WO1999066373A1 - Dispositif et procede aide-memoire se presentant sous la forme d'un bouchon de flacon a medicament delivre sur ordonnance - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede aide-memoire se presentant sous la forme d'un bouchon de flacon a medicament delivre sur ordonnance Download PDF

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WO1999066373A1
WO1999066373A1 PCT/US1999/013356 US9913356W WO9966373A1 WO 1999066373 A1 WO1999066373 A1 WO 1999066373A1 US 9913356 W US9913356 W US 9913356W WO 9966373 A1 WO9966373 A1 WO 9966373A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
    • A61J7/0409—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
    • A61J7/0409—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers
    • A61J7/0427—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system
    • A61J7/0436—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system resulting from removing a drug from, or opening, a container

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  • the present invention relates to prescription reminder devices. More specifically, the invention is primarily intended for use as a bottle or container cap reminder device that is attachable to a standard prescription bottle.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,528,933 shows a Container With Indicating Closure that uses a manually operable rotary reminder wheel to indicate days and hours so as to show when the next dosage is to be taken.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,622,224 shows a Container With Time Indicator that is manually set by the user.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,768, 176 shows an Apparatus For Alerting A
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,939,705 discloses a Drug Dispensing Event Detector designed to show the time elapsed between opening and closing the cap so as to compare and show whether the cap was mishandled.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,367,955 shows a Medicament Container
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,419,016 shows a Device For Indicating Last Medication Usage wherein the device shows the user the time at which he or she last took a previous dose of medication by showing the time and day ofweek when the cap was last opened. This device continues to display this information, even after reclosing the device.
  • a medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device for use with a prescription bottle having cap engagement lip structures
  • the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device comprising: a lens; a cap having a lens opening for receiving and housing the lens; a time piece stop watch comprising a print circuit board and a time-counter display, the time piece stop watch being housed within and protected by the cap and the lens; a contact member attached to the time piece stop watch and being capable of removably contacting the print circuit board to thereby alter the time-counter display when the contact member is briefly transversely flexed into removable contact with the print circuit board; a reset ring having a reset ring periphery, the reset ring comprising a plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers and a plurahty of staggered contact bumps, the plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers being concentrically and equally spaced about the reset ring periphery and the plurahty of staggered contact bumps being located in staggered side-by-
  • a medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device for use with a prescription bottle, the prescription bottle having cap engagement lip structures, the combination comprising: a cap housing a lens; a time piece stop watch housed within the cap, the time piece stop watch displaying a time-counter and comprising a print circuit board, the lens protecting and displaying the time-counter; a contact member attached to the time piece stop watch and being capable of transversely flexing to removably contact the print circuit board to thereby alter the time-counter; a cap base having a plurality of base notches and housing a seal for removable placement on the prescription bottle as the cap base is removably connected to the prescription bottle, the cap base being aligned and connected to the cap; a return spring removably contacting the cap; and a reset ring being longitudinally contacted by the return spring along a longitudinal axis and being housed within the cap base, the reset ring comprising a plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers, a first actuator button,
  • a prescription container cap reminder device for use with a prescription container having latching lugs
  • the prescription container cap reminder device comprising: a housing having an opening and being removably and sealingly attachable to the prescription container; counter means housed in the housing and viewable through the opening, the counter means comprising a first contact and a second contact positioned proximate the first contact; a contact member attached to the counter means and positioned in removable engagement to the first contact and the second contact, the contact member being capable of transverse flexion to thereby removably contact the first contact and the second contact in reversible succession; a reset structure housed in the housing along a longitudinal axis, the reset structure comprising a plurality of longitudinally actuating members and at least one contact body, the plurahty of longitudinally actuating members being positioned and configured in equal concentric spacing to thereby removably engage the latching lugs as the housing is brought into removable engagement with the prescription container, the at least one contact body being
