Method for controlling a drug dispensing system
First Claim
1. A method for dispensing a packaged medical product comprising:
- providing a dispensing system including a dispenser housing, a label printer and a system computer having a graphical user interface, the computer being connected to a second computer;
loading a plurality of different medical products into the dispensing system using a code reader;
providing a database of patient medical data;
accessing the database of patient medical data;
selecting a medical product to be dispensed;
dispensing a packaged medical product from the dispensing system;
printing a label having a code;
attaching the printed label to the packaged medical product;
reading the code of the dispensed packaged medical product with a code reader; and
verifying that the requested packaged medical product was dispensed by comparison of the code read by the code reader to a reference code.
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Abstract
An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.
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59 Claims
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1. A method for dispensing a packaged medical product comprising:
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providing a dispensing system including a dispenser housing, a label printer and a system computer having a graphical user interface, the computer being connected to a second computer;
loading a plurality of different medical products into the dispensing system using a code reader;
providing a database of patient medical data;
accessing the database of patient medical data;
selecting a medical product to be dispensed;
dispensing a packaged medical product from the dispensing system;
printing a label having a code;
attaching the printed label to the packaged medical product;
reading the code of the dispensed packaged medical product with a code reader; and
verifying that the requested packaged medical product was dispensed by comparison of the code read by the code reader to a reference code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A dispensing system for medical products comprising:
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a dispenser in which medical products are stored;
a code reader;
a label printer that prints coded labels;
a system computer connected to the code reader, the dispenser, and a display, the system computer being programmed with a software program controlling dispensing operation of the dispenser and recording the code on a dispensed packaged medical product, the computer being connected to a second computer with a communication link; and
a wireless communication device such that dispensing information is transmitted using a wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for delivering a prescription for a packaged pharmaceutical comprising:
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providing a dispensing system having a plurality of coded packaged medical products in a dispenser housing, a label printer, a computer having a graphical user interface and connected to a communications link;
providing a database of patient medical data;
receiving a patient request for a prescription, the request comprising a password;
verifying the password;
accessing the database of patient medical data;
sending authorization signals to the computer;
generating a dispense order in response to the received request signals to dispense a packaged medical product;
reading the code of a dispensed package with a code reader; and
verifying that the requested package was dispensed by comparison of the code read by the code reader to a reference code. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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