Secure medicament dispensing cabinet, method and system
First Claim
1. A medicament dispensing cabinet, comprising:
- a frame;
at least one controller;
a plurality of drawers, each of said drawers movably carried by said frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells, wherein at least one of the drawers is positioned above another one of the drawers;
a plurality of dispensing devices;
wherein each dispensing cell comprises;
one of the plurality of dispensing devices;
a sensor operating in conjunction with said controller for counting medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices;
a dedicated chute for receiving and holding medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices, wherein the dedicated chute has a lower end proximate the dispensing cell; and
a chute gate for controlling access, at the lower end of the dedicated chute, to said medicament received and held in said dedicated chute.
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Abstract
A medicament dispensing cabinet includes a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A plurality of dispensing devices is provided with each one carried by one of the dispensing cells. Each of the dispensing cells further comprises a motor for providing rotary motion to one of the removable dispensing devices in response to the controller, a sensor operating in conjunction with the controller for counting medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices, a chute for receiving medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices and a chute gate for controlling access to the chute. The cabinet may additionally comprise a chute gate release responsive to the controller for controlling the chute gate and a chute gate sensor connected to the controller and responsive to the position of the chute gate.
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16 Claims
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1. A medicament dispensing cabinet, comprising:
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a frame; at least one controller; a plurality of drawers, each of said drawers movably carried by said frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells, wherein at least one of the drawers is positioned above another one of the drawers; a plurality of dispensing devices; wherein each dispensing cell comprises; one of the plurality of dispensing devices; a sensor operating in conjunction with said controller for counting medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices; a dedicated chute for receiving and holding medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices, wherein the dedicated chute has a lower end proximate the dispensing cell; and a chute gate for controlling access, at the lower end of the dedicated chute, to said medicament received and held in said dedicated chute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A medicament dispensing cabinet, comprising:
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a frame; at least one controller; a plurality of drawers, each of said drawers movably carried by said frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells, wherein at least one of the drawers is positioned above another one of the drawers; a plurality of dispensing devices; wherein each dispensing cell comprises; one of the plurality of dispensing devices; a sensor operating in conjunction with said controller for counting medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices; a dedicated chute for receiving and holding medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices, wherein the dedicated chute has a lower end; and a chute gate disposed in the lower end of the dedicated chute for controlling access, at the lower end of the dedicated chute, to said medicament received and held in said dedicated chute.
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