Material dispenser and notification system

US11031131B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FirstEnergy Corp. · US

Inventors

• Dennis Marshall Chack · Akron, US
• Brett William Reynolds · Medina, US
• Michele Domiano Jones · Hinckley, US
• Amanda Marie Kidder · Akron, US
• Timothy William Wechter · Akron, US
• David Lynn Griffing · North Canton, US
• Lauren Rae Lucas · Youngstown, US
• Josh Ryan Schulte · North Canton, US
• Cheryl Ann Brubaker-Schaub · Wadsworth, US
• Kenneth Michael Burns · Akron, US
• James T. Petroski · Parma, US
• Benjamin Back Rose · Akron, US
• Carl Anthony Shotwell · Cleveland, US
• William Bagnal Timms, III · Medina, US
• Jon E. Washington · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 8, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/20
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for medicine dosage compliance may comprise a dispensing component that provides for medicine to be dispensed based at least upon authorized identification of a user and a secondary authorizer. The dispensing component may comprise an identity authentication component that automatically authenticates an identity of the user and the secondary authorizer at the time of a dispensing event. The system may further comprise a communication component providing one or more notifications to one or more third parties. The communication component may comprise a wireless personal area networking component that sets up a local networking connection between the dispensing component and a local device to share data between the dispensing component and a local device. The local device may communicatively be coupled to a remote network component. A notification component may generate notification information of the dispensing event for one or more third parties.