EP 1152784 A1 20011114 - METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, CONTROLLING THE DELIVERY OF A MEDICATION
Title (en)
METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, CONTROLLING THE DELIVERY OF A MEDICATION
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM KONTROLLIEREN EINER MEDIKAMENTENABGABE
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE CONTROLER L'ADMINISTRATION DE MEDICAMENTS
Publication
Application
Priority
- AU 0000094 W 20000214
- AU PP863599 A 19990212
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0047253A1] A method of controlling the delivery of a medication to a patient to alleviate a condition, including a control device (20) and a pump (30), the control device (20) enabling the patient to select a predetermined quantity of medication from one of a possible number of selections (21), each of which is equivalent to a predetermined quantity of medication, the selection initiating the operation of the pump (30) which controls the delivery of the said quantity of medication characterized in that the patient can, over a period, repeatedly operate the control device (20) to maintain the medication at a variable and adaptive value, optimum to maintain control of the condition. Where the medication is an analgesic, the method can maintain pain control close to the envelope of the patient's pain curve. A handset (20) with selections (21) from mild to severe pain is provided to enable the patient to select the required dosage of analgesic.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61M 5/172 (2013.01 - EP US); G16H 20/17 (2017.12 - EP US); A61M 2005/1405 (2013.01 - EP); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01 - EP); G16H 40/67 (2017.12 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0047253 A1 20000817; AU PP863599 A0 19990304; EP 1152784 A1 20011114; EP 1152784 A4 20050427
DOCDB simple family (application)
AU 0000094 W 20000214; AU PP863599 A 19990212; EP 00904719 A 20000214