Medication Reminder System and Method
First Claim
1. A medication reminder system, comprising:
- a carrier device; and
a medication alert assembly associated with the carrier device;
the medication alert assembly comprising at least one alarm device which produces a first alarm signal to remind the user to take a first selected medication, a controller which controls actuation of the first alarm device, a timer associated with the controller having at least a first pre-set time interval corresponding to a standard dosage time interval in hours between doses of the first selected medication, the controller activating the alarm device to emit an alarm signal on expiry of the first pre-set time interval, and a reset switch operable by the user which deactivates the alarm device and restarts the timer after each alarm activation.
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Abstract
A medication reminder system has a carrier device which is carried or worn by a user and a medication alert assembly or module associated with the carrier device. The medication alert assembly has at least one alarm device which produces a first alarm signal to remind the user to take a medication, a controller which controls actuation of the first alarm device, a timer associated with the controller having a pre-set time interval corresponding to a standard dosage time in hours between doses of the medication, the controller activating the first alarm device to emit an alarm signal on expiry of the pre-set time interval, and a reset switch operable by the user which deactivates the first alarm device and restarts the timer after each alarm activation.
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48 Claims
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1. A medication reminder system, comprising:
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a carrier device; and a medication alert assembly associated with the carrier device; the medication alert assembly comprising at least one alarm device which produces a first alarm signal to remind the user to take a first selected medication, a controller which controls actuation of the first alarm device, a timer associated with the controller having at least a first pre-set time interval corresponding to a standard dosage time interval in hours between doses of the first selected medication, the controller activating the alarm device to emit an alarm signal on expiry of the first pre-set time interval, and a reset switch operable by the user which deactivates the alarm device and restarts the timer after each alarm activation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A reminder system for reminding a user to carry out a pre-determined action at pre-determined time intervals, the system comprising:
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a plurality of alert modules each comprising an outer housing, at least one alarm device which produces a first alarm signal to remind a user to take a pre-determined action, a controller which controls actuation of the first alarm device, a timer associated with the controller and having a pre-set time interval, the controller activating the alarm device to emit an alarm signal on expiry of the pre-set time interval, and a reset switch operable by the user which deactivates the alarm device and restarts the timer after each alarm activation, the timers in the respective alert modules having different pre-set time intervals; and at least one carrier device which carries an alert module and which can be worn or carried by a user. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A medication reminder method, comprising:
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selecting a disposable medication alert module having a timer programmed with a dosage time interval corresponding to the time interval between doses of a prescribed medication; starting the timer of the selected disposable medication alert module after a dose of medication is taken; activating an alarm device on the medication alert module after expiry of the dosage time interval to alert the user that it is time to take the next dose of medication; resetting the timer to start timing the next dosage time interval after a second dose of medication is taken; repeating the activating and resetting steps until a course of medication is completed; and discarding the medication alert module after the course of medication is complete.
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