Medical tracking cap
OwnerRichard Marcellinoinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a container having a cap or lid including a tracking device for recording date, time, and elapsed time information, the container having opposite closed and open ends, and a cap able to be fixedly engaged with the open end of the container, the cap including a sensor for sensing closure of the container with the cap, and which initiates a digital display showing the time and day or opening and closing the container, and which tracks and displays the elapsed time since the container was last opened.
Claims12
A container having a tracking device for recording date and time information, the container comprising:
- a container for holding an item and having a closed bottom end and an open distal end,
- a tracking cap able to be fixedly engaged with the container at the open distal end thereof in order to close the same,
- a sensor disposed within the interior portion of the tracking cap in operative communication with a clocking device also disposed in or on the tracking cap, and
- one or more digital displays, in operative communication with the clocking device, for displaying date, time, and elapsed time information.
A method of tracking the time elapsed between the open and closure of a container, the method comprising:
- providing a container for holding an item and having a closed bottom end and an open distal end,
- providing a tracking cap able to be fixedly engaged with the container at the open distal end thereof,
- providing a sensor within the interior portion of the tracking cap,
- providing a clocking device in operative communication with the sensor and also in or on the tracking cap, and
- providing one or more digital displays on the exterior surface of the tracking cap in operative communication with the clocking device for displaying date, time, and elapsed time information,
- wherein, upon engaging of the interior portion of the tracking cap with the open distal end of the container, the sensor is activated and causes the clocking device to initiate, which in turn causes the digital displays to show the date the tracking cap and container were engaged, the exact time the tracking cap and container were engaged, and the amount of time elapsed since the tracking cap and container were engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.