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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Richard Bryan Sagar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A medicine-dispensing system has a medication reminder to assist the patient in following a drug regimen. In an example embodiment, a medication reminder comprises a timer programmable to a predetermined interval. A user-alert is responsive to the timer, reminding the user to take a dose of medicine at the predetermined interval. A sensor detects whether a dose of medicine has been taken and a dose-indication informs the user of the time since a last medication. The dose indication further informs the user as to whether to take a next medication dose. Time of the last dose is determined by the timer receiving a signal from the sensor. A communications interface enables programming of a parameter associated with administering a medication.