Device and method for detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or drug packaging
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1. A device for detecting a counterfeit product, comprising:
- a plurality of light sources configured to emit light at a plurality of different wavelengths onto a potentially suspect product;
at least one image acquisition device; and
at least one display for observing a color comparison of an image of the potentially suspect product illuminated by the plurality of different wavelengths and an image of a known product under illumination of the same wavelengths.
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Abstract
Featured are a device (20) and method for the detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or packaging therefore. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are detected by visual inspection upon exposing a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical to one or more light sources having different wavelengths, and observing the differences in color and/or brightness between the suspected counterfeit and a genuine pharmaceutical/packaging. In further embodiments, a image acquisition device acquires an image showing color and/or other visual effect(s) brightness of the suspect counterfeit and this image is compared to an image of a authentic pharmaceutical/packaging.
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1. A device for detecting a counterfeit product, comprising:
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a plurality of light sources configured to emit light at a plurality of different wavelengths onto a potentially suspect product; at least one image acquisition device; and at least one display for observing a color comparison of an image of the potentially suspect product illuminated by the plurality of different wavelengths and an image of a known product under illumination of the same wavelengths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for detecting a counterfeit product, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of light sources coupled to said housing configured to emit light at a plurality of different wavelengths, wherein said light sources includes at least one infrared wavelength, at least one visible wavelength and at least one ultraviolet wavelength; at least one image acquisition device for acquiring an image of potentially suspect product illuminated by the plurality of different wavelengths; at least one display for observing a color comparison of the image of the potentially suspect product illuminated by the plurality of different wavelengths and an image of a known product under illumination of the same wavelengths; and a plurality of buttons controlling respective ones of said light sources.
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13. A method for detecting a counterfeit product, comprising the steps of:
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selecting a wavelength or wavelength range of light; exposing a suspected counterfeit product to light of said selected wavelength or wavelength range with a light source; viewing a color of said suspected counterfeit product upon exposure to said wavelength or wavelength range; comparing the color of said suspected counterfeit product exposed to the wavelength or wavelength range to a color of a known product exposed to light of the same wavelength or wavelength range; and determining a similarity of a composition between the suspected counterfeit product and the known product without viewing a light sensitive marker. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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