Programmable Digital Labels for a Medicine Container
AssigneeInbox Ventures, LLC
InventorVictor Chu
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Abstract
A bottle for storing medicine that may include at least one sensor to determine an aspect about the medicine stored within the bottle. The bottle may also include a processor that receives the information from the one or more sensors. A wireless communication interface may be integrated with the bottle to communicate information.
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A method of determining medicine compliance for a patient that is taking medicine stored in a medicine container, the method comprising:
- storing a dosage amount which is an expected amount of the medicine to be taken by the patient and a dosage time in which the medicine is to be taken;
- sensing an amount of the medicine within the medicine container;
- based on the amount of the medicine within the medicine container, determining whether the patient has taken the dosage amount of the medicine at the dosage time;
- and
- sending a message responsive to determining that the patient has not taken the dosage amount at the dosage time.
A method of determining medicine compliance for a patient that is taking medicine stored in a medicine container, the method comprising:
- storing a prescribed dosage amount and a prescribed dosage time for the patient;
- determining, based on a sensed parameter, that the prescribed dosage amount has not been removed from the medicine container at the prescribed dosage time:
- and
- sending a message responsive to determining that the patient has not taken the prescribed dosage amount within the prescribed dosage time.
A method of alerting a patient when a prescribed dosage of medication is missed, said method comprising:
- storing dosage information for a prescribed medication to be taken by a patient, said dosage information including a prescribed dosage amount and a prescribed dosage time;
- detecting a parameter indicative of the amount of the prescribed medication in a medicine container that stores the medication;
- determining based on the dosage information and the detected parameter whether the patient missed a prescribed dosage;
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- if the prescribed dosage is missed, sending a notification to a person designated by the patient.
A compliance monitoring system for determining medicine compliance for a patient that is taking medicine stored in a medicine container, the system comprising:
- a bottle with an interior space to contain medicine;
- a sensor to sense an amount of the medicine in the interior space;
- memory to store a dosage amount which is an expected amount of the medicine to be taken by the patient and a dosage time in which the medicine is to be taken;
- a wireless communication interface affixed to the bottle to communicate with a remote device;
- a central processing unit to determine an amount of the medicine taken by the patient and to send a wireless message when the patient has not taken the dosage amount within the dosage time
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.