IP Library Granted Patent US 11,642,460
Granted Patent B2
US 11,642,460 · App. 17/201,276 · Granted May 9, 2023

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 11,642,460
App. No.
17/201,276
Granted
May 9, 2023
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 (46)

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 fluid present in a first fluid container inserted in the pump, the pump being configured to deliver the first fluid to a patient;

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

determining, based at least on at least one of the first counter and the second counter, a first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient; and

receiving, from a device communicatively coupled with the pump, an updated treatment plan in response to one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first volume comprises at least one of a first individual volume of the first fluid that is delivered to the patient as the first fluid type, a second individual volume of the first fluid that is delivered to the patient as the second fluid type, and a total volume of the first fluid that is delivered to the patient as the first fluid type and the second fluid type.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

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

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

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:

updating the first counter in response to the second fluid being delivered to the patient as at least one of the first fluid type an the second counter in response to the second fluid being delivered to the patient as the second fluid type.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the second fluid being a same fluid as the first fluid,

updating at least one of the first counter in response to the first fluid being delivered to the patient from the second fluid container as the first fluid type and the second counter in response to the first fluid being delivered to the patient from the second fluid container as the second fluid type.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:

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

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

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first fluid type and the second fluid 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 operations further comprise: sending, to the device, an electronic alert in response to the one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient, the electronic alert comprising at least one of a push notification and 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 fluid present in a first fluid container inserted in the pump, the pump being configured to deliver the first fluid to a patient;

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

determining, based at least on at least one of the first counter and the second counter, a first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient; and

receiving, from a device communicatively coupled with the pump, an updated treatment plan in response to one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first volume comprises at least one of a first individual volume of the first fluid that is delivered to the patient as the first fluid type, a second individual volume of the first fluid that is delivered to the patient as the second fluid type, and a total volume of the first fluid that is delivered to the patient as the first fluid type and the second fluid type.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

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

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

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

updating at least one of the first counter in response to the second fluid being delivered to the patient as the first fluid type and the second counter in response to the second fluid being delivered to the patient as the second fluid type.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to the second fluid being a same fluid as the first fluid,

updating at least one of the first counter in response to the first fluid being delivered to the patient from the second fluid container as the first fluid type and the second counter in response to the first fluid being delivered to the patient from the second fluid container as the second fluid type.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

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

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

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first fluid type and the second fluid 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 fluid present in a first fluid container inserted in the pump, the pump being configured to deliver the first fluid to a patient;

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

determining, based at least on at least one of the first counter and the second counter, a first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient; and

receiving, from a device communicatively coupled with the pump, an updated treatment plan in response to one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: GUERRA, JESSE J.; CHINNAIAH, PRABHU; WU, RICHARD STOR
To: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
Reel/Frame 059188/0082 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16745592 · Jan 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62794306 · Jan 18, 2019
Related Publication 20210308374A1 · Oct 7, 2021