Localized learning of medication routine
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsRobert Wiser, Ryan Kramer, Andrew Reusch, Grant Smith
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Abstract
A medication dispenser apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a container configured to hold medication, a display interface, and a controller configured to perform, in sequence, a learning operation in which the controller learns a medication dispensing regimen of the container, a validation operation in which the controller validates the learned medication dispensing regimen; and a notification operation in which the controller provides on the display interface a status of use of the container for medication dispensing in relation to the learned medication dispensing regimen.
Claims12
A method implemented by a processor of an apparatus from which medication is dispensable, the method comprising:
- learning, by the processor, a pattern of dispensation events by monitoring usage of the apparatus over a first interval of time;
- validating, by the processor, the learned pattern of dispensation events over a second interval of time that is at least as long as the first interval of time;
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- indicating, by the processor based on the learned pattern of dispensation events, when the medication is due to be administered over a third interval of time subsequent to the second interval of time.
A method implemented by a processor of an apparatus from which medication is dispensable, the method comprising:
- learning, by the processor, a pattern of dispensation events by monitoring usage of the apparatus over a first interval of time;
- validating, by the processor, the learned pattern of dispensation events over a second interval of time that is subsequent to the first interval of time;
- monitoring, by the processor, usage of the apparatus over a third interval of time that is subsequent to the second interval of time;
- determining, by the processor based on the usage, that the learned pattern of dispensation events is no longer being followed;
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- performing, by the processor in response to said determining, another learning operation in which a second pattern of dispensation events is learned based on usage of the apparatus over the third interval of time.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of an apparatus from which medication is dispensable, cause the apparatus to:
- learn a regimen for dispensing the medication based on usage of the apparatus over a first interval of time,
- validate the learned regimen based on usage of the apparatus over a second interval of time that is at least as long as the first interval of time, and
- indicate a status in relation to the learned regimen based on usage of the apparatus over a third interval of time that is subsequent to the second interval of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.