# US 2021/0241891 A1 · Medication tracking

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- Number: US 2021/0241891 A1
- Document ID: US20210241891A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/177,914
- Filed: 2021-02-17
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2013-12-08
- Assignees: Kit Check, Inc.
- Applicants: Kit Check, Inc.
- Inventors: Jennifer Ashley Gitchell; Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz; Kevin William MacDonald; Nicholas Bastien Petersen; Julie Christina Meloni; Christian Lee Doyle; Michael David Waud; David Mario Pedra; Nicholas Ward Stocchero; Michael Christopher Wimpee; Steven Shyu; Mahesh Murali
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241891A1

## CPC

- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- A61J 1/00: Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes (capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00)
- A61J 1/18: Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents, e.g. sterile condition
- G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications}
- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G06Q 10/0877: {by inventory control or reporting using inventory tracking or counting}
- G06Q 50/22: Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
- G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
- A61G 12/001: {Trolleys for transport of medicaments, food, linen, nursing supplies (carts specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis A61B50/13; hand carts B62B3/00)}
- A61J 2205/30: Printed labels
- A61J 2205/60: using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags
- G06Q 10/08726: {for replenishment processing, procedures, or recommendations using forecasting or optimisation}
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)

## Abstract

A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
an RFID reader coupled to a pharmaceutical item storage unit and configured to query a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container including a drug and receive a first unique identifier from the first RFID tag, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from all other medicinal containers;
a computing device coupled to the RFID reader and configured to:
receive the first unique identifier,
query a remotely located database for drug data of the drug using the first unique identifier,
verify a recall status of the drug using the drug data,
verify a first expiration of the drug using the drug data,
generate a second expiration of the drug, and
associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider; and
a printer configured to:
print at least a portion of the drug data and the second expiration on a second label for a second medicinal container, the second label comprising a second RFID tag,
wherein the second label comprises a transparent portion comprising an adhesive, a first opaque portion that includes the second RFID tag and does not include an adhesive, a second opaque portion comprising an adhesive and a third opaque portion comprising an adhesive, wherein a length of the transparent portion extends along a length of the first opaque portion and the at least a portion of the drug data is printed onto the first opaque portion, and a name of the drug is printed on the second opaque portion and the third opaque portion, and wherein the second opaque portion and the third opaque portion are detachably coupled to the first opaque portion, wherein
the RFID reader is further configured to query the second RFID tag and receive a second unique identifier from the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising a portion of the drug from the first medicinal container, and wherein
the computing device is further configured to:
receive the second unique identifier,
associate the drug data and the second expiration with the second unique identifier,
associate the second medicinal container with the medical provider,
determine whether the pharmaceutical item storage unit stores a first threshold quantity of the drug in one or more medicinal containers, and
based at least upon a determination that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the first threshold quantity of the drug, determine whether the pharmaceutical item storage unit stores a second threshold quantity of a substitute drug in the one or more medicinal containers, and
based at least upon a determination that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the second threshold quantity of the substitute drug, generate a notification that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the first threshold quantity of the drug.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is further configured to cause a display to display one or more medications associated with the medical provider.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the substitute drug comprises a drug with a different chemical makeup than the drug.

### Claim 4

A system comprising:
an RFID reader coupled to a pharmaceutical item storage unit and configured to query a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container including a medication, and receive a first unique identifier from the first RFID tag, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from other medicinal containers in the pharmaceutical item storage unit;
a computing device coupled to the RFID reader and configured to:
receive the first unique identifier,
verify a status of the medication in the first medicinal container using the first unique identifier, and
associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider; and
a printer configured to print medication data on a second label for a second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container, the second label comprising a second RFID tag, wherein
the RFID reader is further configured to query the second RFID tag and receive a second unique identifier from the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container, and wherein
the computing device is further configured to:
receive the second unique identifier,
associate the medication data with the second unique identifier, and
associate the second medicinal container with the medical provider.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein to verify the status of the medication in the first medicinal container, the computing device is configured to:
determine that the first medicinal container is not subject to a recall,
determine that the medication in the first medicinal container is not expired, and
determine that the medical provider has appropriate rights to use the medication in the first medicinal container.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the computing device is further configured to cause a display to display one or more suggested medications for combination with the medication in the first medicinal container.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the medication data comprises a medication name, concentration, and total amount of the medication in the second medicinal container.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein to associate the first medicinal container with the medical provider, the computing device is configured to associate the first unique identifier with the medical provider.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein to associate the second medicinal container with the medical provider, the computing device is configured to associate the second unique identifier with the medical provider.

