Patent ID: 7993055

Claim:
A flexible apparatus with no LCD or time of day display for alerting a person at medicine dosing times comprising: a) an electronic timing mechanism for executing a dosing schedule and producing one or more annunciator signals, i) said electronic timing mechanism comprising: a processor operatively coupled to a memory for executing a control program, said control program stored in computer-readable form in said memory, said control program executing said dosing schedule, a clock source for executing said control program in said processor at a uniform rate, said control program maintaining a first timing channel for measuring elapsed time between doses; ii) said dosing schedule being stored in computer-readable form in said memory, said dosing schedule comprising information representing times associated with at least one dosing interval, wherein the dosing interval is the time between doses, and wherein the dosing schedule pertains to one medicine; iii) said dosing interval comprising information corresponding to a finite time interval; iv) said first timing channel measuring elapsed time corresponding to said dosing interval; v) said electronic timing mechanism producing at least one said annunciator signal at the end of at least one said dosing interval; b) one or more annunciators operatively and flexibly coupled to said electronic timing mechanism such that said one or more announcer signals causes activation of said one or more annunciators for alerting a person; c) one or more switch means operatively and flexibly coupled to said electronic timing mechanism for interaction with said electronic timing mechanism; wherein one said switch means is responsive to user input and configured to deactivate a previously activated annunciator, and, d) a flexible substrate on which are directly attached and configured to operate while said flexible substrate is flexed, said electronic timing mechanism, said one or more annunciators, and said one or more switch means, wherein a portion of said flexible substrate is configured to provide a flexible operative coupling between at least one switch means and said electronic timing mechanism, and, wherein a portion of said flexible substrate is configured to provide a flexible operative coupling between at least one said electronic timing mechanism and at least one said annunciator.