Patent ID: 7860605
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling access to and segregating pharmaceuticals, said system comprising: a vending machine containing prepackaged pharmaceuticals to be vended; a data input terminal for selecting one of said prepackaged pharmaceuticals, wherein each of said prepackaged pharmaceuticals has a corresponding vending code that is received by said vending machine in order to vend; a data key containing a vending code for a specific prepackaged pharmaceutical contained within said vending machine; an electronic reader that reads said data key and causes said vending machine to activate and vend said specific prepackaged pharmaceutical; a port on said vending machine adapted to receive one of said prepackaged pharmaceuticals previously vended from said vending machine for return; and a repository operably connected to said port for quarantining said returned prepackaged pharmaceuticals, whereby said returned prepackaged pharmaceuticals are separated from the prepackaged pharmaceuticals to be vended.