Drug dispense, identification, labeling and the system of inspection

• US 20080128482A1
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KO Da Pharmaceuticals Company Limited
• Original Assignee: KO Da Pharmaceuticals Company Limited
• Inventors: Chang, Yi-Jui, Chen, Mei-Limg, Chen, Chao-Hsiang
• Application Number:
  US11/826,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20080128482A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0297 including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00

Abstract

This system of identification and labeling is set on the container or package of drugs and contains drug identification units for the identification of the drug name, including identification units of manufacturing batch number and time. The identification unit of manufacturing batch number is used for the identification of the batch number of the drug while the time identification unit for the identification of the expiry date of the drug, quickly making the consumers understanding the manufacturing batch number and the expiry date of the drug through reading the identification labels so as to effectively control the quality and conservation of drugs.

Claims

1. An identification symbol for drug dispense and inspection placed on a container or a package of drugs, comprising:

a drug identification unit;

a manufacturing batch number identification unit identifying a manufacture batch number of the drugs;

a time identification unit identifying an expiry date of the drugs.

2. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drug identification unit can help identify the drug name.

3. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification symbol can be bar code, symbol, RFID or 2-dimensional bar code.

4. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 1, wherein a reading instrument can be used for reading of the identification symbol.

5. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 4, wherein the reading instrument can be connected with a display instrument which can show the corresponding data to the reading of the identification symbol on the display instrument.

6. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 5, wherein the reading instrument can be further connected with a comparing instrument for the judgment of the drug expiry date;

if the drug is overdue, it can be shown on the display instrument.

7. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 6, wherein the display instrument can give out an alarm when the drug has exceeded the expiry date.

8. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 6, wherein the reading instrument can be further connected with a database for an input of a prescription;

when a pharmaceutist is preparing the drugs, the reading instrument will read the identification symbol and the comparing instrument will compare the drugs with the content of drugs in the prescription, including the dosage to be used, to see if the drugs are consistent with each other;

if the drugs are not consistent, it can be shown on the display instrument.

9. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 8, wherein the display instrument can give out an alarm when the dosage is not consistent.

10. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 7, wherein the alarm can be an image or a sound.

11. The identification symbol as claimed in claim 9, wherein the alarm can be an image or a sound.

12. A system of drug dispense and inspection comprising:

a database which store drug categories and information related to drugs and can receive a prescription and read drug information on the prescription;

the drug information includes at least the drug category and dosage;

a reading instrument connected with the database which reads identification data of the drugs according to a identification symbol on a drug container or package;

a comparing instrument to compare the drug information with the identification data;

a display instrument to show the comparing results acquired from the comparing instrument.

13. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 12, wherein after the database has read the drug information on the prescription with two or more than two drugs recorded, the system further can judge whether or not these drugs are contraindicated if used together;

if the drugs are contraindicated if used together, a contraindicated information will be shown on the display instrument.

14. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 12, wherein the identification symbol includes a goods code, a manufacturing batch number code and a time code;

a manufacturing batch number of the drug can be gained from the manufacturing batch number code while the time code indicates the expiry date of the drug.

15. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 12, wherein after the reading instrument has read the identification data of the drugs, the system can further judge whether or not the drugs are overdue, and if the drug is overdue in expiry date, an overdue information can be shown on the display instrument.

16. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 12, wherein the comparing instrument can compare the drug expiry date with the drug information so as to judge whether the drug'"'"'s administration duration has exceeded the drug expiry date;

if it has exceeded the drug expiry date, it can be shown on the display instrument.

17. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 12, wherein the display instrument can give out an alarm when the compared results are not consistent.

18. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 17, wherein the alarm can be an image or a sound.

19. The system of drug dispense and inspection as claimed in claim 12, wherein the database can read, further identify and store the patient information on the prescription;

the drug information on the prescription and the drug data which are consistent through comparing with the drug information can be stored together with the patient data.