Color coded anatomical and non-anatomical sticker labels to be used on medication bottles to identify what medication is used for and when medication is due to be administered

• US 8,336,917 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2010
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whitney Doiron
• Original Assignee: Whitney Doiron
• Inventors: Doiron, Whitney
• Primary Examiner(s): Ross, Dana
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US12/662,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20110133444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 981 Days
• Field of Search: 283/67, 283/70, 283/81, 283/48.1, 283/115, 283/900, 403/10
• US Class Current: 283/115
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/20 Colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/50 using icons or symbolic figures, e.g. by a graphical representation symbolising the type of pathology or the organ by an image
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/04 Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers

Abstract

Current medication labels are very difficult for people with disabilities, language barriers, functional impairments, or illiteracy to read, potentially increasing the risk for accidental medication overdoses and/or poor compliance with medication administration and adherence. By having a color coded sticker system with an enclosed full body guide in the form of a poster, and a home health medication record card, these stickers are placed on each medication bottle as a symbol for what the medication is used for. The stickers are color coded in order to distinguish the time the medication is to be administered. Home health agencies may use the poster and stickers as they educate their patients about the medications they take.

Claims

1. A medication identification system comprising

a plurality of sets of stickers, said stickers including icons identifying a particular body part or medical treatment,

each of the sets of stickers being of a different color for identifying a particular time medication should be taken,

a substrate having a chart identifying the icons of the sets of stickers and the chart including a key for the colors of the sets of stickers and with a graphical representation of a time of day for usage of the medication,

the icons being located on an outline of a human body on the chart, with the icons on the chart being located proximate to a particular body part of the human body on the chart to demonstrate, in the absence of text, an association of a medicine and treatment of a medical condition, and a medication card for entering a name of a medication and having a marked border region designated for securing one of the stickers to the medication card indicative of the body part or the medical treatment associated with the medication and the particular time to take the medication.

2. The medication identification system of claim 1, wherein there are six different colors for six sets of stickers.

3. The medication identification system of claim 2, wherein the six different colors identify six different times for taking of a medication by reference to the chart and include the graphical representation of the time of day by icons of one of a sun, a moon and stars.

4. The medication identification system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sets of stickers also include stickers identifying a frequency of use for a medication.

5. The medication identification system of claim 1, further comprising at least one bottle containing a medication and at least one sticker from at least one of the sets of stickers is secured to said at least one bottle and the at least one sticker identifies the use of the medication and time of use of the medication.

6. The medication identification system of claim 1, wherein the chart identifies the icons in English and Spanish.

7. A medication identification system comprising

a plurality of sets of stickers, said stickers including icons identifying a particular body part or medical treatment,

each of the sets of stickers being of a different color for identifying a particular time medication should be taken,

a substrate having a chart identifying the icons of the sets of stickers by association with an outline of a human body, the icons indicating time of day and frequency of use of a medication and with a graphical representation of a time of day for usage of the medication, and the icons indicative of medication for a particular treatment by location of the icons proximate to a particular body part of the human body on the chart to demonstrate, in the absence of text, an association of a medicine and treatment of a medical condition, and a medication card for entering a name of a medication and having a marked border region designated for securing one of the stickers to the medication card indicative of the body part or the medical treatment associated with the medication and the particular time to take the medication.

8. The medication identification system of claim 7, wherein the icons indicating time of day are icons indicating one of morning, noon, late afternoon, evening and bedtime by the graphical representation of the time of day by icons of one of a sun, a moon and stars.

9. The medication identification system of claim 8, wherein the icons indicating medication for a particular treatment are icons indicating one of weight, sleep, blood thinner, water pill, antibiotics, sugar, skin, pain and vitamins.

10. The medication identification system of claim 7, wherein there are six different colors for six sets of stickers.

11. The medication identification system of claim 10, wherein the six different colors identify six different times for taking of a medication.

12. The medication identification system of claim 7, wherein the chart identifies the icons in English and Spanish.