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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1993
Thomas L Kraft, Houston, TX (US);
Lisa W Rogers, Houston, TX (US);
Van Hoskins, Friendswood, TX (US);
Lou Waters, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Meyers, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth E Reynolds, Denton, TX (US);
Stuart S Crader, Dallas, TX (US);
David Loebig, Rosenberg, TX (US);
Owen Healthcare, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A medication dispenser for use in a hospital or other medical setting comprises a plurality of containers for holding medication units, packaging apparatus for containing one or more medication units in a package and robotics for manipulating a selected container to transfer one or more medication units from the container directly to said package. Since medication is directly transferred from the container to the package, no cross-contamination occurs.