Interactive medicine organizer

• US 20100305749A1
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: One World Design & Manufacturing Group Ltd.
• Original Assignee: One World Design & Manufacturing Group Ltd.
• Inventors: Coe, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 8,195,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/231
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0445 for preventing drug dispensing during a predetermined time period
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0454 for dispensing of multiple drugs
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3226 Use of secure elements separate from M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/54 about vertical axes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/62 in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

Interactive medicine organizers comprising integrated software and hardware elements and multifunctional interactive wireless devices to provide assistance to individuals who need to organize or monitor the administration of one or more medications are provided.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

(a) a dispenser body having a housing;

(b) a loading door, said loading door being connected to said housing;

(c) a tray, said tray having one or more chambers, said tray being connected to said housing;

(d) a dispensing door;

said dispensing door being connected to said housing;

(e) a docking station, said docking station being connected to said housing;

(f) a multifunctional interactive wireless device, said device being capable of i) docking with said docking station, ii) commanding said tray to a plurality of positions, iii) commanding said loading door to a plurality of positions and iv) commanding said dispensing door to a plurality of positions, wherein said device executes a software application for determining said plurality of positions of said tray, said loading door, and said dispensing door based on a data set input by a user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said tray is substantially circular.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said tray comprises thirty chambers.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of said thirty chambers is divided into a plurality of compartments.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of said thirty chambers is divided into three compartments.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said tray comprises seven chambers.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each of said chambers is divided into a plurality of compartments.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each of said seven chambers is divided into three compartments.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said multifunctional interactive wireless device is an iPhone.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said data set comprises:

(a) a name of a pill;

(b) a strength of said pill; and

(c) a time schedule for dispensing said pill.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said multifunctional interactive wireless device communicates an alarm to a user, said alarm being based on said time schedule.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said multifunctional interactive wireless device communicates a signal to a remote database, said signal indicating whether or not a contents of said one or more chambers have been dispensed.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said multifunctional interactive wireless device is an iPhone.

13. A method comprising:

(a) entering a data set into a software application, said application being executed on a multifunctional interactive wireless device;

(b) loading one or more pills into a tray;

said tray having one or more chambers;

(c) docking said multifunctional interactive wireless device with a docking station; and

(d) commanding a dispensing door to dispense said one or more pills.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said data set comprises:

(a) a name of one of more pills;

(b) a strength of said one or more pills; and

(c) a time that said one or more pills is to be dispensed.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of transmitting a signal from said multifunctional interactive wireless device to a remote database, said signal indicating either a confirmation of dispensing said one or more pills or a failure to dispense said one or more pills.

16. The method of claim 13, further including the step of transmitting an alarm from said multifunctional interactive wireless device when said one or more pills are not dispensed within a predetermined time of a scheduled dispense time.

18. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of:

(e) sending a signal to said remote database when a user attempts to dispense said one or more pills before a predetermined time.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising the step of:

(f) locking said dispensing door when a user attempts to dispense said one or more pills before a predetermined time.

19-1. A system for managing patient compliance with a medication schedule comprising:

(a) a multifunctional interactive wireless device having a microprocessor;

(b) a storage means for storing data on a storage medium;

(c) an arithmetic circuit configured to prepare said storage means to magnetically store selected data on said storage medium;

(d) an arithmetic logic circuit configured to retrieve information from an input file, calculate a tray position and send a signal to a motor to effectuate said tray position;

(e) an arithmetic logic circuit configured to retrieve information from an input file, calculate a dispensing door position and send a signal to a motor to effectuate said door position;

(f) an arithmetic logic circuit configured to retrieve information from an input file, calculate an alarm condition and send a signal to a effectuate said alarm condition;

(g) an arithmetic logic circuit configured to retrieve information from an input file, calculate a dispensed condition or an undispensed condition and send a signal to a server to record said dispensed condition or said undispensed condition;

(h) an arithmetic logic circuit configured to retrieve information from an input file, calculate a dispense history and display a signal indicating said dispense history for monitoring compliance with a medication schedule.