# US 11,433,000 B2 · System to manage the safe distribution of medicines and to control healthcare variables

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- Number: US 11,433,000 B2
- Document ID: US11433000B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/046,006
- Filed: 2018-10-05
- Published: 2021-01-28
- Granted: 2022-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-12
- Applicants: Rodrigo Arias; Roberto Perez
- Inventors: Rodrigo Arias; Roberto Perez
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11433000B2

## CPC

- A61J 7/0084: {for multiple medicaments}
- A61J 7/0436: {resulting from removing a drug from, or opening, a container}
- A61J 7/0445: {for preventing drug dispensing during a predetermined time period}
- A61J 7/0481: {working on a schedule basis}
- G16H 20/10: relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
- G16H 20/13: delivered from dispensers
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- A61J 2200/30: Compliance analysis for taking medication
- A61J 2200/70: Device provided with specific sensor or indicating means
- A61J 2200/72: for temperature
- A61J 2205/60: using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

The present invention deals with an intelligent device, connected to the internet, providing for the safe storage and delivery of medicines in an automatic and controlled manner. In addition, it allows for health checks to be made on the patient using data obtained through peripheral devices, which are not the subject of this invention. Thus it is an electromechanical device together with the necessary software both in the device and in external applications, to improve compliance with pharmacological treatments for patients, also generating reliable information and enabling continuous monitoring of the patient by the responsible person.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for the management, safe dispensing of medicines and the control of patient health parameters, comprising:
an electromechanical device comprising:
an inner disk having a plurality of same size compartments (C), each having a position-determining slot, wherein one of said position-determining slots has a size larger than a size of the rest of said position-determining slots defining a zero-starting position;
container vessels (E) configured to be stored on said compartments (C);
a gate (A) provided to control access to said compartments (C) one at a time and an electric motor configured to move said gate (A) between an open and a close position;
gate optical sensors for detecting said open and closed positions of the gate (A), a compartment optical sensor for detecting a position of said compartments (C), and a vessel optical sensor for detecting removal of said container vessel (E);
a lid (F) covering said container vessels (E) and configured to limit lateral movements of the gate (A); and
an upper cover (B) including a complementing cover (G) and a lower cover (D) defining a housing enclosing the electromechanical device;
at least one intelligent peripheral device configured to take biometric measurements of a person and for sending alerts; and
a control unit configured to receive information from a software application on a remote device to control loading and delivery of medicines.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein said compartments (C) include magnets for aiding in positioning said container vessels (E) within the compartments (C).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein operation of the electromechanical device is wirelessly controlled by said software application.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, further comprising an internal environment control module and a wireless communication module provided to receive and consult biometric measurements of a patient, history of medicines and treatments administered to the patient, environmental parameters, and operation of the electromechanical device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the electromechanical device is controlled to voice commands.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein a manual loading of medicines is performed by:
a) entering into said software application medicine information per container and placing said medicines into respective container vessels (E);
b) controlling the electromechanical device to open said gate (A) to provide access to empty compartments (C) so that said container vessels (E) are loaded into respective compartments (C) according to said loading information;
c) detecting loading of said container vessels (E) and confirming via said software application completion of the manual loading of medicines.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein an assisted loading of medicines is performed by:
a) selecting an assisted loading procedure in said software application;
b) choosing a patient in said software application;
c) presenting on said software application at least one treatment;
d) selecting said at least one treatment and indicating medicines to be placed into respective container vessels (E) based on said at least one treatment;
e) controlling the electromechanical device to open said gate (A) to provide access to empty compartments (C) so that said container vessels (E) are loaded into respective compartments (C) according to said at least one treatment.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system according to claim 7, wherein the electromechanical device to be loaded with medicines is selected on said software application.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein loading with pre-programmed container vessels is performed by:
a) selecting a pre-programmed container vessels procedure on said software application;
b) placing at least one pre-programmed container vessel (E) in proximity to said housing to detect on process a code on said at least one pre-programmed container vessel (E);
c) controlling the electromechanical device to open said gate (A) to provide access to empty compartments (C) so that said at least one pre-programmed container vessel (E) is loaded into a respective compartment (C).

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein a scheduled delivery of medicines is performed by:
a) generating notifications at a scheduled time by at least one of the control unit or said at least one intelligent peripheral device;
b) recognizing proximity of said at least one intelligent peripheral device to said housing; and
c) controlling the electromechanical device to open said gate (A) to provide access to said medicines.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The system according to claim 10, wherein the medicines are accessed by any person without authentication.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The system according to claim 10, wherein access to said medicines is selectively controlled by said software application when said medicines are not retrieved within a period of time; a number of retries allowed to deliver the medicines, a number of repetitions and a waiting time between notifications is modified with said software application.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The system according to claim 10, wherein proximity of said at least one intelligent peripheral device to said housing is done by at least one of biometric parameters or voice recognition.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The system according to claim 10, wherein a warning notification is generated when said medicines are not withdrawn from said compartments.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein an emergency delivery of medicines is performed by:
a) requesting emergency delivery of medicines on said software application;
b) selecting on said software application medicines to be delivered and a pickup person; and
c) notifying the emergency delivery of medicines on said at least one intelligent peripheral device of the pickup person.