System for delivering medication
AssigneeCD Acquisitions, LLC
InventorCaleb Hernandez
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure disclose a system for delivering a medication. In one aspect, the disclosure is directed to a medical dispensing device that includes a label with a series of zones of varying widths, with each of the zones corresponding to a pre-determined volumetric dose of a drug that is correlated to a physical characteristic of a patient. In one specific example, the label is further affixed to the medical dispensing device such that a smallest dose of the drug to be administered corresponds to a first zone that is proximate an opening through which the drug is to be dispensed.
Claims22
A method of generating a customized dosing label sized for a medicine dispensing device of a particular size, comprising:
- selecting a drug to be administered;
- printing a plurality of color coded zones of varying widths upon the dosing label on a medium separate from but configured to be fixedly attached to the medicine dispensing device;
- wherein volume markings are within each of the color coded zones and the varying widths of the plurality of color coded zones are determined by:
- determining appropriate drug doses that correspond to one or more physical characteristics of a patient,
- determining a concentration of a drug solution containing the drug to be administered;
- determining a volumetric capacity of the medicine dispensing device based on a length and a width of the medicine dispensing device;
- and
- calculating, using a conversion factor based upon the volumetric capacity, a width for each individual color coded zone of the plurality of color coded zones that represent the appropriate drug doses that correspond to the one or more physical characteristics of the patient;
- applying at least one alignment mark to the generated dosing label, the at least one alignment mark configured to ensure alignment of the generated dosing label when the generated dosing label is fixedly attached to the medicine dispensing device;
- and
- wherein the drug solution, when filled within the medicine dispensing device can be seen through the plurality of color coded zones on the dosing label.
A method of generating a dosing label sized for a medicine dispensing device, comprising:
- printing a plurality of color coded zones of varying widths upon the dosing label separate from but configured to be affixed to the medicine dispensing device;
- wherein volume markings are within each of the color coded zones and the varying widths of the plurality of color coded zones are determined by:
- determining appropriate drug doses of a drug that correspond to at least one physical characteristic of a patient, wherein the determining the appropriate drug doses further comprises:
- determining a concentration of the drug in a drug solution;
- selecting the medicine dispensing device to which the dosing label is to be affixed, the medicine dispensing device being of a volumetric capacity;
- and
- calculating, by a computer processing unit, a width for each individual color coded zone of the plurality of color coded zones,
- wherein the calculating is based on
- the concentration of the drug in the drug solution,
- the volumetric capacity of the medicine dispensing device, and
- a unique conversion factor based on the volumetric capacity;
- with at least one of the individual color coded zones of the plurality of color coded zones having a width that is different from at least a second one of the individual color coded zones of the plurality of color coded zones, with each individual color coded zone of the plurality of color coded zones corresponding to a drug dose that is based on one of the at least one physical characteristic of the patient;
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- wherein the drug solution, when filled within the medicine dispensing device, can be seen through the plurality of color coded zones on the dosing label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.