Medication status device

• US 5,788,505 A
• Filed: 01/23/1997
• Issued: 08/04/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John J. Sharkey
• Original Assignee: John J. Sharkey
• Inventors: Sharkey, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US08/787,906
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 434/238, 434/236, 434/262, 434/267, 446/472, 446/296, 206/459.5, 206/570, 206/571, 206/803, 283/900
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/59 Aesthetic features, e.g. distraction means to prevent fears of child patients
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/00 Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram star maps G09B27/04; devices for holding or supporting maps A47B97/02; for computing purposes G06G1/14, G09B1/16; display boards G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/002 using magnetic elements

Abstract

A medication status device for reminding a person, particularly a child, to administer insulin or other medications. The device includes a display board having which a graphic image that is attractive to the person. Medication confirmation indicia on the display board indicate whether or not the medication has been administered at a certain time. Included are indicia for providing an affirmative indication to confirm administration of the medication at a certain time, and a negative indication to remind the person to administer the medication at a certain time. In one embodiment, the device also features a toy with which a child can play just before or after administering medication to himself/herself.

Claims

1. A medication status device, comprising:

a display board having a configuration that is attractive to a person who administers a medication at certain intervals;

the board being constructed and arranged for mounting of the board on a supporting surface; and

a medication confirmation region on said display board, for allowing a person to confirm whether or not a medication has been administered at a certain time, the confirmation region including

affirmative indicia for confirming an administration of said medication at a certain time of day,

negative indicia for reminding the person to administer said medication at said time of day, and

a movable device for masking a selected one of the affirmative and the negative indicia.

2. A medication status device according to claim 1, wherein the display board configuration has a graphic image that is attractive to a child.

3. A medication status device according to claim 2, wherein the display board configuration includes a toy associated with the display board for attracting the attention of a child to whom the medication is administered.

4. A medication status device according to claim 3, wherein said toy comprises a toy syringe.

5. A medication status device according to claim 2, wherein said graphic image is of a child.

6. A medication status device according to claim 5, including a toy connected with the display board for attracting the attention of a child to whom the medication is administered.

7. A medication status device according to claim 6, wherein said toy comprises a toy syringe.

8. A medication status device according to claim 1, wherein the display board includes at least one mount for mounting the display board on an enclosure in which the medication is stored.

9. A medication status device according to claim 8, wherein said mount comprises a magnet for holding said board on the enclosure by a magnetic force.

10. A medication status device according to claim 1, wherein said affirmative indicia includes the word YES, and said negative indicia includes the word NO.

11. A medication status device according to claim 10, wherein the display board has a number of said medication confirmation regions each corresponding to a different time of a given day.

12. A medication status device according to claim 11, wherein one of said medication confirmation regions is designated a morning or AM region, and another one of said regions is designated an afternoon or PM region.

13. A medication status device according to claim 1, wherein said movable device comprises a block piece for masking said negative indicia when said affirmative indicia is to be exposed, and for masking said positive indicia when said negative indicia is to be exposed.

14. A medication status device according to claim 13, wherein said block piece is a magnetic block piece.