Medication dispensing tray adapter and system
OwnerRobert Gerhard Mazurinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a medication dispensing device adaptable to receive a medication dispensing tray, the tray having a slidable overlapping foil layer to incrementally expose the compartments of the medication dispensing tray. The dispensing device delivers the medication dispensed from the tray compartments to the patient through a funnel and staggered rotatable cup system to individually dispense each of the compartments of the tray.
Claims18
A medication dispensing device for dispensing medication held within a medication dispensing tray, the medication dispensing tray having a plurality of compartments, the medication dispensing tray positioned in the medication dispensing device, comprising:
- a plurality of funnels positioned below an installed medication dispensing tray, each of the plurality of funnels aligned with a respective one of a plurality of rotational cups, each of the plurality of the funnels dispensing medication into the respective one of the plurality of rotational cups;
- each of the plurality of rotational cups positioned along a rotational rod, the rotational rod rotated by a motor;
- the dispensing device having a pulling bar affixable to a foil layer on the dispensing tray to apply a pulling force on the foil layer and remove the foil layer from the dispensing tray;
- the dispensing tray having a top surface and a plurality of compartments, and a top protective layer having a plurality of pass through openings formed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns matching a plurality of openings in the dispensing tray, the foil layer slidable relative to the dispensing tray, and positioned between the top protective layer and the dispensing tray top surface;
- wherein each of the rotational cups individually dispenses from the medication dispensing device.
A medication dispensing device for dispensing medication held within a medication dispensing tray, the medication dispensing tray having a plurality of compartments, the medication dispensing tray positioned into the medication dispensing device, comprising:
- a plurality of channels positioned below the medication dispensing tray, each of the plurality of channels aligned with a respective one of a plurality of rotational cups, the channels dispensing medication into the respective one of the plurality of rotational cups;
- each of the plurality of rotational cups positioned along a rotational rod, the rotational rod rotated by a motor;
- wherein each of the rotational cups is in a staggered rotatable relationship with an adjacent one of the plurality of cups, each of the cups having a tab, each adjacent tab on respective adjacent rotational cup rotationally staggered relative to an adjacent tab;
- the dispensing device having a pulling bar affixable to a foil layer on the dispensing tray to apply a pulling force on the foil layer and remove the foil layer from the dispensing tray;
- the dispensing tray having a top surface and a plurality of compartments, a top protective layer having a plurality of pass through openings formed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns matching a plurality of openings in the dispensing tray, the foil layer slidable relative to the dispensing tray;
- wherein each of the rotational cups individually dispenses from the medication dispensing device upon rotation of the rotational rod.
A medication dispensing device for dispensing medication held within a medication dispensing tray, the medication dispensing tray having a plurality of compartments, the medication dispensing tray positioned into the medication dispensing device, comprising:
- a plurality of funnels positioned below the medication dispensing tray, each of the plurality of funnels aligned with a respective one of a plurality of rotational cups, the funnels dispensing medication into the respective one of the plurality of rotational cups;
- each of the plurality of rotational cups positioned along a rotational rod, the rotational rod rotated by a motor;
- wherein each of the rotational cups is in a staggered rotatable relationship with an adjacent one of the plurality of cups, each of the cups having a tab, each adjacent tab on respective adjacent rotational cup rotationally staggered;
- the dispensing device having a pulling bar affixable to a foil layer on the dispensing tray to apply a pulling force on the foil layer and incrementally remove the foil layer from the dispensing tray;
- the dispensing tray having a top surface and a plurality of compartments, a top protective layer having a plurality of pass through openings formed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns matching a plurality of openings in the dispensing tray, the foil layer slidable relative to the dispensing tray and the top protective layer;
- the dispensing device including a camera to detect the dispensing of medication to the dispensing area.
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