Rotary pill dispenser and method of use
AssigneeZig Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsDon A. Bukstein, Gary C. Steven, Joseph C. Steven
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Abstract
An automated medication dispenser system is disclosed. The system includes a dispenser device comprising a medication dispensing and storage module, a dispensing drive and control mechanism, and a communications interface. A third party communications host is in communication with the dispenser device, and has administration software with executable instructions for control of the dispensing drive and control mechanism to dispense medication from the medication dispensing and storage module. The communications interface is in communication with the third party communications host.
Claims15
A mobile patient-operated automated medication dispenser device for dispensing controlled quantities of medication, the dispenser device comprising:
- a medication dispensing and storage module that stores a pre-loaded quantity of doses of a medication and that dispenses the medication;
- a dispensing drive and control mechanism to drive and control the dispensing of the medication from the medication dispensing and storage module;
- a communications interface allowing two-way wireless communication with a communications host;
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- a processor and a memory having localized control software with instructions executable by the processor to:
- set a first dosing of medication, the first dosing of medication defining a first predetermined number of doses of the pre-loaded quantity of doses;
- receive a first patient-initiated activation of the dispenser device to dispense the first dosing of medication;
- control the dispensing drive and control mechanism to cause the medication dispensing and storage module to dispense the first dosing of medication based on receiving the first patient-initiated activation;
- following dispensing the first dosing of medication,
- receive information from the communication host via the communications interface, and
- set a second dosing of medication based on the information, the second dosing of medication defining a second predetermined number of doses of the pre-loaded quantity of doses, the second predetermined number of doses being different than the first predetermined number of doses;
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- following setting the second dosing of medication,
- receive a second patient-initiated activation of the dispenser device to dispense the second dosing of medication, and
- control the dispensing drive and control mechanism to cause the medication dispensing and storage module to dispense the second dosing of medication based on receiving the second patient-initiated activation.
A method for monitoring and controlling dosing of medication with a mobile patient-operated automated medication dispenser device communicable with a communications host, the dispenser device having a pre-loaded quantity of doses of a medication, the method comprising:
- setting a first dosing of medication, the first dosing of medication defining a first predetermined number of doses of the pre-loaded quantity of doses;
- receiving a first patient-initiated activation of the dispenser device to dispense the first dosing of medication;
- causing a dispensing drive and control mechanism to dispense the first dosing of medication from the medication dispensing and storage module based on receiving the first patient-initiated activation;
- following dispensing the first dosing of medication,
- receiving information from the communications host, and
- setting a second dosing of medication based on the information, the second dosing of medication defining a second predetermined number of doses of the pre-loaded quantity of doses, the second predetermined number of doses being different than the first predetermined number of doses;
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- following setting the second dosing of medication,
- receiving a second patient-initiated activation of the dispenser device to dispense the second dosing of medication, and
- causing the dispensing drive and control mechanism to dispense the second dosing of medication from the medication dispensing and storage module based on receiving the second patient-initiated activation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.