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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Paul Randall Shows, Pineville, LA (US);
Robert Parks, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Kaintz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Lamont Holmes, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Goodworth, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stuart Morgan, West Chester, OH (US);
Matthew Stuart Beale, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael A. Bergeron, Pineville, LA (US);
Stan Jankowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul Randall Shows, Pineville, LA (US);
Robert Parks, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Kaintz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Lamont Holmes, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Goodworth, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stuart Morgan, West Chester, OH (US);
Matthew Stuart Beale, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael A. Bergeron, Pineville, LA (US);
Stan Jankowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A medicament dispensing cabinet includes a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A plurality of dispensing devices is provided with each one carried by one of the dispensing cells. Each of the dispensing cells further comprises a motor for providing rotary motion to one of the removable dispensing devices in response to the controller, a sensor operating in conjunction with the controller for counting medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices, a chute for receiving medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices and a chute gate for controlling access to the chute. The cabinet may additionally comprise a chute gate release responsive to the controller for controlling the chute gate and a chute gate sensor connected to the controller and responsive to the position of the chute gate.