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Automated pharmaceutical management and dispensing system

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  • US 6,604,019 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2000
  • Issued: 08/05/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable medication cart for dispensing medical elements, including medications, to patients in a healthcare facility, comprising:

  • a portable medical elements cart;

    means within the cart for storing medical elements; and

    a holder member located on a surface of the cart readily accessible by an operator for holding a scanning device used for identifying medical elements, such that an operator can scan a particular medical element without holding the scanner wherein the holder member is located remotely from a storing means for the medical elements and is not part of a dispensing system for the medical elements from the storing means, wherein the medical elements to be scanned must be removed by the operator from the storing means prior to being scanned by the scanning device.

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