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Radio frequency identification pharmaceutical tracking system and method

  • US 7,504,954 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2005
  • Issued: 03/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for monitoring patient medicine intake compliance and comprising a monitoring device having a unique identifier associated therewith, wherein the monitoring device is designed to be placed within communicative proximity of a plurality of pills each having corresponding RF tags associated therewith, wherein the monitoring device is configured to:

  • transmit at least one wireless excitation signal at one of a manually initiated and predetermined time, wherein the at least one wireless excitation signal is configured to cause at least one of the plurality of RF tags to transmit a wireless response signal including pill identifying information;

    receive the wireless response signal from the at least one RF tag; and

    transmit the unique identifier of the monitoring device and the pill identifying information of the at least one RF tag,wherein the monitoring device is configured to transmit the unique identifier and the pill identifying information by at least one of wireless, wired, and Internet-based communication links.

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