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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Salvatore J Colella, New Kensington, PA (US);
Stephen M Lawrence, Lexington, KY (US);
Gerald J Widenhofer, Dublin, OH (US);
Assignee:
Pyxis Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
705-2 ; 36447907 ;
Abstract
A system and method are described in which a drug distribution center operates a computer software drug inventory management program in electronic communication with a health care provider computer software program for drug distribution to patients. The system and method preferably incorporate low unit dose measure drug packaging including bar codes. The bar codes may be scanned into either software program for automatically tracking such information as drug lot numbers and expiration dates.
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