Voice template protector for administering medicine

• US 20120168331A1
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Safecode Drug Technologies Corp.
• Original Assignee: Safecode Drug Technologies Corp.
• Inventors: Tagger, Uri
• Application Number:
  US12/982,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20120168331A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/364
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/03 for pills or tablets containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

This invention relates generally to systems for imporving the safety in medication use. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of matching drug name voice templates as a threshold mechanism for unlocking a medication container.

Claims

1. A system for providing patient specific drugs, comprising:

a. A drug container, wherein the drug container comprises

i. a locking means;

ii. a patient identifying barcode;

iii. a drug name identifier; and

iv. a computer interface; and

b. a computer, wherein the drug container is connected to the computer and the locking means opens in response to a signal from the computer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the drug name identifier comprises:

a. A computer readable medium containing a stored word template identifying the drug brand name, generic drug name or their combination; and

b. A processing unit capable of sending the template to the computer

3. The system of claim 2, wherein using a predetermined algorithm, the computer compares the pattern of the recorded voice against at least one reference voice.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the reference voice is provided by a person prescribing the drug, the drug administering person or both.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the algorithm uses dynamic time warping (DTW).

6. The system of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the locking means will open upon the determination that there is a match between the stored word template and the reference voice.

7. The system of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the drug container is a pill box, a syringe, infusion bag and valve, a vial, an ampule or a combination thereof.