Medication container encoding, verification, and identification
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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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Abstract
A medication container encoding, verification and identification method is provided that includes receiving data characterizing a medication, generating an identifier encapsulating the data and applying an identifier to a medication container such that it is automatically readable by a medication administration device and/or a medication wasting device. Related apparatus, systems, methods and articles are also described.
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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electronically reading data characterizing medication from a primary information source; generating, using the read data, an optical identifier encapsulating data characterizing the medication; and automatically applying the identifier to a tip portion of a medication container filled or to be filled with the medication, the medication container being a syringe with a barrel portion and a Luer fitting at the tip portion, the identifier being positioned such that it is automatically read by a medication administration device when the Luer fitting of the medication source rotatably mates with a complementary fitting on the medication administration device without deliberate effort on behalf of a clinician administering the medication to facilitate information transfer between the medication container and the medication administration device; wherein the generating, and at least one of the receiving and applying is performed by a read and write apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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electronically receiving data characterizing medication within a manually administrable medication container having a barrel portion and a tip portion with a fluid outlet and a Luer fitting; generating, using the received data, at least one optical identifier encapsulating data characterizing the medication; and applying the at least one identifier to tip portion of the medication container such that it is automatically read by a manually administrable medication device when the medication container is being coupled to the manually administrable medication device using the Luer fitting; wherein the manually administratable medication device comprises; a housing; a medication port extending from an outer surface of the housing to couple to a fluid outlet of the medication container, the medication port being fluidically coupled to the patient such that medication received via the medication port is immediately administered to the patient, the medication port having a complementary Luer fitting to mate with the Luer fitting of the medication container; an identification sensor disposed within the housing to automatically generate information indicative of contents of the medication container during coupling of the fluid outlet of the medication container to the medication port; and a transmitter disposed within the housing and in communication with the identification sensor to wirelessly transmit the information generated by the identification sensor to a remote data collection system; wherein the generating, and at least one of the receiving and applying is performed by a read and write apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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