38 results about "Dose selection" patented technology

A system and method for personalized dosing of a pharmacologic agent include: executing, using a processing device, a plurality of dosing regimen program modules to determine a respective plurality of dose sets in response to receiving, from an input device, a target response value for a patient; and executing, using the processing device, a dosing selection algorithm module, following executing the plurality of dosing regimen program modules and in response to receiving from the input device a response profile and a monitoring frequency of the patient, to determine a recommended dose set computed as a combination of the plurality of dose sets weighted by degrees of matching computed using fuzzy sets and the response profile.

The label and labeling system provide a way to label containers and packaging for drug products in a manner that makes the drug readily identifiable and distinguishable for a clinician to help reduce the potential for medication errors. The study of product characteristics, usage behavior, environment and storage practices informs the design process and yields packaging and labeling that is tailored for a particular product and set of users. Information of particular importance for the clinician is emphasized through selective placement, orientation, and text size, among other characteristics. In addition, a design and color scheme may be employed to assist with proper dosage selection and reduce the potential of administering a wrong dose. Through the label and labeling system, at-a-glance accurate readability and product differentiation are enhanced.

A radiotherapeutic apparatus comprises a source able to emit a beam of therapeutic radiation along a beam axis, a multi-leaf collimator arranged to collimate the beam to a desired shape, wherein the source is rotateable about a rotation axis that is substantially orthogonal and intersects with the beam axis thereby to describe an arc around that axis, and further comprises a control means able to control the dose/time rate of the source, the rotation speed of the source, and the multi-leaf collimator position. The control means is arranged to receive a treatment plan in which the arc is divided into a plurality of notional arc-segments, and specifying the total dose for the arc-segment and a Start and end MLC position. It then controls the source in accordance with that plan over an first arc-segment such that at least one of the rotation speed and dose rate are constant and the multi-leaf collimator changes shape, and a second arc segment such that at least one of the rotation speed and dose rate are constant at a level different to the constant level adopted during the first arc-segment. It achieves this by calculating the total time required for the arc segment for a plurality of factors including an MLC leaf movement from a prescribed position at the start of the arc-segment to a prescribed position at the end of the arc-segment, at a maximum leaf speed, rotation of the source from the start to the end of the arc-segment at a maximum source rotation speed, delivery of the dose at a maximum dose rate per time, selecting the factor dictating the longest time, and Controlling the apparatus so that the selected factor operates at its respective maximum and the remaining factors are operated at a reduced rate selected to match that longest time, wherein the total time required for the arc segment for at least one factor relating to a moving geometry item is the greater of (a); a time required to complete the segment at a continuous defined upper speed for the geometry item and (b) a time required to accelerate the geometry item until it is travelling at the defined upper speed. Generally, the time required to accelerate the geometry item to the defined upper speed will include a time to accelerate the geometry item to that speed, and a further time to accelerate the geometry item beyond that speed and subsequently decelerate it until travelling at that speed.

A injection system for co-delivery of two medicaments (1, 2) having a drug delivery device (10) containing a primary reservoir containing a first medicament (1) and that has a secondary reservoir containing a second medicament (2) where the drug delivery device (10) has only one dose setter (12) for the primary reservoir and that automatically determines the dose of the second medicament (2). Both medicaments (1, 2) are delivered through a single dispense interface.

The invention relates to an injection dose selection mechanism, which comprises an auxiliary electronic assembly, located in a gamma-ray CT machine and comprising a camera, an optical disc memory, a work station, a display screen and a developing machine; a live scanning assembly, used for performing live gamma-ray scanning operation on a diseased portion of a patient to be examined and acquiringcorresponding gamma-ray images, wherein the camera is used for photographing the gamma-ray images output by the live scanning assembly to acquire CT electronic images, and the developing machine is connected with the camera and is used for receiving the CT electronic images and developing the CT electronic images into a CT film, and the live scanning assembly is further connected with the opticaldisk memory, the work station and the display screen; an auxiliary angiography apparatus, used for extracting a corresponding dose of a contrast medium from a contrast medium storage container according to a received reference injection dose; and dose selection equipment, used for determining the corresponding reference injection dose according to a received age. Due to the injection dose selection mechanism, the injection dose of the contrast medium can be automatically selected.

