Systems, apparatuses and methods to encourage injection site rotation and prevent lipodystrophy from repeated injections to a body area
Inventors
Srinivasan, Sudarsan • Dibiasi, Michael A. • Limaye, Amit • HILL, Brendon • Sullivan, Sean
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11679208-B2
Publication Date
2023-06-20
Expiration Date
Abstract
Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.
Core Innovation
The document describes systems and kits for encouraging injection site rotation across multiple injections distributed within at least one body area on a patient. The approach uses a package containing a carton with a plurality of medical injection devices, where the carton and associated materials carry printed indicia representing body areas and directing injection to injection sites within respective body areas.
The disclosed system coordinates tracked injection-site information with a programmable processing device to compute where a next injection site is suggested. The information received by the programmable processing device includes injection sites relative to reference locations and body area, and tracked position coordinates of the injection sites relative to reference locations, and the processing device determines distances between the tracked position coordinates.
To support the rotation plan and patient compliance, the document describes indicia-based identification and association between injection sites and the indicia on corresponding injection devices. Unique designated indicia are provided on the injection devices and are associated with injection sites via a tool configured to have at least one of the unique designated indicia and other indicia providing associations between the injection sites and the indicia on corresponding ones of the plurality of injection devices.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims provide coverage centered on indicia-directed injection site rotation, programmable processing that uses injection-site information relative to reference locations and body area to suggest a next injection site, and tracked injection-site coordinates used to determine distances. Three independent claims are present, with one also requiring unique designated indicia and an association tool.
Carton with printed indicia for body areas and suggested next injection site
A package comprising a carton and a plurality of medical injection devices contained within the carton, the carton having printed indicia representing body areas on a patient and directing an injection to injection sites within respective body areas, with a programmable processing device programmed to receive information comprising the printed indicia and to provide a suggested site for a next injection site based on the received information.
Tracked position coordinates used to suggest a next injection site
A package comprising a carton and a plurality of medical injection devices contained within the carton, the carton having printed indicia directing an injection into respective injection sites on a patient, with a programmable processing device programmed to receive information indicative of the respective injection sites relative to reference locations and body area and to provide a suggested site for a next injection site, where the information further comprises tracked position coordinates of the respective injection sites relative to reference locations.
Kit for compliance with an injection site rotation plan using unique designated indicia and distance-based suggestion
A kit to facilitate compliance with an injection site rotation plan for multiple injections at injection sites distributed within at least one body area on a patient, the kit comprising a plurality of injection devices having indicia chosen from a group of unique designated indicia, a tool configured to have at least one of the unique designated indicia and other indicia providing associations between the injection sites and the indicia, and a programmable processing device programmed to receive information comprising the indicia and to provide a suggested site for a next injection site, with tracked position coordinates and distance determination between the tracked position coordinates.
The claims collectively cover indicia-guided injection site rotation within body areas, programmable processing that suggests a next injection site from received site information, and tracked position coordinates used for distance-based suggestion. The kit claim further requires unique designated indicia on injection devices and a tool that associates the injection sites with the indicia.
Stated Advantages
Facilitate compliance with an injection site rotation plan for multiple injections at injection sites distributed within at least one body area on a patient.
Documented Applications
A system and kit for encouraging or facilitating injection site rotation plan compliance for multiple injections by patients at injection sites distributed within body areas.
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