Medication dosing monitor
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1. A patient-portable medication event monitor comprising:
- a container capable of housing a plurality of doses of a certain medication,a detector capable of detecting dispensing of doses of said medication from the monitor,a clock for generating a dose-dispensed time signal each time a dose of said medication is dispensed from the monitor,a time signal memory for storing the dose-dispensed time signals generated by the clock,a dosing regimen memory for storing pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication,a comparator for determining at least the time elapsed since the most recently-generated dose-dispensed time signal or the time elapsed between the most recently generated dose-dispensed time signal and at least one previous dose-dispensed time signal and comparing such determined elapsed times with the pharmacodynamic information concerning the dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication and generating a feedback output indicative of the degree of compliance between the determined times and the pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, anda display for displaying to the patient a graphic indication of the feedback output of the degree of compliance.
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Abstract
A patient-portable medication event monitor is disclosed which is capable of detecting the dispensing of doses of a particular medication from the monitor, comparing the dispensing detected with information concerning the desired dosing regimen for the certain medication and displaying graphically to the patient at least one feedback indication of the patient'"'"'s degree of compliance or deviation with the desired regimen.
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1. A patient-portable medication event monitor comprising:
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a container capable of housing a plurality of doses of a certain medication, a detector capable of detecting dispensing of doses of said medication from the monitor, a clock for generating a dose-dispensed time signal each time a dose of said medication is dispensed from the monitor, a time signal memory for storing the dose-dispensed time signals generated by the clock, a dosing regimen memory for storing pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, a comparator for determining at least the time elapsed since the most recently-generated dose-dispensed time signal or the time elapsed between the most recently generated dose-dispensed time signal and at least one previous dose-dispensed time signal and comparing such determined elapsed times with the pharmacodynamic information concerning the dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication and generating a feedback output indicative of the degree of compliance between the determined times and the pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, and a display for displaying to the patient a graphic indication of the feedback output of the degree of compliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A patient-portable medication event monitor comprising:
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a container capable of housing a plurality of doses of a certain medication, a closure which is opened to dispense each dose of the certain medication and wherein the opening of the closure generates a signal which is detected as an indication of the dispensing of the medication, a detector operative to detect the dispensing of doses of said medication from the monitor, a clock operative to generate a dose-dispensed time signal each time a dose of said medication is dispensed from the monitor, a time signal memory operative to store the dose-dispensed time signals generated by the clock, a dosing regimen memory operative to store pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, a comparator operative to determine at least the time elapsed since the most recently generated dose-dispensed time signal or the time between the most recently generated dose-dispensed time signal and at least one previous dose-dispensed time signal and to compare such determined times with the pharmacodynamic information concerning the dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication and to generate a feedback output indicative of the degree of compliance between the determined times and the pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, and a bar graph display operative to display to the patient a graphic indication of the feedback output of the degree of compliance. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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