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Drug delivery regulator

  • US 9,870,450 B2
  • Filed: 07/03/2013
  • Issued: 01/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tamper-resistant drug receiving, regulating and dispensing apparatus comprising:

  • a tamper-resistant canister including at least one access compartment, at least one regulating unit having an entrance thereto, at least one variable insert that controls the amount of contents being dispensed from the at least one regulating unit by restricting or expanding the entrance to the at least one regulating unit, wherein the at least one variable insert is attached to an inner surface of the at least one access compartment, and a locking mechanism;

    a controller operably in communication with the locking mechanism and the at least one regulating unit, the controller configured to at least control the locking mechanism and the at least one regulating unit; and

    a communication component operably in communication with the controller, the communication component configured to receive one or more instructions from a device external to the tamper-resistant drug receiving, regulating and dispensing apparatus and automatically and without user interaction implement the one or more instructions according to a protocol governing operability of the apparatus, the protocol being configured to identify when drugs are to be dispensed by the apparatus, wherein implementing the one or more instructions causes the controller to dispense a drug at the at least one regulating unit.

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