US Patent:
20030010791, Jan 16, 2003
Inventors:
Andrew Gentiluomo - Roanoke VA, US
Mikhail Zelikovich - Roanoke VA, US
Heidi Banko - Herndon VA, US
A. Elliott - Manchester NH, US
Jeffrey Skiles - Pilot VA, US
International Classification:
G07F011/00
B65G059/00
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for dispensing a customized pharmaceutical mixture. In an embodiment of a method of the present invention, health information particular to a user of the mixture may be received interactively from the user, amounts of the components of the mixture to be dispensed may be determined based on the health information, and the amounts may be automatically mixed to produce the mixture. In an embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention, the apparatus may include a plurality of containers, that contain multiple pharmaceutical substances, and a controller that selects the containers containing the substances that make up the mixture, adjusts the amounts of the substances to be dispensed, and controls the amounts dispensed to produce the mixture. The apparatus dispenses these amounts based on health information particular to a user of the mixture. Accordingly, the user receives a customized pharmaceutical mixture.