ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,420, issued on Oct. 20.
"Drug dispensing device" was invented by Jean-Baptiste Guissart (Prades-le-Lez, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for dispensing a plurality of drugs, the device comprising: for each drug dose (25) of the plurality of drugs, a drawer (30) configured to accommodate a single dose of any of the drugs of the plurality of drugs; a storage unit comprising cases (40), each case comprising at least one passage for holding drawers and, in each passage, drawers next to one another comprising all of the identical drug doses; a unit (60) for preparing pillboxes (50) that is configured...