Patent ID: 9272796
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B65B,G01N,G07F,G07G,G16H

Claim Text:
1. An automatic drug packaging machine and package-less verification system, comprising: an automatic drug packaging machine including a support structure, an information-application device and a packaging apparatus within the automatic drug packaging machine for packaging one or more drug into ones of separate pouch packages one after the other thereby forming a pouch package web, each pouch package having sides including a side through which each packaged drug is viewable; an imager secured with respect to the support structure to capture an image of the pouch package during formation of the pouch package web; a code reader secured with respect to the support structure to read a machine-readable code applied by the information-application device to each pouch package during formation of the pouch package web; and a computer programmed with instructions for performing a method of package-less verification of the pouch packages including: