Patents by Inventor Robert James Eckert

Robert James Eckert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Visibly-coded medication label and associated method, apparatus and computer program product for providing same
    Patent number: 8405875
    Abstract: A visibly-coded medication label and an associated method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a visibly-coded medication label are provided. A label having an attachment portion and an informational portion may be provided. The informational portion includes a plurality of regions having different visible indicia, such as different colors. Information may be imprinted upon the informational portion that is related to the medication with which the label is to be associated. At least one region that has visible indicia representative of the associated medication may be identified. At least one of the regions other than the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication may then be overprinted and at least partially obscured. However, the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication remains visible following the overprinting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: McKesson Automation Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Eckert, Lloyd Lockerman
  • Visibly-Coded Medication Label And Associated Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Providing Same
    Publication number: 20100241446
    Abstract: A visibly-coded medication label and an associated method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a visibly-coded medication label are provided. A label having an attachment portion and an informational portion may be provided. The informational portion includes a plurality of regions having different visible indicia, such as different colors. Information may be imprinted upon the informational portion that is related to the medication with which the label is to be associated. At least one region that has visible indicia representative of the associated medication may be identified. At least one of the regions other than the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication may then be overprinted and at least partially obscured. However, the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication remains visible following the overprinting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: McKesson Automation Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Eckert, Lloyd Lockerman