Programmed dispensing of consumable compositions

• US 8,718,817 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Leuthardt, Eric C., Lord, Robert W., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaikh, Mohammad Z
• Application Number:
  US12/001,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20090149987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,342 Days
• Field of Search: 700231-237, 700240-242
• US Class Current: 700/231
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/20 Colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0436 resulting from removing a drug from, or opening, a container
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/049 automatically changing in response to a schedule deviation by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/70 in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/065 for drink preparation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/10 with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/002 Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer-readable mediums may provide for performing one or more operations including, but not limited to: obtaining dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen; dispensing of at least one dose of a consumable composition into a container according to the dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen; and detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition via from data from at least one sensor incorporated into the container configured to measure at least one property selected from: a physical property, a chemical property, an optical property or an electrical property.

Claims

1. A method for administering a consumable composition, the method comprising:

obtaining dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen;

dispensing at least one dose of a consumable composition into a container according to the dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen; and

detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition via from data from at least one sensor configured to measure at least one property selected from;

a physical property, a chemical property, an optical property or an electrical property.

2. A system for administering a consumable composition, the system comprising:

a computing device configured for obtaining dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen;

a dispenser module configured for dispensing at least one dose of a consumable composition into a container according to the dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen; and

at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition via measurement of at least one of;

a physical property, a chemical property, an optical property or an electrical property.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a presence of a bodily fluid.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the dispenser module configured for dispensing of at least one dose of a consumable composition into a container according to the dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen includes:

a dispenser module configured for delaying dispensing a second dose of the consumable composition until a detection of the at least one ingestion of the consumable composition.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a movement of the container containing the consumable composition.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a pressure applied to the container containing the consumable composition.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a volume of fluid in of the container containing the consumable composition.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a mass of fluid in of the container containing the consumable composition.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a capacitance of fluid in of the container containing the consumable composition.

10. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting an outflow rate of the consumable composition from of the container containing the consumable composition.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting an outflow rate of the consumable composition from of the container containing the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a rate of change of a volume of a fluid in of the container containing the consumable composition.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting an outflow rate of the consumable composition from of the container containing the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a rate of change of a mass of a fluid in of the container containing the consumable composition.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting an outflow rate of the consumable composition from of the container containing the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a rate of change of a capacitance of a fluid in of the container containing the consumable composition.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensor configured for detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition includes:

at least one sensor configured for detecting a degree of inclination of the container containing the consumable composition.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more computer readable instructions for execution of a process on a computing device, the process comprising:

obtaining dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen;

dispensing at least one dose of a consumable composition into a container according to the dosing schedule data associated with a consumable composition regimen; and

detecting at least one indication of at least one ingestion of the consumable composition from data received from at least one sensor, the data including at least one of;

physical property data, chemical property data, optical property data or electrical property data.