PILL USAGE CHRONOLOG AND REMINDER

患者的依从性和由此产生的治疗效果是主要的 对新药研究、临床试验和问题患者的关注 药物治疗。 我们将确定一种廉价药丸配发的可行性， 录音提醒装置。这个设备最终将是一个微缩的 一种带显示器、报警器和一次性用品的录音提醒模块 带有感应电路的药丸分发机墨盒。 电子记录装置将记录每个日期和时间 稍后通过连接到微型计算机来调用所分配的药丸 口译员。处方方案可以加载到设备中以用于 提醒能回忆起上一次使用的病人，下一次 使用和服用哪种药片。该记录装置可从 自动售货机装上墨盒，以便重新装满。整个装置都有小药丸 将是一个信用卡计算器的大小。 墨盒的制造将类似于商业包装 用铝箔衬垫塑料封装的药物。内部电路 当药丸被推进时，会感觉到背衬的破坏。 这种设备的市场包括制药公司、研究机构、 诊所、医院，最终是医生和病人。

Patient compliance and the resulting effectiveness of treatment are major concerns in new drug studies, clinical trials and with problem patients on medication. We will establish the feasibility of an inexpensive pill dispensing, recording and reminding device. This device ultimately will be a miniature recording, reminding module with a display and an alarm and a disposable pill dispenser cartridge with sensing circuitry. The electronic recording device will record the date and time for each dispensed pill to be later recalled by coupling to a microcomputer interpreter. A prescription regimen may be loaded into the device for the reminding of the patient who can recall the last time of use, the next time to be used and which pill to take. The recording device is detachable from the dispenser cartridges for refills. The entire device with small pills will be the size of a credit card calculator. The cartridges will be manufactured similarly to commercially packaged medications plastically encapsulated with foil backing. Circuitry within will sense the destruction of the backing as the pill is pushed through. The market for this device includes drug companies, research institutions, clinics, hospitals and eventually physicians and patients.