Patent ID: 9185501
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61J,H04R,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a medical container having an interior surface that defines an interior volume configured to contain a medical substance; at least one sensor that is associated with the interior surface and 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; 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; and a near field communication device that is coupled to the at least one sensor and that is configured to wirelessly transfer information, which is based on at least one of the one or more characteristics, to a near field reader in accordance with a near field communication protocol in response to receiving a wireless request signal from the near field reader.