Patent ID: 7908827
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B65B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A device for dispensing pills, the device comprising: a plurality of pill canisters, each pill canister holding a plurality of pills; a control adapted to release a desired quantity of the pills from a selected pill canister of the plurality of pill canisters, the control adapted to release the desired quantity of the pills at a target location; a plurality of platens, the platens are generally planar and have a plurality of edges, at least one of the platens has a plurality of cavities, the cavities located and sized to hold blisters of a blister pack; and a frame; the frame adapted to move in both an X direction and in a Y direction and the frame situated beneath the target location, the frame bounds at least three edges of any platen selected from the plurality of platens thereby removably holding the edges of a selected platen of the plurality of platens and, responsive to movement of the frame in the X direction, responsive to movement of the frame in the Y direction, the selected platen moves in the X direction and the selected platen moves in the Y direction; wherein the selected platen holds and supports a target container into which the desired quantity of the pills are deposited.