Patent ID: 7831336

Claim:
A medical dispenser comprising: (a) a processor for transmitting and receiving information internal or external to the medical dispenser; (b) a compliance button that transmits information to the processor; (c) a plurality of dispensing wheels structured to include a plurality of dispensing units and the dispensing units are capable of holding at least one object to be dispensed, the plurality of dispensing wheels comprising: a first dispensing wheel comprising: a top wall, and a magnetic probe attached to the top wall; and a second dispensing wheel disposed above the first dispensing wheel, the second dispensing wheel comprising: a base at a bottom of the second dispensing wheel, a groove in the base for the magnetic probe to travel within, and an entrapment room located in the groove, the entrapment room including a flexible metallic door and a magnetic wall; and (d) a vertical pathway that allows for the at least one object to travel from the plurality of dispensing wheels into a dispensing draw, wherein each dispensing wheel rotates a predetermined distance around a vertical axis in order to align each dispensing unit with the vertical pathway, and wherein when the magnetic probe in the groove aligns with the entrapment room the magnetic probe passes through the flexible metallic door of the entrapment room and becomes attached to the magnetic wall, such that magnetic attraction of the magnetic probe of the first dispensing wheel and the magnetic wall of the second dispensing wheel allows for both the first and second dispensing wheels to be enjoined and to move together as a single combined dispensing wheel.