Method and apparatus for labeling a medicinal substance
US8893970B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/63
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Provided is a method for reading a code from a container of a medicinal substance and printing a label for the container. The method includes reading a machine readable code associated with a container for storing a medicinal drug. The machine readable code includes an identification information of the medicinal drug. The method also for determining a useful life of the medicinal drug based on a time at which the container for storing the medicinal drug was initially accessed and encoding a label content including the useful life of the medicinal drug. The method also includes printing a label including the label content including the useful life of the medicinal drug.
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