ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,167, issued on April 14, was assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Medication assurance system and method" was invented by Nada A. O'Brien (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Christopher G. Pederson (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication assurance system for verification of both the medication and the patient is disclosed. A portable spectrometer is used to obtain a light spectrum of the medication. A subject identification or biometric device is used to identify the patient. A controller coupled to the portable spectrometer and the subject identification device identifies the medication by performing a ...