| 摘要 |
A prescription compliance device 1 which aids patients in complying with instructions given by a physician for taking prescription medication. The device 1 reminds a patient when the next dose of medication is to be taken and indicates whether a specified dose has been taken. The device 1 includes a microcontroller 9, a display 3, a program memory 20 for storing pre-programmed medication-taking regimens for single and multiple medications, a real time clock, a selector for selecting one of the regimens and for programming the device as to the time and day on which a first dose of medication is to be taken, a display 3 which alternately displays the current time and a time at which a next dose of medication is to be taken and an alarm 8 which alerts the patient at times when a dose of medication is to de taken. The selector includes an event switch 4 which is activated by the patient after taking a dose of medication so as to record the taking of medication and to cause the microcontroller 9 to effect the display 3 of the next time at which a dose of medication is to be taken. A memory 10 may also be included to record the times at which a patient takes doses of medication. The device 1 also includes a remote programming feature 40 via a wireless link. |
