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US 12,257,212 B2Granted
Smart vial interactive medication dosage dispensing system and method
OwnerLaila Velaniinventor
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Abstract
A medication dispensing system is disclosed, having an interactive vial having a controllable lock for containing medications prescribed for a patient; a processor contained in the vial; a computer program stored in a computer readable medium the computer program comprising instructions for execution by the processor, the computer program comprising: instructions to read patient data for the patient from a data base stored in the computer readable medium; instructions to authorized dispensing of the medication from the vial; and instructions to upon reading an authorization value of “YES”, unlock the vial to allow access to the medication from the vial. A method for using the system is disclosed.
Claims8
A medication dispensing system, the system comprising:
- an interactive vial comprising:
- a controllable lock for containing medications prescribed for a patient, wherein the controllable lock comprises a pin and a solenoid, wherein the solenoid is configured to magnetically lift the pin from a receiving hole upon receiving an authorized fingerprint from the patient;
- a patient authentication camera configured to take a video of the patient's face taking the medication showing the medication on the patient's tongue and swallowed, wherein the video is stored in patient data for the patient in a database as a reference video;
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- a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the interactive vial, wherein the interactive vial is configured to issue an alarm if the temperature of the interactive vial exceeds a threshold;
- a processor contained in the vial and operable to be communicatively coupled to an external device to transmit a log of medication data associated with the patient;
- a computer program stored in a computer readable medium the computer program comprising instructions for execution by the processor, the computer program comprising:
- instructions to read patient data for the patient from a data base stored in the computer readable medium;
- instructions to read a dispensary report in the patient data to determine whether the patient is on schedule with dosage and time taken;
- instructions to determine a sliding scale adjustment to a dosage schedule based on the dispensary report;
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- instructions to authorize dispensing of the medication from the vial upon receiving an authorization value of “YES”, unlock the vial to allow access to the medication from the vial, wherein the authorization value is indicated in a data stream containing markers sent to the smart vial;
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- a pair of medication authentication cameras coupled to the vial that take a picture of a front side and a back side of the single dosage of medication in the vial and comparing the front side and back side pictures to reference images for the medication shape, color and logo, and number on the pictures before setting a verification value to “YES” indicating that the medication matches a doctor's reference image for the prescribed medication.
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A medication dispensing system, the system comprising:
- an interactive vial comprising:
- a controllable lock for containing medications prescribed for a patient, wherein the controllable lock comprises a pin and a solenoid, wherein the solenoid is configured to magnetically lift the pin from a receiving hole upon receiving an authorized fingerprint from the patient;
- and
- a patient authentication camera configured to take a video of the patient's face taking the medication showing the medication on the patient's tongue and swallowed, wherein the video is stored in patient data for the patient in a database as a reference video;
- a processor contained in the vial and operable to be communicatively coupled to an external device to transmit a log of medication data associated with the patient;
- a computer program stored in a computer readable medium the computer program comprising instructions for execution by the processor, the computer program comprising:
- instructions to read patient data for the patient from a data base stored in the computer readable medium;
- and
- instructions to authorize dispensing of the medication from the vial upon receiving an authorization value of “YES”, unlock the vial to allow access to the medication from the vial, wherein the authorization value is indicated in a data stream containing markers sent to the smart vial;
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- a pair of medication authentication cameras coupled to the vial that take a picture of a front side and a back side of the single dosage of medication in the vial and comparing the front side and back side pictures to reference images for the medication shape, color and logo, and number on the pictures before setting a verification value to “YES” indicating that the medication matches a doctor's reference image for the prescribed medication.
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A medication dispensing system, the system comprising:
- an interactive vial comprising:
- a controllable lock for containing medications prescribed for a patient, wherein the controllable lock comprises a pin and a solenoid, wherein the solenoid is configured to magnetically lift the pin from a receiving hole upon receiving an authorized fingerprint from the patient;
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- a patient authentication camera configured to take a video of the patient's face taking the medication showing the medication on the patient's tongue and swallowed, wherein the video is stored in patient data for the patient in a database as a reference video;
- a processor contained in the vial and operable to be communicatively coupled to an external device to transmit a log of medication data associated with the patient;
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- a computer program stored in a computer readable medium the computer program comprising instructions for execution by the processor, the computer program comprising:
- instructions to read patient data for the patient from a data base stored in the computer readable medium;
- instructions to read a dispensary report in the patient data to determine whether the patient is on schedule with dosage and time taken;
- instructions to determine a sliding scale adjustment to a dosage schedule based on the dispensary report;
- and
- instructions to authorize dispensing of the medication from the vial upon receiving an authorization value of “YES”, unlock the vial to allow access to the medication from the vial, wherein the authorization value is indicated in a data stream containing markers sent to the smart vial.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.