Patent ID: 8269613

Claim:
A smart cap for a container dispensing a medication and configured for automatically self-verifying the identity of the medication once said smart cap has been automatically programmed for the medication so as to prevent improper dispensing of the medication, the smart cap comprising: a) a first circuitry configured to be programmed with the identity of a medication which is properly dispensed; b) a second circuitry configured to automatically program the first circuitry with said identity of the medication; c) a third circuitry configured to physically scan a medication being dispensed for use by a patient; and d) a first display; wherein said first circuitry is disposed within said smart cap; wherein said third circuitry is accessible within said smart cap for physical scanning of the medication being dispensed; wherein said third circuitry is in electrical communication with said first circuitry; wherein said third circuitry is configured for automatically scanning at least an obverse side and a reverse side of the medication to thereby identify the medication being dispensed and to provide a medication identification signal; wherein said medication identification signal is sent from said third circuitry to said first circuitry for automatically self-verifying the identity of the medication being dispensed with the programmed medication identity once said first circuitry has been automatically programmed by said second circuitry for the medication so as to provide a verification signal; wherein said first display is visible on said smart cap; wherein said first display is in electrical communication with said first circuitry; and wherein said first display receives said verification signal from said first circuitry so as to prevent the improper use of a medication with a mismatch between the programmed medication and the scanned medication.