STORAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MEDICATION DISPENSING AND RESTOCKING
First Claim
1. A storage device for dispensing medication comprising:
- at least one drawer, wherein each drawer defines a plurality of pockets and each pocket is configured to store at least one medication; and
a plurality of drawer-level display devices, wherein each of the drawer-level display devices is associated with and disposed on a particular drawer,wherein each drawer-level display device is configured to present a user with medication information for a selected medication stored in the associated drawer, wherein the medication information includes at least one of a name of the selected medication, a dosage of the selected medication, a quantity of the selected medication to be dispensed or restocked, or an inventory of the selected medication stored in an identified pocket.
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Abstract
A storage device, method, and computer program product is provided that includes a number of drawer-level display devices. Each drawer-level display device may be associated with and disposed on a particular drawer. Each drawer-level display device may be configured to present a user with medication information for a selected medication stored in the associated drawer. Thus, a user can have direct access to information required for completing a dispensing or restocking operation at the accessed drawer and does not need to refer back to the cabinet-level display device for information. The drawer-level display devices may be main drawer-level display devices, located near a leading end of each drawer, and/or secondary drawer-level display devices located at the pockets defined by the drawer. Thus, the information needed to complete a dispensing or restocking operation that is in progress can be found at the drawer-level, where the user'"'"'s attention is already focused.
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30 Claims
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1. A storage device for dispensing medication comprising:
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at least one drawer, wherein each drawer defines a plurality of pockets and each pocket is configured to store at least one medication; and a plurality of drawer-level display devices, wherein each of the drawer-level display devices is associated with and disposed on a particular drawer, wherein each drawer-level display device is configured to present a user with medication information for a selected medication stored in the associated drawer, wherein the medication information includes at least one of a name of the selected medication, a dosage of the selected medication, a quantity of the selected medication to be dispensed or restocked, or an inventory of the selected medication stored in an identified pocket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for dispensing medication from a storage device, wherein the storage device comprises a plurality of drawers, the system comprising:
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a processor configured to access medication information; and a plurality of secondary drawer-level display devices in communication with the processor, wherein each secondary drawer-level display device is associated with at least one of a plurality of pockets defined by a particular drawer, and wherein each secondary drawer-level display device is configured to identify at least one of the associated pockets from which a selected medication is to be dispensed and to present to a user a quantity of the selected medication to be dispensed from the identified pocket. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of dispensing medication from a storage device comprising:
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presenting medication information relating to a first selected medication to a user via a cabinet-level display device associated with a storage device comprising at least one drawer; providing the user with access to a first identified drawer in which the first selected medication is stored; and identifying a location of the first selected medication and a quantity of the first selected medication to dispense via at least one of a plurality of drawer-level display devices associated with and disposed on the first identified drawer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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a first executable portion configured for presenting medication information including a first selected medication to a user via a cabinet-level display device; a second executable portion configured for allowing the user access to a first identified drawer in which the first selected medication is stored; and a third executable portion configured for identifying a location of the first selected medication and a quantity of the first selected medication to dispense via at least one drawer-level display device, wherein each drawer-level display device is associated with a particular drawer and is disposed on the associated drawer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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