Patent ID: 8874260

Claim:
An automated system for medication dispensing and control comprising a computer processing arrangement; a medication receiving structure for receiving a series of medication cassettes assigned to at least one individual user; an arrangement for receiving information associated with each medication cassette identifying at least a user, a quantity of medication and a dosage regime; a computer database associated with said computer processor arrangement for storing said received information; a medication dispensing arrangement associated with said medication receiving structure for dispensing of individual dosages of medication contained in said cassettes and tracking of said dispensed dosages by user in said computer database; a communication arrangement for connecting test equipment to said system and entering and storing user test results in said computer database; said computer processing arrangement including preliminary analysis of said dispensed medication and said test results to identify alert conditions associated with a user with respect to events warranting further consideration; and wherein said medication receiving structure is a rotary drum rotatable about a horizontal axis and said rotary drum includes a series of cassette receiving slots adjacent a periphery of the rotary drum for receiving said medication cassettes; said rotary drum being rotatable for aligning said cassette receiving slots with a cassette loading position to load said cassettes and to align any received cassette with a dispensing station at a lower edge of said rotary drum for dispensing of medication.