Patent SG-11201806306U-A (SG)
Title: Apparatus and method for sending reminders to a user
Inventor: BENTKOVSKI YAKOV
IPC: A61J1/03
Filed: 2017-01-31
Abstract: Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENDING REMINDERS TO A USER 10 FIG. 3A W O 20 17 / 130 207 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/130207 Al 3 August 2017 (03.08.2017) WIPO I PCT 1111111111111101110101011111010111110111011101111101010111111111111111111110111111 (51) International Patent Classification: A61J 1/03 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IL2017/050114 (22) International Filing Date: 31 January 2017 (31.01.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/289,257 31 January 2016 (31.01.2016) US 62/344,619 2 June 2016 (02.06.2016) US (71) Applicant: WATERIO LTD [IL/IL]; 24 Aaron Boxer Street, 7405737 Ness Ziona (IL). (72) Inventors: BENTKOVSKI, Yakov; 10 Feldman Yosef Street, 74058 Ness-Ziona (IL). KAPLAN, Nimrod; 24 Aaron Boxer St., 74057 Ness Ziona (IL). (74) Agent: FRYDMAN, Idan; Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Bar- atz, P.O. Box 12704, 4673339 Herzliya (IL). - (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) [Continued on next page] (57) : The invention is related to an apparatus that includes: a housing attachable to a blister pack, at least one sensor attached to the housing and cap- able of sensing removal of a pill from an attached blister pack and a control- ler. The controller is configured to: de- termine a timing parameter for taking a pill, receive from the at least one sensor a signal, determine based on the signal if a pill was removed from the blister pack, and if a pill was not removed from the blister pack within a time peri- od based on the timing parameter issue to an output unit a reminder signal for taking the pill. WO 2017/130207 Al MIDEDIMO110101011101010M011110011010101MINEVOIMIE — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))