US 12,482,546 B2
Patient system and method for interfacing with and controlling a medication dispensing device
Adam Demurjian, Red Bank, NJ (US); Ravi Sawhney, Malibu, CA (US); Lance Hussey, Simi Valley, CA (US); Michael Kulick, Simi Valley, CA (US); Brian Weingarth, Woodland Hills, CA (US); Josh Probst, Culver City, CA (US); Rajvir Logani, Calabasas, CA (US); Cary Chow, Santa Monica, CA (US); Christianna Bethel, Glendale, CA (US); Craig Steel, El Segundo, CA (US); Michael Schuffert, Chatsworth, CA (US); and John Vernon, Malibu, CA (US)
Assigned to ASPARGO LABORATORIES, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Aspargo Laboratories, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/614,041.
Prior Publication US 2025/0299795 A1, Sep. 25, 2025
Int. Cl. G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [A61M 11/006 (2014.02); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6009 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0625 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient system for interfacing with and controlling a handheld medication dispensing device, the system comprising:
one or more processors and associated memory, the memory being a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon, such that upon execution of the instructions, the one or more processors perform operations of:
registering a patient;
associating the handheld medication dispensing device with the patient;
storing authentication information regarding the patient; and
storing a dose schedule regarding usage of the handheld medication dispensing device by the patient, the dose schedule having parameters specifying a particular medication and associated volume and timing interval for administration;
linking with the handheld medication dispensing device, the handheld medication dispensing device having a housing with a rotatable cartridge carrier and a medication cartridge positioned within the rotatable cartridge carrier, the medication cartridge containing the particular medication;
authenticating the patient while the patient attempts to use the handheld medication dispensing device;
causing transmission of an access granted signal to the handheld medication dispensing device;
unlocking the handheld medication dispensing device after authentication of the patient and upon receipt of the access granted signal;
activating an activator mechanism in the handheld medication dispensing device to rotate the cartridge carrier and, in doing so, move a medication cartridge within the handheld medication device from a stored position to a dispensing position in which at least a portion of the medication cartridge is raised from the housing and at least partially exposed beyond the housing for actuation by the patient, thereby permitting a patient to dispense a dose from the handheld medication dispensing device within the parameters of the dose schedule;
and
monitoring patient adherence to the dose schedule and providing an alert to a doctor when the patient fails to adhere to the dose schedule.