METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE DISPENSING AND IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICATION

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20140180476A1
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13722657

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Example embodiments of the present invention may provide an efficient method of identifying unit doses of medication, and more specifically, to dispensing, identifying, packaging, and marking unit doses of medication for distribution. In particular, methods may include receiving a plurality of unit dose medications, dispensing one of the plurality of unit dose medications, and capturing an image of the one of a plurality of unit dose medications. The method may also compare the captured image to a database of known medications, where each known medication includes a medication type and a medication dose. In response to the captured image satisfying a confidence threshold match to one of the known medications, the one of the plurality of unit dose medications may be identified. Dispensing one of the plurality of unit dose medications may include dispensing one of the plurality of unit dose medications to a unit dose package.

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OMNICELL INC590 E MIDDLEFIELD ROAD MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deutsch, Dave Cranberry Township, US 1 3
Jaynes, Robert Mars, US 10 119

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