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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2000
Marlies Van Dullemen, EN Leiden, NL;
Jan Willem Bouwknegt, HS Rozenburg, NL;
Marlies Van Dullemen, EN Leiden, NL;
Jan Willem Bouwknegt, HS Rozenburg, NL;
N.V. Organon, , NL;
Abstract
A timer for assisting in the control of various medical regimen is described. The timer is particularly adapted for use in avoiding or assuring conception by providing a graphic representation on the timer to alert a user as to when a medically correct step needs to be taken. The timer is provided with an alarm that alerts one as to when a transition from one particular part of, for example, a contraceptive regimen to another part of the regimen is about to occur and illustrates the transition on the graphic representation. A status of the regimen is also presented to a user. One graphic representation involves an hour-glass filled with granules corresponding in number to the amount of time left before a transition in the medical regimen is to occur.