Smart pouch reminds women to take their contraceptive pill

Pillsy is a smart pouch and accompanying app which provides intelligent, gentle reminders to women to take their daily contraceptive pill.

United States9 Apr 2015
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Nearly 50 percent of unplanned pregnancies are from women who are already using contraception: Pillsy is a smart pouch and accompanying app which hopes to drastically lower that statistic by gently reminding users to take their pill. Women who take the daily oral contraceptive pill will soon be able purchase the small pouch which syncs with their smartphone via bluetooth. They then simply place their pill sheet in the pouch and set intelligent reminders at their preferred time. The pouch can detect when the user has taken their pill and will remind them with a series of gentle alarms until…

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