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Drug coding and delivery system

  • US 5,700,998 A
  • Filed: 10/31/1995
  • Issued: 12/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of delivering a drug pill to a patient, the method comprising:

  • (a) placing a machine readable bar code on the outer surface of the pill, the code comprising identification information including the name and dosage form of the drug for insuring proper administration of the drug to the patient;

    (b) reading the bar code identification information from the pill with a code reader;

    (c) reading desired drug delivery information for the patient from a drug delivery information file with a code reader;

    (d) comparing the identification information on the pill with the desired drug delivery information;

    (e) generating an alarm upon detection of discrepancies between the pill identification information and the desired drug delivery information; and

    (f) delivering the drug pill to the patient in the absence of the generation of an alarm in accordance with step (e).

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