Integrated, non-sequential, remote medication management and compliance system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for storing and delivering individual doses of therapeutic products, comprising:
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a housing for storing at least one medication carrier, each of the at least one medication carrier comprising a plurality of sealed unit dose packages that each comprise an individual dose of a therapeutic product, each of the at least one medication carrier also comprising an identifier on a surface thereof enabling ones of the plurality of sealed unit dose packages to be remotely and non-consecutively accessed within each of the at least one medication carrier prior to removal from the housing;
a detectable signal generator, in communication with the controller, operative to provide a detectable signal to prompt a user to request a therapeutic dose; and
a delivery assembly, in communication with the controller, for removing a sealed unit dose package from a known location in the housing out of the housing for retrieval by the user,wherein the controller instructs the detectable signal generator to provide the detectable signal and wherein the controller, in response to input from the user responding to the detectable signal, provides a delivery signal causing the delivery assembly to remove the sealed unit dose package.
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Abstract
An integrated medication management and compliance system for enabling a care provider to remotely manage and deliver individual doses of therapeutic products to a patient, in a non-sequential fashion. The system includes delivery apparatus remotely located from the care provider, wherein the apparatus stores a plurality of sealed unit dose packages that are delivered to a patient at a scheduled dosing time. The delivery apparatus is coupled to a control facility and to a computer terminal of the care provider by way of a secure communications network. The system enables the patient'"'"'s medication regimen to be remotely tailored in real-time to accommodate fluid medical conditions.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for storing and delivering individual doses of therapeutic products, comprising:
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a controller; a housing for storing at least one medication carrier, each of the at least one medication carrier comprising a plurality of sealed unit dose packages that each comprise an individual dose of a therapeutic product, each of the at least one medication carrier also comprising an identifier on a surface thereof enabling ones of the plurality of sealed unit dose packages to be remotely and non-consecutively accessed within each of the at least one medication carrier prior to removal from the housing; a detectable signal generator, in communication with the controller, operative to provide a detectable signal to prompt a user to request a therapeutic dose; and a delivery assembly, in communication with the controller, for removing a sealed unit dose package from a known location in the housing out of the housing for retrieval by the user, wherein the controller instructs the detectable signal generator to provide the detectable signal and wherein the controller, in response to input from the user responding to the detectable signal, provides a delivery signal causing the delivery assembly to remove the sealed unit dose package. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for storing and delivering individual doses of therapeutic products in an apparatus comprising a controller and a housing for storing at least one medication carrier, each of the at least one medication carrier comprising a plurality of sealed unit dose packages that each comprise an individual dose of a therapeutic product, the method comprising:
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providing, by a detectable signal generator in communication with the controller and in response to an instruction received from the controller, a detectable signal to prompt a user to request a therapeutic dose; receiving, by the controller, an input from a user in response to the detectable signal; providing, by the controller to a delivery assembly in response to the input, a delivery signal; and removing, by the delivery assembly in response to the delivery signal, a sealed unit dose package from a known location in the housing out of the housing for retrieval by the user, wherein each of the at least one medication carrier comprises an identifier on a surface thereof enabling ones of the plurality of sealed unit dose packages to be remotely and non-consecutively accessed within each of the at least one medication carrier prior to removal from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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15. The method of clam 11, wherein said therapeutic product comprises a medication, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, diagnostic material, solid dose, liquid dose or injection device comprising doses.
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