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7588165 |
Drum type vending machine
Trays within a given level of a drum-type vending machine form individual zones, and may be further subdivided into additional individual zones, for which pricing may be separately specified. A...
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7568618 |
Automated food service and billing system and method
An automated food dispensing and billing system has an array of food enclosures, each for dispensing food to a customer. In response to the detection of a signal from a customer authorization...
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7565222 |
Economical optical system to provide reasonable assurance of completed vend or vendible items from vending machines
A monitor and method for reasonable confirmation of a vend from a vending machine includes a set of optical emitters positionable on one side of a dispensing area and a set of optical detectors,...
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7555362 |
Article dispensing and counting method and device
One embodiment of the present invention includes a system comprising a housing having an upper end and a lower end. The housing carries a plurality of movable blades defining an entry aperture...
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7547852 |
Hydraulic scale for determining seeding density of a planter and method
A hydraulic scale for planter calibration is disclosed. The hydraulic scale includes a tube having indicia disposed thereon. The tube has a substantially closed bottom and a substantially open top....
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7532544 |
Multifunction timer device
A multifunction timer device for providing a time/date stamp on objects includes a housing, a controller with a timer circuit contained in the housing, a display for displaying information from the...
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7493263 |
Prescription management system
An imaging and workflow method, system, computer readable medium and user interface for processing information efficiently for the processing of medical prescription orders. The system includes...
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7454267 |
Medicament dispenser
A method of controlling the functioning of a portable medicament dispenser, said portable medicament dispenser being for use with a refill container, said method comprising: (a) providing a memory...
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7444204 |
Vending machine
The present invention relates generally to improvements in article handling, such as in vending machines, and more particularly, to improvements in:
methods and apparatus for handling...
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7408843 |
Medicine cap timing apparatus
A medicine cap with a timing mechanism that automatically resets upon the removal of the cap from a medicine bottle. A timing device is housed within a medicine camp, with a diaphragm housed below...
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7366675 |
Methods and apparatus for increasing, monitoring and/or rewarding a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines
Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or for monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided that includes...
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7344047 |
Automatic medicament dispenser system
A mobile medicine storage unit for individuals under a doctor's care. The unit is programmable and preferably fully automatic, but also manual, in dispensing any number of medications up to four...
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7343220 |
Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine
For ensuring that a vending machine motor will continue to operate until a product has descended through a vending space or an established time interval has elapsed, an optical beam is established...
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7330101 |
Prescription compliance device and method of using device
A prescription compliance device includes a microcontroller, a program memory storing data representing a plurality of pre-programmed commonly prescribed medication-taking regimens, a selector...
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7302311 |
Cartridge for dispensing pill- or capsule-form medications in desired doses
A system for dispensing pill- or capsule-form medications ( 61 ) in desired doses ( 60 ). The system comprises a dispensing device ( 35 ), which includes a cartridge ( 20, 40 ) rotatable relative...
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7289879 |
Pill dispensing system
A pill dispensing system includes a shelving unit in array form that holds a number of bulk containers, each holding a bulk amount of a pill to be dispensed. A computer controlled robot removes a...
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7286901 |
Method and system for accomplishing product detection
The present invention provides for a vending system wherein a monitoring system verifies that a product ordered by a vending customer is actually delivered through a delivery area to the customer....
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7269467 |
Shelf system
A shelf system with computer-controlled compartment displays, whereby the displays indicate a number of articles to picked out of the compartment. The shelf system has a plurality of sliding...
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7263411 |
Secure medicament dispensing cabinet, method and system
A medicament dispensing cabinet is comprised of a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A...
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7258247 |
Automated condiment dispensing system
An automated system for dispensing condiment packets includes a magazine for storing a stack of condiment packets and a dispenser for metering out those condiment packets. Multiple magazines and...
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7228200 |
Apparatus, system and methods for dispensing products
Products are dispensed from a dispensing apparatus in which products marked with transaction information are received in a chain of bins. In response to control information synthesized from...
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7213721 |
Personal medication dispenser
An automated personal pill dispenser has one or more chambers for holding a supply of pills. A feed mechanism is associated with each chamber and is selectively operable to dispense an incremental...
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7194333 |
Pharmacy envelope dispensing arrangement
A prescription drug storage and dispensing arrangement allows prescriptions stored, as they are filled, in a cabinet for customer pickup. The prescriptions are placed into receptacles such as...
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7182217 |
Sheet dispensers and methods of making and using the same
Sheet dispensers, which provide feedback to a user or provide a unique function to a user, are disclosed. Visual, audio, aromatic, or other types of feedback may be provided to a user by the sheet...
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7170823 |
Medical dispenser, a blister card for use in the dispenser and a method of dispensing medical doses
A medical dispenser being adapted to hold a number of medical doses and being adapted to determine when a user or patient gains access to one or more of the medical doses, the dispenser comprising:...
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7139639 |
Article dispensing and counting method and device
One embodiment of the present invention includes a system comprising a housing having an upper end and a lower end. The housing carries a plurality of movable blades defining an entry aperture...
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7122005 |
Remote patient monitoring system with garment and automated medication dispenser
The invention provides an integrated remote patient monitoring system that includes a garment, a monitoring device, and a medication dispensing unit. The garment is adapted for wearing by a...
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7121426 |
Apparatus for dispensing flat items
A vending machine for dispensing flat items includes a housing having a removable collection pan with a pan bag, a door with display windows, a coin slide mechanism extending through the door and a...
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7107122 |
Medicine manager
An apparatus for enabling a user to follow a detailed schedule for taking a plurality of medicines/supplemdents at various times. The apparatus includes a set of containers, one for each medicine,...
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7097068 |
Tablet dispenser with isolated delivery sensor
A preferred embodiment proof of delivery system for use with a solid product dispenser includes an outlet conduit and a sensor mechanism. The outlet conduit is light transmissive and includes an...
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7093736 |
Alarmed tablet dispenser
A tablet dispenser includes a housing formed by first and second shells defining a cavity therebetween. A blister tray configured to receive a plurality of tablets therein is rotatably attached to...
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7086558 |
Tool vending machine and method therefore
A tool vending machine which permits human access to only a single size compartment of a plurality of different sized compartments at a time so that the user is only able to extract a tool that is...
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7061831 |
Product labeling method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for configuring indicating configurations for containers wherein at least a subset of indicating configurations include an enhanced indicating device such as an electronic...
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7035168 |
Power control for instrumented medication package
The present invention is method for switching a power supply associated with an instrumented medication package, such that energy contained in the power supply can be preserved until the...
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6994229 |
Device for dispensing laminar items
A device for dispensing labels of value comprises a lockable housing for containing a roll of transport medium having a plurality of labels releasably adhered thereto successively along its length....
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6981639 |
Object storing system with illuminated housings
A storage system for storing a plurality of objects, wherein one or more objects are each associated with a smartkey, the system comprising a system housing defining a recess; a front panel with at...
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6973371 |
Unit dose compliance monitoring and reporting device and system
A unit dose medication compliance monitoring and reporting apparatus and system that includes a dispenser shell formed with dose compartments. A retainer sheet affixed to the shell seals each...
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6968973 |
System and process for viewing and navigating through an interactive video tour
A system and process for providing an interactive video tour of a tour site to a user is presented. In general, the system and process provides an image-based rendering system that enables users to...
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6963791 |
System and method for tracking medical items and supplies
The system for controlling and tracking medical items ( 830 ) includes one or more computers and associated data stores including information concerning authorized users, patients, medical items...
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6920372 |
Audit monitoring and product drop system for retrofitting vending machines
An audit monitoring and product drop system for retrofitting into an existing vending machine and a method of operating a vending machine is disclosed. A product drop sensor is provided to detect...
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6902083 |
Method for dispensing medical items
A dispenser ( 10 ) for dispensing medical items ( 68, 70, 72 ) includes dispenser modules ( 28, 30 ) movably mounted thereon. The dispenser modules are selectively operative to dispense medical...
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6865445 |
Vending machine with a vibration sensor
When a coin(s) is inserted and an article selection button is further pressed, article carrying-out processing is started, and an article carrying-out device performs a carrying-out operation. An...
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6847861 |
Carousel product for use in integrated restocking and dispensing system
A carousel used in a restocking system is comprised of a drive track. A plurality of bins are arranged into rows, with the rows being driven by said drive track. A drive mechanism, e.g. an electric...
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6845064 |
Add-on medicine dispenser timer
An improved device for timely medication administration that attaches to any original container cap and that measures and displays elapsed time in response to opening or closing of said original...
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6822554 |
Systems and methods for medication monitoring
The present invention relates to a method and system of medication monitoring which includes analyzing data on the clinical consequences of variable patient compliance with prescribed drug...
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6822204 |
Thermal seat and thermal device dispensing and vending system employing RFID-based induction heating devices
An RFID-based induction heating/vending system for quickly and efficiently heating, vending, and recollecting stadium seats ( 10 ) or other objects. The system includes a plurality of objects each...
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6779663 |
System and method for loading pills into a pillbox
A pill loader system comprising a pillbox loader and a matching pillbox for loading pills into the pillbox. The pillbox loader has a plurality of loader containers, and the pillbox has an identical...
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6760643 |
Methods and apparatus for dispensing items
The invention provides methods and apparatus for dispensing items from a dispensing unit. According to the invention, the dispensing unit comprises a plurality of locations in which the items are...
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6735497 |
Systems and methods for dispensing medical products
The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the...
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6734798 |
Fuel dispenser with a human detection and recognition system
A fuel dispenser and method to detect the presence of a human being at a fuel dispenser as well as gather data about the human being using the fuel dispenser. The data is used to determine the...
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