Infusion Reservoir Verification via Mobile Image Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a risk of incorrect handling and use of fluid medicaments by patients who are not medical professionals, leading to potential adverse effects and decreased adherence to therapy, particularly in self-administration of insulin.
Innovation Solution
An administration system comprising a mobile communication device and an administration device that communicate wirelessly, using software to read and verify information on the medicament reservoir, ensuring compatibility and safety through activation or deactivation of system functions based on the read information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If self-administration of fluid medicaments is enabled to reduce health costs and increase patient autonomy, then patient autonomy and therapy decision-making are improved, but the risk of incorrect handling and use of incorrect medicaments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The administration device incorporates a sensor that detects whether a carpule is properly installed and provides feedback signals. The control unit processes these signals to verify correct installation before enabling medication delivery, creating a closed-loop feedback system that prevents incorrect usage while maintaining patient autonomy.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary between the patient's action of installing the carpule and the actual medication delivery. It mediates by verifying the installation through sensor signals and determining whether to permit operation, thus preventing incorrect handling without completely restricting patient self-administration.
2Reliability
If verification of medicament compatibility is implemented to prevent incorrect use, then safety and reliability are improved, but device complexity and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-verification of carpule compatibility through automated sensor detection and control unit processing. The device independently determines whether the installed carpule is appropriate for the specific administration device model, eliminating the need for manual verification by the patient and reducing operational complexity despite enhanced safety checks.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to administration systems and to methods which can improve the safety of administration systems, more particularly the safety of an infusion system, in which system it is checked, when the medication container is exchanged, whether the new container is appropriate for the system. A system of this type consists of an administration device (1), a mobile communication device (3) and servers (5). When a reservoir (2) or the administration device (1) is replaced, an image of information (2a) is captured by means of a camera (3a) of the communication device (3). As a result of evaluation of the information (2a) by means of a software application, functions of the administration device (1) are activated or not.