Devices, systems, and methods for automated medical product or service delivery

• US 10,289,806 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2013
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Kare, Jordin T., McKnight, Gary L., Petroski, Robert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan, Christopher L
• Application Number:
  US14/079,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20150134107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,007 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, and devices for automated delivery of medical services and products. In certain embodiments, the systems and/or methods are at least partially controlled by a computer.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a kiosk including at least one computing device including circuitry configured for receiving at least one input from a subject relating to the subject'"'"'s seeking a medical product or service and circuitry configured for comparing the at least one input from the subject relating to the subject'"'"'s seeking a medical product or service with one or more verification datasets;

the kiosk further including at least one door or doorway, and a locked dispensing box with one or more compartments, with each of the one or more compartments containing a prescribed medical product or service for dispensing to the subject, and one or more sensors positioned at least partially in the at least one door or doorway, the one or more sensors configured to generate one or more shut down signals indicating a breach or attempted breach of the locked dispensing box;

circuitry configured for generating a verification value based on the comparison;

circuitry configured for communicating an output indicative of the satisfaction or denial of a verification threshold;

circuitry configured for unlocking the locked dispensing box for dispensing the medical product or service upon satisfaction of the verification threshold and for disabling one or more kiosk operations responsive to receipt of the one or more shut down signals from the one or more sensors positioned at least partially in the at least one door or doorway;

circuitry configured for receiving a requested modification to the medical product or service, the circuitry configured to store a data value of a dose of the medical product or service associated with a single dose of a full prescription amount, the requested modification to the medical product or service including a request to receive a partial dose of the medical product or service, the partial dose being less than the data value of the dose associated with the single dose of the full prescription amount, the circuitry further configured for comparing the requested modification to the medical product or service to a modification range pre-selected for approval by a healthcare worker, for granting the requested modification to the medical product or service if the requested modification to the medical product or service falls within the modification range pre-selected for approval by the healthcare worker, and for denying the requested modification to the medical product or service if the requested modification to the medical product or service falls outside the modification range pre-selected for approval by the healthcare worker; and

circuitry configured for verifying the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein verifying the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service includes recording the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein recording the subject includes at least one of audio or video recording.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein verifying the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service includes instant messaging.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein verifying the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service includes audio or video transmission.

6. The system of claim 1, further including at least one of a camera, microphone, or keyboard.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the camera includes a digital camera, or webcam.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein verifying the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service includes obtaining biometric data from the subject regarding ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the verifying includes receiving a radiofrequency signal associated with the medical product or service.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the radiofrequency signal associated with the medical product or service includes at least one of a radio frequency identification device or radiofrequency reflector on or in the medical product or service.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the radiofrequency signal is incorporated into a delivery device that transmits a signal upon use of the medical product or service.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the outcome of the verifying the subject ingesting or utilizing the medical product or service is recorded by the kiosk or the subject'"'"'s medical records and is utilized in determining future dispensations of the medical product or service to the subject.

13. The system of claim 1, further including circuitry configured for receiving at least one code from a subject relating to the subject'"'"'s seeking a pre-paid prescribed medical product or service and circuitry configured for comparing the at least one code from the subject relating to the subject'"'"'s seeking a pre-paid prescribed medical product or service with one or more code verification datasets.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the code includes a numerical code, alphabet code, alpha-numerical code, biometric code, audio code, video code, bar code, QR code, or other code capable of input into the computing device.

15. The system of claim 13, further including circuitry configured for verifying at least one of the prescription or the pre-payment.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input from a subject includes biometric identification input from at least one of a voice recognition sensor, facial recognition sensor, retinal scanner, or fingerprint sensor.