MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611021044 A) filed by Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Feb. 23, for 'an iot-enabled smart automated pill dispensing system for accurate medication management and working method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Divya Sharma; Himanshu Nagpal; Nandani Sinha; Prithvi Raj Chauhan; Ishika Srivastava; and Dhruv Niranjan.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses an IoT-enabled smart automated pill dispensing system and a working method thereof for accurate, secure, and verifiable medication management. The system comprises a microcontroller-based control unit interfaced with a real-time clock module, servo-actuated dispensing mechanisms, sensory feedback units, multi-modal alerting modules, and an IoT communication interface. The real-time clock generates temporal interrupt signals that trigger synchronized electro-mechanical actuation of hermetically sealed compartments, enabling precise physical dispensing of predetermined medication doses. Sensory feedback verifies pill removal, while real-time data is transmitted to a remote monitoring interface for caregiver supervision. The invention further incorporates expiry tracking, controlled access, and automated alert generation, thereby preventing missed doses, overdosing, and consumption of expired medication. The integrated cyber-physical architecture ensures high dispensing accuracy, reduced latency, enhanced patient safety, and industrial applicability in home healthcare, hospitals, and assisted living environments."
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