Patent ID: 9675753
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A method, for safe drug delivery, comprising the steps of: retrieving wirelessly, from a programmable memory card attached to a drug container, a patient identity, forming a retrieved patient identity, and drug delivery parameters, forming the retrieved drug delivery parameters; comparing, at a drug delivery device, the retrieved patient identity with a stored patient identity in the drug delivery device; issuing an alert if the stored patient identity is different from the retrieved patient identity; checking operational options of the drug delivery device against the retrieved drug delivery parameters to determine if the operational options of the drug delivery device is capable of delivering the drug according to the retrieved drug delivery parameters; issuing an alert if the drug delivery device is incapable of delivering the drug according to the retrieved drug delivery parameters; delivering, by the drug delivery device, a drug in the drug container to a patient according to the retrieved drug delivery parameters; detecting wirelessly, by the drug delivery device, the programmable memory card is removed; stopping delivery of the drug in the drug container to the patient if the programmable memory card is removed; and recording wirelessly, by the drug delivery device, drug delivery data in the programmable memory card, wherein the drug delivery data comprises type of drug, amount of drug delivered, drug delivery rate, and time of drug delivered and the drug delivery data are sent for recording via the programmable memory card.