PILL USAGE CHRONOLOG AND REMINDER

病人的依从性和治疗的有效性是主要的 关注新药研究、临床试验和问题患者。 第一阶段证明了在第二阶段开发一种廉价的 药丸发放、记录、提醒和使用分析系统。 的 系统将包含一个带显示器的微型录音提醒模块 和报警器，具有感测电路的一次性药盒， 解释器，用于分析结果。 电子记录设备将记录每个日期和时间 分配的药丸，稍后通过耦合到微计算机来调用。 一 处方方案可以被加载到设备中，用于提醒患者的 能够回忆起上次使用时间、下次使用时间和 该吃什么药 记录装置可从分配器拆卸 笔芯。 整个装置将是信用卡大小 卡片计算器和处理任何大小的药丸。 药筒将像商业包装药物一样生产 用箔背衬塑料封装。 电路内部的感觉， 当药丸被推过时，背衬的破坏。 该设备的市场包括制药公司，研究机构， 诊所、医院、医生和患者。

Patient compliance and the resulting effectiveness of treatment are major concerns in new drug studies, clinical trials and with problem patients. Phase I proved the technology needed to develop in Phase II an inexpensive pill dispensing, recording, reminding and usage analysis system. The system will contain a miniature recording reminding module with a display and alarm, a disposable pill cartridge with sensing circuitry and an interpreter for analyzing results. The electronic recording device will record date and time for each dispensed pill to be later recalled by coupling to a microcomputer. 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 will be the size of a credit card calculator and handle pills of any size. The cartridges will be manufactured like commercially packaged medications plastically encapsulated with foil backing. Circuitry within senses the destruction of the backing when the pills are pushed through. The market for this device incudes drug companies, research institutions, clinics, hospitals, physicians and patients.