Automatic, gravity-fed, solid dosage form dispenser

An automatic, gravity-fed, solid dosage form dispenser, comprising:

• a first rotatable dose dispensing wheel and a second rotatable dose dispensing wheel, the first and second rotatable dose dispensing wheels each having a central drive mounting and each comprising a plurality of solid dosage form holding compartments defined by at least a first and a second opposing walls extending outwardly respectively from, or proximate, the central drive mounting of the first rotatable wheel and the second rotatable wheel, towards a respective outer periphery of the first rotatable wheel and the second rotatable wheel;
• a wheel housing having a base plate with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a respective first housing wall and a second housing wall, the first and second housing walls extending respectively outwardly and circumferentially from, and along, an outer peripheral edge of the base plate to form two sub-housings, each sub-housing positioned on a respective side of the base plate, and defining a respective first outwardly facing opening and a second outwardly facing opening to receive said first rotatable dose dispensing wheel and said second rotatable dose dispensing wheel therein respectively, wherein the first rotatable dose dispensing wheel is received by the first outwardly facing opening, and the second rotatable dose dispensing wheel is received by the second outwardly facing opening;
• and
• an interactive user interface device configured to control operation of the automatic, solid dosage form dispenser;
• wherein the first and said second rotatable dose dispensing wheels are configured to be rotatable independently of one another via their respective central drive mountings;
• wherein the respective first and second rotatable dose dispensing wheels and central drive mountings are positioned along a common axis of rotation which is perpendicular to the base plate of the wheel housing;
• wherein the interactive user interface device is mounted to the wheel housing in a plane which is substantially tangential to an outer peripheral surface of both the first and second housing walls of the wheel housing;
• and
• an independent rotation of each of the first and said second rotatable dose dispensing wheels within their respective first and second wheel housings is controlled via the interactive user interface device, for dispensing purposes.