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System for tracking and dispensing medical items

  • US 5,912,818 A
  • Filed: 09/11/1997
  • Issued: 06/15/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • assigning a location designator to each of a plurality of storage locations wherein medical items are stored, each storage location holding a particular type of medical item;

    applying to each storage location a machine readable indicia uniquely corresponding to the particular location;

    storing in a data store in operative connection with a computer, data representative of the storage locations and the medical item type stored in each of the storage locations;

    reading the machine readable indicia at one of said storage locations with a reading device in operative connection with the computer, in response to a quantity condition for medical items in the one storage location;

    modifying the data in the data store with the computer to include data representative of the quantity condition for the medical items at the one storagelocation responsive to reading the machine readable indicia at the one storage location with the reading device.

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