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Patient controlled timed medication dispenser

  • US 20050258066A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2005
  • Published: 11/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medication dispenser for permitting administration of a medication dose to a patient only after a predetermined minimum-dosing interval has elapsed, the medication dispenser comprising:

  • a medication tray comprising a plurality of compartments, wherein certain ones of the plurality of compartments contain a medication dose;

    a housing enclosing the medication tray, wherein the housing includes an opening; and

    a controller for controlling the medication tray to align one of the plurality of compartments containing a medication dose with the opening after the minimum dosing interval has elapsed, thereby permitting the patient to access the medication dose through the opening.

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