Provided are computing system and method for documenting and communication information within a mobile medical care environment. A mounting system supports the computing system within a mobile medical care environment. The computing system includes a decoding module that causes the processing circuitry to scan, with the non-contact scanner, a computer-readable code encoding information about a first medicinal substance. A record module causes the processing circuitry to link at least a portion of the encoded information from the computer-readable code to a patient ID that is associated with the patient and stored in the memory. A communication module transmits (i) the portion of the information from the barcode linked to the patient ID, and (ii) the patient ID to be stored by a medical record system at a healthcare destination.
G16H 20/13 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p.ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des médicaments ou des médications, p.ex. pour s’assurer de l’administration correcte aux patients delivrés par des distributeurs
A61G 3/00 - Point de vue ambulance dans les véhicules; Véhicules avec des dispositions particulières pour transporter les personnes handicapées ou leurs moyens de transport personnels, p.ex. pour faciliter l'accès ou pour charger des chaises roulantes
A61J 7/00 - Dispositifs pour administrer les médicaments par voie buccale, p.ex. cuillères; Dispositifs pour compter les pilules; Dispositions pour l'indication ou le rappel du moment où l'on doit prendre des médicaments
G16H 10/60 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement des données médicales ou de soins de santé relatives aux patients pour des données spécifiques de patients, p.ex. pour des dossiers électroniques de patients
G16H 40/67 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement à distance
G16H 70/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement de références médicales concernant des médicaments, p.ex. leurs effets secondaires ou leur usage prévu
2.
DRUG CONTAINER LABELING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DRUG CONTAINERS
Provided is a drug labeling apparatus and method that involves scanning a barcode provided to a first drug vial to obtain information related to a first drug stored by the first drug vial. Data stored by a computer-readable medium of a first RFID tag associated with the first drug vial is read. Data stored by a computer-readable medium of a second RFID tag associated with a second drug vial is also read. The data determined based on the barcode is compared to the data read from the media provided to the first and second RFID tags. It is determined that the data read from the medium provided to the first RFID tag corresponds to the first drug based on the comparison result. Label content including information derived from the barcode and information derived from the data read from the medium provided to the first RFID tag is generated.
G16H 70/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement de références médicales concernant des médicaments, p.ex. leurs effets secondaires ou leur usage prévu
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G06K 19/077 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré - Détails de structure, p.ex. montage de circuits dans le support
G06V 30/224 - Reconnaissance de caractères caractérisés par le type d’écriture de caractères imprimés pourvus de marques de codage additionnelles ou de marques de codage
Photographic imagers and printers for use in the fields of medicine, microscopy, forensics, mechanical design and aerospace; paper and film for use with photographic imagers and printers
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Disinfection apparatus, namely, sensors for detecting a level of a chemical disinfectant in a liquid medium to monitor disinfection of objects in the liquid medium
01 - Produits chimiques destinés à l'industrie, aux sciences ainsi qu'à l'agriculture
16 - Papier, carton et produits en ces matières
Produits et services
UNEXPOSED AND SENSITIZED PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, PHOTOSENSITIVE PAPER AND THERMOGRAPHIC FILMS ELECTRONIC IMAGING GOODS, NAMELY, THERMOSENSITIVE PAPER, PRINTING PAPER, PAPER TRANSPARENCIES AND PLASTIC TRANSPARENCIES
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
computer printers; computer software for enhancing the print quality of computer graphics and controlling the performance quality of a linked computer printer; media for use in generating hardcopies of images produced by computer printers; computer hardware and software for printing and reading labels in the field of medicine and consumable supplies used by the labeling computer hardware; and computer hardware and software for documenting the disposal of medicinal substances in the field of medicine and detecting diversion of such controlled substances.
Online advertising services, namely, online store services featuring disinfection devices and materials, electronic medical devices, medical supplies, media for use in producing hardcopies of images from imaging medical equipment, accessories and consumables for electronic medical devices used in displaying, converting, storing, distributing, scanning, printing, capturing and recording electronic medical information related to the medical treatment.
