Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for dispensing medication
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Application No.: US15374444Application Date: 2016-12-09
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Publication No.: US10993881B1Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Robert Karpman , Paula Rose Aronson , Nandita Bal , David Lipson
- Applicant: GERI-SAFE, LTD.
- Applicant Address: US NY Ithaca
- Assignee: GERI-SAFE, LTD.
- Current Assignee: GERI-SAFE, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Ithaca
- Agency: Miller Mayer LLP
- Agent Randall L. Reed
- Main IPC: A61J7/00
- IPC: A61J7/00 ; B25J15/06 ; G06F19/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is an invention for dispensing multiple medications to a patient over an extended period of days up to several times a day. The system includes a carousel with storage bins and a delivery bin on its periphery. A vacuum system and a vacuum probe with a vacuum cup at the end of the probe for grasping and holding by an induced vacuum a dosage of medication located in a storage bin and moving it to a dispending or delivery bin. The system includes a programmable computer to control the system and sequence the proper dispensing of the medication at the predesignated times.
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