Medication dispenser station
US4811764A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61J1/03
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medication dispenser station is provided for controlled access to and dispensing of a plurality of different medications. The dispenser station comprises a lockable cabinet containing multiple medication-containing cassettes associated respectively with the different medications and mounted in a vertical stack, with the cassettes having aligned discharge openings cooperatively defining an open discharge chute. Each cassette includes a tray supporting a respective one of a plurality of rotatable carousels having vertically open compartments preloaded with individual doses of a respective one of the different medications. A control unit for the dispenser station responds to appropriate data input using an externally accessible keypad to rotate a selected carousel within its associated tray to sweep the medication within one of the carousel compartments into the discharge chute. The thus-selected medication falls through the chute into an externally accessible receiver to permit removal from the dispenser station for administration to a patient.
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