Patent ID: 7648050

Claim:
An apparatus for allowing a dental patient to formulate his own flavored fluoride at a point of use comprising: a) a free standing housing having a storage container for separately storing a plurality of different flavored fluoride treatments, a mixing container for mixing and agitating a plurality of selected flavored fluoride treatments, a dispensing mechanism, a mixing bay with an opening in a front wall of said housing, and a receiving bay under said mixing bay; b) an input device for receiving an authorization code issued by an owner of said apparatus for a dental patient to gain access using said authorization code to said apparatus and to input options for formulating a custom flavored fluoride from one or more of stored fluoride treatments in said storage container; c) means in response to said input for formulating a selected flavored fluoride treatment from said stored fluoride treatments; d) means for entering a volume amount of said desired flavored fluoride to be dispensed; e) means for dispensing said formulated desired fluoride treatment in said volume amount after mixing and agitating in said mixing container into a consumption container, capping and sealing said consumption container within said mixing bay, said consumption container being positioned behind a protective screen covering said front opening of said mixing bay to prevent interference and/or contamination of contents during mixing and dispensing process; and f) means in said housing for transferring said sealed consumption container from said mixing bay to said pickup bay for retrieval by said patient, said pickup bay having a front opening for allowing said patient to reach into said pickup bay to retrieve the capped and sealed consumption container.