Adaptable information extraction and labeling method and system
First Claim
1. A computerized system for identifying a medicinal substance and storing data related to the medicinal substance to be subsequently used in generating a label for the medicinal substance, the computerized system comprising:
- an entry device that is operable to enter data indicative of an identity of the medicinal substance into the computerized system;
a storage component that stores the data in a database comprising a plurality of entries that each correspond to a different medicinal substance wherein the data stored by the storage component is associated with an entry designated for a restricted medicinal substance that requires workflow approval before a label identifying the restricted medicinal substance can be printed by a labeling device; and
a processing component that generates label content comprising a computer-readable code encoding information that, when read by a code reader provided to the labeling device, interferes with an ability of the labeling device to generate a delivery container label, and requires the workflow approval to be input to the labeling device before the delivery container label identifying the restricted medicinal substance to be applied to a delivery container is permitted to be generated by the labeling device; and
an output device that applies the label content comprising the computer-readable code on a primary package label identifying a primary package that stores the restricted medicinal substance from which the restricted medicinal substance is to be removed to prepare a dose in the delivery container to be administered to a patient.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a computerized method and system for identifying a medicinal substance from a plurality of different machine-readable codes that are each compliant with a different coding standard. A code reader reads a machine-readable code and transmits a signal indicative of the machine-readable code in response. A recognition identifies the coding standard with which the machine-readable code complies. Based on the identification by the recognition unit, computer-executable instructions specific to decoding information according the identified standard are selected and executed to decode the information encoded pursuant to the identified coding standard.
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1. A computerized system for identifying a medicinal substance and storing data related to the medicinal substance to be subsequently used in generating a label for the medicinal substance, the computerized system comprising:
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an entry device that is operable to enter data indicative of an identity of the medicinal substance into the computerized system; a storage component that stores the data in a database comprising a plurality of entries that each correspond to a different medicinal substance wherein the data stored by the storage component is associated with an entry designated for a restricted medicinal substance that requires workflow approval before a label identifying the restricted medicinal substance can be printed by a labeling device; and a processing component that generates label content comprising a computer-readable code encoding information that, when read by a code reader provided to the labeling device, interferes with an ability of the labeling device to generate a delivery container label, and requires the workflow approval to be input to the labeling device before the delivery container label identifying the restricted medicinal substance to be applied to a delivery container is permitted to be generated by the labeling device; and an output device that applies the label content comprising the computer-readable code on a primary package label identifying a primary package that stores the restricted medicinal substance from which the restricted medicinal substance is to be removed to prepare a dose in the delivery container to be administered to a patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of identifying a medicinal substance and storing data related to the medicinal substance to be subsequently used in generating a label for the medicinal substance, the method comprising:
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receiving data indicative of an identity of the medicinal substance into a computerized system; storing the data in a database saved on a computer-accessible storage component provided to the computerized system, the database comprising a plurality of entries that each correspond to a different medicinal substance, wherein the data stored by the storage component is associated with an entry designated for a restricted medicinal substance that requires workflow approval before a label identifying the restricted medicinal substance can be generated by a labeling device; generating label content comprising a computer-readable code encoding information that, when read by a compatible code reader provided to the labeling device, interferes with an ability of the labeling device to print a delivery container label, and requires the workflow approval to be entered into the labeling device before the labeling device is rendered operational to generate a delivery container label identifying the restricted medicinal substance to be applied to a delivery container; and applying the label content comprising the computer-readable code to a primary package label identifying a primary package that stores the restricted medicinal substance from which the restricted medicinal substance is to be removed to prepare a dose in the delivery container to be administered to a patient.
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