Inventory control and prescription dispensing system

• US 20090277811A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lonnie Draper
• Original Assignee: Lonnie Draper
• Inventors: Draper, Lonnie
• Application Number:
  US12/455,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20090277811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/459.100
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/62 in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/02 Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus alarms or warning devices indicating the interruption of flow to be metered G07F15/10
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A prescription dispensing system including a dispensing vault for storing for storing and dispensing prescriptions, with the vault further including RFID, bar code, and other means for verifying the content and internal location of pre-filled prescriptions; a customer interface that uses customer biometrics to ID a customer to ensure that prescriptions are only dispensed to the correct person; a patient registration system in communication with the central computer system for collecting insurance, doctor, biometric, and other information to facilitate transactions; transport container that integrates into the dispensing vault and provides secure transportation from a pharmaceutical manufacturer to the dispensing vault.

Claims

1. A high security transport container for moving prescription medications comprising:

a. a lockable container;

b. means for locking and unlocking said container;

c. a shipping label, said shipping label having a first position wherein a first shipping address is displayed and a second position wherein a second shipping address is displayed;

d. means for measuring at least one environmental condition within said container;

e. a memory configured to receive and store said measured environmental condition; and

f. means for communicating a content of said memory.

2. The transport container of claim 6, wherein said locking and unlocking means are internal to said container.

3. The transport container of claim 6, further including means for measuring and recording acceleration.

4. The transport container of claim 6, wherein said shipping label moves from said first position to said second position when said transport container is unlocked.

5. The transport container of claim 6, further including an RFID tag capable of transmitting a unique serial number.