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An alarm device which will remind the user to take individually packaged medicaments such as contraceptive pills at the correct time. The device has a support for the package and individually depressible buttons, each aligned with one individual compartment of the packet. In this way depression of a

An alarm device which will remind the user to take individually packaged medicaments such as contraceptive pills at the correct time. The device has a support for the package and individually depressible buttons, each aligned with one individual compartment of the packet. In this way depression of a button will get an individually packed pill. Timer means are provided for monitoring the time lapsed after any button has been depressed and means link the button to the timer means so that depression of any one button will re-start the timer means. An audible alarm is provided which sounds when the timer means reach a preselected time.

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An alarm device for reminding a user to take an individually packaged pill from a package of individually packaged pills, each of said pills being packaged in an individual compartment of said package, comprising: a support for holding said package; a number of buttons mounted to said support, each

An alarm device for reminding a user to take an individually packaged pill from a package of individually packaged pills, each of said pills being packaged in an individual compartment of said package, comprising: a support for holding said package; a number of buttons mounted to said support, each said button aligned with a compartment of said package and being depressable into a retained position to eject a package pill from said aligned compartment; slidable actuating means mounted to said support and displaceable with respect to said support in response to depression of any one of said buttons into its retained position; a timer for monitoring elapsed time after a push-button has been depressed, said timer being actuated upon displacement of said slidable actuating means with respect to said support; and an alarm operatively associated with said timer to indicate when elapsed time reaches a preselected duration.