Wearable kit with smart patch

• US 10,642,960 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Goguen, Jonathan T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kingston, Shawna M
• Application Number:
  US15/537,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20170351840A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,601 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/7023 Transdermal patches and similar drug-containing composite devices, e.g. cataplasms galenical aspects of iontophoretic devices A61K9/0009; microneedle arrays A61K9/0021; buccal patches A61K9/006
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system and method for controlling medication-dispensing patches by a wearable device is provided. The method comprises receiving a transmission at a wearable device, wherein the transmission identifies a medication-dispensing patch; transmitting information corresponding to the identified medication-dispensing patch to an external computing device; receiving information at the wearable device from the external computing device, wherein the received information corresponds to a dosage of a medication that should be dispensed by the medication-dispensing patch; and transmitting information from the wearable device, wherein the transmission is configured for controlling a medication dosage that is dispensed by the medication-dispensing patch.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for dispensing a medication at a medication-dispensing patch, the method comprising:

receiving a transmission at a wearable device, wherein the transmission identifies the medication-dispensing patch;

transmitting information corresponding to the identified medication-dispensing patch from the wearable device to an external computing device;

receiving, by the wearable device from the external computing device, a dosage of a medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch;

transmitting the received dosage from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch; and

modifying, with the wearable device, the dosage of the medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch based on analysis, by the wearable device, of physiological measurements made by the wearable device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving sensor data from a sensor, the sensor data corresponding to a physiological measurement of a user of the wearable device; and

determining whether the sensor data corresponds to one or more criteria for administering the medication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information received from the external computing device and the information transmitted from the wearable device include a time interval identifying how frequently the dosage of medication should be dispensed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the energy transmitted wirelessly from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch is configured for providing power to the identified medication-dispensing patch.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving sensor data sensed by a sensor at the identified medication-dispensing patch over a wireless communication interface at the wearable device;

receiving sensor data from a sensor at the wearable device;

comparing the sensor data received from the identified medication-dispensing patch and the sensor data sensed at the sensor at the wearable device with one or more criteria;

determining whether the dosage of medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch should be modified according to the one or more criteria; and

transmitting information from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch that modifies the dosage of medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for dispensing a medication at a medication-dispensing patch, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for receiving a transmission over a communications module at a wearable device, wherein the transmission is configured for identifying the medication-dispensing patch;

instructions for transmitting information corresponding to the identified medication-dispensing patch to an external computing device using the communications module;

instructions for receiving by the wearable device from the external computing device using the communications module, a dosage of a medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch; and

instructions for transmitting the received dosage from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch using the communications module; and

instructions for modifying, with the wearable device, the dosage of the medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch based on analysis, by the wearable device, of physiological measurements made by the wearable device.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for analyzing sensor data sensed by a sensor, the sensor data corresponding to a physiological measurement of a user of the wearable device; and

instructions for determining whether the sensor data corresponds to one or more criteria for administering the medication.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the information received from the external computer device and the information transmitted from the wearable device include a time interval identifying how frequently the dosage of medication should be dispensed.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for dispensing the dosage of the medication after receiving the information transmitted from the wearable device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for transmitting energy wirelessly from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch and providing power to the identified medication-dispensing patch.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for storing sensor data sensed by a sensor at the identified medication-dispensing patch, wherein the sensor data was received over a wireless communication interface at the wearable device;

instructions for storing sensor data from a sensor at the wearable device;

instructions for comparing the sensor data received from the identified medication-dispensing patch and the sensor data sensed at the sensor at the wearable device with one or more criteria; and

instructions for determining whether the dosage of medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch should be modified based on the one or more criteria; and

instructions for transmitting information from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch that modifies the dosage of medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch.

12. A system for dispensing a medication, the system comprising:

a medication-dispensing patch configured to communicate over a wireless communication network;

an external computing device configured to communicate over the wireless communication network; and

a wearable device configured to

receive a transmission that identifies the medication-dispensing patch,

transmit the received identification of the medication-dispensing patch to the external computing device,

receive from the external computing device, a dosage of a medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch,

transmit the received dosage from the wearable device to the identified medication-dispensing patch; and

modify, with the wearable device, the dosage of the medication dispensed by the identified medication-dispensing patch based on analysis, by the wearable device, of physiological measurements made by the wearable device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the wearable device comprises:

a sensor configured to sense sensor data corresponding to a physiological measurement of a user of the wearable device;

a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to determine that the sensor data corresponds to one or more criteria for administering the medication; and

a communication module configured to transmit information based on the one or more criteria, wherein the information transmitted is configured for instructing the identified medication-dispensing patch to dispense the dosage, a modified dosage, or no dosage of the medication.