Drug dispensing apparatus
CA 2033164 C · Owner: Omnicell.Com · Inventors: Kurts, James R.; Shimizu, Hiroyasu; Haraguchi, Manabu
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The present invention provides for a drug dispensing device which is portable, provides a high level of security is flexible, in accommodating a number of user selected drugs is easily, stackable, and reduces labor and time requirement for drug dispensing. The present invention provides an apparatus having a microprocessing means which controls the drug dispensing. The apparatus includes an interior medication storage area adapted to receive a plurality of different sized dispensers in user selectable combinations. A receiving drawer is provided below the interior medication storage area to receive and dispense the medications. A dispenser is provided which can be configured in a …
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- Filed May 25, 1990 and granted December 18, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 25, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 25, 2012.
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