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Method for controlling a drug dispensing system

  • US 5,797,515 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1996
  • Issued: 08/25/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for dispensing packages comprising:

  • storing a plurality of coded packaged items in a housing;

    receiving request signals to dispense a package at a controller;

    generating dispense signals in response to the received request signals;

    displaying package information on a computer display;

    dispensing a package from the housing in response to the dispense signal;

    delivering said dispensed pharmaceutical to a drop point with a ramp on the housing;

    reading the code of a dispensed package with a code reader; and

    verifying that the requested package was dispensed.

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