Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11219569-B2
Application number	US-202117332523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2021
Priority date	May 20, 2020
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A module for housing electronic medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration, the module comprising:
a housing configured to house waste heat-producing electronic medical equipment;
a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the waste heat-producing electronic medical equipment; and
a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids, the system comprising:
processing circuitry;
a first medication sensor in electrical communication with the processing circuitry configured to identify at least one of the one or more IV medications or fluids; and
a second medication sensor in electrical communication with the processing circuitry configured to determine a volume of medication administered from a syringe or fluid administered from an IV bag through an IV drip chamber into IV tubing based on an image generated by the second sensor.

2. The module of claim 1 , wherein the system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications or fluids further comprises:
an injection portal; and
one or more orienting members, wherein the injection portal includes an injection port that is configured to be in fluid communication with the IV tubing and the one or more orienting members are configured to guide syringes of varying diameters to mate with the injection port within the injection portal.

3. The module of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more displays; and
one or more data storage devices.

4. The module of claim 3 , further comprising:
a provider identification sensor configured to sense provider identification information,
wherein the processing circuitry is in electrical communication with the provider identification sensor, the first and second medical sensors, the one or more displays, and the one or more data storage devices,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive the provider identification information and to store the provider identification to at least one of the one or more data storage devices.

5. The module of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
send instructions to at least one of the one or more displays to output a visual image or representation of a received syringe, and
save a volume measurement of medication dispensed to the one or more data storage devices or send instructions to at least one of the one or more displays to output the volume measurement of medication dispensed.

6. The module of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to send instructions to at least one of the one or more displays to output one or more of: a brand name of a drug, a generic name of a drug, a drug concentration, a dosage of a drug, a dosage delivered, a fluid flow rate, a fluid volume delivered, a patient allergy, an over-dosing alert, a drug allergy alert, and a drug interaction alert.

7. The module of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
transmit dispensing information to an electronic anesthetic record (EAR) or an electronic medical record (EMR) to automatically record dispensing information about the medication dispensed from the received syringe to the EAR or the EMR.

8. The module of claim 1 , further comprising:
an injection portal including an injection port that is configured to fluidly couple a received syringe to the IV tubing; and
at least one clamp positioned on the IV tubing and in electrical communication with the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one clamp is configured to be actuated to stop flow of IV medications or fluid through the IV tubing,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to send instructions to the at least one clamp to inhibit dispensing of the IV medications or fluid responsive to the processing circuitry identifying an adverse condition or medication error.

9. The module of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive data from electronic medical equipment housed in the module or electronic medical equipment in electrical communication with the processing circuitry of the module, wherein the data relates to: physiologic monitors, fluid, gas and medication administration, ventilator settings, pressure off-loading, or blood loss and urine output.

10. The module of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to provide accurate and temporally correlated dose response information by:
documenting a dose of injected IV medications or fluid; and
temporally correlating the dose with a measured physiologic response.

11. The module of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured deliver temporally correlated dose response information to a “big data” database that aggregates the electronic records from thousands or millions of patients so that they can be analyzed by artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.

12. The module of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more displays remote from the patient and configured to display information received from the system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids, to allow for remote supervision or remote consultation.

13. The module of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry documents the involvement and participation of a supervisor or consultant for billing and medical or legal purposes.

14. A system for intravenous (IV) medications to deliver a medication from a syringe, the system comprising:
an injection portal configured to receive a syringe;
one or more medication sensors configured to identify medication identification information that is coupled to the received syringe when the received syringe is located in the injection portal and configured to capture an image of the received syringe;
one or more displays;
one or more storage devices; and
processing circuitry that is in electrical communication with the one or more medication sensors, the one or more displays, and the one or more storage devices,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to send instructions to at least one of the one or more displays to output a visual image or representation of the received syringe on the at least one display,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine a volume of medication dispensed from the received syringe based on an image of the syringe captured by the one or more medication sensors, and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
save the volume of medication dispensed to the one or more storage devices, or
send instructions to at least one of the one or more displays to output the volume of medication dispensed on the at least one display.

15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:
a provider identification sensor configured to sense provider identification information,
wherein the processing circuitry is in electrical communication with the provider identification sensor, the one or more displays, and the one or more storage devices, and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive the provider identification information and to store the provider identification to at least one of the one or more storage devices.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein:
the provider identification sensor is configured to read the provider identification information and to generate provider identification data;
the processing circuitry is configured to receive the generated provider identification information and to compare the generated

Assignees

• Augustine Biomedical Design Llc

Inventors

• Augustine Scott D
• Augustine Susan D
• Augustine Garrett J
• Augustine Brent M
• Augustine Ryan S
• Arnold Randall C

Classifications

• A61G13/108 Primary

  Means providing sterile air at a surgical operation table or area (treatment rooms A61G10/00; instruments or implements for sterile operation A61B90/00; sterilisation of air A61L9/00; purification of air in air-conditioning systems F24F3/16, F24F8/00) · CPC title

• A61M2005/5033

  by use of an intermediate blocking member positioned between the syringe barrel and the piston rod to prevent retraction of the latter, e.g. toothed clip placed on the piston rod · CPC title

• A61M5/5013

  Means for blocking the piston or the fluid passageway to prevent illegal refilling of a syringe · CPC title

• A61M5/31511

  Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod (A61M5/5066 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61M5/281

  using emptying means to expel or eject media, e.g. pistons, deformation of the ampoule, or telescoping of the ampoule · CPC title