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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Adam Jones, Eindhoven, NL;

Kiran Hamilton J. Dellimore, Utrecht, NL;

Martin Grüterich, Aachen, DE;

Arthur Bouwman, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/03 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0076 (2013.01); A61J 1/035 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods and apparatus disclosed herein relate to apparatus and techniques for harvesting energy from operation of a pill pack, and utilizing that energy for various purposes. In various embodiments, an energy harvesting apparatus configured to receive a pill pack () is disclosed. An energy harvesting apparatus in accordance with various embodiment may include a housing (), where the housing is configured to receive a pill pack (), and an electrical generator incorporated into the housing (), where the electrical generator converts motion associated with compression of at least one blister () of the pill pack () expelling one or more pills () from the pill pack into electrical energy, where the electrical energy is used to collect one or more data points associated with operation of the pill pack during the expelling of the one or more pills.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Jones, Adam. (2022). Harvesting energy during compression of a pill pack (U.S. Patent No. 11291610). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11291610

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