DISTRIBUTED REMOTE ASSET AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM

• US 20110282691A1
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Coffman, Damon J., Vanderveen, Timothy W., Lee, Bradford A., Schlotterbeck, David L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,275,571 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• 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 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system and method for communicating and validating patient information including medication delivery information in a care-giving facility is provided. A medical transaction carrier is used to communicate information regarding medication delivery and other patient information between a control system in communication with the care-giving facility'"'"'s other information systems and a patient specific asset such as an infusion pump. All information carried by the medical transaction carrier is validated both at the patient specific asset and at the control system. This validation allows for positive control of all transactions even if a medical transaction carrier is lost. The medical transaction carrier may be a smartcard, a FDA such as a Palm™ Pilot, laptop computer, pager, mobile phone, or other device capable of storing and communicating information. The system may use either wired or wireless connections to communicate information between the components of the system.

Claims

1-75. -75. (canceled)

76. A system for managing information relating to the delivery of medical care to a patient, comprising:

a medical transaction carrier comprising a machine-readable label that comprises medical transaction information related to the patient and at least one medication to be delivered to the patient; and

a patient specific asset having;

a scanner configured to retrieve the medical transaction information from the label of the medical transaction carrier;

a memory for storing information; and

a processor couple to the scanner and the memory, the processor configured to compare the information stored in the memory of the patient specific asset to the medical transaction information retrieved from the medical transaction carrier to validate the retrieved information.

77. A system for managing information relating to the delivery of medical care to a patient, comprising:

an electronic medical transaction carrier comprising a formatted electronic message comprising a unique identifier and medical transaction information related to the patient and at least one medication to be delivered to the patient;

a patient specific asset having;

a receiver configured to retrieve the medical transaction information from the electronic medical transaction carrier;

a memory for storing information; and

a processor couple to the receiver and the memory, the processor configured to compare the information stored in the memory of the patient specific asset to the medical transaction information retrieved from the electronic medical transaction carrier to validate the retrieved information.