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US 6,633,796 B1Granted
Medication timing device
OwnerDan B. Pool, David F. Kreitzerinventors
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Abstract
A medication timing device including a base carrying a circuit with a timing device, a switch for activating the timing device, a signal device activated by the timing device, and a battery coupled to the timing device and the signal device, and a top coupled to the base and covering the circuit. The top is moveable between a normal expanded position and a compressed position in which the switch is tripped. A fastening element fastens the base to a medication container.
Claims18
A medication timing device comprising:
- a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
- a circuit carried by the base and including a timing device, a switch for activating the timing device, a signal device activated by the timing device, and a battery coupled to the timing device and the signal device;
- a top coupled to the first surface of the base and covering the circuit, the top moveable between a normal expanded position and a compressed position in which the switch is tripped;
- and
- fastening means for fastening the base to a medication container.
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A medication timing device comprising:
- a container having a body and a cover couplable to the body;
- a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
- a circuit carried by the base and including a timing device, a switch for activating the timing device, a signal device activated by the timing device, and a battery coupled to the timing device and the signal device;
- a top coupled to the first-surface of the base and covering the circuit, the top moveable between a normal expanded position and a compressed position in which the switch is tripped;
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- a fastening element fastening the base to the medication container.
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A method of timing medication dosages comprising the steps of:
- providing a container having a body and a cover couplable to the body;
- providing a timing device including a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a circuit carried by the base and including a timer and a switch for activating the timing device, and a top coupled to the first surface of the base and covering the circuit;
- fastening the timing device to one of a top surface of the cover of the container and a bottom surface of the body of the container;
- activating the timing device for a single unchangeable interval of time by providing the top being moveable between a normal expanded position and a compressed position in which the switch is activated, and moving the top of the timing device to the compressed position for a period of time;
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- emitting a signal upon termination of the interval of time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.