Patent ID: 7719927
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
1. A medicine bottle for reminding a patient to take a dosage of medicine at a prescribed time, said medicine bottle comprising: a bottle; a corresponding cap permanently conjoined to said bottle in such a manner that said cap is selectively adaptable between open and closed positions with respect to said bottle while being prohibited from being displaced more than a maximum distance from said bottle so that said cap is not lost during open positions, said cap having a lock actuator attached thereto and said bottle respectively; means for recording and playing back instructions to take the medicine dosage at the prescribed time; means for selectively unlocking said lock actuator from a locked position when a present time is within a predetermined number of hours of the prescribed time; means for notifying the patient when a remaining quantity of the medicine has fallen below a minimum threshold quantity and a final one of the prescribed time has not occurred; and a user interface electrically mated to said recording and playback means, said selectively unlocking means, and said patient notifying means respectively.