01 - Produits chimiques destinés à l'industrie, aux sciences ainsi qu'à l'agriculture
16 - Papier, carton et produits en ces matières
Produits et services
UNEXPOSED AND SENSITIZED PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, PHOTOSENSITIVE PAPER AND THERMOGRAPHIC FILMS ELECTRONIC IMAGING GOODS, NAMELY, THERMOSENSITIVE PAPER, PRINTING PAPER, PAPER TRANSPARENCIES AND PLASTIC TRANSPARENCIES
12.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LABELING AND MANAGING INVENTORY OF MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES
Provided is a remote barcode reader that is to communicate with a terminal in a medical network. The remote barcode reader includes an optical barcode scanner that transmits a signal indicative of a barcode in response to interrogating the barcode. A non-transitory computer-readable memory stores, at least temporarily, information obtained in response to reading the barcode. A network interface communicates wirelessly over a wireless communication channel with a remote device in a medical network to obtain information pertaining to a drug that is identifiable from the information obtained in response to reading the barcode. A processor initiates the transmission of a communication based on the information obtained from the barcode to the remote device, and delays transmitting at least a portion of the information obtained from the barcode until at least a time when a response including information related to the drug is received from the remote device.
G06F 19/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques (spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques G06F 17/00;systèmes ou méthodes de traitement de données spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion, de surveillance ou de prévision G06Q;informatique médicale G16H)
Provided is a syringe reader includes a receiver comprising a releasable fastener component that cooperates with a compatible portion of the syringe to releasably couple the syringe to the syringe receiver, and maintain cooperation between the syringe and the syringe receiver during administration of the drug. A sensor is arranged adjacent to an outlet of the syringe to sense a quantity of the drug expelled from the drug container in response to exertion of a biasing force on a plunger of the syringe, and transmit a signal indicative of the sensed quantity of the drug. A barcode reader is arranged to read a barcode applied to a barrel region of the syringe installed on the syringe reader by the receiver. The barcode reader includes an optics system that emits an optical signal to interrogate the barcode.
A61M 5/148 - Perfusion sous pression, p.ex. utilisant des pompes utilisant des réservoirs sous pression, p.ex. au moyen de pistons flexibles
A61M 5/20 - Seringues automatiques, p.ex. avec tige de piston actionnée automatiquement, avec injection automatique de l'aiguille, à remplissage automatique
A61M 5/24 - Seringues à ampoules, c. à d. seringues à aiguille utilisables avec des ampoules ou des cartouches échangeables, p.ex. automatiques
14.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LABELING AND MANAGING INVENTORY OF MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES
Provided is a remote barcode reader that is to communicate with a terminal in a medical network. The remote barcode reader includes an optical barcode scanner that transmits a signal indicative of a barcode in response to interrogating the barcode. A non-transitory computer-readable memory stores, at least temporarily, information obtained in response to reading the barcode. A network interface communicates wirelessly over a wireless communication channel with a remote device in a medical network to obtain information pertaining to a drug that is identifiable from the information obtained in response to reading the barcode. A processor initiates the transmission of a communication based on the information obtained from the barcode to the remote device, and delays transmitting at least a portion of the information obtained from the barcode until at least a time when a response including information related to the drug is received from the remote device.
Provided is a method and system for programming a drug delivery device. The method includes using a portable computer terminal to read a device code encoding information specific to the drug delivery device, a patient code identifying a specific patient that is to receive the drug administered by the drug delivery device, and a drug code accompanying a container storing the drug to be administered to the specific patient by the drug delivery device. Once input is received from a user indicating that operation of the drug delivery device to deliver the drug to the specific patient is to begin, the portable computer terminal initiates creation of an electronic record thereon linking the information specific to the drug delivery device, the information indicative of the identity of the specific patient, and the information indicative of the drug delivery parameter.
