Compliance pill tray system
First Claim
1. A prescription compliance system for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of prescribed medications, each of the plurality of prescribed medications to be housed in one of a plurality of prescription container systems and each having dosing instructions providing that the prescribed medication is to be taken according to a sequence schedule, the prescription compliance system comprising:
- a pill tray including at least one frequency section and a plurality of sequence compartments within each frequency 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 prescription container labeling system including a plurality of dosage tables each configured to be applied to one of the prescription container systems, each dosage table including a plurality of demarcated sequence sections sequentially aligned with the plurality of sequence compartments of the at least one frequency section of the pill tray and each of the demarcated sequence sections configured to receive a dosage number identifying how many pills of the prescribed medication in the container system to which the dosage table is applied should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartment of the at least one frequency section of the pill tray to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray with each of the plurality of prescribed medications.
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Abstract
A prescription compliance system including a pill tray having a plurality of sequence compartments within a frequency section and dosage tables on prescription container systems that provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray with a plurality of prescribed medications.
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21 Claims
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1. A prescription compliance system for improving patient compliance in taking a plurality of prescribed medications, each of the plurality of prescribed medications to be housed in one of a plurality of prescription container systems and each having dosing instructions providing that the prescribed medication is to be taken according to a sequence schedule, the prescription compliance system comprising:
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a pill tray including at least one frequency section and a plurality of sequence compartments within each frequency 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 prescription container labeling system including a plurality of dosage tables each configured to be applied to one of the prescription container systems, each dosage table including a plurality of demarcated sequence sections sequentially aligned with the plurality of sequence compartments of the at least one frequency section of the pill tray and each of the demarcated sequence sections configured to receive a dosage number identifying how many pills of the prescribed medication in the container system to which the dosage table is applied should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartment of the at least one frequency section of the pill tray to provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray with each of the plurality of prescribed medications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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 at least one frequency section and a plurality of sequence compartments within each frequency 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 dispensing each of the plurality of prescribed medications to the patient in a prescription container system, the dispensing step including, for each prescribed medication, applying a dosage table to the prescription container system in which the prescribed medication is dispensed, the dosage table including a plurality of demarcated sequence sections sequentially aligned with the plurality of sequence compartments of the at least one frequency section of the pill tray and each of the demarcated sequence sections including a dosage number identifying how many pills of the prescribed medication should be dosed to the corresponding sequence compartments of the pill tray, wherein the dosage tables for each prescribed medication provide graphical dosage instruction information for the patient in dosing each of the sequence compartments of the pill tray according to the sequence schedules of each of the plurality of prescribed medications. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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