US 12,280,015 B2
Refill and dosage management devices and associated systems and methods for use with computerized oral prescription administration devices
Thomas M. Rouse, Dallas, TX (US); Susan B. Owen, Dallas, TX (US); and Christy Corey, Fishers, IN (US)
Assigned to Berkshire Biomedical Corporation, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by BERKSHIRE BIOMEDICAL, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,638.
Application 16/948,638 is a continuation of application No. 16/001,498, filed on Jun. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,792,226.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/516,307, filed on Jun. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000692 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61J 7/04 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0481 (2013.01) [A61J 7/0053 (2013.01); A61J 7/0418 (2015.05); A61J 7/0454 (2015.05); A61J 7/049 (2015.05); A61J 1/05 (2013.01); A61J 7/0092 (2013.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a dispensing unit configured to dispense a substance into a reservoir associated with a mouthpiece of an intended user, wherein the dispensing unit includes a housing configured to removably receive the mouthpiece and the reservoir, the housing sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the mouthpiece, wherein the housing includes a compartment sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the reservoir within the compartment; and
an identification unit configured to, based on a communication from the mouthpiece, determine an identity of the intended user when the mouthpiece of the intended user is coupled to a housing,
wherein the housing comprises a charging component, and wherein when the mouthpiece is coupled to the housing, the charging component of the housing is coupled to a charging component of the mouthpiece, wherein the charging component of the housing is configured to charge the mouthpiece via a wireless connection.