ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,276, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Cerner Innovation Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Medical order entry integration with automated dispensing systems" was invented by Natalee Agassi (Blue Bell, Pa.) and Emin Agassi (Blue Bell, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the dispensing of a medication from a dispensing station. An order is received and includes the medication and a total dosage for the medication to be dispensed. The medication is mapped to a table that stores a list of a plurality of medications that are available for dispensing at one or more dispensing stations at different ph...