Dispensing device having a storage chamber, a dispensing chamber and a feed regulator there between

US7584018B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul Randall Shows · Pineville, US
• Steven Remis · Alexandria, US
• Curtis R. Akins · Pineville, US
• Robert Parks · Pittsburgh, US
• Ryan Kaintz · Washington, US
• Eric Lamont Holmes · Pittsburgh, US
• Matthew Beale · Pittsburgh, US
• Matthew Sass · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 1, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F11/30
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of dispensing medicaments may employ a drug dispensing device comprised of an upper hopper having an upper opening for receiving a medicament and a lower opening. The drug dispensing device also includes a lower hopper having an upper opening and a lower opening in a bottom portion thereof. The upper hopper defines a bulk storage chamber and the lower hopper defines a dispensing chamber. A rotatable dispensing disc is positioned in a lower portion of the dispensing chamber for dispensing medicament from the drug dispensing device through the lower opening in the lower hopper. A regulator is situated between the bulk storage chamber and the dispensing chamber for controlling the rate at which medicament moves from the storage chamber to the dispensing chamber.