A content passing device according to the present invention comprises: a passage operation part for guiding the movement of content; a passage movement part that is rotatably provided in the passage operation part and moves so that the content passes therethrough; and a detection unit that is provided in the passage operation part and detects the content discharged by the free rotational movement of one end of the passage movement part, wherein the detection unit detects information about the detected content. The passage operation part includes a duct-shaped passage portion that forms a movement path for discharging a fixed amount of the content, and a guide portion connected to the passage portion to guide the content, wherein the content moves along the guide portion and flows into the passage portion, and is then discharged to the outside through an opening at the upper end of the passage portion, the passage movement part includes an opening member that opens or closes the opening, a rotation shaft that is the center of the rotational movement, and a blocking member that is connected to the rotation shaft and rotates together with the opening member, the passage movement part forms one side wall of the passage portion, and the light reception part and the light emission part are arranged facing each other on respective side walls formed on the left and right sides of the one side wall.

A method, and a system configured to perform a method, for customizing user alerts in a medicine administration and tracking system including detecting an alertable condition for which a medicine administration and tracking system is configured to monitor, generating a custom alert for the alertable condition based at least in part on historical data indicating a responsiveness to previous alerts for the same alertable condition, delivering the generated custom alert to a user, determining the user's response to the generated custom alert, and updating the historical data to include the alertable condition, the generated custom alert, and the user's level of responsiveness to the generated custom alert.

Mechanisms for dispensing items such as medications and medical supplies. Different mechanisms may be tailored to dispensing different kinds of items, for example medications in single dose packages, vials, syringes, or other similarly-shaped items. The dispensers may be placed in a dispensing unit that includes a lockable restock drawer and a dispense drawer into which items are dispensed by the dispensing mechanisms. The various kinds of dispensing mechanisms may be installed in the restock drawer in any workable proportion and arrangement. The dispensing mechanisms include multiple sensing technologies for tracking and inventory of items and for accurate sensing of items as they are dispensed.

Introduced here are pressure-mitigation systems able to mitigate the pressure applied to a human body by the surface of an object (also referred to as a “structure”). A controller device (or simply “controller”) can be fluidically coupled to a pressure-mitigation device that includes a series of selectively inflatable chambers. When a pressure-mitigation device is placed between a human body and a surface, the controller can continuously, intelligently, and autonomously circulate fluid through the chambers of the pressure-mitigation device. Normally, the controller circulates air through the chambers of the pressure-mitigation device, though the controller could circulate another fluid, such as water or gel, through the chambers of the pressure-mitigation device. The controller may cause the chambers to be selectively inflated, deflated, or any combination thereof.

A portable, reusable medication dispensing assembly which has communication capability to improve medication adherence is disclosed. An electromechanical apparatus sequentially delivers dosage form packages from a compartment in a housing to a dose-ready area in the housing. A microprocessor-based controller is reprogrammable with contact and prescription data. The controller controls the electromechanical apparatus to sequentially deliver the dosage form packages at prescribed times or time intervals to the dose-ready area based on the prescription data. The controller generates and stores a set of event data based on when the dosage form packages are ready to be released in the dose-ready area and whether and when the dosage form packages have been released in the dose-ready area. Communication apparatus is capable of wirelessly transmitting the event data via a publicly-accessible network to a remote database and to wirelessly transmit event notifications via the network based on the prescription and contact data.

A robotic device for distributing designated items to designated persons, includes: a motion unit to autonomously move said robotic device; storage means including multiple compartments; an item dispenser to dispense items from said storage means; a memory module containing optical recognition scans and personal information of persons located within a premise, and substantive information of the designated items; optical recognition scanners; a control module in communication with the motion unit, the optical recognition scanners, the memory and the item dispenser. The control unit directs movement of the robotic device, directs the optical recognition scanners to scan persons, and compares images from the optical recognition scanners to optical recognitions in the memory. Upon identifying a person, the control unit searches personal information of the person and identifies designated items specified for that person, and then directs the item dispenser to dispense the designated item.

Tracking patient compliance with treatment protocols is an important aspect of delivering high quality healthcare. A system for tracking compliance with protocols that include the periodic consumption of oral medication includes a mobile computing device and a pill tracking dispenser. The mobile computing device includes an application program configured to record the periodic consumption of oral medication by the patient. The pill tracking dispenser can be connected to the mobile computing device through a wireless network. The pill tracking dispenser is configured to report to the mobile computing device the number of times the oral medication is consumed by the patient.

Disclosed is a medicament dispenser (1) for delivering a medicament (9, 53) to a user (2), the medical dispenser (1) comprising one or more internal storages (3, 52) for storing one or more medicaments (9, 53); a dispensing unit (10, 101) configured to access said one or more internal storages (3, 52) and dispense the medicament (9; 53) based on a predefined dispensing protocol (18); a control unit (13) comprising a user recognition unit (12, 19), adapted to collect user authentication data (76); and a communication module (14), configured to send/receive said user authentication data (76) and a delivery control data (16) associated to said predefined dispensing protocol (18) to/from a remote server (15); wherein said control unit 5 (13) is configured to enable/disable said dispensing unit (10, 101) based on said user authentication data (76) and said delivery control data (16). Also disclosed is a medicament re-filling apparatus (32) for the use with a medicament dispenser (1) upon authentication and validation of its user (2) condition.

Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.

An injection system is described that receives, from one or more sensors, a first group of one or more signals indicating a current volume of injection fluid dispensed from a fluid reservoir at a first time. The injection system determines, based on the first group of one or more signals, that a difference between a dispensed volume limit and the current volume of the injection fluid dispensed from the fluid reservoir at the first time is less than a necessary volume of fluid required to complete both a systolic injection phase and a diastolic injection phase. The injection system further, responsive to determining that the difference is less than the necessary volume of fluid required to complete both the systolic injection phase and the diastolic injection phase, controls the injection system to refrain from performing each of the systolic injection phase and the diastolic injection phase.