DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS

• US 20100181374A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dinesh J. Martis, Sunil G. Kulkarni
• Original Assignee: Dinesh J. Martis, Sunil G. Kulkarni
• Inventors: Martis, Dinesh J., Kulkarni, Sunil G.
• Application Number:
  US12/642,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20100181374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A device for transferring medical prescription information from a prescriber to a medical service provider. The device includes a support structure configured to support a storage tag and a storage tag inextricably attached to the support structure. The storage tag includes an electronic circuit configured to receive, store and transmit prescriber generated prescription information.

Claims

1. A device for transferring medical prescription information from a prescriber to a medical service provider, comprising:

a support structure configured to support a storage tag; and

a storage tag inextricably attached to the support structure, wherein the storage tag includes an electronic circuit configured to receive, store and transmit prescriber generated prescription information.

2. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage tag is positioned between a front face of the support structure and a back face of the support structure.

3. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic copy is a photograph of the written prescription information.

4. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic copy is an exact copy of the written prescription information.

5. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein a digital pen creates the electronic copy.

6. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein storage tag is configured to transmit the electronic prescription information when activated by a reader.

7. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage tag is configured to transmit in the radio frequency spectrum.

8. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage tag is configured to capture data that includes biometric information.

9. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the support structure includes unique batch and sequential numbers.

10. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage tag at least partially relays written prescription information.

12. A device as recited in claim 1, wherein the storage tag includes an electronic copy of the written prescription information.

11. A device as recited in claim 11, wherein the written prescription information is pre-printed data, prescriber generated data or both.

13. A prescription transfer device, comprising:

a physical media for transferring prescription information from a prescriber to a medical service provider; and

an electronic tag inextricably associated with and carried by the physical media, the electronic tag including electronic storage configured to

(i) receive and store prescriber generated prescription information electromagnetically transferred by a prescriber while the electronic tag is inextricably associated with the physical media; and

(ii) electromagnetically transmit the prescription information stored on the tag to a reader operated by the medical service provider.

14. A method of transferring medical prescription information, comprising the steps of:

(a) writing prescriber generated medical prescription information on a prescription form;

(b) electronically capturing the prescriber generated medical prescription information written and the form; and

(c) transferring the captured information to an electronic storage device while the electronic storage device is inextricably attached to the prescription form.

15. A method of transferring medical prescription information as recited in claim 14, wherein the captured information is transferred to the storage device wirelessly.

16. A method of transferring medical prescription information as recited in claim 14, wherein the prescriber generated information is captured by capturing an image of the prescription form after the prescriber generated information is written to the form.

17. A method of transferring medical prescription information as recited in claim 14, wherein the prescriber generated information is captured simultaneously with the step of writing the information.

18. A method of transferring medical prescription information as recited in claim 14, wherein the prescriber generated information is captured by the same instrument used to write the prescriber generated information.

19. A method of transferring medical prescription information as recited in claim 14, wherein the captured information is transferred to the storage device electromagnetically.