Suspended storage system for pharmacy
AssigneeGSL Solutions, Inc.
InventorsShelton Louie, Stephen A. Garrett
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Abstract
A storage system for a pharmacy that has a frame containing a rack-like structure with a plurality of storage carriers detachably suspended therefrom. The carriers are sized to receive filled prescription orders and the like and include individual identifiers that facilitate locating the carriers at a specific location on the rack-like structure. Preferably, the storage system includes a tracking system that detects, monitors, and displays to a worker the location of the storage carrier containing a particular customer's prescription order, thereby providing easy retrieval of the customer's prescription order.
Claims16
A prescription storage apparatus, comprising:
- a computer coupled to memory for storing a database that contains unique identifiers associated with at least one prescription;
- a transmitter coupled to the computer for transmitting signals that include at least one of the unique identifiers;
- a rack-like structure having at least one bar;
- at least one storage carrier identified by at least one unique identifier, the at least one storage carrier operably securable to the at least one bar of the rack-like structure, the at least one storage carrier including a mounting portion for operably securing the at least one storage carrier to the rack-like structure and a receptacle portion for receiving at least one prescription, the at least one storage carrier further including:
- a receiver for receiving signals emitted by the transmitter;
- and a transducer that is activated when the receiver receives a signal that includes the unique identifier associated with the at least one storage carrier.
A method of manufacturing a prescription storage apparatus, comprising:
- coupling a computer to memory for storing a database that contains unique identifiers associated with at least one prescription;
- coupling a transmitter to the computer, the transmitter for transmitting signals that include at least one of the unique identifiers;
- assembling a rack-like structure having at least one bar;
- assembling at least one storage carrier identified by at least one unique identifier, the at least one storage carrier operably securable to the at least one bar of the rack-like structure, the at least one storage carrier including a mounting portion for operably securing the at least one storage carrier to the rack-like structure and a receptacle portion for receiving at least one prescription, the at least one storage carrier further including:
- a receiver for receiving signals emitted by the transmitter;
- and
- a transducer that is activated when the receiver receives a signal that includes the unique identifier associated with the at least one storage carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.