Pharmaceutical system in which pharmaceutical care is provided by a remote professional serving multiple pharmacies
US6711460B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/67
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pharmaceutical system and method of operation in which a single remote professional provides pharmaceutical care and oversight of multiple local pharmacies. A control location is connected through an electronic network to one or more individual pharmacies, each of which may be located at a different physical site. Each individual pharmacy includes one or more drug preparation areas, and one or more self-service or staffed customer terminals. A drug preparation area includes a robot, which is adapted to prepare prescriptions or other items, and which is connected by a pneumatic delivery system to one or more customer terminals within the pharmacy.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.