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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1990
Bruce A Kehr, Potomac, MD (US);
David Lerner, New York, NY (US);
Richard D Demenus, New York, NY (US);
Michael J Edl, New York, NY (US);
InforMedix, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A device for monitoring medication of a patient and for prompting the patient into certain medication taking schedule and/or certain programming steps and routines. The device has a plurality of compartments, each of which may store medication, and an electrical signaling system to emit medication alert 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) and the quantity of medication to be taken. If a designated compartment is not opened and closed within a predetermined period of time, the electrical signaling system will display an alarm and the event will be recorded as a missed medication event, unless the patient then opens the designated compartment. If each designated compartment is opened and closed, the take-medication signal and the alarm (if operating) are turned off and the event is recorded for later review. The device may be constructed in one piece with hinged doors for each pill compartment, or each pill compartment may be a separate 'drawer' sliding into a main unit.