ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,527, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Omnicell Inc. (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Temperature controlled dispense drawer" was invented by Herbert Lawson Fisher (Portola Valley, Calif.), Edith Wilson (Healdsburg, Calif.), Dean Fambro (Fremont, Calif.), Brian Arnold (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Brad Basler (Redwood City, Calif.), Vihar Kapadia (San Francisco) and Sunil Belligundu (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for dispensing items includes a cabinet, and a drawer within the cabinet. The drawer includes one or more compartments for storing items and a cooling system within the drawer. The cooling system is configured...