Systems and methods for managing information relating to medical fluids and containers therefor
AssigneeMallinckrodt Inc.
InventorsDebra Hasse, Frank Fago
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Abstract
The present invention relates to management of information relating to medical fluids, containers therefor, and medical fluid administration devices for administering such medical fluids to patients. Data tags (e.g., RFID tags) are generally associated with containers of the invention and may be electromagnetically read from and/or written to using an electromagnetic device, for example, that may be associated with a medical fluid administration device of the invention.
Claims7
A warmer for warming a container filled with medical fluid to be injected during an imaging procedure, the container having a data tag for storing data, and the warmer comprising:
- a heating element for elevating the temperature of medical fluid for an injection procedure;
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- an electromagnetic device operable to read the data from the data tag, the data comprising one or more of:
- the amount of medical fluid in the container, the concentration of the medical fluid, manufacturing information for the medical fluid and the container, the container capacity, the container dimensions, a use code for the medical fluid, and configuration information for a medical fluid administration device.
A method for using a warmer to warm a container filled with a medical fluid, the container having a data tag, the method comprising:
- reading from the data tag using an electromagnetic device associated with the warmer, the data relating to one of the amount of medical fluid in the container, the concentration of the medical fluid, manufacturing information for the medical fluid and the container, the container capacity, the container dimensions, a use code for the medical fluid, and configuration information for a medical fluid administration device;
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- elevating the temperature of the medical fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.