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Medication container encoding, verification, and identification

  • US 8,328,082 B1
  • Filed: 05/31/2011
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving data characterizing medication within or to be placed within a medication container, the medication container being a syringe comprising a barrel portion and a tip portion comprising a fluid outlet;

    electronically generating, using the received data, an optical identifier encapsulating data characterizing the medication; and

    applying the identifier to the tip portion of the medication container, the identifier being positioned such that it is automatically read by a medication administration device when the medication container is rotated while it is being fluidically coupled to the medication administration device;

    wherein the generating, and at least one of the receiving and applying is performed by a read and write apparatus.

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