Apparatuses, methods, and systems for delivering medication using medication kits

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure disclose a system for delivering medication. In one aspect, the disclosure is directed a kit that includes a medical dispensing device with a label with a series of zones of varying widths, with each of the zones corresponding to a pre-determined volumetric dose of the drug that is correlated to one of the physical characteristics of a patient. In one specific example, the label is further affixed to the medicine dispensing device such that the smallest dose of the drug to be administered corresponds to a first zone that is proximate an opening through which the drug is to be dispensed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medical treatment kit comprising:
 a vial including a drug;   a medicine dosing device configured to receive the drug from the vial and deliver the drug to a patient, the medicine dosing device being marked with coded dosage zones of varying widths corresponding to predetermined drug doses; and   an instrument for associating the patient with one of the coded dosage zones.   
     
     
         2 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a filling needle for attaching to the medicine dosing device and for drawing the drug to be administered from the vial so as to fill the medicine dosing device with a dose of the drug corresponding to the one of the coded dosage zones.   
     
     
         3 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , wherein the medicine dosing device is a syringe. 
     
     
         4 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 3 , wherein the syringe is permanently attached to a needle. 
     
     
         5 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , wherein the vial of the drug and the medicine dosing device are labelled with a name of the drug. 
     
     
         6 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 5 , wherein the vial of the drug and the medicine dosing device are labelled with the concentration of the drug. 
     
     
         7 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , wherein the vial of the drug and the medicine dosing device are each marked with a symbol, said symbol corresponding to the drug and a concentration of the drug. 
     
     
         8 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , wherein the instrument is a color coded measuring tape. 
     
     
         9 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 8 , wherein the patient is measured with the color coded measuring tape to determine the coded dosage zone to which the medical dosing device should be filled with the drug. 
     
     
         10 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , further comprising an instruction sheet including steps for administering the drug. 
     
     
         11 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined drug doses and the widths of the coded dosage zones correspond to the drug. 
     
     
         12 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second vial of a second drug;   a second medicine dosing device configured to receive the second drug from the second vial and deliver the second drug to the patient, the second medicine dosing device being marked with coded dosage zones of second varying widths corresponding to second predetermined drug doses.   
     
     
         13 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 12 , wherein the second predetermined drug doses and second coded dosage zones are different from the predetermined drug doses and coded dosage zones. 
     
     
         14 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the vial and the medicine dosing device are each marked with a first symbol, said first symbol corresponding to the drug and a concentration of the drug; and   the second vial and the second medicine dosing device are each marked with a second symbol, said second symbol corresponding to the second drug and a concentration of the second drug, and wherein the second symbol is different from the first symbol.   
     
     
         15 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 12 , wherein the second drug is a different concentration of the first drug. 
     
     
         16 . The medical treatment kit of  claim 12 , further including an instruction sheet specifying that the first drug is to be administered to the patient before the second drug is administered to the patient. 
     
     
         17 . A method of administering a plurality of drugs to a patient, the method comprising:
 associating, using an instrument included within a medical treatment kit, the patient with one of a first plurality of coded dosage zones;   selecting, from the medical treatment kit, a first vial containing a first drug;   drawing the first drug from the first vial so as to fill a first medicine dosing device included within the medical treatment kit with a first dose of the first drug wherein the first dose corresponds to the one of the first plurality of coded dosage zones, the first medicine dosing device being marked the first plurality of coded dosage zones wherein the first plurality of coded dosage zones are of first varying widths;   selecting, from the medical treatment kit, a second vial containing a second drug;   drawing the second drug from the second vial so as to fill a second medicine dosing device included within the medical treatment kit with a second dose of the second drug wherein the second dose corresponds to the one of the second plurality of coded dosage zones, the second medicine dosing device being marked the second plurality of coded dosage zones wherein the second plurality of coded dosage zones are of second varying widths;   administering the first drug and the second drug to the patient using the first medicine dosing device and the second medicine dosing device wherein a sequence of administration of the first drug and the second drug is indicated by instructions associated with the medical treatment kit.