US Patent Issued to Omnicell on July 1 for "Medication dispensing cabinet systems and methods" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,540, issued on July 1, was assigned to Omnicell Inc. (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Medication dispensing cabinet systems and methods" was invented by Akbar Paydar (San Diego), Stanley Kim (San Jose, Calif.), Chris Richardson (Austin, Texas), John Foot (Monterey, Calif.), Mahmoud Amini (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Stuart Morita (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication dispensing cabinet provides controlled access to medications and supplies stored in it. The cabinet may include at least one lockable storage compartment, and a controller that controls access to the at least one lockable storage compartment. The cabinet ma...