Medication adherence and container system for under and overdose safeguard

摘要

A medication adherence and container system for informing a patient when it is time to and not to take medication; for storing medicine information sheets with the medicine containers; and holding the medicine containers in arranged clusters, having containers and caps which interact between each other as switches with the electrical circuits provided. The electrical circuits have a timing device which can be set for a predetermined elapsed time and provides a continuous signal, such as a colored light, during the running of said predetermined time to indicate “not to take medication” and then provides a different signal, such as a different colored light, when the predetermined time has lapsed to indicate “take medication” and continues that signal until being reset upon breaking the electrical circuit between cap and container and restarting the timing device on closing the circuit between cap and container for measuring another predetermined elapsed time.

主权项

1. A medicine container system for informing a patient when it is time to take and not to take medication and for storing information sheets about the medicine and holding said medicine container or containers in an arranged cluster comprising;
a. an electrical circuit means having a timing device which can be set for a predetermined elapsed time and provides a continuous signal during the running of said predetermined time until said predetermined time runs out and then provides a different signal when said predetermined time has lapsed until being reset to zero time upon breaking said electrical circuit and restarting said timing device again on closing said circuit for measuring another predetermined elapsed time, b. a battery for powering said electrical circuit, c. a container having at least two compartments one for medication and at least one for an electrical circuit means having a timing device which can be set for a predetermined elapsed time and provides a continuous signal during the running of said predetermined time until said predetermined time runs out and then provides a different signal when said predetermined time has lapsed until being reset to zero time upon breaking said electrical circuit and restarting said timing device again on closing said circuit for measuring another predetermined elapsed time, d. at least one cap which fits on said one of said container compartments for providing closure of said container compartments with medication, e. at least one cap which fits on said other of said at least two compartments for acting as a switch for activating said timing devise off and on when said at least one cap is untightened and retightened for providing closure of said at least other of said at least two compartments, f. at least one gripping means formed in a hub for removably attaching to said container or containers for being able to form an aggregation of said medicine containers into an arranged cluster of medicine containers when additional medicine containers are added to said gripping means formed in said hub, and g. fender pocket means with pockets for providing storage cavities for holding said medical information are provided between said gripping means and said hub for holding medicine information for each container.