Medication assurance system and method
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsNada A. O'Brien, Christopher G. Pederson
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Abstract
A medication assurance system for verification of both the medication and the patient is disclosed. A portable spectrometer is used to obtain a light spectrum of the medication. A subject identification or biometric device is used to identify the patient. A controller coupled to the portable spectrometer and the subject identification device identifies the medication by performing a chemometric analysis of the light spectrum. Based on the medication identified and the patient identified, the controller can determine if the medication is to be taken by the patient.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more devices, light reflected from a medication,
- wherein at least some of the light is reflected from both a top surface and a bottom surface of a pill of the medication;
- obtaining, by the one or more devices, data based on the light;
- performing, by the one or more devices, an analysis of the data;
- and
- identifying, by the one or more devices, information regarding the medication based on the analysis of the data.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more devices, light that is reflected by a lower side of a medication before being reflected from a reflective coating of a medication holder that holds the medication;
- identifying, by the one or more devices, data based on the light;
- and
- identifying, by the one or more devices, information regarding the medication based on the data.
A method comprising:
- obtaining, by one or more devices that include a portable diffuse spectrometer, a diffuse reflection spectrum,
- wherein the diffuse reflection spectrum is based on light reflected from at least a bottom surface of a medication that is illuminated by at least one light source above a top surface of the medication;
- performing, by the one or more devices, an analysis of the diffuse reflection spectrum;
- and
- identifying, by the one or more devices, information regarding the medication based on the analysis of the diffuse reflection spectrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.