Steven C Barth

US Patent:

20210038478, Feb 11, 2021

Filed:

Oct 26, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/080821

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Shaoda Yu - Katy TX, US
Nadia Morris - Houston TX, US
Duane Michael Scott Johnson - Sandy UT, US
Michael Osborne Isom - West Valley City UT, US
Steven Todd Barth - Salt Lake City UT, US

International Classification:

A61J 7/04
G16H 20/13
A61J 1/03

Abstract:

In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.

US Patent:

20200155416, May 21, 2020

Filed:

Nov 4, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/672565

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Shaoda Yu - Katy TX, US
Nadia Morris - Houston TX, US
Duane Michael Scott Johnson - Sandy UT, US
Michael Osborne Isom - West Valley City UT, US
Steven Todd Barth - Salt Lake City UT, US

International Classification:

A61J 7/04
G16H 20/13
A61J 1/03

Abstract:

In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.