Method of individually tracking and identifying a drug delivery device
First Claim
1. A method of identifying and tracking the dispensing of drug delivery devices comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one drug delivery devices, each having an amount of a drug or other agent for delivery to a user, coding each of the at least one drug delivery devices with a unique identifying code placed on or in the device;
reading the code with an electronic or optical device; and
creating a database and database record comprising the code corresponding to the drug delivery device in the database to allow identification of the user to whom the at least one drug delivery device was dispensed prior to use.
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Abstract
A method of and system for identifying an individual drug delivery device and tracing its ownership. An individual drug delivery device, such as a patch, is coded with a unique identifier. Such coding is performed by using a bar code or by storing the identifier in a memory device in the drug delivery device. A database contains a record of the identifier, representing the drug delivery device. The identifier is read upon a transfer of the drug delivery device and the database is updated to include information such as the date of the transfer, the identity of the transferee and the prescribing physician. The ability to retrieve such information regarding specific drug delivery devices can result in the prevention of abuse of controlled substances contained therein.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of identifying and tracking the dispensing of drug delivery devices comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one drug delivery devices, each having an amount of a drug or other agent for delivery to a user, coding each of the at least one drug delivery devices with a unique identifying code placed on or in the device;
reading the code with an electronic or optical device; and
creating a database and database record comprising the code corresponding to the drug delivery device in the database to allow identification of the user to whom the at least one drug delivery device was dispensed prior to use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 9. The method of clam 1, wherein the drug delivery device is a transdermal or transmucosal patch.
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21. A method of identifying and tracking the dispensing of drug delivery devices comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one drug delivery device, the drug delivery device having an amount of a drug or other agent for delivery to a user, coding the at least one drug delivery device at effectively the time of manufacture, with a unique code placed on or in the device, wherein the unique code provides unique identifying information;
reading the code with an electronic or optical device; and
creating a database and database record comprising the code corresponding to the drug delivery device from which the code was read, in the database, and inputting the identification of the transferee to whom the at least one drug delivery device was transferred upon any transfer of possession of the at least one drug delivery device, into the database record.
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22. A method of identifying and tracking the dispensing of transdermal drug delivery devices, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of transdermal drug delivery devices, in at least a first package, each device having an amount of a drug or other agent for delivery to a user, each pf the transdermal drug delivery devices having a coding placed on or in the device, wherein the coding provides unique identifying information to each device, providing a coding on the at least first package, the coding providing unique identifying information relating to the first package, creating a database with a plurality of database records corresponding to each transdermal drug delivery device, and corresponding to the at least one first package, wherein upon transfer of the first package, the database records for each of the devices contained therein are updated with at least identifying information relating to the transferee.
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