Patent ID: 9587878
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,F25D,G01K,G07F,G16H

Claim:
1. A medication dispensing cart comprising: a base having wheels that allow the medication dispensing cart to be moved within a facility; a computing device configured to receive input from a user; a display device communicatively coupled with the computing device for displaying information to the user; a post that attaches the display device with the base so that the post, display device, and base are moveable within the facility as a single/stand-alone unit, the post comprising an outer post member that slidingly receives an inner post member in a manner that enables vertical adjustment of the post, the outer post member including an electrical backplane having a plurality of communication ports positioned along a longitudinal length thereof, wherein each communication port is communicatively coupled with the computing device; and a plurality of cassettes or drawers that each have at least one bin within which medical supplies are stored, wherein each cassette or drawer is removably coupled with the outer post member, and wherein each cassette or drawer includes a connector that is insertable within a respective communication port of the outer post member to communicatively couple the respective cassette or drawer with the computing device so that electrical signals may be transmitted between the cassette and the computing device.