System and method of monitoring and confirming medication dosage
US9576355B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H20/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A medication monitoring system including a patient information unit having a processor, a memory and a patient monitoring unit and a program executing in the memory executing the steps of communicatively coupling a first device with a second device, transmitting live images from the first device to the second device, analyzing the content of the live images to identify at least one biometric attribute of a user in the image and at least one bar code on a container in the image, determining whether the bar code is associated with at least one biometric attribute, and notifying the user whether to consume the contents of the container based on the association of the bar code with the biometric attribute.
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