Communication unit for a person's skin
First Claim
1. A set comprising a medicine to be administered at predetermined points in time to a person and in combination therewith a reminding unit which is configured to be placed on said person'"'"'s skin to remind the person at said predetermined points in time that said medicine is to be administered, which reminding unit comprises:
- a support element (3), comprising;
a series of body contacts (7);
a pulse generator (6) connected to the series of body contacts (7), and provided for generating a series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) upon receipt of an activation signal (b) and for transmitting the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) to the series of body contacts (7), the series of body contacts (7) being configured to transmit the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) onto the skin of the person so that these electric pulses are felt by the person'"'"'s skin; and
a power supply (2) connected to the pulse generator (6),wherein said reminding unit is an adhesive patch comprising the support element (3) that has the series of body contacts (7), the pulse generator (6), and the power supply (2), wherein the adhesive patch comprises an adhesive layer (9) and a liner (8) stuck to said adhesive layer (9), wherein said adhesive patch is configured to be stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin, the adhesive patch being formed as a thin flexible element, and said pulse generator (6) further comprises a processing unit (10) having a memory (11) wherein a data signal (a) comprising data indicative of said predetermined points in time at which said medicine should be administered to said person and the activation signal (b) should be generated is stored before the pulse generator (6) is put into operation,said processing unit (10) always generates and transmits the activation signal (b) at said points in time to said pulse generator (6),there is no physical user interface on said reminding unit to modify said points in time, andsaid pulse generator (6) comprising a power control arranged to put the pulse generator in operation at the moment of first use of the reminding unit when, after removal of the liner (8) from the adhesive layer (9), the adhesive patch is stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin to generate, upon receipt of said activation signal, said series of non-therapeutic electric pulses.
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Abstract
An electric communication unit to be placed on a person'"'"'s skin. The electric communication unit includes a support element, a series of body contacts, and a pulse generator. The pulse generator generates a series of pulses and transmits the series of pulses to the series of body contacts, the series of body contacts being provided to transmit the series of pulses onto the skin of the person. The electric communication unit is in the form of a patch.
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27 Claims
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1. A set comprising a medicine to be administered at predetermined points in time to a person and in combination therewith a reminding unit which is configured to be placed on said person'"'"'s skin to remind the person at said predetermined points in time that said medicine is to be administered, which reminding unit comprises:
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a support element (3), comprising; a series of body contacts (7); a pulse generator (6) connected to the series of body contacts (7), and provided for generating a series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) upon receipt of an activation signal (b) and for transmitting the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) to the series of body contacts (7), the series of body contacts (7) being configured to transmit the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) onto the skin of the person so that these electric pulses are felt by the person'"'"'s skin; and a power supply (2) connected to the pulse generator (6), wherein said reminding unit is an adhesive patch comprising the support element (3) that has the series of body contacts (7), the pulse generator (6), and the power supply (2), wherein the adhesive patch comprises an adhesive layer (9) and a liner (8) stuck to said adhesive layer (9), wherein said adhesive patch is configured to be stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin, the adhesive patch being formed as a thin flexible element, and said pulse generator (6) further comprises a processing unit (10) having a memory (11) wherein a data signal (a) comprising data indicative of said predetermined points in time at which said medicine should be administered to said person and the activation signal (b) should be generated is stored before the pulse generator (6) is put into operation, said processing unit (10) always generates and transmits the activation signal (b) at said points in time to said pulse generator (6), there is no physical user interface on said reminding unit to modify said points in time, and said pulse generator (6) comprising a power control arranged to put the pulse generator in operation at the moment of first use of the reminding unit when, after removal of the liner (8) from the adhesive layer (9), the adhesive patch is stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin to generate, upon receipt of said activation signal, said series of non-therapeutic electric pulses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A set comprising a transdermal patch, and in combination therewith a separate reminding unit, for use in a medicine therapy wherein transdermal patches are used which are configured to be removed or replaced at predetermined points in time from a person'"'"'s skin, which transdermal patch is configured to be placed on the person'"'"'s skin to deliver a drug to that person and which is to be removed or replaced at one of said predetermined points in time from that person'"'"'s skin, and said separate reminding unit being configured to be placed on said person'"'"'s skin to remind the person at said predetermined point in time that the transdermal patch has to be removed or replaced, which reminding unit comprises:
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a support element (3), comprising; a series of body contacts (7); a pulse generator (6) connected to the series of body contacts (7), and provided for generating a series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) upon receipt of an activation signal (b) and for transmitting the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) to the series of body contacts (7), the series of body contacts (7) being configured to transmit the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) onto the skin of the person so that these electric pulses are felt by the person'"'"'s skin; and a power supply (2) connected to the pulse generator (6), wherein said reminding unit is an adhesive patch comprising the support element (3) that has the series of body contacts (7), the pulse generator (6), and the power supply (2), wherein the adhesive patch comprises an adhesive layer (9) and a liner (8) stuck to said adhesive layer (9), wherein said adhesive patch is configured to be stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin, the adhesive patch being formed as a thin flexible element, and said pulse generator (6) further comprises a processing unit (10) having a memory (11) wherein a data signal (a) comprising data indicative of said predetermined point in time at which said transdermal patch has to be removed or replaced and the activation signal (b) should be generated is stored before the pulse generator (6) is put in operation, said processing unit (10) being provided to generate and transmit the activation signal (b) at said point in time to said pulse generator (6), there is no physical user interface on said reminding unit to modify said point in time, and said pulse generator (6) comprising a power control arranged to put the pulse generator in operation at the moment of first use of the reminding unit when, after removal of the liner (8) from the adhesive layer (9), the adhesive patch is stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin to generate, upon receipt of said activation signal, said series of non-therapeutic electric pulses. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A medicine packaging containing a number of transdermal patches which are provided to be used in a medicine therapy wherein the transdermal patches are configured to be removed or replaced at predetermined points in time from a person'"'"'s skin, which transdermal patches are each configured to be stuck onto said person'"'"'s skin to deliver a drug to that person, and each transdermal patch comprises a reminding unit which is configured to remind the person at the predetermined point in time at which the transdermal patch has to be removed or replaced and further an adhesive layer (9), a liner (8) stuck to said adhesive layer (9), and said drug which is to be delivered transdermally, said reminding unit comprising:
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a support element (3), comprising; a series of body contacts (7); a pulse generator (6) connected to the series of body contacts (7), and provided for generating a series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) upon receipt of an activation signal (b) and for transmitting the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) to the series of body contacts (7), the series of body contacts (7) being configured to transmit the series of non-therapeutic electric pulses (c) onto the skin of the person so that these electric pulses are felt by the person'"'"'s skin; and a power supply (2) connected to the pulse generator (6), wherein said pulse generator (6) further comprises a processing unit (10) having a memory (11) wherein a data signal (a) comprising data indicative of said predetermined point in time at which the transdermal patch has to be removed or replaced and the activation signal (b) should be generated is stored before the pulse generator (6) is put in operation, said processing unit (10) being provided to generate and transmit the activation signal (b) at said point in time to said pulse generator (6), there is no physical user interface on said reminding unit to modify said point in time, and said pulse generator (6) comprising a power control arranged to put the pulse generator in operation at the moment of first use of the reminding unit when, after removal of the liner (8) from the adhesive layer (9), the transdermal patch is stuck onto the person'"'"'s skin to generate, upon receipt of said activation signal, said series of non-therapeutic electric pulses. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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