Patent ID: 6611733
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A61J,G06K,G16H

Abstract:
An interactive medication dispensing machine for dispensing medication and transmitting information comprising:a dispensing machine having an associated computer processor and a sensing mechanism for obtaining and transmitting information to and from said associated computer processor; a cassette having a housing adapted to hold an actual quantity of the medication, said housing being adapted to allow removal of the medication, and said housing being removably secured to said dispensing machine; a machine readable and writable information strip affixed to said cassette, said information strip containing actual quantity information corresponding to said quantity of the medication held by said cassette, and said information strip being in communication with said sensing mechanism to transmit said actual quantity information to said associated computer processor; and, wherein said dispensing machine is adapted to alter said actual quantity of the medication in said cassette when it dispenses an amount of the doses of medication, and said computer processor alters said information strip to indicate that said actual quantity of the medication in said cassette has been altered.