EP1445214A1 — Metered dispenser

USPTO Abstract

A dosing dispenser comprises a housing (34) having a top end and a bottom end, and at least two separate storage containers (1, 2, ... n) located within said housing and adapted for receiving and storing solid forms of at least two different medications to be taken. Each of the storage containers has a bottom opening. The dispenser further comprises a dosing slide (31) which is movably arranged beneath the storage containers and above the bottom end of the housing (34). The dosing slide has a receiving opening for said forms of medication, the location of the receiving opening in the dosing slide is such that the receiving opening can be positioned under a bottom opening of an storage container. The dosing dispenser comprises more than three storage containers arranged diagonally in said housing (34), and a catching device located beneath the dosing slide. The dosing slide has as many receiving openings (11, 12, ...m) as there are storage containers.