Patent ID: 6625518
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
A device supporting the administration of prescription drugs and free of patient intervention, wherein it comprises:a pack receiving from the pharmacist at least one drug dose prepared beforehand by said pharmacist upon a physician's prescription, the pack then being sealed hermetically in order to be transmitted to the patient or to medical personnel, the pack consisting of a container divided into a plurality of compartments each of which receives beforehand at least one tablet corresponding to taking the given drugs to be ingested by the patient at a given dosage, a given time and at a given time interval, a storage substrate linked to the pack and bearing all the patient's identifying parameters, and the preparation relating to the prescribed drug, name of drugs, drug dosages, schedule of administration, a programmed dispenser which initially is locked and can be automatically or manually unlocked to dispense one or more drug doses as a function of the parameters stored in the storage substrate of the pack, means identifying and reading said parameters related to the dispenser and activated when said dispenser cooperates with the pack containing the drug doses to be administered, wherein the container constituting the pack is a compartmentalized drawer of overall parallelipipedic shape.