Medicament inventory system and method

A system for dispensing medicament units, comprising:

• a dispensing apparatus;
• a plurality of medicament containers coupled to the dispensing apparatus, each medicament container containing a plurality of medicament units for dispensing, and wherein each medicament container comprises:
• a housing for containing a plurality of medicament units;
• a rotatable mechanism configured to move at least one medicament unit to an outlet of the housing;
• and
• a drive mechanism located within the housing for rotating the rotatable mechanism,
• wherein the dispensing apparatus is configured to actuate the drive mechanism of each medicament container to dispense medicaments units from each respective medicament container, and
• wherein the dispensing mechanism comprises a biometric sensor for authenticating authorized personnel before dispensing medicaments from one or more medicament containers.

A method of dispensing medicament units, comprising:

• inserting a plurality of medicament containers into respective slots of a dispensing apparatus configured to receive a plurality of medicament containers, wherein each medicament container contains a plurality of medicament units for dispensing by the dispensing apparatus;
• engaging a drive mechanism located within a housing of a medicament container to rotate a rotatable mechanism within the medicament container by an engagement mechanism contained within the dispensing apparatus, wherein the engagement mechanism is configured to actuate the drive mechanism of each medicament container to dispense medicaments units from each respective medicament container;
• and
• authenticating an authorized user of the dispensing apparatus with a biometric sensor prior to dispensing any medicament units from one or more of the plurality of medicament containers.