公开(公告)号：US06814254B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-09

申请号：US10367484

申请日：2003-02-14

申请人： Harold J. Liff ,  Brian T. Hart ,  Robert L. Wallace ,  Arthur A. Berube ,  Richard D. Hart ,  Enea W. Bossi ,  by David Bossi, legal representatvie

发明人： Harold J. Liff ,  Brian T. Hart ,  Robert L. Wallace ,  Arthur A. Berube ,  Richard D. Hart ,  Enea W. Bossi ,  by David Bossi, legal representatvie

IPC分类号： G07F1100

CPC分类号： G07F11/62 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/326 ,  G06F19/328 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  G06F19/3462 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q50/22 ,  G06Q50/24 ,  G07F17/0042 ,  G07F17/0092 ,  G16H10/60

摘要： An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.