  • a medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device with a prescription bottle having a time-counter display
  • the method comprising the steps of: displaying elapsed time on the time-counter display while a cap is attached to the prescription bottle; twisting the cap in preparation for cap removal; longitudinally separating the twisted cap from the prescription bottle; longitudinally decompressing a return spring within the twisted cap; longitudinally moving a first actuator button and a second actuator button operatively attached to the longitudinally moved return spring; contacting a second switch with the longitudinally moved second actuator button thereby stopping the time-counter display; longitudinally moving the longitudinally moved second actuator button off of the second switch; contacting a first switch with the longitudinally moved first actuator button thereby reseting the time-counter display; longitudinally moving the longitudinally moved first actuator button off of the first switch; removing the longitudinally separated cap from the prescription bottle for content removal; replacing the removed cap on the prescription bottle; longitudinally compressing the return spring; longitudinally moving the first actuator button and the
  • Figure 1 is an exploded perspective top view of my invention, a medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device and a prescription bottle;
  • Figure 2 is an exploded perspective bottom view of my invention, the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device and a prescription bottle;
  • Figure 3 is a top view of the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • Figure 4 is side sectional view of the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device showing the device attached to the prescription bottle;
  • Figure 5 is side sectional view of the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device showing the device when detached from the prescription bottle;
  • Figure 6 is a bottom fragmentary view of the time piece stop watch and the contact member;
  • Figure 7 is a top fragmentary view of the time piece stop watch and the contact member.
  • Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of the sequence of operations of medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device. DETAILED DESCRDPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
  • my invention provides a medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 for use with a prescription bottle 12 having cap engagement Up structures 14.
  • the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device is a prescription container cap reminder device for use with a prescription container having latching lugs. It is intended that my invention be adaptable for use with any standard prescription bottle or prescription container and is not to be limited to any one type of medication containing device.
  • my invention can be used with the standard prescription bottles having threaded connections or twist-and- snap connections, such as that shown in FIG. 1.
  • audible devices could be employed as well.
  • the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 comprises: a lens 16 and a cap 18 having a lens opening 20 for receiving and housing the lens.
  • a time piece stop watch 22 comprising a print circuit board 24 and a time-counter display 26, or time-counter, is housed within and protected by the cap and the lens.
  • the time piece stop watch is a counter means. The counter means must show an hour and minute display, so that the user will know how long it has been since he or she has opened the prescription bottle and thereafter, presumably, removed the necessary medication.
  • one function and two function time-counters can be used with my device. Namely, that the one function time-counter would involve a start/stop button or contact and that the two function time -counter would involve the start/stop button and a reset button. All references to the two function time-counter herein are intended to apply to one function time-piece counters known in the art.
  • a contact member 28 attached to the time piece stop watch 22 and which is capable of removably contacting the print circuit board 24 to thereby alter the time-counter display 26 when the contact member is briefly transversely flexed, arrow A in FIGS. 6-7, into removable contact with the print circuit board.
  • the contact member contacts a first contact 29 and a second contact 30 positioned proximate the first contact, both of which are located on the counter means, as shown in FIGS. 6-7.
  • the contact member is angled 32 for projecting transversely of a longitudinal axis 34, as shown in FIGS. 1-2, and 7, to thereby removably contact a plurality of staggered contact bumps 36 during the longitudinal movement, arrow B, in a reversible successive manner as described below.
  • a critical element and feature of my invention is a reset ring 38, as shown in FIGS. 1-2.
  • the reset ring has a reset ring periphery 40 and comprises a plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers 42 and the plurahty of staggered contact bumps 36.
  • the reset ring is a reset structure and the plurality of staggered contact bumps are a first actuator button 44 and a second actuator button 46 positioned in staggered adjacent relation to one another or is at least one contact body or is two contact projections.
  • the bumps can have a spherical shape.
  • the plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers are concentrically and equally spaced about the reset ring periphery and the plurality of staggered contact bumps are located in staggered side-by-side relation to one another. This staggered side-by-side relation is a key to the functioning of my device as will be discussed below.
