Patents by Inventor Edmundo R. Broas

Edmundo R. Broas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Digital pillbox
    Patent number: 6771174
    Abstract: A digital pillbox, a personal alert device, and a computer-implemented system and method for aiding a patient in maintaining a desirable dosage schedule of medicines. Sensors and logic determine a time and quantity of a dosage taken, if any, and the system keeps records and monitors against a schedule and against a dynamic, learning, behavioral model of the patient. The schedule is remotely updateable by e.g. the patient's pharmacist. The system is equipped to alert e.g. a friend of the patient, or emergency services, if the patient fails to take the desired medications or if the patient's dosage behavior exhibits a significant change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Edmundo R. Broas
  • Digital pillbox
    Publication number: 20020097156
    Abstract: A digital pillbox, a personal alert device, and a computer-implemented system and method for aiding a patient in maintaining a desirable dosage schedule of medicines. Sensors and logic determine a time and quantity of a dosage taken, if any, and the system keeps records and monitors against a schedule and against a dynamic, learning, behavioral model of the patient. The schedule is remotely updateable by e.g. the patient's pharmacist. The system is equipped to alert e.g. a friend of the patient, or emergency services, if the patient fails to take the desired medications or if the patient's dosage behavior exhibits a significant change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventor: Edmundo R. Broas