Patent ID: 9129245
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. An adaptive pharmaceutical product storage system for storage of pharmaceutical product containers within a pharmacy, the system comprising: a pharmacy workstation at which a human pharmacy user performs manual tasks associated with fulfillment of prescription orders by the pharmacy; at least one pharmaceutical product storage device positioned with respect to the workstation; a plurality of pharmaceutical product storage locations associated with the at least one storage device, each storage location defining a space for storing a pharmaceutical product container and having a unique address, each storage location further having a ranking based on relative ease-of-accessibility to the workstation; a visible indicator proximate each of the storage locations which guides the user to an indicated storage location for placing and picking a container at the indicated storage location; a processor to control each of the indicators and having a database including the unique address and ease-of-accessibility ranking of each storage location, the storage location of each container and a usage frequency ranking of each pharmaceutical product, the processor configured to: whereby the containers are stored at storage locations having an ease-of-accessibility ranking commensurate with the usage frequency ranking of the pharmaceutical product and more frequently used pharmaceutical products are more easily accessible to the user working from the workstation.