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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1987
Bruce A Kehr, Potomac, MD (US);
Albert L Hedrich, McLean, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device for indicating when medication should be taken has plural compartments, each of which may store medication. An electrical signaling system emits take-medication signals from time to time, each of which said signals indicates (a) that medication should be taken, (b) from which compartment the medication should be taken, (c) the quantity of medication to be taken from the designated compartment, and instructions for taking the medication. If a designated compartment is not promptly opened and closed, the electrical signaling system will sound an alarm. If each designated compartment is opened and closed, the take-medication signal and the alarm (if operating) are turned off. A reload signal is given once a week, as a reminder to reload the compartments with medication. The device has modular construction. A first module has: (a) one of the compartments, (b) an alarm for producing an audible signal to alert the patient to take medication, (c) a timing signal generator for producing timing signals, (d) a circuit for energizing the alarm in response to selected timing signals, and (e) a switch for turning off said alarm when the medication has been taken from the container in the first module. Each remaining module is a plug-in device which has a compartment, receives timing signals from the first module, sends signals to activate said alarm in response to selected timing signals and a manual switch for deactivating said alarm when medication is taken from the compartment in the module.