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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2009
Leroy E. Hood, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward K.y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Leroy E. Hood, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
The Invention Science Fund, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems described herein include individual-use beverage containers including sensors and methods of their use. Beverage containers include: a vessel body configured to hold a beverage; and at least one sensor associated with the vessel body, the at least one sensor including a sensor configured to detect one or more substance in a fluid. Systems include: at least one beverage container including at least one sensor configured to detect one or more substance in fluid; and at least one external device including at least one port configured for communication with the at least one sensor. Methods include: detecting one or more substance within fluid with at least one sensor integral to a beverage container; and interfacing one or more of the at least one sensor with an external device.