Medication organizer with smart features
OwnerSreeram Ramakrishnan, Michael Furlotti +1inventors
InventorsSreeram Ramakrishnan, Michael Furlotti, Ram Subramanian
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Abstract
An article organizer for use with plural articles to be loaded and removed includes a housing including a chamber for removably receiving at least one cartridge, each cartridge removably storing at least one article, an organizer communication module, and an organizer communication module. The housing includes an organizer opening through which the at least one cartridge is insertable into and removable from the housing. The organizer communication module can communicate with the at least one cartridge, and send data to and/or receive data from the at least one cartridge. The organizer controller can process data from the organizer communication module and output information based on the data.
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An article organizer for use with plural articles to be loaded and removed, the organizer comprising:
- a housing including a chamber for removably receiving at least one cartridge, each cartridge removably storing at least one article, the housing including an organizer opening through which the at least one cartridge is insertable into and removable from the housing;
- an organizer communication module configured to communicate with the at least one cartridge, the organizer communication module sending data to and/or receiving data from the at least one cartridge;
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- an organizer controller configured to process data from the organizer communication module and output information based on the data.
An article organizing system for use with plural articles to be loaded and removed, the organizing system comprising:
- a main organizer including a housing having at least one chamber, an organizer opening, and an organizer communication module;
- at least one cartridge including at least one cartridge cavity, at least one cartridge cavity cap, and a cartridge communications module, each cartridge removably storing at least one article, the at least one cartridge being insertable into and removable from the at least one chamber of the housing through the organizer opening, wherein
- the organizer communication module is configured to communicate with the at least one cartridge, the organizer communication module sending data to and/or receiving data from the at least one cartridge, and
- the organizer controller is configured to process data from the organizer communication module and output information based on the data.
A method of organizing plural articles in a main organizer in which at least one cartridge is mountable, the method comprising:
- providing the main organizer including an organizer communication module;
- loading, in the main organizer, the at least one cartridge including at least one cartridge cavity, at least one cartridge cavity cap, and a cartridge communications module, each cartridge removably storing at least one article;
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- effecting communication between the organizer communication module and the cartridge communication module by sending data to and/or receiving data from the organizer communication module and the cartridge communication module, wherein
- the organizer is configured to process data from the organizer communication module and output information based on the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.