Patent ID: 8021342
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A liquid medication dispenser, comprising: a housing with an open top, said housing including a central channel and a plurality of at internal compartments disposed around said central channel; a plurality of at least one bottom apertures on said central channel, wherein at least one opening is formed through said central channel into each of the plurality of internal compartments; and a rotatable shaft within said central channel, said rotatable shaft including an elongated bottom hollow portion with a lateral aperture thereon, said rotatable shaft in a first position preventing a liquid in any of said plurality of internal compartments from being transferred into said rotatable shaft, said rotatable shaft depressed into a second position moving said rotatable shaft downward to allow the elongated bottom portion to be in fluid communication with a desired one of said plurality of internal compartments, said elongated bottom hollow portion in fluid communication with a desired one of said plurality of internal compartments when said lateral shaft aperture is aligned with a desired one of said plurality of bottom channel apertures, said lateral aperture aligned at a pre-set distance and rotated a pre-set amount within said central channel, said fluid communication transferring liquid medication under gravity from a desired one of said plurality of internal compartments into said elongated bottom hollow portion, said elongated bottom hollow portion being apertured at one end to allow transferred liquid medication to drip out in a controlled fashion, wherein said rotatable shaft returns to said first position preventing said liquid in any of said plurality of internal compartments from being transferred into said rotatable shaft when said rotatable shaft is no longer depressed.