Medication dispensing and monitoring system
OwnerMeir Barturinventor
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Abstract
A medication dispensing and monitoring system includes an acknowledge-back pager, a carriage communicating with the pager, and a medication unit dispensing stored medication. The pager receives prescriptions and transmits messages back to a physician or health care organization. Prescriptions received by the pager are stored and processed by a pager processor. The pager processor communicates with a carriage controller via a series of electrical contacts. At a prescribed time, a motor in the carriage causes the medication unit to dispense the prescribed medication. Numerous medication units may be assembled to accommodate different forms of medication.
Claims17
A medication dispensing system comprising:
- a pager operatively in communication with a transmitter;
- a medication unit, including an apparatus for dispensing stored medication, and communicatively coupled to the pager;
- a memory storing prescription and dispensing time information;
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- a medication unit processor responsive to dispensing of medication from the medication dispensing system, coupled for data communication with the pager transmitter, the memory and the medication unit, for determining if medication in accordance with the stored prescription information is retrieved from the medication unit in accordance with the stored dispensing time and if not the transmitter initiating an outgoing page notifying noncompliance from the pager.
A medication dispensing system, comprising:
- a wireless communication device including a transmitter;
- a first medication unit including a canister for storing a first medication and a first coupling bracket coupled to a surface of the medication unit;
- a second medication unit having a second coupling bracket removably engaged with the first medication unit via the first coupling bracket, a third coupling bracket for receiving an additional medication unit, and a second canister for storing a second medication;
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- a processor, coupled for data communication with the communication device, for controlling and monitoring the first and second medication units based on prescription information received from the communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.