Patent ID: 8180485

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a medication dispensing cart having a computer with a computer monitor and a computer controller, a power system with a battery and a power system controller, and a cassette drawer system with a cassette drawer manager, a cassette drawer controller and a cassette drawer, wherein said computer controller, said power system controller, and said cassette drawer controller are interfaced with said medication dispensing cart, wherein said computer controller receives computer controller input and generates computer controller output, wherein said power system controller receives power system input and generates power system output, and wherein said cassette drawer controller receives cassette drawer input and generates cassette drawer output; wherein said cassette drawer system is modularized, wherein said cassette drawer is a first cassette drawer, wherein said cassette drawer system includes a second cassette drawer, wherein the underside of said cassette drawer manager includes a first means for latching said first cassette drawer to said cassette drawer manager, and wherein the underside of said cassette drawer includes a second means for latching a second cassette drawer to said first cassette drawer.