Patent ID: 9600634
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61J,G07C,G07F,G16H

Claim:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: removably placing in a cart a portable smart carrier, the cart configured to receive a plurality of portable smart carriers; mating a secure receptacle with the portable smart carrier thereby providing power to the secure receptacle from a battery that is disposed within the smart carrier, the battery also providing operational power to a wireless interface module and a carrier processor that is coupled to the wireless interface module; monitoring, with a processor in the portable smart carrier, at least one parameter of the battery; scanning with a portable user interface device (PUID) a first machine-readable identifier that is associated with a medication; identifying the mated secure receptacle by scanning with the PUID a second machine-readable identifier disposed on the secure receptacle, wherein the secure receptacle comprises a memory containing a reference identifier and the second machine-readable identifier is associated with the reference identifier in a database; associating the medication with the reference identifier; activating, upon receipt of a command associated with the identified mated secure receptacle, an indicator associated with a docking location in the portable smart carrier where the identified mated secure receptacle is docked; and loading at least one dose of the medication into the secure receptacle.