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Medication container encoding, verification, and identification

  • US 10,813,836 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/2019
  • Issued: 10/27/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a RFID writer device, first data from a first source characterizing at least one medication within or to be placed within a medication container;

    receiving, by the RFID writer device, second data from a second source characterizing the at least one medication within or to be placed within the medication container;

    verifying, by the RFID writer device, that the first data matches the second data;

    generating or receiving, by the RFID writer device, based on at least a portion of the verified data, third data characterizing the at least one medication;

    writing, by the RFID writer device via RFID encoding, the third data to an RFID tag applied to an outer surface of a tip portion of the mediation container;

    rotationally mating the tip portion of the medication container with a complementary fitting on a medication device, wherein the complementary fitting comprises a port that receives the tip portion of the medication container during the rotational mating of the tip portion of the medication container with the complementary fitting on the medication device; and

    automatically reading, by a RFID sensor of the medication device, the third data from the RFID tag along the outer surface of the tip portion of the medication container during the rotational mating of the tip portion of the medication container with the complementary fitting on the medication device.

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