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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Mohsin Ovais Ansari, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Michael J. Simko, Palos Heights, IL (US);
Laura Jean Tebbe, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Russell Alan Wielgos, Wauconda, IL (US);
Mohsin Ovais Ansari, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Michael J. Simko, Palos Heights, IL (US);
Laura Jean Tebbe, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Russell Alan Wielgos, Wauconda, IL (US);
Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A prescription fill validation system including a pharmacy with an electronic scale and a display unit; a pharmacy server having a database to store information related to a plurality of drugs and programmed to: receive data corresponding to a stock container selected by a user; determine if the stock container selected by the user is the correct stock container to fill the unfilled prescription; compare a weight of a plurality of pills measured at the electronic scale to a standard weight, the standard weight equaling a predicted total weight of the plurality of pills to ensure that a correct number of pills is dispensed; determine if the comparison is within an acceptable range; and generate an automated authorization for the prescription if the stock container selected by the user is the correct stock container to fill the prescription and if the comparison is within the acceptable range.