G16H 20/13 - Definition

Definition statement

This subclass covers:

ICT specially adapted for therapy or health-improving plans which are based on drugs or medication delivered to patients from dispensers. Dispensers are meant as automatic machines or containers designed to release a specific amount of drugs or medications.

It also covers tags and labels for drugs.

Example 1: Medication dispensing system comprising medicine cabinet with compartments containing medications for access by healthcare attendant for preparing medication dosages for patients; Delivery device, e.g. mobile cart, with sections receiving dosages prescribed for patients. Medicine cabinet includes a processor and memory for storing the names of patients and their prescribed medication dosages, and a display screen for displaying the patient names and their respective prescribed medication dosages. The delivery device, e.g. tray, includes a display screen for displaying the patient names and their respective medication dosages, and a communication link with the medicine cabinet through which the cabinet processor communicates to the delivery device the patient names and their respective medication dosages.

Example 2: Drug dispensing control system has a drug-dispensing unit with canister receiving a prescribed amount of medication from a prescription filling system. The canister includes a single dose dispensing mechanism. A circuitry, provided in the drug-dispensing unit, allows access to a dose of the medication at a predetermined interval.

Example 3: Medication packets are automatically dispensed in the correct dosage amount and provided with identifiers and instructions e.g. labels, tags, bar codes and/or human readable information.

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes

A61J 1/00