# US 9,517,330 B2 · Syringe—IV access locking device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,517,330 B2 - Document ID: US9517330B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/198,802 - Filed: 2014-03-06 - Published: 2014-09-11 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-08 - Assignees: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Applicants: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Inventors: Erik K. Witt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517330B2 ## CPC - A61M 39/1011: {Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties (A61M39/16 takes precedence)} - A61M 25/0606: {"Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters} - A61M 39/10: Tube connectors or tube couplings - A61M 5/3134: {characterised by constructional features of the distal end, i.e. end closest to the tip of the needle cannula} - A61M 39/02: Access sites - A61M 2039/062: {used with a catheter} - A61M 2039/1022: {additionally providing electrical connection} - A61M 2039/1044: {Verifying the connection, e.g. audible feedback, tactile feedback, visual feedback, using external light sources} - A61M 2039/1094: {at least partly incompatible with standard connectors, e.g. to prevent fatal mistakes in connection} - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - A61M 2205/6045: having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the drug delivery device is a syringe, intravenous catheter connector, IV bag spike, or point of interconnection in an IV administration set. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The drug delivery safety device of claim 2 wherein the drug delivery device is a syringe having a tip located in the body of the locking element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the plurality of configurable notches incorporate predetermined geometrical shapes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The drug delivery safety device of claim 4 wherein the configurable notches are on the periphery of the flange. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The drug delivery safety device of claim 4 wherein an end user may configure a selected number of notches to create a locking element to distinguish the route of administration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The drug delivery safety device of claim 6 wherein the route of administration is parenteral, enteral or anesthesia. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein an end user may remove, move, rotate, reshape, melt, reposition, uncover, or puncture one or more of the plurality of mechanically configurable sections. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The drug delivery safety device of claim 8 wherein the locking element is configured to be patient specific. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The drug delivery safety device of claim 8 wherein the locking element is configured to be application specific. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The drug delivery safety device of claim 8 wherein the locking element is configured to be drug specific. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the flange has a circular shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the keying element is rotatable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The drug delivery safety device of claim 13 wherein the keying element is spring-loaded. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the locking element further comprises a sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the keying element further comprises a sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the removable tab-like projections are selectively removed to identify an individual patient, application or drug type. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 further comprising a visual indicator for drug family identification. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 wherein the locking element and keying element are associated with only one patient or small number of patients of a larger patient population. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The drug delivery safety device of claim 1 further including a master keying element capable of unlocking two or more individualized locking elements.