Medical information band

• US 8,669,863 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fahad M. F. S. Alhuwaishel
• Original Assignee: Fahad M. F. S. Alhuwaishel
• Inventors: Alhuwaishel, Fahad M. F. S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): DARAMOLA, ISRAEL O
• Application Number:
  US13/460,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20130169431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.12, 340/539.22, 345/1.1, 368/227, 600/300, 600/301, 705/3
• US Class Current: 340/539.11
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

The medical information band is an electronic control unit removably attached to a band that may be worn by a user or attached to a medication bottle. The electronic control unit displays all the information of drugs that the user takes, and provides an electronic alert to remind the user when to take the medication, or when the medication has reached its expiration date. The electronic control unit includes a temperature sensor, and alerts the user when the medication must be moved to a different location with a more appropriate storage temperature. Moreover, the electronic control unit may also display the personal information and the health status of the user.

Claims

1. A computer software product, comprising a non-transitory medium readable by a processor, the non-transitory medium having stored thereon a set of instructions for electronically storing medical and prescription information on a wearable elastic medical information band, the set of instructions including:

(a) a first sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to display ambient temperature sensor data input to the processor;

(b) a second sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to automatically store pharmaceutical data, including correct pharmaceutical dosing instructions and expiration dates input to the processor;

(c) a third sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to display on a display device attached to the band the automatically stored pharmaceutical data;

(d) a fourth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to alert a user when the pharmaceutical expiration dates occur;

(e) a fifth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to accept, via an input port, microcode instructions for carrying out all functionality related to the electronically storing of the medical and the prescription information on the elastic band;

(f) a sixth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to increment and decrement numerical values of the medical and prescription information responsive to input from the user using push buttons attached to the medical information band;

(g) a seventh sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to display to and alert the user of the correct time and dosing instructions for taking the pharmaceutical; and

(h) an eighth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to display to and alert the user of a sensed current ambient temperature and recommend to the user to move the pharmaceutical to a location having the correct ambient temperature for the pharmaceutical.

2. The computer software product according to claim 1, further comprising a ninth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to sound an audible alarm in conjunction with the expiration dates alert.

3. The computer software product according to claim 2, further comprising a tenth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to play a recorded voice message in conjunction with the expiration dates alert.

4. The computer software product according to claim 3, further comprising an eleventh sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to accept the pharmaceutical data from data entry forms provided by another processor.

5. The computer software product according to claim 4, further comprising a twelfth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to accept personal information about the user, the personal information including Name, Age, and Blood Type of the user.

6. The computer software product according to claim 5, further comprising a thirteenth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to accept health status information about the user, the health status information including:

any chronic conditions the user suffers from; and

any historic medical conditions the user has suffered from.

7. The computer software product according to claim 6, further comprising a fourteenth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to display the health status information, including any chronic conditions the user suffers from and any historic medical conditions the user has suffered from, the pharmaceutical dosing instructions, and the personal information about the user in response to a predetermined button push sequence of said push buttons.

8. The computer software product according to claim 7, further comprising a fifteenth sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to actuate light emitters on said medical information band to a constant predetermined first color when the expiration date has passed, to a blinking predetermined second color when a user-specified period of time has elapsed, the user-specified period of time being the interval between prescribed dosage times of the pharmaceutical, and to a blinking predetermined first color when the ambient temperature is not within the pharmaceutical'"'"'s normal ambient temperature range.

9. A medical information band, comprising:

an elastic band adapted for being worn by a user;

an electronic control unit removably attached to the elastic band;

an electronic digital circuit for storing medical and prescription information entered by a user, the circuit being housed in the electronic control unit;

an electronic display mounted in the electronic control unit, the display being connected to the electronic digital circuit;

an ambient temperature sensor disposed in the electronic control unit, the temperature sensor being connected to the electronic digital circuit;

means for automatically storing pharmaceutical data, including correct pharmaceutical dosing instructions and expiration dates input, in the electronic digital circuit;

means for displaying the automatically stored pharmaceutical data on the electronic display;

means for alerting a user when the pharmaceutical expiration dates occur;

an input port connected to the electronic digital circuit, the input port being adapted for transmission of microcode instructions for carrying out all functionality related to electronic storing of the medical and prescription information to the electronic digital circuit;

push buttons mounted on the electronic control unit, the push buttons being in operable communication with the electronic digital circuit;

means for incrementing and decrementing numerical values of the medical and prescription information responsive to input from the user using the push buttons;

means for displaying to and alerting the user of the correct time and dosing instructions for taking the pharmaceutical; and

means for displaying to and alerting the user of a sensed current ambient temperature and means for recommending to the user to move the pharmaceutical to a location having the correct ambient temperature for the pharmaceutical.

10. The medical information band according to claim 9, further comprising means for sounding an audible alarm in conjunction with the expiration dates alert.

11. The medical information band according to claim 10, further comprising means for playing a recorded voice message in conjunction with the expiration dates alert.

12. The medical information band according to claim 11, further comprising means for accepting the pharmaceutical data from data entry forms provided by another processor.

13. The medical information band according to claim 12, further comprising means for accepting personal information about the user, the personal information including Name, Age, and Blood Type of the user.

14. The medical information band according to claim 13, further comprising means for accepting health status information about the user, the health status information including:

any chronic conditions the user suffers from; and

any historic medical conditions the user has suffered from.

15. The medical information band according to claim 14, further comprising means for displaying the health status information, the pharmaceutical dosing instructions, and the personal information about the user on the electronic display based on a predetermined operational sequence of said push buttons.

16. The medical information band according to claim 15, further comprising:

a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed on the electronic control unit, the diodes being in operable communication with said electronic digital circuit;

means for actuating the light emitting diodes to a constant predetermined first color when the expiration date has passed, to a blinking predetermined second color when a user-specified period of time has elapsed, the user-specified period of time being the interval between prescribed dosage times of the pharmaceutical, and to a blinking predetermined first color when the ambient temperature is not within the pharmaceutical'"'"'s normal ambient temperature range.

17. The medical information band according to claim 16, further comprising means for attaching said electronic control unit to a pharmaceutical package.