The invention discloses an afterloading radiotherapy dose inverse intensity-modulated optimizing calculation method and system. The afterloading radiotherapy dose inverse intensity-modulated optimizing calculation method comprises calculating all positions of stationary points on a source applicator and activating stationary points within a tumor target region; calculating the number of dose selection reference points in each image; and working out the optimal stationary point position and residence time through an internal-external double circulation mode. The afterloading radiotherapy dose inverse intensity-modulated optimizing calculation system comprises an image generation unit, a stationary point activation unit, a statistics unit and a circulation calculation unit. According to the invention, a customized anatomical structure is taken as the basis, the optimal combination mode of the radioactive source residence position and residence time is obtained by means of an internal-external double circulation searching mode, the customized afterloading radiotherapy dose inverse intensity-modulated optimizing demand can be satisfied, in the external circulation, a primary combination is solved by means of a relaxation method, in the internal circulation, by combining the expected dose of the tumor target region and the constraint dose which is dangerous to organs, the gradient of the stationary point position and the residence time is further optimized. The afterloading radiotherapy dose inverse intensity-modulated optimizing calculation method and system can be widely applied to afterloading radiotherapy dose calculation.

An injection system for co-delivery of two medicaments (1, 2) having a drug delivery device (7) containing a primary reservoir (11) containing a first medicament (1) and having a secondary reservoir (5, 17, 30) containing a second medicament (2) where the drug delivery device (7) has only one dose setter (12) for the primary reservoir (11) and that automatically determines the dose of the second medicament (2). Both medicaments (1, 2) are delivered through a single dispense interface (3, 16, 21, 31).

A microtablet dispenser is provided herein including: a microtablet reservoir disc including a plurality of wells each formed to accommodate at least one microtablet, the wells being arranged in at least one array; a screen plate having at least one opening shaped to expose all of the wells of one of the arrays when aligned therewith; and, a dose selector plate including a plurality of dosing apertures arranged in a plurality of dosing arrays of different patterns. With one of the arrays being aligned with the at least one opening of the screen plate and with a selected dosing array, the microtablets accommodated in the wells aligned with dosing apertures are free to pass through the corresponding dosing apertures so as to be dispensed therefrom, while the wells of the array not aligned with dosing apertures are obstructed by solid portions of the dose selector plate.

The invention relates to an image analysis system based on shape detection, and the system comprises: a dose selection mechanism, which is used for determining the corresponding current infusion dose based on the received on-site bottle body volume; a juice brewing driving mechanism, which is used for driving the juice brewing faucet to execute on-site juice brewing operation of the corresponding dosage according to the received current juice brewing dosage; and a juice brewing faucet, which is used for executing the operation of brewing the juice into a new vacant juice bottle body under the driving of the juice brewing driving mechanism when the lower assembly line pushes the new vacant juice bottle body. The invention further relates to an image analysis method based on shape detection. The image analysis system and method based on shape detection are compact in design and reliable in compatibility. The volume of the newest vacant juice bottle body pushed by the assembly line can be analyzed by adopting a targeted image analysis mechanism, and intelligent juice brewing treatment of different doses is realized based on the analysis result, so that waste of hardware resources of juice processing is avoided.

A drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament includes a housing having an opening, a dose selector operable to set a dose by rotation relative to the housing, a release member controlling movement of a piston in a dispensing direction, and a display comprising a units number wheel and a tens number wheel which are coupled to each other such that a continuous rotation of the units number wheel is translated into an intermittent rotary motion of the tens number wheel. The release member rotates, during dose dispensing, an angle corresponding to the dose set by the dose selector, thereby allowing a piston to move in a dispensing direction.

A drug delivery device comprising: a body and a movable component arranged inside the body; a dosage selection and injection mechanism setting the position of the movable component inside the body depending on a selected dosage; a non-contact sensor configured to output signals indicative of the position of the movable component inside the body; and a processor configured to receive the signals output from the non-contact sensor and to determine based on the signals whether the movable component is either in an initial position inside the body corresponding to no selected dosage or in a selected dosage position, wherein upon determining that the movable component has changed its position back from the selected dosage position to the initial position, the processor is configured to cause anindication to be output which informs a user regarding a dwell time of the drug delivery device.

An injection device incorporating a dose setting mechanism is presented where the dose setting mechanism contains a fail safe feature that activates during an interrupted dose delivery event. A dose selector having a projecting rib engages a protrusion on a snap element to prevent the dose knob from moving distally if a user removes an axial force in the proximal direction during dose delivery. The dose setting mechanism can further include a reuse prevention feature.