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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2018
Carefusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Gary John LaTorraca, San Diego, CA (US);
Brendan John Burgess, Poway, CA (US);
CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method including authorizing a user to access a dispensing unit upon receipt of a medication request, is provided. The dispensing unit comprises a storage location with one or more door enclosure storing at least one container. The method also includes providing a visual indicator to the user for a selected container in the storage location with one or more door enclosure, the selected container comprising a medication associated with the medication request, and unlocking the selected container for the user by wirelessly actuating a latch for a lid in the selected container from a mat that is communicatively coupled with the dispensing unit. The method also includes locking the selected container when the user verifies a transaction comprising the medication request, and updating a record and a medication inventory in a remote server based on the transaction. A storage location with one or more door enclosure and a container used in the above method are also provided.