Medication compliance apparatus
OwnerRajiv Sharma, Sunandra Sharmainventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for reminding individuals when to take a medication, in a first embodiment 10 is a mechanical timer with different varieties of pegs 18 disposed to ring an alarm when a medication is to be taken and indicative of the medication by their style. A second embodiment 10A actually dispenses the medication that is required at that time. A third embodiment 56 is in the form of a wrist watch and displays 64 the medication and (any caveats) that is to be taken. A fourth embodiment 56A is pre-programmed so that the patient cannot tamper with the settings. The invention is apt for multi-medication multi-dose time situations.
Claims24
An apparatus for organising the taking of medication, said apparatus comprising:
- clock means, for keeping track of the passage of time;
- selection means, for selecting a time when a medication is to be taken;
- alarm means, for alerting a user when said clock reaches said selected time;
- and indication means, for identifying the medication to be taken.
An external processor for use with apparatus for organising the taking of medication, where said apparatus comprises:
- an electronic clock for keeping track of the passage of time;
- a memory for holding information about a plurality of medications and a time or times for taking each medication;
- an alarm for alerting a user when said clock reaches a time for taking a medication;
- and a display for displaying the information concerning the medication when the time arrives to take the medication, said external processor being operative to be coupled to said memory to transfer information to said memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.