Patent ID: 7957984

Claim:
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: receive at least one medication instruction by: presenting on the display at least one palette comprising a radially arranged set of icons selected from the icon memory that represent options for an aspect of the medication instruction and a label indicating the aspect of the medication instruction, and upon receiving input from the input component representing a selection in the palette of an icon representing an aspect of a medication instruction, store the medication instruction in the medication memory; generate a medication reminder message by displaying on the display icons that together depict the medication instruction, where the icons are selected from the medication regimen icon set in the icon memory; and upon receiving input from the input component representing a medication event annotation that pertains to a medication event associated with the medication instruction, store the medication event annotation in the medication memory; 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.