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Medication container encoding, verification, and identification

  • US 10,327,987 B1
  • Filed: 08/29/2016
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by an applicator device, first data from a first source characterizing at least one medication within or to be placed within a medication container;

    receiving, by the applicator device, second data from a second source characterizing the at least one medication within or to be placed within the medication container;

    verifying, by the applicator device, that the first data matches the second data;

    generating or receiving, by the applicator device, based on at least a portion of the verified data, at least one optical identifier encapsulating third data characterizing the at least one medication; and

    applying, by the applicator device, the at least one verified optical identifier to the outer surface of a tip portion of the medication container; and

    automatically reading at least one optical sensor, a medication device comprising the at least one verified optical identifier along the outer surface of the tip portion of the medication container during rotational mating of the tip portion of the medication container with a complementary fitting on the medication device, wherein the complementary fitting comprises a port that receives the tip portion of the medication container during the rotational mating of the tip portion of the medication container with the complementary fitting on the medication device.

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