Universal dosage verification system and method for medical syringe
AssigneeRetractable Technologies, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Shaw, Kathryn Duesman, Mark Small, Ni Zhu
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Abstract
Systems and methods of a dosage verification system are disclosed that can be used by a healthcare worker or an individual self-administering an injection to create a digital record verifying the dosage of a medicinal fluid drawn into a syringe prior to an injection. The dosage verification system includes a medical syringe and an imaging device configured to view and selectively capture, process, store, and transmit a digital image of the syringe from which the volumetric dose of medicinal fluid drawn into the fluid chamber of the barrel can be determined and/or verified prior to an injection.
Claims11
A syringe for verification of a volume of a medicinal fluid in the syringe, the syringe comprising:
- a barrel comprising a fluid chamber configured to hold the volume of the medicinal fluid in the syringe;
- and
- a plunger slidably engaging the fluid chamber;
- wherein the syringe comprises a first component that is a first color, and wherein the first component is the plunger;
- wherein the syringe comprises a second component that is a second color different from the first color, and wherein the second component comprises a needle safety device;
- wherein the first component is movable with respect to the second component, the barrel, or both;
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- wherein the first component and the second component are distinguishable by a processor in a digital image comprising at least a portion of the first component and at least a portion of the second component to determine a position of the first component relative to the second component that indicates the volume of the medicinal fluid in the syringe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.