A61M 5/00 - Dispositifs pour faire pénétrer des agents dans le corps par introduction sous-cutanée, intravasculaire ou intramusculaire; Accessoires à cet effet, p.ex. dispositifs de remplissage ou de nettoyage, appuis-bras
G06F 19/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques (spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques G06F 17/00;systèmes ou méthodes de traitement de données spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion, de surveillance ou de prévision G06Q;informatique médicale G16H)
Provided is a labeling apparatus that generates a label for labeling a drug container at a healthcare facility. The labeling apparatus includes a code reader that reads a computer-readable code encoding a drug to be stored by the drug container and transmits a signal indicative of the identity of the drug in response to reading the computer-readable code. A non-transitory computer-readable memory stores a drug formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries. A processing component is configured to identify, from the formulary, the identity of the drug corresponding to the computer- readable code and receives a patient identity from a computer-accessible source. A printer is operable to print label content identifying the specific drug onto a label that is to be applied to the drug container. The label content includes the identity of the drug and the patient identity encoded by a label code that is computer-readable.
Provided is an infusion device that includes a holder for supporting a supply of a substance to be administered to a patient, and a scale that monitors a weight of the supply of the substance supported by the holder during an infusion. A backup power circuit conveys, at least temporarily, electric power to maintain operation of the infusion device during an infusion from an alternate power supply other than a wall outlet in response to detecting an interruption of electric power from the wall outlet. A progress indicator provides an indication of a progression of the infusion at a time when the interruption of electric power occurred. And a drop counter monitors at least one of a quantity of the substance administered and a rate of administration.
A61M 5/14 - Dispositifs de perfusion, p.ex. perfusion par gravité; Perfusion sanguine; Accessoires à cet effet
A61M 5/142 - Perfusion sous pression, p.ex. utilisant des pompes
A61M 5/168 - Moyens pour commander l'écoulement des agents vers le corps ou pour doser les agents à introduire dans le corps, p.ex. compteurs de goutte-à-goutte
18.
Medicinal substance identification based on container recognition
Provided is a system for identifying a drug container that includes an image capture device configured to capture an optical image of a portion of a label provided to the drug container, and a non-transitory computer storage medium storing a plurality of features for each of a plurality of different drugs included in a database. The features associated with each of the plurality of different drugs are suggestive of an identity of a drug identity but do not, alone, positively identify the drug identity. A processing component is configured to receive data representing the optical image transmitted by the image capture device and to identify a candidate for the drug identity based on the plurality of features associated with the candidate.
G06K 9/18 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales utilisant des caractères imprimés pourvus de marques de codage additionnelles ou comportant des marques de codage, p.ex. le caractère étant composé de barres distinctes de formes différentes, chacune représentant une valeur de code différente
G06F 19/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques (spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques G06F 17/00;systèmes ou méthodes de traitement de données spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion, de surveillance ou de prévision G06Q;informatique médicale G16H)
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06F 17/30 - Recherche documentaire; Structures de bases de données à cet effet
Provided is a container for transporting a consumable such as a medium on which an image is to be printed. The container includes a support surface and a reading component coupled to the support surface to read a computer-readable code accompanying the consumable. A relay interface is operatively connected to the reading component to receive a signal indicative of the computer-readable code read by the reading component, and communicate with a compatible reader provided to the receiving apparatus to convey information about the computer-readable code read by the reading component to the receiving apparatus. The relay interface can be coupled to the tray at a location remotely located from the reading component and having an orientation that is different from an orientation of the reading component.
Devices of a networked system for transmitting communications at a healthcare institution, including drug labeling and formulary management devices, can be updated by supplementing received drug information with drug information from a similar drug already in the formulary. The received drug information is compared with other drugs already in the formulary and a match quality value is determined based on this comparison. A selection of a matching or similar drug is made based on the determined match quality value. The received drug information and drug information from the selected matching or similar drug can be combined to update the formulary with all of the desired information.
Provided is a system for identifying a drug container that includes an image capture device configured to capture an optical image of a portion of a label provided to the drug container, and a non-transitory computer storage medium storing a plurality of features for each of a plurality of different drugs included in a database. The features associated with each of the plurality of different drugs are suggestive of an identity of a drug identity but do not, alone, positively identify the drug identity. A processing component is configured to receive data representing the optical image transmitted by the image capture device and to identify a candidate for the drug identity based on the plurality of features associated with the candidate.
