Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure medicament dispensing cabinet, method and system
- Patent Title (中): 安全药物分配柜,方法和系统
-
Application No.: US11844458Application Date: 2007-08-24
-
Publication No.: US07805216B2Publication Date: 2010-09-28
- Inventor: Paul Randall Shows , Robert Parks , Ryan Kaintz , Eric Lamont Holmes , Matthew Goodworth , Stuart Morgan , Matthew Stuart Beale , Michael A. Bergeron , Stan Jankowski
- Applicant: Paul Randall Shows , Robert Parks , Ryan Kaintz , Eric Lamont Holmes , Matthew Goodworth , Stuart Morgan , Matthew Stuart Beale , Michael A. Bergeron , Stan Jankowski
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Parata Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Parata Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec
- Main IPC: G07F11/00
- IPC: G07F11/00

Abstract:
A medicament dispensing cabinet is comprised of a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A plurality of removable dispensing devices is provided with each one carried by one of the dispensing cells. Each of the dispensing cells further comprises a motor for providing rotary motion to one of the removable dispensing devices in response to the controller, a sensor operating in conjunction with the controller for counting medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices, a chute for receiving medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices and a chute gate for controlling access to the chute. The cabinet may additionally comprise a chute gate release responsive to the controller for controlling the chute gate and a chute gate sensor connected to the controller and responsive to the position of the chute gate. The cabinet may be used in conjunction with a number of processes including dispensing, secure-pickup (insuring the person picking up the dispensed medicament is authorized to do so), back-end verification (verifying the identity of the person picking up the dispensed medicament), a process for removing a dispensing device from a drawer, and a process for inserting a dispensing device into a drawer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080041872A1 Secure Medicament Dispensing Cabinet, Method and System Public/Granted day:2008-02-21
Information query