Pill counting and dispensing apparatus with self-calibrating dispenser

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9682016
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14730538

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A self-contained pill dispenser is disclosed. A housing is provided and a hopper for containing a plurality of pills is supported by the housing. A transport tube receives pills from the hopper. The transport tube has a controllable aperture for facilitating or inhibiting delivery of pills to the transport tube. A microcontroller is also operatively connected to the hopper, the transport tube, and the input aperture. Optionally, a feed chute can be operatively connected between the hopper and the transport tube. The system can self-calibrate the mechanism for counting and dispensing pills by dynamically adjusting the input aperture based upon the stored information representative of the pulse width signal and the amplitude signal.

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INNOVATION ASSOCIATES INC711 INNOVATION WAY JOHNSON CITY NY 13790

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balasubramanian, Prashanth Vestal, US 6 61
Boyer, James Endicott, US 8 62
Boyer, Joseph H Johnson City, US 19 1189
Jones, Mark New Milford, US 167 3373
Mayes, Christopher Vestal, US 10 61
Plesko, George Chadds Ford, US 9 695
Quigley, Edwin T V Endicott, US 6 61
Scott, Joseph Vestal, US 9 61
Sienko, Joseph Apalachin, US 6 61
Worthington, James Binghamton, US 8 64
Yee, Alban Astoria, US 8 61

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