Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and label reader
AssigneesThe General Hospital Corporation, Baxter International Inc.
InventorsAlan D. Ford, Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro
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Abstract
A system for creating a customized drug library for an electronically loadable drug infusion pump, the system including a drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters and/or drug delivery protocols for configuring the drug infusion pump; a tool for selecting a set of drug entries from among the plurality of drug entries in said drug library; a tool for adding the selected drug entries along with the sets of drug delivery information associated therewith to a customized library; and a loading tool for causing the system to electronically load the customized library into the drug infusion pump.
Claims24
A method of administering a drug to a patient with a drug infusion pump, the method comprising
- obtaining a container comprising a drug and a machine readable label comprising drug information that identifies the drug and comprises a concentration of the drug in the container;
- automatically reading the drug information on the machine readable label and automatically transferring the drug information into a memory in the infusion pump;
- automatically comparing the drug information with a customized drug library comprising a drug entry and a corresponding set of drug delivery parameters;
- and if the drug information matches the drug entry, automatically configuring the infusion pump using the set of drug delivery parameters;
- automatically configuring the infusion pump using the drug information;
- and
- infusing the drug into the patient using the configured infusion pump.
A system for administering a drug in a container to a patient, the system comprising
- an infusion pump comprising a memory;
- means for reading drug information on a machine readable label on the container, wherein the drug information identifies the drug and comprises a concentration of the drug in the container;
- means for transferring the drug information into a memory in the infusion pump;
- means for comparing the drug information with a customized drug library comprising a drug entry and a corresponding set of drug delivery parameters to determine whether the drug information matches the drug entry;
- means for configuring the infusion pump using the set of drug delivery parameters if the drug information matches the drug entry;
- and
- means for configuring the infusion pump using the drug information.
A system for administering a drug in a container to a patient, the system comprising
- an infusion pump comprising a memory that contains a customized drug library comprising a drug entry and a corresponding set of drug delivery parameters;
- a label reader that resides on the infusion pump and reads drug information on a machine readable label on the container, wherein the drug information identifies the drug and comprises a concentration of the drug in the container;
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- one or more processors programmed to
- (i) compare the drug information with the customized drug library to determine whether the drug information matches the drug entry;
- (ii) configure the infusion pump using the set of drug delivery parameters if the drug information matches the drug entry;
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- (iii) configure the infusion pump using the drug information.
A drug infusion pump for use with a container containing a drug, the container including a machine readable label specifying an identifier of the drug and optionally other information about the drug, the pump comprising:
- a drive mechanism which during operation causes the drug to be delivered from the container to a patient;
- an electronically loadable memory inside the pump, wherein the electronically loadable memory stores a customized drug library comprising one or more drug entries, and wherein each drug entry is associated with a set of drug delivery parameters for configuring the drug infusion pump;
- a label reader which during use reads the machine readable label on the container;
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- a processor that controls the drive mechanism, wherein the processor is programmed to compare information from the machine readable label with information in the customized drug library to identify a drug entry that corresponds to the drug;
- configure the drug infusion pump by using a set of drug delivery parameters associated with the drug entry in the customized drug library;
- and operate the drive mechanism using the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the drug entry in the customized drug library.
A drug infusion pump for use with a container containing a drug, the container including a machine readable label, the label specifying an identifier of the drug and optionally other information about the drug, the pump comprising:
- a drive mechanism which during operation causes the drug to be delivered from the container to a patient;
- a processor that controls the drive mechanism;
- an electronically loadable memory inside the pump, wherein the electronically loadable memory stores a customized drug library comprising one or more drug entries, and wherein each drug entry is associated with a set of drug delivery parameters for configuring the drug infusion pump;
- a label reader which during use reads the machine readable label on the container;
- means responsive to the label reader for identifying a drug entry in the customized drug library that corresponds to the drug;
- means for configuring the processor by using the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the identified drug entry in the customized drug library;
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- means for causing the processor to operate the drive mechanism using the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the identified drug entry in the customized drug library.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.