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Medicament information system and method

  • US 10,420,623 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2017
  • Issued: 09/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for receiving a medicament administration component and for communicating, with a mobile device, information associated with the medicament administration component, the system comprising:

  • a medicament device configured to receive an epinephrine auto-injector, the medicament device having (i) an indicator coupled with the medicament device and configured to illuminate to provide a visual alert to a user responsive to a signal from the mobile device and (ii) a sound source coupled with the medicament device and configured to play a sound to provide an audible alert to the user responsive to the signal from the mobile device;

    a communication interface coupled with the medicament device and configured to wirelessly communicate, with the mobile device, information associated with a location of the medicament device; and

    a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor of the mobile device perform a process comprising;

    receiving a user input for causing the mobile device to contact the medicament device,determining, from the information associated with the location of the medicament device, that the medicament device is within range of the mobile device,transmitting, to the medicament device, the signal based on the medicament device being within range of the mobile device,identifying one or more emergency contacts authorized to track the location of the medicament device, wherein the one or more emergency contacts are stored, prior to the medicament device being used, in a memory of the mobile device,receiving a communication from the medicament device,determining, from the communication and independently of input received by the mobile device from a user of the mobile device to initiate a call, that the medicament device is being used or has been used,causing, subsequent to the determination, the mobile device to initiate communication with the identified one or more emergency contacts via a telecommunication network and to transmit a notification message, andtransmitting tracking information that identifies the location of the medicament device for tracking of the medicament device by the one or more emergency contacts.

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