Cabinet for Dispensing Items
A cabinet that can control the distribution of products that can optionally include medications. The cabinet can have a user interface that receives information about a user and the user's identity can then be authenticated. The cabinet can accept a user's request to dispense a product and, if the user is approved, the cabinet can dispense a quantity of product to the approved user.
1 . An automated medications dispenser comprising:
a cabinet;
a plurality of dispensers disposed in said cabinet;
electronic inventory control system;
said electronic inventory control system comprising a bar code scanner;
an electronic locking control mechanism; and
a touchscreen.
2 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate at least one report.
3 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to continuously maintain an inventory control log.
4 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate an activity log.
5 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 further comprising an automated medication counter.
6 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 wherein said electronic inventory control system comprises a user access log.
7 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 6 wherein said user access log comprises one or more user codes.
8 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 wherein said cabinet comprises a plurality of sections.
9 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 8 wherein one or more of said plurality of sections are lockable.
10 . The automated medications dispenser of claim 1 wherein said electronic locking control mechanism comprises a dispenser securing mechanism.
11 . An automated medication dispensing cabinet comprising:
a cabinet;
a plurality of dispensers disposed in said cabinet;
an automated medication counter;
electronic inventory control system; and
a touch screen.
12 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 wherein said electronic inventory control system comprises a user access log.
13 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 12 wherein said user access log comprises one or more user codes.
14 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate at least one report.
15 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to continuously maintain an inventory control log.
16 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising software stored in a tangible non-transitive format to generate an activity log.
17 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 wherein said cabinet comprises a plurality of sections.
18 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 17 wherein one or more of said plurality of sections are lockable.
19 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising a dispenser securing mechanism.
20 . The automated medication dispensing cabinet of claim 11 further comprising a barcode scanner.