Method and apparatus for dosing a medical preparation
AssigneeSensidos AB
InventorsChrister Nystrom, Sten-Magnus Aquilonius
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Abstract
A medicine is supplied in the form of a number of small units, partial doses, containing a determined, equal quantity of the active medical substance, and a number of these units, which correspond to a predetermined dose quantity, total dose, of the active medical substance are taken out and dispensed to the consumer. A device for the carrying out of the procedure comprises devices for counting and feeding-out of a number of units, partial doses of the medicine, which correspond to a predetermined dose quantity of the active medical substance and for transport of these units to a dispensing device for dispensing of the above-mentioned dose quantity, total dose, to a consumer.
Claims13
A procedure for the dosing of a medicine comprising the steps of:
- removing from a storage of the medicine a number of equally large units as partial doses which consist of tablets or pellets, each of which contains a determined, equally large quantity of an active medical substance and together making up a predetermined total dose of the active medical substance, and wherein each of the units contains from approximately 20% to approximately 2% by weight of the predetermined total dose;
- transporting the removed units to a dispensing area;
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- discontinuing the transporting when a number of units that corresponds to the predetermined total dose have been removed.
A device for the dosing of medicines, comprising:
- (a) a storage container for a medicine in the form of units, which consist of equally sized tablets, each of which contains a determined, equally large partial dose of an active medical substance, the tablets having a diameter within the interval of 1-13 mm;
- (b) a device for removing the medicine units from the storage container and transporting the units to a dispensing device;
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- (c) a device for counting the removed units and discontinuing the transporting to the dispensing device when the number of the units corresponding to a predetermined, adjustable total dose of the active medical substance has been removed.
A device for the dosing of medicines, comprising:
- a) a storage container for a medicine in the form of units, which consist of equally sized pellets, each of which contains a determined, equally large partial dose of an active medical substance, the pellets having a size within the interval of 1-8 mm;
- b) a device for removing the medicine units from the storage container and transporting the units to a dispensing device;
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- c) a device for counting the removed units and discontinuing the transporting to the dispensing device when the number of the units corresponding to a predetermined, adjustable total dose of the active medical substance has been removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.