System and method for verifying the contents of a filled, capped pharmaceutical prescription
US8908163B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H20/13
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for verification of dispensed pharmaceuticals includes: a housing; a bar code scanning station mounted on the housing; a vision station mounted on the housing; a spectroscopy station mounted on the housing; an offloading station mounted on the housing; one or more conveyors mounted on the housing to convey pharmaceutical vials between the bar code scanning, vision, spectroscopy and offloading stations, and a controller associated with the bar code scanning, vision, spectroscopy and offloading stations and the conveyors to control their operations. A system of this configuration can use both vision and spectroscopy to verify the identity of the pharmaceutical in the container.
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