Patent ID: 6464506
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A61G,A61J,G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
A method for organizing compliance with a medication regimen for an individual taking medications in varying formats for each weekday and at a plurality of medication times wherein the formats comprise tablets, capsules, and elixirs, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of containers for each weekday and medication times, said containers being characterized by a cylindrical body having an internal space for receiving said formats and having an enlarged removable cylindrical cap having a lower annular surface adjacent said body; providing a generally rectangular support assembly; mounting said support assembly on a vertical surface; providing in side-by-side relationship on a front surface of said support assembly a container area and a reminder area; providing a plurality of vertically spaced rack members on said front surface in said container area corresponding to said discrete medication times, said rack members having frontally opening U-shaped slots therein corresponding to said discrete weekdays wherein said slots in each rack member are vertically aligned for each discrete weekday, each slot being defined by laterally spaced arms for slidably receiving said body of said container and supporting said lower annual surface of said cap on top surfaces thereof; labeling each of said container with indicia of a discrete weekday and discrete medication time; filling each of said containers with a format corresponding to said discrete weekday and said discrete medication time; filling each container with a format corresponding to a medication regimen for said indicia on said container; sliding said containers into said slots in accordance with said indicia; providing a writing surface in said reminder area for the erasable inscription of messages related to the medications of the user; providing first and second upwardly opening pockets at the rear surface of said support assembly; providing in said first pocket a medication form designating the individual, medication regimen and the contents to be carried by each individual container; and providing in said second pocket an emergency/medical form identifying the user and information associated therewith for use during routine and emergency situations; and providing a forwardly projecting shelf at the lower end of said support assembly below said reminder area non-refrigerated medications and supplies for said user.