# US 2021/0274892 A1 · Medical Alert Necklace > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0274892 A1 - Document ID: US20210274892A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/328,671 - Filed: 2021-05-24 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-07 - Inventors: Kristofer M. Maynard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210274892A1 ## CPC - A44C 5/003: {with a storage compartment} - A44C 5/185: {Attachment of fasteners to straps or chains} - A44C 5/2076: {with the two ends of the strap or chain abutting each other or sliding in the main plane or a plane parallel to the main plane of these two ends (A44C5/2009 - A44C5/2061 take precedence)} - A44C 15/0015: {Illuminated or sound-producing jewellery} - A44C 15/002: {Jewellery dispersing perfume or the like} - A44C 15/005: {Necklaces (ornamental chains A44C11/00)} - A44C 25/001: {Pendants} - A44D 2203/00: Fastening by use of magnets - A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS - A44D: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES OR SLIDE FASTENERS, AND TO JEWELLERY, BRACELETS OR OTHER PERSONAL ADORNMENTS ## Abstract A medical alert necklace is formed with a container loop wearable around a neck of a user and contains a medical dose as an ingestible for the user. The medical alert necklace includes a personalized pendant that uniquely identifies the user as having a medical condition, and includes a quick response (QR) code accessible to identify an emergency contact person for the user and/or medical information about the user. The medical alert necklace can also include an alert system that receives an alert activation from a smartphone and activates to warn of a hypoglycemic condition of the user. The medical alert necklace has a fastening system to secure the container loop around the user, such as a magnetic clasp. The fastening system includes a plunger press-fit into the container loop. The ingestible is distributable for user consumption through the plunger, and the container loop is refillable through the plunger. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical alert necklace, comprising: a container loop wearable around a neck of a user and configured to contain a medical dose as an ingestible for the user; a personalized pendant to uniquely identify the user as having a medical condition; and a fastening system to secure the container loop around the neck of the user, the fastening system including a plunger press-fit into the container loop, the ingestible being distributable for consumption through the plunger, and the container loop being refillable through the plunger. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, wherein the container loop forms a void space in which a glucose dose is contained as the ingestible and is accessible to the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, wherein the personalized pendant includes a quick response (QR) code accessible to identify at least one of an emergency contact person for the user or medical information about the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, wherein the personalized pendant includes an audible alert system, the personalized pendant configured to receive an alert activation from a smartphone and activate the audible alert system effective to warn of a hypoglycemic condition of the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, further comprising a visual alert system configured to receive an alert activation from a smartphone and activate the visual alert system effective to warn of a hypoglycemic condition of the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, wherein the fastening system is quick release and configured to secure the medical alert necklace as worn around a neck of the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, wherein the fastening system includes a plunger cap secured to the plunger, the plunger cap configured to seal the ingestible in the container loop. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 7, wherein the plunger cap is replaceable by a fill cap configured to affix a replenish device that refills the container loop with the ingestible. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 1, wherein the fastening system includes: a magnetic clasp configured to secure the medical alert necklace as worn by the user, the magnetic clasp having a first tensional resistance that resists pulling forces separating the magnetic clasp; a plunger cap secured to the plunger, the plunger cap having a second tensional resistance that resists the pulling forces separating the plunger cap from the plunger; and wherein the first tensional resistance is less than the second tensional resistance effective to separate the magnetic clasp before the plunger cap is separated from the plunger responsive to the pulling forces. ### Claim 10 A medical alert necklace, comprising: a container loop wearable around a neck of a user and configured to contain a medical dose as an ingestible for the user; a fastening system configured as a magnetic clasp to secure the container loop around the neck of the user, the magnetic clasp having a first tensional resistance that resists pulling forces separating the magnetic clasp; a plunger press-fit into the container loop and a plunger cap secured to the plunger to seal the ingestible in the container loop, the plunger cap having a second tensional resistance that resists the pulling forces separating the plunger cap from the plunger, the first tensional resistance being less than the second tensional resistance effective to separate the magnetic clasp before the plunger cap is separated from the plunger responsive to the pulling forces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 10, wherein the container loop forms a void space in which a glucose dose is contained as the ingestible and is accessible to the user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 10, further comprising a personalized pendant to uniquely identify the user as having a medical condition, the personalized pendant including a quick response (QR) code accessible to identify at least one of an emergency contact person for the user or medical information about the user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 10, further comprising a personalized pendant that uniquely identifies the user and includes an alert system, the personalized pendant configured to receive an alert activation from a smartphone and activate the alert system effective to warn of a hypoglycemic condition of the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 10, further comprising an alert system configured to receive an alert activation from a smartphone and activate the alert system effective to warn of a hypoglycemic condition of the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 10, wherein the ingestible is distributable for consumption by the user through a void in the plunger, and the container loop is refillable through the void in the plunger. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 10, wherein the plunger cap is replaceable by a fill cap configured to affix a replenish device that refills the container loop with the ingestible. ### Claim 17 A medical alert necklace, comprising: a container loop wearable around a neck of a user and configured to contain a medical dose as an ingestible for the user, the container loop forming a void space in which the ingestible is contained and accessible to the user; a fastening system to secure the container loop around the neck of the user, the fastening system including a plunger press-fit into the container loop, the ingestible being distributable for consumption through the plunger; a personalized pendant to uniquely identify the user as having a medical condition, the personalized pendant including a quick response (QR) code accessible to identify an emergency contact person for the user and medical information about the user; and an alert system configured to receive an alert activation from a smartphone and activate the alert system effective to warn of a hypoglycemic condition of the user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 16 wherein the medical dose is a glucose dose contained as the ingestible in the void space of the container loop. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 16, wherein the fastening system includes: a magnetic clasp configured to secure the medical alert necklace as worn by the user, the magnetic clasp having a first tensional resistance that resists pulling forces separating the magnetic clasp; a plunger cap secured to the plunger, the plunger cap having a second tensional resistance that resists the pulling forces separating the plunger cap from the plunger; and wherein the first tensional resistance is less than the second tensional resistance effective to separate the magnetic clasp before the plunger cap is separated from the plunger responsive to the pulling forces. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The medical alert necklace as recited in claim 19, wherein the plunger cap is replaceable by a fill cap configured to affix a replenish device that refills the container loop with the ingestible.