Patent ID: 8467897

Claim:
A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval system comprising: a housing including a gantry assembly, a user access assembly, and a user authorization system; and a controller operatively connected to the gantry assembly, the user access assembly, and the user authorization system, the controller including a computer having a computer readable medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause the controller to, read a user credential via the user authorization system, read a unique identifier on a prescription order to determine a container needed to fill a prescription on the prescription order, associate the user credential with the unique identifier, and transmit an instruction to the gantry assembly to retrieve the container and position the container in the user access assembly; wherein the user access assembly comprises a first port and a second port, and wherein the first port receives the container from the gantry assembly; and wherein the first port includes a base having a first slot and a second slot, a first member configured to follow the first slot and a second member configured to follow the second slot, and wherein the first member and the second member are biased to a first position, and wherein the gantry assembly applies force to the first member and the second member to move the first member and the second member away from their respective first positions to insert the container into the first port.