Preprogrammed medication dispenser

Claim 1

A preprogrammed medication dispenser comprising: a housing; a magazine mounted in said housing, said magazine including a plurality of compartments, said compartments being distributed both circumferentially and axially of said magazine, the radially outermost sides of said compartments being open, said magazine including at least two sections, each said section corresponding to a day of the week, each of said sections including at least two subsections, each said subsection corresponding to one point in time during one said day, each said subsection including at least two compartments, each of said compartments corresponding to a single dosage of medication that is to be dispensed at said one point in time; a substantially transparent wall forming part of said housing, surrounding said magazine, and closing said outermost sides, said wall having an access window therein positioned so as to register with and permit simultaneous access only to all of the compartments in one said subsection at said one point in time; means for providing relative movement between said access window and said compartments permitting selective access to said compartments through said access window; and indicia means associated with said compartments for indicating the points in time at which access should be had to each of said compartments.