ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,722, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Bigfoot Biomedical Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Smart medication holder" was invented by Michael J. Wakim (Milpitas, Calif.) and Rachael Price (Milpitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication holder may include a housing having a top side defining one or more wells, respective wells configured to receive a medication package or medication container; at least one image sensor arranged to capture an image of an exterior of a medication package when a medication package is received in at least one of the one or more wells; and a processor configured to determine information about the ext...