Systems and methods for identifying medicines deposited in a compartment of a pill box according to a prescription
AssigneeMatthieu GROSFILS
InventorsMatthieu GROSFILS, Jean-Pierre FORTÉ
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Abstract
Medication identification methods comprising depositing at least one medication in a compartment; identifying this one medication deposited in this compartment and analyzing at least one characteristic of said at least one medication; comparing this one characteristic of said at least one medication to medication signature characteristics to obtain an identified content for the compartment; comparing the identified content to a prescription; and allowing the medication to pass, via gravity, from the compartment to a pill box. Medication identification systems are also described.
Claims20
A medication identification method comprising:
- identifying, from the top, at least one first medication deposited in a compartment of a pill box and analyzing at least one identifying characteristic of said at least one first medication;
- identifying, from the bottom, at least one second medication deposited in this compartment of the pill box and analyzing at least one identifying characteristic of said at least one second medication;
- comparing said at least one characteristic of said at least one first medication and said at least one characteristic of said at least one second medication, to determine at least one validated medication;
- comparing said at least one characteristic of said at least validated medication to medication signature characteristics,
- obtaining an identified content for this compartment;
- and
- comparing the identified content to a prescription.
A medication identification method comprising:
- depositing at least one medication in a compartment;
- identifying this one medication deposited in this compartment and analyzing at least one characteristic of said at least one medication;
- comparing this one characteristic of said at least one medication to medication signature characteristics to obtain an identified content for the compartment;
- comparing the identified content to a prescription;
- and
- allowing the medication to pass, via gravity, from the compartment to a pill box.
A medication identification system comprising:
- a compartment dimensioned to receive at least one medication;
- an identification device permitting the identification of said at least one medication and analysis of at least one identifying characteristic of said at least one medication;
- a comparison device making it possible to compare said at least one characteristic of said at least one medication to signature characteristics of medications to obtain an identified content for the compartment;
- a validation device making it possible to compare the identified content to a prescription;
- and
- a connection device to allow this medication to pass, via gravity, from a compartment to a cell of a pill box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.