Smart package and method for manufacturing the package
First Claim
1. A backing comprising a plurality of objects removable from the backing, wherein the backing further comprises detection elements, the detection elements comprising a plurality of printed electrical components and detection means adapted to record a removal of an object of said plurality of objects, and wherein said printed electrical components are pressed onto the backing with methods of printing technology, and wherein the removal of the object of said plurality of objects from the backing brings about a structural change including a cut off or break in at least one printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, and wherein the structural change of said printed electrical component brings about an electrically measurable change in an electric circuit comprising said printed electrical component, and further wherein at least one of said plurality of printed electrical components deviates in terms of its specific electrical value from the specific electrical value of at least one other printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, wherein the backing further comprises a wireless data transfer module operable in a mobile communication system for delivering information relating to a removal of said object of the plurality of objects outside the backing responsive to detecting the removal of said object of the plurality of objects without user input.
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Abstract
A smart package backing (100) for pills removable from the backing, wherein the backing is adapted to record a removal of said pills by means of detection elements (103, 401a, 501a). The detection elements comprise electrical components (401a, 501a), wherein said electrical components are pressed onto the backing (100) with methods of printing technology. The removal of a pill from the backing is adapted to bring about a structural change in at least one printed component, and the structural change of said component is adapted to bring about an electrically measurable change in an electric circuit comprising said component. In addition, at least one of said electrical components (401a, 501a) deviates in terms of its specific electrical value from the specific electrical value of at least one other electrical component (401a, 501a).
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- 1. A backing comprising a plurality of objects removable from the backing, wherein the backing further comprises detection elements, the detection elements comprising a plurality of printed electrical components and detection means adapted to record a removal of an object of said plurality of objects, and wherein said printed electrical components are pressed onto the backing with methods of printing technology, and wherein the removal of the object of said plurality of objects from the backing brings about a structural change including a cut off or break in at least one printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, and wherein the structural change of said printed electrical component brings about an electrically measurable change in an electric circuit comprising said printed electrical component, and further wherein at least one of said plurality of printed electrical components deviates in terms of its specific electrical value from the specific electrical value of at least one other printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, wherein the backing further comprises a wireless data transfer module operable in a mobile communication system for delivering information relating to a removal of said object of the plurality of objects outside the backing responsive to detecting the removal of said object of the plurality of objects without user input.
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16. A smart package, a medication package or a smart package intended for shipping or storing single-unit contents, wherein the package comprises a backing comprising a plurality of objects removable from the backing, wherein the backing further comprises detection elements, the detection elements comprising a plurality of printed electrical components and detection means records a removal of said objects of said plurality of objects, and wherein said printed electrical components have been pressed onto the backing with methods of printing technology, and wherein the removal of an object of said plurality of objects from the backing brings about a structural change including a cut off or break in at least one printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, and wherein the structural change of said printed electrical component brings about an electrically measurable change in an electric circuit comprising said printed electrical component, and further wherein at least one of said plurality of printed electrical components deviates in terms of its specific electrical value from the specific electrical value of at least one other printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, wherein the backing further comprises a wireless data transfer module operable in a mobile communication system for delivering information relating to a removal of said object of said plurality of objects outside the backing responsive to detecting the removal of said object of the plurality of objects without user input.
- 17. A method for manufacturing a backing comprising a plurality of objects removable from the backing or a smart package comprising said backing wherein the backing further comprises detection elements, the detection elements comprising a plurality of printed electrical components and detection means records a removal of said objects, in which method, said printed electrical components present in detection elements included in the backing are pressed onto the backing by methods of printing technology, such that the removal of an object of said plurality of objects from the backing brings about a structural change including a cut off or break in at least one printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, and wherein the structural change of said printed electrical component brings an electrically measurable change in an electric circuit comprising said printed electrical component, and further wherein at least one of said plurality of printed electrical components deviates in terms of its specific electrical value from the specific electrical value of at least one other printed electrical component of said plurality of printed electrical components, wherein the backing further comprises a wireless data transfer module operable in a mobile communication system for delivering information relating to a removal of said object of said plurality of objects outside the backing responsive to detecting the removal of said object of the plurality of objects without user input.
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