Night Light With Embedded Cellular Modem

• US 20100328099A1
• Filed: 08/11/2010
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VCCB Holdings, Inc. (Masimo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Vitality, Inc. (Vivendi SE)
• Inventors: WACHMAN, Joshua Seth, Rose, David Loring
• Application Number:
  US12/854,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20100328099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A device operable in a medication compliance system, wherein a patient has a patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule. The device includes a processor and memory; at least one long-range telemetry module, operatively connected to the processor, and providing connectivity between the device and remote networks, the at least one long-range telemetry module including at least one cellular radio; at least one short-range telemetry module, operatively connected to the processor, and providing connectivity between the device and local devices; and a display controlled by the processor, the display providing feedback from the medication compliance system, in accordance with a patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule.

Claims

1. A device operable in a medication compliance system, wherein a patient has a patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule, the device comprising:

a processor and memory;

at least one long-range telemetry module, operatively connected to the processor, and providing connectivity between the device and remote networks, the at least one long-range telemetry module including at least one cellular radio;

at least one short-range telemetry module, operatively connected to the processor, and providing connectivity between the device and local devices; and

a display controlled by the processor, the display providing feedback from the medication compliance system, in accordance with a patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule.