Patents Assigned to Baxter Corporation Englewood
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Patent number: 11894149Abstract: Configuration output for use in configuring a patient care device for administration of a therapy to a patient. The configuration output may include at least one code. The code may be used in the verification and/or indication of at least one configuration data component used in the configuration of the patient care device to be used to administer a therapy to a patient. Additionally, a check code for validation of the entry of the code and/or check code may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventor: Dennis I. Schneider
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Patent number: 11776682Abstract: Providing selective, secure access to an aggregated, multidimensional data set comprising dose order records for generation of data analytics with respect thereto. The aggregated data may correspond to a plurality of unaffiliated facilities. As such, upon a user from a given facility attempting to access a data analytics tool may be identified in relation to a facility from which the user is accessing the tool. In turn, a data cube class definition from which all other data analytics data cubes inherit from may be used to, in conjunction with the user identification, limit the data used to generate data analytics outputs to source data to which the user has authorization to view. The outputs may include including, for example, reports, dashboards, tables, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Robert Joseph Bossio, Bhavesh S. Padmani, Matthew A. Valentine
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Patent number: 11620803Abstract: Embodiments of work stations for use in a medical dose preparation management system are disclosed. A work station may include a camera stand. The camera stand may include a housing enclosing a camera and one or more light sources therein. As such, the camera and light sources may be directed at a medical dose preparation staging region to capture medical dose preparation images of the medical dose preparation staging region. The camera stand may include an adjustable support positionable in a plurality of positions to dispose the camera and light source relative to the medical dose preparation staging region. The work stations may facilitate improved image quality and record work flows carried out at the work station for preparation verification.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: Joseph V. Ranalletta, Wesley J. Weber
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Patent number: 11575673Abstract: Centralized support user management in a distributed healthcare information management system. Support user management may include generation of permission data that may be distributed from a central server to one or more local systems. The local systems may execute a healthcare information management application such as, for example, a pharmacy workflow management application. In any regard, central support users at the central server may periodically require access to the local systems to perform, among other activities, technical support or troubleshooting in relation to the application executed at the local system. In turn, provision of permission data from the central server to the local system may allow support users to access the local system with specific permission identification's provided specific ones of the support users. In turn, specific user permissions may be established and support user tracking may be carried out at the local systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Bhavesh S. Padmani, Matthew A. Valentine, Robert Bossio
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Patent number: 11551798Abstract: Use of improved image acquisition for a medical dose preparation system. The medical dose preparation system may include a work station for capturing medical dose preparation images (e.g., to document preparation of a mediation dose). The medical dose preparation image may be captured by a video data stream processor capable of performing an auto cropping technique on a video data stream received from an image device. Accordingly, memory resources may be more efficiently employed while maintaining high quality medical dose preparation images.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventor: Wesley J. Weber
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Patent number: 11410762Abstract: A system and associated method are provided for fulfillment of medication requisitions corresponding to contained medication units. Requisition fulfillment logic may be included to provide decision data to a patient care provider for use in selecting one of a plurality of different fulfillment sites to fill a given medication requisition. A requisition router may route the medication requisition to a selected one of the plurality of fulfillment sites. The fulfillment sites may provide medication requisition metadata (e.g., data relating to the preparation and handling of medication units) to a medication requisition database in corresponding relation to the corresponding medication requisitions fulfilled by the fulfillment sites. The medication requisition metadata may be stored in the medication requisition database and accessed to facilitate enhanced management functionalities in relation to medication units dispensed by patient care providers.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventor: Dennis I. Schneider
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Patent number: 11395886Abstract: A single plate capacitive bubble detection sensor. The detector may employ a single active plate. A parasitic capacitance of the active plate relative to the environment may be monitored without reference to any particular ground source. In this regard, highly sensitive measurements may be made of a tube disposed adjacent to the active plate to detect, for example, the presence of air, liquid, or a change between liquid and air in the tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy, David Lee Holien, Brian William Ward
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Patent number: 11367533Abstract: Management of medical information including collection of medical information from a data source, redaction of at least a portion of the medical records, and/or formatting the medical information for access by users. Accordingly, exchange of medical information may be facilitated, for example, to facilitate data analytics by internal users and/or one or more external entities. The medical information may have patient identifying information and/or protected health information (PHI) removed therefrom prior to being stored in a shareable data portion for access by users. Further still, the medical information in the shareable data portion may be formatted according to an identity of a user accessing the data, a context in which the data is to be used, and/or a requested format of the data. In turn, the exchange of medical information may facilitate data analytics that may serve a variety of beneficial purposes.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Matthew A. Valentine, Bhavesh Padmani, Robert Bossio, Kristina Yevseyeva, Srinivas Modekurti
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Patent number: 11250957Abstract: A system for preparing compounded medication doses is disclosed. The system includes a computerized medication compounding workstation configured to receive a batch compounded medication dose order over a network and retrieve an electronically stored protocol having a set of steps to prepare compounded medication doses specified by the batch compounded medication dose order. The example workstation is also configured to display, on a graphical user interface to a pharmacy operator, information related to the set of steps for preparing the compounded medication doses and receive input related to the preparation of the compounded medication doses including at least medication information scanned from at least one source medication container and a digital image from a digital camera. The workstation verifies completion for each step before allowing the pharmacy operator to move to a next step to prepare the compounded medication doses.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Dennis Tribble, Abdul Wahid Khan, Dennis Schneider, Gregory T. Olsen, Jayson Lee Bender, Bhavesh S. Padmani, Matthew A. Valentine
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Patent number: 11107574Abstract: A pharmacy workflow management application with improved functionality related thereto. The improved functionality may include enhancements to a user interface for maintenance of a formulary at a local system executing the pharmacy workflow management application. The formulary management may include user interface elements provided at least partially based on a user profile. Additional enhancements to a user interface associated with a user profile may be provided for dose order record maintenance using the pharmacy workflow management application. Furthermore, enhancements to triggered scan events for updating a status of a dose order, situation board enhancements related to formatting of the situation board in relation to a user profile, encryption of communication by the pharmacy workflow application, and improved methods of installing updates to terminals of the pharmacy workflow management application are discussed.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Bhavesh S. Padmani, Matthew A. Valentine, Jayson Bender, Matt Crooks, Bapu Hirave, Maher Yassine, Ghalib Abbasi, Kristina Yevseyeva
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Patent number: 11080541Abstract: Embodiments of work stations for use in medical dose preparation management system. A work station may include a camera stand. The camera stand may include a housing enclosing a camera and one or more light sources therein. As such, the camera and light sources may be directed at a medical dose preparation staging region to capture medical dose preparation images of the medical dose preparation staging region. The camera stand may include an adjustable support positionable in a plurality of positions to dispose the camera and light source relative to the medical dose preparation staging region. A base with a removable tray may be provided that include medical receptacle engagement features. The work stations may facilitate improved image quality, efficiency of work flows carried out at the work station, and administrative tasks such as cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Joseph V. Ranalletta, Wesley J. Weber
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Patent number: 11075012Abstract: Configuration output for use in configuring a patient care device for administration of a therapy to a patient. The configuration output may include at least one code. The code may be used in the verification and/or indication of at least one configuration data component used in the configuration of the patient care device to be used to administer a therapy to a patient. Additionally, a check code for validation of the entry of the code and/or check code may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventor: Dennis I Schneider
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Patent number: 10971257Abstract: Use of improved image acquisition for a medical dose preparation system. The medical dose preparation system may include a work station for capturing medical dose preparation images (e.g., to document preparation of a mediation dose). The medical dose preparation image may be captured by a video data stream processor capable of performing an auto cropping technique on a video data stream received from an image device. Accordingly, memory resources may be more efficiently employed while maintaining high quality medical dose preparation images.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventor: Wesley J. Weber
