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US 8,556,078 B1Granted
Medicine discriminator
OwnerJoseph Farcoinventor
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Abstract
A tray comprises a flexible floor comprising a first surface and a second surface, at least one pocket in the first surface dimensioned to hold a medicine and a flexible wall extending upward from the first surface and surrounding every at least one pocket most proximal to edges of the first surface, the flexible wall configured to deform elastically when the second surface of the flexible floor is bent.
Claims19
A tray, comprising:
- a flexible floor comprising a first surface and a second surface;
- a flexible wall extending upward from the perimeter of said first surface;
- at least one pocket in said first surface having a surface area about half the total surface area of a medicine selected from the group consisting of pills, capsules, tablets, caplets, and gel caps, wherein said at least one pocket is elastically deformable to expel a medicine held therein;
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- a mound extending upwardly from said first surface having dimensions of about half the total surface area of said medicine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.