Many patients don’t take their medication on time, or over-medicate because they don’t remember when they had some for the last time. This intelligent cap helps diabetic patients to take insulin at the right time by using a simple color code.

Green: Should take the medication
Red: Don’t take it yet

Each time the cap is removed, it is considered that an injection was done and the cap will remember that no further medication should be injected for some pre-determined time. Bang & Olufsen, better known for their Hi-Fi equipment,

More info and LINK to B&O medicom: designed this system.

Intelligent Injection Accessory Expertise

Expertise

The intelligent pen cap 'C-Cap' , is based on the Medicom philosophy of helping the patient remain compliant (reminding them to take their medication at the correct intervals and track their dosage) via visual and acoustic signals. The technology registers each time the patient removes and replaces the cap, this movement is registered as a dose taken. It furthermore indicates to the patient how well the treatment has been followed for a given period of time, typically the last week        

                                                                                                                      
     LINK http://www.medicom.bang-olufsen.com/sw706.asp?usepf=true

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Asmair®

When attendees of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) meeting, held in Stockholm in September 2007, were presented with the Asmair® pMDI prototype inhaler from Bang & Olufsen Medicom, they gave the company "positive feedback," according to the latest press release by B&O. We have not seen this gadget, but for what this "positive feedback" is worth, we think the response was such due to the promises for the device to sport many interesting and helpful features, not found on any inhalers nowadays:

The device prevents undercounting - a single dose counter is designed to specifically avoid under-counting - helping patients understand their treatment regimes.

The device also helps prevent overcounting - helping patients remain in control of their dosage. With the counter monitoring exact dosing, the patient can now for the first time rely directly on the dose counter to see how much medication or dosage remains.

User-friendly Design

Another key feature is that there is 50% less force required to release a dose when compared with normal inhaler- easy-to-use design for the elderly and children.

Optional reusable cap

The reusable cap reminds patients to take their dose and gives feedback to the patient on actual compliance level (via a visual signal)

http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2007/10/asmair_pmdi.html

Press release: Asmair® pMDI evaluated very positively... Product page: Asmair...

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