Patent ID: 6732884
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A61J,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
A medication preparation and dispensing apparatus for selecting and delivering a prescribed medication from a plurality of bulk medication amounts to a patient, the preparation and dispensing apparatus comprising:a housing accommodating a plurality of receptacles containing the bulk medication amounts and a selection mechanism for obtaining the prescribed medication from at least one of the plurality of receptacles; a medication dosage holder for collecting the prescribed medication from the selection mechanism; a dispenser for dispensing the medication collected by the medication dosage holder to the patient within a desired time period; a programmable computer for instructing the selection mechanism to obtain the at least one medication from the bulk medication amounts and deliver the medication to the dosage holder, the computer also communicating with the dispenser to issue the at least one medication to the patient within the desired time period; and a base portion of the housing supporting a rotatable carousel carrying the plurality of receptacles and wherein each of said plurality of receptacles contains a homogenous quantity of medications.