Pill counting tray with digital counter

摘要

A pill counting tray for counting pills. The pill counting tray includes a digital counter with a sensor that can digitally count the pills as they are being moved by a wand on the tray. The pill counting tray also includes a number of small evenly spaced terrain domes on one part of the tray to prevent the pills from clumping or clustering. The pill counting tray also includes a hinged return funnel that inclines upward when the pill counting tray is placed on a counter during counting, such that the hinged funnel creates a backstop to prevent pills from rolling off of the tray. The hinged funnel will rotate downward when the pill counting tray is lifted to ease the return of excess pills to the stock bottle. A portion of the surface of the hinged funnel also includes a number of spaced terrain domes.

主权项

1. A pill counting tray for counting and dispensing medication in pill form, said pill counting tray consisting of:
a counting tray having a substantially flat counting surface for counting pills, a front edge, a rear wall, and an underside; said counting surface having a dispensing side and a return side; a dispensing chamber attached to said counting tray at said dispensing side such that counted pills are placed in said dispensing chamber for transfer to a patient's medicine bottle; a return funnel attached to said counting tray at said return side, said return funnel having a top surface, a top wall, a side wall that angles toward said top wall to create a spout, and an underside; wherein said return funnel is configured for removing excess pills from said counting tray; wherein said return funnel is attached to said counting tray by means of a hinge, and wherein said return funnel includes a funnel pedestal attached to said return funnel underside such that when said pill counting tray and return funnel are positioned on a horizontally flat surface said return funnel is tilted upward at an angle above said flat counting surface to create an angled back stop to prevent the pills from flowing off said return funnel; a pill counting wand for separating, moving and counting said pills; wherein pills are poured onto said counting surface and counted into said dispensing chamber with said wand.