IP Library Granted Patent US 10,980,940
Granted Patent B2
US 10,980,940 · App. 16/745,592 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Medication tracking system

Inventors: Jesse J. Guerra (San Diego, CA); Prabhu Chinnaiah (San Diego, CA); Richard Stor Wu (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
A61M5/1684A61M5/31568H04W4/14H04W4/20A61M2205/18A61M2205/3389A61M2205/50A61M2205/52A61M2205/6009A61M2205/6054A61M2205/6072
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Patent No.
US 10,980,940
App. No.
16/745,592
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method may include receiving, from a volume meter at a pump configured to deliver medication to a patient, data indicative of a volume of a medication present in a syringe inserted in the pump. A first counter may be updated, based on the data, in response to the medication being delivered to the patient as a first dose type. A second counter may be updated, based on the data, in response to the medication being delivered to the patient as a second dose type. The volume of the medication delivered to the patient may be determined based on the first counter and/or the second counter. An electronic alert may be sent to a mobile device in response to one or more anomalies being present in the volume of the medication delivered to the patient. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including apparatuses and computer program products, are also disclosed.

Claims (44)

1. A system, comprising:

at least one data processor; and

at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one data processor, result in operations comprising:

receiving, from a volume meter at a pump, a first data indicative of a volume of a first medication present in a first syringe inserted in the pump, the pump being configured to deliver the first medication to a patient;

updating, based at least on the first data, a first counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the first syringe as a first dose type or a second counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the first syringe as a second dose type;

determining, based at least on the first counter and/or the second counter, a first volume of the first medication delivered to the patient; and

sending, to a mobile device, an electronic alert in response to one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first medication delivered to the patient.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first volume comprises a first individual volume of the first medication that is delivered to the patient as the first dose type, a second individual volume of the first medication that is delivered to the patient as the second dose type, and/or a total volume of the first medication that is delivered to the patient as the first dose type and the second dose type.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a tag reader at the pump, a second data identifying a second medication in a second syringe that is inserted into the pump to replace the first syringe; and

in response to the second medication being a different medication than the first medication included in the first syringe, resetting the first counter and the second counter.

4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising:

updating the first counter in response to the second medication being delivered to the patient as the first dose type and/or the second counter in response to the second medication being delivered to the patient as the second dose type.

5. The system of claim 3 , further comprising:

in response to the second medication being a same medication as the first medication, updating the first counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the second syringe as the first dose type and/or the second counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the second syringe as the second dose type.

6. The system of claim 3 , further comprising:

in response to the second data indicating that the second syringe is associated with a different patient than the first syringe, resetting the first counter and the second counter.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the tag reader is configured to read a first identifier tag associated with the first syringe and/or a second identifier tag associated with the second syringe, and wherein the first identifier tag and/or the second identifier tag comprise a barcode, a quick response (QR) code, and/or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first dose type and the second dose type comprises a different one of a patient demand dose, a clinician dose, a loading dose, and a maintenance dose.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more anomalies include the first volume being greater than a maximum threshold value or less than a minimum threshold value.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic alert comprises a push notification and/or a short messaging service (SMS) message.

11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, from a volume meter at a pump, a first data indicative of a volume of a first medication present in a first syringe inserted in the pump, the pump being configured to deliver the first medication to a patient;

updating, based at least on the first data, a first counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the first syringe as a first dose type or a second counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the first syringe as a second dose type;

determining, based at least on the first counter and/or the second counter, a first volume of the first medication delivered to the patient; and

sending, to a mobile device, an electronic alert in response to one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first medication delivered to the patient.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first volume comprises a first individual volume of the first medication that is delivered to the patient as the first dose type, a second individual volume of the first medication that is delivered to the patient as the second dose type, and/or a total volume of the first medication that is delivered to the patient as the first dose type and the second dose type.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, from a tag reader at the pump, a second data identifying a second medication in a second syringe that is inserted into the pump to replace the first syringe; and

in response to the second medication being a different medication than the first medication included in the first syringe, resetting the first counter and the second counter.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

updating the first counter in response to the second medication being delivered to the patient as the first dose type and/or the second counter in response to the second medication being delivered to the patient as the second dose type.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to the second medication being a same medication as the first medication, updating the first counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the second syringe as the first dose type and/or the second counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the second syringe as the second dose type.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to the second data indicating that the second syringe is associated with a different patient than the first syringe, resetting the first counter and the second counter.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the tag reader is configured to read a first identifier tag associated with the first syringe and/or a second identifier tag associated with the second syringe, and wherein the first identifier tag and/or the second identifier tag comprise a barcode, a quick response (QR) code, and/or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first dose type and the second dose type comprises a different one of a patient demand dose, a clinician dose, a loading dose, and a maintenance dose.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more anomalies include the first volume being greater than a maximum threshold value or less than a minimum threshold value.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including program code, which when executed by at least one data processor, cause operations comprising:

receiving, from a volumetric device communicatively coupled with a pump, a first data indicative of a volume of a first medication present in a first syringe inserted in the pump, the pump being configured to deliver the first medication to a patient;

updating, based at least on the first data, a first counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the first syringe as a first dose type or a second counter in response to the first medication being delivered to the patient from the first syringe as a second dose type;

determining, based at least on the first counter and/or the second counter, a first volume of the first medication delivered to the patient; and

sending, to a communication device, an electronic alert in response to one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first medication delivered to the patient.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2020
From: GUERRA, JESSE J.; CHINNAIAH, PRABHU; WU, RICHARD STOR
To: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62794306 · Jan 18, 2019
Related Publication 20200230316A1 · Jul 23, 2020