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Systems and methods for monitoring patient compliance with medication regimens

  • US 6,294,999 B1
  • Filed: 12/29/1999
  • Issued: 09/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of monitoring patient compliance with medication treatment, the method comprising the steps of:

  • removably receiving a container within a receptacle in an apparatus, wherein the container contains a medicament, wherein the container has an electromagnetic tag attached thereto, wherein the electromagnetic tag contains information about the medicament, and wherein the apparatus includes a reader that is configured to interrogate the electromagnetic tag and retrieve information therefrom;

    interrogating the electromagnetic tag via the reader to retrieve information therefrom, wherein the retrieved information comprises an identification of the medicament;

    alerting a patient to take a dose of the medicament in accordance with a dosage regimen associated with the identified medicament; and

    storing in the apparatus a time when removal of the container from the receptacle is detected by the reader.

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