Prescription container and service for monitoring patients

摘要

A container includes a chamber to hold a medication, a lockable lid that covers an opening of the chamber, a biometric sensor, a scale, and one or more processors. The container may store prescription information indicating how often the medication should be provided. The container may measure a weight of the medication held by the chamber using the scale. The container may receive biometric information sensed by the biometric sensor. The biometric information may indicate a biometric feature of a person attempting to open the container. The container may selectively unlock the lockable lid based on at least one of the prescription information, the weight of the medication, or the biometric information.

主权项

1. A container, comprising:
a chamber to hold a medication; a lockable lid that covers an opening of the chamber; a biometric sensor; a scale; and one or more processors to:
store prescription information,
the prescription information including how often the medication should be provided;measure a weight of the medication held by the chamber using the scale;receive biometric information sensed by the biometric sensor,
the biometric information indicating a biometric feature of a person attempting to open the container;determine a dispense time based on the prescription information and a previous dispense time,
the dispense time being associated with a time during which the person is scheduled to take the medication;calculate a range of time, during which the lockable lid is permitted to be unlocked, based on the dispense time;selectively unlock the lockable lid or keep the lockable lid locked,
the lockable lid being unlocked based on:
the biometric information being associated with an authorized user of the container, anda present time being within the range of time during which the lockable lid is permitted to be unlocked, andthe lockable lid being kept locked based on the present time being outside of the range of time during which the lockable lid is permitted to be unlocked;generate status information,
the status information including:
an indication of the authorized user that unlocked the lockable lid, andan indication of a time at which the lockable lid of the container is unlocked; andprovide the status information to a server device.