Patent attributes
A medication reminder and dispensing device includes a housing having at least one opening and at least one drawer containing at least one dose of a medication to be delivered to a patient. The drawer is slidably positioned in the opening and configured to move from a closed position to an open position. The device also includes at least one electromagnet connected to the housing or drawer configured to be transitioned between a first state and a second state. When in the first state, the electromagnet is configured to maintain the drawer in the closed position. When in the second state, the drawer automatically moves to the open position. The device also includes a processor configured to cause the at least one electromagnet to transition from the first state to the second state based on the pre-programmed schedule, thereby causing the drawer to automatically move to the open position.
