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Medication dispensing and timing system utilizing patient communicator with internal clock

  • US 5,657,236 A
  • Filed: 08/14/1995
  • Issued: 08/12/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medication dispensing system comprising:

  • monitoring means at a central location including memory means containing a predetermined medication dispensing schedule associated with a particular patient;

    a communicator at a location remote from said monitoring means and in proximity to said patient, said communicator having memory means containing said medication dispensing schedule, day and time indicative clock means, and means responsive to said memory means and said clock means for prompting said patient to take medication in accordance with the schedule;

    said communicator including transmitter means responsive to an external control effect for generating a reply signal acknowledging receipt of said prompt;

    a wireless communication network for conveying said reply signal to said central monitoring means; and

    said central monitoring means including alarm generating means responsive to said reply signal for initiating a predetermined follow-up procedure in the absence of said reply signal following the lapse of a predetermined time period following said prompt signal.

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