Medication calculator and recorder
AssigneeSweetlevels Limited
InventorPeter McDonald
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Abstract
The invention provides a device for recording information relating to, and/or calculating a required medication dosage on the basis of, a plurality of variable factors influencing a medication requirement, in particular for the management of diabetes. The device comprises a substantially cylindrical body and at least one annular dial mounted to the body and selectively rotatable about the circumference thereof.
Claims19
A device for calculating a required medication dosage on the basis of a plurality of variable factors influencing a medication requirement, the device comprising a substantially cylindrical container and a plurality of independently rotatable co-axial annular dials mounted to the container and selectively rotatable about the circumference thereof, each of the plurality of rotatable annular dials being provided about their circumference with indicia indicative of a plurality of measurements of at least one of said variable factors, and one or more of the plurality of rotatable annular dials are further provided about their circumference with indicia indicative of medication adjustment modifiers corresponding with the respective variable measurements.
A method for calculating a required dosage, comprising:
- providing a device comprising a substantially cylindrical container and a plurality of independently rotatable co-axial annular dials mounted to the container and selectively rotatable about the circumference thereof, each of the plurality of rotatable annular dials being provided about their circumference with indicia indicative of a plurality of measurements of at least one of said variable factors, and one or more of the plurality of rotatable annular dials being further provided about their circumference with indicia indicative of medication adjustment modifiers corresponding with the respective variable measurements;
- rotating the plurality of co-axial annular dials to input an indication of each of said plurality of variable factors;
- and
- reading the required dosage from the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.