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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Paul Yarin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard Fletcher, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph DiPisa, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Glenn Philander Vonk, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating effective self-management of medication treatment by patients. A Smart Tray monitors and reports to third parties a patient's compliance with various medication treatment regimens. Medication containers are provided with electromagnetic tags that provide various information about medicament contained within a respective container. A Smart Tray is equipped with a processor and reader that interrogates each respective electromagnetic tag to identify medicament(s) contained within each container. Using the retrieved information, a Smart Tray provides visual and/or audio signals to a patient to remind the patient when and how much of various medicaments to take. A Smart Tray also monitors, via the reader, when a medication container is removed. A Smart Tray can communicate with one or more third parties, such as healthcare providers, pharmacies, and other suppliers of healthcare products and services via a computer network. In addition, a Smart Tray can communicate with various appliances and can modify medication regimens for particular medicaments in response to data received from various appliances.