Patent ID: 9390457
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G09B,G16H,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. An agent-dispensing device comprising: a housing including at least one reservoir configured to store one or more agents; a controllable agent-dispensing mechanism in communication with the at least one reservoir; a locking mechanism coupled to the controllable agent-dispensing mechanism; a microprocessor including circuitry to operate the agent-dispensing device in a dispensing mode or a training mode and switching circuitry operable to switch operation of the agent-dispensing device between the dispensing mode and the training mode; one or more use sensors located on the agent-dispensing device and responsive to at least one operational step for use of the agent-dispensing device in the training mode; training circuitry operably linked to the one or more use sensors and configured to train the user in the at least one operational step for use of the agent-dispensing device in the training mode and to assign a value for each of the monitored at least one operational step for use of the agent-dispensing device performed by the user in the training mode based on feedback from the one or more use sensors; verification circuitry configured to receive the assigned value for each of the monitored at least one operational step for use of the agent-dispensing device in the training mode, and to certify the user is competent to use the agent-dispensing device if the assigned value for each of the monitored at least one operational step for use of the agent-dispensing device meets or exceeds a pre-defined performance threshold; and activation circuitry responsive to the verification circuitry and configured to deactivate the locking mechanism if the user is certified competent to use the agent-dispensing device to allow dispensing of the one or more agents in the dispensing mode.