Portable medication dispenser

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2007-02-20

2007-02-20

Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)

Article dispensing

Captive article type

With means to remove articles from point of use

C221S093000, C221S013000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10337762

ABSTRACT:
A medication dispensing system (10) includes a portable securable container (42), and a mechanism (12, 13, 14, 16, 19) for dispensing a dosage of solid medication. The system further comprises a processor (11) interfacing with the mechanism and further programmed to await (402) an authorization code from an authorized user among a plurality of authorized users, dispense (404) a dosage of medication while maintaining remaining dosages of medication secure in the portable secure dispenser upon receipt of at least the authorization code and optionally a patient's name, and store (406) a code representative of the authorized user, a code representative of the patient's name, and a date and time of dispensation of the dosage of medication in a memory.

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