MEDICAL DEVICE CONFIGURATION BASED ON RECOGNITION OF IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

• Main Authors: DEBRA K. BELLO, TUAN BUI, QUI CHAU, ALAN BRUNDLE, JAMES D. JACOBSON, JANICE STEWART, JANET MULLAN, RANDOLPH MEINZER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 15.03.2007
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS

A medical delivery system (10) is provided for delivering a medicament (17) or fluid (17) to a patient. The system comprises a disposable element such as a line set (14) associated with a container (16) containing the fluid (17), an identifier (18) associated with the line set (14) and having identification information associated therewith, and a delivery device (12) configured to engage the line set (14) and deliver the fluid (17) to the patient. The delivery device (12) includes a recognition system (20) that is capable of obtaining the identification information associated with the identifier (18). The identification information may include information regarding the identification of the fluid (17), a type of line set (14), or a type of administration associated with the line set (14). The device (12) can be capable of configuration based on the identification information. Se proporciona un sistema de suministro medico (10) para suministrar un medicamento (17) o fluido (17) a un paciente. El sistema comprende un elemento desechable tal como un grupo de linea (14) asociado con un recipiente (16) que contiene el fluido (17), un identificador (18) asociado con un recipiente (18) asociado con el grupo de linea (14) y que tiene informacion de identificacion asociada con el mismo, y un dispositivo de suministro (12) configurado para acoplar el grupo de linea (14) y suministrar el fluido (17) al paciente. El dispositivo de suministro (12) incluye un sistema de reconocimiento (20) que es capaz de obtener la informacion de identificacion asociada con el identificador (18). La informacion de identificacion puede incluir informacion con respecto a la identificacion del fluido (17), un tipo de grupo de linea (14), o un tipo de administracion asociada con el grupo de linea (14). El dispositivo (12) puede capaz de configuracion con base en la informacion de identificacion.