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1. A dispensing device including an adjustable user interface, the dispensing device comprising:
a cabinet including at least one compartment for dispensing health care supplies to one or more patients; a control system including a processor and memory device, the control system being configured to provide one or more operational functions related to dispensing the health care supplies; a user interface communicatively coupled with the control system, the user interface being configured to receive input from a user and provide output to the user; a plurality of peripheral devices including a bar code scanner, a card reader, a keyboard, and a speaker; and an articulating arm assembly coupled with the user interface, the plurality of peripheral devices, and the cabinet, the articulating arm assembly providing the user interface and the plurality of peripheral devices with at least three degrees of translational freedom and one degree of rotational freedom relative to the cabinet, the articulating arm assembly comprising: a first arm having a proximal end coupled directly to a side of the cabinet via a first joint that is positioned within 2 to 10 inches of a top surface of the cabinet and within 2 to 10 inches of a back surface of the cabinet so that the arm extends from a upper rear corner of the cabinet, the first joint enabling up to about 180 degrees of rotational movement of the first arm within a horizontal plane about the side of the cabinet; a second arm having a proximal end coupled directly to a distal end of the first arm via a second joint that extends vertically upward from the distal end of the first arm, the second joint enabling 360 degrees of rotational movement of the second arm in the horizontal plane relative to the first arm and cabinet and enabling rotational movement of the second arm in a vertical plane so that the user interface has a vertical range of motion of up to 30 inches; and a counter balance that is adjustable to accommodate an increase in weight when additional peripheral devices are attached to the user interface or other objects are supported by the articulating arm; wherein the user interface and the plurality of peripheral devices are coupled to a distal end of the second arm via a third joint to enable the user interface and the plurality of peripheral device to stay together and be translationally and rotationally moved as a group at the end of the articulating arm, the third joint enabling up to about 300 degrees of rotational movement of the user interface and the plurality of peripheral devices are in the horizontal plane and the third joint also enabling up to about 90 degrees of rotational movement of the user interface in the vertical plan and clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the user interface about an axis orthogonal to a face of the user interface. |
