SYSTEM FOR SORTING AND DISPENSING ORAL MEDICATIONS

摘要

A system for assisting patients in sorting and dispensing medication supplies comprises a storage tray having a number of storage compartments, and a communication system to identify a medication to be provided from a pill bottle and, based upon the identification and a known regime, automatically identify which compartments of the storage tray are to be filled with the identified medication from the pill bottle and perform the filling of the storage tray. In doing so, a patient can simply open and present any number of pill bottles to the system, and then allow the system to arrange the medication in the storage tray according to the known regimen. The regimen and regimen updates are communicated to the system by means of a wired or wireless transmission to the system from a remote location (e.g. pharmacy or doctor's office), by direct user input, or by reading such information from a barcode or similar information carrier affixed to the pill bottles.

主权项

1. A medication dispensing device, comprising:
an identification sensor configured to detect medication information; a feeder module configured to receive a plurality of medications; a singulating module configured to sort the plurality of medications into discrete doses; a dispensing module configured to dispense the discrete doses; and a processor configured to:
determine a medication regimen based on the detected medication information, the medication regimen comprising one or more doses and, for each dose, a time at which to be taken; andactivate the dispensing module to dispense the discrete doses of the medication based on the medication regimen.