公开(公告)号：US07129819B2

公开(公告)日：2006-10-31

申请号：US10418800

申请日：2003-04-18

申请人： James N. Chiavetta ,  M. Neil Frazer ,  Chris Morgan ,  Jack Tipsword

发明人： James N. Chiavetta ,  M. Neil Frazer ,  Chris Morgan ,  Jack Tipsword

IPC分类号： G08B1/00

CPC分类号： H04M11/002 ,  A61J1/03 ,  A61J7/0084 ,  A61J7/04 ,  A61J2205/70 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  G06F19/3462 ,  G16H10/60 ,  H04M11/022

摘要： Disclosed are systems and methods for processing the releasing and/or dispensing of releasable items, particularly pills, capsules, tablets, medications, and drugs. In one embodiment, a system for processing the releasing and/or dispensing releasable items includes a releasing unit configured to verify whether a cartridge is authorized for usage with a releasing unit. The releasing unit is further configured to send data corresponding to the releasable items and the activities of the items via a network and/or telephone line. The system further includes a central-computing device configured to receive the data via the network and/or telephone line and provide a database of the data to a provider, i.e., pharmacist. In one embodiment, a method for processing the releasing and/or dispensing of releasable items includes verifying whether a cartridge is authorized for usage with a releasing unit, gathering data corresponding to the releasable items from the cartridge, determining whether to release the releasable items to a user in accordance to the gathered data, recording data corresponding to the activities of the medication in a memory in the releasing unit, sending the data from the releasing unit to a central-computing device via a network and/or telephone line, wherein the central-computing device provides a database of the activities data and sends the database to a provider.