Patent ID: 6636780
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A61G,A61J,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
A medication dispensing system, comprising:a medicine cabinet having a plurality of drawers for containing supplies of different kinds of medications to be accessed by a healthcare attendant for preparing individual mediation dosages for named patients; and at least one tray having a plurality of sections for receiving a plurality of receptacles each adapted to contain one or more medication dosages prescribed for a named patient; said medicine cabinet including a cabinet processor having a memory for storing the names of patients and their prescribed medication dosages, a display screen for displaying said patient names and their respective prescribed medication dosages, and an expansion cabinet including an additional plurality of drawers for containing additional supplies of medications, a communication link with said cabinet processor for selectively controlling said additional plurality of drawers, and a plurality of light indicators, one for each of said additional drawers controlled by said processor; said tray including a display screen for displaying the patient names and their respective medication dosages, and a communication link with said medicine cabinet through which said cabinet processor communicates to said tray the the patient names and their respective medication dosages.