Prescription medication control system and method
OwnerGary R. Boucher, Jonathan Glassinventors
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Abstract
A medication dispensing device comprising a housing having an enclosure configured to provide direct access to a current medication container storing medication to be dispensed. The device includes a plurality of bins, each bin configured to receive and store therein a medication container within a bin seat. Additionally, the device includes a scale assembly, within the housing, configured to automatically lift the medication container from the bin seat, weigh the medication container at least once and lower the medication container into the bin seat during a weighing cycle.
Claims195
A medication dispensing device comprising:
- a housing having an enclosure configured to provide direct access to a current medication container storing medication to be dispensed;
- a plurality of bins, within the housing, each bin configured to receive and store therein a medication container within a bin seat;
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- a scale assembly, within the housing, configured to automatically lift the medication container from the bin seat, weigh the medication container at least once and lower the medication container into the bin seat during a weighing cycle.
A medication dispensing device comprising:
- means for removably storing serially one or more medication containers;
- means for housing the storing means;
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- means for automatically lifting a respective one medication container from the storing means, weighing the respective one medication container at least once and lowering the respective one medication container into the storing means during a weighing cycle.
A method of controlling medication dispensation comprising:
- storing serially one or more medication containers in one or more bins in a secure housing;
- automatically lifting a respective one medication container;
- automatically weighing the respective one medication container at least once during a weighing cycle;
- automatically lowering the respective one medication container into a bin seat.
A system for dispensing medications comprising:
- a plurality of in-home medication dispensing and control (MDC) devices, each MDC device having a secure and locked housing configured to store therein a plurality of registered medication containers in discrete bin locations, and a scale assembly configured to weigh one registered medication container at a time;
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- a server configured to register and track an amount of medication taken based on a weight generated by the scale assembly for each registered medication container associated with each MDC device,
- wherein the secure housing includes an enclosure with a lid, the lid being configured to provide direct access to a current registered medication container storing medication to be dispensed;
- and the scale assembly, within the housing, configured to automatically lift at least one of the plurality of registered medication containers from a bin seat of a bin, weigh the at least one of the plurality of registered medication containers at least once and lower the at least one of the plurality of registered medication containers into the bin seat during a weighing cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.