Patent · US Expired

Pill printing and identification

US7370797B1 · kind B1 · utility

50Cited by
31References
25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 2004
Grant dateMay 13, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 2, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K17/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Drug dosages and bar code labels are within a tamperproof, sealed container. A printer is configured to mark a drug dosage with an imprint in a form of a machine readable bar code. A method and product are provided to enable both the source of manufacture and distributor to be identified based on scanning a barcode from a label.

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