US Patent Issued to Verinetics on Jan. 20 for "Integrated device and system for secure drug dispensing" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,649, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Verinetics Inc. (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

"Integrated device and system for secure drug dispensing" was invented by Thomas J. Mercolino (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a network-enabled lockbox for securely dispensing a substance includes a wireless communication device, one or more sensors, and a rotating carousel containing one or more doses of the controlled substance. The carousel provides a dose of the substance during a preconfigured period of time. The one or more sensors detect one or more alert conditions. The wirele...