Patent ID: 8386275
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61J,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A pill dispensing device comprising: a temporary storage compartment adapted to store one or more pills; a feeding assembly including a singulator, the feeding assembly being coupled to the temporary storage compartment and adapted to move and stop the one or more pills; a dispensing route operatively coupled to an exit position of the feeding assembly and disposed to receive the one or more pills; a plurality of optical sensors, each optical sensor being adapted to produce a light beam and indicate a count signal for each of the one or more pills that disrupt the light beam, the light beam being disposed within a portion of the dispensing route; a controller coupled to the feeding assembly and the plurality of optical sensors; a housing enclosing at least the feeding assembly, the portion of the dispensing route, and the plurality of optical sensors; a filtration assembly configured to remove air and particulate matter from an interior cavity of the housing; and wherein: