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Methods and systems for cloud based usage monitoring and adaptive enforcement for medications

  • US 9,251,314 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2013
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring usage of medication and adaptively enforcing compliance with a medication schedule comprising:

  • a medication dispenser configured to generate an event indicating one or more of an opening of the dispenser, a closing of the dispenser, or a change in weight of contents of the dispenser;

    a computing device coupled to the medication dispenser over a wireless network and configured to receive the event from the medication dispenser;

    an Internet based server coupled to the computing device over a wired or wireless network and configured to receive the event from the computing device;

    wherein the Internet based server is configured to generate an alert if an event is not received during a predetermined time period;

    wherein the computing device is configured to generate in response to the alert another event indicating the consumption or cancellation of a medication;

    wherein the computing device comprises a global positioning system (GPS) unit to generate a GPS location of the computing device; and

    wherein the Internet based server correlates the GPS location of the computing device and a location of the medication dispenser to adapt one or more medication schedules to ensure close proximity of the computing device to the medication dispenser to allow medication consumption.

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