COMPUTER VISUALIZED DRUG INTERACTION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

• US 20100042395A1
• Filed: 08/14/2008
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Security Defense System LLC
• Original Assignee: LMR Inventions, L.L.C. (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,887 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/12
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval can be provided. The method can include acquiring imagery of multiple different substances and detecting identifying content in each acquired image to determine an identity of each substance corresponding to each acquired image. The method also can include retrieving drug interaction data for each substance using the determined identity and correlating the drug interaction data for at least one of the substances with at least one other of the substances. Finally, the method can include displaying the correlated drug interaction data.

Claims

1. A method for computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval comprising:

acquiring imagery of multiple different substances;

detecting identifying content in each acquired image and determining an identity of each substance corresponding to each acquired image;

retrieving drug interaction data for each substance using the determined identity;

correlating the drug interaction data for at least one of the substances with at least one other of the substances; and

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displaying the correlated drug interaction data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising marshalling the different substances for individual imaging.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring imagery of multiple different substances comprises acquiring imagery of multiple different drugs.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the correlated drug interaction data further comprises displaying individual drug interaction data for each of the different substances.

5. A data processing system configured for computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval, the system comprising:

a camera communicatively coupled to a host computing platform;

a data store of drug image data communicatively coupled to the host computing platform and also a data store of drug interaction data communicatively coupled to the host computing platform; and

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computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval logic executing in the host computing platform, the logic comprising program code enabled to acquire imagery of multiple different substances, to detect identifying content in each acquired image and to determine by reference to the data store of drug image data an identity of each substance corresponding to each acquired image, to retrieve drug interaction data from the data store of drug interaction data for each substance using the determined identity, to correlate the drug interaction data for at least one of the substances with at least one other of the substances, and to display the correlated drug interaction data through the host computing platform.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the substances comprise at least one drug.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the data store of drug image data and the data store of drug interaction data are disposed in a single database.

8. The system of claim 5, further comprising a marshalling apparatus configured to marshal the substances into a marshalling point for individual imaging by the camera.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the marshalling apparatus is a gravity feed.

10. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for acquiring imagery of multiple different substances;

computer usable program code for detecting identifying content in each acquired image and determining an identity of each substance corresponding to each acquired image;

computer usable program code for retrieving drug interaction data for each substance using the determined identity;

computer usable program code for correlating the drug interaction data for at least one of the substances with at least one other of the substances; and

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computer usable program code for displaying the correlated drug interaction data.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer usable program code for marshalling the different substances for individual imaging.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer usable program code for acquiring imagery of multiple different substances comprises computer usable program code for acquiring imagery of multiple different drugs.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer usable program code for displaying the correlated drug interaction data further comprises computer usable program code for displaying individual drug interaction data for each of the different substances.