US 12,083,307 B2
System of medical indicators having multisensory, multipurpose and multifunctional features
David J. Friedman, San Antonio, TX (US); Elizabeth S. Friedman, San Antonio, TX (US); Daniel O. Hogenauer, Kennett Square, PA (US); Eric A. Haddad, Boerne, TX (US); Bryce G. Rutter, St. Louis, MO (US); Max W. Ryan, St. Louis, MO (US); and Tucker P. Brown, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to Star Luminal LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by Star Luminal LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,662.
Application 17/389,662 is a continuation of application No. 16/808,331, filed on Mar. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,077,292.
Application 16/808,331 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/529,441, filed on Aug. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,291,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,424, filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080177 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G09F 3/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 39/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/08 (2013.01) [A61M 5/16804 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6081 (2013.01); G09F 3/0295 (2013.01); G09F 3/205 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to expedite user recognition of infusion lines, comprising:
a plurality of indicator tags, each of which includes a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first surface extending from the first end to the second end, and an aperture extending from the first end to the second end, the aperture being sized and shaped to receive a corresponding infusion tube,
wherein each of the plurality of indicator tags includes at least four identifying characteristics configured to provide multi-sensory input to a user,
wherein the identifying characteristics of each of the plurality of indicator tags comprises a haptic signature formed on the first surface thereof, and
wherein the identifying characteristics of each of the plurality of indicator tags further comprise at least three of a text label, an image, a color, a shape, a symbol, or a luminosity;
wherein the plurality of indicator tags includes at least one indicator tag of a first type, at least one indicator tag of a second type, and at least one indicator tag of a third type,
wherein the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the first type corresponds to a first infusion line characteristic,
wherein the first infusion line characteristic is one of a class of medications, a type of application, a type of dosing, a line function, or an anatomical designation, and
wherein the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the first type comprises a metaphor that is indicative of the first infusion line characteristic,
wherein the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the second type corresponds to a second infusion line characteristic,
wherein the second infusion line characteristic is one of a class of medications, a type of application, a type of dosing, a line function, or an anatomical designation,
wherein the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the second type comprises a metaphor that is indicative of the second infusion line characteristic, and
wherein the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the second type is different from the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the first type, and
wherein the haptic signature of the at least one indicator tag of the third type corresponds to a third infusion line characteristic,
wherein the third infusion line characteristic is a safe line that is maintained for use for administration of emergency medication, and
wherein a shape of the at least one indicator tag of the third type is different from a shape of the at least one indicator tag of the first type and the at least one indicator tag of the second type; and
at least one port cover indicator tag,
wherein the at least one port cover indicator tag includes a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first surface extending from the first end to the second end,
wherein the body is configured to cover a port of an infusion line to which the at least one port cover indicator tag is attached,
wherein the at least one port cover indicator tag includes at least four identifying characteristics configured to provide multi-sensory input to a user,
wherein the identifying characteristics of the at least one port cover indicator tag comprises a haptic signature formed on the first surface thereof,
wherein the identifying characteristics of the at least one port cover indicator tag further comprises at least three of a text label, an image, a color, a shape, a symbol, or a luminosity, and
wherein the at least four identifying characteristics of the port cover indicator tag indicate an infusion line that is not to be used for administration of medication.