Automatic medication dispenser with electronic thermometer
OwnerShaviodla Shanta McGheeinventor
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Abstract
An automatic medication dispenser with electronic thermometer. The automatic medication dispenser provides for the delivery of medication to a user upon detection of a body temperature above a predetermined amount. A housing can receive a cartridge having medication and dispense the medication through a valve, a tubular member, and a mouthpiece. An electronic thermometer detects the body temperature and also displays the body temperature on the housing. The body temperature determines if the valve allows for a dose of the medication to be administered.
Claims17
An automatic medication dispenser comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity forming an upper compartment, wherein the upper compartment includes an open upper end configured to removably receive a cartridge containing a medication therein;
- a valve disposed within the cavity, the valve configured to releasably couple with the cartridge;
- wherein the valve controls fluid communication between the coupled cartridge and a tubular member;
- the tubular member in fluid communication with a mouthpiece configured to dispense the medication therethrough;
- an actuator operably connected to the valve, wherein activation of the actuator discharges a dose of the medication from the coupled cartridge;
- an electronic thermometer configured to detect a body temperature, the electronic thermometer mounted to the mouthpiece;
- the electronic thermometer operably coupled to the actuator, wherein the actuator activates upon detection of the body temperature above a first predetermined temperature.
An automatic medication dispenser system comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity forming an upper compartment, wherein the upper compartment includes an open upper end configured to removably receive a cartridge containing a medication therein;
- a valve disposed within the cavity, the valve configured to releasably couple with the cartridge;
- wherein the valve controls fluid communication between the coupled cartridge and a tubular member;
- the tubular member in fluid communication with a mouthpiece, the mouthpiece comprising a hollow conical member configured to dispense the medication therethrough;
- a logic that is at least partially stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium and that, when executed at least in part by a processor, causes the automatic medication dispenser system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- detecting a body temperature of a user via an electronic thermometer mounted to the mouth piece;
- upon detection of the body temperature above a predetermined temperature, activating an actuator operably connected to the valve causing a discharge of a dose of the medication from the coupled cartridge;
- upon detection of the body temperature equal or below a predetermined temperature, inhibiting the actuator from discharging the dose of the medication from the coupled cartridge.
An automatic medication dispenser comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity and an open upper end;
- a valve disposed within the cavity, the valve configured to releasably couple with a cartridge containing a substance;
- wherein the valve controls fluid communication between the cartridge and a channel;
- the channel in fluid communication with a mouthpiece;
- the mouthpiece configured to dispense the substance therethrough;
- an actuator operably connected to the valve, wherein activation of the actuator discharges the substance from the cartridge;
- a thermometer mounted to the mouthpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.