| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a warning system for use with a medicine dispenser. Many illnesses are treated at regular intervals by oral ingestion, inhalation or injection of the drug, and the success of the drug to treat / control a particular illness is the user's responsibility to adapt to the drug-related regime. Depends heavily on ability. Personal management of user adaptation to the scheme is assisted by various reminders and systems. These devices generate a warning at a specific time or inform the user whether it is time to take a medication request. The present invention is a warning system for generating a warning in connection with the use of a device, the warning system comprising a detector (104, 106) capable of detecting an event indicating the use of the device. The alert system is configured to invoke a selected alert state prior to activation of an upcoming event by a user, the alert state being selectable from a plurality of different alert states, wherein Each of the different warning states represents a different stage of elapsed time since the previous event, and the warning system is further configured to select a warning state that depends on the elapsed time. This warning system can be used in connection with a drug dispenser (10, 20, 30). In this case, the event suggesting the use of the device may be a medication related event, such as taking a dose of a drug. When integrated with the drug dispenser (10, 20, 30), the user can consider the stage of elapsed time since the previous dose, that is, before taking the drug, You can know if it is too early, the right time, or missed. |