Monitoring drug packaging in clinical trial process
US8165892B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H70/40
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for automatically tracking compliance in a clinical trials process involving one or more operations comprising selecting a container; associating an identifier with the container, the identifier having a unique signature data item thereon; reading the unique signature data item to a relational database; performing a first operation relating to the container; checking the performance of the first operation against a compliance standard; following the successful completion of the first operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the relational database; optionally performing one or more further operations relating to the container; and following the successful completion of each optional further operation or a package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the database.
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