A method and apparatus for monitoring drug-regimen compliance is disclosed. Systems in accordance with the present invention enable automatic monitoring of the state of medicine content of a blister card. Each tablet location on the blister card is operatively coupled with a different sensor that detects whether the tablet location is occupied and/or a dispensing event at a tablet location. In some embodiments, capacitive sensing is employed, where the capacitance of each sensor is based on the physical state of a dispensing region of the lidding film of the blister pack, which is located at the tablet location being monitored. Alternative sensing approaches are based on optical, acoustic, and tactile sensors that interrogate either the dispensing region at each tablet location or the tablets themselves to determine whether tablets have been dispensed. The sensors interface with a mobile app that provides the user instructions to help improve drug-regimen compliance.

A lid including one or more messages relating to a product is provided. The lid can store and play one or more audio messages on an audio device attached thereto. The audio messages can be recorded onto the audio device, loaded onto the audio device at a point of sale, and/or pre-loaded on the audio device at a factory. The lid can also include one or more visual and/or surface texture indicia corresponding to the product, such as the product name, color(s) uniquely corresponding to the product, and/or the like.

The invention is related to a smart pill dispenser which is used in a household, on a desktop, by keeping the different types of and different dosed medication inside the container, which provides information to the user in order for the user to take his/her medication in time and in correct doses and which can inform the user interactively communicate with smart devices and such as cell phones, and smart watches.

An apparatus for dispensing pills comprising a pill storage section, a dispensing section located at a lower end of the storage section, an optical sensor, a memory, controller and wireless communication module and a supporting tray for one ring-shaped blister pack. A spring loaded lever is provided as push-out means in line with the respective pills of the blister pack and with the passage opening and can be operated for pushing out the pills to be dispensed through the passage opening. A motorized mechanism is provided as means for rotatable positioning of the blister pack stepwise relative to the part of the apparatus including the push-out means. Optical sensor detects presence of an object such as a person's hand at the passage opening and allows the pills to be dispensed automatically.

A system for dispensing medication comprises: a plurality of compartments to contain medication for a patient, wherein the compartments are configured to dispense pre-determined doses of medication of the patient; biometric sensors configured to measure biological characteristics of the patient; a display configured to display medication-related information; and a processor. The processor is configured to: determine one or more dispense times, each dispense time corresponding to each dose of the pre-determined doses of medication; store of one or more parameters for dispensing the pre-determined doses of medication at the corresponding dispense times, wherein the parameters relate to the biological characteristics; receive the biological characteristics of the patient from the biometric sensors; compare the parameters with the biological characteristics received; determine whether to dispense at least one of the pre-determined doses of medication from the compartments; and dispense one or more of the pre-determined doses of medication from the compartments.

A method and apparatus for monitoring drug-regimen compliance is disclosed. Systems in accordance with the present invention enable automatic monitoring of the state of medicine content of a blister card. Each tablet location on the blister card is operatively coupled with a different sensor that detects whether the tablet location is occupied and/or a dispensing event at a tablet location. In some embodiments, capacitive sensing is employed, where the capacitance of each sensor is based on the physical state of a dispensing region of the lidding film of the blister pack, which is located at the tablet location being monitored. Alternative sensing approaches are based on optical, acoustic, and tactile sensors that interrogate either the dispensing region at each tablet location or the tablets themselves to determine whether tablets have been dispensed. The sensors interface with a mobile app that provides the user instructions to help improve drug-regimen compliance.

A portable drug dispenser includes a chamber for holding a plurality of separately contained drug products, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing one or more of the plurality of drug products, and may optionally include a processor to determine the time of each activation of the dispensing mechanism and to transmit the determined time of activation to a computer located remote to the dispenser. The dispenser may include more than one chamber for holding drugs.

Methods, systems and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are provided for assisting users with adherence to a medication regimen. An attachable device includes a sensor module releasably attached to an adapter, which is in turn attached to a medication container using a connector. The sensor module can be removed from the adapter to change an included battery without removing the adapter from the medication container. The sensor module is in communication with a user device, such as a smart phone. A user can use an app on the user device to create a medicine regimen, or schedule, and send the schedule to the sensor module. The user can also set notification preferences on the user device to be sent to the sensor module. The sensor module includes audio and/or visual transducers that notify the user to take the medication at the scheduled times. The sensor module further includes one or more buttons that are pressed when a user opens the medication container. The button(s) are configured so the action of the user required to open the container also presses at least one button. The sensor module records the actions of the user, including when the medication container is opened, when a dose of the medication is missed, and when the user presses a mood indication button. The user actions can be transmitted to the user device, which can then transmit the recorded actions to a server. The sensor module may be configured to attempt communication with the user device on a periodic basis to conserve battery life.

A method and apparatus for monitoring drug-regimen compliance is disclosed. Systems in accordance with the present invention enable automatic monitoring of the state of medicine content of a blister card. Each tablet location on the blister card is operatively coupled with a different sensor that detects whether the tablet location is occupied and/or a dispensing event at a tablet location. In some embodiments, capacitive sensing is employed, where the capacitance of each sensor is based on the physical state of a dispensing region of the lidding film of the blister pack, which is located at the tablet location being monitored. Alternative sensing approaches are based on optical, acoustic, and tactile sensors that interrogate either the dispensing region at each tablet location or the tablets themselves to determine whether tablets have been dispensed. The sensors interface with a mobile app that provides the user instructions to help improve drug-regimen compliance.

Techniques are disclosed for providing a drug-dispensing device that tracks temperatures to which a drug stored therein is exposed, further providing means for indicating to a user that the drug has been exposed to temperatures outside a suitable temperature range and/or preventing the drug from being dispensed in such cases. According to some embodiments, an electrochromic element may be used to indicate the drug has been exposed to temperatures outside the suitable temperature range.