Medication container holding device indicating usage time

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5170380
SERIAL NO

07627328

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A holding device for medication containers of essentially any size or shape provides the patient with the last time the medicine was taken and includes a housing with a cylindrical cup shape opening with a micro switch member extending through an access opening into the cavity form one side of the opening. Individual positioning devices in the form of vertical open cylindrical tubes are sized to fit particular containers with the cylinders positioned proximate the switch member with an opening to allow the switch member to extend into the cylindrical bore opening. A bushing and interlocking tab index the position of each cylindrical tube in the correct position each time the positioning device is inserted into the base section of holding device. The sensor signal that a container is placed in the base is used to provide through numerical display the time the last medication was taken, the elapsed time since that dose and the number of times the medication was accessed in one day. A settable alarm is provided to alert the patient as to the next time to take the medicine.

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WHEATON INC1101 WHEATON AVENUE MILLVILLE NJ 18332

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DeVito, Ralph Stanhope, NJ 9 118
Howard, James M Dover, NJ 9 242
Zoltan, Bart J Old Tappan, NJ 11 975

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