G06F 19/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques (spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques G06F 17/00;systèmes ou méthodes de traitement de données spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion, de surveillance ou de prévision G06Q;informatique médicale G16H)
A61J 1/00 - Récipients spécialement adaptés à des fins médicales ou pharmaceutiques
22.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A DILUTED MEDICINAL SUBSTANCE
Provided are a system and method for presenting information related to a drug dilution. A computer memory stores a drug database with a plurality of drug entries, each of which includes an identification and concentration of a drug stored in an originating container. A reader is operable to read a barcode associated with the drug identifier of the originating drug container and the concentration and/or dose and volume of the drug in the container. A user selects or enters a desired drug preparation that may include one or more preparations of the originating drug requested for administration to a patient. A computer processor interprets the concentrate signal, identifies the concentration of the originating drug based on content included in the drug database, and determines a recipe to be presented to the user for preparing the drug including any required dilutions.
Provided are an apparatus and method of printing a machine-readable code for labeling a medicinal substance. The method includes encoding at least an identification of the medicinal substance in a machine-readable format, and selecting a template establishing an appropriate layout of a label on which the identification is to be applied in the machine-readable format. The label is to be applied to a container for storing the medicinal substance to be administered to a patient. Label content including the identification in the machine -readable format is arranged to be applied to the label in the appropriate layout according to the template, and the label content is output in the appropriate layout to be printed onto the label.
A61J 1/18 - Dispositions pour indiquer l'état, p.ex. l'état stérile, du contenu du récipient
G06K 19/10 - Supports d'enregistrement pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques caractérisés par le genre de marque numérique, p.ex. forme, nature, code utilisant des marquages de différentes sortes sur le même support d'enregistrement, p.ex. un marquage étant lu optiquement et l'autre par des moyens magnétiques au moins une sorte de marquage étant utilisée pour l'authentification, p.ex. de cartes de crédit ou de cartes d'identité
Provided is a system for printing a label identifying a medicinal substance and documenting a quantity of the medicinal substance administered to a patient. The system includes a code reader that interrogates a computer-readable code representing the medicinal substance that corresponds to a source container of the medicinal substance at a time when the medicinal substance is to be extracted from the source container. A non- transitory, local computer-readable memory stores a drug formulary that is referenced by a processing component to identify the medicinal substance. A printer prints label content identifying the medicinal substance onto a label to be applied to a delivery container. A quantity detector senses a property indicative of a quantity of the medicinal substance administered to the patient in real time, approximately at a time when the medicinal substance is administered to the patient.
Provided is an apparatus for administering a drug to a patient. The apparatus includes a scanner that is operable to read a computer-readable code and transmit a signal indicative of encoded information encoded by the computer-readable code. A non-transitory computer memory stores information relating to administration of the drug by the apparatus to the patient. A processing component establishes at least a portion of operational parameters governing the administration of the drug to the patient using the information retrieved from the non-transitory memory based on the signal transmitted by the scanner in response to scanning the computer- readable code. An initiator operates in accordance with the operational parameters to regulate the administration of the drug to the patient.
A61M 5/172 - Moyens pour commander l'écoulement des agents vers le corps ou pour doser les agents à introduire dans le corps, p.ex. compteurs de goutte-à-goutte électriques ou électroniques
01 - Produits chimiques destinés à l'industrie, aux sciences ainsi qu'à l'agriculture
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
16 - Papier, carton et produits en ces matières
Produits et services
UNEXPOSED AND SENSITIZED PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, PHOTOSENSITIVE PAPER, AND THERMOGRAPHIC FILM FOR THERMAL PRINTING OF MEDICAL IMAGES COMPUTER PRINTERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN CREATING, DEVELOPING, PROCESSING, EDITING, MANIPULATING, DISPLAYING AND PRINTING COMPUTER GRAPHIC IMAGES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IMAGES; THERMAL PRINTERS; COMPUTER DISPLAY MONITORS ELECTRONIC IMAGING GOODS, NAMELY, THERMOSENSITIVE PAPER, PRINTING PAPER, PAPER TRANSPARENCIES AND PLASTIC TRANSPARENCIES
28.
