Article dispensing – With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing...
Patent
1998-04-14
1999-06-01
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing...
221278, B65H 100
Patent
active
059081392
ABSTRACT:
A medication delivery cartridge for dispensing consumable medical supplies is provided, comprising a base; a hollow guide member, preferably in the shape of a tube, removably connectable to the base by a guide sleeve, wherein the guide member is shaped and dimensioned to contain a plurality of medical supply containers; and attachment means on the base for allowing the cartridge to be installed within a medication delivery system. The hollow guide member preferably includes an indexing device for aligning the guide member with the base. Each of the medical supply containers may include a lifting device attached thereto for allowing temporary attachment to the probe of the delivery system. Where a magnetic probe is employed, each of the lifting devices includes a ferrous material sufficient to allow magnetic attachment of the probe to the lifting device. The medical supply containers are stacked end to end within a medication tube, and the medication tube is inserted into the guide member. For alignment purposes the medication tube may further include a plurality of alignment elements disposed therealong, the alignment elements resulting in slidable contact with the guide member when the medication tube is inserted therein. Each cartridge further includes identifying indicia operatively attached to the cartridge, such as to the medication tube or the guide member, corresponding to a particular type of medical supply container and readable by the medication delivery system. In a preferred embodiment, the identifying indicia comprises a bar code.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3333731 (1967-08-01), Katz
patent: 4817818 (1989-04-01), Lookhart
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