US 12,484,975 B1
Methods and applications for providing educational guidance for peripheral IV therapy
Reshma C. Girijavallabhan, Whippany, NJ (US); Michael S. Ferrara, Wyckoff, NJ (US); Judith A. LaJoie, Freehold, NJ (US); Shannon Hillyer, Old Saybrook, CT (US); Susan Fleming, Toronto (CA); and Ajoy C. Mahtab, Devon, PA (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/143,089.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/672,990, filed on May 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,863, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,857, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 5/42 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/25 (2016.02) [A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61M 5/427 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing educational guidance for peripheral IV therapy, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display of a machine, a main menu including a plurality of person profiles;
prompting, by the machine, a user to select one person profile of the plurality of person profiles;
prompting, by the machine, the user to select an insertion site from a plurality of insertion sites on a person's appendage for inserting an IV catheter based on the selected person profile;
instructing, by the machine, the user to position a sticker operatively coupled to the machine at the selected insertion site on the person's appendage;
displaying on the display, a user interface indicating placement of the sticker at the selected insertion site;
determining, by the machine, whether the selected insertion site is a preferred insertion site or a non-preferred insertion site,
wherein, if the selected insertion site is the non-preferred insertion site, the method further comprising:
rendering, by a processing device of the machine, a first graphical image of the selected insertion site;
displaying on the display, the first graphical image;
displaying on the display, one or more complications associated with the selected insertion site;
prompting the user to select one complication of the one or more complications for further information regarding the selected complication;
rendering, by the processing device of the machine, a second graphical image of the person's arm indicating the selected complication; and
displaying on the display, the second graphical image on the user interface,
wherein the second graphical image is rendered with at least one data item corresponding to the selected insertion site, and wherein the at least one data item includes a time-lapse image of the selected complication arising and progressing as an actuator of the machine is manipulated by the user.