Patent ID: 7506780

Claim:
A medication storing and dispensing cassette, comprising: a housing defining at least a portion of a chamber for storing a medication, at least a portion of a pick-up area, and defining at least a portion of a discharge chute sized to temporarily store a quantity of the medication; a divider wall positioned between said chamber for storing a medication and said pick-up area; a gate controlling an exit end of said discharge chute; a rotatable wheel having openings proximate to the periphery thereof, the openings being configured to pick up at least a portion of the medication, said wheel positioned such that a portion of said wheel is in communication with said pick-up area while another portion of said wheel is adjacent to an entrance end of said discharge chute; a calibration arm positioned adjacent said rotatable wheel; and a baffle positioned to block those openings in that portion of the wheel adjacent to said discharge chute so as to release the portion of the medication picked up by the openings.