Nagging Wireless Pillbox Makes Sure You Take Your Pills

MedMinder Systems out of Newton, Massachusetts has developed a smart pillbox for people who take multiple medications and have a difficult regiment they have to stick to. The Maya pillbox is wirelessly programmed by the user or caretaker for four weeks in advance and can progressively become more persistent at getting the patient to take the pills on time. When time comes to take pills in a specific cup, it lights up prompting compliance from the patient. If the correct cup is not accessed in a few minutes, the unit begins to beep and later sends text messages, makes phone calls, and writes emails to the patient and caretakers if the regiment is not being followed.
Here’s Eran Shavelsky, founder of MedMinder demoing the Maya pill compliance system for the Boston Globe: