Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Audible
Patent
1992-12-18
1993-06-22
Olszewski, Robert P.
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Audible
221 15, 221312C, G07F 1146
Patent
active
052210243
ABSTRACT:
A programmable medicine dispenser with manual override and color coded medicine canisters comprises a cabinet with a spring loaded door. A vertical magazine with a top loading port and a bottom dispensing port holds a large number of medicine canisters each containing medicine to be taken at one time. The canisters are divided into groups, each group identified by colored patches on the canisters corresponding to the scheduled doses during a day. The door is normally locked by an electro-mechanical latching mechanism to prevent access to the medicine. A programmable electronic timer is set to operate the latching mechanism to unlock the door at selectable times during the day, such that the canisters may be sequentially accessed and the medicine taken in the proper order. When the door is unlocked, it springs open to release a lever switch to activate a lamp and a buzzer to alert the patient or a caretaker that medicine should be taken at that time. An override pin is located under the latching mechanism, and is operable from the outside of the cabinet. The pin allows the manual operation of the mechanism independently of the timer, such that the medication may be accessed during emergencies. An override lockout bar is provided for optionally disabling the override pin as a child safety measure.
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Olszewski Robert P.
Reichard Dean A.
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