Secure Medicament Dispensing Cabinet, Method and System

摘要

A medicament dispensing cabinet is comprised of a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A plurality of removable dispensing devices is provided with each one carried by one of the dispensing cells. Each of the dispensing cells further comprises a motor for providing rotary motion to one of the removable dispensing devices in response to the controller, a sensor operating in conjunction with the controller for counting medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices, a chute for receiving medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices and a chute gate for controlling access to the chute. The cabinet may additionally comprise a chute gate release responsive to the controller for controlling the chute gate and a chute gate sensor connected to the controller and responsive to the position of the chute gate. The cabinet may be used in conjunction with a number of processes including dispensing, secure-pickup (insuring the person picking up the dispensed medicament is authorized to do so), back-end verification (verifying the identity of the person picking up the dispensed medicament), a process for removing a dispensing device from a drawer, and a process for inserting a dispensing device into a drawer.

主权项

1. A medicament dispensing cabinet, comprising:
a frame; at least one controller; a plurality of drawers, each of said drawers movably carried by said frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells, wherein at least one of the drawers is positioned above another one of the drawers; a plurality of dispensing devices, each located within one of the dispensing cells; a dedicated chute for each of the one of said dispensing devices for receiving and holding medicament dispensed from the one of said dispensing devices; a chute gate for controlling access to said medicament received and held in said dedicated chute; and a plurality of sensors operating in conjunction with said controller, one sensor each for counting medicament received in one of said dedicated chutes.