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Patent number: 10881812Abstract: A single plate capacitive bubble detection sensor. The detector may employ a single active plate. A parasitic capacitance of the active plate relative to the environment may be monitored without reference to any particular ground source. In this regard, highly sensitive measurements may be made of a tube disposed adjacent to the active plate to detect, for example, the presence of air, liquid, or a change between liquid and air in the tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy, David Lee Holien, Brian William Ward
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Patent number: 10821233Abstract: An apparatus and method for gripping a syringe utilizes four gripping members advanceable in different corresponding directions toward a predetermined axis to supportably engage a barrel of a syringe at corresponding circumferentially offset locations. A first motor may be utilized for co-driven advancement of the gripping members in tandem in the different corresponding directions toward the predetermined axis, and for retraction of the gripping members. The gripping members may include corresponding rollers, wherein a single one of the rollers may be rotated in an automated manner during supportive engagement of a syringe by the gripping members. A second motor may be utilized for driven rotation of the single roller. The disclosed embodiments may be utilized for supportive engagement of syringes having a range of syringe diameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: James Robert Hutchison, Joshua Nathan Aumiller, Michael Dickson Olichney, Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy, Brian William Ward, Robert Mitchell Clark
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Patent number: 10818387Abstract: Providing selective, secure access to an aggregated, multidimensional data set comprising dose order records for generation of data analytics with respect thereto. The aggregated data may correspond to a plurality of unaffiliated facilities. As such, upon a user from a given facility attempting to access a data analytics tool may be identified in relation to a facility from which the user is accessing the tool. In turn, a data cube class definition from which all other data analytics data cubes inherit from may be used to, in conjunction with the user identification, limit the data used to generate data analytics outputs to source data to which the user has authorization to view. The outputs may include including, for example, reports, dashboards, tables, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Robert Joseph Bossio, Bhavesh S. Padmani, Matthew A. Valentine
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Patent number: 10758879Abstract: Apparatus and systems are disclosed for improved set-up of multi-ingredient compounders. An improved apparatus includes a manifold and a plurality of valve members disposed for movement relative to different corresponding ones of a plurality of inlet ports of the manifold. The valve members are moveable to open and close a corresponding fluid passageway between the corresponding inlet port and an internal passageway of the manifold. A plurality of caps are locatable on different corresponding ones of the inlet ports, with each of the caps being engageable with the corresponding valve member for co-movement from a locked position at which the cap is restricted from removal to an unlocked position at which the cap is removable, e.g. by manual, axial retraction of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventor: Thomas Edward Dudar
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Patent number: 10688021Abstract: An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system is configured so that two or more separate drug delivery devices can be acted upon at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Baxter Corporation EnglewoodInventors: Dennis Tribble, Joel A. Osborne, Abdul Wahid Khan, Edward J. Lefebre
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Patent number: 10668215Abstract: A syringe tip cap is provided for use with an automatic syringe loading apparatus. The cap includes a body having an exterior surface and an interior surface, and having a first end and an opposite second end. The first end is defined by at least one generally āVā-shaped ramp on each of two sides of the exterior surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: Brian William Ward, James McCrea, Stephen Norman Donnigan, Gregory Walter Hall, Roy Sven Hovland, James Robert Hutchison, III, Steve K. Kele, Michael Dickson Olichney, Jeffery Jonathan Rau, Tammy Lynn Stultz
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Patent number: 10646405Abstract: Embodiments of work stations for use in medical dose preparation management system. A work station may include a camera stand. The camera stand may include a housing enclosing a camera and one or more light sources therein. As such, the camera and light sources may be directed at a medical dose preparation staging region to capture medical dose preparation images of the medical dose preparation staging region. The camera stand may include an adjustable support positionable in a plurality of positions to dispose the camera and light source relative to the medical dose preparation staging region. A base with a removable tray may be provided that include medical receptacle engagement features. The work stations may facilitate improved image quality, efficiency of work flows carried out at the work station, and administrative tasks such as cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: Joseph V. Ranalletta, Wesley J. Weber