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US 9,517,330 B2Granted
Syringe—IV access locking device
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorErik K. Witt
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Abstract
A safety device is described wherein drug delivery systems and methods involve associating unique keys to patients that prevent the interconnection between a drug delivery device and non-complimentary patient key. Medication in a drug delivery device intended for a patient may only be accessed via a particular unique key associated with the intravenous access device of that patient.
Claims20
A drug delivery safety device comprising:
- a locking element having a body with a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being attachable a drug delivery device and the distal end of the locking element having at least one flange with a plurality of mechanically configurable sections having a plurality of removable pre-scored notches to provide a patient specific pattern of receiving openings;
- a keying element having a proximal end and distal end, the proximal end attachable to a vascular access device, and the distal end having a plurality of mechanically configurable engagement members having a plurality of removable tab-like projections;
- wherein the drug delivery device securely connects to the vascular access device when the engagement member of the keying element is configured to provide a complementary fit with the patient specific pattern of receiving openings of the locking element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.