Customized medication organizer

a medication organizer and custom technology, applied in the field of medication organizer systems, can solve the problems of not being able to prevent unwanted removal of the compartment, prior art organizers were not generally suitable for use by persons with limited language skills and/or limited pharmacology acumen, and the elderly, etc., to achieve the effect of reducing, if not eliminating, pill organization errors

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-10
PFIZER INC +1
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[0014] In the aforesaid manner of construction, the user is pictorially and numerically instructed as to the correct dosage for each medication at the correct day and time of the day. A professional healthcare provider or user may fill in the medication dosage information sheet and grid, and apply the numerals. The patient, even including one of limited language skills, limited pharmacology acumen and/or advanced age, may then readily follow the pictorial indicia, the numeral(s), and the marked-in grid to place the correct pills in the correct number in the correct day(s) of the week and time(s) of the day compartments. Th

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[0022] Referring to the Figures, there is shown the medication organizer system 10 of the present invention. System 10 includes pillbox 100 having an array of separate day of the week or daily medication containers 11. Each medication container 11 has a different day of the week designation viz. “SUN” through “SAT” inscribed at top or front portion 12. Each medication container 11 is composed of four separate medication compartments 13, 14, 15 and 24. A different pictorial 20, 21, 22 and 23 is imprinted on each respective compartment cover 48, 49, 50 and 51. Each pictorial is a respective specific combination of the following images: a house, the horizon, the sun and / or the moon / stars, as best shown in FIG. 2. Pictorial 20 is imprinted on compartment cover 48 and includes house 16, horizon 17 and sun 18 disposed just above horizon 17. Pictorial 20 signifies dawn, early morning or breakfast time. Pictorial 21 is imprinted on compartment cover 49 and includes house 16, horizon 17 and ...

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A medication organizer system includes an arrangement of day of the week containers with each container divided into separate time of the day compartments. Each time of the day compartment has pictorial indicia which readily signifies a specific respective time of the day. A medication organized worksheet is provided with medication/pill identifying pictorial indicia and an imprinted grid which tracts the container and compartment arrangement; the grid having juxtaposed imprinted pictorial indicia corresponding to the compartment pictorial indicia. A sheet of adhesive backed peel-off numerals is provided, whereby a peeled-off numeral is adhered to the medication organizer worksheet juxtaposed to the grid and another peeled-off same numeral is adhered to the container for the specific medication. A medication organizer instruction sheet containing pictorials is provided to permit a layperson to readily use the medication organizer system.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to a medication organizer system. Specifically, this invention relates to a medication organizer system particularly suitable for use by persons with limited language skills, limited pharmacology acumen and / or advanced age. [0003] 2. Discussion of the Prior Art [0004] It is known in the pillbox art to provide time and day of the week compartments for separately holding pills. The patient or user however requires a certain level of language facility and pharmacology acumen to correctly organize the pills in the appropriate pill box compartments. Such prior art pill box constructions are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,749,085 to Denney, U.S. Pat. No. Des. 393,203 to Saltzman and U.S. Pat. No. 5,558,229 to Halbich. [0005] It is also known in the prior art to provide a pill box holder with separately removable day of the week compartments with each day of the week compartment divided into four separ...

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IPC IPC(8): A61J7/04
CPCA61J7/04A45C2011/007
Inventor GIRZAITIS, NANCY M.
Owner PFIZER INC
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