Refill and dosage management devices and associated systems and methods for use with computerized oral prescription administration devices
AssigneeBerkshire Biomedical, LLC
InventorsThomas M. Rouse, Susan B. Owen, Christy Corey
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Abstract
Refill and dosage management devices and associated systems and methods for use with computerized oral prescription administration (COPA) devices are provided. In some examples, an apparatus includes a dispensing unit configured to dispense a substance into a reservoir of a mouthpiece of an intended user; and an identification unit configured to, based on a communication from the mouthpiece, determine an identity of the intended user when the mouthpiece of the intended user is coupled to a housing, the housing sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the mouthpiece.
Claims11
An apparatus comprising:
- a dispensing unit configured to dispense a substance into a reservoir associated with a mouthpiece of an intended user, wherein the dispensing unit includes a housing configured to removably receive the mouthpiece and the reservoir, the housing sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the mouthpiece, wherein the housing includes a compartment sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the reservoir within the compartment;
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- an identification unit configured to, based on a communication from the mouthpiece, determine an identity of the intended user when the mouthpiece of the intended user is coupled to a housing,
- wherein the housing comprises a charging component, and wherein when the mouthpiece is coupled to the housing, the charging component of the housing is coupled to a charging component of the mouthpiece, wherein the charging component of the housing is configured to charge the mouthpiece via a wireless connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.