Systems and methods for monitoring patient compliance with medication regimens

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6380858
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09929987

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Systems and methods are provided for facilitating effective self-management of medication treatment by patients. A Smart Tray monitors and reports to third parties a patient's compliance with various medication treatment regimens. Medication containers are provided with electromagnetic tags that provide various information about medicament contained within a respective container. A Smart Tray is equipped with a processor and reader that interrogates each respective electromagnetic tag to identify medicament(s) contained within each container. Using the retrieved information, a Smart Tray provides visual and/or audio signals to a patient to remind the patient when and how much of various medicaments to take. A Smart Tray also monitors, via the reader, when a medication container is removed. A Smart Tray can communicate with one or more third parties, such as healthcare providers, pharmacies, and other suppliers of healthcare products and services via a computer network. In addition, a Smart Tray can communicate with various appliances and can modify medication regimens for particular medicaments in response to data received from various appliances.

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BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANYONE BECTON DRIVE FRANKLIN LAKES NJ 07417

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DiPisa, Joseph Wyckoff, NJ 3 955
Fletcher, Richard Cambridge, MA 43 2181
Vonk, Glenn Philander Fuquay-Varina, NC 4 1040
Yarin, Paul Cambridge, MA 33 1942

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