Patent ID: 8944054
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. Medicine dispensing device for the dispensing of individual doses of medicine, comprising: a medicine magazine having a multitude of medicine chambers arranged in a single continuous loop in the medicine magazine, wherein the center points of each medicine chamber is positioned along the single endless path, wherein the medicine chambers are arranged equidistantly in the medicine magazine, a mouthpiece through which individual doses of medicine are dispensed from the medicine chambers, the mouthpiece and magazine being movable relative to each other for aligning each medicine chamber with the mouthpiece, wherein the medicine chambers are arranged in groups, the chambers of each group being arranged on said single endless path defining continuous loop with the chambers of the groups being interspersed with each other along said single endless path in a manner causing, while continuing to follow said single endless path after an essentially complete rotation of the medicine magazine from a position in which the mouthpiece is in an initial medicine chamber position x in alignment with a chamber of a first of said groups and only chambers of said first group are sequentially opened with chambers of at least one other group being skipped over in going from one chamber of the first group to a subsequent chamber of the first group, is in a medicine chamber position in alignment with a chamber of another group of chambers at a medicine chamber position x+1 or x−1 that sequentially follows or precedes said initial medicine chamber position x so that only chambers of the other of the group of chambers are sequentially opened during the next essentially complete rotation of the medicine magazine from the medicine chamber position x+1 or x−1 with at least the chambers of the first group being skipped over in going from one chamber of the other group to a subsequent chamber of the other group.