Patent ID: 8257337
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An intravenous (IV) product comprising: a housing configured to engage a docking station of an IV pump; a flexible fluid bag disposed within the housing, said bag configured to contain a medical fluid and comprising at least one fluid connector configured to fluidically connect with a mating fluid connector of the docking station as the housing is engaged with the docking station; at least one alignment feature coupled to the housing, the alignment feature configured to engage a matching alignment element of the docking station such that the IV product will not engage the docking station in the absence of one of the alignment feature and alignment element, wherein connection is established between the at least one fluid connector and the mating fluid connector only after the alignment feature engages the matching alignment element; and a machine-readable information element coupled to the housing, the information element configured to mate with a reader of the docking station as the housing is engaged with the docking station, the information element further configured to store and provide at least an identifier associated with the IV product.