Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a system including an intravenous (IV) pump, a vascular access device (VAD), securement devices, and methods thereof. The intravenous (IV) pump, vascular access device (VAD), and securement device can include a sensor, printed circuit board (PCB), communication module, and the like to determine the characteristics of the VAD device in use, the fluid being administered, and physiological characteristics of the patient. The pump unit can utilize this information to modify the flow characteristics of the fluid being administered. The VAD characteristics can be predetermined and stored on the VAD, derived from sensors, or derived from remote databases using a unique identifier. Fluid and physiological characteristics can be determined from sensors located on the pump, VAD, securement device or combinations thereof.

Fluid infusion systems such as a wearable fluid infusion device devoid of a user interface includes a housing configured to accommodate a fluid reservoir. The housing has a largest and a smallest dimension. The wearable fluid infusion device includes a drive system configured to be serially coupled to the fluid reservoir such that a dimension of the drive system and the fluid reservoir is less than or equal to the largest dimension. The wearable fluid infusion device includes a planar battery. The planar battery has a plurality of faces comprising one or more faces having a largest area, and the planar battery is situated such that the one or more faces are parallel to the largest dimension and the smallest dimension. The wearable fluid infusion device includes a means for coupling the housing with an adhesive plate configured to couple the wearable fluid infusion device to a user.

A fluid infusion system includes a housing configured to be adhesively coupled to an anatomy of a user, and a tube configured to extend from the housing for insertion into the anatomy of the user. The tube includes a plurality of conduits defined within the tube. The plurality of conduits include a fluid delivery conduit configured to facilitate a fluidic connection between a fluid source and the anatomy of the user, and one or more conduits configured to accommodate a plurality of electrodes for determining a physiological characteristic of the user.

Fluid infusion systems such as a portable fluid infusion device includes a housing configured to accommodate a removable fluid reservoir. The housing has a largest dimension and a smallest dimension. The portable fluid infusion device includes a drive system configured to be serially coupled to the removable fluid reservoir such that a combined dimension of the drive system and the removable fluid reservoir is less than or equal to the largest dimension. The portable fluid infusion device includes a planar battery configured to supply power to the drive system. The planar battery has a plurality of faces comprising one or more faces having a largest area, and the planar battery being situated such that the one or more faces are parallel to the largest dimension and the smallest dimension.

A fluid infusion system includes a housing configured to be adhesively coupled to an anatomy of the user. The housing comprises a communication device configured to wirelessly communicate a physiological characteristic to a communication component of a fluid infusion device. The fluid infusion system includes a fluid flow path from the fluid infusion device into the anatomy of the user, and the fluid flow path is configured to extend from the housing for insertion into the anatomy of the user.

A safety device is described wherein drug delivery systems and methods involve associating unique keys to patients that prevent the interconnection between a drug delivery device and non-complimentary patient key. Medication in a drug delivery device intended for a patient may only be accessed via a particular unique key associated with the intravenous access device of that patient.

Methods, devices, and systems for authenticating a component are disclosed herein. One such component can be a control device. This control device can include a first button and a control device fitting. When activated, the first button can be configured to cause a first control signal to be output from the control device to a controllable component. The control device fitting can include a connection device having a connector element and a conductive authentication element. The connector element can be configured to connect the control device to the controllable component. The conductive authentication element can be configured to allow the controllable component to authenticate the control device for use with the controllable component.

A circuit connector for a humidification system, the system comprising a base unit configured to be engaged by a humidification chamber. The circuit connector comprises an inlet to fluidly connect to an outlet of the humidification chamber to receive humidified gases therefrom, an outlet to sealably connect to or integral with a conduit for directing the humidified gases to a user, and an electrical terminal for electrically coupling the circuit connector to an electrical terminal associated with the base unit. The circuit connector may be releasably and lockably connectable to the outlet of the humidification chamber and/or orientation features may control orientation of component parts of the system as they are assembled.

A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination.

A tube and connector assembly for warming an intravenous fluid comprises a tube, a temperature sensor, and a connector. The tube includes a single hollow generally cylindrical side wall with an inner surface along which the intravenous fluid flows. The tube further includes first and second electrically conductive wires, each within the side wall and electrically connected to one another to carry electrical current to warm the intravenous fluid. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the fluid flowing through the tube. The connector includes first, second, and third side walls. The first side wall receives the tube. The second side wall is positioned opposite the first side wall and is configured to receive line tubing. The third side wall is spaced apart from the second side wall and includes threads on an inner surface thereof configured to receive a line connector for the intravenous line.