Patent ID: 7155306

Claim:
A medication dispensing system, comprising: a medicine cabinet having a plurality of drawers each drawer containing supplies of different kinds of medications or other medical supplies to be accessed by a healthcare attendant for preparing individual medication dosages and medical supplies for named patients; and at least one medicine cart, separate from said medicine cabinet, said cart having a plurality of cart drawers, each drawer adapted to contain one or more medication dosages and medical supplies prescribed for an individual patient; said medicine cabinet including a cabinet processor having a memory for storing the names of patients and their prescribed medication dosages and medical supplies to be dispensed to said patient; and said cart further comprising a display on each cart drawer for displaying each patient's name corresponding to the medication dosages and medical supplies placed in said drawer, and a communication link with said medicine cabinet through which said cabinet processor communicates to said cart, each said patient's name, medication dosages and medical supplies to be dispensed to said patient.