# US 12,001,981 B2 · Predictive medication safety

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- Number: US 12,001,981 B2
- Document ID: US12001981B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/103,828
- Filed: 2020-11-24
- Published: 2021-04-08
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-13
- Assignees: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Applicants: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Inventors: Vikas Gupta; Scott Loebig; Federico Garibaldi; Timothy W. Vanderveen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001981B2

## CPC

- G06Q 10/06313: {Resource planning in a project environment}
- G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06Q 10/06317: {Resource planning based on arrival predictions or arrival tracking}
- G06Q 50/22: Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
- G16H 20/13: delivered from dispensers
- G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 70/40: relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A system and method for facilitating safe use of a medical device is provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an indication that a user has entered a set of parameters into a medical device to provide a medical treatment to a patient, receiving a history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device, generating one or more alternative parameters for providing the medical treatment to the patient based on the set of parameters and the received history of previous medical treatment, causing, based on the generating of the one or more alternative parameters, a locking of the medical device to restrict operation of the medical device until an override of the lock is received, providing a notification for display to the user regarding the alternative parameters.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medical device monitoring system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to execute a monitoring application and perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication that a user has entered a set of parameters into a medical device to provide a medical treatment to a patient;
receiving, from a system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment to the patient, a history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device;
generating one or more alternative parameters for providing the medical treatment to the patient based on the set of parameters entered into the medical device and the received history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device; and
causing, based on the generating of the one or more alternative parameters, a locking of the medical device to restrict operation of the medical device until an override of the lock is received;
providing a notification for display to the user regarding the alternative parameters;
receiving a confirmation of the alternative parameters and the override of the lock; and
causing, when the confirmation of the alternative parameters and the override of the lock are received, the medical device to begin providing the medical treatment to the patient according to the alternative parameters.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the medical device is an infusion device, and the medical treatment is an administration of a medication by the infusion device, and the one or more alternative parameters are medication delivery parameters for delivering the medication to the patient.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the history of previously medical treatment comprises medication delivery parameters previously entered into the infusion device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment, a history of the user with regard to usage of the infusion device and an amount of the medication previously administered by the user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment, a history of the user with regard to medical treatment provided to the patient, or use of the medical device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 5, wherein the history of the user comprises an identification of one or more errors made by the user with the medical device or the patient.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising a memory storing a list of drugs and drug recommendations, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving patient information for the patient;
receiving a selection of a drug from the list of drugs;
reviewing a respective recommendation for the selected drug of the list of drugs, relative to the patient information for the patient; and
providing an additional recommendation for administration of the selected drug based on the review, the additional recommendation including a drug dosage, dosage limit, infusion rate, or infusion time.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The medical device monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising:
an information system communicatively coupled to a medication order system, wherein the information system is configured to store a list of drugs and to provide a subset of the list of drugs together with a recommendation for administration for each drug in the subset of the list of drugs to the medication order system.

### Claim 9

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
receiving an indication that a user has entered a set of parameters into a medical device to provide a medical treatment to a patient;
receiving, from a system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment to the patient, a history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device;
generating one or more alternative parameters for providing the medical treatment to the patient based on the set of parameters entered into the medical device and the received history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device; and
causing, based on the generating of the one or more alternative parameters, a locking of the medical device to restrict operation of the medical device until an override of the lock is received;
providing a notification for display to the user regarding the alternative parameters;
receiving a confirmation of the alternative parameters and the override of the lock; and
causing, when the confirmation of the alternative parameters and the override of the lock are received, the medical device to begin providing the medical treatment to the patient according to the alternative parameters.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the medical device is an infusion device, and the medical treatment is an administration of a medication by the infusion device, and the one or more alternative parameters are medication delivery parameters for delivering the medication to the patient.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the history of previously medical treatment comprises medication delivery parameters previously entered into the infusion device.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from the system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment, a history of the user with regard to usage of the infusion device and an amount of the medication previously administered by the user.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from the system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment, a history of the user with regard to medical treatment provided to the patient, or use of the medical device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the history of the user comprises an identification of one or more errors made by the user with the medical device or the patient.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising a memory storing a list of drugs and drug recommendations, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving patient information for the patient;
receiving a selection of a drug from the list of drugs;
reviewing a respective recommendation for the selected drug of the list of drugs, relative to the patient information for the patient; and
providing an additional recommendation for administration of the selected drug based on the review, the additional recommendation including a drug dosage, dosage limit, infusion rate, or infusion time.

### Claim 16

A method, comprising:
receiving an indication that a user has entered a set of parameters into a medical device to provide a medical treatment to a patient;
receiving, from a system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment to the patient, a history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device;
generating one or more alternative parameters for providing the medical treatment to the patient based on the set of parameters entered into the medical device and the received history of previous medical treatment provided to the patient using the medical device; and
causing, based on the generating of the one or more alternative parameters, a locking of the medical device to restrict operation of the medical device until an override of the lock is received;
providing a notification for display to the user regarding the alternative parameters;
receiving a confirmation of the alternative parameters and the override of the lock; and
causing, when the confirmation of the alternative parameters and the override of the lock are received, the medical device to begin providing the medical treatment to the patient according to the alternative parameters.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, further comprising:
receiving patient information for the patient;
receiving a selection of a drug from a list of drugs;
reviewing a respective recommendation for the selected drug of the list of drugs, relative to the patient information for the patient; and
providing an additional recommendation for administration of the selected drug based on the review, the additional recommendation including a drug dosage, dosage limit, infusion rate, or infusion time.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the medical device is an infusion device, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from the system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment, a history of the user with regard to usage of the infusion device and an amount of a medication previously administered by the user.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, further comprising:
receiving, from the system remote from the medical device, responsive to the indication and prior to providing the medical treatment, a history of the user with regard to medical treatment provided to the patient, or use of the medical device.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, wherein the history of the user comprises an identification of one or more errors made by the user with the medical device or the patient.