Patent ID: 6775591
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: A61G,G07F

Abstract:
An automated medication dispensing cart, comprising an enclosure having a top surface and a front wall; said front wall having an opening at a drawer position thereon; an on-board processor including display means and user access means permitting a user to enter information for access to a patient's medication contained within the dispensing cart; a plurality of elongated medication bins; internal conveyor means within said enclosure supporting said plurality of bins and moving said bins under control of said processor along a predetermined pathway inside said enclosure, the pathway including a position aligned with said drawer position; a drawer located at said drawer position including a slide member engaging a respective one of said bins when located at said drawer position and permitting said bin to be pulled out from said conveyor means and to be pushed in to return the bin to the conveyor means; and said internal conveyor means including a plurality of bin carriers that move along said pathway, and having structure slidably mating with corresponding structure on said bins for supporting the bins as they travel along said pathway but permitting the bins to slide out from the respective bin carriers when at said drawer position.