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
1-20. (canceled)
A spectrometer comprising:
- a light collecting element to collect light after the light is transmitted through a medication for a first time, reflected from a coating of a medication holder, and transmitted through the medication for a second time,
- the light including light reflected by a lower side of the medication;
- and
- one or more components to:
- identify data based on the light,
- the medication being identified based on an analysis of the data.
A spectrometer comprising:
- a light collecting element to collect light after the light is transmitted through a medication at a first time and transmitted through the medication at a second time after being transmitted through the medication for the first time;
- and
- one or more components to:
- identify data based on the light,
- the medication being identified based on an analysis of the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.