Customized visual marking for medication labeling
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1. A method of marking a product comprising:
- establishing a supplemental visual identifier for a medication or other health-related substance designated for use by a particular patient, which supplemental visual identifier includes one or more specified recognizable symbolic aspects that are intended to suggest proper administration of the medication or other health-related substance to the particular patient; and
displaying the supplemental visual identifier in close association with a substance dosage.
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed that provide a customized technique for marking medication and other health-related products with a visual identifier that includes a recognizable symbolic aspect to facilitate proper administration of a substance dosage to designated patent. Display implementations of the visual identifier may be incorporated in various product packaging components. A possible supplemental visual identifier may be incorporated in the product packaging components to suggest recommended usage aspects of the substance dosage.
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77 Claims
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1. A method of marking a product comprising:
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establishing a supplemental visual identifier for a medication or other health-related substance designated for use by a particular patient, which supplemental visual identifier includes one or more specified recognizable symbolic aspects that are intended to suggest proper administration of the medication or other health-related substance to the particular patient; and
displaying the supplemental visual identifier in close association with a substance dosage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 31, 34, 35, 37)
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42. A medication or other health-related product comprising:
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a health-related substance designated for use by a particular patient;
a supplemental visual identifier that includes one or more specified recognizable symbolic aspects that are intended to suggest proper administration of the health-related substance to a particular patient; and
a substance dosage to be administered internally or externally to the particular patient, wherein the supplemental visual identifier is incorporated as an integral display characteristic of the substance dosage and/or as a display element of a package or label in close association with the substance dosage. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52)
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53. The product of claim 0 further comprising:
one or more additional components for use in connection with administration of the health-related substance, wherein such additional component displays one or more specified recognized symbolic aspects of the supplemental visual identifier.
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54. A packaging system for medication or other health-related products, including:
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a substance dosage designated for use by a particular patient;
a container for holding one or more substance dosages;
labeling that includes information to identify the particular patient;
a supplemental visual identifier that includes one or more recognizable symbolic aspects intended to suggest proper administration of the medication or other health-related product to the particular patient; and
a display implementation for the supplemental visual identifier, which display implementation is in close association with the substance dosage. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A packaging system for a health-related product, comprising:
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a substance dosage of the health-related product that is designated for a particular patient;
a supplemental visual identifier that includes one or more specified recognizable symbolic aspects correlated by cross-reference to diagnostic or measurement or treatment or therapeutic administration features of the medication or other health-related product; and
one or more additional components for use in connection with such administration of the health-related product, wherein each such additional component displays one or more of the specified recognizable symbolic aspects of the supplemental visual identifier. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A computer program product having carrier media for encoding one or more programs operable to perform a process, wherein said process comprises:
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establishing a supplemental visual identifier that includes one or more specified symbolic aspects correlated with a diagnostic or measurement or treatment or therapeutic administration feature of a health-related product designated for a particular patient;
implementing a display scheme for incorporating a recognizable form of the supplemental visual identifier in close association with the health-related product; and
providing a cross-reference to correlate the administration feature with the supplemental visual identifier. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77)
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