| 摘要 |
A medication dispenser comprises a body with an opening, an advancing device, a reader, an output device and a processor connected to the advancing device, the reader and the output device. The body is closable and lockable and is arranged to receive a medication container comprising multiple individual sealed medication chambers, each medication chamber including a data tag relating to the medication chamber. The opening in the body is for a medication chamber and the advancing device is arranged to advance a medication chamber through the opening. The reader is arranged to read a data tag on a medication chamber and the processor is arranged to control the advancing device and the output device, according to a data tag on a medication chamber. |
| 主权项 |
1. A medication dispenser comprising:
a closable and lockable body arranged to receive a medication container comprising multiple individual sealed medication chambers, each medication chamber including a data tag conveying information related to medication in that chamber, the body including an opening for dispensing the medication chambers, an advancing device arranged to advance the medication chambers through the opening, a reader arranged to read the data tag on each medication chamber, an output device arranged to generate an output, a color system within the body configured to change a color of the body at a time when an individual medication chamber should be advanced through the opening, a motion detector coupled with the body configured to detect motion by a user in proximity to the body, a processor connected to the advancing device, the reader, the output device, the color system, and the motion detector, and arranged to control the advancing device, the output device, and the color system according to the information conveyed by the data tag on each medication chamber and information conveyed by the motion detector, and a network connector electronically coupled with the processor, wherein the processor is arranged to communicate with an external server via the network connector, and wherein the processor:
causes the color system to change the color of the body at the time when the individual medication chamber should be advanced through the opening;receives an indication from the motion detector of motion by the user responsive to the change in color of the body;communicates the information stored on a data tag for the individual medication chamber to the external server and receives a confirmation message from the external server that indicates the medication in the individual medication chamber should be delivered; andcontrols the advancing device to dispense the individual medication chamber responsive to receiving the confirmation message. |
