Medication dispensing cart

US9587878B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Omnicell, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Akbar Paydar · Mountain View, US
• Stanley Kim · Upland, US
• Chris Richardson · Mountain View, US
• Gerardo Moreno · Pleasanton, US
• Victor W. Santini · Mountain View, US
• Nathaniel Moody · Mountain View, US
• Laszlo Virag · Mountain View, US
• Len Hom · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2050/0014
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide medication dispensing carts and methods. The medication dispensing carts may include a base having wheels that allow the carts to be transported within a facility, a computing device configured to receive input from a user, a display device communicatively coupled with the computing device for displaying information to the user, a post that couples the display device with the base, and a plurality of cassettes that have one or more bins within which medical supplies are stored. The plurality of cassettes may be coupled with the post and the post may include a plurality of communication ports that communicatively couple one or more of the cassettes with the computing device to perform or provide various functions.