Adaptive Monitoring Attachments for Diverse Industries
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Summary of the Inventive Concept
This inventive concept expands the original medicament dispenser monitoring technology to diverse industries, such as fitness, environmental monitoring, and food quality control, enabling innovative applications and use cases.
Background and Problem Solved
The original patent addressed the limitation of monitoring medication usage, but its core technology has broader potential. This inventive concept solves the problem of limited industry-specific monitoring solutions by adapting the core technology to address unmet needs in various fields.
Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept
The new claims describe a wearable attachment for a fitness tracker, a system for monitoring environmental air quality, and a method for monitoring food freshness. These applications leverage the core technology's acceleration sensor, wireless transceiver, and controller to provide real-time data transmission to client devices. The wearable attachment can be attached to various devices, such as fitness trackers or portable air quality sensors, to enable monitoring and analysis of diverse data types.
Novelty and Inventive Step
The new claims introduce non-obvious adaptations of the original technology to new industries, providing innovative solutions for monitoring athletic performance, environmental air quality, and food freshness. The inventive step lies in the recognition of the core technology's versatility and its application to diverse fields.
Alternative Embodiments and Variations
Alternative embodiments could include attachments for other types of devices, such as smart home appliances or industrial equipment. Variations could involve different sensor types, such as temperature or humidity sensors, or alternative wireless communication protocols.
Potential Commercial Applications and Market
This inventive concept has significant commercial potential in various industries, including fitness, environmental monitoring, and food quality control. The market for monitoring solutions is growing, and this technology can provide innovative, industry-specific solutions to address unmet needs and improve decision-making processes.
CPC Classifications
| Section | Class | Group |
|---|---|---|
| A | A61 | A61M15/008 |
| A | A61 | A61M15/00 |
| A | A61 | A61M15/0021 |
| G | G16 | G16H20/13 |
| G | G16 | G16H40/67 |
| A | A61 | A61M15/009 |
| A | A61 | A61M15/0048 |
| A | A61 | A61M2202/064 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/332 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/3303 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/3375 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/3553 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/3592 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/50 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/52 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/581 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/583 |
| A | A61 | A61M2205/8206 |
Section 103 Obviousness Analysis (PHOSITA)
Field of Art
Medical device monitoring systems, wearable sensor technologies, and data transmission systems with a focus on usage tracking and sensor integration across healthcare, fitness, and environmental monitoring domains
Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile
A skilled practitioner with expertise in sensor technologies, wireless communication protocols, embedded systems design, and interdisciplinary applications of monitoring devices with electrical engineering and computer science background
Obviousness Rationale
A PHOSITA would recognize the core technological framework of the source patent's monitoring attachment as fundamentally adaptable to multiple domains by substituting sensors and target devices while maintaining the core functional architecture of acceleration sensing, wireless data transmission, and usage monitoring. The technical elements of controller, wireless transceiver, and sensor integration represent a modular design approach that enables straightforward technological translation across different application contexts. The variations demonstrate predictable results by applying known monitoring techniques to alternative technical domains using standard engineering design principles.
Obvious Combinations & Variations
Original Patent Information
| Patent Number | US 11,857,720 |
|---|---|
| Title | Usage monitoring attachment for medicament dispenser |
| Assignee(s) | Reciprocal Labs Corporation |