ORAL DRUG COMPLIANCE MONITORING USING MAGNETIC-FIELD SENSORS
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    发明公开
    ORAL DRUG COMPLIANCE MONITORING USING MAGNETIC-FIELD SENSORS 审中-公开
    合格口服药物的监测技术磁场传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP2012664A2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-14

    申请号:EP07756071.2

    申请日:2007-04-24

    IPC分类号: A61B5/05 A61B5/06

    摘要: A method to measure compliance with a pharmaceutical regimen, by the steps of : (a) ingesting a dose of a medication (10) into the gastrointestinal tract of a person, the dose of medication (10) comprising a drug formulation (13) and a permanent magnet (14); (b) as a result of the ingestion of step (a), detecting passage of the permanent magnet (14) past at least two magnetic field sensors (20) positioned apart from each other and adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract; and (c) measuring compliance with the pharmaceutical regimen by way of the detection of step (b). And, apparatus useful to measure compliance with a pharmaceutical regimen by detecting ingestion of a dose of medication (10) comprising a drug formulation (13) and a permanent magnet (14), the apparatus including at least two magnetic field sensors (20) positioned apart from each other on a necklace (22), each magnetic field sensor (20) being in electronic communication with a microprocessor for receiving signals from the magnetic field sensors (20) to determine the passage of a permanent magnet (14) between the magnetic field sensors (20).