### Claim 10 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the second label comprises a transparent portion including an adhesive, an RFID portion that includes the second RFID tag and does not include an adhesive, a first opaque portion comprising an adhesive and a second opaque portion comprising an adhesive, wherein a length of the transparent portion extends along a length of the RFID portion and the at least a portion of the medication data is printed onto the RFID portion, and a name of the medication is printed on the first opaque portion and the second opaque portion, and wherein the first opaque portion and the second opaque portion are detachably coupled to the RFID portion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the computing device is configured to generate a notification that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store a first threshold quantity of the medication based at least upon a determination that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store a first threshold quantity of the medication and a second threshold quantity of a substitute medication.

### Claim 12 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the second medicinal container is the same as the first medicinal container.

### Claim 13 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein
the medication is a first medication,
the RFID reader is further configured to query a third RFID tag of a third label coupled to a third medicinal container including a second medication, and receive a third unique identifier from the third RFID tag, wherein the third unique identifier uniquely identifies the third medicinal container from the other medicinal containers in the pharmaceutical item storage unit,
the computing device is further configured to receive the third unique identifier, and verify a status of the second medication in the third medicinal container using the third unique identifier,
the second medicinal container further comprises at least a portion of the second medication from the third medicinal container, and
the medication data printed on the second label includes information regarding the second medication.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device is further configured to calculate an expiration date for content of the second medicinal container based at least in part an expiration date of the first medication in the first medicinal container and an expiration date of the second medication in the third medicinal container.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the computing device is further configured to calculate an expiration date for the content of the second medicinal container based at least in part one or more rules associated with the first medication and one or more rules associated with the second medication.

### Claim 16

A method for printing a label for a medicinal container, the method comprising:
querying a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container, the first medicinal container including a medication;
receiving a first unique identifier from the first RFID tag, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from other medicinal containers in a pharmaceutical item storage unit;
receiving a verification of a status of the medication in the first medicinal container, wherein the verification is based at least in part on data associated with the first unique identifier;
receiving an indication of an association of the first medicinal container with a medical provider;
causing a printer to print medication data on a second label for a second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container, the second label comprising a second RFID tag;
querying the second RFID tag;
receiving a second unique identifier from the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container;
receiving an indication that the medication data has been associated with the second unique identifier; and
receiving an indication that the second medicinal container has been associated with the medical provider.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the second label comprises a transparent portion including an adhesive, an RFID portion that includes the second RFID tag and does not include an adhesive, a first opaque portion comprising an adhesive and a second opaque portion comprising an adhesive, wherein a length of the transparent portion extends along a length of the RFID portion and the at least a portion of the medication data is printed onto the RFID portion, and a name of the medication is printed on the first opaque portion and the second opaque portion, and wherein the first opaque portion and the second opaque portion are detachably coupled to the RFID portion.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving an indication of a notification that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store a first threshold quantity of the medication based at least upon a determination that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store a first threshold quantity of the medication and a second threshold quantity of a substitute medication.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the second medicinal container is the same as the first medicinal container.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the medication is a first medication, the method further comprising:
querying a third RFID tag of a third label coupled to a third medicinal container including a second medication;
receiving a third unique identifier from the third RFID tag, wherein the third unique identifier uniquely identifies the third medicinal container from the other medicinal containers in the pharmaceutical item storage unit; and
receiving an indication of a verification of a status of the second medication, wherein the verification of the status of the second medication is based at least in part on data associated with the third unique identifier, wherein
the second medicinal container further comprises at least a portion of the second medication from the third medicinal container, and
the medication data printed on the second label includes information regarding the second medication.