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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11844751 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2023

Medication verification method and system

Applicant:

Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventor:

Kristine Calvin, Troy, IL (US);

Assignee:

Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Michael Collins

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61J 1/14 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0076 (2013.01); A61J 1/03 (2013.01); A61J 7/0084 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A61J 1/1412 (2013.01); A61J 2205/10 (2013.01); A61J 2205/30 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20092 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medication dispensing system includes an automated dispensing device that includes cells with electronically activated locks. The device is configured to detect when medication counts in the cells fall below predetermined thresholds. The system further includes a plurality of first electronic devices that are associated with some of the cells and that have imagers. In response to any of the medication counts in the cells being below the predetermined threshold, the automated dispensing device is configured to automatically send a replenishment needed notification to the first electronic device associated with the cell. That first electronic device is configured to transmit a picture of a medication to a second electronic device. In response to a positive verification by a user of the second electronic device that the medication in the picture is the correct medication, the second electronic device is configured to transmit an unlock signal to the automated dispensing device.

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