Method and apparatus for dispensing medication
First Claim
1. A method for dispensing at least two medications to a patient, the method comprising with a processor the steps of:
- controlling a first dispensed channel to dispense a predetermined first medication dosage of a first medication to a patient;
receiving a request from said patient for a second medication dosage of a second medication which second medication interacts with the first medication;
determining a total dosage of said dispensed first medication and said requested second medication for said patient;
providing an indication if said determined total dispensed dosage is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum total dosage; and
dispensing said requested second medication if said determined dispensed dosage is less than or equal to said predetermined maximum total dosage.
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Abstract
A method for dispensing at least two medications to a patient, the method comprising the steps of: automatically dispensing at least one first medication to a patient according to a predetermined dosage level; receiving (203) a request from the patient for a second medication; determining (207, 215) the total dispensed dosage of the at least one first medication and the second medication for the patient; providing (209, 211, 213, 217, 219, 223) an indication if the determined dispensed dosage is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum dosage; and dispensing (225) the requested second medication if the determined dispensed dosage is less than or equal to the predetermined maximum dosage.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for dispensing at least two medications to a patient, the method comprising with a processor the steps of:
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controlling a first dispensed channel to dispense a predetermined first medication dosage of a first medication to a patient; receiving a request from said patient for a second medication dosage of a second medication which second medication interacts with the first medication; determining a total dosage of said dispensed first medication and said requested second medication for said patient; providing an indication if said determined total dispensed dosage is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum total dosage; and dispensing said requested second medication if said determined dispensed dosage is less than or equal to said predetermined maximum total dosage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for dispensing at least two interacting medications to a patient, the apparatus comprising:
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a first dispensing channel which dispenses at least one first medication of a predetermined first dosage; a second dispensing channel which dispenses a second medication in response to receipt of a request from said patient to dispense a second dosage of the requested second medication; a processor configured to determine a total dosage of said at least one first medication and said requested second medication; and an indicator which provides an alert to said patient in response to said determined total dosage being equal to or greater than the predetermined maximum total dosage. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for dispensing at least two medications which adversely interact to a patient, the apparatus comprising a processor programmed to:
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control a first dispensing channel to dispense a prescribed medication on a predetermined schedule; control a second dispensing channel to dispense a take-when-needed medication on request; receive a request from the patient for a dose of the take-when-needed medication; determine whether there is an adverse interaction between a previously delivered dosage of the prescribed medication and the requested dose of the take-when-needed medication and send an indication to the patient if the adverse interaction determined; and determine if the previously dispensed dosage of the prescribed medication and the requested dose of the take-when-needed medication for the patient is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum total dosage. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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