Patent ID: 7048142

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a medical item dispenser comprising: a delivery area, wherein dispensed medical items are accessible to a user in the delivery area, at least two medical item holder support locations, wherein a first holder support location is operative to support a first medical item holder operative to hold a plurality of medical items, wherein the first medical item holder is of a first size, wherein the first holder support location is further operative to support a second medical item holder operative to hold a plurality of medical items, wherein the second medical item holder is of a second size, wherein the second size differs from the first size, a reference surface adjacent the first holder support location, wherein the reference surface has three rows of human readable indicia thereon, wherein the indicia rows are spaced in aligned side by side relation, wherein each indicia row respectively corresponds to a different sized medical item holder, wherein a first indicia row is operative to indicate the quantity of medical items in a first sized medical item holder supported at the first holder support location, wherein a second indicia row is operative to indicate the quantity of medical items in a second sized medical item holder supported at the first holder support location, wherein the dispenser is selectively operative to dispense at least one medical item from adjacent the reference surface to the delivery area.