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Method for dispensing medications

  • US 7,673,772 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2006
  • Issued: 03/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automated dispensing of unit-based doses of medication from an apparatus, the method comprising:

  • providing a pre-loadable container having a body defining a plurality of container slots,(1) wherein the plurality of container slots are sized for holding unit-based doses of medication,(2) wherein the pre-loadable container is mountable to the apparatus, and(3) wherein the unit-based doses of medication have been loaded in the pre-loadable container prior to mounting the pre-loadable container to the apparatus;

    mounting the pre-loadable container to a vertically extending panel of the apparatus, wherein the vertically extending panel includes a plurality of panel slots that align with the plurality of container slots when the pre-loadable container is mounted to the vertically extending panel,receiving an input associated with a particular unit-based dose of medication to be dispensed;

    positioning an effector relative to a particular panel slot based on the input; and

    imparting, by the effector, a force through both the particular panel slot and a corresponding container slot, which is aligned with the particular panel slot, and against the particular unit-based dose of medication within the corresponding container slot to induce movement thereof out of the corresponding container slot.

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