Portable instructional device
First Claim
1. A portable instructional device for communicating medically relevant information to a patient on-premises in the course of treating, diagnosing or preventing disease, symptoms, or conditions thereof, said instructional device comprising:
- a display portion comprising a touch sensitive surface having at least one activation area operable by the patient;
a memory for storing at least one portion of the medically relevant information wherein each of the at least one portion of the medically relevant information is associated with a particular activation area;
an audio assembly connected to said memory for producing sound, said audio assembly adapted for receiving a selected portion of the medically relevant information from the memory corresponding to the activation area triggered by the patient to convert the medically relevant information into audio form; and
an electronic article surveillance tag secured to a portion of the device for detecting the removal of the device to an off-premise area.
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Abstract
There is provided a portable instructional device for communicating medically relevant information to a patient on-premises during the course of treating, diagnosing or preventing disease, symptoms, or conditions thereof. The instructional device includes a display portion with a touch sensitive surface having at least one activation area operable by the patient, a memory for storing at least one portion of the medically relevant information wherein each of the at least one portion of the medically relevant information is associated with a particular activation area, an audio assembly connected to the memory for producing sound, wherein the audio assembly is adapted for receiving a selected portion of the medically relevant information from the memory corresponding to the activation area triggered by the patient to convert the medically relevant information into audio form, and an electronic article surveillance tag secured to a portion of the device for detecting the removal of the device to an off-premise area.
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13 Claims
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1. A portable instructional device for communicating medically relevant information to a patient on-premises in the course of treating, diagnosing or preventing disease, symptoms, or conditions thereof, said instructional device comprising:
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a display portion comprising a touch sensitive surface having at least one activation area operable by the patient; a memory for storing at least one portion of the medically relevant information wherein each of the at least one portion of the medically relevant information is associated with a particular activation area; an audio assembly connected to said memory for producing sound, said audio assembly adapted for receiving a selected portion of the medically relevant information from the memory corresponding to the activation area triggered by the patient to convert the medically relevant information into audio form; and an electronic article surveillance tag secured to a portion of the device for detecting the removal of the device to an off-premise area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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11. A portable instructional device for communicating medically relevant information to a patient on-premises during the course of treating, diagnosing or preventing disease, symptoms, or conditions thereof, said instructional device comprising:
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a display portion comprising a touch sensitive surface having at least one activation area operable by the patient; a memory for storing at least one portion of the medically relevant information wherein each of the at least one portion of the medically relevant information is associated with a particular activation area; an audio assembly connected to said memory for producing sound, said audio assembly adapted for receiving a selected portion of the medically relevant information from the memory corresponding to the activation area triggered by the patient to convert the medically relevant information into audio form; a wireless radio receiver adapted for receiving a paging signal from an external page transmitter; and an alert mechanism connected to said wireless radio receiver for alerting the patient that a paging signal has been received. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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