Medication dispensing device

• US 20060106491A1
• Filed: 11/02/2004
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stephen A. Kayner
• Original Assignee: Stephen A. Kayner
• Inventors: Kayner, Stephen A.
• Application Number:
  US10/979,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20060106491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/237
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/03 for pills or tablets containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0084 for multiple medicaments
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0445 for preventing drug dispensing during a predetermined time period
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0463 for multiple patients
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty

Abstract

A portable medication dispensing device having at least one memory unit, a fingerprint identification device, a display screen, one or more microswitches and a power source, which allows a specific patient access to a specific dose at specific time intervals is provided.

Claims

1. A medication dispensing device, comprising:

a housing;

a display screen;

a first programmable microswitch;

a memory device;

a function button;

a fingerprint identification scanner;

a second programmable microswitch;

a microswitch activated slide;

a medication tube;

a medication chute; and

a medication retrieval area from where generally one dose of a medication may be retrieved, wherein the device allows a specific patient access to a specific dose at a specific time interval.

2. The medication dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the display screen is an LED display screen.

3. The medication dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the display screen is a digital display screen.

4. The medication dispensing device of claim 2, wherein the memory device may store two or more fingerprints.

5. The medication dispensing device of claim 4, wherein the memory device may store calendar settings.

6. The medication dispensing device of claim 5, wherein the memory device has a hard memory.

7. A method of dispensing medication, comprising:

providing a medication dispensing device comprising;

a housing;

a display screen;

a first programmable microswitch;

a memory device;

a function button;

a fingerprint identification scanner;

a second programmable microswitch;

a microswitch activated slide;

a medication tube;

a medication chute; and

a medication retrieval area from where generally one dose of a medication may be retrieved, wherein the device allows a specific patient access to a specific dose at a specific time interval;

scanning a fingerprint on the fingerprint identification scanner;

comparing the scanned fingerprint with a memory fingerprint via the memory device;

activating the second programmable microswitch to align the microswitch activated slide with the medication tube and the medication chute retrieving a medication from the medication dispensing area.