US 12,488,889 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring sharps levels in secured sharps containers
Volodimir Bondarenko, Toronto (CA); Sean Bellinger, Mounds View, MN (US); Clemente Receno, Toronto (CA); Dan Gabbay, Toronto (CA); Alejandro Cabrera, Toronto (CA); and Mookwan Kang, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Smart Wave Technologies, Inc., Toronto (CA)
Appl. No. 18/003,633
Filed by Smart Wave Technologies, Inc., Toronto (CA)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CA2022/051197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/019347, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,533, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0105330 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring a fill level of a sharps container (SC) having first and second side walls and for reporting fill level data to a computer system, the system comprising:
a sharps monitor (SM), the SM having a body configured to hold and secure the SC within the body, the body having side walls supporting an emitter/receiver pair including:
the emitter for emitting light through the first side wall of the sharps container;
the receiver for receiving light through the second side wall of the sharps container;
a processor and memory configured to the body for receiving and storing fill status data from the receiver;
a communication system connected to the processor and memory for communicating fill data to a computer system over a wireless communication network; and
a portable computing device (PCD) where the processor reports to the PCD a combination of fill status data and device location data where the PCD displays a map of a facility and nearby SMs based on a distance threshold between one or more of the nearby SMs and the PCD.