Medication safety system featuring a multiplexed rfid interrogator panel
CA 2606941 C · Owner: Cardinal Health 303, Inc. · Inventors: Hoag, Robert E.
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A medication safety system includes a panel mounted to an IV pole above a multi- channel infusion pump also mounted to the IV pole. The panel includes multiple RFID readers for reading the RFID tags placed on each of the medication containers mounted to the panel. The pump includes a controller that communicates with the RFID readers at the panel to receive the information read by the RFID readers and automatically program the respective pump channel. A verification program verifies that the medication delivery information from the containers matches the patient identified for the pump and the programming parameters of the pump fall within acceptable ranges. In another aspect, the …
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- Filed May 10, 2006 and granted June 23, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2026.
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