Infusion channel identifiers

• US 9,931,463 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Bollish, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Berdichevsky, Aarti B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Brandy S
• Application Number:
  US13/830,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20140276565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,846 Days
• Field of Search: 604114, 604123, 604151, 604 67, 604506, 604507, 604 82
• 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 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1452 pressurised by means of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1684 by detecting the amount of infusate remaining, e.g. signalling end of infusion
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Infusion channel identifiers are generated and used that identify infusion channels transporting medication from an infusion pump to a patient. The infusion pump includes a user interface device, a controller, and at least one infusion device. At a first user interface of the user interface device, data associated with an infusion channel is received. Based on the data, the controller generates an infusion channel identifier identifying the infusion channel. On the first user interface, the infusion channel identifier is displayed. At a second user interface of the user interface device, the infusion channel identifier, a beginning time of a desired provision of the medication to the patient, and a time duration of the desired provision is received. The controller actuates the infusion device and the infusion channel at the beginning time for the time duration. The infusion device delivers, via the infusion channel, the medication to the patient.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a user interface device to execute a user interface that receives data associated with a plurality of infusion channels that are used to respectively deliver medication to a different one of a plurality of locations on a body of a patient;

a plurality of infusion devices to deliver the medication to the plurality of locations on the body of the patient via the plurality of infusion channels; and

a controller connected to the user interface device and the plurality of infusion devices, the controller generating a plurality of computer-generated, unique infusion channel identifiers for display on the user interface device, wherein each unique infusion channel identifier corresponds to a single infusion channel of the plurality of infusion channels based on the received data, the received data containing one or more values inputted via the user interface device and corresponding to one or more parameters associated with each infusion channel in the plurality of infusion channels, the values including at least one of the following;

a historical value, a predetermined value, and a new value, wherein the medication is delivered using an infusion channel in the plurality of infusion channels based on the corresponding generated infusion channel identifier; and

wherein the user interface concurrently displays (i) a planning area providing tabular format data characterizing the data associated with each of the plurality of infusion channels, and (ii) a graphical display area that includes a graphical representation of the body for the patient graphically identifying locations on the body at which each infusion channel delivers medication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data associated with each infusion channel of the plurality of infusion channels comprises:

a patient identifier identifying the patient,

a physical location of an infusion device connected to the infusion channel,

an infusion device identifier identifying the infusion device,

an anatomical location on a body of the patient where the medication is to be infused,

a name of the medication to be infused, and

a concentration of the medication to be infused.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is wirelessly connected to the user interface device via a communication network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of infusion devices are a plurality of infusion modules of an infusion pump.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface displays a graphical display area showing the plurality of infusion devices, the plurality of infusion channels, and the locations on the body of the patient.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein a click on a displayed infusion channel displays an infusion channel identifier that uniquely identifies the infusion channel.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the location is a point on a vein of an arm of the body of the patient.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data associated with each infusion channel of the plurality of infusion channels displayed within the planning area comprises:

a patient identifier identifying the patient,

a physical location of an infusion device connected to the infusion channel within a healthcare facility,

an infusion device identifier identifying the infusion device,

an anatomical location on a body of the patient where the medication is to be infused,

a name of the medication to be infused, and

a concentration of the medication to be infused.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a graphical user interface element associated with each infusion channel which, when activated, causes information about an alarm state for the corresponding infusion channel to be displayed.