Drug delivery management system

A package for medication, the package comprising:

• (a) a medication container containing a plurality of storage cells;
• (b) at least one monitoring circuit affixed to said medication container;
• (c) at least one breakable closure associated with a storage cell, said breakable closure further comprising a severable conductor proximate to said storage cell, said at least one breakable closure securing a unit dose of medication, said severable conductor being communicably connected to said electronic monitoring circuit;
• (d) a conformal power supply, said conformal power supply comprising a plurality of layers printed on the medication package, said plurality of layers comprising at least one anode, at least one cathode, and at least one electrolytic layer interposed between said at least one anode and said at least one cathode;
• (e) an RF transceiver affixed to said medication container, said RF transceiver being communicably connected to said at least one monitoring circuit;
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• (f) an RF antenna affixed to said medication container, said RF antenna being communicably connected to said RF transceiver;
• wherein at least one severable conductor is severed upon breaking of the breakable closure, said severance being detected by said at least one monitoring circuit, wherein said RF transceiver transmits said detection associated with said severance, and wherein said detection is radiated from said RF antenna.

A package for medication, the package comprising:

• (a) a medication container, the medication container having a plurality of storage cells, at least one storage cell being sealed by an associated breakable closure and holding a unit dose of a medication, said medication container comprising a first means for sensing temperature exposure;
• (b) a severable conductor proximate to the breakable closure associated with said at least one storage cell sealed by a breakable closure, wherein said severable conductor is severed upon breaking of the associated breakable closure;
• (c) an electronic monitoring circuit comprising means for monitoring
• (i) a first status indicating a severed condition of the associated breakable closure,
• (ii) a second status indicating temperature exposure of said medication container,
• (d) a means for transmitting said first status and said second status to a remote monitor.

The method of monitoring the environment of a package for medication comprising the steps of:

• providing a network of monitoring stations;
• providing managed medication packaging for at least one medication, wherein the managed medication packaging includes severable conductors associated with individual medication cells, at least one environmental sensor, an RF transceiver, and monitoring circuitry for monitoring the severable conductors and the at least one environmental sensor;
• providing said managed medication packaging for at least one medication with threshold information;
• dispensing said managed medication packaging for at least one medication to a patient;
• monitoring environmental exposures through the monitoring circuitry associated with the medication package;
• monitoring through the monitoring circuit associated with the medication package the condition of severable conductors associated with the package;
• transmitting from the medication package to a monitoring station data associated with the condition of the severable conductors and the environmental sensor.