Smart packaging and display system

• US 10,283,014 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2014
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jbcb Holdings, LLC (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Jbcb Holdings, LLC (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Baker, Jeff, van der Pol, Paul, Baker, Craig, Bunker, Mark, Freytag, Seth, Marulanda, Karina, Siemer, Michael, Palyo, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher, Jerry-Daryl
• Application Number:
  US14/293,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20150004582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/285 for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas

Abstract

An embodiment of a medicament training system configured to provide instructions for using a medicament device to a user in a sequence of steps is provided. The medicament training system includes including a medicament training container, a medicament device, wherein the medicament training container communicatingly connects to the medicament device, a signal output component associated with the medicament training container, and circuitry associated with the medicament training container configured so as to control a provision of the instructions to the user in the sequence of steps.

Claims

1. A medicament training system configured to provide instructions for using a medicament device to a user in a sequence of steps, comprising:

a medicament training container;

a medicament delivery training device comprising a mechanically resettable medicament delivery simulation mechanism comprising a first position when the device is in a pre-delivery state, and a second position when the device is in a post-delivery state, and wherein the mechanism can be reset from the second position to the first position for reuse, wherein said medicament training container communicatively connects to said medicament delivery training device, the medicament delivery training device comprising at least one orientation sensor or at least one contact sensor associated therewith to detect positioning or contact, respectively, of the medicament delivery training device relative to the user during use of the medicament delivery training device;

a signal output component associated with the medicament training container;

a wired or a wireless component, or a combination thereof, for communicatively connecting the medicament training container with the medicament delivery training device; and

circuitry associated with the medicament training container configured so as to control a provision of the instructions to the user in the sequence of steps, wherein said circuitry comprises a microprocessor and a memory module;

wherein the medicament training container is programmed to track and store information regarding at least one condition of the user of the medicament delivery training device that occur in different training sessions by a user, wherein the condition comprises at least one incorrect step performed by the user according to the instructions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the medicament delivery training device is housed within at least a portion of the medicament training container.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein when the medicament delivery training device is removed from the medicament training container, the provision of instructions is initiated.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein when the medicament delivery training device is removed from the medicament training container, the system is powered on.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless component comprises a short-range radio frequency technology and/or Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the medicament delivery training device comprises at least one of a respiratory inhaler trainer and a parenteral drug delivery trainer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the medicament delivery training device is a medicament delivery training device configured for medicament delivery to a user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the medicament delivery training device comprises at least one of a respiratory inhaler and a parenteral drug delivery device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the medicament training container comprises at least one further sensor to detect a condition of the medicament delivery training device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein an output of the system from the signal output component is initiated in response to a predetermined value detected for a condition.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one further sensor comprises a perpendicularity sensor provided to detect the perpendicularity of the medicament delivery training device relative to a surface of the user.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one further sensor is provided to detect alignment of the medicament delivery training device during operation of the system.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the signal output component is initiated if the detected alignment of the medicament delivery training device meets a predetermined alignment value.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein if the at least one sensor comprises a contact sensor, the signal output component is initiated if the detected contact of the medicament delivery training device meets a predetermined contact value.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein an output of the system from the signal output component is initiated in response to a predetermined elapsed time value period occurring within the sequence of steps.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the predetermined elapsed time value period comprises a pause between the sequence of steps.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein an output of the device from the signal output component is initiated when the user performs one or more steps in the sequence of steps within a predetermined time period.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising an indicator that conveys information about a condition of the system, wherein the indicator indicates that the training is complete or incomplete.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the medicament training container comprises a control interface, a display, or a combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the signal output component generates (i) a visual output comprising at least one light or screen display, or a combination thereof, or (ii) an audio output wherein the audio output comprises a sound or a series of sounds, or a combination of the visual output and the audio output.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein said system is associated with an external source, such that information can be communicated between the external source and the system, the medicament delivery training device, and/or the container.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the information transferred to the system, medicament delivery training device, or container, from the system, medicament delivery training device or container, or a combination thereof, comprises at least one computer readable file.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising a program code module, wherein the program code module records a condition of the medicament delivery training device.

24. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one condition further comprises a status of the device or the container, or a combination thereof;

an input sensed by the medicament delivery training device, or the container, or a combination thereof; and

at least one correct step performed by the user according to the instructions provided by the system.

25. A medicament training system configured to provide instructions for using a medicament device to a user in a sequence of steps, comprising:

a medicament training container;

a medicament delivery training device comprising at least one orientation sensor or at least one contact sensor associated therewith to detect positioning or contact, respectively, of the medicament delivery training device relative to the user during use of the medicament delivery training device;

a wired component or wireless component to communicatively connect the medicament training container to the medicament delivery training device;

a signal output component associated with the medicament training container;

circuitry associated with the medicament training container comprising a microprocessor and memory module, said circuitry configured so as to control a provision of the instructions to the user in the sequence of steps, wherein the instructions are provided to the user in the sequence of steps and the system provides feedback to the user based on the condition of the medicament delivery training device as detected by the at least one orientation sensor; and

wherein the medicament training container is programmed to track and store information regarding at least one condition of the user or the medicament delivery training device that occur in different training sessions by a user, wherein the condition comprises at least one incorrect step performed by the user according to the instructions.

26. The medicament training system of claim 25, wherein an output of the system from the signal output component is initiated in response to a predetermined value detected for the condition.