Patent ID: 8536987
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A61J,G16H

Abstract:
1. A patient-portable medication event monitor comprising: a container capable of housing a plurality of doses of a certain medication, a detector capable of detecting dispensing of doses of said medication from the monitor, a clock for generating a dose-dispensed time signal each time a dose of said medication is dispensed from the monitor, a time signal memory for storing the dose-dispensed time signals generated by the clock, a dosing regimen memory for storing pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, a comparator for determining at least the time elapsed since the most recently-generated dose-dispensed time signal or the time elapsed between the most recently generated dose-dispensed time signal and at least one previous dose-dispensed time signal and comparing such determined elapsed times with the pharmacodynamic information concerning the dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication and generating a feedback output indicative of the degree of compliance between the determined times and the pharmacodynamic information concerning the desired dosing regimen, dosing effect information, and deviation effect information for the certain medication, and a display for displaying to the patient a graphic indication of the feedback output of the degree of compliance.