# US 6,380,858 B1 · Systems and methods for monitoring patient compliance with medication regimens

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- Number: US 6,380,858 B1
- Document ID: US6380858B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/929,987
- Filed: 2001-08-15
- Published: 2002-03-07
- Granted: 2002-04-30
- Earliest claimed: 1999-12-29
- Assignees: Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Inventors: Paul Yarin; Richard Fletcher; Joseph DiPisa; Glenn Philander Vonk
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6380858B1

## CPC

- G07F 17/0092: {for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles (medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00)}
- A61J 7/0481: {working on a schedule basis}
- G07G 1/0045: {with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader}
- G07G 1/009: {the reader being an RFID reader}
- G16H 20/13: delivered from dispensers
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61J 7/0436: {resulting from removing a drug from, or opening, a container}
- A61J 7/0454: {for dispensing of multiple drugs}
- A61J 2200/30: Compliance analysis for taking medication
- A61J 2200/74: for weight
- A61J 2205/10: Bar codes
- A61J 2205/60: using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags
- A61J 2205/70: Audible labels, e.g. for pre-recorded info or messages
- A61M 2205/3553: remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
- A61M 2205/3561: local, e.g. within room or hospital
- A61M 2205/3569: sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
- A61M 2205/52: with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
- A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
- A61M 2205/6054: Magnetic identification systems
- G16H 10/65: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
- G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
- Y10S 128/903: Radio telemetry
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for facilitating effective self-management of medication treatment by patients. A Smart Tray monitors and reports to third parties a patient's compliance with various medication treatment regimens. Medication containers are provided with electromagnetic tags that provide various information about medicament contained within a respective container. A Smart Tray is equipped with a processor and reader that interrogates each respective electromagnetic tag to identify medicament(s) contained within each container. Using the retrieved information, a Smart Tray provides visual and/or audio signals to a patient to remind the patient when and how much of various medicaments to take. A Smart Tray also monitors, via the reader, when a medication container is removed. A Smart Tray can communicate with one or more third parties, such as healthcare providers, pharmacies, and other suppliers of healthcare products and services via a computer network. In addition, a Smart Tray can communicate with various appliances and can modify medication regimens for particular medicaments in response to data received from various appliances.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A comestible medicament comprising a non-toxic electromagnetic tag, wherein the electromagnetic tag contains information about the medicament including an identification of the medicament.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The comestible medicament according to claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic tag is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.