Patent ID: 7249687

Claim:
A medicament dispenser for use with a medicament carrier having multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby, said dispenser having an internal mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament doses carried by said medicament carrier, said mechanism comprising, a) receiving means for receiving the medicament carrier; b) release means for releasing a distinct medicament dose from the medicament carrier on receipt thereof by said receiving means; c) an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the medicament dose releasable by said release means; d) indexing means for individually indexing the distinct medicament doses of the medicament carrier; and e) counting means for counting each time a distinct medicament dose of the medicament carrier is indexed by said indexing means, wherein said counting means is provided as a distinct electronic counter unit that is detachable from the medicament dispenser and wherein the electronic counter unit comprises an electronic reader capable of reading an analogue count indicium and an electronic display for displaying said indicium in digital form.