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System and method for monitoring pill container activity

  • US 10,445,472 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2015
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic sensing cap for a pill container, comprising:

  • a housing with a top portion and a bottom portion and defining a cavity therebetween;

    a sliding plate disposed in the cavity adjacent to the bottom portion;

    a microcontroller with a switch type contact sensor disposed in the cavity between the top portion and the sliding plate, the sliding plate configured to slide upward and activate the contact sensor where the cap is secured to the pill container in a closed state, and the sliding plate configured to slide downward from and not activate the contact sensor where the cap is removed from the pill container in an open state;

    wherein the microcontroller further comprises a printed circuit board that comprises a non-infrared wireless radio, a memory, a speaker, and wherein a battery is connected to the printed circuit board that is powered at least in part in both the opened state and the closed state; and

    wherein the microcontroller is configured to non-infraredly, wirelessly transmit information indicative of an opening and a closing of the pill container over time to at least one of a smartphone or a tablet computer and/or a cellular gateway device.

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