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Adaptive pharmaceutical product management methods and system

  • US 9,129,245 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2012
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adaptive pharmaceutical product storage system for storage of pharmaceutical product containers within a pharmacy, the system comprising:

  • a pharmacy workstation at which a human pharmacy user performs manual tasks associated with fulfillment of prescription orders by the pharmacy;

    at least one pharmaceutical product storage device positioned with respect to the workstation;

    a plurality of pharmaceutical product storage locations associated with the at least one storage device, each storage location defining a space for storing a pharmaceutical product container and having a unique address, each storage location further having a ranking based on relative ease-of-accessibility to the workstation;

    a visible indicator proximate each of the storage locations which guides the user to an indicated storage location for placing and picking a container at the indicated storage location;

    a processor to control each of the indicators and having a database including the unique address and ease-of-accessibility ranking of each storage location, the storage location of each container and a usage frequency ranking of each pharmaceutical product, the processor configured to;

    control the visible indicator of the storage location for the pharmaceutical product required for prescription fulfillment to guide movement of the user to the indicated storage location for picking of the container;

    update the database to indicate use of the pharmaceutical product;

    determine a usage frequency ranking of the pharmaceutical product;

    determine an updated storage location for the container if pharmaceutical product remains in the container or for a further container of the pharmaceutical product based on the updated usage frequency ranking such that the updated storage location has an ease-of-accessibility ranking commensurate with the updated usage frequency ranking; and

    operate the visible indicator of the updated storage location to guide movement of the user to the indicated updated storage location for placing the container at the indicated updated storage location,whereby the containers are stored at storage locations having an ease-of-accessibility ranking commensurate with the usage frequency ranking of the pharmaceutical product and more frequently used pharmaceutical products are more easily accessible to the user working from the workstation.

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