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  Emergency medical pill dispenserRelated Patent Categories: Article Dispensing, With Discharge Assistant, Segregation By Ejection Through Resilient-type OutletThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070170202. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a dispenser, and more particularly to a medicine dispenser which is capable of discharging life-saving medicine in a timely and effective manner for avoiding unnecessary delay in treating a patient's health problem. [0003] 2. Description of Related Arts There exist a number of acute diseases which may kill a patient in a split-second. For example, when acute heart attack comes, the patient may suddenly feel extremely painful in his chest and go unconscious within few minutes. Very often, the period from feeling pain and going unconscious is far shorter than that of reporting to and waiting for local emergency service. As a result, it is crucial for the patient to be treated in a timely manner for saving his invaluable life. [0004] As a matter of conventional art, there exist some emergency pills for, say, treating acute heart attacks. The pills are to be consumed by placing them under the patient's tongue and they will expand the patient's coronary arteries within seconds so as to ensure that the patient's heart is supplied with sufficient amount of blood. Although the pills will not cure the patient's heart problem, they are nevertheless effective in mitigating acute symptoms and allow the patient's heart to continue working before comprehensive medical treatment is available. [0005] A major problem for these conventional pills is that they are usually contained in a regular container which may comprise a container body and a cap for enclosing that container. While a healthy person may be able to open the container easily, the patient may not be able to do so when acute symptom comes. For example, when acute heart attack emerges, the patient's hands may be shaking so that he may even not to able to hold the container securely, not to mention opening the cap and taking the packaged medicine inside the container with sound composure. The consequence may be that the patient cannot take the medicine properly or in a timely manner. In the worst situation, the patient, during the course of taking the medicine, may accidentally drop some of those on the ground so that the patient may not be able to take sufficient amount of the medicine for mitigating his symptom. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0006] A main object of the present invention is to provide a medicine dispenser which is capable of discharging life-saving medicine in a timely and effective manner for avoiding unnecessary delay in treating a patient's health problem. [0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a medicine dispenser which comprises a dispensing arrangement which is adapted for rapidly discharging predetermined medical pills into the patient's mouth upon convenient actuation so as to allow effective and efficient consumption of the medical pills. [0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide a medicine dispenser which is light in weight, easy and convenient to operate so that the user needs only to exert minimal effort for accessing the medicine. In other words, the above-mentioned problems can be substantially overcome by the present invention. [0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a medicine dispenser which comprises a holding string which is adapted to wear on the user's body so that the user may access the medicine wherever he is and whenever he needs. [0010] Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention provides a medicine dispenser for at least one medical pill, comprising: [0011] an outer casing having a receiving cavity for receiving the medical pill, and a top opening communicating with the receiving cavity; [0012] a penetrable membrane provided at the top opening of the outer casing to enclose the receiving cavity in a selectively penetrable manner by the medical pill in the receiving cavity; and [0013] a dispensing arrangement which comprises a pill actuator provided on the outer casing, and a dispensing platform movably mounted in the receiving cavity for moving between a normal position and a dispensing position, wherein in the normal position, the dispensing platform holds the medical pill in position within the receiving cavity, and wherein in the dispensing position, the dispensing platform is driven to move by the pill actuator in the receiving cavity for pushing the medical pill penetrating the penetrable membrane so as to push the medical pill out of the outer casing to be urgently consumed by a patient. [0014] These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a medicine dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 2 is a side view of the medicine dispenser according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0017] FIG. 3 is an alternative mode of the medicine dispenser according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0018] Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 2 of the drawings, a medicine dispenser for at least one medical pill 70 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, in which the medicine dispenser comprises an outer casing 10, a penetrable membrane 20, and a dispensing arrangement. According to the preferred embodiment, the medicine dispenser is for containing a plurality of medical pills 70, wherein the outer casing 10 has a receiving cavity 11 for receiving the medical pill 70, and a top opening 12 communicating with the receiving cavity 11. [0019] The penetrable membrane 20 is provided at the top opening 12 of the outer casing 10 to enclose the receiving cavity 11 in a selectively penetrable manner by the medical pill 70 in the receiving cavity 11. [0020] The dispensing arrangement comprises a pill actuator 31 provided on the outer casing 10, and a dispensing platform 32 movably mounted in the receiving cavity 11 for moving between a normal position and a dispensing position, wherein in the normal position, the dispensing platform 32 holds the medical pill 70 in position within the receiving cavity 11, wherein in the dispensing position, the dispensing platform 32 is driven by the pill actuator 31 to move in the receiving cavity 11 for pushing the medical pill 70 penetrating the penetrable membrane 20 so as to push the medical pill 70 out of the outer casing 10 to be urgently consumed by a patient. Continue reading... Full patent description for Emergency medical pill dispenser Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Emergency medical pill dispenser patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. 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