Worry elimination dosage dispenser

• US 20070170199A1
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Debbie York
• Original Assignee: Debbie York
• Inventors: York, Debbie
• Application Number:
  US11/212,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20070170199A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 221/150.R
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0427 with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0454 for dispensing of multiple drugs
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis

Abstract

A device for dispensing non-liquid (capsules, pills, or tablets) prescription medication from as many as eight (8) separate compartments is loaded by a pharmacist who sets the time for the medication to be dispensed. At the programmed time, a clock mechanism activates a miniature switch that engages a pin to release a trapdoor allowing the medication to drop thru a flue from the compartment into a collection dish. As the trapdoor closes, a time-delay relay is activated allowing another dosage to drop onto the trapdoor for the next timed dosage release.

Claims

1. A device for storing one months supply of up to eight different non-liquid prescription medications. At the desired time interval a prescription dosage of medication drops through its individual storage compartment and into a collection dish for retrieval. The device includes:

A. A Plastic Top that fits permanently on the Worry Eliminator Dosage Dispenser in which openings for the hinged lids are located and through which non-liquid prescription medications are loaded into the storage compartment by a pharmacist.

B. A Hinged Lid through which non-liquid prescription medications are loaded into the device.

C. Eight individual compartments molded into a single Storage Compartment in which up to eight-(8) different non-liquid prescription medications are housed.

D. A Universal Lock located at the top rim of each of the eight individual compartments that make up the storage unit of the Worry Eliminator Dosage Dispenser. Only a pharmacist can open the lock using a universal key.

E. A Clock Mechanism located on the front of each of the eight individual compartments that make up the storage compartment of the Worry Eliminator Dosage Dispenser. The number of clocks programmed on each device coincides with the number of non-liquid prescription medications the pharmacist has loaded into the individual storage compartment(s). Each Clock Mechanism is programmed by the pharmacist to dispense the correct dosage of prescription medication out of the storage compartment via a trap door, through a flue and into a collection dish.

F. A Trap Door located at the base of each of the individual storage compartments of the Worry Eliminator Dosage Dispenser. The purpose is to release the pre-programmed amount of non-liquid prescription medication that has been released out of the Storage Compartment and allow it to fall into a flue.

G. Flue which allows a programmed amount of non-liquid prescription medication to fall into a collection dish. The flue acts to control the fall of non-liquid prescription medication into a collection dish.

H. Two molded plastic legs, one located on either side of the cylindrical shaped device are to support the body of the Worry Eliminator Dosage Dispenser and keep it stationary over the collection dish located directly underneath.

I. Collection Dish is located directly underneath the body of the Worry Eliminator Dosage Dispenser. Its purpose is to collect the non-liquid prescription medication as it falls from the storage compartment, through the trap door, through a flue and then into the collection dish where it remains until it is retrieved by a patient or health care professional.