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A system for monitoring and dispensing medical items, includes a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to at least one remote computer (84) including a processor and the data store. The data store includes data representative of medical items which may be stored in

A system for monitoring and dispensing medical items, includes a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to at least one remote computer (84) including a processor and the data store. The data store includes data representative of medical items which may be stored in dispensing devices (96, 100) or in storage locations external to said dispensing devices. The data store further includes data representative of information concerning patients. The data store further includes information concerning kits which kits include more than one of the available medical items. The items in each kit are used in the course of a medical procedure. A user is enabled to interface with the data terminal to select a patient and a kit for use by the patient. A user is further enabled to dispense items included in a selected kit, and data representative of the taking of the items in the kit for use by the patient is stored in correlated relation with the information concerning the patient in the data store.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A system for providing medical items comprising:a dispenser, wherein said dispenser is selectively operative to dispense a of a plurality of medical items stored in the dispenser;a user terminal, wherein said user terminal includes a display and an input device, wherein said dispen

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for providing medical items comprising:a dispenser, wherein said dispenser is selectively operative to dispense a of a plurality of medical items stored in the dispenser;a user terminal, wherein said user terminal includes a display and an input device, wherein said dispenser is in operative connection with said user terminal and said dispenser is operative to dispense medical items responsive to said user terminal;a data store in operative connection with said user terminal, wherein said data store includes kit data representative of a kit, wherein said kit data comprises data representative of multiple medical items, which items are to be used in a future medical procedure;wherein said multiple medical items included in said kit are dispensed by said dispenser responsive to an input to said input device of said user terminal.