Patent ID: 6155485
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G06K,G16H

Abstract:
A method of filling a prescription for a medicament including a designated amount of the medicament, said method comprising:(a) retrieving a supply container of medicament corresponding to the prescription, there being prescription data corresponding to the prescription including the medicament stored in a computer, the container having machine-readable container indicia thereon representative of the medicament therein;(b) using an indicia-reading device coupled with said computer to read said container indicia, to produce container data representative thereof, and to provide said container data to said computer;(c) in said computer, comparing said container data and said prescription data to determine a match therebetween;(d) only if a match in step (c), prompting a printer to print a package label representative of said prescription, said package label including medicament indicia representative of at least one physical attribute of the prescription medicament;(e) removing the designated amount of medicament from said container and placing said designated amount into a package; and(f) applying said package label to said package.