System and method for differentiating containers in medication delivery

• US 9,717,865 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2015
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Admetsys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Admetsys Corporation
• Inventors: Valk, Jeffrey W., Valk, Timothy W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehta, Bhisma
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, BRANDY SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US14/971,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20160101242A1
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6027 Electric-conductive bridges closing detection circuits, with or without identifying elements, e.g. resistances, zener-diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6045 having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1452 pressurised by means of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2053 Media being expelled from injector by pressurised fluid or vacuum for infusion A61M5/145, A61M5/155
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5086 for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fluid delivery system that comprises a fluid container having a chamber structured to hold a fluid therein and a delivery device operable to control delivery of a fluid from the chamber of the fluid container. The fluid container includes a geometric mating member extending from an outer surface thereof. The delivery device includes a geometric mating receptacle structured to mate with at least a portion of the geometric mating member of the fluid container to verify compatibility of the fluid container with the delivery device. Alternatively or additionally, the fluid container may include a first data fixture component and the delivery device may include a second data fixture component that cooperates with the first data fixture component of the fluid container to verify compatibility of the fluid container with the delivery device.

Claims

1. A fluid delivery system comprising:

first and second fluid containers, each having a chamber structured to hold a counter-balancing medication therein, at least one of the first and second fluid containers including a geometric mating member projecting radially outward therefrom, said geometric mating member or at least one of the first and second fluid containers including a data fixture thereon for sensing and transmitting information regarding one or more properties of said geometric mating member or at least one of the first and second fluid containers, or both;

a delivery device operable to control delivery of the counter-balancing medications from the chambers of the first and second fluid containers, the delivery device including a geometric mating receptacle structured to physically mate with a portion of the geometric mating member of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers to verify compatibility of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers with the delivery device and communicate with said data fixture regarding said one or more properties of (i) said geometric mating member or (ii) at least one of the first and second fluid containers (ii) or the counter-balancing medication contained within at least one of the first and second fluid containers or (iii) both;

sensing means positioned on said delivery device for sensing and transmitting characteristics about at least one of the first and second fluid container or the counter-balancing medication contained therewithin; and

a controller in communication with said sensing means and said data fixture, said controller having stored information regarding a physiological condition of a patient and a counter-balancing treatment plan, said controller operable to process said information regarding said one or more properties of said geometric mating member and accept or reject said information regarding said one or more properties, and operable to accept or reject said information about the counter-balancing medication if it is incompatible with said physiological condition or said counter-balancing treatment plan, said controller including adaptive logic for stabilization of said physiological condition of the patient upon acceptance of said information about said medication.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and second fluid containers is are syringes and wherein the geometric mating member extends radially outward from a barrel of at least one of the first and second syringes.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the geometric mating member extends around the entire circumference of the at least one of the first and second fluid container.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more pairs of secondary mating fixtures associated with the geometric mating member and the geometric mating receptacle structured to further verify compatibility when the geometric mating member of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers is mated with the geometric mating receptacle of the delivery device.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the one or more pairs of secondary mating fixtures comprise geometrical protrusions and counterpart apertures that are structured to receive the protrusions upon alignment of the geometric mating member of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers with the geometric mating receptacle of the delivery device.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein the one or more pairs of secondary mating fixtures comprise electrical contacts that complete an electrical circuit upon alignment of the geometric mating member of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers with the geometric mating receptacle of the delivery device.

7. The fluid delivery system of claim 1 further comprising:

a pair of secondary mating fixtures including a first mating fixture associated with at least one of the first and second fluid containers and a second mating fixture associated with the delivery device;

said first and second mating fixtures structured to align with one another to further verify compatibility when the geometric mating member of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers is mated with the geometric mating receptacle of the delivery device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the counter-balancing medications are selected from glucose and insulin, vasodilators and vasoconstrictors and coagulant and anticoagulant.

9. A method for verifying the compatibility of a fluid container with a fluid delivery device for delivery of a counter-balancing medication according to a counter-balancing treatment plan for a patient comprising:

providing a-first and second fluid container each having a chamber structured to hold said counter-balances medication therein, at least one of the first and second fluid containers including a geometric mating member thereon and a data fixture positioned on said geometric mating member or container or both, said data fixture for sensing and transmitting information regarding one or more properties of (i) said geometric mating member or (ii) at least one of said first and second containers or said counter-balancing medication, or (iii) both;

providing a delivery pump operable to deliver said counter-balancing medication from the chamber of the first and second fluid containers to a patient, the delivery device including a geometric mating receptacle structured to mate with said geometric mating member and communicate with said data fixture regarding said one or more properties of said geometric mating member, at least one of said first and second containers or counter-balancing medications, or both;

providing sensing means positioned on said delivery pump and operable for sensing and transmitting information about at least one of said first and second container or said counter-balancing medication contained therewithin;

verifying compatibility between the at least one of the first and second fluid containers and the delivery device by mating a portion of the geometric mating member of the at least one of the first and second fluid containers with the geometric mating receptacle of the delivery device;

providing a controller in communication with said sensing means and said data fixture and operable to process information transmitted by said sensing means and said data fixture, said controller having stored information regarding a physiological condition of a patient and the counter-balancing treatment plan;

accepting or rejecting said information transmitted by said sensing means and said data fixture regarding said one or more properties of said geometric mating member, said at least one of the first and second fluid containers or said counter-balancing medication contained therewithin, or both;

if said information transmitted by said sensing means or said data fixture regarding said one or more properties of said geometric mating member, said at least one of the first and second containers or counter-balancing medications contained therewithin, or both is accepted by said controller then accepting or rejecting said information about said counter-balancing medication and determining whether said counter-balancing medication is compatible with said counter-balancing treatment plan; and

if said counter-balancing medication is compatible with said counter-balancing treatment plan causing said delivery device to deliver said counter-balancing medication to a patient according to said counter-balancing treatment plan.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of aligning a first mating fixture associated with at least one of the first and second fluid containers with a second mating fixture associated with the delivery device to further verify compatibility between the at least one of the first and second fluid containers and the delivery device.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the counter-balancing medications are selected from glucose and insulin, vasodilators and vasoconstrictors and coagulants and anticoagulants.