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Dispenser system and methods for medication compliance

  • US 10,722,431 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2018
  • Issued: 07/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medication dispensing system comprising:

  • a medicine transfer device configured to transfer medicine between a first container and a second container, wherein the first container is configured to initially store medicine; and

    a controller configured todetermine a first predetermined amount of medicine to be dispensed from the medicine dispensing system,cause the medicine transfer device to (i) discharge at least a second predetermined amount of the medicine from the first container onto the medicine transfer device, and (ii) transfer at least a third predetermined amount of the medicine from the medicine transfer device to the second container,subsequent to the transfer of the third predetermined amount of the medicine, determine whether the second container has greater than or equal to the first predetermined amount of the medicine,if the second container has less than the first predetermined amount of the medicine, cause the medicine transfer device to at least one of (i) transfer at least a portion of the medicine on the medicine transfer device into the second container, or (ii) discharge at least a portion of the medicine in the first container onto the medicine transfer device, anduntil the second container has the first predetermined amount of the medicine, iteratively perform a plurality of operations including at least one ofdischarging medicine remaining on the medicine transfer device into the first container,discharging at least a portion of the medicine in the second container onto the medicine transfer device, andtransferring at least a portion of the medicine on the medicine transfer device into the second container,wherein each iteration of the plurality of operations includes discharging less medicine from the medicine transfer device into the second container than during the previous iteration.

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