The invention relates to a method and system that utilizes one or more
cassettes or trays, which hold one or more types of medicaments, the
cassettes or trays being configured for secure and intelligent dispensing
of the medicaments. In one embodiment, a smart tray for dispensing
medicaments includes: a housing; a chamber within the housing to store
the medicament units; an outlet defined in the housing to dispense the
medicament units; and a rotatable disk within the housing and defining at
least one radial groove configured to hold at least one medicament unit,
the rotatable disk being positioned between the storage chamber and the
outlet whereby when the rotatable disk rotates, the at least one radial
groove carries the at least one medicament unit from the chamber to the
outlet. In a further embodiment, the smart tray includes a memory device
within the housing to store information pertaining to the medicament
units stored in the tray and/or information pertaining to the status or
operation of the tray.