Patent ID: 8725291
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A medicine dispensing compliance system, the dispensing system comprising: a medicine dispensing unit; and a medicine dispensing application, in wireless communication with the medicine dispensing unit, wherein the medicine dispensing unit includes a medication container, a weighting unit, a dispensing control mechanism, and a wireless communication interface; and wherein the medicine dispensing application includes a user interface adapted to interface with a selected user of the medicine dispensing compliance system, and wherein the medicine dispensing application further includes a plurality of user parameters associated with and corresponding to the selected user; and wherein the plurality of user parameters include at least one of the following parameters; identity information related to the selected user; dispensing scheduling information including a desired weight of medicine to be dispensed at a pre-defined period of time; a list of pre-approved alert cancellation responses; a plurality of local alerts issued by the dispensing application; and a plurality of actions to be taken by the dispensing application under selected conditions, wherein the medication container comprises a weekly medication container including individual compartments associated and corresponding to a single day dosage of medicine to be taken by the selected user.