Method and apparatus for delivering drugs

Details Method and apparatus for delivering drugs Method and apparatus for delivering drugs

1998-02-11

1999-11-23

Terrell, William E.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

36447817, 36447814, 36447813, 36447801, B07C 1700, G06F 1700, G07F 700, B65G 100

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059888580

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and control method for feeding medications in which processing units, which can prepare drugs, non-drug articles and drug-related articles, are provided along a carrier feed line, and in which carriers for respective patients are fed on the feed line in the order in which preparations for carriers, preparations for medications, and preparation for receiving carriers are all finished so that a large amount of medications can be collected and delivered by carts to a plurality of wards in a hospital with high efficiency. When patient data is entered in a host computer, at least one of the processing units corresponding to this data is activated to prepare medications. When preparations in all of the processing units, tray feed units, and tray receiving unit have been made, a corresponding tray is fed on the conveyor to collect medications and is then loaded into a predetermined one of a plurality of carts.

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