Veterinary medication monitoring system and apparatus
First Claim
1. A Medication management system to assist a handler/owner control, monitor and manage administration of veterinarian prescribed medications and supplements to an animal comprising:
- a handler/owner component having data transfer interface and a retrievable database of said animal'"'"'s medical history, prior prescribed medications, current prescribed medications, a potential adverse interaction between current prescribed medications, said handler/owner component being programmed to allow a user to modify a scheduled administration the scheduled dosage of medication; and
, a veterinarian component having a retrievable veterinarian'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing veterinarian to enter prescription information into the veterinarian component, said veterinarian'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing handler/owner data and animal data transferred through said handler/owner component through said data transfer interface.
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Abstract
A veterinary medication management system which includes two or three separate components to assist a handler/owner control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications to an animal patient. The system comprises a handler/owner component having a retrievable animal and handler/owner database of animal medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, and it includes a data transfer interface, e.g., a hardwired interface, such as an RS232 interface or infrared data transfer port. The system also includes a veterinarian component having a retrievable veterinarian'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing veterinarian to enter prescription information into the veterinarian component. The veterinarian'"'"'s database is capable of receiving and storing handler/owner data transferred from the handler/owner component through said data transfer interface. The system finally also includes a veterinarian support component resident on a veterinarian'"'"'s computer. The veterinarian'"'"'s computer is adapted to interface with said handler/owner component to transfer prescription data to said veterinarian support component. At least one of or each of the veterinarian component and the veterinarian support component has the capability of searching a medication database to determine potential medication interactions with currently prescribed medications and identify those to the veterinarian for selective downloading to the handler/owner component so that the handler/owner can be alerted to the potential interactions. The handler/owner component has a scheduler which tracks a plurality of medication dose schedules and includes alarm functions to prompt a handler/owner to administer particular medications to the animal, reschedule them, and/or alert the handler/owner to potential interactions between medications and/or provide caution information to the handler/owner for administration of the medication to the animal.
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56 Claims
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1. A Medication management system to assist a handler/owner control, monitor and manage administration of veterinarian prescribed medications and supplements to an animal comprising:
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a handler/owner component having data transfer interface and a retrievable database of said animal'"'"'s medical history, prior prescribed medications, current prescribed medications, a potential adverse interaction between current prescribed medications, said handler/owner component being programmed to allow a user to modify a scheduled administration the scheduled dosage of medication; and
,a veterinarian component having a retrievable veterinarian'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing veterinarian to enter prescription information into the veterinarian component, said veterinarian'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing handler/owner data and animal data transferred through said handler/owner component through said data transfer interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A medication management system to assist a handler/owner control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications to an animal comprising:
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a handler/owner component containing a retrievable handler/owner database of animal medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, said handler/owner component including a display, a clock, a microprocessor, and a data transfer interface; and
a veterinarian component having a retrievable veterinarian'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing veterinarian to enter prescription information into the veterinarian component, said veterinarian'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing animal and handler/owner data transferred from said handler/owner component through said data transfer interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus for tracking, monitoring, and scheduling an administration of a plurality of medications to an animal and warning of an adverse interaction related to one or more of said medications comprising:
a handler/owner component having generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a microprocessor, a power supply, an input device and a data transfer device, said housing being adapted to receive therein a removable memory device having a database resident thereon, said data transfer device being connectable to said removable memory device in order to display data stored on said removable memory device, including a warning of the adverse interaction related to one or more of said medications, and transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An apparatus for tracking and monitoring administration of a plurality of medications to an animal by an animal handler/owner, said apparatus including a handler/owner component, a veterinarian component and a veterinarian support component, said handler/owner component comprising:
a generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a microprocessor connected to a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a power supply, an input device, a handler/owner'"'"'s database stored in a memory, a program for comparing a prescribed medication to a database of medications stored in said handler/owner component to identify an interaction between said prescribed medication and another medication, and a data transfer device, said data transfer device being connectable to said veterinarian component and/or said veterinarian support component to transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An apparatus for tracking and monitoring administration of a plurality of medications to an animal by an animal handler/owner, said apparatus comprising:
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a veterinarian support component;
a veterinarian component having a database of medications, a program usable by a veterinarian to prescribe one or more medications to a handler/owner and download said prescribed medication to said handler/owner component; and
,a handler/owner component, having a generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a microprocessor connected to a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a power supply, an input device, a handler/owner'"'"'s database stored in a memory, and a data transfer device, wherein said data transfer device is connectable to said veterinarian component and/or said veterinarian support component to transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor, and said handler/owner component includes another program for comparing a prescribed medication to a database of medications stored in said handler/owner component to identify an interaction between said prescribed medication and another medication; and
,wherein one of said handler/owner component, said veterinarian component, or said veterinarian support component includes a program for comparing a prescribed medication to a database of medications to identify and display at least one interaction identified between said prescribed medication and another medication.
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53. An apparatus for tracking and monitoring administration of a plurality of medications to an animal by an animal handler/owner, said apparatus comprising:
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a veterinarian support component, wherein said veterinarian support component is a software program resident on a veterinarian'"'"'s computer, said program including a program for comparing said one or more medications with a database of medications to identify and display interactions between said one or more medications being prescribed and another medication;
a veterinarian component; and
a handler/owner component, having a generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a microprocessor connected to a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a power supply, an input device, a handler/owner'"'"'s database stored in a memory, and a data transfer device, said data transfer device being connectable to said veterinarian component and/or said veterinarian support component to transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor, and wherein said handler/owner component communicates an animal'"'"'s current prescribed medication data to one or more of said veterinarian support component and to said veterinarian component through an infrared data transfer device. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56)
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