307 results about "Drug Containers" patented technology

An identification system and method for medication management comprises a controller, a drug library accessible by the controller, the drug library containing drug library profiles including a data set of drug information, and an identification module configured to read patient identification information from machine-readable identification devices worn by patients and to read drug information from machine-readable identification devices affixed to drugs or containers of drugs. The controller compares the read information to each other and to the drug library profile and provides alerts or error signals in the event of an inconsistency. In one case, identification devices are read by an optical reader fixedly mounted to the identification module. In another case, identification devices are read by an optical reader that is hand-held and mobile and can be moved to the location of the identification device. The hand-held reader communicates with the identification module by wired or wireless means. In another case, a third reader that is non-optical and wireless is fixedly mounted to the identification module. The controller is also configured to provide alerts or error messages in the event that there is an inconsistency between the drug information on the drug or drug container when compared to the drug library profile associated with the controller.

When using a drug container having an identification tag fixed or detachably provided at a predetermined position of the container, the tag having drug data on a kind and a concentration of a drug and both or one of upper and lower limits of a flow rate on a continuous infusion and the upper and lower limits, time and flow rate on a one-shot administration recorded thereon, it is possible to ensure safety by prompting for a stop of injection by a warning when a setting beyond the upper and lower limits is performed and rewrite a liquid infusing time and a flow rate and so on required to be set according to symptoms of a patient.

A RFID comprising a value sensor such as a pressure sensor is integrated with a liquid drug container to enable wireless pressure or other drug relevant parameter value monitoring and code-matching of drug container to a medical delivery device.

A bag-shaped drug container comprises a bag-shaped container body made of a flexible film, and a mouth provided at one end of the container body. The mouth is provided on a side of an open end thereof with a Luer locking means to liquid-tightly connect it with a tip of a syringe, and closed by a closing means such as cap or a male Luer portion.

A drug delivery system for administering preset doses of a substance such as a drug, vaccine or the like. The drug delivery system includes a holder and a pre-filled drug container such as a syringe which is retained in the holder. The drug container includes a barrel for containing the substance, a movable stopper situated within the barrel, and a blunt end having an opening through which the substance within the barrel can be expelled. The holder includes a distal portion and a proximal portion, each configured to accommodate the drug container, with the distal portion being able to be assembled to the proximal portion, which acts as a plunger rod during activation of the delivery system. A plurality of slots are provided on the holder that permit multiple equal doses of the substance to be administered to each nostril of the patient.

The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for drug compliance monitoring. A drug compliance monitoring system in accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a portable drug containment unit, which has a drug container, such as a pill bottle, for holding prescription or non-prescription drugs. The drug containment unit also comprises at least one sensor and control logic. The sensor is configured to automatically sense a parameter indicating when a drug, such as one or more pills or an amount of liquid, has been or is about to be removed from the drug container. The system, based on the sensor, automatically estimates and tracks drug consumption and provides a patient with reminders when a dosage is currently due. If the patient deviates from an expected drug regime, the system automatically senses this event and provides a notification to the patient or caregiver. In addition, the system stores a usage history indicating the approximate time and amount of each sensed dosage.

A drug delivery device drive that includes a single shape memory alloy wire actuator to advance a lead screw via a ratcheting mechanism and method thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a shape memory alloy wire is operably connected to one of a pair of ratchet wheels and configured to drive incrementally the rotation of the connected ratchet wheel via a contraction, which in turn drives the rotation of the other ratchet wheel about a rotational axis which moves a lead screw and advances a plunger to dispense a liquid drug from a drug container. A drug delivery device using the shape memory alloy wire actuator in combination with the ratcheting mechanism to incrementally rotate a shaft, a lead screw or a sleeve provides for a more compact an less complicated design.

This drug delivery device delivers a drug between a syringe barrel and a drug container, and, by enveloping the entire the drug container used in drug delivery, prevents exposure to hazardous drugs adhering to the drug container. This drug delivery device includes: a first member connected to the drug container on the side of a stopper; a second member connected to the first member and to the syringe barrel; and a third member connected to the first member and covering the drug container in a sealed state. The first member has a first hollow needle member and a drug container holder, and the second member has a second hollow needle member. The third member has an opening portion, a bottom surface portion where the drug container is stably mounted, and a flexible member which is connected to the opening portion and the bottom surface portion.

Provided is a labeling apparatus that generates a label for labeling a drug container. The labeling apparatus includes a code reader that interrogates a computer-readable code, and a local computer-readable memory that stores a drug formulary with a plurality of drug entries. A processing component identifies, from the formulary, a specific drug that corresponds to the computer-readable code read by the code reader and creates log entries in response to triggering events. The log entries include at least one of system information, user information, drug information, and patient information. And a printer is provided to print label content identifying the specific drug onto a label that is to be applied to the drug container.

