Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Combined with disparate device
Patent
1990-12-14
1992-12-08
Miska, Vit W.
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Combined with disparate device
221 2, 221 15, G04B 4700, A47B 6702
Patent
active
051703807
ABSTRACT:
A holding device for medication containers of essentially any size or shape provides the patient with the last time the medicine was taken and includes a housing with a cylindrical cup shape opening with a micro switch member extending through an access opening into the cavity form one side of the opening. Individual positioning devices in the form of vertical open cylindrical tubes are sized to fit particular containers with the cylinders positioned proximate the switch member with an opening to allow the switch member to extend into the cylindrical bore opening. A bushing and interlocking tab index the position of each cylindrical tube in the correct position each time the positioning device is inserted into the base section of holding device. The sensor signal that a container is placed in the base is used to provide through numerical display the time the last medication was taken, the elapsed time since that dose and the number of times the medication was accessed in one day. A settable alarm is provided to alert the patient as to the next time to take the medicine.
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DeVito Ralph
Howard James M.
Zoltan Bart J.
Lennox Thomas A.
Miska Vit W.
Wheaton Holding, Inc.
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