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Pill removal detection from pill package

  • US 10,185,811 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2015
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pill dispensing device to monitor pill removal, the pill dispensing device comprising:

  • an upper portion including a plurality of cavities, the upper portion configured to accommodate insertion of a pill package;

    a lower portion formed from a locally or completely flexible or stretchable composite sheet, wherein the composite sheet includes a plurality of slits through the composite sheet, wherein each slit of the plurality of slits corresponds to a location of a respective one of the plurality of cavities of the upper portion, and wherein the lower portion further includes a top plate and a bottom plate, each of the top plate and the bottom plate including a plurality of openings corresponding to locations of the plurality of slits formed in the composite sheet; and

    a circuit board printed on or embedded into the composite sheet, wherein the circuit board includes one or more circuits to detect removal of pills through the plurality of slits in the composite sheet, wherein the one or more circuits each include a pair of electrical contacts having a first contact and a second contact at each of the plurality of slits, wherein the first contact is positioned at a first side of the slit and the second contact is positioned at an opposite side from the first side of the slit.

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