Patents Assigned to St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital Medical
  • Patent number: 4473156
    Abstract: An apparatus for accurately selecting, storing and dipensing multiple varieties of pills at preselected time intervals such as morning, noon, evening and night includes a separate pill container for each unique variety of pill to be dispensed. Each pill container is identified by a distinctive color or colors to indicate the time interval(s) during which the pill in it are to be dispensed. For example, each container for pills to be dispensed in the morning will be identified at least by the color red; at noon, at least yellow; in the evening, at least blue; and at night at least black. Any particular container will, therefore, be identified by at least one and not more than four colors. A pill tray includes a plurality of pill holding compartments arranged in columns identified with each of the days of the week and in row, each row representing one of the time intervals, such as morning, noon, evening and night.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital Medical
    Inventor: David C. Martin