Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Combined with disparate device
Patent
1996-08-12
1998-05-12
Miska, Vit W.
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Combined with disparate device
368204, 368278, 221 2, G04B 4700, G04C 5700, G07F 1100
Patent
active
057516618
ABSTRACT:
A medication dosage timing apparatus which measures and displays time in response to the opening and closing of a medication bottle or container. A timing circuit and display are mounted on a circuit board and attached to a container cap. A battery is mounted on a disk which slidably moves within the container cap between a first position wherein electrical contacts on the circuit board engage the battery and activate or power the timing circuit and display, and a second position wherein the electrical contacts are disengaged from the battery and the timing circuit and display are deactivated. When the container cap is attached to the container, the battery and disk are held in the first activating position, and when the container cap is removed from the container, the battery and disk slide down into second, deactivating position. Each time a user opens and closes the medication container, the timing circuit and display are reset and re-started. By observing the display on the cap of the closed container, the user can ascertain the time elapsed since the container was last opened to remove medication.
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Miska Vit W.
O'Banion John P.
Tri-Continent Scientific, Inc.
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