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US 2012/0259458 A1Published application
Administering of Medication
AssigneeAdvantage Pharmacy Services LLC
InventorsJohn Todd Barrett, Fred P. Schoville, Spencer K. Barrett
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Abstract
Apparatuses to facilitate administering of medication. Cassettes of the apparatuses include several novel aspects.
Claims24
A medication administering apparatus comprising:
- a housing including a compartment and a first electrical connector corresponding to the compartment;
- a cassette carried in the compartment and including a housing carrying a second electrical connector;
- and
- an electromechanical latch to selectively couple the cassette to the housing;
- wherein when the cassette is engaged to the housing, the second electrical connector couples to the first electrical connector and the electromechanical latch locks the cassette to the housing.
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A medication administering apparatus comprising:
- a housing including a compartment and a backplane carrying a first electrical connector corresponding to the compartment;
- and
- a cassette carried in the compartment and including a housing carrying a second electrical connector, wherein when the cassette is engaged to the housing, the second electrical connector couples to the first electrical connector.
A medication administering cassette for a medication administering apparatus, comprising:
- a housing to carry medication;
- and
- a material handler carried by the housing to convey a strip of material out of the housing, and including a prime mover, a transmission coupled to the prime mover, laterally spaced drive elements coupled to the transmission, and laterally spaced driven elements operatively coupled to the drive elements,
- wherein the prime mover drives the transmission and the transmission drives the drive elements and the drive elements engage the strip of material against the driven elements to convey the strip of material along a feed direction and to bias the strip of material in opposed directions transverse to the feed direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.