# US 10,373,468 B2 · Method and apparatus for providing an emergency notification for an allergic reaction > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,468 B2 - Document ID: US10373468B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/999,605 - Filed: 2018-08-20 - Published: 2019-01-03 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-02 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Brian Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373468B2 ## CPC - G08B 21/043: {detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall} - A61B 5/411: {Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance} - A61M 5/00: Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00) - G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence) - G08B 25/016: {Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12)} - G08B 25/10: using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} - A61M 1/00: Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems (catheters A61M25/00; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; devices for taking samples of blood A61B5/15; filters implantable into blood vessels A61F2/01) - A61M 2205/3584: using modem, internet or Bluetooth® - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A method and an apparatus for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector are disclosed. For example, the method determines location information of the medical injector. The method then detects the usage of the medical injector, and records a time of the usage of the medical injector. The method then sends the notification comprising the time at which the usage of the medical injector is detected and the location information of the medical injector. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector, the method comprising: receiving, via a processor, the notification in a text message format; determining, via the processor from the notification in the text message format, location information of the medical injector and a time of the usage of the medical injector; converting, via the processor, the notification in the text message format to a format in accordance with an emergency service provider; and sending, via the processor, the notification in the format in accordance with the emergency service provider comprising the time of the usage of the medical injector and the location information of the medical injector. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is sent to the emergency service provider. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the processor provides an additional notification to a list of recipients, wherein the list of recipients comprises one or more of: a family member, a guardian, a next of kin, a caregiver, a doctor, a neighbor, a school official, and a nurse. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the format in accordance with the emergency service provider comprises a voice format. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a processor of a server of a network service provider. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the processor augments the notification in the format in accordance with the emergency service provider with personalized information of an intended patient. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises a latitudinal coordinate and a longitudinal coordinate at which the coordinate is located. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the location information further comprises an altitude at which the medical injector is located. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector, the operations comprising: receiving the notification in a text message format; determining from the notification in the text message format location information of the medical injector and a time of the usage of the medical injector; converting the notification in the text message format to a format in accordance with an emergency service provider; and sending the notification in the format in accordance with the emergency service provider comprising the time of the usage of the medical injector and the location information of the medical injector. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the notification is sent to the emergency service provider. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise providing an additional notification to a list of recipients, wherein the list of recipients comprises one or more of: a family member, a guardian, a next of kin, a caregiver, a doctor, a neighbor, a school official, and a nurse. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the format in accordance with the emergency service provider comprises a voice format. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the processor comprises a processor of a server of a network service provider. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the processor augments the notification in the format in accordance with the emergency service provider with personalized information of an intended patient. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the location information comprises a latitudinal coordinate and a longitudinal coordinate at which the coordinate is located. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the location information further comprises an altitude at which the medical injector is located. ### Claim 17 An apparatus for providing a notification of a usage of a medical injector, the apparatus comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving the notification in a text message format; determining from the notification in the text message format location information of the medical injector and a time of the usage of the medical injector; converting the notification in the text message format to a format in accordance with an emergency service provider; and sending the notification in the format in accordance with the emergency service provider comprising the time of the usage of the medical injector and the location information of the medical injector. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the notification is sent to the emergency service provider. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise providing an additional notification to a list of recipients, wherein the list of recipients comprises one or more of: a family member, a guardian, a next of kin, a caregiver, a doctor, a neighbor, a school official, and a nurse. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the format in accordance with the emergency service provider comprises a voice format.