Method for dispensing a prescription product

• US 20070000492A1
• Filed: 06/15/2005
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medical Industries America Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Medical Industries America Incorporated
• Inventors: Hansel, Bryan, Pageler, Terence
• Application Number:
  US11/153,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20070000492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/204.230
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0066 Blowers or centrifugal pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0493 with means for protecting the tube from damage caused by the patient's teeth, e.g. bite block
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0666 Nasal cannulas or tubing devices for improving normal breathing through the nose A61F5/08; nose filters A62B23/06; outside holding devices A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0683 Holding devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/08 Bellows; Connecting tubes having means for taking samples G01N1/22; Water traps; Patient circuits
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0816 Joints or connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/105 Filters A61M16/047, A61M16/22 take precedence; water traps A61M16/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/06 Packaging for specific medical equipment

Abstract

A method for dispensing alternative prescription products to a patient to provide the patient alternative treatment options and increase treatment protocol compliance. After a patient is diagnosed with a medical condition requiring treatment with a prescription product, the patient is provided with a kit containing a multiple continuous positive airway CPAP interfaces designed to adapt to a plurality of different facial features. Instead of being custom fitted by a CPAP interface specialist, the patient is given multiple CPAP interfaces to try and select the CPAP interface most desirable to the patient. The patient indicates the most desirable CPAP interface and, after a predetermined period of time, the patient is provided with a new CPAP interface matching the most desirable CPAP interface selected by the patient.

Claims

1. A method for dispensing a prescription product to a patient comprising the steps of:

(a) diagnosing said patient with a medical condition;

(b) providing said patient with a first prescription product, wherein said first prescription product is provided with means for adapting said first prescription product to a plurality of physiological features of said patient;

(c) providing said patient with a second prescription product, wherein said second prescription product is provided with means for adapting said second prescription product to a plurality of physiological features of said patient;

(d) adapting said first prescription product to physiological features of said patient; and

(e) said patient selecting a preferential prescription product from said first prescription product and said second prescription product.

2. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 1, further comprising providing said patient with a replacement preferential prescription product.

3. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 1, wherein said first prescription product is a continuous positive airway pressure interface.

4. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 3, wherein said second prescription product is a supplemental continuous positive airway pressure interface.

5. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 1, wherein said first prescription product is a mask.

6. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 5, wherein said second prescription product is an inner nasal interface.

7. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 5, further comprising permanently deforming said mask to conform to a facial feature of said patient.

8. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 7, wherein said second prescription product is an inner nasal interface provided with at least two pairs of nasal interfaces.

9. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 8, further comprising providing said patient with said mask and said inner nasal interface at the same time.

10. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 1, further comprising providing said patient with a textual product request and wherein said step of selecting comprises identifying said preferential prescription in a response to said textual product request.

11. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 1, wherein said patient selects said preferential prescription product at least twenty days after providing patient with said first prescription product and said second prescription product.

12. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 1, further comprising adapting said second prescription product to said physiological features of said patient.

13. A method for dispensing a prescription product to a patient comprising the steps of:

(a) diagnosing said patient with a medical condition;

(b) providing said patient with a first prescription product, wherein said first prescription product is provided with means for adapting said first prescription product to a plurality of physiological features of said patient;

(c) providing said patient with a second prescription product, wherein said second prescription product is provided with means for adapting said second prescription product to a plurality of physiological features of said patient;

(d) adapting said first prescription product to a plurality of physiological features of said patient;

(e) querying said patient after a predetermined time as to said patient'"'"'s preferential prescription product selected from said first prescription product and said second prescription product; and

(f) providing said patient with another preferential prescription product.

14. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 13, further comprising providing said patient with said first prescription product and said second prescription product at the same time.

15. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 13, wherein said first prescription product is a continuous positive airway pressure interface.

16. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 13, wherein said first prescription product is a mask.

17. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 16, wherein said second prescription product is an inner nasal interface.

18. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 13, wherein said querying comprises the steps of:

(a) providing said patient with a textual product request; and

(b) receiving a response to said textual product request from said patient.

19. A method for dispensing a continuous positive airway pressure system to a patient comprising the steps of:

(a) diagnosing said patient with a medical condition;

(b) providing said patient with a continuous positive airway pressure system kit, said kit comprising;

(i) a continuous positive airway pressure mask, wherein said mask is configured to be reconfigured to adapt to a plurality of different facial features;

(ii) a plurality of different sized continuous positive airway pressure nasal interfaces.

(c) said patient selecting a preferential interface from said continuous positive airway mask and said plurality of continuous positive airway nasal interfaces; and

(d) providing said patient with another preferential interface.

20. The method for dispensing a prescription product of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

(a) querying said patient as to said preferential interface;

(b) said patient responding to said query; and

(c) wherein said step of providing said patient with another preferential interface is done in response to said step of said patient responding to said query.