Method for monitoring the filling of a medication dispenser, and medication dispenser
AssigneeEvondos Oy
InventorsMika APELL, Jyrki NIINISTÖ
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the filling of a medication dispenser that comprises a first and a second container for receiving a strip of medication packages. In the method a taking time of the first medication package of the second strip inserted into the second container is compared with a taking time of the last medication package of the first strip inserted into the first container, in order to determine if the delivery of medication packages can be continued after the first strip with the second strip. The invention also relates to a medication dispenser.
Claims15
A method for monitoring the filling of a medication dispenser, comprising:
- inserting a second strip of medication packages into a second container of the medication dispenser,
- transferring a first medication package of the second strip to a reader of the medication dispenser,
- reading a taking time of the first medication package from a label of the first medication package, and
- comparing the taking time of the first medication package of the second strip with a taking time of a last medication package of a first strip inserted into a first container of the medication dispenser, in order to determine if the delivery of medication packages can be continued after the first strip with the second strip.
A medication dispenser, comprising:
- a first container arranged to receive a first strip of medication packages,
- a second container arranged to receive a second strip of medication packages,
- a reader arranged to read a taking time of a medication package from a label of the medication package,
- transfer means for transferring medication packages from the first and the second container to the reader and then to an outlet of the medication dispenser, and
- a control unit arranged to control the reader and the transfer means;
- wherein the control unit is arranged to compare a taking time of the first medication package of the second strip with a taking time of the last medication package of the first strip, in order to determine if the delivery of medication packages can be continued after the first strip with the second strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.