Programmable medication dispensing system
CA 2121126 A1 · Owner: Polypharm Corp. · Inventors: Weinberger, Edward D.
Overview
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A medication-dispensing system includes a prescribing data entry station for use by a physician to store prescription information in a portable prescribing module (12), a dispensing data entry station for use by a pharmacist to store dispensing information in a portable dispensing data storage unit (18) and a medication, dispenser (13) responsive to information stored in the portable prescribing module (12) to describe use of medication in the dispenser in accordance with a regimen prescribed by the physician and to the dispensing data storage unit (18) to control dispensing of the medication. One embodiment has two medication drawers (20 21), each having a plurality of compartments …
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- Filed August 16, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 16, 2013.
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