MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621094586 A) filed by Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology on August 04, 2026, for A Medicine Box For Patient Compliance Monitoring.
Inventors include Totre, Shreya Santosh; Lokhande, Isha Abhijit; Kalshetti, Sarita Sanjay; Mundada, Vaishnavi Ritesh; Suryanwanshi, Amol Shivajirao; and Sorte, Prachi Kamlesh.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicine box for patient compliance monitoring an IoT based medical device for monitoring and confirming a patient's medication intake and alerting a caregiver if medication is not taken. The system comprises a microcontroller (101) as main controller and IoT connectivity module, an IR/load sensor (102) for medicine intake detection installed inside each compartment, a push button (103) for manual confirmation and emergency alert, an LED indicator (104) for status alert, a passive buzzer (105) and active buzzer (106) for reminder and alert, a power supply (107) of 5V DC/USB, a Blynk/cloud application (108) for caregiver notification, and a mobile application (109) for receiving notifications. The microcontroller (101) activates the LED indicator (104) and buzzer (105, 106) at scheduled medication times, monitors the IR/load sensor (102) and push button (103) to detect medicine intake, and transmits medicine intake or missed dose information to the Blynk/cloud application (108) and mobile application (109).
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