Methods and apparatus for medicament tracking

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(12) Unlted States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,112,175 B2
Hand?eld et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 7, 2012
(54) METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR 4,437,579 A 3/1984 Obland
MEDICAMENT TRACKING 4,483,626 A 11/1984 Noble
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(76) Inventors: Michael Hand?eld, Rochester H1lls, MI 4,546,901 A 10/1985 Buttamzzi
(US); Helene Lallberte, Rochester H1lls, 4,573,606 A 3/19g6 Lewis et a1,
MI (US) 4,616,316 A 10/1986 Hanpeter et al.
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U.S.C. 154(b) by 527 days. _
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(22) Filed: Aug. 20, 2007 EP 0 050 423 Al 4/1982
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G06F 17/00 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT
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700/240 241 244’ stored Within secure medicament containers. One or more
See application ?le for Complete Search hist’ory ’ containers comprise a radio frequency identi?cation module
or another electromagnetic transmitter adapted to generate
(56) References Cited tracking signals. Optionally, the tracking signals may be
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