Unit-dose medication dispensing cart and method of operating the same
OwnerWoei Chu, Chung Huang +1inventors
InventorsWoei Chu, Chung Huang, Yin Tseng
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Abstract
A unit dose medication dispensing cart is provided. The unit dose medication dispensing cart comprises a plurality of drawers, a plurality of indicators, and a controller. The drawers are used for containing prepackaged unit dose medications. Each of the indicators, capable of emitting a light signal, is mounted on one of the drawer. The controller receives location information, identifies one of the drawers accordingly, and triggers the indicator corresponding to the identified drawer to emit the light signal.
Claims25
A unit dose medication dispensing cart, comprising:
- a plurality of drawers for containing prepackaged unit dose medications;
- a plurality of indicators, each of which is mounted on one of the drawers, capable of emitting a light signal;
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- a controller receiving location information, identifying one of the drawers accordingly, and triggering the indicator corresponding to the identified drawer to emit the light signal.
A computerized unit dose medication dispensing cart, comprising:
- a plurality of drawers for holding prepackaged unit dose medications;
- a plurality of indicators, each, capable of emitting a light signal, is mounted on one of the drawers;
- a tag reader for retrieving identification information from a tag;
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- a computer receiving the identification information from the tag reader, retrieving medication information corresponding to the identification information from a remote database, identifying one of the drawers accordingly, and triggering the indicator corresponding to the identified drawer to emit the light signal.
A computerized unit dose medication dispensing system, comprising:
- a dispensing cart for transporting prepackaged unit dose medications, comprising:
- a plurality of drawers for containing prepackaged unit dose medications;
- a plurality of indicators, each of which is mounted on one of the drawer, capable of emitting a light signal;
- a tag reader for retrieving identification information from a tag;
- a database storing medication information corresponding to the identification information;
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- a computer receiving the identification information from the tag reader, retrieving medication information corresponding to the identification information from the database, identifying one of the drawers accordingly, and triggering the indicator corresponding to the identified drawer to emit the light signal.
A method for performing unit dose medication dispensing, comprising:
- providing a dispensing cart for transporting prepackaged unit dose medications, comprising:
- a plurality of drawers for containing prepackaged unit dose medications;
- a plurality of indicators, each of which is mounted on one of the drawer and capable of emitting a light signal;
- retrieving patient identification information from a first tag;
- retrieving medication information according to the identification information retrieved from the first tag;
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- controlling operation of the dispensing cart according to the medication information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.