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US 6,441,722 B2Granted
Container cap medication reminder
OwnerSteven L. Weinerinventor
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Abstract
A medication container having a removable cap with an electronic reminder unit in the cap, the reminder unit having a operational control allowing a health care provider to set a clock and a medication schedule having one or more medication times with an alarm signal generated at the medication times, the reminder unit having a user shut-off and an automatic shut-off for terminating the alarm signal, wherein upon a shut-off the reminder unit generates an alarm signal at the next medication time.
Claims2
In a medication container having a container cap with an electronic reminder device in the cap a method of signaling an alarm comprising the steps of,
- providing a clock means for determining the time of day,
- providing a clock setting means for setting the clock means to the correct time of day,
- providing an alarm setting means associated with the clock means having means for selecting one of a plurality of predetermined multiple alarm intervals during a day,
- providing an alarm means associated with the alarm setting means for signaling an alarm at a pre-set start time during the day,
- providing an alarm termination means wherein an alarm terminated by a user activates the next interval for the next alarm wherein the alarm means signals an alarm for a predetermined time before automatically ceasing and activating the interval for the next alarm and wherein at a second pre-set time late at night, all interval timing stops until activated at the pre-set start time during the day.
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