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Publication Number
US-9262585-B2
Publication Date
2016-02-16
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus that stores a formulary. The apparatus includes a memory device that stores the formulary, the formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries. A user input device allows a user to verify a drug of the plurality of drug entries of the formulary. A code reader interprets computer-readable codes. After a computer-readable code that is associated with the drug is read by the code reader, the drug is verified using the user input device.
Core Innovation
The apparatus stores a formulary containing drug entries identified by different computer-readable codes. A code reader uses a radio frequency signal to interrogate an RFID tag associated with a drug container and read a code. The processor identifies the corresponding formulary entry, and the user provides verification that the code correctly identifies the drug; the apparatus then updates the entry to indicate that it is verified.
The available partial content does not include the background section, so the problem being solved is not explicitly described in patent. It states that verified status is stored to avoid repeated prompts. The described terminal can also generate a drug label bearing identifying information and a computer-readable code, for integration with hospital information systems.
Claims Coverage
The provided relevant claims identify one independent claim, claim 1, covering an apparatus that stores a formulary, reads an RFID tag associated with a drug container, receives user verification, and updates the corresponding drug entry. Four inventive features summarize its main claim elements.
Formulary with coded drug entries
A memory device stores a formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries saved in a manner to be identified by different computer-readable codes.
RFID code reading
A code reader utilizes a radio frequency signal to interrogate an RFID tag associated with a drug container and read a computer-readable code from the tag.
User verification of the identified drug
A user input device allows a user to input verification of a drug identified from among the formulary's drug entries based on a computer-readable code.
Verified status for the drug entry
After the code is verified to correctly identify the drug in response to the user's verification input, the processor updates the formulary to indicate that the corresponding drug entry is verified.
The independent claim combines coded formulary entries, RFID-based identification of a drug-container code, user verification, and an update marking the corresponding drug entry as verified.
Stated Advantages
Storing verified status avoids repeated prompts.
Documented Applications
Generating a drug label bearing identifying information and a computer-readable code for integration with hospital information systems.
Labeling a drug container, including a syringe, with a drug-identifying label.
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