Prescription pharmaceutical labeling system
OwnerJeffrey M. Valley, John C. Greeveninventors
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Abstract
A method of providing a pharmaceutical label having an identifying image printed thereon is provided. The method includes receiving a request to fill a patient prescription for a pharmaceutical, accessing an identification database including identifying images, retrieving a prescription-specific identifying image from the identification database, and printing a label including the prescription-specific identifying image.
Claims15
A method of providing a pharmaceutical label, comprising:
- receiving a request to fill a patient prescription for a pharmaceutical;
- accessing an identification database including identifying images;
- retrieving a prescription-specific identifying image from the identification database;
- and
- printing a pharmaceutical label including the prescription-specific identifying image.
A system for managing prescription pharmaceutical transactions, the system comprising:
- memory configured to store identifying images;
- a processor configured to accommodate identification of a prescription pharmaceutical transaction, and to access the memory to retrieve a prescription-specific identifying image;
- and
- a printer configured to print a pharmaceutical label including the prescription-specific identifying image.
A pharmaceutical label produced by a label-making process comprising:
- receiving a request to fill a prescription of a specific patient for a pharmaceutical;
- accessing an identification database including images identifying patients;
- retrieving an identifying image from the identification database which corresponds to the specific patient;
- and
- printing the retrieved identifying image.
A pharmaceutical label produced by a label-making process comprising:
- receiving a request to fill a prescription of a specific patient for a pharmaceutical;
- accessing an identification database including pharmaceutical-identifying images identifying pharmaceuticals and patient-identifying images identifying patients;
- retrieving a pharmaceutical-identifying image from the identification database which corresponds to the prescribed pharmaceutical and retrieving a patient-identifying image which corresponds to the specific patient;
- and
- printing the retrieved pharmaceutical-identifying image and patient-identifying image.
A prescription pharmaceutical label comprising:
- a text portion including prescription information and patient information printed thereon;
- and
- an image portion including a prescription-specific identifying image printed thereon.
The prescription pharmaceutical label of claim 12, wherein the identifying image is of a patient to receive a prescribed pharmaceutical.
The prescription pharmaceutical label of claim 12, wherein the identifying image includes an image of a prescribed pharmaceutical and an image of a patient to receive the prescribed pharmaceutical.
A prescription pharmaceutical label comprising:
- a text portion including textual pharmaceutical and patient information;
- and
- an image portion including an identifying patient image for confirming proper delivery of a prescribed pharmaceutical to a patient by visually comparing the identifying patient image to a patient receiving the prescribed pharmaceutical.
A method for verifying that pharmaceutical prescriptions are filled accurately, comprising:
- receiving a request to fill a prescription of a specified patient for a specified pharmaceutical;
- placing the specified pharmaceutical in a container according to the received request to fill the prescription of the specified patient;
- accessing a prescription pharmaceutical database including identifying images of prescription pharmaceuticals to retrieve an identifying image of the specified pharmaceutical from the prescription pharmaceutical database;
- printing the identifying image of the specified pharmaceutical on a label;
- applying the label to the container;
- verifying the contents of the container by comparing the contents of the container to the identifying image of the specified pharmaceutical;
- accessing a patient database including identifying images of patients to retrieve an identifying image of the specified patient;
- printing the identifying image of the specified patient on the label;
- and
- verifying the identity of the patient receiving the pharmaceutical by comparing an appearance of the patient receiving the pharmaceutical to the identifying image of the specified patient on the printed label.
A method for verifying that pharmaceutical prescriptions are filled accurately, comprising:
- providing a server including a pharmaceutical database with identifying images of pharmaceuticals;
- receiving a request to fill a prescription of a specified patient for a specified pharmaceutical;
- entering prescription information including the specified pharmaceutical and specified patient into a terminal linked to the server;
- accessing the server to retrieve an identifying image of the specified pharmaceutical from the pharmaceutical database;
- printing a label including the identifying image of the specific pharmaceutical;
- placing the specified pharmaceutical in a container according to the request;
- applying the label to the container;
- verifying the contents of the container by comparing the contents of the container to the identifying image of the specific pharmaceutical printed on the label;
- providing on the server a patient database with identifying images of patients;
- accessing the patient database of the server to retrieve an identifying image of the specified patient;
- verifying the identity of the patient receiving the pharmaceutical by comparing an appearance of the patient receiving the pharmaceutical to the identifying image of the specific patient on the printed label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.