INTERACTIVE ADHERENCE DRUG DISPENSING AND COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM

摘要

Technologies are generally described for providing a pill dispensing device with adherence monitoring and alerting features, as well as communication capabilities. A pill pack may be integrated within a housing of the pill dispensing device, where removal of each pill in the pill pack may be monitored through a conductive trace or comparable mechanism. Timing of the removal, remaining pills, and similar information may also be detected by the pill dispensing device and provided along with additional information such as health status of the consumer monitored by one or more sensors to a health care provider or similar entity over wired and/or wireless networks. The pill dispensing device may include audio and/or visual output device(s) to provide alerts and health/medication related information to the consumer. A display technology may employed enabling continuous display with low power usage such as ink display while providing color and/or video capabilities.

主权项

1. A pill dispensing device, comprising:
a memory adapted to store instructions; a processor adapted to execute the instructions stored on the memory; a communication module coupled to the processor and configured to facilitate communication with one or more sources for exchanging pill consumption and user data; a printed circuit board adapted to support one or more of the memory, the processor, and circuitry associated with operations of the pill dispensing device; a display in electronic communication with the memory, the processor, and the circuitry; a pill pack that includes a plurality of pharmaceutical pills, wherein the processor is adapted to monitor a removal of the pharmaceutical pills from the pill pack; and a housing that includes one or more of the memory, the processor, the communication module, the printed circuit board, the display, and the pill pack.