Elizabeth Nelson

US Patent:

20160030683, Feb 4, 2016

Filed:

Mar 14, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/776699

Inventors:

- Fanklin Lakes NJ, US
David Feygin - Glen Rock NJ, US
Elizabeth Nelson - Wellesley MA, US
Bart Peterson - Farmington UT, US
Karthik Ranganathan - Singapore, SG
Richard Byrd - Glen Rock NJ, US

Assignee:

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

A61M 5/34
A61M 5/142

Abstract:

Smart sensors are employed to determine one or more of drug identification, dose, flow rate, concentration, agglomeration, and degradation and/or other characteristics of drug administration that can be detected via sensing technology. A smart sensor(s) can be coupled to or retrofitted onto injection pen injectors and/or drug delivery cartridges and/or infusion sets or cannulae, enabling infusion sets, pen injector systems or drug delivery cartridges to improve tracking of drug self-administration and stop medication errors that occur primarily through self or automated injection (e.g., due to incorrect or incomplete dosing, excessive dose or rate, incorrect drug, or drug degradation).