Patent ID: 7369463
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. An electronic alarm timer for use with a medical regimen in which at least a first act and a second act are to be performed at different times, the first act being different than the second act, said electronic alarm timer comprising a housing containing a control unit having a timer, indicating means on the housing, which are connected to the control unit in order to show information, and timed alarm means connected to the control unit, wherein said control unit and said indicating means include means to show information on the desired status of the medical regimen and about the different acts to be performed in graphical representation and wherein said control unit and said indicating means are adapted to show information in a graphical representation without written text alone, wherein said means to show information on the desired status of the medical regimen and about the different acts to be performed display a graphical representation of a first desired status of the medical regimen and a graphical representation of a second desired status of the medical regimen, the graphical representation of the first desired status of the medical regimen being different than the graphical representation of the second desired status of the medical regimen, and wherein said means to show information on the desired status of the medical regimen and about the different acts to be performed display a graphical representation of the first act and a graphical representation of the second act, the graphical representation of the first act being different than the graphical representation of the second act.