MEDICATION INFUSION SAFETY DEVICE WITH RESERVOIR RECOGNITION AND CONNECTION VERIFICATION

摘要

Described is a medication infusion safety device for assuring an application of a correct medication to a patient, comprising a memory means (36) adapted to be provided at a medication reservoir (2) containing a medication and to store data identifying said medication, a memory reading means (38) adapted to be provided at an infusion pump unit and to read data from said memory means (36), and control means adapted to control an infusion in accordance with an evaluation of data read by said memory reading means (38) so that only in case the evaluation leads to the result that the medication is correct it causes the infusion from said medication reservoir (2) to be started, wherein said memory reading means (38) is adapted to read data from said memory means (36) through direct wireless connection and to be enabled to read data from said memory means (36) in case the infusion pump unit is coupled to the medication reservoir (2) with a distance between said memory means (36) and said memory reading means (38) being equal of or lower than a predetermined maximum wireless reading distance.