Smart automatic medication dispenser
First Claim
1. A programmable automatic medication dispenser, comprising:
- a dispenser main body having a receiving bin;
a medication magazine, detachable from the dispenser main body, having a plurality of stacks, each stack having a plurality of stacked medication canisters, and said detachable medication magazine capable of holding a multi-day, prescribed sequence of medications, as a single transportable unit;
a patient alerting means attached to the dispenser main body;
a plurality of ejection arms;
a computing means that monitors the time of the day, generates a signal to the patient-alerting means at programmed dosage times, and determines a selected medication ejection arm and a selected medication canister;
a patient activated medication release button generating an electrical ejection signal;
a means to translate the electrical ejection signal into a mechanical motion and activate the selected ejection arm to push the selected medication canister from the medication magazine into the receiving bin, whereby, at predetermined dosing times, the selected medication canister is delivered to the patient from the detachable medication magazine.
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Abstract
The general purpose of the device described herein, the Smart Automatic Medication Dispenser, is to aid medical patients who must consume several types of medications several times a day for long periods of time. Often, due to daily diversions, it can be difficult for a patient to keep a running record of the amount of medications and the times at which they must be administered. The specific purpose of this computer controlled dispenser device is to provide a convenient vehicle and means by which properly proportioned medication doses are housed and automatically delivered to the patient in single complete doses. This user friendly and expandable dispenser will deliver medication in the proper chronological order and at the precisely correct/prescribed daily time intervals for a nominal period of one full week. Included in this device are comprehensive patient alerting capabilities, including familiar voices, all coordinated with medication delivery. Contained within the dispenser device is the ability to dial out and receive telephone messages to inform health care personnel of the dispenser'"'"'s status, usage and to change internal dispenser programs.
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1. A programmable automatic medication dispenser, comprising:
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a dispenser main body having a receiving bin; a medication magazine, detachable from the dispenser main body, having a plurality of stacks, each stack having a plurality of stacked medication canisters, and said detachable medication magazine capable of holding a multi-day, prescribed sequence of medications, as a single transportable unit; a patient alerting means attached to the dispenser main body; a plurality of ejection arms; a computing means that monitors the time of the day, generates a signal to the patient-alerting means at programmed dosage times, and determines a selected medication ejection arm and a selected medication canister; a patient activated medication release button generating an electrical ejection signal; a means to translate the electrical ejection signal into a mechanical motion and activate the selected ejection arm to push the selected medication canister from the medication magazine into the receiving bin, whereby, at predetermined dosing times, the selected medication canister is delivered to the patient from the detachable medication magazine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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