Method, apparatus and operating system for managing the administration of medication and medical treatment regimens

A device for administering information on medical treatment regimens, comprising:

• a memory for storing data that defines at least one medical treatment regimen, each medical treatment regimen being defined by a plurality of treatment messages;
• a controller interfaced with the memory and with a display;
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• a plurality of dedicated keys interfaced with the controller, each dedicated key being associated with only one of the medical treatment regimens, wherein the controller is configured so that, in response to successive actuations of an arbitrary one of the dedicated keys, the controller controls the display to display successive different treatment messages relating to the medical treatment regimen associated with the actuated key.

A device for administering information on medical treatment regimens, comprising:

• a memory for storing data that defines at least one medical treatment regimen, each medical treatment regimen being defined by a plurality of treatment messages and including at least one prescribed medication;
• a controller interfaced with the memory and with a display;
• a plurality of dedicated keys interfaced with the controller, each dedicated key being associated with only one of the medical treatment regimens, wherein the controller is configured so that, in response to a single actuation of an arbitrary one of the dedicated keys, the controller controls the display to display one of the treatment messages relating to the medical treatment regimen associated with the actuated key;
• a plurality of medication compartments located adjacent the dedicated keys, each medication compartment configured for storing only one of the prescribed medications, wherein each dedicated key is associated with only one of the medication compartments;
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• a plurality of compartment switches corresponding to the plurality of medication compartments, each compartment switch being linked with one of the medication compartments and interfaced with the controller such that each compartment switch indicates to the controller a state of a linked medication compartment.

A device for administering information on at least one of a patient's medical treatment regimens, comprising:

• a memory for storing data that defines at least one medical treatment regimen;
• a controller interfaced with the memory and with a display, said controller configured to control modes of operation of the device;
• a plurality of dedicated keys interfaced with the controller, each dedicated key being associated with only one of the medical treatment regimens, wherein the controller is further configured so that, in response to successive actuations of an arbitrary one of the dedicated keys, the controller controls the display to display successive different treatment messages relating to the medical treatment regimen associated with the actuated key;
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• a plurality of soft function keys interfaced with the controller, wherein the controller the controller is further configured to assign one of the modes of operation to each soft function key and to control the display to display an indication of the mode of operation assigned to each soft function key, and the controller is further configured so that, in response to actuation of one of the soft function keys, the controller controls the device to execute the mode of operation assigned to the actuated soft function key.