Motion or opening detector
First Claim
1. A monitoring apparatus configured to be affixed to a container, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a housing including at least one button accessible on an exterior of the housing and at least one indicator;
an activity detector;
a processing unit coupled to the at least one button, the at least one indicator, a memory device, and the activity detector; and
a schedule, stored within the memory device, that includes data which defines at least a time of day at which a predetermined amount of contents within the container are supposed to be dispensed to a user, the schedule being alterable based on feedback from other user monitors.
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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 monitoring apparatus configured to be affixed to a container, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a housing including at least one button accessible on an exterior of the housing and at least one indicator; an activity detector; a processing unit coupled to the at least one button, the at least one indicator, a memory device, and the activity detector; and a schedule, stored within the memory device, that includes data which defines at least a time of day at which a predetermined amount of contents within the container are supposed to be dispensed to a user, the schedule being alterable based on feedback from other user monitors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A monitoring apparatus configured to be affixed to a medicinal container, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a housing including at least one indicator; an activity detector; a processing unit coupled to the at least one indicator, a memory device, and the activity detector, the processing unit being interfaced to communicate with an external device; and a schedule, stored within the memory device, that includes data which defines at least a time of day at which a dosage of medicine is supposed to be dispensed, wherein the monitoring apparatus receives the schedule from the external device and reports data obtained by the activity detector to the external device; the monitoring apparatus receives a modified schedule from the external device based on the reported data and external monitoring data from a user. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A closed-loop medication monitoring system comprising:
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a medicinal monitoring apparatus configured to be affixed to a medicinal container, the medicinal monitoring apparatus comprising; a housing including at least one indicator, an activity detector, a processing unit coupled to the at least one indicator, a memory device, and the activity detector, and at least one patient monitor for sensing at least one attribute of a patient; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the medicinal monitoring apparatus and the at least one patient monitor, the computing device configured to receive information regarding activities associated with said medicinal container from said medicinal monitoring apparatus and to receive information from said patient monitor regarding at least one condition of said patient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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