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(45) Week of Oct 19, 2026 No. 7 3,667 lapsed 70 listed
Medical & health devices · lapsed Sep 4, 2026

Pill Dispenser With Cylindrical Package Holder For Array-Type Packages

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(57) Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing pills stored into any one of a plurality of individual containers of an array-type pill package is provided. The individual containers have a generally flexible common top surface and all extend on a same side. The 5 dispenser includes a cylindrical package holder having a cylindrical periphery configured for holding the array-type pill package thereon with the individual containers projecting radially away and is rotatably mounted on a chassis. A controller system controls the rotation of the cylindrical package holder to bring a selected one of the individual containers in alignment with a pill extracting 10 mechanism.

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