Patent ID: 9563925
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61J,G06Q,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for dispensing a medicament, prescribed as script data on a prescription, from a medicament-containing stock bottle having a bottle label, said method comprising (a) providing bottle label data for a plurality of different medicament-containing bottles, in electronic format; (b) providing a computing device, with a display screen, and controlled by control means, wherein said computing device is configured for storing said bottle label data; (c) entering script data, from said prescription, in electronic format on said computing device, so that said entered script data is stored on said computing device; (d) displaying said prescription and said entered script data on said display screen, so as to provide displayed prescription and displayed script data; (e) visually comparing said displayed prescription with said displayed script data to detect and identify any mistakes in said entered script data; (f) validating that said entered script data is correct; (g) relating said entered script data to said bottle label data so as to identify a medicament-containing stock bottle; (h) retrieving said medicament-containing stock bottle from a plurality of different medicament-containing stock bottles; (i) scanning the label on the retrieved medicament-containing stock bottle to provide scanned label information; (j) comparing said scanned label information with said entered script data, and validating that said retrieved medicament-containing stock bottle is correct; (k) dispensing said medicament from said retrieved medicament-containing stock bottle; and (l) weighing or counting said dispensed medicament using a counting scale or pill counter in communication with said computing device in order to determine the quantity of said medicament dispensed, in accordance with said prescription.