MEDICINE INJECTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION AND TRACKING

A medicine delivery and tracking system includes a medicine injection pen and a delivery port. The pen includes a needle through which medicine is dispensed and an electronic unit configured to at least one of log dispensing of medicine from the pen, control dispensing of medicine from the pen, or c...

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Hauptverfasser: Rao, Ashwin K, Garai, Ellis
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A medicine delivery and tracking system includes a medicine injection pen and a delivery port. The pen includes a needle through which medicine is dispensed and an electronic unit configured to at least one of log dispensing of medicine from the pen, control dispensing of medicine from the pen, or communicate regarding dispensing of medicine from the pen. Alternatively, the electronic unit may be part of a separate computing device. The delivery port is configured for attachment to a user and to receive the needle of the pen such that medicine dispensed from the pen is dispensed into the delivery port and through the delivery port to the user. The delivery port includes a detector mechanism configured to detect a presence of the pen and, in response thereto, to communicate a signal to the electronic unit for use in the at least one of logging, controlling, or communicating.