Patent ID: 7991627

Claim:
A method of pre-delivery drug identification, the method comprising: receiving a drug sample from a drug source into a drug identification unit; identifying the drug sample with the drug identification unit; collecting a set of patient physiological data with a monitoring device; cross-referencing, with a computer, the identified drug sample with the set of patient physiological data such that the set of patient physiological data confirms whether the identified drug sample is safe for the patient; cross-referencing, with the computer, the identified drug sample with a set of databases, such that the set of databases confirm whether the identified drug sample is safe for the patient; preventing the identified drug sample from being administered to a patient with a delivery prevention unit disposed in fluid connection intermediate the drug identification unit and the patient in response to the set of patient physiological data not confirming that the identified drug sample is safe for the patient; and preventing the identified drug sample from being administered to the patient with the delivery prevention unit in response to the set of databases not confirming the identified drug sample.