Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Audible
Patent
1998-08-13
2000-11-14
Noland, Kenneth W.
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Audible
221 7, G07F 1100
Patent
active
061456977
ABSTRACT:
A device for enabling a patient to have ready access to a daily dosage of medication placed in compartments at predetermined time periods and wherein the compartments are only accessible to the patient at predetermined time periods. The device comprises an annular plate member having a plurality of medicine receiving compartments formed adjacent the periphery thereof. Specific dosages in the form of capsules or pills are sequentially placed in selected compartments. In a preferred mode, up to four compartments are loaded in sequence to provide one dosage, up to four sequences of four compartments allowing four daily dosages to be provided. An annular top cover member is positioned over the plate member, the cover member including a window or door. The annular compartment containing member is controlled in a manner such that a selected compartment is positioned at a location under the window. When the window is so located, an alarm is energized to alert the patient that the dosage in that compartment is available for use. When the door is opened, the alarm is deactivated. An indexing mechanism is provided to rotate the plate member so that the adjacent compartment is rotated beneath the window. As the plate member is rotated, the window is automatically shut before the alarm for the next compartment is energized. A locking member is provided so that only the health provider can have access to all the compartments and thus determine if the patient has complied with the specified dosage regimen.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4572403 (1986-02-01), Benaroya
patent: 4748600 (1988-05-01), Urquhart
Keschner Irving
Noland Kenneth W.
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