Method for controlling a drug dispensing system
First Claim
1. A method for dispensing a packaged medical product comprising:
- providing an automated dispensing system having a housing in which a plurality of packaged medical products have been stored;
providing a dispenser a dispenses a packaged medical product from the housing, an electronic controller that controls operation of the dispenser, a first computer connected to the electronic controller and a communication network;
connecting the first computer to a second computer with a video communication connection;
selecting a medical product to be dispensed; and
dispensing a packaged medical product from the housing.
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Abstract
An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for dispensing a packaged medical product comprising:
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providing an automated dispensing system having a housing in which a plurality of packaged medical products have been stored;
providing a dispenser a dispenses a packaged medical product from the housing, an electronic controller that controls operation of the dispenser, a first computer connected to the electronic controller and a communication network;
connecting the first computer to a second computer with a video communication connection;
selecting a medical product to be dispensed; and
dispensing a packaged medical product from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A dispensing system for packaged medical products comprising:
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an automated dispensing system having a housing in which a plurality of packaged medical products have been stored;
a dispenser that dispenses the packaged medical products from the housing, an electronic controller that controls operation of the dispenser, a first computer connected to the electronic controller and a video communication connection; and
a pharmacy computer connected to the first computer with the video communication connection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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19. A method for dispensing a packaged medical product comprising:
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providing an automated dispensing system having a housing in which a plurality of packaged medical products have been stored;
a dispenser that dispenses the package medical products from the housing, an electronic controller that controls operation of the dispenser, a first computer connected to the electronic controller and a video communication connection to a remote computer;
connecting the first computer to the remote computer;
conducting a video teleconference over the video communication connection;
selecting a medical product to be dispensed; and
dispensing the medical product.
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