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US 2002/0162261 A1Published application
Medication identification system
OwnerHenry L. West, Suzanne L. Westinventors
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Abstract
A specific letter and color visual aid is preprinted on a Medication Profile sheet for each medication. Applying the same visual aid to medication cap and medication container provides a simple “match” medication identification system.
Claims11
A medication identification system, including:
- A sheet arrangement including a matrix of rows and columns on which to generate a medication profile, each of said rows to contain minimally the name of a medication and an identification field;
- said sheet arrangement including a plurality of removable stickers for attachment to a medication container, said stickers each visually corresponding to one of said identification fields.
A medication identification system including a sheet arrangement, said sheet arrangement including:
- a matrix of rows and columns on which to generate a medication profile, each row containing minimally the name of a medication and an identification field and;
- a plurality of pairs of removable stickers, each said pair including a first sticker for attachment to the medication container, and a second sticker for attachment to the removable cap of said container, said first and second stickers of each of said pair being similar to each other and distinct from the other said pairs;
- said pair of stickers corresponding to one of said identification fields on said medication profile;
- whereby each row of information on said medication profile is visually related by its said identification field to its corresponding said sticker on said medication container and said cap of said medication container.
1 more element
A medication identification system, including the following steps:
- entering information about a plurality of medications on a plurality of rows on a medication profile;
- each said row dedicated to one of said medications, said rows on said medication profile each identified by a distinct identification field;
- placing on the container of said medication a sticker visually corresponding to said identification field of said medication on said medication profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.