# US 5,706,258 A · Timed repeating instructions apparatus and method

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- Number: US 5,706,258 A
- Document ID: US5706258A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/582,941
- Filed: 1996-01-04
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1994-05-16
- Inventors: Linda Roark Poe; Jimmie L. Sanders
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706258A

## CPC

- G04G 13/00: Producing acoustic time signals
- A61J 7/0481: {working on a schedule basis}
- A61J 7/0454: {for dispensing of multiple drugs}
- G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

## Abstract

An apparatus and method for instructing an impaired individual to perform an act using: a voice recorder capable of recording a series of different voice recordings of a person whose voice is recognized by the individual to provide a series of different recorded instructions to the impaired individual, a playback capable of playing seriatim one of the series of said recorded instructions in the series, a repeating means connected to the playback and capable of repeating the playing of said recorded instructions until stopped, a timer connected with the playback, the timer capable of activating said playback at multiple, preselected time intervals to provide for a series of multiple timed recorded instructions played seriatim during the day to the impaired individual, and a switch for the repeating means operated by the impaired individual to stop the repeating means after anyone of a selected playback of a recorded instruction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for instructing an impaired individual to perform an act comprising:
a plurality of voice recorders capable of recording a series of different voice recordings of a person whose voice is recognized by the individual to provide a series of different recorded instructions to the impaired individual,
a plurality of playbacks capable of playing seriatim one of the series of said recorded instructions in said series;
a repeating means connected to each said playback capable of repeating the playing of said recorded instructions until stopped,
a timer connected with each said playback, the timer capable of activating said playback at multiple, preselected time intervals to provide for a series of multiple timed recorded instructions played seriatim during the day to the impaired individual,
a switch for each said repeating means operated by the impaired individual to stop the repeating means after any one of a selected playback of a recorded instruction.