METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCURATE AND SECURE PRODUCT DISPENSING
First Claim
1. A product dispenser for dispensing a product, the dispenser including:
- a compartment; and
a product hanging arrangement located within the compartment, the hanging arrangement including a retractable hanging member upon which the product can be hung.
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Abstract
A system and apparatus for accurate and secure dispensing of products using an automated dispensing machine, and transmission, processing and analysis of data concerning items dispensed. In one embodiment the system provides the possibility of combined pharmaceutical supply chain management and medication treatment compliance management and may be applied to controlled dispensing of medications, enabling incentives to encourage higher compliance, recording and processing of patient and health care data. The system allows for automatic replenishment of medications to the RFID equipped medication storage enclosure at the healthcare site. It also allows for complete logging of data relating to which patient has received the correct dosage at what time, by whom this medication was administered, and correlation with other possible RFID tagged documents.
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20 Claims
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1. A product dispenser for dispensing a product, the dispenser including:
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a compartment; and a product hanging arrangement located within the compartment, the hanging arrangement including a retractable hanging member upon which the product can be hung. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A product for a product dispenser, the product including a hanger for hanging upon a retractable hanging member of the dispenser.
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