Locked pill bottle with timed dispense limits

摘要

The disclosed pill bottle allows for timed dispensing of medicine, as programmed by a physician, pharmacist, or caregiver. The device has a slot for pill entry in any one of the walls, the slot being sealable and lockable. In an unlocked and open condition, the slot is a portal from the outside of the bottle into an inner cavity, the cavity being adapted for pill storage and extending between the slot/opening for pill entry and an exit tube. The exit tube is sized for single-file passage of a plurality of pills. A button or blocking device (defined as a mechanical and/or physical object which prevents movement of a pill out of the device) is movable only at pre-programmed intervals of time, allowing the exit of a pill or dosage of pills.

主权项

1. A lockable pill bottle for a plurality of pills, comprising:
a container with pill holder and funnel directing said plurality of pills in said container single file into a shaft in continuous communication with said funnel; a movable blocking device fixedly attached to said pill bottle, said movable blocking device, in a first position, is locked in place with a portal which is in continuous communication with said shaft; a timing mechanism which, after a pre-determined amount of time, unlocks said movable blocking device, allowing said blocking device to be manually moved to a second position where said portal is spaced apart from, and is no longer in communication with said shaft; wherein said portal is open to an exterior of said pill bottle after said blocking device is manually moved to said second position; and wherein said movable blocking device slides in a direction circumferentially away from said exterior of said pill bottle about an axis which is stationary with respect to said exterior of said pill bottle, such that in said second position of said blocking device said portal extends at an acute angle with respect to said shaft, said angle having a vertex below said shaft.