STANDARD-COMPLIANT LABEL, METHOD OF PROVIDING A STANDARD-COMPLIANT LABEL, AND STANDARD -COMPLIANT LABEL PRINTER
Provided is a label generated on-demand for identifying a medicinal substance to be administered to a patient, and a printing apparatus for generating such a label. The label includes a content surface on which label content is printed on-demand by a computer printer. The label content includes information required by a medical labeling standard. An adhesive surface is provided to be applied against a container for storing the medicinal substance and adhering the label to the container. A color code is visible when viewing the content surface. The color code is specified by the medical labeling standard for conveying information about the medicinal substance to be stored in the container, and the label content and color code render the label compliant with the medical labeling standard.
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
B41J 3/01 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour caractères particuliers, p.ex. pour caractères chinois ou codes-barres
B41J 29/393 - Dispositifs de commande ou d'analyse de l'ensemble de la machine
Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling transfer of a drug from a first drug container to a second drug container including a drug identification component that recognizes a first drug container to retrieve drug identifying data for the drug, a storage medium that stores a site-specific database comprising attributes and associated values for a set of drugs including the drug in the first drug container, a processor that obtains the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values for the drug and produces information about the drug using the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values, a rules engine that applies one or more rules to the information about the drug to generate drug handling information, and an output unit that outputs markings comprising the drug handling information in human-readable or machine-readable form, or both, to be associated with the second container.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
30.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION ENCRYPTION
Provided is an apparatus, system and method for protecting medical output to be stored on a portable computer-readable medium. Access to the medical output is restricted and a key is established to grant access to the medical output stored on the portable computer-readable medium. An identifier is assigned to the portable computer- readable medium and stored on both the portable computer-readable medium and a computer memory. The medical output is stored on the portable computer-readable memory, and access to the medical output on the portable computer-readable medium is restricted, requiring the key for accessing and viewing the medical output. The key is also stored in the computer memory and a relationship associating the identifier with the key is established to enable identification of the key with knowledge of the identifier. A security utility and a medical presentation utility can also be stored on the portable computer-readable medium. The security utility and medical presentation utility can be executable by the user computer to grant access to, and present the medical output on the portable computer-readable medium to the intended recipient in response to entry of the key.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
On-line retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others, namely, medical supplies, media for use in producing hardcopies of images from imaging medical equipment, electronic medical devices and accessories, and consumables and electrical devices for displaying, converting, storing, distributing, scanning, printing, capturing and recording electronic medical information related to the medical treatment
32.
Assembling multiple medical images into a single film image
A printer receives a plurality of image sections and corresponding image headers from the host as an image concatenation command. The plurality of image sections store the plurality of image sections in a print queue. The printer creates a virtual canvas representing a full image size. The printer determines how many lines of uniform data are present in a top border and a bottom border of the plurality of image sections. A variable formatting module of the printer crops a bottom border of a first image section to create a cropped first image section and a top border of a last image section to create a cropped last image section. The variable formatting module creates a first image frame in the virtual canvas corresponding to the first image section minus the bottom border and a last image frame corresponding to the last image section minus the top border.
G06K 9/36 - Prétraitement de l'image, c. à d. traitement de l'information image sans se préoccuper de l'identité de l'image
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G03B 27/04 - Appareils de reproduction sans mouvement relatif entre l'original et la source lumineuse pendant l'exposition, p.ex. châssis presse ou boîte de tirage
G09G 5/00 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande de l'affichage communs à l'affichage utilisant des tubes à rayons cathodiques et à l'affichage utilisant d'autres moyens de visualisation
H04N 1/46 - Systèmes de transmission d'images en couleurs
H04N 1/387 - Composition, repositionnement ou autre modification des originaux
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Portable storage media data import system comprised of computer hardware and software for medical images/information; computer software for use in the medical field for reading portable storage media, reconciling received medical images, and searching received medical images; computer software for storing patient medical images/information from portable storage media to a PACS system, a local or remote DICOM archive, a CD/DVD burner, or another portable storage media recording system
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Portable digital media disc publisher, namely, computer hardware and software for recording and publishing images, documents and files onto portable digital media; on-demand medical disc publishing by means of computer peripherals in the form of workstations
