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Prescription drug-dispensing apparatus

  • US 4,054,343 A
  • Filed: 03/24/1976
  • Issued: 10/18/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for dispensing medication to a large number of patients located in a health care facility, said system comprising:

  • a portable cart having a totally enclosed cabinet mounted on wheels;

    first lockable doors on sides of said portable cart for locking said cabinet closed, said first lockable doors maintaining prescription drugs under a single lock;

    lockable compartment within cabinet having a second lockable door thereon for maintaining controlled drugs therein under double lock;

    refillable cassette-type dispensers located on dispenser shelves in said cabinet, said dispensers being used for dispensing strip packaged medication therefrom, a separate refillable dispenser being used for each strip packaged medication of each patient;

    p1 a first storage area in said cabinet for ointments and injectable drugs to be dispensed to said patients;

    a second storage area in said cabinet for liquid medication to be dispensed to said patients; and

    means for maintaining a record on said portable cart of medications to be given to said patients;

    each of said refillable cassette-type dispensers being color coded on the front thereof to indicate times for giving medication to a patient, all of each patient'"'"'s strip packaged medication being maintained in a fixed position by divider means in said shelves;

    said refillable cassette-type dispenser having an opening in the lower front thereof large enough for a finger to be inserted therethrough and move said strip packaged medication through a dispensing tab on the bottom front of said cassette-type dispenser, said cassette-type dispenser having a slidable cover maintained at the top thereof for refilling.

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