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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Michael R. Wilkinson, Richardson, TX (US);
H. Michael Willey, Garland, TX (US);
Michael R. Wilkinson, Richardson, TX (US);
H. Michael Willey, Garland, TX (US);
KEWL Innovations, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A portable medicine cooler and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the portable medicine cooler includes: (1) a shell having a grille and further having a door configured to provide access to a cavity within the shell for containing a medicine to be cooled, (2) a cooling and receiver structure coupled to the shell and including a thermoelectric cooler interposing a heat sink and a vial receiver and (3) electronic cooling control and medicine efficacy indication circuitry coupled to the cooling and receiving structure and including a processor, at least one temperature sensor configured to provide a signal to the processor indicating a temperature associated with the portable medicine cooler, a battery configured to provide power to the processor and an indicator selected from the group consisting of at least one light-emitting diode and a liquid-crystal display and configured to provide an indication of an operation of the portable medicine cooler.