Patent ID: 6294999
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: A61J,A61M,G07F,G07G,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of monitoring patient compliance with medication treatment, the method comprising the steps of:removably receiving a container within a receptacle in an apparatus, wherein the container contains a medicament, wherein the container has an electromagnetic tag attached thereto, wherein the electromagnetic tag contains information about the medicament, and wherein the apparatus includes a reader that is configured to interrogate the electromagnetic tag and retrieve information therefrom;interrogating the electromagnetic tag via the reader to retrieve information therefrom, wherein the retrieved information comprises an identification of the medicament;alerting a patient to take a dose of the medicament in accordance with a dosage regimen associated with the identified medicament; andstoring in the apparatus a time when removal of the container from the receptacle is detected by the reader.