Automatic medication dispenser with electronic thermometer

• US 10,368,801 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shaviodla Shanta Mcghee
• Original Assignee: Shaviodla Shanta Mcghee
• Inventors: McGhee, Shaviodla Shanta
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/815,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20180132785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 700231-244
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/07 Home care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/682 Mouth, e.g., oral cavity; tongue; Lips; Teeth
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/065 Rigid ampoules, e.g. glass ampoules
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/72 for temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0053 Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0084 for multiple medicaments
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0427 with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An automatic medication dispenser with electronic thermometer. The automatic medication dispenser provides for the delivery of medication to a user upon detection of a body temperature above a predetermined amount. A housing can receive a cartridge having medication and dispense the medication through a valve, a tubular member, and a mouthpiece. An electronic thermometer detects the body temperature and also displays the body temperature on the housing. The body temperature determines if the valve allows for a dose of the medication to be administered.

Claims

1. An automatic medication dispenser comprising:

a housing defining a cavity forming an upper compartment, wherein the upper compartment includes an open upper end configured to removably receive a cartridge containing a medication therein;

a valve disposed within the cavity, the valve configured to releasably couple with the cartridge;

wherein the valve controls fluid communication between the coupled cartridge and a tubular member;

the tubular member in fluid communication with a mouthpiece configured to dispense the medication therethrough;

an actuator operably connected to the valve, wherein activation of the actuator discharges a dose of the medication from the coupled cartridge;

an electronic thermometer configured to detect a body temperature, the electronic thermometer mounted to the mouthpiece;

the electronic thermometer operably coupled to the actuator, wherein the actuator activates upon detection of the body temperature above a first predetermined temperature.

2. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, wherein the housing is L-shaped and defines a lower compartment that houses the tubular member.

3. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a temperature display on an external surface of the housing, the temperature display operably coupled to the electronic thermometer, wherein the temperature display is configured to display the temperature as gathered by the electronic thermometer.

4. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a power control unit configured to activate and deactivate the device.

5. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a hollow conical member sized to dispense medication into the mouth of a user.

6. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece is made of a soft rubber material.

7. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece is sized to cover the mouth of a user.

8. The automatic medication dispenser of claim 1, wherein the tubular member is coupled to the cartridge by penetration of a first end of the tubular member into an internal cavity of the cartridge.

9. An automatic medication dispenser system comprising:

a housing defining a cavity forming an upper compartment, wherein the upper compartment includes an open upper end configured to removably receive a cartridge containing a medication therein;

a valve disposed within the cavity, the valve configured to releasably couple with the cartridge;

wherein the valve controls fluid communication between the coupled cartridge and a tubular member;

the tubular member in fluid communication with a mouthpiece, the mouthpiece comprising a hollow conical member configured to dispense the medication therethrough;

a logic that is at least partially stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium and that, when executed at least in part by a processor, causes the automatic medication dispenser system to perform a method, the method comprising;

detecting a body temperature of a user via an electronic thermometer mounted to the mouth piece;

upon detection of the body temperature above a predetermined temperature, activating an actuator operably connected to the valve causing a discharge of a dose of the medication from the coupled cartridge;

upon detection of the body temperature equal or below a predetermined temperature, inhibiting the actuator from discharging the dose of the medication from the coupled cartridge.

10. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, wherein the housing is L-shaped and defines a lower compartment that houses the tubular member.

11. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, further comprising a temperature display on an external surface of the housing, the temperature display operably coupled to the electronic thermometer, wherein the temperature display is configured to display the temperature as gathered by the electronic thermometer.

12. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, further comprising a power control unit configured to activate and deactivate the device.

13. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a hollow conical member sized to dispense medication into the mouth of a user.

14. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, wherein the mouthpiece is made of a soft rubber material.

15. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, wherein the mouthpiece is sized to cover the mouth of a user.

16. The automatic medication dispenser system of claim 9, wherein the tubular member is coupled to the cartridge by penetration of a first end of the tubular member into an internal cavity of the cartridge.

17. An automatic medication dispenser comprising:

a housing defining a cavity and an open upper end;

a valve disposed within the cavity, the valve configured to releasably couple with a cartridge containing a substance;

wherein the valve controls fluid communication between the cartridge and a channel;

the channel in fluid communication with a mouthpiece;

the mouthpiece configured to dispense the substance therethrough;

an actuator operably connected to the valve, wherein activation of the actuator discharges the substance from the cartridge;

a thermometer mounted to the mouthpiece.