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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Icu Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Marshall E. Fryman, Lidenhurst, IL (US);
Ujjawal Kumar, Chennai, IN;
Anandaraman Vithyananthan, Chennai, IN;
Pritish Jain, Chennai, IN;
Syedjavid Syed Khadar, Chennai, IN;
Matteo D. Picinich, Temecula, CA (US);
Yun Shao Tsai, San Diego, CA (US);
ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for tracking and administering liquid intravenous medications in a hospital, clinic, or patient residence, including recording information onto a short range communication device affixed to a liquid container in a hospital pharmaceutical filling or compounding center, the information including drug information, patient information, and IV administration information, transferring the liquid container to a patient's bedside, programming an infusion course into a bedside IV infusion pump by enabling the pump to read the encoded information on the communication device, and disposing of the liquid container and any residual drug in a smart disposal bin that reads the communication device and weighs the container. The disposal bin may confirm the chemical contents of the container.