Device for tracking medication adherence
AssigneePatch Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Aertker, Gavin Buchanan
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Abstract
Method and system for a medication adherence tracking device of a medication container. The adherence tracking device includes a motion sensor detecting at least a partial rotation of a removable cap of a medication container, the motion sensor being disposed at least partly on the removable cap; and a transmitter transmitting adherence data that indicates a time of removal of the cap from the medication container in accordance with the motion sensor.
Claims20
A medication adherence tracking device comprising:
- a motion sensor detecting at least a partial rotation of a removable cap of a medication container, the motion sensor being disposed at least partly on the removable cap;
- and
- a transmitter transmitting adherence data that indicates a time of removal of the cap from the medication container in accordance with the motion sensor.
A method of medication adherence tracking, the method comprising:
- detecting at least a partial rotation of a removable cap of a medication container in accordance with a motion sensor disposed at least partially on the removable cap;
- associating a timestamp with the at least a partial rotation;
- and
- transmitting, in response to the detecting, adherence data that indicates a time of removal of the cap from the medication container in accordance with the timestamp.
The method of medication adherence tracking of claim 19 further comprising determining, by the processor, whether a current time is within a predetermined dosing period upon the motion sensor detecting a movement of the medication container.
A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing instructions executable in a processor, the instructions when executed in the processor causing operations comprising:
- detecting at least a partial rotation of a removal cap of a medication container in accordance with a motion sensor disposed at least partially on the removable cap;
- associating a timestamp with the at least a partial rotation;
- and
- transmitting, in response to the detecting, adherence data that indicates a time of removal of the cap from the medication container in accordance with the timestamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.