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Method, system and apparatus for dispensing drugs

  • US 8,849,449 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2007
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dispensing a drug at an automated dispensary comprising:

  • (a) presenting, at the automated dispensary a script for a drug prescribed to a user, the script having a plurality of data elements describing the drug and the user, the data elements including human readable data elements and, optionally, machine readable data elements;

    (b) operating the automated dispensary to scan the data elements;

    (c) reading the scanned data elements to obtain user and drug data;

    (d) retrieving, using the drug data;

    a graphical representation of a shape of a pill containing the drug prescribed to the user;

    a graphical representation of a shape of a package containing a plurality of the pills; and

    validation data for the drug prescribed to the user;

    (e) performing a validation process based on a comparison of;

    the validation data for the drug prescribed to the user; and

    information about a drug in the automated dispensary to be dispensed to the user;

    (f) authorizing the dispensing of the drug in the automated dispensary based on a successful result of the validation process; and

    (g) conditional on the authorizing;

    printing a report that includes;

    a result of the comparison of;

    the validation data for the drug prescribed to the user; and

    the information about the drug in the automated dispensary to be dispensed to the user;

    the graphical representation of a shape of a pill containing the drug prescribed to the user;

    the graphical representation of a shape of a package containing a plurality of the pills; and

    instructions to the user to compare;

    the graphical representation of a shape of a pill containing the drug prescribed to the user to the actual shape of a pill in the automated dispensary that is dispensed;

    the graphical representation of a shape of a package containing a plurality of the pills to the actual shape of a package in the automated dispensary that is pending to be dispensed;

    anddispensing from the automated dispensary;

    the package in the automated dispensary that is pending to be dispensed; and

    the printed report.

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