Compliance pill tray system
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1. A prescription compliance system for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of prescribed medications each having prescription instructions instructing a user to take the prescribed medication at prescribed times, the prescription compliance system comprising:
- a pill tray including a base portion having a pill tray layout including a plurality of frequency sections and a plurality of sequence compartments within each frequency section; and
a compliance calendar physically separable from the pill tray having a calendar layout including a plurality of frequency reminders and a plurality of sequence reminders within each frequency reminder to provide a plurality of demarcated sequence sections, each of the plurality of demarcated sequence sections corresponding to one of the plurality of sequence compartments of the pill tray and having dosing instructions specific to the user including identification of the plurality of prescribed medications that should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartment of the pill tray according to the prescription instructions of the plurality of prescribed medications to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the user in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray.
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Abstract
Compliance calendars distributed in connection with prescription containers configured to improve compliance by a patient in taking a prescription medication, the compliance calendars configured to include a frequency reminder and one or more sequence reminders of the times to take the medicine during each frequency.
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1. A prescription compliance system for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of prescribed medications each having prescription instructions instructing a user to take the prescribed medication at prescribed times, the prescription compliance system comprising:
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a pill tray including a base portion having a pill tray layout including a plurality of frequency sections and a plurality of sequence compartments within each frequency section; and a compliance calendar physically separable from the pill tray having a calendar layout including a plurality of frequency reminders and a plurality of sequence reminders within each frequency reminder to provide a plurality of demarcated sequence sections, each of the plurality of demarcated sequence sections corresponding to one of the plurality of sequence compartments of the pill tray and having dosing instructions specific to the user including identification of the plurality of prescribed medications that should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartment of the pill tray according to the prescription instructions of the plurality of prescribed medications to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the user in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A prescription compliance system for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of prescribed medications each having prescription instructions providing that the prescribed medication is to be taken according to a particular sequence schedule each day, the prescription compliance system comprising:
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a pill tray including a base portion having a plurality of daily sections and a plurality of sequence compartments within each daily section, the plurality of sequence compartments configured for receiving the plurality of prescribed medications according to the sequence schedule of each of the plurality of prescribed medications, and a compliance calendar physically separable from the pill tray including only one daily reminder having a plurality of sequence reminders to provide a plurality of demarcated sequence sections each corresponding to one of the plurality of sequence compartments within each daily section of the pill tray, each of the plurality of demarcated sequence sections having dosing instructions specific to a patient including identification of the plurality of prescribed medications that should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartments of the pill tray according to the prescription instructions of the plurality of prescribed medications to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of prescribed medications each having prescription instructions providing that the prescribed medication is to be taken each day according to a sequence schedule, the method comprising:
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providing a pill tray to a patient including a base portion having a plurality of daily sections and a plurality of sequence compartments within each daily section, the plurality of sequence compartments configured for receiving the plurality of prescribed medications according to the sequence schedule of each of the plurality of prescribed medications; dispensing each of the plurality of prescribed medications to the patient; providing a compliance calendar to the patient, the compliance calendar physically separable from the pill tray and including at least one frequency reminder having a plurality of demarcated sequence sections corresponding to the plurality of sequence compartments within each daily section, each of the plurality of demarcated sequence sections including dosing instructions specific to the patient including identification of the plurality of prescribed medications that should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartments of the pill tray according to the prescription instructions of the plurality of prescribed medications to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray; and upon changes to the prescription instructions of the plurality of prescribed medications, providing a replacement compliance calendar to the patient to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray according to the changed prescription instructions. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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