Pharmaceutical record and label system

• US 4,277,089 A
• Filed: 01/29/1979
• Issued: 07/07/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James L. Lockhart
• Original Assignee: James L. Lockhart
• Inventors: Lockhart, James L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US06/007,217
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 282/29 A, 282/DIG. 1, 282/27 R, 283/6, 283/9, 283/18, 283/57, 283/58, 283/59, 283/21, 283/1 R, 283/1 A, 283/1 B, 156/277, 40/18, 40/20, 40/2.2, 40/2 R
• US Class Current: 462/67
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 1/26 Continuous assemblies made up of webs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0288 Labels or tickets consisting of more than one part, e.g. with address of sender or other reference on separate section to main label; Multi-copy labels
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/90 Medical record

Abstract

In one illustrated embodiment, a backing sheet capable of storing information relative to pharmaceutical prescriptions has a first series of adhesively backed pharmaceutical prescription label segments removably secured thereto, each label segment having formatted zones thereon for facilitating entry of typed information and accommodating simultaneous transfer of typewriter impressions to the backing sheet. A second series of supplemental data segments on the backing sheet provide for recording of supplementary information with respect to each label segment contemporaneously with the typing of the label segment. After removal of a prescription label segment from the backing sheet, the backing sheet has stored thereon both the formatted information as entered on the label segment and necessary supplemental data so as to facilitate computerized pharmaceutical accounting. In other embodiments a special transfer arrangement is provided for assuring reliable machine reading of the typewritten information.

Claims

1. A record and label system for computerized pharmaceutical accounting, comprising:

unitary information storage means comprising a top information storage sheet storing information in readable form as ink characters, relative to pharmaceutical prescriptions, transferred thereto by means of ink character impressions which apply the ink directly to said top information storage sheet,

a series of adhesively backed pharmaceutical prescription label segments secured to said information storage means in underlying relation to said top information storage sheet, while permitting manual stripping of the label segments with adhesive backing intact from said information storage means, said label segments each having label information receiving locations thereon for receiving information concerning a pharmaceutical prescription,

said top information storage sheet having formatted zones thereon corresponding in location to said label information receiving locations so as to be in direct alignment therewith, for facilitating entry of said ink character impressions directly to the portions of said top storage sheet overlying said label information receiving locations of said label segments, and having supplemental data segments providing for recording of supplementary information with respect to each formatted zone at a location adjacent the formatted zone, such that after entry of information on the top storage sheet, the top storage sheet has stored thereon at each of a succession of unified identifiable regions of the top storage sheet both formatted information as also required for a respective one of said label segments and necessary supplementary data pertaining to a given prescription,

said information storage means having character impression transfer means interposed between said top storage sheet and said series of label segments with said top storage sheet overlying all of said pharmaceutical label segments such that ink character impressions applied to said top storage sheet are transferred to said label segments,

said top storage sheet having means providing exterior machine readable surface portions at said formatted zones for retaining said ink characters in machine readable form which ink characters are at the same time in the form of visually readable conventional characters, said top storage sheet being of opaque paper stock with the identical information which is transferred to said label segments by means of said character impression transfer means, being present in said formatted zones of said top information storage sheet, and being readable by both optical character reading equipment and by personnel processing such top storage sheet.