US 12,148,517 B2
Automated pill dispenser
Stuart Renwick Locklear, Pembroke, NC (US)
Filed by Stuart Renwick Locklear, Pembroke, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,913.
Application 18/123,913 is a continuation of application No. 17/221,512, filed on Apr. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,610,657, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Application 17/221,512 is a continuation of application No. 16/043,112, filed on Jul. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,984,901, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 16/043,112 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/575,880, filed on Dec. 18, 2014, granted, now 10,032,004, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/917,853, filed on Dec. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0230667 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [A61J 7/0076 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated pill dispenser, comprising:
a plurality of pill dispensing modules, the plurality of pill dispensing modules having a first pill dispensing module and a second first pill dispensing module, the first pill dispensing module having a first dispensing belt that dispenses a first individual pill and the second pill dispensing module having a second dispensing belt dispenses a second individual pill;
each of the first and second dispensing belts driven by a drive motor, wherein each of the plurality of dispensing belts corresponds to a separate medication for delivery; and
a sensor that monitors operation of the automated pill dispenser for dispensing medication by the plurality of pill dispensing modules.