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US 10,702,451 B2Granted
Methods and systems for grouping pharmaceutical containers according to grouping preferences
OwnerSamuel Luminventor
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Abstract
Pharmaceutical compliance systems for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of pharmaceutical medications. The pharmaceutical compliance systems include a plurality of compliance holders each having a plurality of retainers. Each of the plurality of retainers are configured for securing an individualized pharmaceutical container to the compliance holder for grouping the plurality of plurality of medications according to one or more preferred grouping preferences.
Claims8
A method for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of pharmaceutical medications comprising:
- providing the plurality of pharmaceutical medications with each of the plurality of pharmaceutical medications being disposed in an individualized pharmaceutical container provided by one of a pharmacy and commercial pharmaceutical company and housing only one of the plurality of pharmaceutical medications placed into the individualized pharmaceutical container by one of the pharmacy and commercial pharmaceutical company, the individualized pharmaceutical container being an original prescription container dispensed by the pharmacy;
- providing a plurality of compliance holders including a bottom portion and a top portion, each of the plurality of compliance holders having a plurality of retainer apertures formed therethrough, each of the plurality of retainer apertures configured for fitting around at least a portion of one of the individual pharmaceutical containers thereby securing at least one of the individualized pharmaceutical containers to the compliance holder;
- assigning a distinct grouping preference for each of the plurality of compliance holders;
- determining, for each of the plurality of pharmaceutical medications, an appropriate grouping preference for the pharmaceutical medication from the distinct grouping preferences of the plurality of compliance holders;
- determining, for each of the individualized pharmaceutical containers, an appropriate compliance holder for the individualized pharmaceutical container by matching the appropriate grouping preference for the pharmaceutical medication disposed in the individualized pharmaceutical container to the compliance holder assigned the same grouping preference;
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- securing each of the individualized pharmaceutical containers to one of the plurality of retainers of the appropriate compliance holder for the individualized pharmaceutical container by locating at least a portion of each of the individualized pharmaceutical containers through at least one of the retainer apertures formed through the top portion and bottom portion of the compliance holders.
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A method for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of pharmaceutical medications comprising:
- providing the plurality of pharmaceutical medications with each of the plurality of pharmaceutical medications being disposed in an individualized pharmaceutical container housing only one of the plurality of pharmaceutical medications;
- providing a plurality of compliance holders each having a plurality of retainers, each of the plurality of retainers configured for securing one of the individualized pharmaceutical containers to the compliance holder wherein each of the plurality of compliance holders includes a bottom portion and a flexible top portion, the bottom portion including a plurality of bottom rings connected by a bottom joining member and the top portion including a plurality of top rings connected by a top joining member, each of the plurality of top rings including a gap portion distal from the top joining member for securing a pharmaceutical container to each of the plurality of top rings according to the preferred grouping preference of the compliance holder;
- assigning a distinct grouping preference for each of the plurality of compliance holders;
- determining, for each of the plurality of pharmaceutical medications, an appropriate grouping preference for the pharmaceutical medication from the distinct grouping preferences of the plurality of compliance holders;
- determining, for each of the individualized pharmaceutical containers, an appropriate compliance holder for the individualized pharmaceutical container by matching the appropriate grouping preference for the pharmaceutical medication disposed in the individualized pharmaceutical container to the compliance holder assigned the same grouping preference;
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- securing each of the individualized pharmaceutical containers to one of the plurality of retainers of the appropriate compliance holder for the individualized pharmaceutical container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.