Patent ID: 7264136

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing packages of medication having dispensatory instructions thereon, comprising: a body having an internal cavity and an outlet; an actuator received in said cavity; a feed mechanism having a pair of feed rollers supported for rotation on a first pair of generally parallel shafts and a pair of dispensing rollers supported for rotation on a second pair of generally parallel shafts, said first pair of shafts and said second pair of shafts being generally parallel to each other and being received in said cavity and in operable communication with said actuator for feeding and dispensing the packages of medication toward said outlet; a processing unit in operable communication with said actuator; and a reading device received in said cavity and in communication with said processing unit, said reading device relaying the dispensatory instruction on the packages to said processing unit, said processing unit communicating with said actuator and causing said feed mechanism to dispense each of the packages toward said outlet at a specified time.