A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
354/22
A61B 5/00 (2006.01) A61J 7/04 (2006.01) A61J 1/03 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1187986
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A medication compliance monitoring system consisting of a blister pack having an array of plastic blisters defining compart- ments for mediation, with a frangible non-conductive backing sheet having conductive traces behind the compartments which are respectively ruptured when the medication doses are removed. The blister pack is detachably connected to an electronic memory cir- cuit via a multi-terminal male connector tab on the backing sheet, wired to the conductive traces, and a corresponding female con- nector with terminals wired to the electronic memory circuit. The electronic memory circuit addresses each individual trace per- iodically at a constant time interval over a predetermined extended period of time to determine if it is intact. The electronic mem- ory circuit detects the ruptures and stores the time data thereof over said extended period of time. During the patient's follow-up visit a microcomputer is employed to retrieve the dose-removal- time data from the memory circuit ; it processes the data and pro- vides a display of the compliance information.A socket adapter is used to alternately configure the electronic memory circuit for data acquisition and extraction. The socket adapter is in the form of a multiple-pin jumper plug engageable in a multi-contact socket connected to the memory circuit. Insertion of the plug configures the memory circuit for data acquisition. Removal of the plug con- figures the memory circuit for data retrieval and processing by the microcomputer. In a typical embodiment there are 42 blisters whose associated conductive traces are addresses every 15 minutes over an extended time period which may be as much as 85 days.
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Eisen Seth A.
Gard Michael F.
Hanpeter John A. Jr.
Eisen Seth A.
Gard Michael F.
Hanpeter John A. Jr.
Macrae & Co.
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