Richard Woodruff Pierce

US Patent:

6985870, Jan 10, 2006

Filed:

Jan 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/043891

Inventors:

James Martucci - Libertyville IL, US
Tuan Bui - Green Oaks IL, US
James Hitchcock - Barrington IL, US
Aleandro DiGianfilippo - Scottsdale AZ, US
Richard Pierce - Glendale AZ, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

G06F 17/60
G06F 7/08
G06G 17/00
A61M 31/00
A61M 5/00

US Classification:

705 3, 604 65, 604246, 705 2, 705 22, 705 28, 235375, 235381

Abstract:

A medication delivery system () having features of the present invention comprises a medical container () holding a prescribed medication () to be delivered to a patient, a tag adapted to be worn by the patient, a handheld computing device (), and an electronic medication delivery device (). Data on the medication () is contained in a first label () on the medication container (). The first label () also contains the instruction on how the medication is delivered to the patient, including the appropriate settings for an electronic medication delivery device for delivering the medication to the patient. Patient data is contained in a second label () on the tag () worn by the patient. The medication data, medication delivery instruction, and patient data are provided in machine readable formats. The handheld computing device () reads the medication data and the medication delivery instruction on the medication container () and the patient data on the patient tag (). The handheld computing device () stores the information obtained and performs a matching check to confirm that the medication data matches with the patient data.

US Patent:

7668731, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Nov 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/720765

Inventors:

James Martucci - Libertyville IL, US
Tuan Bui - Green Oaks IL, US
James Hitchcock - Barrington IL, US
Aleandro DiGianfilippo - Scottsdale AZ, US
Richard Pierce - Glendale AZ, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 2, 705 3, 600300

Abstract:

A medication delivery system () having features of the present invention comprises a medical container () holding a prescribed medication () to be delivered to a patient, a tag adapted to be worn by the patient, a handheld computing device (), and an electronic medication delivery device (). Data on the medication () is contained in a first label () on the medication container (). The first label () also contains the instruction on how the medication is delivered to the patient, including the appropriate settings for an electronic medication delivery device for delivering the medication to the patient. Patient data is contained in a second label () on the tag () worn by the patient. The medication data, medication delivery instruction, and patient data are provided in machine readable formats. The handheld computing device () reads the medication data and the medication delivery instruction on the medication container () and the patient data on the patient tag (). The handheld computing device () stores the information obtained and performs a matching check to confirm that the medication data matches with the patient data.