System and method for controlling the delivery of medication to a patient

• US 20050107914A1
• Filed: 12/28/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1995
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc. (Becton Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Engleson, Joseph J., Chamberlain, Craig
• Granted Patent: US 7,171,277 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/237
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/10 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A care management system in which the management of the administration of care for patients is automated. Hospital information systems are monitored and the information from those systems is used in verifying the administrations of care to patients. The care management system monitors ongoing administrations for progress and automatically updates records and provides alarms when necessary. The care management system is modular in nature but is fully integrated among its modules. Particular lists of data, such as the termination times of all ongoing infusions, provide hospital staff current information for increased accuracy and efficiency in planning. Features include the automatic provision of infusion parameters to pumps for accurate and efficient configuration of the pump, and providing an alarm when an unscheduled suspension of an infusion exceeds a predetermined length of time. A passive recognition system for identifying patients and care givers is provided.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A system for programming a clinical device to deliver medication to a patient comprising:

a first processor having a memory in which is stored identification data and clinical device operation parameters for programming the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient;

means for detecting an identity of the patient comprising a passive identification system capable of detecting the patient'"'"'s identity independent of any action by the patient or a care-giver, the means for detecting in communication with the first processor for input of identification data to the first processor;

a second processor in communication with the clinical device and the first processor, the second processor configured to receive clinical device operating parameters from the first processor and download those clinical device operating parameters to the clinical device to program the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient in accordance with the downloaded clinical device operating parameters in response to an acceptable comparison of the detected identification data communicated to the first processor and the identification data stored in the memory of the first processor.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the passive identification system comprises an RF transponder.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising an identification device located on an individual;

wherein the RF transponder interacts with the identification device to provide a signal to the first processor representing the identity of the individual.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the identification device comprises an electrical circuit.

17. A system for programming a clinical device to deliver medication to a patient comprising:

a first processor having a memory in which is stored identification data and clinical device operation parameters for programming the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient;

a sensor in communication with the first processor, the sensor including circuit means for transmitting a query signal and for receiving identification data communicated to the sensor in response thereto, wherein the received identification data is communicated to the first processor;

a passive identification device located on a patient including means responsive to the query signal to communicate identification data representative of an identity of the patient to the sensor;

a second processor in communication with the clinical device and the first processor, the second processor configured to receive clinical device operating parameters from the first processor and download those clinical device operating parameters to the clinical device to program the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient in accordance with the downloaded clinical device operating parameters in response to an acceptable comparison of the received identification data communicated to the first processor and the identification data stored in the memory of the first processor.

18. A system for programming a clinical device to deliver medication to a patient comprising:

a first processor having a memory in which is stored patient identification data and clinical device operation parameters for programming the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient;

a second processor in communication with the clinical device and the first processor, the second processor configured to receive from the first processor stored identification data and clinical device operating parameters from the first processor and capable of downloading the clinical device operating parameters to the clinical device to program the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient;

an identification device located on the patient, the identification device including patient identification data representative of an identity of the patient, wherein the identification device is a passive device configured to provide patient identification data upon being queried by a sensor in communication with the second processor configured to detect the identification device and retrieve the patient identification data from the passive device and provide the identification data to the second processor without interaction by the patient or a care-giver;

wherein the second processor compares the detected patient identification data from the sensor to the stored identification data; and

wherein the second processor downloads the clinical device operating parameters associated with the patient treatment data to the clinical device to program the clinical device in accordance with the downloaded operating parameters in response to an acceptable comparison of the stored identification data to the detected identification data by the second processor.