A method for preparing both main label and warning label portions for a container useful in dispensing drugs by a pharmacist in which the main label portion contains specific drug or patient information and the warning label portion contains one or more warnings specific to the drug or patient information includes the steps of providing a backing sheet having the main label portion and the warning label portion releasably adhered thereto, printing the drug or patient information on the warning label during only one printing pass, and then affixing both the main label portion and the warning label portion to a drug container.

There is provided an injector device comprising a housing (26), a drug container (10) positioned in the housing; a drug delivery mechanism associated with the drug container, the drug delivery mechanism comprising a stored energy source; an activation member (18) coupled to the housing, the activation member configured to contact the injection site in use and movable relative to the housing to an activation position to activate the drug delivery mechanism; and a removable cap (134) coupled to the activation member and to the housing, wherein in a first position a first portion of the housing engages the activation member to prevent the activation member from moving into the activation position, and wherein a portion of the cap engages the housing to retain the first portion of the housing in the first position such that the activation member is prevented from moving into the activation position until the cap is uncoupled from the activation member.

Self-puncturing liquid drug cartridges and an associated inhaler are used to deliver one more separate doses of an aerosolized liquid drug. A cartridge includes a needle assembly coupled to a drug container. The needle assembly includes a hollow needle and is reconfigurable from a first configuration to a second configuration upon insertion of the cartridge into the inhaler. In the first configuration, the hollow needle does not extend into the container. In the second configuration, the hollow needle extends into the container. The inhaler includes an aerosol generator that includes a vibratable membrane that aerosolizes liquid drug ejected from the cartridge for inhalation by a patient.

There is provided drug delivery devices comprising a drug container assembly with a needle and automatic needle insertion and drug delivery mechanisms. Aspects of the devices described include a noise-generation mechanism to indicate the completion of drug delivery, a mechanism for triggering drug delivery following needle insertion, front-end activation of the device and a safety mechanism for covering the needle after use and methods of assembly of the devices.

Provided is a labeling apparatus that generates a label for labeling a drug container at a healthcare facility. The labeling apparatus includes a code reader that interrogates a computer-readable code, and a non-transitory, local computer-readable memory that stores a drug formulary including a plurality of drug entries. A processing component identifies, from the formulary, a specific drug that corresponds to the computer-readable code read by the code reader. A printer prints label content identifying the specific drug onto a label that is to be applied to the drug container. A network component receives a drug formulary package over a communication network from a remotely-located computer terminal. The drug formulary package received replaces an existing drug formulary stored in the non-transitory, local computer-readable memory.

A drive mechanism includes a housing, a piston adapted to impart movement to a plunger seal within a drug container, a plurality of biasing members disposed in parallel, and a retainer. The biasing members are disposed to release energy to cause movement of the piston from a retracted first position to the extended second position, the piston bearing against the plunger seal to dispense medicine. The retainer is disposed to maintain the biasing members in the energized position and to release the biasing members to permit the piston to dispense the medicine. The drive mechanism may also include an end-of-dose indicator to identify at least one of when the sleeve assembly is disposed subjacent a window in the housing, the relative motion of the sleeve assembly with reference to the window or another reference component, the stoppage of such motion, and the rated or change of rate of motion.

The present application concerns a connecting element for establishing a frictional connection with a neck portion of liquid drug container, like a vial. The connecting element may include a basic structure and contact elements connected with the basic structure that provide contact surfaces for contacting the neck portion. The contact surfaces may be configured to form a receiving space for receiving the neck portion. The receiving space can be enlarged by moving apart the contact surfaces.

The invention discloses an automatic targeting and spraying system. The automatic targeting and spraying system comprises an all-directional moving platform, an image acquisition device, a spraying device and a control device are mounted on the all-directional moving platform, and the control device is used for receiving and analyzing crop image information outputted by the image acquisition device and controlling operations of the spraying device and the all-directional moving platform; the spraying device comprises a drug container, a liquid outlet pipe, a delivery pump and a mechanical arm, one end of the liquid outlet pipe is communicated with the drug container while the other end of the liquid outlet pipe is connected with a spraying rod, a plurality of nozzles are fixed onto the spraying rod, the delivery pump is mounted on the liquid outlet pipe and used for pumping fertilizer or pesticide from the drug container into the liquid outlet pipe, and the spraying rod is fixed onto the mechanical arm; the image acquisition device comprises a CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) camera and a distance sensor, the CMOS camera and the distance sensor are fixed onto the mechanical arm. Since the CMOS camera, the distance sensor and the spraying rod are mounted on the mechanical arm, all-directional image acquisition of crops can be completed while pesticide or fertilizer can be sprayed on the crops intensively in all directions, and accordingly pesticide or fertilizer utilization rate is increased.

A nipple apparatus 10 comprises a nipple 11, and a nipple holding member 15 for holding the nipple 11. A liquid permeating member 25 is provided in the nipple holding member 15, and cap 17 is also provided at the nipple holding member 15. In the cap 17, a drug container 20 covered with a film 21 is housed. Upon engagement of the cap 17 with the nipple holding member 15, a projection 19 at the nipple holding member 15 sticks the film 21.