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WO2010027717A3
WO2010027717A3 PCT/US2009/054712 US2009054712W WO2010027717A3 WO 2010027717 A3 WO2010027717 A3 WO 2010027717A3 US 2009054712 W US2009054712 W US 2009054712W WO 2010027717 A3 WO2010027717 A3 WO 2010027717A3
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Robert Terzini
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UNITED STATES PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS Inc
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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Abstract

An intake to exit security system for high-volume pharmacies provides maximum security from tampering and assures accuracy. The system immediately assigns bar codes to shipments upon arrival and then tracks them through warehousing, bulk distribution, prescription dispensing and shipping to patients, hospitals and drugstores. Bar-coded lock neck devices secure bulk drug canisters to bar-coded dispensing machines at specified dispensing stations where the machines dispense drugs into pre-labeled prescription bottles according to prescription indicia on the labels. Bottles then undergo content analysis and certification before being packaged and shipped to customers. A Ramon laser spectral analysis contrasts the bottle contents to a library of known spectral signatures of drugs, and the pharmacist is alerted to any detected difference. A simultaneously captured visual image of the pills enables the pharmacist visually to compare the contents to a library of known visual appearances of the drugs. Both analyses are recorded for prescriptions certified and forwarded to customers. Deviations are excised without disrupting flow of other prescriptions, and the system automatically reassigns an incorrectly filled prescription to another bottle which starts anew through the system. Full bottles of commonly used drugs and specialized containers for irregularly shaped objects, creams and ointments may be pre-filled and inventoried for later collation with prescription bottles at the packaging and shipping stage.
PCT/US2009/054712 2008-08-23 2009-08-23 Automated pharmacy drug handling and prescription verification system and method Ceased WO2010027717A2 (en)

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US11446208P 2008-11-14 2008-11-14
US61/114,462 2008-11-14
US12/396,417 US8392020B2 (en) 2008-02-29 2009-03-02 Automated precision small object counting and dispensing system and method
US12/396,417 2009-03-02

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