Patent ID: 8945066
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medication delivery apparatus for use with a medication source comprising: a housing; a fluid conduit at least partially extending within the housing and configured to deliver medication from the medication source to a patient via a parenteral fluid administration pathway; a medication port extending from an external surface of the housing and configured to be coupled to a tubing set coupled to the medication source, the medication port being fluidically and directly coupled to the fluid conduit; and at least one first sensor disposed within the housing to generate information characterizing administration of the medication for processing by a remote data collection system; wherein the at least one first sensor includes an identification sensor and the tubing set includes an information source selected from a group consisting of: mechanically encoded information, magnetically encoded information, radio frequency readable information, or optically encoded information, wherein the identification sensor reads the information from the information source.