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US 11,090,206 · App. 16/640,212 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Systems and methods for maintaining a supply of a health-related item

Inventor: Charles Hooshmand Nightingale (St. Petersburg, FL)
Assignee: DIRECT PHARMS, INC.
A61F17/00G06F16/909G06K7/10297G06K7/10366G06K19/0723G16H40/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,090,206
App. No.
16/640,212
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

System and methods for maintaining a supply of health-related items are provided herein. The system includes, but is not limited to, a carrier configured to contain the health-related item. The system further includes, but is not limited to, a container having a compartment configured to store the carrier. The system includes, but is not limited to, an item presence sensor coupled to the container. The system includes, but is not limited to, a sensor tag coupled to carrier and configured to be communicatively coupled with the item presence sensor. The system includes, but is not limited to, one or more data processors configured to be communicatively coupled with the item presence sensor and configured to determine whether the health-related item is present within the container based upon proximity of the sensor tag to the item presence sensor.

Claims (9)

1. A processor-implemented system for tracking usage of a supply of a health-related items, the system comprising:

a storage device for storing instructions for tracking usage of the supply of the health-related item; and

one or more data processors configured to execute the instructions to:

receive, by one or more data processors, presence data of the health-related item from a storage space, the storage space comprises an item presence sensor configured to determine whether the health-related item is present within the storage space;

receive, by one or more data processors, geographic location data of the storage space from a database;

access, by one or more data processors, a tracking model that generates an elevated-usage signal in response to the presence data and the geographic location data, the model comprises a pre-specified usage threshold; and

generate the elevated-usage signal upon satisfying the pre-specified usage threshold.

2. The processor-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein the storage space comprises a container, the container comprises a housing and a cover pivotably coupled to the housing, the housing comprises a compartment, and the compartment is configured to store the health-related item.

3. The processor-implemented system of claim 2 , wherein the container comprises a first cover and a second cover, the first cover and the second cover are opposite each other relative to the housing, the housing comprises a first compartment facing the first cover and a second compartment facing the second cover, and the item presence sensor is disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: NIGHTINGALE, CHARLES HOOSHMAND
To: DIRECT PHARMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051861/0180 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62549317 · Aug 23, 2017
Related Publication 20200360202A1 · Nov 19, 2020