Systems and methods for drug dispensing
CA 2383290 C · Owner: Wallace, Robert L. · Inventors: Berube, Arthur A.; Hart, Brian T.; Hart, Richard D.
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The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a network to provide for the secure delivery of confidential patient information and the sending of dispense instructions to a remote dispensing station. A preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods of dispensing samples of drugs or other medical products. Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for dispensing non-prescription medications.
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- Filed September 22, 2000 and granted July 9, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 2020.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 22, 2022.
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