METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG AUTHENTICATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND MARKET DISTRIBUTION
First Claim
1. A method for prescription drug authentication by means of examination of a certificate representing the prescription drug using a Portable Device, Smartphone, PDA or similarly equipped instrument capable of photographic and, or spectrographic analysis.
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and devices for prescription drug authentication and more specifically a portable hand-held device and system for prescription drug authentication to be conducted ad hoc. Although preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in detail, it is to be understood that other embodiments are contemplated.
Accordingly, it is not intended that the invention is limited in its scope to the details of construction and arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also, in describing the preferred embodiments, specific terminology will be resorted to for the sake of clarity.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for prescription drug authentication by means of examination of a certificate representing the prescription drug using a Portable Device, Smartphone, PDA or similarly equipped instrument capable of photographic and, or spectrographic analysis.
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2. A method by which an identified spectral signature;
- e.g. representing the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and inactive pharmaceutical ingredients (IPI) and, or photograph is generated and matched to a dataset of known spectral signatures and drug images representing pharmaceutical medications.
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