Patent ID: 7957984
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A device for facilitating compliance with a medication regimen formulated by a caregiver for an individual, comprising: an input component configured to receive input representing a medication instruction for the medication regimen; a medication memory configured to store the medication instruction; an icon memory containing a medication regimen icon set comprising icons of predominantly pictorial form that are recognizable representations of medication instructions; a display; a processor configured to: a communications component for exchanging with the caregiver a medication data set that pertains to the medication regimen; a medication chamber that contains a medication dose corresponding to the medication instruction, and where the medication reminder message references the medication chamber; and a detection component that is operably coupled to the medication chamber for detecting compliance of the individual with the medication instruction, and also operably coupled to the communications component for transmitting to the caregiver a medication instruction compliance message that corresponds to the medication instruction.