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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Waterio Ltd., Ness Ziona, IL;
Inventors:
Yakov Bentkovski, Ness-Ziona, IL;
Nimrod Kaplan, Ness Ziona, IL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/04 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0436 (2015.05); A61J 1/035 (2013.01); A61J 7/0481 (2013.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is related to an apparatus that includes: a housing attachable to a blister pack, at least one sensor attached to the housing and capable of sensing removal of a pill from an attached blister pack and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a timing parameter for taking a pill, receive from the at least one sensor a signal, determine based on the signal if a pill was removed from the blister pack, and if a pill was not removed from the blister pack within a time period based on the timing parameter issue to an output unit a reminder signal for taking the pill.