Medication dispenser

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2009-01-05

2011-12-27

Mehmood, Jennifer (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Systems

Timer control

C340S572800, C340S693600, C340S539120, C206S534000, C206S538000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08085135

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a medication dispensing system comprising a container including at least two compartments each compartment including a cavity configured to contain at least one first medication, a covering over the cavity configured to break under pressure, and an elongate conductive element on at least a portion of the covering and configured sever upon breaking the covering. The medication dispensing system further includes one interrogator-readable RFID circuit operatively associated with the container and connected to the elongate conductive element of each of the at least two compartments, and one RFID circuit interrogator configured to interrogate the one RFID circuit and determine whether the elongate conductive element is severed on either on at least one of the at least two compartments.

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