MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641092851 A) filed by Yenepoya Institute Of Technology on July 31, 2026, for A Medicine Dispensing And Adherence Monitoring Device.
Inventor includes G Sujaykumar.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (100) and a method (300) for dispensing medicine and monitoring adherence. The device (100) comprises a control housing (101) housing a display (103), tactile switches (105), a buzzer (107), and a vital-sign sensor (109), connected to a central controller, and a dispenser housing (115) comprising a rotating carousel (117), a dispensing outlet (121), a stepper motor (125), and an infrared pickup sensor (123). A real-time clock maintains a stored alarm time; upon a match, the central controller activates the buzzer (107), drives the stepper motor (125) to align a scheduled medicine compartment (119) with the dispensing outlet (121), and classifies a dispense outcome using the infrared pickup sensor (123) within a pickup detection window. A cellular transceiver transmits a taken-dose or a missed-dose message to a caregiver terminal accordingly. FIG.2
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