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US 8,027,748 B2Granted
Medicament container
OwnerMichael Handfield, Helene Laliberteinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system that utilizes one or more cassettes or trays that hold medicaments for dispensing. In one embodiment, a method for dispensing includes receiving a signal at a medicament container authorizing the medicament container to dispense a medicament unit contained therein; unlocking an outlet port of the medicament container in response to the signal; dispensing the medicament unit through the outlet port in response to the signal; and locking the outlet port after the medicament unit is dispensed.
Claims33
A method comprising:
- determining at a medicaments container whether the medicament container is authorized for operation with an apparatus;
- if it is determined that the medicament container is authorized for operation with the apparatus, receiving a signal at a medicament container authorizing the medicament container to dispense a medicament unit contained therein;
- unlocking an outlet port of the medicament container in response to the signal;
- dispensing the medicament unit through the outlet port in response to the signal;
- and
- locking the outlet port after the medicament unit is dispensed.
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A method comprising:
- inserting a medicament container containing a plurality of medicament units into an apparatus;
- wherein the apparatus is configured to accept a plurality of medicament containers for dispensing operations;
- determining at the medicaments container whether the medicament container is authorized for operation with the apparatus;
- if it is determined that the medicament container is authorized for operation with the apparatus, unlocking an outlet port of the medicament container in response to operations with the apparatus into which the container is inserted;
- and
- dispensing the medicament unit through the outlet port.
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A method comprising:
- determining at a medicaments container whether the medicament container is authorized for operation with an apparatus;
- if it is determined that the medicament container is authorized for operation with the apparatus, dispensing a medicament unit through an outlet port of the medicament container;
- closing the outlet port after the medicament unit is dispensed;
- and
- locking the outlet port in the closed position to prevent unauthorized dispensing of a medicament unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.