Auxiliary storage and dispensing unit

An auxiliary storage and dispensing unit for use with a computer-controlled supply and medication dispenser station, said station including a keyboard for inputting coded information concerning the particular dispensable items needed for a patient and information as to the party entering the information, that causes electrical impulses to be issued therefrom in conformance with such information, comprising:

• a) a cabinet having integrally connected top, bottom, side and rear cabinet panels defining a tall storage and interior dispensing cavity accessible through a front opening;
• b) a plurality of horizontally openable and closeable reversible doors including door frames and transparent windows hingedly mounted and lockable over said front opening and including a latch mounted on each said doors;
• c) means for locking said doors, using said latch, when they are closed over said front opening;
• d) door unlocking means interconnectable with the computer-controlled station for selectively unlocking one or more of said doors at said latch at a particular location on said cabinet as a function of information inputted to said station;
• and,
• e) horizontal partitions to divide said cavity into vertically smaller sub-cavities for storage and dispensing smaller items therefrom.

In combination, a computer-controlled supply and medication dispenser station, including a keyboard mounted thereon for inputting coded information concerning the particular dispensable items needed for a patient and information as to the party entering the information, that causes electrical impulses to be issued therefrom in conformance with such information, and an auxiliary storage and dispensing unit for use therewith, said unit comprising:

• a) a cabinet having integrally connected top, bottom, side and rear cabinet panels defining a tall storage and interior dispensing cavity accessible through a front opening;
• b) a plurality of horizontally openable and closeable doors including door frames and transparent windows hingedly mounted and lockable over said front opening;
• c) means for locking said doors when they are closed over said front opening;
• and,
• d) door unlocking means interconnected said computer-controlled station and said locking means for receipt of said electrical impulses from said station to selectively unlock one or more of said doors at a particular location on said cabinet as a function of information inputted to said station.