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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Carefusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gary Latorraca, San Diego, CA (US);

Kelly Larrabee, San Diego, CA (US);

Thomas Utech, San Diego, CA (US);

Jitendra Urankar, San Diego, CA (US);

Guy Eldredge, San Diego, CA (US);

Brendan Burgess, San Diego, CA (US);

Maria Jaskela, San Diego, CA (US);

David Heffron, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A47B 96/00 (2006.01); A47B 81/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/46 (2017.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); A47B 88/40 (2017.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G07F 11/62 (2006.01); A61G 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0084 (2013.01); A47B 81/00 (2013.01); A47B 88/40 (2017.01); A47B 96/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/46 (2013.01); G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G07C 9/00912 (2013.01); G07C 9/00944 (2013.01); G07F 9/026 (2013.01); G07F 11/62 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61G 12/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medication dispensing cabinet includes one or more lockable compartments, each containing medication, and a biometric input device at least partially disposed within and recessed below a surface of a medication dispensing cabinet. A compartment containing the medication is unlocked when an authorized biometric input is received by the biometric input device. The medication dispensing cabinet may verify that the user attempting access to the medication is authorized to dispense the medication before unlocking the compartment.


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