US 11,986,632 B2
Secure patient-controlled analgesia
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 May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,057.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/027,261, filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361863 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1723 (2013.01) [A61M 2005/1405 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/609 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); A61M 2230/20 (2013.01); A61M 2230/30 (2013.01); A61M 2230/42 (2013.01); A61M 2230/63 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a drug delivery device;
a drug control device operably connected to the drug delivery device; and
a control unit operably connected to the drug delivery device and configured to cause the drug control device to capture biometric information from a person,
wherein the control unit is configured to:
determine a medication currently loaded by the drug delivery device;
receive, via the drug control device, a request for the drug delivery device to administer a dose of the medication and biometric information captured by the drug control device;
confirm, based on the biometric information, that a patient associated with the biometric information is authorized to self-administer the dose of the medication from the drug delivery device; and
responsive to receiving the request and biometric information and confirmation that the patient is authorized user to self-administer the dose:
obtain, by one or more sensors associated with the drug delivery device, one or more signals indicative of a state of the patient; and
cause, after determining that the state of the patient satisfies a predetermined criteria for allowing the patient to self-administer the medication, the drug delivery device to administer the dose of the medication to the patient.