IP Library Granted Patent US 12,076,517
Granted Patent B2
US 12,076,517 · App. 17/379,262 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Computerized oral prescription administration devices and associated systems and methods

Inventors: Thomas M. Rouse (Dallas, TX); Susan B. Owen (Dallas, TX); Christy Corey (Fishers, IN)
Assignee: Berkshire Biomedical Corporation
A61M31/00G16H20/13G16H20/17G16H40/67A61M2205/13A61M2205/332A61M2205/3523A61M2205/3553A61M2205/52A61M2205/587A61M2205/609A61M2209/086
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Patent No.
US 12,076,517
App. No.
17/379,262
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Computerized oral prescription administration (COPA) devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method of managing substance administration is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a substance management system, a dosage instruction for administering a substance to an intended user through a mouthpiece including a recess sized and shaped to receive a unique dentition of the intended user; receiving, by the substance management system, activity information associated with administering the substance to the intended user; and generating, by the substance management system, a record based on the received activity information.

Claims (30)

1. A method of managing substance administration, the method comprising:

receiving, by a substance management system, a dosage instruction for administering a substance to an intended user through a mouthpiece including a recess sized and shaped to receive a unique dentition of the intended user;

receiving, by a sensing element positioned within the mouthpiece, data associated with a dentition of a user positioned within the recess;

determining, by a processor positioned within a housing physically coupled to the mouthpiece, whether the unique dentition of the intended user is positioned within the recess of the mouthpiece based on a comparison between data associated with the unique dentition of the intended user being positioned within the recess and the data received from the sensing element dentition of a user positioned within the recess;

receiving, by the substance management system, activity information associated with administering the substance to the intended user; and

generating, by the substance management system, a record based on the received activity information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dosage instruction includes at least one of a dosage amount or a dosage timing, and wherein the activity information includes at least one of an administered dosage amount or an administered dosage timing.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the substance management system, identification information identifying the mouthpiece.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating, by the substance management system, the record with at least one of an identifier of the intended user, identification information associated with the mouthpiece, the dosage instruction, or the activity information.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the record in a network storage.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving, by the substance management system, a request for the record; and

retrieving, by the substance management system, the record from the network storage in response to the request based on at least a security policy.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the substance management system, an alert to at least one of a communication device of the intended user or a communication device of a medical provider based on a failure to dispense the substance in accordance with the dosage instruction.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the substance management system, an alert to at least one of a communication device of the intended user or a communication device of a medical provider based on a dosage timing of the dosing instruction.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the substance management system, a dosage update instruction for administering the substance; and

sending, by the substance management system, a substance dispense adjustment to the mouthpiece based on the dosage update instruction.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activity information is received from a wireless communication link in communication with the mouthpiece.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the substance management system, identification information identifying the intended user.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing element includes at least one pressure sensing element embedded within the mouthpiece.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the substance management system, a substance dispensing progress update based on the activity information; and

sending, by the substance management system, a substance dispense adjustment to the mouthpiece based on the substance dispensing progress update.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the substance dispensing progress update comprises receiving, by a docking station of the substance management system, the substance dispensing progress update, wherein the docking station is communicatively coupled to the mouthpiece.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein sending the substance dispense adjustment comprises sending, by the docking station, the substance dispense adjustment to the mouthpiece.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving, by the substance management system, identification information identifying the docking station.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the record includes a prescription history of the intended user.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the prescription history includes at least identification information for one or more dispensed substances that have been previously dispensed to the intended user.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the prescription history includes at least identification information for one or more dispensing facilities that have previously provided the substance to the intended user.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 3, 2021
From: BERKSHIRE BIOMEDICAL, LLC
To: BERKSHIRE BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058015/0897 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2021
From: ROUSE, THOMAS M.; OWEN, SUSAN B.; COREY, CHRISTY
To: BERKSHIRE BIOMEDICAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 056902/0898 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16246122 · Jan 11, 2019
Continuation 15674046 · Aug 10, 2017
Continuation 15406043 · Jan 13, 2017
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