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US 5,289,157 AGranted
Medicine reminder and storage device
AssigneeVitafit International, Inc.
InventorsArthur G. Rudick, Michael Mahle
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Abstract
A portable electronic alarm device containing a plurality of compartments for storing a limited supply of medications and indicating when a medicine should be taken according to a predetermined schedule. The device also records the times that alarms sound and the times that they were acknowledged. The user can review the recorded times to determine compliance with the schedule. Additionally, a base station is provided to support the device, store larger supplies of medicine, and provide amplified alarms.
Claims11
An apparatus for indicating when medicine should be taken, comprising:
- clock means for providing a clock time of day;
- alarm setting means for setting at least one alarm time of day for at least one medicine;
- alarm means for activating an alarm when said clock time of day is the same as at least one alarm time of day;
- acknowledgment means for indicating when a medicine has been taken in response to an alarm;
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- recording means for storing said clock time of day when said alarm was activated and said clock time of day when said acknowledgment in response to an alarm occurred.
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