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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.:

US 9587878 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2011

Medication dispensing cart

Applicants:

Akbar Paydar, Mountain View, CA (US);

Stanley Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);

Chris Richardson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Gerardo Moreno, Mountain View, CA (US);

Victor Santini, Mountain View, CA (US);

Nathaniel Moody, Mountain View, CA (US);

Laszlo Virag, Mountain View, CA (US);

Len Hom, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Akbar Paydar, Mountain View, CA (US);

Stanley Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);

Chris Richardson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Gerardo Moreno, Mountain View, CA (US);

Victor Santini, Mountain View, CA (US);

Nathaniel Moody, Mountain View, CA (US);

Laszlo Virag, Mountain View, CA (US);

Len Hom, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael K Collins

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G01K 3/00 (2006.01); G01K 3/04 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/008 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G01K 3/005 (2013.01); G01K 3/04 (2013.01); G06F 19/3462 (2013.01); G07F 9/105 (2013.01); G07F 11/002 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01); A61B 50/10 (2016.02); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0014 (2016.02); Y10T 307/352 (2015.04);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide medication dispensing carts and methods. The medication dispensing carts may include a base having wheels that allow the carts to be transported within a facility, a computing device configured to receive input from a user, a display device communicatively coupled with the computing device for displaying information to the user, a post that couples the display device with the base, and a plurality of cassettes that have one or more bins within which medical supplies are stored. The plurality of cassettes may be coupled with the post and the post may include a plurality of communication ports that communicatively couple one or more of the cassettes with the computing device to perform or provide various functions.

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