System to monitor the ingestion of medicines

A system for monitoring ingestion of medicine (21) comprises forming a digestible radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (10). The RFID tag is attached to the medicine. The RFID tag and medicine are ingested. A signal from the RFID tag is monitored.

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Main Authors BLISH NELSON A, SQUILLA JOHN R, RINAS EUGENE R, RANKIN-PAROBEK DONNA K, COVANNON EDWARD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.10.2013
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
BABY COMFORTERS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES
COUNTING
DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTRICITY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
SURGERY
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Summary:A system for monitoring ingestion of medicine (21) comprises forming a digestible radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (10). The RFID tag is attached to the medicine. The RFID tag and medicine are ingested. A signal from the RFID tag is monitored.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090614785