Drug delivery and monitoring system

A cradle coupled to a drug container, said cradle comprising a housing having an opening attached about a drug container having a drug therein to be administered to a patient, said drug container including a septum accessible through said opening for piercing by a needle attached to a syringe for filling said syringe with said drug, and a flange extending from said housing, said cradle adapted for supporting thereon drug administration information.

A cradle coupled to an injection port, said cradle comprising a housing coupled to an injection port and a flange extending therefrom, said cradle adapted for supporting thereon drug administration information.

A method for monitoring drug delivery to an injection port, said method comprising positioning a scanner module adjacent an injection port, said scanner module including first and second detector modules, said first detector module determining drug administration data and identifying first drug administration information, said second detector module identifying second drug administration information, said scanner module including a storage device for storing said data and said first and second information;

• releasably securing a syringe loaded with a drug to be administered to said scanner module, said syringe having said first drug administration information provided in association therewith, identifying said first drug administration information by said first detector module, releasably securing a port cradle attached to an injection port to said scanner module, said port cradle having said second drug administration information provided in association therewith, identifying said second drug administration information by said second module detector, determining said drug administration data by said first detector module regarding the drug being delivered from said syringe to said injection port, and storing in said scanner module said first and second drug administration information and said drug administration data.

A method for delivering and monitoring drugs to an injection port connected to a patient, said method comprising delivering a needle on a drug loaded syringe to said injection port, automatically determining information relative to the drug contained in the syringe by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said syringe, automatically determining information relative to the patient by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said injection port, pushing a plunger of the syringe to deliver a quantity of the drug through the port, monitoring movement of the plunger while delivering the drug for determining the volume of the drug delivered from the syringe, and storing the patient information obtained by scanning said machine readable information and the quantity of the drug delivered from said syringe.

A method for delivering and monitoring drugs to an injection port connected to a patient, said method comprising delivering a needle on a drug loaded syringe into the injection port, automatically determining identification information relative to the drug contained in the syringe by electronically scanning a label, pushing a plunger of the syringe to deliver a volume of the drug through the inection port, automatically determining information relative to the patient by electronically scanning a label associated with the injection port, monitoring movement of the plunger for the purpose of calculating the amount of drug delivered, and storing the patient information and amount of the drug delivered.

A method of determining patient information before administering a drug from a syringe to an injection port connected to said patient, said method comprising providing said patient information in machine readable form on a cradle for said injection port, and scanning the machine readable information by an electronic detector for reading said patient information before administering said drug.

A method of filling a syringe comprising providing a drug container cradle attached to a drug container containing a drug to be administered to a patient, said drug container cradle having a flange extending therefrom supporting drug administration information, providing a scanner module having a detector for detecting said drug administration information, supporting a syringe having a needle by said scanner module, supporting said drug container cradle by said flange on said scanner module with said needle in alignment with said drug container, reading said drug administration information from said flange by said detector, inserting said needle into said drug container for loading said syringe with said drug, and storing said drug administration data.

A drug administration system comprising a cradle attached about an injection port having a flange extending therefrom, said cradle supporting first drug information, a syringe including a needle having a flange extending from said syringe, said syringe supporting second drug administration information, and a housing slidably receiving said flange of said cradle and said syringe, whereby said needle is aligned with said injection port.

A cradle adapted for attachment to an injection port, said cradle comprising a housing, a flange extending from said housing, and means for attaching said housing to said injection port, said cradle adapted for supporting thereon machine readable information.

A drug administration system comprising a cradle coupled to an injection port having a flange extending therefrom, said cradle supporting first machine readable information, a syringe including a needle having a flange extending from said syringe, said syringe supporting second machine readable information, and a housing slidably receiving said flange of said cradle and said syringe, whereby said needle is aligned with said injection port.

A drug delivery system comprising a scanner module including a first and second detector;

• a syringe for administration of a drug, said syringe having first machine readable information provided in association therewith, said syringe constructed to be releasably attached to said scanner module in operative association with said first detector, whereby movement of said syringe relative to said first detector causes said first detector to read said first machine readable information;
• a port cradle coupled to an injection port, said cradle having said machine readable information provided in association therewith, said cradle constructed to be releasably attached to said scanner module in operative association with said second detector, whereby movement of said cradle relative to said second detector causes said second detector to read said second machine readable information.

A method for delivering drugs to an injection port connected to a patient, said method comprising delivering a needle on a drug loaded syringe to said injection port, automatically determining information relative to the drug contained in the syringe by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said syringe, automatically determining information relative to the patient by electronically scanning machine readable information associated with said injection port, pushing a plunger of the syringe to deliver a quantity of the drug through the port, and storing the information obtained by scanning said machine readable information.