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The SentiCare PillStation is intended for medical purposes to provide alerts to patients and healthcare providers for pre-determined medication dosing schedules. The device incorporates wireless communication and electronic imaging.

The SentiCare PillStation includes an electronic pillbox for home use (the PillStation), and server software for communicating and programming the PillStation (PillStation Manager Software). The SentiCare PillStation is designed to assist individuals with medication organization, self administration, and adherence. Specifically, the PillStation is designed to aid individuals in medication organization and reconciliation: identify incomplete or inappropriate removal of medications with corrective feedback; teach and coach about medications and daily medical procedures; provide alerts of dose times; and ensure timely relills of all medications self-administration. The SentiCare PillStation is a daily assist device with many features to alert users and caregivers of pre-determined scheduled medication times: easy to use pill tray, pill bins highlighted by light-up indicators, pill alarms, and LCD serven messaging. Through PillStation's built in scanning system, high quality, static digital images are sent from the PillStation to PillStation Manager software. Remote monitors, are other alled "Call Center Advisors", monitor and verify PillStation's medication contents with PillStation users' prescriptions in order to keep track of medication aterts and verify that the user and/or caregiver has loaded their prescribed medications into the PillStation pill tray. This monitoring is accomplished through the PillStation Manager software. The SentiCare PillStation is a novel approach to medication organization and may be of great assistance to those individuals and caregivers who look to improve upon their own medication organization, adherence, and self administration.