Medication container holding device indicating usage time
CA 2083107 A1 · Owner: Howard, James M. · Inventors: Devito, Ralph; Zoltan, Bart J.; Howard, James M.
Overview
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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 from 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 …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 17, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 17, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 17, 2014.
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