Medication management system and method
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsMark Thomas Johnson, Raymond Van Ee, Joyca Petra Wilma Lacroix
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Abstract
A medication management system (100) comprises a portable device (10) attachable to a user (30) and a medication dispenser (20). The portable device comprises a lighting means (50) for providing a visual stimulus (55) to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period. The medication dispenser (20) comprises further lighting means (40, 41) for providing a further visual stimulus (45) to draw the attention of the user. The visual stimulus and the further visual stimulus have a same predetermined color and the visual stimulus (55) is provided a predetermined time before the medication dispenser provides the further visual stimulus (45).
Claims13
A medication management system (100) comprising a portable device (10) attachable to a user (30), the portable device comprising a lighting means (50) arranged to provide a visual stimulus (55) having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period;
- a medication dispenser (20) comprising a further lighting means (40, 41) arranged to provide a further visual stimulus (45) capable of providing light with the predetermined color to draw the attention of the user and further arranged to indicate the medication intake moment or period;
- wherein the portable device (10) is arranged to provide with the lighting means (50) the visual stimulus (55) a predetermined time before the medication dispenser provides with the further lighting means the corresponding further visual stimulus (45).
A method of medication management comprising
- providing with a lighting means (50) included in a portable device (10) that is attachable to a user (30) a visual stimulus (55) to said user, the visual stimulus having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period;
- providing with a further lighting means (40, 41) included in a medication dispenser (20) a further visual stimulus (45) to the user to draw the attention of the user and to indicate the medication intake moment or period, the further visual stimulus having the predetermined color to draw the attention of the user,
- wherein the lighting means provides the visual stimulus (55) a predetermined time before the further lighting means provides the corresponding further visual stimulus (45).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.