Inventors:
Paul Randall Shows - Pineville LA, US
Robert Parks - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ryan Kaintz - Pittsburgh PA, US
Eric Lamont Holmes - Pittsburgh PA, US
Matthew Goodworth - Pittsburgh PA, US
Stuart Morgan - West Chester PA, US
Matthew Stuart Beale - Pittsburgh PA, US
Michael A. Bergeron - Pineville LA, US
Stan Jankowski - Pittsburgh PA, US
Assignee:
Parata Systems, LLC - Morrisville NC
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
US Classification:
700237, 700232, 700236, 700244, 221 2, 221 9
Abstract:
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.