Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Audible
Patent
1995-09-07
1996-10-15
Skaggs, H. Grant
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Audible
221 2, 221 4, 221 15, 221 30, 221121, 221 79, B65D 8304
Patent
active
055645933
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for dispensing a combination of medications in dose lots at timed intervals comprising the following: a housing (12); a plurality of dose modules (32) rotatably mounted in the housing, each dose module including at least one circular disc (34), each of the discs having a plurality of apertures (36) therethrough, wherein each aperture is sealed on either side with film (38, 39) so as to form a compartment which contains a single dose of a medication; extractor means (110) mounted to the housing for selectively piercing the film coveting the apertures so as to release the medication contained in respective apertures; signaling means (92, 182) mounted to the exterior of the housing for periodically indicating a time medication is to be taken; and dose module index means (150, 152) for indexing each dose module at a predetermined interval and for actuating the signaling means. In an alternative embodiment, the dispenser is controlled by a microprocessor system (188).
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Griffin Malvern U.
Medication Management & Consulting, Inc.
Skaggs H. Grant
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