Medication dosage dispensing system and methods having customization and modification for medicine dispensing configurations

• US 9,542,533 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2013
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hemang Vipinchandra Trivedi, Miteshkumar Ishwarbhai Patel
• Original Assignee: Hemang Vipinchandra Trivedi, Miteshkumar Ishwarbhai Patel
• Inventors: Patel, Miteshkumar Ishwarbhai, Trivedi, Hemang Vipinchandra
• Primary Examiner(s): COLLINS, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US14/018,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172160A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: 700/233
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/035 Blister-type containers blisters in general B65D75/36
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/50 using icons or symbolic figures, e.g. by a graphical representation symbolising the type of pathology or the organ by an image
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

A device for monitoring and correction of a functional condition of a human body on the basis of measurement of thresholds of temperature painful sensitivity (TPS) of acupuncture points (AP). The device includes a diagnostics and treatment module, a control and communication block and a server, connected by bi-directional data channels. The module includes a handle with an autonomous power unit and a means of reception/transmission. The module is supplied by an element of thermal influence on AP in the form of an infrared LED connected to a current generator, a radiation indicator, a switch, inputs/outputs and a microcontroller. The control and communication includes a mobile phone or a computer of the patient with a related function of data reception/transmission, display of the data and control of the module, by means of inputting of a resident program. The handle serves as the peripheral indicator of a condition and the device of influence with the low price for the patient, and all processing of the address individual information of each patient is assigned to the server.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for packaging medicine doses as requested by a patient, the method comprising:

modifying or customizing a dosage schedule for at least one medicine using a first IP-addressable device connected to a pharmacy via a network, wherein the patient selects a day or time to receive a dose of the at least one medicine;

determining whether approval is needed for the modified or customized dosage schedule;

if approval is needed, uploading the modified or customized dosage schedule to a storage location within the network for approval by a doctor, or caregiver, wherein the doctor or the caregiver uses a second IP-addressable device connected to the network to provide the approval to the pharmacy;

determining whether the modified or customized dosage schedule is compatible with the patient by comparing the modified or customized dosage schedule to a record at the pharmacy;

receiving the approval for the modified or customized dosage schedule over the network from the IP-addressable second device if approval is needed by the doctor or the caregiver or if the comparison performed in the second determining step indicates that the modified or customized dosage schedule is not compatible; and

dispensing the at least one medicine into a customized or modified medicine pack at the pharmacy according to the dosage schedule using a robot packing system at the pharmacy to create the customized or modified medicine pack by

dropping the at least one medicine according to the dosage schedule into a tapered hopper, wherein the tapered hopper has a wider opening at its top and a narrower opening at its bottom, wherein the hopper is coupled on its bottom to a hollow shaft, wherein the hollow shaft prevents the medicine from bouncing back upward into the tapered hopper,

filling a tray with the at least one medicine according to the dosage schedule, wherein, the at least one medicine travels from the top of the hopper to the bottom of the hopper and then through the hollow shaft making its way into the tray, and

dropping the at least one medicine into the customized or modified medicine pack through a drop door in the tray in response to instructions received to place individual doses of the at least one medicine into locations of the medicine pack that correspond to the customized or modified dosage schedule,

sealing the customized or modified medicine pack after the doses are placed into the medicine pack,

retrieving, at the robot packing system, the instructions for the customized or modified dosage schedule, and

printing a label based on the instructions of the customized or modified dosage schedule for the medicine pack and placing the label on the medicine pack by the robot packing system,

wherein the patient receives the medicine pack at the pharmacy.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the uploading using the first IP-addressable device includes using a graphical user interface supported by the device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising notifying the patient through the device if no approval is received for the modified or customized dosage schedule.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first IP-addressable device includes a computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone or a station within a pharmacy.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising accessing a database or server by the patient to review the dosage schedule.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising considering a factor impacting medication efficacy when generating the dosage schedule.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the factor includes drug interaction, time of day, food intake or liquid intake.