MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641024434 A) filed by Chennai Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 2, for 'iot-enabled smart dose-controlled medicine box with multimodal alerts and caregiver notification system.'
Inventor(s) include Tamilselvi A; Anand K; Ranesh Kadhir K; and Mohammed Adrar R.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Non-adherence to medication is a critical concern for public health, especially with the aging population and patients with chronic conditions. Inefficacy of a drug decreases if the patient misses a dose or delays it, leading to further health problems and increased economic burden. The current reminders, including the use of alarm systems and the conventional pillbox, depend on the patient to remind him or herself to adhere to the treatment plan and have no way to verify if the patient has taken the medication or not. The present invention will provide smart, dose-controlled, and medication storage boxes that are associated with the Internet of Things technology and are capable of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of medication usage, with the system consisting of local prompting, physical acknowledgment, and central logging/notification. A master-slave configuration has been adopted for the system, wherein the ESP32-S3 microcontroller has been configured to operate in the master role, and the ESP8266 has been configured to operate in the slave role. For each medicine compartment, an LED indicator and a "push button" for user acknowledgement have been provided. An audible buzzer and an OLED screen serve as additional alerts for users. The DS3231 Real-Time Clock Module was used for scheduling, allowing for accurate scheduling irrespective of network connectivity. When a scheduled dose needs to be given, alerts for all medicine compartments will be activated, and acknowledgement will be awaited within a specified time window. Dose events are of type Taken, Delayed, and Missed and are logged locally. The data collected from each of these events is transmitted to a backend server via HTTP protocol while sending JSON data. The notifications to caregivers in case of delayed or missed doses are sent via messaging platforms. Local data queuing in case of connectivity loss supports offline resilience. The invention provides a cost-effective, modular, and flexible medication adherence solution for both residential and healthcare settings, enabling reliability, accountability, and caregiver awareness in medication administration and adherence."
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