US 9,807,174 B2Granted

Medication delivery system and method

AssigneeMylan Inc.

InventorsEric W. Starr, Dustin D. Updyke, Sherry M. Korczynski

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Abstract

A medication delivery system includes a medical server configured to send and receive and process data, a medication device configured to administer a preselected medication, a sensor circuit configured to detect selected parameters relating to medication delivery and transmit information, a transmission hub configured to communicate with the medical server and the sensor circuit. The transmission hub is configured to receive a signal from the sensor circuit and exchange the information. An application is configured to facilitate exchange of information between the sensor circuit and the medical server. The application has a preselected set of protocols. The application monitors usage of the medication device and location of the medication device by connecting to the medication device via the transmission hub.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A medication delivery system, comprising:

a medication device configured to administer a preselected medication;
a sensor circuit associated with the medication device and configured to detect selected parameters relating to medication delivery with the medication device;
and
a transmission hub configured to:
communicate with the sensor circuit and receive a first signal from the sensor circuit;
cause the sensor circuit to emit a first type of alert based on a signal strength value of the first signal between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit being greater than a first preselected value indicative of a first distance between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit, wherein the first type of alert comprises at least a first audible sound;
cause the sensor circuit to emit a second type of alert based on the signal strength value of the first signal between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit being greater than a second preselected value indicative of a second distance between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, and wherein the second type of alert comprises at least a second audible sound varying at least one characteristic of the first audible sound;
and
transmit a second signal if the signal strength value is less than the first preselected value.

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A method for remotely monitoring medication delivery at a medication device, comprising:

detecting contact at the medication device using an element provided on the medication device, in communication with a sensor circuit;
transmitting, by the sensor circuit, a contact signal from the sensor circuit to an application indicating that contact has occurred at the medication device;
receiving the contact signal from the sensor circuit at a transmission hub;
determining, by the application, that the contact signal contains contact element information;
sending, by the transmission hub, an access signal from the transmission hub to a connected medical server, the access signal indicating that the medication has been accessed;
accessing, by the application, administration information and delivering the administration information in a pre-selected order to at least one of the transmission hub or a mobile device associated with the medication device;
and
detecting, by the transmission hub, a location of the medication device by:
detecting a signal strength of the contact signal between the sensor circuit and the transmission hub and comparing the signal strength value to a first preselected value;
causing, by the transmission hub, the sensor circuit to emit a first type of alert comprising a first audible sound based on the signal strength value of the contact signal between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit being greater than the first preselected value indicative of a first distance between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit;
and
causing, by the transmission hub, the sensor circuit to emit a second type of alert comprising a second audible sound varying at least one characteristic of the first audible sound based on the signal strength value of the contact signal between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit being greater than a second preselected value indicative of a second distance between the transmission hub and the sensor circuit, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/600,572Filed 19 May 2017 · continuation
Priority: 3 Dec 2012
Published: US 2017/0257436 A17 Sep 2017
Granted: 31 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

G16H 20/13
Relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients: delivered from dispensers
A61M 5/002
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning…:…
A61M 5/20
Syringes: automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically
A61M 5/5086
Having means for preventing re-use, or for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile: for indicating if defective, used, tampered…

Family

Application61/732,753Us provisional application · filed 3 Dec 2012
Application13/907,028Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 May 2013
Application14/483,572Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Sep 2014
US 2017/0257436 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Sep 2017
US 9,692,829 B2Parent of this continuation
Application14/483,572Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2014/0155827 A1Published application
US 2014/0379874 A1Published application
US 9,807,174 B2This patent

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