US 11,752,071 B2
Technologies for medicine dispensing
Michael Moonsup Song, Old Tappan, NJ (US); Yoon Jung Song, Old Tappan, NJ (US); Ryan A. Kelly, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); and Paul Dowd, Scarsdale, NY (US)
Assigned to Michael Moonsup Song and Yoon Jung Song, Old Tappan, NJ (US)
Filed by Michael Moonsup Song, Old Tappan, NJ (US); and Yoon Jung Song, Old Tappan, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,431.
Application 17/195,431 is a continuation of application No. 15/491,797, filed on Apr. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,940,092.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186818 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 7/04 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/44 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 1/03 (2023.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [A61J 7/0445 (2015.05); G07F 11/005 (2013.01); G07F 11/44 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 1/03 (2013.01); A61J 7/0418 (2015.05); A61J 7/0481 (2013.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a dispenser including:
a housing;
a reservoir housed within the housing;
a chute in fluid communication with the reservoir, wherein the chute is adjacent to the reservoir, wherein the reservoir is configured for retaining an object and transferring the object to the chute, and wherein the chute is configured for receiving the object from the reservoir;
a user input device;
a power source housed within the housing;
a logic housed within the housing, wherein the power source powers the logic;
a motor housed within the housing, wherein the power source powers the motor, wherein the logic controls the motor;
a gear train housed within the housing, wherein the motor drives the gear train;
a first platform defining an opening, wherein a portion of the first platform abuts a bottom portion of the chute when the dispenser is in a non-dispensing state; and
a second platform including a well, wherein the well includes a side wall and a bottom, wherein the gear train is configured to rotate the second platform relative to the housing, and wherein when the logic sets the dispenser to a dispensing state a position of the well is adjustable relative to the housing via the user input device, such that the well substantially aligns with the chute.