Integrated system including medication delivery pen, blood monitoring device, and lancer

US6192891A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Marian Gravel · Newburgh, US
• Benjamin Gasparello · Quakertown, US
• Joseph Ferraro · Wantagh, US
• Ashutosh Sharma · Noida, IN
• Robert J. Strowe · Summerville, US
• Antonio Bendek · Vernon, US
• Robert Charles Uschold · Leominster, US
• William T. Antoshkiw · Clifton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A portable diagnostic and medication delivery system that includes a housing and a monitor disposed in the housing for monitoring a characteristic of a bodily fluid sample obtained from an individual. A medication delivery pen and a lancer are each removably mounted to the housing. The monitor, which may be integrated into the housing, may monitor blood glucose levels, for example, and the pen may be employed for the delivery of insulin.