a two-way communication session with the patient via the medication dispenser based on a physician user of the user device approving the incoming request;

instructions for displaying a dispense user interface (UI) element during the two-way communication session;

instructions for receiving a selection of the dispense UI element from the physician user; and

instructions for transmitting, based on the selection, a command for the medication dispenser to dispense a medication to the patient.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

instructions for retrieving medication data describing medication available via the medication dispenser; and

instructions for displaying an indication of the medication data in association with the dispense UI element.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the medication data comprises an expiration date for the medication.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

instructions for displaying a second dispense UI element during the two-way communication session;

instructions for receiving a selection of the second dispense UI element from the physician user; and

instructions for transmitting, based on the selection of the second dispense UI element, a command for the medication dispenser to dispense a second medication to the patient.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

instructions for receiving medication information indicating whether the medication is available for dispensing to the patient, wherein;

the instructions for displaying a dispense user interface (UI) element comprise instructions for displaying the dispense UI element as non-selectable when the medication information indicates that the medication is not available for dispensing to the patient, and

the instructions for receiving a selection of the dispense UI element from the physician user are configured to be executed based on the medication information indicating that the medication is available for dispensing to the patient.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

instructions for receiving, via the two-way communication session, a stream of video data from the medication dispenser; and

instructions for displaying video to the physician user based on the stream of video data.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

instructions for receiving entry of a message from the physician user; and

instructions for transmitting a command for the medication dispenser to display the entered message to the patient.

8. A method performed by a user device, the method comprising:

establishing a two way communication session between a physician user of the user device and a patient via a remote medication dispenser;

receiving information describing a medication associated with the medication dispenser during the two way communication session;

displaying a dispense user interface (UI) element representative of the medication for selection by the physician user during the two way communication session;

transmitting, based on selection of the dispense UI element, a command for the remote medication dispenser to dispense the medication to the patient during the two way communication session.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the received medication information comprises an expiration date, the method further comprising displaying the expiration date in association with the dispense UI element.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the received information additionally describes a second medication associated with the medication dispenser, the method further comprising:

displaying a second dispense UI element representative of the second medication associated with the medication dispenser; and

transmitting, based on selection of the second dispense UI element, a command for the remote medication dispenser to dispense the second medication to the patient.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the received information indicates whether the medication is available for dispensing from the remote medication dispenser, further comprising:

displaying an indication that the medication is unavailable for dispensing based on the received information indicating that the medication is unavailable for dispensing; and

disallowing selection of the dispense UI element based on the received information indicating that the medication is unavailable for dispensing.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a stream of video data from the remote medication dispenser; and

displaying video to the physician user based on the stream of video data.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving entry of a message from the physician user; and

transmitting a command for the remote medication dispenser to display the entered message to the patient.

14. A portable communications device for use by a physician user, the portable communications device comprising:

a communications interface;

a display device;

an touch input device;

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

display, via the display device, an indication of an incoming request to establish a communication session with a patient operating a medication dispenser;

establish a two-way communication session with the patient via the communications interface and the medication dispenser based on a physician user of the user device approving the incoming request;

display, via the display device, a dispense user interface (UI) element during the two-way communication session;

receive, via the touch input device, a selection of the dispense UI element from the physician user; and

transmit, via the communications interface and based on the selection, a command for the medication dispenser to dispense a medication to the patient.

15. The portable communications device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

retrieve medication data describing medication available via the medication dispenser; and

display, via the display device, an indication of the medication data in association with the dispense UI element.

16. The portable communications device of claim 15, wherein the medication data comprises an expiration date for the medication.

17. The portable communications device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, via the display device, a second dispense UI element during the two-way communication session;

receive, via the touch input device, a selection of the second dispense UI element from the physician user; and

transmit, via the communications interface and based on the selection of the second dispense UI element, a command for the medication dispenser to dispense a second medication to the patient.

18. The portable communications device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive medication information indicating whether the medication is available for dispensing to the patient, wherein;

in displaying a dispense user interface (UI) element, the processor is configured to display the dispense UI element as non-selectable when the medication information indicates that the medication is not available for dispensing to the patient, and

the processor is configured to accept selections of the dispense UI element from the physician user based on the medication information indicating that the medication is available for dispensing to the patient.

19. The portable communications device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, via the two-way communication session, a stream of video data from the medication dispenser; and

display, via the display device, video to the physician user based on the stream of video data.

20. The portable communications device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive entry of a message from the physician user; and

transmit a command for the medication dispenser to display the entered message to the patient.