Patent ID: 7912578

Claim:
A method of conveying regulated pharmaceuticals, comprising the steps of: providing a database that contains information on patients and prescriptions prescribed to said patients; providing an automated conveying machine having an inventory of prepackaged pharmaceuticals stored therein that can be independently vended upon the activation of said automated conveying machine, wherein each of said prepackaged pharmaceuticals contains a removable label with a first code pattern that is unique for a type of prepackaged pharmaceutical; providing an interface proximate said automated conveying machine; entering prescription data into said interface, said prescription data identifying a specific patient and a specific prepackaged pharmaceutical; comparing said prescription data with information in said database for confirmation, wherein said automated conveying machine receives a confirmation signal if said prescription data is valid; checking if a specific prepackaged pharmaceutical from said prepackaged pharmaceuticals is present within said inventory of said automated conveying machine; activating said automated conveying machine if said specific prepackaged pharmaceutical is available in said inventory and said confirmation signal has been received; providing a printer proximate said automated conveying machine, said printer printing a printout each time one of said prepackaged pharmaceuticals vends from said automated conveying machine, wherein said printout has a second code pattern thereon; and removing said removable label from said specific prepackaged pharmaceutical and placing said removable label onto said printout so that said first code pattern on said removable label lays in close proximity to said second code pattern on said printout.