IP Library Granted Patent US 12,114,998
Granted Patent B2
US 12,114,998 · App. 17/221,107 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Monitoring and communicating information using drug administration devices

Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV (Hillsboro, OH); Monica A. Kapil (San Jose, CA); Emma L. Hubert (San Jose, CA); Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, OH)
Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,114,998
App. No.
17/221,107
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In general, systems and methods for monitoring and communicating information using drug administration devices are provided.

Claims (38)

1. A medical system, comprising:

a plurality of sensors each associated with a different patient and each configured to sense information relating to a condition of the sensor's associated patient;

a plurality of drug administration devices that are each configured to deliver a drug therefrom, each of the drug administration devices being associated with a different patient among a plurality of patients; and

a server configured to wirelessly receive and aggregate the sensed information and to analyze the aggregated information so as to generate, from the sensed information associated with the plurality of patients, a clinical treatment suggestion for a one of the plurality of patients, the clinical treatment suggestion including at least one of a suggested adjusted use of the drug administration device associated with the one of the plurality of patients, a suggested elimination of use of the drug administration device associated with the one of the plurality of patients, and a suggested elimination of use of the drug for the one of the plurality of patients.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis includes comparing the aggregated information with historical compliance data; and

the clinical treatment suggestion includes a change to improve compliance.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis includes identifying a trend in the sensed information.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the condition is at least one of a physiological condition and a situational condition.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the condition is at least one of blood sugar level, blood pressure, perspiration level, heart rate, core temperature, tremor detection, patient activity level, blood pressure, metabolic rate, and blood oxygenation level.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is a surgical hub configured to be in communication with a cloud-based server that is in communication with a plurality of additional surgical hubs.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is a cloud-based server.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server includes:

a communications interface configured to wirelessly receive the sensed information,

a memory configured to store the received information therein and to store other data therein including at least information regarding each of the plurality of patients, and

a processor configured to perform the aggregation and the analysis.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the clinical treatment suggestion is configured to produce an improved clinical outcome for the one of the plurality of patients.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the improved clinical outcome includes an improved post-surgical outcome;

the server is configured to receive and aggregate post-operative information regarding each of the plurality of patients; and

the analysis also includes analyzing the aggregated post-operative information.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of drug administration devices each includes at least one of the sensors, or

each of the plurality of sensors includes at least one of a wearable sensor, a subcutaneous sensor, a skin patch sensor, and an implantable sensor.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drug administration device associated with the one of the patients is configured to receive from the server an instruction that is based on the clinical treatment suggestion and that is configured to change a functionality of the drug administration device associated with the one of the patients; and

the drug administration device associated with the one of the patients is configured to execute the instruction, thereby causing the functionality of the drug administration device associated with the one of the patients to change.

13. A medical system, comprising

a plurality of sensors each associated with a different patient among a plurality of patients and each configured to sense information relating to a condition of the sensor's associated patient;

a plurality of devices that each includes at least one of the sensors and that are each configured to be attached to its associated patient; and

a server configured to wirelessly receive and aggregate the sensed information and to analyze the aggregated information so as to generate, from the sensed information associated with the patients, a clinical treatment suggestion for a one of the plurality of patients, the clinical treatment suggestion including adjusted use of the device associated with the one of the plurality of patients in a patient treatment plan or elimination of use of the device associated with the one of the plurality of patients from the patient treatment plan.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of sensors includes at least one of a wearable sensor, a subcutaneous sensor, a skin patch sensor, and an implantable sensor.

15. A medical method, comprising:

gathering, using a plurality of sensors each associated with a different patient, information relating to a condition of the sensor's associated patient, wherein a plurality of drug administration devices each includes at least one of the sensors and are each configured to deliver a drug therefrom, each of the drug administration devices being associated with a different patient among a plurality of patients;

aggregating, at a server, the sensed information; and

analyzing, at the server, the aggregated information so as to generate, from the sensed information associated with the patients, a clinical treatment suggestion for a one of the plurality of patients, the clinical treatment suggestion including at least one of a suggested adjusted use of the drug administration device for a one of the plurality of patients, a suggested elimination of use of the drug administration device for the one of the plurality of patients, and a suggested elimination of use of the drug for the one of the plurality of patients.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the analysis includes identifying a trend in the sensed information.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising providing a graphical user interface to a medical professional, the graphical user interface providing clinical treatment suggestion.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the condition is at least one of a physiological condition and a situational condition.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the server is a surgical hub in communication with a cloud-based server that is in communication with a plurality of additional surgical hubs.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the server is a cloud-based server.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2023
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; KAPIL, MONICA A.; HUBERT, EMMA L.; HARRIS, JASON L.
To: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062702/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2023
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; KAPIL, MONICA A.; HUBERT, EMMA L.; HARRIS, JASON L.
To: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062702/0921 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2023
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; KAPIL, MONICA A.; HUBERT, EMMA L.; HARRIS, JASON L.
To: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062702/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: ETHICON LLC
To: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 056983/0569 →