[in 3,802,600 [45] Apr. 9, 1974
[54] PROGRAMMED DISPENSER
[76] Inventor: Joseph Denman Shaw, 508 Church St., Brownsville, Pa. 15417
[22] Filed: Mar. 26, 1973
[21] Appl. No.: 344,990
[52] U.S. CI. 221/5, 221/94
[51] Int. CI..... B65g 1/00
[58] Field of Search...... 221/4, 5, 92, 94, 65, 85,
221/87, 91, 126, 131, 225, 238
[56] References Cited
UNITED STATES PATENTS
3,752,359 8/1973 Shaw 221/94
3,138,287 6/1973 Kireta..; 221/94
Primary Examiner—Robert B. Reeves
Assistant Examiner—H. Grant Skaggs, Jr.
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Walter S. Murray
[57] ABSTRACT
A dispenser particularly programmed to present a prescribed unit or different units for concurrent hospital procedures in response to a predetermined set of variables. The dispenser is of use in the dispensation of different pharmaceutical units at a specific time to a number of patients in a hospital ward and may also be used to concurrently dispense one or a number of different surgical units for a specific surgical procedure.
8 Claims, 19 Drawing Figures
