US 12,245,990 B2
Portable medication container
Lindsay N. Gilreath, Edwardsville, IL (US); and Robert E. Hoffman, Linden, IN (US)
Assigned to Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,274.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,393, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339071 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 7/04 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2023.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)
CPC A61J 7/0436 (2015.05) [A61J 1/03 (2013.01); A61J 7/0076 (2013.01); A61J 7/0418 (2015.05); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01); A61J 2200/74 (2013.01); A61J 2205/60 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medication container, comprising:
a generally card-shaped housing having an interior that is able to hold a plurality of pills;
a first opening that is sized to allow a plurality of pills to simultaneously be inserted into the interior of the housing, a first door movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively open and close the first opening;
a second opening that is spaced from the first opening on a same wall of the housing and is configured to only allow a single dose of pills to be dispensed from the interior of the housing at a time, a second door movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively open and close the second opening;
electronic circuitry disposed in the interior of the housing and being configured to detect the passage of the pills through the second opening and record data pertaining to each dispensing event to a memory contained within the interior of the housing; and
a guide including at least one guide wall which extends between the top wall and a bottom wall and is fixedly attached therebetween, said guide wall channeling the pills in the interior of the housing towards the second opening and singulates the pills such that only a single pill can be aligned with the second opening for dispensing at a time.