# US 9,750,872 B2 · Method and apparatus for controlling an infusion pump or the like > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,872 B2 - Document ID: US9750872B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/085,670 - Filed: 2011-04-13 - Published: 2011-08-11 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 1999-10-22 - Assignees: B. Braun Medical Inc. - Applicants: Carlos A. De La Huerga - Inventors: Carlos A. De La Huerga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750872B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/14212: {Pumping with an aspiration and an expulsion action} - A61M 5/16827: {controlling delivery of multiple fluids, e.g. sequencing, mixing or via separate flow-paths (infusion of multiple fluids without using a controller A61M5/1407)} - G16H 10/65: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD - G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection - G16H 40/63: for local operation - A61J 2205/10: Bar codes - A61J 2205/30: Printed labels - A61J 2205/60: using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags - A61J 2205/70: Audible labels, e.g. for pre-recorded info or messages - A61M 37/00: Other apparatus for introducing media into the body (for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30); Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin (salt baths A61H33/04) - A61M 2205/3561: local, e.g. within room or hospital - A61M 2205/3569: sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable - A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission - A61M 2205/60: with identification means - A61M 2205/6063: Optical identification systems - A61M 2205/6072: Bar codes - 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)} - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE ## Abstract A method and apparatus for controlling IV medication delivery and monitoring, the method including providing information tags on IV bags that specify delivery parameters, obtaining delivery parameters for at least one bag, associating a controller with a particular patient, comparing patient information for the particular patient with the delivery parameters, determining the efficacy of delivering the medicant to the patient and affecting pump control as a function of the comparison. The method also includes various timing rules and other verification procedures. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system used to deliver medication to a patient comprising: a computer storing prescription information, including information that is specific to a first patient; said computer having a network connection, receiving first information indicative of a first machine readable identifier corresponding to a patient identification that is attached to a limb of a patient, receiving second information indicative of a second machine readable identifier from a medication dispensing container with medication to be administered to the patient, and receiving third information corresponding to a medical device identification that is representative of a specific one medical device that is associated with delivery of medication to a patient and is indicative of a third machine readable identifier from the specific one medical device; said computer operating to compare stored prescription data to at least said first and second information, and to determine if information indicative of the use of the medication is authorized to be sent, and if said information indicative of the use of the medication is authorized to be sent, then sending said information indicative of the use of the medication to said specific one medical device using the medical device identification to deliver the medication to the patient; wherein said medical device is a medical pump for pumping medication; and wherein said system monitors operation of said medical pump to deliver said medication in a specified dosage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A system as in claim 1, wherein said computer sends said information indicative of the use of the medication at a current time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, further comprising said medical device that includes a machine readable identifier thereon. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein the network communication communicates using wireless communication. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said computer controls said operation to deliver said medicant also after receiving an identification from a badge of a medical professional. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said computer stores and uses information specific to the patient includes drugs to which the patient is allergic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said computer disables information on said container from being used more than once. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said computer stores and uses information about drugs which are genomically incompatible with the patient. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said computer further receives time data associated with the first information and the second information, and wherein said computer further operates to compare the time data associated with the first information with the time data associated with the second information, and if said time data are within a predetermined threshold period of each other, then sends said information indicative of the use of the medication to said specific one medical device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said computer is operable to determine if said information indicative of the use of the medication is not authorized to be sent, and if not, said computer then sending to an indicating device a message indicating said medication is not to be given to said patient. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein said indicating device is used to read and transmit said first, second, and third machine readable identifiers and said indicating device indicating the message using one of a visual indicator, a visual display, and an audio indicator. ### Claim 12 A system used to deliver a prescribed amount of medication to a patient, comprising a medical device having a first machine readable identifier; a patient identification bracelet having a second identifier that identifies a patient identification and that is attached to a limb of a patient; a medication container, having a third identifier indicative of contents of said medication container that is used to dispense medication to the patient; a wireless network; a wireless reader device that reads each of said first, second and third identifiers, and communicates information indicative of each of said first, second and third identifiers over said wireless network; and a central computer, receiving said information indicative of each of said first, second and third identifiers that were transmitted over the wireless network, said computer operating to compare stored prescription data to at least said second identifier and said third identifier, and to determine if at least a portion of the stored prescription data related to the medication of said third indicator is authorized to be sent, and when the determination indicates that said third indicator is authorized sending said at least a portion of stored prescription data to said medical device to control operation of said medical device to deliver said medication using the information obtained from the first identifier. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system as in claim 12, wherein said computer determines whether the prescription data is authorized at a current time, and if so, sends said portion at the current time. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A system as in claim 12, wherein said medical device is a medical pump for pumping medication. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system as in claim 12, wherein said central computer controls said operation after receiving an identification from a badge of a medical professional. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system as in claim 12, wherein said computer stores and uses information specific to the patient includes drugs to which the patient is allergic. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The system as in claim 12, wherein said computer stores and uses information about drugs which are genomically incompatible with the patient. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The system as in claim 12, wherein said computer disables information on said container from being used more than once. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system as in claim 12, wherein said wireless reader device has a readable screen, that shows information from said indicator. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the wireless reader device further provides time data associated with said second and third identifiers and communicates said time data over said wireless network; and wherein said central computer further operates to compare the time data associated with the second identifier with the time data associated with the third identifier, and if said time data are within a predetermined threshold period of each other, then sends the at least a portion of stored prescription data to said medical device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein said computer is operable to determine that at least a portion of the stored prescription data related to the medication of said third indicator is not authorized to be sent, and if not, the computer is operable to send a message indicating said contents of the medication container are not to be given to said patient to said wireless reading device and the reading device activating an indicator selected from a visual indicator, a visual display, and an audio indicator. ### Claim 22 A system used to deliver medication to a patient comprising: a computer storing prescription information, including information that is specific to a patient; said computer having a network connection, (i) receiving first information indicative of a first machine readable identifier corresponding to a patient identification that is attached to a patient, (ii) receiving second information indicative of a second machine readable identifier from a medication dispensing container with medication to be administered to said patient, and (iii) receiving third information corresponding to a pump identification that is representative of a specific pump that is associated with delivery of a specific dosage of medication to a patient and is indicative of a third machine readable identifier from said specific pump; and said computer operating to compare stored prescription data to at least said first and second information, and to determine if information indicative of the use of said medication is authorized to be sent, and when said information indicative of the use of said medication is authorized to be sent to said specific pump, then using said pump identification to send said information indicative of the use of said medication to said specific pump and to deliver said specific dosage of medication to said patient. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The system of claim 22, wherein said computer is configured to determine if said information indicative of the use of the medication is not authorized to be sent to said specific pump, and if not, said computer sends a message to an indicating device reflective that said medication in said medication dispensing container is not to be given to said patient. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The system of claim 23, wherein said indicating device is associated with a physician and indicates said message using one of a visual indicator, a visual display, and an audio indicator. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The system of claim 24, wherein said indicating device enables said receiving of said first, second, and third information. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The system of claim 25, wherein said receiving by said indicating device includes receiving a visual pattern corresponding to a bar code.