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Methods and apparatus for dispensing medicines

A small medicine bottle, message technology, applied in applications, household components, household appliances, etc., can solve problems such as difficult to understand warning labels, insufficient treatment, acute toxicity conditions, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-08
许宁
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Some patients fail to understand proper medication administration
Errors of this nature can lead to acute toxicity or undertreatment of the condition
Other patients may have difficulty understanding warning labels such as "Avoid alcohol" or "Take with food" used to choose a drug

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[0084] An example algorithm for a typical patient is described as follows: Patient has recently had a heart attack. Promptly initiate new drug therapy in this patient. The device is configured to help patients comply with their medication. The first event of opening the lid and activating the device will initiate time tracking of the device. For the early part of the patient's dosing, the device's algorithm will guide it to emphasize the dosing instructions. The message content of the device may change over time. If the patient demonstrates good compliance and a predetermined number of days have elapsed since the initial initiation event, the device will de-emphasize the medication instruction. Instead, the device will provide more rewards (eg: Well done! Keep up the good work!) or general educational messages. However, if the patient shows poor compliance, the device's message will focus on more encouragement (eg: it is very important to take this medication every day) an...

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[0086] Examples 2-4 describe various stages that may be used in an algorithm to determine the appropriate message to be delivered by the apparatus of the present invention.

example 2

[0088] Patient 1: Very Good Adherent - A very good adherent is the ideal patient who never misses a dose. In this example, the patient begins with a priming phase and continues for a predetermined number of days. After the priming phase, patients will sequentially pass through the boost phase, the transition phase, and the maintenance phase due to their cumulative continuous dosing events exceeding the threshold. Then, since the patient did not miss any doses, the patient would remain in the maintenance phase. Finally, a predetermined number of days before the end of the prescription, the patient will enter the refill phase until the end of the prescription and the next cycle will begin with the next vial.

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Abstract

The present is directed to an integrated system and method for improving patient medication adherence. The device of the present invention provides reminders, instructions and tracking of medication ingestion, and is easily adaptable to fit on any medication vial cap.

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[0001] Related applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Serial No. 61 / 471560, filed April 4, 2011, and U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Serial No. 61 / 533,463, filed September 11, 2011, the contents of which are It is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] In general, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dispensing medicines. Background technique [0004] Lack of patient adherence costs the U.S. healthcare system $300 billion. The causes of lack of medication adherence are complex. Medications are not taken correctly or appropriately for a number of factors. In addition to rising drug prices, patients often skip their medication simply because they are forgetful. With averaging of Medicare patients on 10 or more prescriptions, it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure correct medication adherence. Some patients fail to understand proper medication adm...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61J7/04
CPCA61J2007/049A61J2007/0436A61J2200/30A61J7/0481A61J7/0418A61J7/0436A61J2205/70
Inventor 许帅迈克尔·K·西蒙基懦·印万索奈深·李·斯考特安卓·毕沙拉奈深·Z·夏普由金·Y·陈凯立·道格拉斯·奇奇
Owner 许宁
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