Patent ID: 9480789
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61M,A61P,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A drug delivery system comprising: a) a plurality of drug containers each container of the plurality of containers containing a different predetermined drug co-formulation of a predetermined first drug and a predetermined second drug, wherein the first drug has a sedative effect; b) a pump assembly, wherein each of the plurality of drug containers is operatively connectable to the pump assembly, and wherein the pump assembly is adapted to deliver the drug co-formulation contained in an operatively-connected one of the plurality of drug containers to a patient during a medical procedure; c) a sensor adapted to sense a variable associated with each of the plurality of drug containers and output a different drug co-formulation identification signal associated with each of the plurality of drug containers based on the sensed variable; and d) a controller operatively connected to the sensor and to the pump assembly, wherein the controller is programmed to identify the drug co-formulation for the operatively-connected one of the plurality of drug containers from the associated identification signal and to control the pump assembly to deliver the drug co-formulation of the operatively-connected one of the plurality of drug containers to the patient during the medical procedure according to a corresponding drug delivery algorithm which is different for each of the drug containers.