Patent ID: 8068934

Claim:
A medication dispensing system comprising a motor controlled rotary drum, a driven movable carriage positioned at lower edge of said drum adapted to rotatably receive a pill box, a divided pill box having a number of cells with said pill box attachable to said movable carriage for receiving medication dispensed from said rotary drum, and a computer control module for receiving dispensing control information and loading control information of medication loaded into or dispensed from said rotary drum; said motor controlled rotary drum being divided into a series of medications rings with each ring having a series of medication cells open at a periphery of said drum with each medication cell sized to receive a single medication dosage; said drum further including movable collars with each collar associated with one of said medication rings and partially rotatable relative to the medication ring to open any of said medication cells for loading of or dispensing of medication and movable to a position closing the cells of said medication ring and rotatable with said drum if medication is not being loaded or dispensed; said computer control module controlling the drive of said rotary drum, said driven carriage and the position of said pill box to allow dispensing of medication into the appropriate cells of said pill box.