Patent ID: 8763651

Claim:
An on demand dosage dispensing device configured to be located at patient bedside comprising: a medication magazine adapted to hold a plurality of standard medication containers; a syringe magazine adapted to hold a plurality of syringes having varying sizes, wherein each of the plurality of syringes is fitted with a hypodermic needle and each hypodermic needle is covered with a needle cover; a pumping carousel configured to have medication drawn through the needle of at least one selected syringe, selected from said plurality of syringes, wherein the pumping carousel is configured to draw the medication from a bottle while the selected syringe is positioned below the medication bottle and from a medication ampoule while the selected syringe is positioned above the medication ampoule, the pumping carousel comprising syringe holder configured for holding the selected syringe, and a medication holder configured for holding the medication bottle and the medication ampoule, the carousel being further configured for rotating so that the medication bottle is positioned with a head facing up, and for rotating so that the medication bottle is positioned in an upside down position; a medication gripper configured for inserting the medication bottle into the medication holder, for inserting the medication ampoule into the medication holder, and for breaking a head of the medication ampoule by moving while holding the head; and a syringe gripper configured for moving the selected syringe such that the needle to the syringe is dipped in medication contained in a medication ampoule, and for pumping the medication from the medication ampoule into the syringe; an on-board computer adapted to integrate patient real time life signs data with patient information to determine in real time said medication dose; and a syringe dispensing apparatus having a syringe submission tray, the submission tray protruding from said dosage dispensing device and adapted to dispense said at least one selected syringe from said dosage dispensing device, said at least one selected syringe filled with said medication dose.