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Timed medication dispenser

  • US 4,382,688 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1981
  • Issued: 05/10/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medication dispenser, comprising:

  • a hand-held, portable case having a medication compartment therein with a lid that is normally held closed by a manually operable latch, whereby the lid is opened to access the medicine compartment by operating the latch by hand,a switch mounted adjacent said latch to detect when the lid has been opened,an electronic watch module mounted within said case, said module including an alarm that provides an indication at least once each day at a preset time in response to a signal along a path from controlling electronics of said module,electronic memory means connected in said signal path for disarming said alarm in accordance with a preset pattern, thereby to provide an alarm indication only upon selected ones of said alarm preset times, andmeans connecting said switch into the watch module alarm signal path for terminating the alarm indication once initiated, whereby the alarm is terminated upon the medication compartment lid being opened to remove medication therefrom, thereby to thereafter indicate that the medication has been taken.

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