| 摘要 |
<p>A medication monitor (1) is provided that includes a body (2) that houses a removable medication container (3), a cellular telephone module (5) and a switch (7) that is activated when a lid (4) of the medication container is opened or the medication container is removed from the housing. The cellular telephone module is operable to transmit an SMS text message to a remotely accessible processor (10) when the medication container is accessed. The remotely accessible processor is associated with a store of information that includes the medication dosage schedule for the patient associated with the medication monitor. A sequence of alarms is generated if a confirmation signal is not received within a predetermined period after a scheduled dosage.</p> |
