Automated drug discrimination during dispensing

Details Automated drug discrimination during dispensing Automated drug discrimination during dispensing

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G06F 17/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2579688

The automated drug discrimination system (100) inspects the drug being dispensed during the dispensing process so that the pharmacist can be certain the correct formulation, dosage and quality of pharmaceuticals were dispensed so the pharmacist does not need to spend as much time examining the dispensed drug. The pills are dispensed through a dispensing area (105) using a dispensing apparatus (104) and are collected in a collection area (118). At least two sensors (106, 108) take a plurality of measurements of an aggregate of the pills during the dispensing process or of each pill as it moves through the dispensing area (105). A discrimination system (112) compares the measurements taken to verify that the pills dispensed are the type of pharmaceuticals intended to be dispensed as identified in the individual prescription for at least one of formulation and dosage of the pill.

Le système de discrimination automatisée de médicaments de cette invention permet d'inspecter le médicament distribué durant le processus de distribution de façon que le pharmacien puisse être certain que la préparation, le dosage et la qualité des médicaments distribués sont corrects pour que le pharmacien ne doive pas perdre beaucoup de temps à examiner le médicament distribué. Les pilules sont distribuées à travers une zone de distribution au moyen d'un appareil de distribution et sont recueillies dans une zone de récupération. Au moins deux capteurs prennent plusieurs mesures d'un agrégat de pilules durant le processus de distribution, alors que cet agrégat de pilules se déplace à travers la zone de distribution. Un système de discrimination compare les mesures prises pour vérifier que les pilules distribuées correspondent bien au type de médicaments devant être distribués, tels qu'identifiés sur l'ordonnance individuelle pour au moins soit la préparation soit le dosage de la pilule.

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