Bag to gather, removably secure, and track pills and pill organizers in a compact way

Abstract

A bag that holds pill-organizers within, which together serve as a rolodex of pill organizers, accommodates several pill organizers that are commercially available in the market in an orderly and secure manner. Similar to a rolodex, the pill organizers in the bag can also be removed individually for refilling with pills and rearranged back into the bag easily. The bag is completely or partially lined on the insides or constructed with loop material such that found on one side of a Velcro®. The pill organizers are provided on their under-side with the hook part of the Velcro®. This makes it possible to temporarily fasten the pill organizers along the inside walls of both sides of the bag. The invention, which is the bag with the pill organizers within, can be completely closed to look like a compact carrying case. The invention has additional spaces to provide documentation and other aids for administration of pills. The bag of pill organizers can be easily carried in one's hand or on the shoulder with a shoulder-strap while on a visit to the doctor or medical professional for a visual examination of pills not yet consumed and any changes in medication. The present invention can also be carried as a travel accessory during a user's trip such as on a cruise. The invention can have various ornamental designs to serve as identifiers and to cater to the preferences of users. The invention fills the need for a simple tool to organize pills and remove the pain of taking pills even while traveling.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based on the Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 932,587, filed Jun. 1, 2007.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not Applicable.REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM, LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX[0003]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present invention is related to bags, the internal surfaces of which will have a collection of pill organizers that can be individually and removably attached to the inside surface of the bags using material sold in strips or pieces that can be glued or sewn to the interior surface of the bags, with the complemental part of such adhering strips or pieces glued or molded to the external surface of pill organizers; the bags internal surface and the pill organizers' external surface when thus equipped and pressed together will form a utility bag to secure the pill organizers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]Pill org...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]VELCRO® or the like, is applied by adhesive or sewn-in to both inside-surfaces of the bag and the outer surface of the pill organizers. This enables the pill organizers to be applied, removed and replaced at will. The VELCRO® or like material may be sewn in or applied by adhesive to the inside of the bag in the shape of parallel strips or other patterns, or completely covering or partially covering the inside surface of the bag. The complemental part of the VELCRO® or like material will be applied to the pill organizers by adhesive or may be molded to the surface of the pill box in strips, circles or other pattern to enable easy removal without compromising on the stability of the pill organizer when adhered to the bag after pressing the complemental VELCRO® surfaces against one another.

Problems solved by technology

It is a tedious process; however like any assembly line process once the filling of the pill organizers is started the repetitive action makes it easier to fill several weeks' supply of pills where practicable.

The pill consumers or care providers have to often face the inconvenience of having to open several bottles of pills multiple times a day based on the prescribed dosage, and retain the bottles as long as the prescription lasts.

This is inconvenient and prone to costly errors not only at the time of consuming the pills, but also when the medicine cabinet, rearranging closets, moving things around the house or when traveling.

Further, it has been observed that when physicians ask their patients to bring along with them information on the medications during their visit to the doctor, the patients take several bottles of medicines with them in a highly disorganized manner.

This makes it difficult or impossible to check at a glance if the patient has been taking medicines as prescribed or to assess at a glance if the pills are ready for reorder with another prescription.

For most users, pills and pillboxes are not a pleasant chore to deal with.

Adding mechanical devices or electronic devices make them further intimidating.

Other prior art in this field are not designed for convenience during long travel such as a senior citizen's cruise on a ship.

This is an emotional need of the pill takers that the prior art does not address well.

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