Automated medicine portfolio and organizer
AssigneeViva Life, Inc.
InventorsHarry L. Wingate, III, William H. Wingate, Joshua D. Wingate
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Abstract
A portfolio for organizing and managing the storage, access and administration of prescription and/or over-the-counter medications. The portfolio that includes various storage mechanism, holders and tools that can be used for managing a patient's medications. The portfolio includes sensors to detect when medication containers are being accessed and display devices to present status information pertaining to the medication containers installed within the portfolio.
Claims20
A portfolio for holding medicine and medicine related items, the portfolio comprising:
- a first side;
- a second side;
- the first side being joined along one edge with the second side, the joint allowing the first side and the second side to be moved in a hinged like fashion away from each other to an open position and towards each other to a closed position;
- at least the first side including a plurality of receptors with each receptor configured to receive a medicine container;
- a sensor associated with each receptor, the sensor being configured to determine if a medicine container is present in the associated receptor;
- the second side comprising:
- at least two pockets for holding notepads for taking notes;
- a surface for receiving and holding a pill dispenser having multiple chambers with at least one chamber for each day of the week and each chamber being individually accessible;
- a pocket with a securing flap and fastening mechanism for holding items;
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- a calendar removably attached to the surface;
- a latching mechanism for securing the first side to the second side in the closed position.
A portfolio for holding medicine and medicine related items, the portfolio comprising:
- a first side;
- a second side;
- the first side being joined along one edge with the second side, the joint allowing the first side and the second side to be moved in a hinged like fashion away from each other to an open position and towards each other to a closed position;
- at least the first side including a plurality of receptors with each receptor configured to receive a medication container;
- a plurality of sensors with one sensor associated with each receptor and configured to be in a first state when a medication container is installed in the receptor and a second state when a medication container is not installed in the receptor;
- a plurality of display devices with one display device associated with each receptor;
- a wireless transceiver;
- a memory element containing program instructions;
- a processing unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, the plurality of display devices, the wireless transceiver and the memory device, and responsive to instructions within the memory device, the processing unit is configured to:
- detect when a medication container is removed from a receptor by detecting a state change of one of the plurality of sensors;
- presenting an indicator on the display device associated with a particular receptor when an action related to the medication container within the receptor needs to be taken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.