SMART CAP SYSTEM

摘要

A medicine container cap for use with a bottle containing a plurality of pills includes a casing having a pill dispensing opening. A pill dispensing track assembly is removably coupled to the casing and includes a pill ramp for delivering pills to the pill dispensing opening and an insert that includes a pill dispenser slot that receives pills from the pill ramp and is open to the pill dispensing opening. The insert is detachably from the pill ramp and is insertable through an opening in the casing for being attached to the pill ramp. The pill ramp includes an adjustable member that modifies a characteristic of the pill ramp based on at least one characteristic of the insert that is selected, inserted through the opening in the casing and coupled to the pill ramp.

主权项

1. A medicine container cap for use with a bottle containing a plurality of pills comprising:
a casing having a pill dispensing opening, the casing being configured to securely attach to the bottle and represent a cap structure that closes off the bottle; a door member coupled to the casing and movable between at least an idle position and a dispensing position in which the pill dispensing opening is open and one pill is released; and a pill dispensing track assembly that is removably coupled to the casing and includes a pill ramp for delivering pills to the pill dispensing opening and an insert that includes a pill dispenser slot that receives pills from the pill ramp and is open to the pill dispensing opening, the pill ramp being coupled to the casing and for insertion into the bottle to contact pills therein, the insert being detachably from the pill ramp and insertable through an opening in the casing for being attached to the pill ramp; wherein the pill ramp includes a vertically adjustable member that modifies a characteristic of the pill ramp based on at least one characteristic of the insert that is selected and inserted through the opening in the casing and coupled to the pill ramp.