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EP 0 281 366 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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10.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/02 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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07.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/36 |
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Date of filing: 01.03.1988 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A61J 7/00 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
06.03.1987 GB 8705278
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Applicant: MICRO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL LTD, |
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Central Hong Kong (HK) |
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Inventor: |
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- Buchner, Albrecht
8 Cotton Tree Drive
Central (HK)
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Representative: Hitchcock, Esmond Antony et al |
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Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co.,
Commonwealth House,
1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB) |
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(57) An alarm device (10) which will remind the user to take individually packaged medicaments
(30) such as contraceptive pills at the correct time. The device (10) has a support
for the package (26) and individually depressible buttons (16), each aligned with
one individual compartment of the packet. In this way depression of a button (16)
will get an individually packed pill (30). Timer means are provided for monitory the
time lapsed after any button (16) has been depressed and means link the button (16)
to the timer means so that depression of any one button (16) will re-start the timer
means. An audible alarm is provided which sounds when the timer means reach a preselected
time.