Medication dispensing system
AssigneeDose Health, LLC
InventorPaul Hines
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Abstract
A medication dispensing system is provided with several cooperating components which help to accommodate the responsible handling of medications. These systems include a user interface to receive input from the user and to present appropriate information/notices/alarms. Further, physical controls and multiple sensors are provided to detect tampering, misuse, and attempts to inappropriately access medications contained within the dispensing system. This misuse can thus be detected, and appropriate notifications can be provided, where appropriate. Further, by adding network communications capabilities, notices can be widely communicated to others, and operation of the medication dispensing system can be controlled and/or monitored remotely.
Claims18
A medication dispensing system comprising:
- a cassette having a plurality of compartments, with each compartment being configured to contain a plurality of medications;
- a housing containing the cassette and accommodating controlled access to the plurality of compartments;
- a lid comprising an aperture providing selective access to the cassette and the plurality of compartments, wherein the cassette includes the plurality of compartments and an area without compartments, the area without compartments being arrangeable to block the aperture and restrict access to the plurality of compartments;
- a drive mechanism coupled to the housing and the lid to control movement of the cassette relative to the housing;
- an accelerometer positioned within the housing or the lid and configured to detect an orientation of the medication dispensing system;
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- a control system configured to engage the drive mechanism only when the accelerometer detects a desired orientation to allow the controlled access to the plurality of compartments based upon a dispensing schedule having a plurality of dispensing events stored in the control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.