Cabinet for Dispensing Items

• US 20170076066A1
• Filed: 11/04/2016
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Peacock Law, P.C.
• Original Assignee: Peacock Myers PC
• Inventors: Adams, Patrick, Bell, William E.
• Application Number:
  US15/344,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20170076066A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0084 for multiple medicaments
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 39/04 with counting or registering devices time recording locks G07C1/32
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/06 Electric alarm locks E05B45/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 49/00 Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor ; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0075 for safes, strongrooms, vaults, fire-resisting cabinets or the like safes, closures and fastenings therefor E05G
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/00 Power-operated mechanisms for wings motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/04 Closure fasteners locks E05B
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/06 having provision for multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/08 secured individually
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/10 with alarm, signal or indicator E05G1/14 takes precedence; burglar, theft or intruder alarm per se G08B13/00; fire or explosion alarm per se G08B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/80 User interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/124 using tapes, cards or discs with optically sensed marks or codes G05B19/128, G05B19/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10762 Relative movement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• 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 5/18 specially adapted for controlling several coin-freed apparatus from one place
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/002 Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 : for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 : delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A cabinet that can control the distribution of products that can optionally include medications. The cabinet can have a user interface that receives information about a user and the user'"'"'s identity can then be authenticated. The cabinet can accept a user'"'"'s request to dispense a product and, if the user is approved, the cabinet can dispense a quantity of product to the approved user.

Claims

1. An automated medications dispenser comprising:

a cabinet;

a plurality of dispensers disposed in said cabinet;

electronic inventory control system;

said electronic inventory control system comprising a bar code scanner;

an electronic locking control mechanism; and

a touchscreen.

2. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate at least one report.

3. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to continuously maintain an inventory control log.

4. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate an activity log.

5. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising an automated medication counter.

6. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 wherein said electronic inventory control system comprises a user access log.

7. The automated medications dispenser of claim 6 wherein said user access log comprises one or more user codes.

8. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 wherein said cabinet comprises a plurality of sections.

9. The automated medications dispenser of claim 8 wherein one or more of said plurality of sections are lockable.

10. The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 wherein said electronic locking control mechanism comprises a dispenser securing mechanism.

11. An automated medication dispensing cabinet comprising:

a cabinet;

a plurality of dispensers disposed in said cabinet;

an automated medication counter;

electronic inventory control system; and

a touch screen.

12. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 wherein said electronic inventory control system comprises a user access log.

13. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 12 wherein said user access log comprises one or more user codes.

14. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate at least one report.

15. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to continuously maintain an inventory control log.

16. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate an activity log.

17. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 wherein said cabinet comprises a plurality of sections.

18. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 17 wherein one or more of said plurality of sections are lockable.

19. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising a dispenser securing mechanism.

20. The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising a barcode scanner.