Patent ID: 6382416
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
A medicine safety storage system for restricting access to medicines to authorized persons, said system comprising:a generally hollow housing portion having inner and outer surfaces and one closed end and one open end; a cap portion releasably lockable to the open end of said housing portion, said cap portion having a top surface and a bottom casing, said cap portion comprising; a scanner touch screen embedded in said top surface of said cap portion; an optical scanner in optical communication with said touch screen; and a microprocessor electrically connected to said optical scanner, said microprocessor comprising means for converting optical information relating to a fingerprint to optical fingerprint data, a permanent memory for storing the optical fingerprint data and means for comparing optical information relating to a subsequent fingerprint to the stored optical fingerprint data; a power source electrically connected to said microprocessor; and means for releasably locking said cap portion to said housing portion.