Wireless medication compliance sensing device, system, and related methods
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04Q-005/22
G06K-019/07
A61J-001/03
A61J-007/04
출원번호
US-0686916
(2015-04-15)
등록번호
US-9904885
(2018-02-27)
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Sengstaken, Jr., Robert W.
출원인 / 주소
Vypin, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Hayes Soloway PC
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A system and related methods for wireless medication compliance sensing is provided. The system includes a housing having a plurality of medication compartments. A breakable substrate is positioned on at least one side of the housing, wherein the breakable substrate covers an opening to the pluralit
A system and related methods for wireless medication compliance sensing is provided. The system includes a housing having a plurality of medication compartments. A breakable substrate is positioned on at least one side of the housing, wherein the breakable substrate covers an opening to the plurality of medication compartments. A sensor array is positioned on the at least one side of the housing. The sensor array has a plurality of resistors, wherein one of the plurality of resistors is positioned across one of the openings of the plurality of medication compartments. A wireless tag is connectable to the sensor array, the wireless tag comprising a transmitter, an accelerometer, and a sensing circuit, wherein the sensing circuit is adapted to scan the sensor array upon activation of the accelerometer, and wherein the transmitter transmits a signal having scanned sensor array data externally from the wireless tag.
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1. A system for wireless medication compliance sensing, the system comprising: a housing having a plurality of medication compartments;a breakable substrate positioned on at least one side of the housing, wherein the breakable substrate covers an opening of at least one of the medication compartment
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A system for wireless medication compliance sensing, the system comprising: a housing having a plurality of medication compartments;a breakable substrate positioned on at least one side of the housing, wherein the breakable substrate covers an opening of at least one of the medication compartments;a sensor array positioned on the at least one side of the housing and comprising: a plurality of conductive traces arranged in a matrix and comprising: a first conductive trace in a first row of the matrix; anda second conductive trace in a first column of the matrix, wherein the second conductive trace is electrically isolated from the first conductive trace; anda resistor positioned across the opening of the at least one of the medication compartments and coupled to the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace, wherein the resistor is configured to be broken in expelling contents of the at least one of the medication compartments; anda wireless tag connectable to the sensor array and comprising: a transmitter;a processor configured to communicate with the transmitter;an accelerometer configured to communicate with the processor; anda sensing circuit configured to scan the sensor array upon activation of the accelerometer;wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a first signal externally from the wireless tag in response to receipt of a second signal from the processor, the first signal including scanned sensor array data, and the second signal increasing a transmission rate of the first signal by the transmitter. 2. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the wireless tag is removably connectable to the sensor array with a spring clip. 3. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the wireless tag further comprises an alignment guide configured to align the wireless tag to the sensor array. 4. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the wireless tag further comprises a battery configured to provide a quantity of power to the transmitter and the accelerometer, wherein the accelerometer is configured to use less than 10 μAh of the quantity of power. 5. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the first signal including scanned sensor array data using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in an ISM band of between 2.4 GHz and 2.485 GHz. 6. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the breakable substrate comprises a printable substrate, and wherein the sensor array is printed on the printable substrate using a conductive ink. 7. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the first signal including the scanned sensor array data includes data pertaining to at least one of an identification of the wireless tag and a functioning state of the wireless tag. 8. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein: the sensor array comprises a plurality of resistors; andthe first signal including the scanned sensor array data includes data pertaining to a state of each of the plurality of resistors. 9. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein: the sensor array comprises a plurality of resistors; andthe sensing circuit is adapted to scan the sensor array to sense an operation of each of the plurality of resistors individually. 10. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a status signal at predetermined intervals externally from the wireless tag. 11. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of medication compartments is arranged in an array comprising a quantity of rows and a quantity of columns; anda quantity of the plurality of conductive traces is equal to a sum of the quantity of rows and the quantity of columns. 12. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 11, wherein the sensor array further comprises at least one of a control row and a control column, and wherein the at least one of the control row and control column is used for sensing a size of the sensor array. 13. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, further comprising a perforation within the housing between at least a portion of the medication compartments, wherein the portion of the medication compartments is separable from the housing. 14. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 1, further comprising: an external server configured to communicate with the wireless tag through an external network; andan interface device configured to interface the communication between the external server and the wireless tag. 15. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 14, wherein the interface device comprises at least one of: a hardware device;an application on a mobile device; andan application on a home automation device. 16. The system for wireless medication compliance sensing of claim 14, wherein a timestamp of receipt of the first signal including scanned sensor array data is recorded on the external server. 17. A method for wirelessly sensing medication compliance, the method comprising: providing a housing having a plurality of medication compartments, the housing having a breakable substrate positioned on at least one side thereof, wherein the breakable substrate covers an opening of at least one of the medication compartments;interfacing a sensor array with the breakable substrate on the at least one side of the housing, wherein the sensor array comprises: a plurality of conductive traces arranged in a matrix and comprising: a first conductive trace in a first row of the matrix; anda second conductive trace in a first column of the matrix, wherein the second conductive trace is electrically isolated from the first conductive trace; anda resistive trace positioned across the opening of the at least one of the medication compartments and coupled to the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace, wherein the resistive trace is configured to be broken in expelling contents of the at least one of the medication compartments; andconnecting a wireless tag to the sensor array, the wireless tag comprising: a transmitter;a processor configured to communicate with the transmitter;an accelerometer configured to communicate with the processor; anda sensing circuit configured to scan the sensor array upon activation of the accelerometer;wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a first signal externally from the wireless tag in response to receipt of a second signal from the processor, the first signal including scanned sensor array data, and the second signal increasing a transmission rate of the first signal by the transmitter;scanning the sensor array with the sensing circuit upon activation of the accelerometer; andtransmitting the first signal including scanned sensor array data externally from the wireless tag with the transmitter. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein scanning the sensor array with the sensing circuit upon activation of the accelerometer comprises: sensing a break in the breakable substrate and the resistive trace over the opening of the at least one of the medication compartments with the wireless tag connectable to the sensor array. 19. The method of claim 17, further comprising: sensing a size of the sensor array using at least one of a control row and a control column of the sensor array. 20. The method of claim 17, wherein: the sensor array comprises a plurality of resistive traces; andscanning the sensor array with the sensing circuit upon activation of the accelerometer comprises: scanning the sensor array to sense an operation of each of the plurality of resistors individually.
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