  • the reset ring 38 concentrically encloses the time piece stop watch 22 to thereby align the plurality of staggered contact bumps 36 with the contact member 28, as shown in FIGS. 1-5, and 8.
  • the plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers 42 are also aligned and located in a cap base 48 for removable longitudinal insertion into and through a plurality of base notches 50.
  • the cap 18 has a cap key 19, as shown in FIG.
  • the cap base 48 has a cap base key 49, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the cap key 19 is aligned or keyed to removably connect to the cap base key 49 so as to align the plurality of longitudinally actuating fingers 42 with the plurality of base notches 50 when the cap is removably connected to the cap base.
  • the alignment of these parts is critical because it allows the reset ring to removably contact the latching lugs 14 and to longitudinally move, arrow B, the plurality of staggered contact bumps as discussed herein.
  • the plurahty of staggered contact bumps are capable of longitudinal slideable movement, arrow B, along the longitudinal axis 34, as shown in FIGS. 1-2, in relation to the contact member 28.
  • each staggered contact bump thereby successively removably contacts and briefly transversely flexes, arrow A, the contact member into removable contact with the print circuit board, as shown in FIGS. 3-8.
  • a return spring 52 removably contacts the cap 18 and the reset ring 38 and removably and concentrically encloses the time piece stop watch 22 and the contact member 28, as shown in FIGS. 1 -2 and 4-5.
  • the return spring is capable of longitudinally moving, arrow B, the reset ring along the longitudinal axis 34 and the return spring acts to oppose the longitudinal movement of the reset ring and to cause the reset ring to move in a second direction, arrow C, and acts to move the reset ring and the plurahty of staggered contact bumps 36 along the longitudinal axis when the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 is removed from the prescription bottle 12 and to thereby stop and reset the time-counting device 22, as shown in FIGS. 1-2, 5, and
  • the cap base 48 has an underside 54 and the plurality of base notches 50 also forms an integral member of the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10.
  • the cap 18 and the cap base are a housing.
  • the plurality of base notches 50 are configured to align with the plurality of staggered contact bumps 36 with the contact member 28.
  • the cap base 48 is connected to the cap to concentrically enclose the reset ring 38, the return spring 52, the time piece stop watch 22, and the contact member 28 and the cap base is removably connected to the cap engagement lip structures 14. This cap/cap base connection can be made using an ultrasonic weld.
  • a seal 55 is aligned and connected to the underside of the cap base, as shown in FIGS. 1-2.
  • the seal has a plurality of notches 56 for aligning the plurality of staggered contact bumps with the contact member. The seal creates a sealing connection between the cap base and the prescription bottle 12.
  • the plurahty of longitudinally actuating fingers 42 removably engages, or removably longitudinally inserts into, arrow B, and through the plurality of base notches 50 to removably contact the cap engagement lip structures 14 when the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 is attached to or detached from the prescription bottle 12.
  • This removable engagement thereby actuates the return spring 52 to compress it when the device is placed on the prescription bottle and to decompress it when it is removed from the prescription bottle, presumably at the time that the user takes their medication.
  • the contact member is angled 32 so that the contact member projects transversely of the longitudinal axis 34 for the brief removable contact, as shown in FIGS. 6-7. This angle is preferably seventy degrees plus or minus two degrees. The brief transverse flexion thereby alters the time-counter display 26 so that the time-counter display is actuated when the cap base 48 is connected to the cap engagement lip structures 14, as shown in FIG.
  • the longitudinal movement, arrow B, of the plurahty of longitudinally actuating fingers 42 longitudinally moves the first actuator button 44 and the second actuator button 46 along the longitudinal axis 34 in a first direction, arrow D, as the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 is placed on and removably connected to the prescription bottle 12.
  • the reset ring 38 engages the return spring 52 to longitudinally move, arrow B, the first actuator button 44 and the second actuator button 46 in the second direction, arrow C, opposite the first direction.
