Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visibly-coded medication label and associated method, apparatus and computer program product for providing same
- Patent Title (中): 可视化编码药物标签及相关方法,仪器和计算机程序产品
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Application No.: US12409210Application Date: 2009-03-23
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Publication No.: US08405875B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Robert James Eckert , Lloyd Lockerman
- Applicant: Robert James Eckert , Lloyd Lockerman
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry
- Assignee: McKesson Automation Inc.
- Current Assignee: McKesson Automation Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: H04N1/40
- IPC: H04N1/40

Abstract:
A visibly-coded medication label and an associated method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a visibly-coded medication label are provided. A label having an attachment portion and an informational portion may be provided. The informational portion includes a plurality of regions having different visible indicia, such as different colors. Information may be imprinted upon the informational portion that is related to the medication with which the label is to be associated. At least one region that has visible indicia representative of the associated medication may be identified. At least one of the regions other than the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication may then be overprinted and at least partially obscured. However, the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication remains visible following the overprinting.
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