BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
America is going through a serious opioid crisis, where hundreds of thousands are losing their lives and society is spending billions of dollars to try to help them. We also have accidental death, when someone mistakenly takes another person's medications.
STORY OF THE INVENTION
Different people have tried to bring a solution to this problem without much success this far.
Some examples:
- Pill cap timer: it only opens at a certain time; however, the patient can still take more pills than prescribed and abuse it at a later time.
- Automatic Pill Dispenser: no security around it, the device dispenses the medication or unlocks itself when it is time for the next dose, anyone can pick up the medication and take it, or simply access the device prior to the patient and abuse the medication.
As a parent of a child with a chronic disease that causes her to take controlled pain medications, this product is to serve my family and the needs of many others.
Today, we bring a solution that can help patients avoid taking more than prescribed medication and also avoid the wrong person taking a medication not prescribe to them.
Our design provides a controlled access to the medication: dispenser is regulated by a timer and fingerprint scanner or passcode. This can only be activated by the proper identification of the patient and when dosage is due. This will be for both pills and liquid medications.
This invention is geared towards patients who are prescribed medications such as controlled substances (opioids and risky others prescriptions), but also for people who need reminder to take their medications (senior citizens, Alzheimer & ADHD patients or just those who are just don't want to risk missing a dose).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the assembled preferred embodiment of the automatic medication dispenser device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a rendering view of the inside of the pill dispenser
FIG. 3 is a rendering view of the inside of the liquid dispenser
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE
FIG. 1: 1. Digital display screen: displays all required information on a prescription bottle, i.e. name, date filled, expiration date, dosage, quantity, etc.) 2. Door through which providers (doctors or pharmacists) can refill and lock the access 3. Light: changes colors (red all the time and turns green when it is time and ready to dispense) 4. Button to display information about the content and also to activate dispensing of the medication 5. Speaker: vocal reminder or vocal display of the content of the section 6. Receiving tray for pills 7. Power cord (electricity 8. Fingerprint scanner 9. Bluetooth Connection 10. Camera 11. Ethernet connection (plug/cord)
FIG. 2: 1. receiving tray (removable) 2. Conveyor belt: this moves the pills from the medication container and drops it in the receiving tray 3. Medication container: filled by providers only 4. Pulleys: used to move the conveyor belt 5. Sample of pills 6. Built-in batteries (recharges when the device plugged) 7. Electronic compartment
FIG. 3: 1. Receiving tray: where cup is placed 2: Medication cup: receiving the medication 3. Power compartment and battery 4. Pump: inside there is a hydraulic/mechanic pump that takes the liquid from the container and dispenses it 5. Tube/Pipe: connected to the container 6. Power cord: to connect to electrical outlet 7. Ethernet Plug: to connect to the internet 8. Medication Container (for liquid) 9. Tube/pipe: connects to the pump and dispenses the medication 10. Electronic compartment: where all electronic components are stored.