Title: Prescription drug-dispensing apparatus

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1. A system for dispensing medication to a large number of patients located in a health care facility, said system comprising:

a portable cart having a totally enclosed cabinet mounted on wheels;

first lockable doors on sides of said portable cart for locking said cabinet closed, said first lockable doors maintaining prescription drugs under a single lock;

lockable compartment within cabinet having a second lockable door thereon for maintaining controlled drugs therein under double lock;

refillable cassette-type dispensers located on dispenser shelves in said cabinet, said dispensers being used for dispensing strip packaged medication therefrom, a separate refillable dispenser being used for each strip packaged medication of each patient; p1 a first storage area in said cabinet for ointments and injectable drugs to be dispensed to said patients;

a second storage area in said cabinet for liquid medication to be dispensed to said patients; and

means for maintaining a record on said portable cart of medications to be given to said patients;

each of said refillable cassette-type dispensers being color coded on the front thereof to indicate times for giving medication to a patient, all of each patient's strip packaged medication being maintained in a fixed position by divider means in said shelves;

said refillable cassette-type dispenser having an opening in the lower front thereof large enough for a finger to be inserted therethrough and move said strip packaged medication through a dispensing tab on the bottom front of said cassette-type dispenser, said cassette-type dispenser having a slidable cover maintained at the top thereof for refilling.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said maintaining means includes a swivel base for holding said record, said first lockable doors being located on both sides of said portable cart for dispensing medication from either side thereof.

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Inventors: Heyland, Gary (San Antonio, TX, US)

Application Number: 669761
Filing Date: 1976-03-24
Publication_date: 1977-10-18
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Primary Class(es): 312/209 206/362, 312/234.1
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US Patent Ref:

620013	Feb, 1899	Barnes	312/283.
2847119	Aug, 1958	La Padura	206/362.
2888306	May, 1959	Sease et al.	312/196.
3380578	Apr, 1968	Sparks	206/484.
3715148	Feb, 1973	Bealls	312/209.
3915526	Oct, 1975	Weiman	312/209.
3931885	Jan, 1976	Nahill et al.	116/121.
3969006	Jul, 1976	Brown	312/209.

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Primary Examiner: Nunberg, Casmir A.
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