Patent ID: 7454880

Claim:
A method of packaging medication comprising: generating input data related to the medication to be packaged through a user interface in communication with a processing device, wherein the processing device includes a CPU configured to process the input data received from the user input; dispensing the medication from a dispensing system in bilateral communication with the processing device, the dispensing system being configured to receive the user input from the CPU, wherein the medication dispensed is based on the user input, said system having scanning means for reading machine readable data and for counting medicaments being dispensed by said dispensing system; generating a print of instructional data from a printing system in communication with the processing device, the printing system being configured to receive the user input from the CPU, wherein the print of instructional data is based on the user input, wherein the steps of dispensing the medication and generating the print of instructional data are performed substantially simultaneously; and packaging the dispensed medication through a packaging system in communication with the dispensing device, the packaging system being configured to package the medication dispensed from the dispensing system.