Patent ID: 9367061
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A61G,A61J,B62B,G05B,G10K,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method for dispensing medication from a wheeled medical cart, comprising: placing the medication in a medication storage compartment of a storage container of the wheeled medical cart; entering medication data into a computing device operating on the wheeled medical cart, wherein the medication data identifies each type or amount of medication stored in the wheeled medical cart; electronically securing the medication stored in the medication storage compartment of the storage container of the wheeled medical cart to restrict access to the medication to at least one predetermined user; repositioning the wheeled medical cart to a patient location; and electronically identifying the at least one predetermined user of the wheeled medical cart at the patient location to enable the predetermined user to gain access to the medication in the medication storage compartment for a patient to enable the predetermined user to provide medication from the wheeled medical cart to the patient; electronically verifying a status of the medication when the at least one predetermined user gains access to the medication, wherein the status of the medication comprises: