Monitoring system for the regular intake of a medicament
First Claim
1. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that,it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, whereinthe non-invasively detectable substance contained in the dosage form is a non-toxic marking substance which differs from the medicament andthe detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament.
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Abstract
A control system for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient. The system comprises system components mutually tuned to each other and comprising a medicine dosage form (1) for the medication and a detection apparatus (2) for non-invasive detection, within the body of the patient, of a detection substance contained in the medicine dosage form (3). The detection apparatus (2) is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the detection substance in the body of the patient.
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1. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that,
it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the non-invasively detectable substance contained in the dosage form is a non-toxic marking substance which differs from the medicament and the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament.
- 19. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that, it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament, the medicament measurably influences electromagnetic radiation irradiated into the body and the detection apparatus comprises irradiation means for the irradiation of light into the body of the patient as well as detection means for measurement of a measuring quantity of the exiting light following interaction between the electromagnetic radiation and the medicament, as a parameter correlated to the presence thereof in the body and the irradiation means are configured for irradiation of a plurality of wavelengths of the electromagnetic radiation and the spectral dependence of the parameter is utilized for detection of the marking substance.
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29. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that, it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament,
the medicament measurably influences electromagnetic radiation irradiated into the body and the detection apparatus comprises irradiation means for the irradiation of light into the body of the patient as well as detection means for measurement of a measuring quantity of the exiting light following interaction between the electromagnetic radiation and the medicament, as a parameter correlated to the presence thereof in the body and the detection apparatus comprises irradiation means for irradiation of the light at a plurality of differing irradiation locations and/or detection means for detection of the light at a plurality of differing detection locations and the marking substance is detected on the basis of the dependence of the detected parameter on the measuring distance between an irradiation location and a detection location.
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39. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicated by a patient, characterized in that, it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament and the detection apparatus comprises a sensor unit which can be carried on the body.
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40. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that,
it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament and the device is a wrist watch.
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41. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that,
it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage form containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent-free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament and the detection apparatus comprises a time measuring device and a memory for the storage of data concerning the detection of the marking substance.
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42. System for monitoring the regular intake of a medicament by a patient, characterized in that,
it includes mutually adapted system components comprising a medicine dosage norm containing the medicament and a detection apparatus for non-invasive detection of a substance contained in the dosage form within the body of a patient, wherein the detection apparatus is adapted for reagent free direct measurement of a physically measurable parameter correlated with the presence of the substance in the body of the patient and comprises determination means for determination of the time dependent change of the parameter to detect intake of the medicament and the detection apparatus produces a warning signal if no marking substance is detectable within the body of the patient within a predetermined period of time.
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