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Biometric electronic communicating drug dispenser

  • US 9,439,835 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2012
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A biometric electronic communicating drug dispenser (BECDD) device, comprising:

  • an authentication sensor including a camera that senses authentication attributes of a user and generates a user authentication signal;

    a controller that receives the user authentication signal from the authentication sensor and generates a dosage dispensing instruction based on a dosage schedule at a remote computer; and

    a medication dispenser that dispenses a dosage under control of the controller based on the dosage schedule to control access to the dosage by the user,wherein the medication dispenser comprises an actuator that receives the dosage dispensing instruction from the controller and is configured to dispense the dosage,wherein the BECDD device further comprises a generally rectangular shaped housing that receives the medication dispenser having a generally rectangular shape, the medication dispenser comprising a spring-loaded dispenser that holds a series of linearly stacked pills with each pill being offset from an adjacent pill.

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