US 12,465,555 B2
Automatic medication intake and dispensing system
Pratham Raju Patel, Chicopee, MA (US); and Buuthien Hang, Stoughton, MA (US)
Filed by Pratham Raju Patel, Chicopee, MA (US); and Buuthien Hang, Stoughton, MA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/197,981.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/769,749, filed on Mar. 11, 2025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/642,752, filed on May 4, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0339346 A1, Nov. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)
CPC A61J 7/0084 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61J 7/0069 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automated medication intake, dispensing, and health monitoring, including:
a housing including a touchscreen panel configured to display information and receive user inputs;
an intake compartment including an NFC reader configured to scan prescription data from an NFC-tagged medication bottle;
a mechanical arm operatively coupled to the intake compartment, the mechanical arm configured to transfer a medication to a rotational storage tray;
the rotational storage tray including a plurality of wedge-shaped compartments configured to store different medications;
a vacuum mechanism configured to retrieve medications from the rotational storage tray;
a motor configured to control linear movement of the vacuum mechanism;
one or more vital sign monitoring modules configured to collect biometric data from a user; and
one or more processors operatively coupled to the touchscreen panel, NFC reader, mechanical arm, rotational storage tray, vacuum mechanism, motor, and vital sign monitoring modules, the one or more processors configured to manage medication intake, dispensing, health monitoring, and data communication operations.