US4553670A
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Medical reminder device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1983-12-07
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Granted: 1985-11-19
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Expires: 2003-12-07
Abstract
Abstract A reminder device comprising a support on which are located at least two different medicinal substances each of said drugs being in single dose form and an instruction bearing portion on said support adjacent each dose to receive instructions for the use thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Collens
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 22:10
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61J; A61J1/00; A61J1/03; A61J1/035; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
292 words
A method of dosing dispensible ingestible medicinal substances from dispensing containers by correlating the same with respect to identical ingestible though nondispensible medicinal substances comprising the steps of providing a generally planar sheet having opposite surfaces and at least first and second normally open chambers each generally immediately adjacent respective first and second surface portions of the sheet upon which instructions may be written; selecting from first and second sources respective first and second dispensible ingestible medicinal substances and placing a plurality of the first dispensible ingestible medicinal substances in a first dispensing container and a second plurality of the second dispensible ingestible medicinal substances in a second dispensing container with the first and second sources and dispensing containers being separate and isolated from each other and from the first and second open chambers; placing at least one of the first and second dispensible ingestible medicinal substances into the respective first and second normally open chambers; closing the chambers to thereby render the latter ingestible medicinal substances nondispensible while permitting the same to be viewed therein; placing dosing instructions on said first and second surface portions to specifically define the manner, number and/or time at which the first and second nondispensible ingestible medicinal substances in the respective first and second chambers are to be ingested; and following said dosing instructions withdrawing said first and second ingestible medicinal substances from the respective first and second dispensing containers and dosing a patient therewith in the absence of dosing from the first and second chambers whereby, though ingestible, the ingestible medicinal substances of the first and second chambers are neither dispensed nor ingested and function solely as a reminder to select the same dispensible and ingestible medicinal substances from the first and second dispensing containers.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
292 words
A method of dosing dispensible ingestible medicinal substances from dispensing containers by correlating the same with respect to identical ingestible though nondispensible medicinal substances comprising the steps of providing a generally planar sheet having opposite surfaces and at least first and second normally open chambers each generally immediately adjacent respective first and second surface portions of the sheet upon which instructions may be written; selecting from first and second sources respective first and second dispensible ingestible medicinal substances and placing a plurality of the first dispensible ingestible medicinal substances in a first dispensing container and a second plurality of the second dispensible ingestible medicinal substances in a second dispensing container with the first and second sources and dispensing containers being separate and isolated from each other and from the first and second open chambers; placing at least one of the first and second dispensible ingestible medicinal substances into the respective first and second normally open chambers; closing the chambers to thereby render the latter ingestible medicinal substances nondispensible while permitting the same to be viewed therein; placing dosing instructions on said first and second surface portions to specifically define the manner, number and/or time at which the first and second nondispensible ingestible medicinal substances in the respective first and second chambers are to be ingested; and following said dosing instructions withdrawing said first and second ingestible medicinal substances from the respective first and second dispensing containers and dosing a patient therewith in the absence of dosing from the first and second chambers whereby, though ingestible, the ingestible medicinal substances of the first and second chambers are neither dispensed nor ingested and function solely as a reminder to select the same dispensible and ingestible medicinal substances from the first and second dispensing containers.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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