Motion or opening detector
First Claim
1. A closed-loop medication monitoring and feedback system comprising:
- a medicinal monitoring apparatus configured to be affixed to a medicinal container, the medicinal monitoring apparatus comprising;
a case configured to be connected to the medicinal container;
at least one activity detector associated with said case, said activity detector comprising a sensor that is configured to detect a change in an amount of medication associated with said medicinal container;
a user input device configured to receive user identification information; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the at least one activity detector;
anda computing device communicatively coupled to the medicinal monitoring apparatus and configured to receive information from said processing unit regarding activity associated with said medicinal container as detected by said 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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18 Claims
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1. A closed-loop medication monitoring and feedback system comprising:
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a medicinal monitoring apparatus configured to be affixed to a medicinal container, the medicinal monitoring apparatus comprising; a case configured to be connected to the medicinal container; at least one activity detector associated with said case, said activity detector comprising a sensor that is configured to detect a change in an amount of medication associated with said medicinal container; a user input device configured to receive user identification information; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the at least one activity detector; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the medicinal monitoring apparatus and configured to receive information from said processing unit regarding activity associated with said medicinal container as detected by said 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)
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