Title:
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS AND/OR DRUG PACKAGING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/120555
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Featured are a device (20) and method for the detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or packaging therefore. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are detected by visual inspection upon exposing a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical to one or more light sources having different wavelengths, and observing the differences in color and/or brightness between the suspected counterfeit and a genuine pharmaceutical/packaging. In further embodiments, a image acquisition device acquires an image showing color and/or other visual effect (s) brightness of the suspect counterfeit and this image is compared to an image of a authentic pharmaceutical /packaging.
Inventors:
RANIERI NICOLA (US)
WITKOWSKI MARK R (US)
FATELEY WILLIAM G (US)
HAMMAKER ROBERT (US)
WITKOWSKI MARK R (US)
FATELEY WILLIAM G (US)
HAMMAKER ROBERT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/029502
Publication Date:
March 03, 2011
Filing Date:
March 31, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
U S A AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (US)
RANIERI NICOLA (US)
WITKOWSKI MARK R (US)
FATELEY WILLIAM G (US)
HAMMAKER ROBERT (US)
RANIERI NICOLA (US)
WITKOWSKI MARK R (US)
FATELEY WILLIAM G (US)
HAMMAKER ROBERT (US)
International Classes:
G01N3/28; G01J3/51; G01N21/95; G06V10/143; G06V10/56
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000067204A2 | 2000-11-09 | |||
| WO2005040739A2 | 2005-05-06 |
Foreign References:
| US20050243305A1 | 2005-11-03 | |||
| US20040021861A1 | 2004-02-05 | |||
| EP1688851A2 | 2006-08-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CORLESS, Peter, F. et al. (P.O. Box 55874Boston, MA, US)
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