This invention relates to an improved means of easily, quickly, and sanitarily distributing prepackaged medication to patients in a hospital or nursing home. The invention utilizes an small easily wiped down and cleaned housing which can be carried by a shoulder strap from patient to patient without leaving it unattended in a hallway. An internal bar-code reader and touch screen computer provide a positive means of identifying each prepackaged medication container, recording patient vital information, presenting to a nurse only the medication for a specific patient, and transmitting vital information and time of dispense to a hospital's inhouse computer network.

A system for sensing use of a pharmaceutical bottle may include a housing, a sensing plate mechanically coupled to the housing by a flexible expansion member, an activation plate mechanically coupled to the sensing plate, an electronic contact on the housing, an electrical circuit formed by the contact on the housing and the activation plate, an indicator configured to indicate use of the pharmaceutical bottle, a user interface configured to receive user input to control the indicator, and a processor and memory with instruction that when execute by the processor cause the system to determine that the pharmaceutical bottle has been used based on a change in the electrical circuit.

A feeding-bottle cover includes a feeding-bottle cover body shaped like a cake or sphere, a heating component, and a controlling component. A nipple portion is provided on an upper surface of the feeding-bottle cover body. A feeding-bottle port is provided on a lower surface of the feeding-bottle cover body. A channel is provided between the feeding-bottle port and the nipple portion. The heating component and the controlling component are disposed inside the feeding-bottle cover body and electrically connected to each other. The heating component and the controlling component are electrically coupled to each other and disposed inside the feeding-bottle cover, and the heating component can be controlled by the controlling component to heat the feeding-bottle cover body so as to simulate a body temperature.

A monitoring system is provided for a feeding bottle, in particular a feeding bottle for feeding milk to a baby. Motion of the feeding bottle is sensed during feeding and a sucking performance is determined from the motion characteristics, in particular to identify whether the feeding is based on suckling or sucking.

A monitoring system is provided for monitoring an infant during bottle feeding. Based on bottle orientation information and movement information in respect of the feeding bottle during feeding, infant orientation information in respect of the infant is obtained.

Medication dispensing devices and methods of using such devices for identifying patients and automatically dispensing medications to the patients in a secure manner. Such devices may include a medication storage unit, a medication dispensing unit, a user interface, a user identification element, and a processor. The device may further include an enclosure defining a patient area at which a patient may interact with the machine portion of the medication dispensing device. Such medication dispensing devices may be particularly useful for medications which require daily delivery of a medication in a controlled manner, such as methadone and suboxone.

Various methods and apparatuses are presented for an ingestible capsule that includes a digital, ingestible sensor component—or ingestible sensor—embedded into the capsule. The ingestible sensor component may be configured to activate upon coming into contact with conductive fluid, such as a body's stomach fluid. Once activated, the ingestible sensor component may be configured to perform various tasks, such as transmitting one or more signals and obtaining biometric data about the body that ingested the capsule.

A feeding bottle includes a bottle enclosure defining a hollow bottle chamber, wherein the enclosure defines a feeding outlet at a first end and an attachment structure 26 at a second end. A bottom housing defines an instrument compartment extending between a closed exterior portion of the bottom housing and a separation surface within the bottom housing, wherein the bottom housing is configured for detachable connection to the attachment structure 26 of the bottle enclosure. A relief valve is positioned within the separation surface of the bottom housing. A pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the separation surface of the bottom housing and connected by a passageway to the instrument compartment in the bottom housing, wherein the pressure sensor is configured to detect changes of pressure in the bottle enclosure.

Disclosed herein are techniques related to device performance mode adjustment based on activity detection. In some embodiments, the techniques involve detecting, based on processing sensor data obtained from one or more gesture sensors, an activity in which a user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged. The techniques further involve generating information corresponding to the detected activity in which the user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged. The techniques also involve controlling, based on providing the generated information to a device for monitoring a physiological characteristic of the user, adjustment of a performance mode of the device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

A high flow therapy system for delivering heated and humidified respiratory gas to an airway of a patient includes a respiratory gas flow pathway for delivering the respiratory gas to the airway of the patient by way of a non-sealing respiratory interface; wherein flow rate of the respiratory gas is controlled by a microprocessor, a mixing area for mixing a first gas and a second gas in the respiratory gas flow pathway, a humidification area downstream of the mixing area and configured for humidifying respiratory gas in the respiratory gas flow pathway, and a heated delivery conduit for minimizing condensation of humidified respiratory gas.