Stephen Kaye

US Patent:

7218395, May 15, 2007

Filed:

Jun 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/454923

Inventors:

Stephen T. Kaye - Raleigh NC, US
Prasant Potuluri - Raleigh NC, US
David J. Brady - Durham NC, US
Michael Fuller - Chapel Hill NC, US
Michael E. Sullivan - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

Optopo Inc. - Morrisville NC

International Classification:

G01J 3/44
G01N 21/65

US Classification:

356301, 356328

Abstract:

A prescription verification system includes a database that contains a plurality of spectral signatures corresponding to identified pharmaceuticals. A multimodal multiplex sampling (MMS) spectrometer obtains a spectra of a pharmaceutical to be identified and verified. The pharmaceutical can be inside or out of a vial. The prescription verification system includes algorithms for matching spectra of pharmaceuticals to be verified obtaining using the MMS spectrometer to spectral signatures contained in the database corresponding to identified pharmaceuticals. The prescription verification system further includes algorithms for identifying such pharmaceuticals to be verified.