Optical imager and method for correlating a medication package with a patient

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8942480-B2
Application number	US-201414340716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2014
Priority date	Jan 31, 2011
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

A system is provided to correlate a medication package with a prescribed medication for a patient. The medication package accommodates an intended patient medication. The system includes an optical imager adapted to read an encoded symbol character comprising encoded patient information and further adapted to image an attribute of the medication package. The optical imager comprises a two-dimensional image sensor array and an imaging lens for focusing an image on the two-dimensional image sensor array. The two-dimensional image sensor array has a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels. The optical imager further includes a digital link to transmit a segment of data. The segment of data includes the patient information encoded in the encoded symbol character and the attribute of the medication package.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
an imager comprising:
an image sensor for capturing images of (i) a symbol comprising encoded patient information and (ii) an attribute of a medication package, the image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels;
a lens for focusing images on the image sensor; and
a digital link for transmitting data comprising patient information and an attribute of a medication package;…

Assignees

• Metrologic Instr Inc

Inventors

• Ellis Duane

Classifications

• H04N2201/0084

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N2101/00

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/00204

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G16H10/65

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F19/3456 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic