ELECTRONIC INTERACTIVE PILLBOX SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An interactive electronic pillbox which comprises a housing having a plurality of compartments, each compartment defined by a top, an openable lid which closes the top, and a circuit board coupled to the pillbox, the circuit board including a plurality of light sources which can selectively illuminate individual ones of the plurality of compartments.
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Abstract
An interactive electronic pillbox that includes a plurality of compartments for containing medications and means to electronically identify a particular compartment from which medication is to be taken at a particular time. The interactive electronic pillbox includes data entry, data display, data transmitting and data processing functions which allow for interactive healthcare management by individuals and healthcare personnel directly or remotely.
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20 Claims
- 1. An interactive electronic pillbox which comprises a housing having a plurality of compartments, each compartment defined by a top, an openable lid which closes the top, and a circuit board coupled to the pillbox, the circuit board including a plurality of light sources which can selectively illuminate individual ones of the plurality of compartments.
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13. A method of managing an individual'"'"'s healthcare which comprises:
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providing an interactive electronic pillbox which includes a housing having a plurality of compartments, each compartment defined by a top, an openable lid which closes the top, and a circuit board coupled to the pillbox, the circuit board including a plurality of light sources which can selectively illuminate individual ones of the plurality of compartments; providing medications in said plurality of compartments; and illuminating a selected one of said plurality of compartments to indicate which medication is to be taken. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of managing an individual'"'"'s healthcare which comprises:
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providing an individual with an interactive electronic pillbox which includes a housing having a plurality of compartments; providing medications in the at least some of the plurality of compartments; transmitting data from the interactive electronic pillbox to a remote site; and allowing another party to monitor the individual'"'"'s healthcare from the data transmitted to the remote site. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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