Overdose diagnostic and treatment device and method
OwnerTimothy Alcorn, Pamela Duchars +1inventors
InventorsTimothy Alcorn, Pamela Duchars, Peter Latham
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Abstract
Devices and methods for diagnosing and administering drug overdose countermeasure. In some embodiments, a device includes a analyzer with a decision support application electronically connected to a drug of abuse detection device and a non-invasive blood gas device that support specific identification of drugs of abuse within a patient's system. In some embodiments, a method includes inputting patient demographics into the analyzer, inputting a patient's saliva, blood, and/or urine sample into the drug of abuse detection device, operatively affixing a non-invasive blood gas device to a patient, and administering a proper countermeasure dosage analyzer to the patient experiencing drug overdose.
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A system for detection and countermeasure of drug overdose comprising:
- an analyzer;
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- a drug detection apparatus adapted to receive a sample from a person containing at least one drug, determine an identity of the at least one drug, determine a concentration of the at least one drug in the sample, and transmit said identity and concentration to the analyzer;
- wherein the analyzer is adapted to receive said identity and concentration from the drug detection apparatus, and to receive information about the person including age, ethnicity, sex, weight, and/or race, and is further adapted to determine, based on said identity, concentration, and/or information, an overdose countermeasure for at least partially counteracting an overdose condition of the person.
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A method for treating a drug overdose comprising:
- (a) collecting a sample from a person containing at least one drug;
- (b) inputting the sample into a drug detection apparatus adapted to receive the sample, determine an identity of the at least one drug in the sample, and determine a concentration of the at least one drug in the sample;
- (c) inputting into an analyzer information about the person including age, ethnicity, sex, weight, and/or race, wherein the analyzer is operatively connected to the drug detection apparatus and adapted to receive said identity and concentration therefrom, and determine, based on said identity, concentration, and/or information, an overdose countermeasure for at least partially counteracting an overdose condition of the person;
- (d) perceiving at least one communication from the analyzer specifying a countermeasure for the overdose condition;
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- (e) administering the countermeasure to the person.
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A method for countermeasure of drug overdose comprising:
- (a) receiving an identity and a concentration of at least one drug present in a sample from a person;
- (b) receiving information about the person including age, ethnicity, sex, weight, and/or race;
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- (c) determining an overdose countermeasure for at least partially counteracting an overdose condition of the person based on said identity, concentration, and/or information.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform the steps of:
- (a) receiving an identity and a concentration of at least one drug present in a sample from a person;
- (b) receiving information about the person including age, ethnicity, sex, weight, and/or race;
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- (c) determining an overdose countermeasure for at least partially counteracting an overdose condition of the person based on said identity, concentration, and/or information.
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