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US 12,005,032 B2Granted
Electronic pill bottle tag
AssigneeHelios Center of Engineering Excellence, LLC
InventorsJonathan Kaufmann, Benjamin Kaufmann, Nicholas Kaufmann, Doug Conyers
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Abstract
An electronic device, method of use, and system for improving medication compliance are disclosed. The device may comprise an upper cover configured to adhere to a pill bottle cap; a printed circuit board (PCB); a battery communicatively linked to the PCB; a sensor communicatively linked to the PCB; and a lower cover through which the sensor is configured to transmit and receive signals.
Claims20
An electronic pill bottle tag device comprising:
- an upper cover configured to adhere to a pill bottle cap;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) including a function button formed as part of a mechanical spring within the PCB;
- a battery communicatively linked to the PCB;
- a sensor communicatively linked to the PCB;
- and
- a lower cover through which the sensor is configured to transmit and receive signals.
3 more elements
A system for improving medication compliance comprising
- a bottle cap;
- and
- an electronic bottle cap tag, the tag comprising:
- an upper cover configured to adhere to the bottle cap;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) including a function button formed as part of a mechanical spring within the PCB;
- a battery communicatively linked to the PCB;
- a sensor communicatively linked to the PCB;
- and
- a lower cover through which the sensor is configured to transmit and receive signals.
6 more elements
A method for improving medication compliance comprising:
- affixing an electronic bottle cap tag to a medication bottle cap;
- detecting a removal of the medication bottle cap from a corresponding medication bottle based on a signal detected by the electronic bottle cap tag, the signal being at least one of an optical signal, an ultrasound signal, a radiofrequency signal, an inductive signal, or a capacitive signal;
- communicating the detected removal to a printed circuit board (PCB) of the electronic bottle cap tag, wherein the PCB includes a function button formed as part of a mechanical spring within the PCB;
- and
- communicating the detected removal to at least one of an application, a wireless communication network, a phone, a computer, a kiosk, or an external user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.