Apparatus and method of dispensing pharmaceuticals and other medications
AssigneeNosortmeds Inc, A Minnesota Corporation
InventorsJohn R. Williamson, David R. Williamson
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Abstract
A medication dispensing apparatus includes a housing for at storing at least one medication in bulk, a dispenser, and a verification sensor. The at least one medication including a plurality of doses of the at least one medication. The dispenser separates a single dose from the at least one medication in bulk. The dispenser moves the single dose of the at least one medication from a position within the housing to a position outside the housing. The verification sensor verifies that the at least one medication is a correct medication.
Claims19
A medication dispensing system comprising:
- a plurality of medication dispensing apparatus comprising
- a housing for at housing at least one medication in bulk, the at least one medication including a plurality of doses of the at least one medication;
- a dispenser for separating a single dose from the at least one medication in bulk, the dispenser moving the single dose of the at least one medication from a position within the housing to a position outside the housing
- an optical verification sensor for verifying the at least one medication is a correct medication;
- a weight verification sensor for verifying the at least one medication is a correct medication;
- an errant dosage receptacle;
- a mechanism for directing the at least one medication to the errant dosage receptacle when the at least one medication is not verified as a correct medication;
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- an interface for receiving a prescription input which includes at least one time for when the at least one medication is dispensed, the dispenser dispensing the at least one medication in response to the at least one time from the prescription input.
A patient care dosing system comprising:
- a plurality of medication dispensing apparatus comprising
- a housing for at housing at least one medication in bulk, the at least one medication including a plurality of doses of the at least one medication;
- a dispenser for separating a single dose from the at least one medication in bulk, the dispenser moving the single dose of the at least one medication from a position within the housing to a position outside the housing;
- an optical verification sensor for verifying the at least one medication is a correct medication;
- a weight verification sensor for verifying the at least one medication is a correct medication;
- an errant dosage receptacle;
- a mechanism for directing the at least one medicant to the errant dosage receptacle when the at least one medicant is not verified as a correct medication;
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- a circuit to allow at least one of the plurality of medication dispensing apparatus to be communicatively coupled to another of the plurality of medication dispensing apparatus;
- a server for storing patient information including dosing information;
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- a plurality of nursing station devices communicatively coupled with the server, and the plurality of medication dispensing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.