Timed medication dispenser
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1. A medication dispenser, comprising:
- a hand-held, portable case having a medication compartment therein with a lid that is normally held closed by a manually operable latch, whereby the lid is opened to access the medicine compartment by operating the latch by hand,a switch mounted adjacent said latch to detect when the lid has been opened,an electronic watch module mounted within said case, said module including an alarm that provides an indication at least once each day at a preset time in response to a signal along a path from controlling electronics of said module,electronic memory means connected in said signal path for disarming said alarm in accordance with a preset pattern, thereby to provide an alarm indication only upon selected ones of said alarm preset times, andmeans connecting said switch into the watch module alarm signal path for terminating the alarm indication once initiated, whereby the alarm is terminated upon the medication compartment lid being opened to remove medication therefrom, thereby to thereafter indicate that the medication has been taken.
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Abstract
A medical dispenser having an electronic reminder to take the medication which is disabled upon the user doing so.
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8 Claims
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1. A medication dispenser, comprising:
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a hand-held, portable case having a medication compartment therein with a lid that is normally held closed by a manually operable latch, whereby the lid is opened to access the medicine compartment by operating the latch by hand, a switch mounted adjacent said latch to detect when the lid has been opened, an electronic watch module mounted within said case, said module including an alarm that provides an indication at least once each day at a preset time in response to a signal along a path from controlling electronics of said module, electronic memory means connected in said signal path for disarming said alarm in accordance with a preset pattern, thereby to provide an alarm indication only upon selected ones of said alarm preset times, and means connecting said switch into the watch module alarm signal path for terminating the alarm indication once initiated, whereby the alarm is terminated upon the medication compartment lid being opened to remove medication therefrom, thereby to thereafter indicate that the medication has been taken. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A medication dispenser, comprising:
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a hand-held, portable case having a medication compartment therein with an openable cover that is normally held closed, whereby the cover may be opened to access the medicine compartment, means mounted in association with said compartment and cover for emitting an alarm disabling signal when the lid is opened, an electronic watch circuit mounted within said case, said watch circuit including an alarm that normally provides an indication in response to a periodic alarm initiation signal from controlling electronics of said watch circuit, electronic memory means connected to intercept said initiation signal before reaching said alarm for supressing certain of said signals in accordance with a preset pattern, thereby to provide an alarm indication only upon selected areas of said periodic alarm initiation signals, and means connecting said emitting means into the watch module alarm signal path for terminating the alarm indication once initiated, whereby the alarm is terminated upon the medication compartment lid being opened to remove medication therefrom, thereby to thereafter indicate that the medication has been taken. - View Dependent Claims (5, 8)
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- 6. The medication dispenser according to claim 6 wherein said electronic memory means preset pattern suppresses every Nth alarm initiation signal, where N is an integer of two or more.
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