Patent ID: 9262905
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61L,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A portable compliance module to monitor the use of a refill container to communicate hygiene compliance data to a compliance monitor when material is dispensed from the refill container, the portable compliance module comprising: a housing; a controller carried by said housing; a transmitter coupled to said controller; a magnetic switch carried by said housing and coupled to said controller; a retractable tether coupled at one end to said magnetic switch and coupled at another end to a container magnet, such that said retractable tether urges said container magnet into communication with said magnetic switch; and an attachment clip attached to said retractable tether adjacent to said container magnet, said attachment clip adapted to be removeably attached to the refill container, such that said retractable tether allows the refill container and said container magnet to be moved away from said magnetic switch by a predetermined distance; wherein said transmitter transmits a wireless compliance signal to the compliance monitor when the presence of said container magnet is not detected by said magnetic switch to indicate completion of a dispensing event, said transmitter ceasing transmission of said wireless compliance signal when said container magnet is detected by said magnetic switch.