Patent ID: 8156755

Claim:
A method for transporting, storing and selectively dispensing vials containing (bio)pharmaceutical compositions, comprising: providing two or more vials containing (bio)pharmaceutical compositions; providing at least two removable cartridges for holding the two or more vials; placing the vials into the removable cartridges, wherein all vials placed into each removable cartridge contain the same (bio)pharmaceutical composition; providing a first housing having an internal space for accommodating the at removable cartridges and a door or dispenser through which a selected vial may be removed from one of the removable cartridges to the exterior of the first housing; placing the removable cartridges containing the vials into the first housing; providing a second housing comprising a cooling element; transporting the first housing to the second housing; detachably mounting the first housing onto the exterior of the second housing, such that the first housing and the second housing share a single common interface and the first housing and the second housing are mutually detachable, whereby the first housing and the second housing may be detached or attached without requiring the use of tools and without disturbing the contents of either, the first housing being portable and the second housing having capacity for the attachment of only one first housing at a time, and the first housing and the second housing being members of a multiplicity of first housings and second housings that may be interchangeably attached; cooling the internal space of the first housing with the cooling element of the second housing, and thereby cooling the removable cartridges and the vials that had been placed therein; and selectively dispensing a vial containing a desired (bio)pharmaceutical composition through the door or dispenser.