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Bi-directional adaptive drug dispenser for managing divergence between pre-set regimen and actual performance

  • US 9,345,645 B1
  • Filed: 04/07/2015
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bi-directional adaptive drug dispenser for managing divergence between pre-set regimen and actual performance, said dispenser being any of the set of a container or an attachment to a container used to store at least one dose comprising at least one unit of medication and said dispenser comprising:

  • a storage volume;

    a battery compartment for a battery with power connections to power said bi-directional adaptive drug dispenser;

    an operations cap connected to said storage volume and the power connections that controls the filling and dispensing of any dose and unit of medication to or from said storage volume according to said pre-set regimen, further comprising;

    a visual display;

    at least two distinct lights on the distal face of the operations cap;

    a control set of operational, input, and programming controls for the operations cap, further comprising;

    a program button;

    a clock button;

    a quantity button;

    an ‘

    on/off’

    button;

    and a dosing release button;

    an operations set comprising any of a microprocessor, microcontroller or embedded controller, both static memory and dynamic memory, all used to store and run operational program(s) and data, and all connected through any of a bus, baseplane, and backplane to the control set which controls their activation and operation;

    a distal filling door connecting said storage volume to the exterior of the container and controlled by said operations cap; and

    ,a bidirectional dose checking tunnel passing through said operations cap with a distal end connected to the distal filling door and a medial end connecting through a medial filling door to said storage volume, said bidirectional dose checking tunnel further comprising;

    a distal counting sensor;

    an identifying sensor;

    a medial counting sensor; and

    ,a transfer means to move a unit of medication through the bidirectional dose checking tunnel and out either filling door thereof, said transfer means also connected to and controlled by said operations cap.

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