Drug component admixture library for a drug infusion delivery system
First Claim
1. A method for minimizing improper dosage of a drug admixture dispensed from a reservoir of a drug infusion delivery system, the drug admixture including a single primary drug component and at least one secondary drug component, comprising the steps of:
- for each drug component in the drug admixture, receiving as user input from a surface of a data entry device drug component admixture library data including a name of the drug component along with its dosage unit, a maximum dose warning level and a maximum concentration warning level;
storing in a first memory device the received drug component admixture library data for each drug component in the drug admixture;
receiving as additional user input (i) a concentration for each of the single primary drug component and the at least one secondary drug component; and
(ii) a dose setting of only the primary drug component;
automatically determining using a processor, a calculated dose of each of the at least one secondary drug component based on the received dose setting for only the primary drug component and the concentration for that secondary drug component;
generating an alert when;
(i) the received dose setting of the primary drug component or calculated dose setting of the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the dose warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;
or (ii) the received concentration of the primary drug component or the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the concentration warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;
if no alert is generated, dispensing the drug admixture from the reservoir of the drug infusion delivery system.
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Abstract
Minimizing improper dosage of a drug admixture (including a single primary drug component and at least one second drug component). For each drug component in the drug admixture, receiving a name of the drug component along with its dosage unit, a maximum dose warning level and a maximum concentration warning level. Receiving a concentration for each of the single primary drug component and the at least one secondary drug component; and a dose setting of only the primary drug component. Automatically calculating a dose of each of the at least one secondary drug component. Generating an alert when: (i) the received dose setting of the primary drug component or calculated dose setting of the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the dose warning level; or (ii) the received concentration of the primary drug component or the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the concentration warning level.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for minimizing improper dosage of a drug admixture dispensed from a reservoir of a drug infusion delivery system, the drug admixture including a single primary drug component and at least one secondary drug component, comprising the steps of:
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for each drug component in the drug admixture, receiving as user input from a surface of a data entry device drug component admixture library data including a name of the drug component along with its dosage unit, a maximum dose warning level and a maximum concentration warning level;
storing in a first memory device the received drug component admixture library data for each drug component in the drug admixture;receiving as additional user input (i) a concentration for each of the single primary drug component and the at least one secondary drug component; and
(ii) a dose setting of only the primary drug component;automatically determining using a processor, a calculated dose of each of the at least one secondary drug component based on the received dose setting for only the primary drug component and the concentration for that secondary drug component; generating an alert when;
(i) the received dose setting of the primary drug component or calculated dose setting of the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the dose warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;
or (ii) the received concentration of the primary drug component or the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the concentration warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;if no alert is generated, dispensing the drug admixture from the reservoir of the drug infusion delivery system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for minimizing improper dosage of a drug admixture to be dispensed from a reservoir of a drug infusion delivery system, the drug admixture including a single primary drug component and at least one secondary drug component, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing the drug infusion delivery system, wherein the drug infusion delivery system comprises distinct software modules, and wherein the distinct software modules comprise a drug component admixture library data receiving module, a logic processing module, a drug component admixture library module and a patient prescription data transmitting/receiving module; for each drug component in the drug admixture, receiving as user input from a surface of a data entry device drug component admixture library data via the drug component admixture library data receiving module, wherein the drug component admixture library data includes a name for that drug component along with its dosage unit, a maximum concentration warning level and a maximum dose warning level; storing in a first memory device as a drug component admixture library the received drug component admixture library data, the drug component admixture library being stored in memory using the drug component admixture library module; receiving as additional user input using a patient prescription data transmitting/receiving module;
(i) a concentration for each of the single primary drug component and the at least one secondary drug component; and
(ii) a dose setting of only the primary drug component;automatically determining using the logic processing module, a calculated dose of each of the at least one secondary drug component based on the received dose setting for only the primary drug component and the received concentration for that secondary drug component; and generating an alert when;
(i) the received dose setting of the primary drug component or calculated dose setting of the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the dose warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;
or (ii) the received concentration of the primary drug component or the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the concentration warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;if no alert is generated, dispensing the drug admixture from the reservoir of the drug infusion delivery system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A drug infusion delivery system for minimizing improper dosage of a drug admixture to be dispensed from a reservoir of a drug infusion delivery system, the drug admixture including a single primary drug component and at least one secondary drug component, the system comprising:
a control device comprising; a data entry device for providing;
(i) for each drug component in the drug admixture, drug component admixture library data received as user input from a surface of a data entry device including;
a name for that drug component along with its dosage unit, a maximum concentration warning level and a maximum dose warning level;
(ii) a concentration for each drug component in the drug admixture and (ii) a dose setting for only the primary drug component;a first memory device for storing for each drug component in the drug admixture the drug component admixture library data; and a processor for automatically determining a calculated dose of each of the at least one secondary drug component based on the received dose setting for only the primary drug component and the concentration for that secondary drug component stored in the first memory device; and circuitry for generating an alert initiated by the processor when;
(i) the received dose setting of the primary drug component or the calculated dose of each of the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the dose warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;
or (ii) the concentration of the primary drug component or the at least one secondary drug component exceeds the concentration warning level for that drug component stored in the first memory device;
if no alert is generated, the circuitry dispensing the drug admixture from the reservoir of the drug infusion delivery system.- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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