Patent ID: 9730005
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61J,H04R,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a supporting structure of a medical container, the supporting structure having an interior surface that defines an interior volume configured to contain a medical substance that is a liquid or a gas; at least one sensor located in the interior volume that is configured to detect one or more characteristics pertaining to the medical substance, the at least one sensor comprising a first sensor configured to change from a first state to a second state based on the first sensor detecting a first instance of a first characteristic of the one or more characteristics; and an information transfer module located externally to the medical container and is communicatively connected to the at least one sensor via one or more electrical conductors, the information transfer module comprising processing logic configured to reset the first sensor from the second state to the first state to enable the first sensor to be re-used to detect a second instance of the first characteristic at a time subsequent to the first sensor detecting the first instance of the first characteristic.