MEDICINE DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A portable medicine dispensing apparatus and method includes one or more medicine dispensing units that store at least one type of medicine, and include a medicine variable display unit that identifies and labels medicines stored in each medicine dispensing unit, a database that stores data that includes medicine identifiers and a dosage information for consumption of the medicines, a user identification module that processes a user identification information and identifies a user. Each medicine dispensing unit dispenses at least one medicine to be consumed based on an input provided by the user identification information. A single receiving unit that collects one or more medicines that are dispensed by the one or more medicine dispensing units based on the input. One or more uniformly configured tubes operatively connect each of the medicine dispensing units to the single receiving unit.

主权项

1. A portable medicine dispensing apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of medicine dispensing units, wherein each medicine dispensing unit stores at least one type of medicine, and wherein said each medicine dispensing unit comprises a medicine variable display unit that identifies and labels medicines stored in said each medicine dispensing unit; a database that stores data associated with said medicines, wherein said data comprises a plurality of medicine identifiers, and a dosage information for consumption of said medicines; a user identification module that processes a user identification information and identifies a user, wherein said each medicine dispensing unit dispenses at least one medicine to be consumed based on said user identification information, and wherein said at least one medicine is dispensed from at least one medicine dispensing unit from said plurality of medicine dispensing units based on input provided by said user identification information; a single receiving unit that collects one or more said medicines that are dispensed by said plurality of medicine dispensing units based on said input; and a plurality of uniformly configured tubes each operatively connecting each of said plurality of medicine dispensing units to said single receiving unit.