System for monitoring and/or controlling medication-taking by a patient and method associated therewith

A system (1;

• 101;
• 201;
• 301;
• 401) for monitoring and/or controlling the taking of one or more medications (P) by a patient, said one or more medications (P) being contained in a blister pack (10;
• 410), said system (1;
• 101;
• 201;
• 301;
• 401) comprising:
• an identification unit (20) suited to identify the condition of said blister pack (10;
• 410), said identification unit (20) being suited to identify how many and/or which of said one or more medications (P) are extracted from said blister pack (10;
• 410);
• a management unit (30) communicating with said identification unit (20) and suited to receive and process information transmitted by said identification unit (20) and regarding how many and/or what medications (P) have been extracted from said blister pack (10;
• 410);
• a wireless communication unit (40) communicating with said management unit (30) and suited to transmit and/or receive wireless data;
• a service provider (50) suited to receive said wireless data from said wireless communication unit (40) and/or transmit wireless data to said wireless communication unit (40);
• a casing (14) suited to receive said blister pack (10), said casing (14) comprising detection means (15) suited to detect how many and/or which of said one or more medications (P) are extracted from said blister pack (10), characterized by said casing (14) further comprising a first substrate (14a) on which a layout (16) is printed with a conductive type ink and which is die-cut in a format suited to receive said blister pack (10), said casing (14) further comprising a second substrate (14b) on which holes (17) are defined, said holes being made in a position which is aligned with a position of the one or more medications (P) in the blister pack (10) when the blister pack (10) is received in the casing (14).