US 6,587,036 B2Granted

Multiple medication reminder

OwnerScott R. Somers, Gregory M. Somers +1inventors

InventorsScott R. Somers, Gregory M. Somers, Ronald G. Stokes

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Abstract

Apparatus for reminding a person to perform a plurality of periodically repeating tasks includes a first and a second user-accessible interface each having at one least task switch. A first and a second signal device each correspond to the respective first and second user-accessible interfaces. A surface supported by the apparatus can be imprinted with first and second task identifications which are aligned proximate to the corresponding signal devices and user interfaces. The apparatus includes an electronic processor configured to set a first alarm interval and a second alarm interval in response to the at least one task switch of the respective first or second user-accessible interface being accessed by a user a single time. The processor measures the passage of time using an electronic timing device and activates the first or second signal device when the measured passage of time exceeds the respective first or second alarm interval.

Claims21

Dependent claims

An apparatus for reminding a person to perform a plurality of periodically repeating tasks, comprising:

a body member;
a first and a second user-accessible task switch supported by the body member;
a first signal device and a second signal device, each said signal device aligned with the respective first and second task switches, the signal devices supported by the body member;
a surface supported by the body member and configured to be imprinted with a first and a second task identification, such that when the task identifications are imprinted on the surface the first and second task identifications are aligned with the corresponding first and second signal devices and the first and second task switches;
an electronic processor in electronic communication with the first and second task switches and the first and second signal devices;
an electronic timing device;
an electronic readable-writeable memory device defining a first task primary memory location, a first task secondary memory location, a second task primary memory location, and a second task secondary memory location;
and
wherein the processor is configured to:
generate a predetermined signal when a user actuates one of the first or second task switches in a predefined manner, thereby causing an interval value to be stored in the corresponding first or second task primary memory location, and further causing the corresponding first or second signal device to indicate to the user via the respective first or second signal device an alarm interval corresponding to the interval value;
store in the first and second task secondary memory locations an increasing value as determined by the electronic timing device;
and
generate an alarm signal when the increasing value in one of the first or second task secondary memory locations is greater than the interval value in the corresponding first or second task primary memory locations.

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An apparatus for reminding a person to perform a plurality of periodically repeating tasks, comprising:

a body member;
a first plurality and a second plurality of user-accessible task switches supported by the body member, each task switch in the plurality of task switches corresponding to a distinct time interval;
a first signal device and a second of signal device, each said signal device corresponding to the respective first and second task plurality of task switches, the signal devices supported by the body member;
a surface supported by the body member and configured to be imprinted with a first and a second task identification, such that when the task identifications are imprinted on the surface the first and second task identifications are aligned with the corresponding first and second signal devices and the first and second plurality of task switches;
an electronic processor in electronic communication with the first and second plurality of task switches and the first and second signal devices;
an electronic timing device;
and wherein the processor is configured to:
set a first alarm interval in response to one of the first plurality of task switches being accessed by a user, and set a second alarm interval in response to one of the second plurality of task switches being accessed by a user;
measure the passage of time using the electronic timing device;
activate the first signal device when the measured passage of time exceeds the first alarm interval;
and
activate the second signal device when the measured passage of time exceeds the second alarm interval.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/916,626Filed 26 Jul 2001
Published: US 2003/0020599 A130 Jan 2003
Granted: 1 Jul 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A61J 7/0481
With timers: working on a schedule basis
G16H 20/10
ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient…:…
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation
A61J 7/0454
With timers: for dispensing of multiple drugs