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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1985
Jimmy D Allen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael E Cobb, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert S Hillman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dennis R Mungall, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vladimir E Ostoich, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary H Stroy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Biotrack, Inc., Mt. View, CA (US);
Abstract
An automatic drug tape dispensing and metering device and a roll of drug tape housed in a small portable dispenser unit. The dispenser contains a measurement device for carefully measuring the length of tape as it is dispensed from the dispenser. A counter monitors the remaining doses of drug tape remaining within the dispenser. A timer device may be provided to alert the patient that it is time for the medicament to be dispensed. As the lid of the dispenser unit is opened, the measured length of drug tape is severed from the roll by a cutter blade incorporated into the lid. The device permits a physician to accurately customize the dosage and administration of the medicament to be givne a patient by adjusting the tape length released for each single dose and selecting the time intervals between dosages.