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Automatic prescription drug dispenser

  • US 6,697,704 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2002
  • Issued: 02/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of dispensing therapeutic products to a patient, the method comprising:

  • providing a dispenser containing an inventory of the therapeutic products;

    a prescriber in a health care facility transmitting a proposed prescription to a server;

    authorizing dispensing of at least a portion of the prescription out of the inventory in the dispenser if the prescription includes at least one therapeutic product available in the inventory of the dispenser;

    a person in the health care facility providing to the patient information used for obtaining the authorized prescription from the dispenser, wherein the person is not a pharmacist;

    the patient inputting data at the dispenser in accordance with the information; and

    the dispenser delivering the available therapeutic product to the patient.

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