ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,385, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Digital Medical Technologies LLC (New York).

"Medication apparatus" was invented by Joshua D. Stein (New York), Michael C. Morena (New York), John W. Langhauser (New York) and John D. Gusz (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication container can include a frame, a drawer including slots, at least one of a first set of one or more sensors and a second set of one or more sensors, and an electronic transmitter. The slots in the drawer can receive cartridges containing medication. The first set of sensor(s) can detect whether the drawer has moved more than a preset distance into or out o...