ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,924, issued on May 27, was assigned to Swyft Inc. (San Francisco).
"Smart pack for medicines" was invented by Kevin M. Conlon (Berthoud, Colo.), Craig N. Changstrom (Loveland, Colo.) and John Michael Main (Loveland, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a blister pack smart dispensing package that has an overlay with conductors located over blister pack pockets that are broken when a user retrieves a solid medication, such as a pill, from the blister pack. The date and time that the user retrieved the solid medication from the smart pack is recorded by an electronics and communications package on the smart pack. A local c...