Patents by Inventor Steven Todd Barth

Steven Todd Barth 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).

  • Patent number: 11337896
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Publication number: 20210038478
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Patent number: 10813842
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Publication number: 20200155416
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth
  • Patent number: 10463574
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elmahdy, Shaoda Yu, Nadia Morris, Duane Michael Scott Johnson, Michael Osborne Isom, Steven Todd Barth