Motion or opening detector
First Claim
1. A closed-loop medication monitoring and feedback system comprising:
- a medicinal container, anda medicinal monitoring apparatus disposed on the medicinal container, the medicinal monitoring apparatus comprising;
at least one activity detector comprising a first sensor that is configured to detect a change in an amount of medication stored within the medicinal container; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the at least one activity detector;
wherein the processing unit is configured to communicatively couple to a computing device to send information from the processing unit regarding activity associated with the medicinal container as detected by the at least one activity detector.
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Abstract
An activity monitor which can be pre-programmed at the factory, the doctor'"'"'s office or the pharmacist, or that can be programmed by the user. The activity monitor is affixed to a medicine bottle or container and activity associated with the bottle or container, such as movement, opening, volume changes, etc. are monitored in view to the schedule. If the schedule indicates that a dose of medicine should be taken at a particular time, but the monitored activity does not determine that the medicine has been taken, an alert signal will be issued to alert the user that it is time to take the medicine. In addition, if the monitored activity indicates that the medicine bottle has been opened prior to a scheduled time, then a tamper alert can be triggered.
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22 Claims
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1. A closed-loop medication monitoring and feedback system comprising:
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a medicinal container, and a medicinal monitoring apparatus disposed on the medicinal container, the medicinal monitoring apparatus comprising; at least one activity detector comprising a first sensor that is configured to detect a change in an amount of medication stored within the medicinal container; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the at least one activity detector; wherein the processing unit is configured to communicatively couple to a computing device to send information from the processing unit regarding activity associated with the medicinal container as detected by the at least one activity detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A monitoring apparatus disposed on a medicinal container, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
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an activity detector that is configured to detect a change in an amount of medication stored within the medicinal container; an indicator configured to alert a user of the monitoring apparatus; a processing unit coupled to the indicator, a memory device, and the activity detector; and a schedule, stored within the memory device, that includes data which at least defines a time of day at which medicine is supposed to be dispensed. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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