Patent ID: 6354783
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A61G,A61J

Abstract:
A system for handling preselected, packaged medications dispensed from a plurality of storage assemblies, comprising:a medication-receiving assembly for collecting medications which have been dispensed from a storage assembly therefor; and means for transporting the collected medications to a medication loading assembly, the transporting means including an endless conveyor having a first portion and an upwardly directed second portion, wherein the first portion is arranged such that a plurality of medication-storing assemblies can be brought adjacent the first portion, permitting medications to be dispensed from the medication-storing assemblies directly onto the conveyor, the conveyor including a plurality of elements along the length thereof for spacing dispensed medications and means for moving the conveyor so as to transport medications thereon to the medication loading assembly, wherein the medication loading assembly is positioned relative to the conveyor and is configured so that the packaged medications move by gravity out of a lower end of the loading assembly to a selected medication receptacle in a medication cart having a plurality of medication receptacles, the lower end of the medication loading assembly being configured so as to guide the packaged medications directly into a selected portion of the selected medication receptacle.