Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for monitoring a transfer of fluid between a syringe and a fluid reservoir

A method for monitoring a transfer of fluid between a syringe and a fluid reservoir, wherein the syringe comprises a distal end providing a point of attachment for a needle enabling the transfer of fluid and the fluid reservoir comprises a membrane through which the needle is inserted for transferring fluid between the syringe and the fluid reservoir, the method comprising:

• detecting a change in state of a signal emitted by at least one of a first signaling tag carried by the syringe or a second signaling tag carried by the fluid reservoir, the change in state of the signal triggered as a result of the first and second signaling tags coming into a sufficient proximity of one another when the needle is inserted through the membrane, wherein the change in state of the signal is indicative of an associative relationship between the syringe and the fluid reservoir;
• determining an identity of the syringe based at least in part upon information carried by a signal emitted by the first signaling tag;
• determining an identity of the fluid reservoir based at least in part upon information carried by a signal emitted by the second signaling tag;
• associating the syringe with the fluid reservoir based at least in part upon the determined identities;
• and
• storing an entry reflecting the association between the syringe and the fluid reservoir in a database.

A computer program product for monitoring a transfer of fluid between a syringe and a fluid reservoir, wherein the syringe comprises a distal end providing a point of attachment for a needle enabling the transfer of fluid and the fluid reservoir comprises a membrane through which the needle is inserted for transferring fluid between the syringe and the fluid reservoir;

• wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
• a program instruction for detecting a change in state of a signal emitted by at least one of a first signaling tag carried by the syringe or a second signaling tag carried by the fluid reservoir, the change in state of the signal triggered as a result of the first and second signaling tags coming into a sufficient proximity of one another when the needle is inserted through the membrane, wherein the change in state of the signal is indicative of an associative relationship between the syringe and the fluid reservoir;
• a program instruction for determining an identity of the syringe based at least in part upon information carried by a signal emitted by the first signaling tag;
• a program instruction for determining an identity of the fluid reservoir based at least in part upon information carried by a signal emitted by the second signaling tag;
• a program instruction for associating the syringe with the fluid reservoir based at least in part upon the determined identities;
• and
• a program instruction for storing an entry reflecting the association between the syringe and the fluid reservoir in a database.

A first fluid reservoir comprising:

• a first fluid transfer point;
• and
• a first signaling tag carried by the first fluid reservoir;
• wherein the first signaling tag is positioned such that when the first fluid transfer point comes into contact with a second fluid transfer point of a second fluid reservoir for transferring fluid between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir, the first signaling tag comes into a sufficient proximity with a second signaling tag carried by the second fluid reservoir to trigger a state of a signal emitted by at least one of the first signaling tag or second signaling tag to change, the signal state indicative of an associative relationship between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir.