US 12,288,618 B2
Electronic tags for associating and identifying intravenous administration lines
Brendan John Burgess, Poway, CA (US); Edward Stephen Ferner, Escondido, CA (US); Beth A. Schneider, San Diego, CA (US); Shannon John Johnson, Doral, FL (US); and Daniel M. Abal, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,417.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/066,113, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051792 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 39/08 (2006.01); G01F 22/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [A61M 5/16854 (2013.01); G01F 22/02 (2013.01); G06K 19/0728 (2013.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic tag, the electronic tag comprising:
a housing;
a processor within the housing;
a transceiver configured within the housing and coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to send, via the transceiver, first signals to an infusion device and to receive, via the transceiver, second signals from the infusion device;
a display coupled to the housing and the processor, and configured to display information received via the transceiver;
a clamping mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to secure the electronic tag to an intravenous (IV) tubing; and
a sensor configured within the housing, and configured to measure a property of a fluid in an IV tubing at a location of the clamping mechanism, wherein the sensor comprises an acoustic sensor configured to measure acoustics within at least a portion of the IV tubing or the sensor comprises a pressure sensor configured to detect a fluidic pressure of a fluid within the IV tubing at the location of the IV tubing, and wherein the property of the fluid measured by the sensor is transmitted via the transceiver to the infusion device, and wherein the information displayed by the display is displayed in response to a control signal received via the transceiver from the infusion device.