Patent ID: 8542099
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06Q,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A system for tracking the status and destroying a pharmaceutical product container, wherein said pharmaceutical product container comprises one or more data carriers affixed to said pharmaceutical product container, said one or more data carriers selected from the group consisting of: a radio frequency identification tag, a linear bar code, and a two-dimensional bar code; said system comprising: a) a controlled access portal for receiving said pharmaceutical product container; b) an interrogation zone comprising c) one or more destruction devices; d) a transporter for advancing said pharmaceutical product container from said interrogation zone to said one or more destruction devices; e) a controller operatively coupled to said interrogation zone and to said transporter, and f) a sensor; wherein: said controlled access portal is maintained in a closed/no access position after the pharmaceutical product container is placed in said controlled access portal until the pharmaceutical product container is advanced from said interrogation zone to said one or more destruction devices by said transporter; said components for physically moving the pharmaceutical product container that is contained within the interrogation zone are configured to be deactivated after the one or more readers acquire the identification data from the one or more data carriers and before the pharmaceutical product container is advanced from said interrogation zone to said one or more destruction devices by said transporter; said controller is configured to receive said identification information from said interrogation zone and to record the status of said pharmaceutical product container after said pharmaceutical product container is advanced from said interrogation zone to said one or more destruction devices by said transporter; and said sensor being configured to detect an action or condition selected from the group consisting of: