Medical device having a reminder function
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1. A medical device having a reminder function, the medical device comprising:
- a reminder generator for issuing a reminder to a user to perform a predetermined action with the medical device; and
a controller for selecting the reminder from a plurality of available reminders and for controlling the reminder generator to issue the selected reminder in accordance with a reminding schedule;
wherein the controller is configured to maintain a measure of the effectiveness of each of said available reminders and to select the reminder from the plurality of available reminders based on said measures;
wherein the effectiveness of an available reminder is an extent to which the available reminder is successful in achieving user compliance in performing the predetermined action.
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Abstract
There is provided a medical device having a reminder function, the medical device comprising a reminder generator for issuing a reminder to a user to perform a predetermined action with the medical device; and a controller for selecting the reminder from a plurality of available reminders and for controlling the reminder generator to issue the selected reminder in accordance with a reminding schedule; wherein the controller is configured to maintain a measure of the effectiveness of each of said available reminders and to select the reminder from the plurality of available reminders based on said measures.
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1. A medical device having a reminder function, the medical device comprising:
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a reminder generator for issuing a reminder to a user to perform a predetermined action with the medical device; and a controller for selecting the reminder from a plurality of available reminders and for controlling the reminder generator to issue the selected reminder in accordance with a reminding schedule; wherein the controller is configured to maintain a measure of the effectiveness of each of said available reminders and to select the reminder from the plurality of available reminders based on said measures; wherein the effectiveness of an available reminder is an extent to which the available reminder is successful in achieving user compliance in performing the predetermined action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a medical device, the method comprising:
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determining that a reminder should be issued to a user of the medical device to remind the user to perform a predetermined action with the medical device; selecting a reminder from a plurality of available reminders, the selection of the reminder being based on measures of the effectiveness of each of said reminders in the plurality, wherein the effectiveness of an available reminder is an extent to which the available reminder is successful in achieving user compliance in performing the predetermined action; and issuing the selected reminder to the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A medical reminder device comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of reminders to perform a predetermined action and, for each of the reminders, an average time difference between issuing the reminder and a user performing the predetermined action; and a controller configured to; select one of the reminders stored in the memory based on the stored average time differences; control a reminder generator to issue the selected reminder; determine a time difference between issuing the selected reminder and the user performing the predetermined action; and updating the average time difference for the selected reminder based on the determined time difference.
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