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Granted Patent B2
US 12,208,241 · App. 18/191,770 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

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 12,208,241
App. No.
18/191,770
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
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 (37)

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 a first data indicative of a volume of a first fluid present in a first fluid container inserted in a pump 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

transmitting, to 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 updated treatment plan includes at least one of a change in a form of treatment of the patient and a plan to taper the patient off of the first fluid being delivered to the patient.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: providing at least the first volume for generation of the updated treatment plan.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise detecting a presence of the one or more anomalies in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient.

5. The system of claim 1 , detecting the presence of the one or more anomalies comprises detecting the first volume being greater than a maximum threshold value or less than a minimum threshold value.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting the presence of the one or more anomalies comprises detecting a discrepancy between the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient and a predicted volume of the first fluid remaining to be delivered to the patient.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: sending an alert in response to the one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient, wherein the alert includes an indication of a type of the one or more anomalies present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: sending an alert in response to the one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient, wherein the alert includes at least one of a patient identifier, a medication identifier, the first volume, a quantity of doses, the first fluid type, and the second fluid type.

9. 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, and 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.

10. 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.

11. The system of claim 10 , 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.

12. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a first data indicative of a volume of a first fluid present in a first fluid container inserted in a pump 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

transmitting, to 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.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the updated treatment plan includes at least one of a change in a form of treatment of the patient and a plan to taper the patient off of the first fluid being delivered to the patient.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: providing at least the first volume for generation of the updated treatment plan.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: detecting a presence of the one or more anomalies in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein detecting the presence of the one or more anomalies comprises detecting the first volume being greater than a maximum threshold value or less than a minimum threshold value.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein detecting the presence of the one or more anomalies comprises detecting a discrepancy between the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient and a predicted volume of the first fluid remaining to be delivered to the patient.

18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: sending an alert in response to the one or more anomalies being present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient, wherein the alert includes an indication of a type of the one or more anomalies present in the first volume of the first fluid delivered to the patient, and wherein the alert further includes at least one of a patient identifier, a medication identifier, the first volume, a quantity of doses, the first fluid type, and the second fluid type.

19. The method of claim 12 , 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, and 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.

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

receiving a first data indicative of a volume of a first fluid present in a first fluid container inserted in a pump 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

transmitting, to 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 Apr 18, 2024
From: GUERRA, JESSE J.; CHINNAIAH, PRABHU; WU, RICHARD STOR
To: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
Reel/Frame 067149/0654 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17201276 · Mar 15, 2021
Continuation 16745592 · Jan 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62794306 · Jan 18, 2019
Related Publication 20230233759A1 · Jul 27, 2023
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