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Method and system for tracking and verifying medication

a medication and tracking system technology, applied in the field of medication tracking and verification system, can solve problems such as fraudulent medication in this container

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-16
DE LA HUERGA CARLOS
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[0056] Of course there need to be appropriate safe guards that valid medication codes in the database cannot be determined by sequentially providing generated medication code numbers to see if any are registered. With high speed network connection to the Internet it may be easy to determine previously registered medication numbers. This can be averted by requiring each patient to register with the verification system with a name (or alias) and password so any mass probing activities might be detected and stopped. A

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Furthermore, additional container status information can be added to the database, such as its shipping destination (e.g. ABC Distributors in Illinois or XYZ Distributor in Poland), information about tracking it during distribution, which pharmacy received it, that there is a concern that the medication in this container may be fraudulent, and other information about the medication.

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[0086] The present invention may be adapted for use in a wide variety of applications and is suitable for any environment in which products are manufactured distributed, received, and then subsequently dispensed for individuated use. By way of illustration and not by way of limitation, unless indicated otherwise, the preferred embodiment is in the context of a medication tracking and dispensing system using medication containers, container codes, medication information and container status information to detect a fraudulent or possibly fraudulent pharmaceutical product prior to use or consumption by a patient. Throughout this specification, identical numbers represent similar components and symbols.

[0087] I. Hardware and Database Entries

[0088]FIGS. 1 and 2 show medication containers 100 as packaged by a pharmaceutical manufacturer or repackager 102. Container 100 in FIG. 1 is a conventional bulk container or bottle 112 holding individual pills, tablets, capsules, liquids, gases or...

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Abstract

A method and system to track medication containers as they are shipped and as the medication in the containers is dispensed and to verify that medication in containers is properly identified by using a unique container code associated with each medication container, to enter information about the medication in a medication database, and to later retrieve the information stored in the medication database about the medication allowing a determination to be made that the medication has been distributed in error or fraudulently, for example that the medication has not been properly registered in the database.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application related to the earlier filed patent application entitled “Method and System for Tracking and Verifying Medication” which was filed on Sep. 7, 2004 and has a Ser. No. 60 / 607,551.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to determining when a product or medication has been distributed or dispensed properly. This is done in part by associating a unique code with each product or medication container, registering information about the product or medication and the code in a database, and subsequently using the code to retrieve the information about the product or medication. The invention also relates to enabling a healthcare worker or patient to verify that a medication has been properly distributed and dispensed. [0004] As an initial matter, in the interest of simplifying this ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/00G06Q30/00
CPCG06F19/3462G06F19/327G16H20/10G16H40/20G16H70/40
Inventor DE LA HUERGA, CARLOS
Owner DE LA HUERGA CARLOS
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