Device and method for detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or drug packaging

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A device for detecting a counterfeit pharmaceutical product, comprising:
a plurality of light sources configured to emit light at a plurality of different wavelengths onto an object potentially including a suspect product, at least one of the plurality of different wavelengths not being matched to an excitation frequency of a light-sensitive compound; at least one image acquisition device; and at least one display for observing a color comparison of an image of the object illuminated by the plurality of different wavelengths and an image of a known product under illumination of the same wavelengths.