Apparatus and method for dispensing medication

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10993881
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15374444

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Disclosed is an invention for dispensing multiple medications to a patient over an extended period of days up to several times a day. The system includes a carousel with storage bins and a delivery bin on its periphery. A vacuum system and a vacuum probe with a vacuum cup at the end of the probe for grasping and holding by an induced vacuum a dosage of medication located in a storage bin and moving it to a dispending or delivery bin. The system includes a programmable computer to control the system and sequence the proper dispensing of the medication at the predesignated times.

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GERI-SAFE LTD84 EASTLAKE ROAD ITHACA NY 14850

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Aronson, Paula Rose Fitchburg, US 2 4
Bal, Nandita Somerville, US 2 4
Karpman, Robert Ithaca, US 3 5
Lipson, David Ithaca, US 61 9489

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