System and method for acquiring images of medication preparations
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1. A system for holding a camera and for acquiring images of preparation of sterile compounded medications, comprising:
- a rail configured for mounting above a sterile pharmaceutical preparation surface within a hood, the rail comprising one or more electrical conductors configured to transmit power or data to a camera;
a camera;
a camera carrier configured to couple the camera with the rail such that the camera is movable relative to the rail and such that the camera is configurable to acquire images of preparation of a sterile compounded medication on at least a portion of the preparation surface, the carrier comprising at least one pickup contact configurable to electrically couple with at least one of the one or more electrical conductors in the rail and configurable to transmit power or data to the camera; and
a computer in communication with the camera for processing the images acquired by the camera.
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Abstract
A system for holding a camera for acquiring images of preparations includes a rail that can be mounted above a preparation surface. A camera carrier couples a camera with the rail such that the camera is movable relative to the rail and such that the camera can acquire images of preparations on the preparation surface.
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1. A system for holding a camera and for acquiring images of preparation of sterile compounded medications, comprising:
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a rail configured for mounting above a sterile pharmaceutical preparation surface within a hood, the rail comprising one or more electrical conductors configured to transmit power or data to a camera; a camera; a camera carrier configured to couple the camera with the rail such that the camera is movable relative to the rail and such that the camera is configurable to acquire images of preparation of a sterile compounded medication on at least a portion of the preparation surface, the carrier comprising at least one pickup contact configurable to electrically couple with at least one of the one or more electrical conductors in the rail and configurable to transmit power or data to the camera; and a computer in communication with the camera for processing the images acquired by the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for holding a camera and for acquiring images of preparation of sterile compounded medications, comprising:
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a camera; a camera carrier configurable to hold the camera above a sterile pharmaceutical preparation surface within a hood; a camera case configured to at least partially house the camera and at least partially protect the camera during cleaning of a station, system, apparatus, space, facility, or combination thereof at which the sterile compounded medication is prepared; a computer in communication with the camera; and a wireless device configured to transmit information in at least one direction between the camera and the computer, the wireless device further configured to pass a trigger signal from one or more user-operated triggers to the computer when the user-operated trigger has been operated, wherein the computer is configured to control the camera to capture an image based on either the trigger signal from the user-operated trigger or a signal from an input device coupled to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of acquiring images of preparation of sterile compounded medications, comprising:
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capturing, with an image capture device, one or more images of at least one stage of a first preparation of a sterile compounded medication at a first zone in a hood, including at least one label of at least one component of a sterile compounded medication; sliding the image capturing device along a rail such that the image capture device points at a second zone; and capturing, with the image capture device, one or more images of at least one stage of a second preparation of a sterile compounded medication at the second zone, wherein the capturing is performed by actuation of one or more user-operated triggers, and wherein the rail comprises one or more electrical conductors configured to transmit power or data to the capture device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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