Having trouble remembering what pill to take and when? No problem. Famed inventor Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway and insulin pump) conceived an automated pill dispensing machine. This device uses one or more cameras to identify and dispensed a variety of securely stored pills. Facial image scans, fingerprints, retina scans, or other biometric data are used to insure the medication is dispensed to the authorized user. The dispenser can notify you when it's time to take a pill by sounding an alert directly from the device or via the internet.
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Abstract
A pill dispenser is disclosed that includes a pill-dispensing mechanism, a receptacle, an identifying camera positioned to capture an image of an area adjacent to the pill dispenser, and a processor in operative communication with the pill-dispensing mechanism and the identifying camera.
Inventor: Dean Kamen, James G. Turner, Erik N. SabinGregg W. Rivinius, David E. Collins, Benjamin Zaslow, Jonathan Zobro, Alexander R. Therrien, Jared N. Farlow
Current Assignee Deka Products LP
Filed : May 9 , 2022