US 11,928,913 B2
Medication management systems and methods for health and health-related facilities
Stewart W. Stephens, Murphy, TX (US)
Assigned to BTP Fund, LP, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by BTP Fund, LP, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,758.
Application 17/562,758 is a continuation of application No. 16/259,716, filed on Jan. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,217,058.
Application 16/259,716 is a continuation of application No. 15/050,460, filed on Feb. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,192,035, issued on Jan. 29, 2019.
Application 15/050,460 is a continuation of application No. 13/085,298, filed on Apr. 12, 2011, granted, now 9,268,912, issued on Feb. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/323,125, filed on Apr. 12, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122405 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G06Q 50/22 (2018.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)
CPC G07F 17/0092 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G07F 9/001 (2020.05); G07F 9/002 (2020.05); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A medication dispensing system for use with initiating and tracking packaging and dispensation of medications to individual patients, the medication dispensing system comprising:
a first automated medication packaging and dispensing machine (ADM) comprising a plurality of canisters, wherein the plurality of canisters include one or more canisters coded for a particular medication, the first ADM configured to:
release at least a first medication associated with a first dispensing request associated with at least a first electronic record, wherein at least one canister of the plurality of canisters is coded for at least the first medication;
generate a first identifier for a first package, wherein the first identifier is specific to the first dispensing request and comprises information associated with at least the first electronic record;
package at least the first medication for a first patient into the first package that includes the first identifier; and
dispense the first package comprising at least the first medication for the first patient;
a processing circuit having at least one processor communicably coupled to at least one memory, the processing circuit communicably coupled to the first ADM via a communication network, the processing circuit configured to:
update at least the first electronic record associated with the first patient to indicate that at least the first medication was packaged and dispensed in accordance with the first dispensing request, wherein updating at least the first electronic record comprises recording a time at least the first medication was dispensed, and recording information of a first individual that initiated the packaging and dispensing of at least the first medication; and
store the update of at least the first electronic record.