Medication dispenser with integrated monitoring system
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring an individual patient'"'"'s compliance with the patient'"'"'s medication dosage schedule, the method comprising:
- receiving at a central monitoring station an image of an interior space of at least one medication storage compartment within a medication dispenser device which is associated with the individual patient and remote from the monitoring station, wherein the image is captured by a movable image capturing device configured to move to different positions within the medication dispenser device;
determining from the image at the central monitoring station the presence or absence of at least one medication or medication reminder marker in said at least one medication storage compartment; and
determining whether the presence or absence of the at least one medication or medication reminder marker matches that which is expected for the compartment according to the individual patient'"'"'s medication dosage schedule.
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for remote visualization of the storage compartments in a medication dispenser device, to monitor a patient'"'"'s compliance with a medication dosage schedule and for verifying the proper loading of medication into the patient'"'"'s medication dispenser device. The device may include a plurality of storage compartments, each having an interior space for storing at least one medication or medication reminder marker; an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) positionable to capture an image of the interior space of each storage compartment; and a communications module for electronically transmitting the captured image to a central monitoring station.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring an individual patient'"'"'s compliance with the patient'"'"'s medication dosage schedule, the method comprising:
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receiving at a central monitoring station an image of an interior space of at least one medication storage compartment within a medication dispenser device which is associated with the individual patient and remote from the monitoring station, wherein the image is captured by a movable image capturing device configured to move to different positions within the medication dispenser device; determining from the image at the central monitoring station the presence or absence of at least one medication or medication reminder marker in said at least one medication storage compartment; and determining whether the presence or absence of the at least one medication or medication reminder marker matches that which is expected for the compartment according to the individual patient'"'"'s medication dosage schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of verifying proper loading of medication in a medication dispenser comprising:
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loading at least one medication or medication reminder marker into all or a subset of a plurality of medication storage compartments located in one or more containers for use in a medication dispenser device, according to a medication dosage schedule for a patient; instructing the medication dispenser to capture an image of the interior space of at least one of the medication storage compartments with a movable image capturing device configured to move to different positions within the medication dispenser device and to electronically transmit the image to a central monitoring station remote from the medication dispenser device; and receiving information from the central monitoring station verifying whether the image corresponds to that which is expected for the medication storage compartment according to the medication dosage schedule. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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