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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1998
Anil Sahai, Webster City, IA (US);
Stephen K Breede, Hollis, NH (US);
Roger O Topliffe, Sunapee, NH (US);
Douglas A Topliffe, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Innovative Medical Devices, Inc., Webster City, IA (US);
Abstract
A medication dispensing system comprising an on-site medication dispensing unit and a central monitoring facility. The on-site medication dispensing unit holds medication in a plurality of canisters which it selects from according to an entered and stored prescription regimen and then notifies the patient by an audible or other sensory signal. If the patient presses a button within a prescribed time, the unit dispenses the selected canisters. If the patient does not press the button within the prescribed time, or if the unit detects a failure to dispense the selected canister, the unit makes the canister inaccessible and contacts a predetermined list of caregivers and then a central monitoring facility.