Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor
Patent
1996-03-11
1998-02-03
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
36447907, G07F 1100
Patent
active
057134871
ABSTRACT:
A system for dispensing medicaments such as pills and capsules includes a plurality of medicament dispensing cells, a manipulator arm for moving to a cell and receiving medicament dispensed therefrom into a vial, and a controller for controlling the operation of the manipulator arm. In one embodiment of the invention, each cell includes indicia thereon such as a bar code indicating the medicament contained therein and the system includes an indicia reader such as a bar code reader attached to the manipulator arm. When the system receives dispensing instructions such as a prescription to be filled, the controller moves the manipulator arm to a selected cell location of a cell having the medicament to be dispensed, as indicated by cell data included in the controller memory. The indicia reader reads the indicia on the cell at the selected location and the controller determines whether the medicament indicated by the indicia matches the medicament of the prescription. If there is a match, the medicament is deemed verified and dispensing proceeds. If there is no match, the controller prevents dispensing of medicament from the selected cell.
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Noland Kenneth
ScriptPro L.L.C.
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