DRUG AND FLUID DISPENSER

摘要

A drug and fluid dispenser includes a first mechanism for holding and dispensing a fluidized food; a second mechanism for measuring, holding, and dispensing a specified amount of fluid to be taken with a set of medicines at a specified time; a third mechanism for holding and dispensing one or more sets of medicines in a chronological order according to a pre-determined schedule of administration to an individual; a fourth mechanism for granulating a next scheduled set of medicines and mixing the granulated next scheduled set of medicines with the specified amount of fluid at the specified time; a first output mechanism for administering contents of the first mechanism and contents of the fourth mechanism to the individual; and a second output mechanism for rinsing the fourth mechanism subsequent to administration of each of the sets of medicines.

主权项

1. A drug and fluid dispenser, comprising:
a first compartment configured to hold a fluidized food; a second compartment configured to hold a measured amount of fluid to be taken with a medicine; a third compartment configured as a medicine dispenser and granulator, the third compartment comprising:
a plurality of medicine chambers, each medicine chamber configured to hold one or more medicines to be taken at a specified time, wherein a lower medicine chamber holds one or more medicines to be taken at a first specified time, and each subsequently higher-positioned medicine chamber holds one or more medicines to be taken at respective subsequent times;a granulating chamber configured to grind, chop, or crush the one or more medicines into a powder;a processor including circuitry configured to drop the one or more medicines from the lower medicine chamber at the first specified time into the granulating chamber, the circuitry also configured to lower the one or more medicines from each of the subsequently higher-positioned medicine chambers into a next lower medicine chamber for future dispensing; anda mixing chamber configured to combine and mix the powder with the measured amount of fluid; and a feeding mechanism configured to transport the combined powder and measured amount of fluid from the mixing chamber and to transport the fluidized food from the first compartment to an individual.