  • the first actuator button 44 and the second actuator button 46 sequentially contact the contact member 28 to thereby alter the time-counter 26 as the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 is removably connected to the prescription bottle 12, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • the time-counter being actuated during the attachment, as shown in FIG. 4, of the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device to the prescription bottle and being deactivated and reseted upon detachment, as shown in FIG. 5, of the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device from the prescription bottle. This sequence will be described in more detail below.
  • the reset ring 40 comprises at least three longitudinally actuating fingers
  • the cap base 48 comprises at least three base notches aligned with the at least three longitudinally actuating fingers
  • the seal 55 comprises at least three notches aligned with the at least three longitudinally actuating fingers and the at least three base notches. The reason for this is so that the device 10 is balanced and so that it does not malfunction or lose its alignment.
  • the lens 16 has a crowned shape for magmfication purposes.
  • the time-piece stop watch 22 comprises an upper surface 58 and a lower surface 60 opposite the upper surface and the time-counter display 26 is located on the upper surface and a vertical spacer 61, an elastomer, is attached to the lower surface for allowing longitudinal movement, arrow B, of the reset ring 38 and for tolerance purposes.
  • a standard stop watch can be used and a liquid crystal display (LCD) can be employed.
  • the cap base 48, the cap 18, and the reset ring 38 each can be constructed of thermoplastic and the plurality of staggered contact bumps 36 can be molded with the reset ring.
  • the lens 16 can be constructed of a clear polycarbonate material and the return spring 52 can be a compression-type spring.
  • the at least three longitudinally actuating fingers is six longitudinally actuating fingers
  • the at least three base notches is six base notches
  • the at least three notches is six notches, as shown in FIGS. 1-2.
  • the medicine bottle cap reminder device is therefore sized and configured to attach to and function with a standard prescription bottle.
  • FIG. 8 a method of using the medicine prescription bottle cap reminder device 10 with the prescription bottle 12 having the time-counter display 26 is shown in FIG. 8.
  • the method comprises the steps of: first, displaying elapsed time on the time-counter display while a cap is attached to the prescription bottle, not shown. Then, twisting the cap in preparation for cap removal followed by longitudinally separating the twisted cap from the prescription bottle, not shown.
  • the next step is replacing the removed cap on the prescription bottle, not shown.
  • longitudinally compressing as shown in FIG. 5
  • the return spring and longitudinally moving the first actuator button and the second actuator button.
  • the steps of contacting the second switch further comprising: transversely flexing, arrow A, the second switch and the steps of contacting the first switch further comprising: transversely flexing, arrow A, the first switch.
  • the step of longitudinally moving a reset ring comprising the first actuator button and the second actuator button by means of the longitudinally decompressed return spring and longitudinally compressing the return spring by longitudinally compressing the reset ring, not shown.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif aide-mémoire (10) se présentant sous la forme d'un bouchon de récipient à médicament délivré sur ordonnance, à utiliser avec un récipient délivré sur ordonnance doté de crans de blocage. Ledit dispositif aide-mémoire est constitué de: un boîtier possédant une ouverture et fixé amovible et étanche au récipient délivré sur ordonnance; un moyen compteur (26) logé dans le boîtier et visible par l'ouverture et comportant un premier contact (29) et une deuxième contact (30) positionné à proximité du premier. Un élément de contact (28) est fixé au moyen compteur (26) et est positionné en contact amovible avec les premier et deuxième contacts, et peut fléchir transversalement pour venir en contact réversible avec les premier et deuxième contacts en alternance. Une structure de remise à zéro est logée dans le boîtier, le long d'un axe longitudinal, et comprend plusieurs éléments d'actionnement longitudinaux positionnés et configurés selon un espacement concentrique régulier de sorte qu'ils viennent en prise de manière réversible avec les crans de blocage, alors que le boîtier est placé de manière amovible sur le récipient délivré sur ordonnance.
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