Patent ID: 6317390
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
A timed medication container for tracking dosages and times of medication use, said timed medication container comprising:a bottle for housing the medication;a cap for removably closing said bottle, said cap having a top wall, said top wall having a top surface, and said cap having a side wall, said side wall having an annular flange; andcontrol circuitry being fixedly mounted in said top wall of said cap, said control circuitry being adapted for tracking elapsing time, subtraction, and activation of an alarm, said control circuitry comprising a microprocessor;a display for displaying information from said control circuitry, said display being mounted on said control circuitry, said display being operationally coupled to said control circuitry;a plurality of bores, each of said bores being in said top wall of said cap;a plurality of buttons for programming said control circuitry, one of said buttons being in each of said bores in said cap, each of said buttons being fixedly coupled to said control circuitry;a pair of contacts, said contacts each being fixedly mounted on said annular flange, said contacts being generally diametrically opposed, each of said contacts having a wire connected thereto, each of said wires being operationally coupled to said control circuitry, each of said wires being mounted on said annular flange, said side wall and said top wall of said cap; anda conductive strip for completing an electrical connection between said pair of contacts, said conductive strip being generally annular and extending in a continuous manner about the open end of said bottle such that said diametrically opposed pair of contacts are abuttable against said strip at all rotational positions of said cap, said conductive strip being at a juncture of a lip of said bottle and said open end of said bottle, said conductive strip being made from a conductive material.