Medication management system and method

1. A medication management system comprising:

a portable device attachable to a user, the portable device comprising a lighting means arranged to provide a visual stimulus having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period; and

a medication dispenser that is physically separate and distinct from the portable device comprising a further lighting means arranged to provide a further visual stimulus that provides light with the predetermined color to draw attention of the user and further arranged to indicate the medication intake moment or period;

wherein the portable device is arranged to provide with the lighting means the visual stimulus a predetermined time before the medication dispenser provides with the further lighting means the corresponding further visual stimulus.

2. A medication management system according to claim 1 , wherein the portable device is worn by the user and the medication dispenser is not worn by the user.

3. A medication management system comprising:

a portable device attachable to a user, the portable device comprising a lighting means arranged to provide a visual stimulus having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period; and

a medication dispenser comprising a further lighting means arranged to provide a further visual stimulus that provides light with the predetermined color to draw attention of the user and further arranged to indicate the medication intake moment or period;

wherein the portable device is arranged to provide with the lighting means the visual stimulus a predetermined time before the medication dispenser provides with the further lighting means the corresponding further visual stimulus, and

wherein the medication dispenser is arranged to provide to the user at least two different types of medication, each of them being indicated with its own predetermined color.

4. A medication management system according to claim 3 , wherein the further lighting means comprise a first further lighting means and a second further lighting means, the medication dispenser comprising a first container for storing a first medication and a second container for storing a second medication, the first container comprising the first further lighting means, the first further lighting means configured to provide a first further visual stimulus to indicate the medication intake moment or period of the first medication, and the second container comprising the second further lighting means, the second further lighting means configured to provide the second further visual stimulus to indicate the medication intake moment or period of the second medication.

5. A medication management system according to claim 3 , wherein the medication dispenser is arranged to allow access to the medication only when the further lighting means provides the further visual stimulus.

6. A medication management system according to claim 3 , wherein the medication dispenser further comprises detection means to detect presence of the portable device within a predetermined range from said medication dispenser, the further lighting means being further arranged to provide the further visual stimulus only when the presence of the portable device in said predetermined range is detected.

7. A medication management system according to claim 3 , wherein the portable device further comprises one or both of vibration means that provide a tactile stimulus to the user, or audio means that provide an audible stimulus to the user, wherein one or both of the tactile stimulus or the audible stimulus is provided before or simultaneous with the lighting means providing the visual stimulus.

8. A medication management system according to claim 3 , wherein the further lighting means are arranged to provide a plurality of further visual stimuli with a corresponding plurality of predetermined colors, and the medication management system further comprises a plurality of portable devices, each comprising a lighting means for providing a visual stimulus having a predetermined color corresponding to a different one of the plurality of predetermined colors.

9. A method of medication management comprising:

providing, with a lighting means included in a portable device that is attachable to a user, a visual stimulus to said user, the visual stimulus having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period; and

providing, with a further lighting means included in a medication dispenser that is physically separate and distinct from the portable device, a further visual stimulus to the user to draw attention of the user and to indicate the medication intake moment or period, the further visual stimulus having the predetermined color, the predetermined color configured to draw the attention of the user,

wherein the lighting means provides the visual stimulus a predetermined time before the further lighting means provides a corresponding further visual stimulus.

10. The method of medication management of claim 9 , wherein the visual stimulus is provided while the portable device is worn by the user and the further visual stimulus is provided while the medication dispenser is not worn by the user.

11. A method of medication management comprising:

providing, with a lighting means included in a portable device that is attachable to a user, a visual stimulus to said user, the visual stimulus having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period;

providing, with a further lighting means included in a medication dispenser, a further visual stimulus to the user to draw attention of the user and to indicate the medication intake moment or period, the further visual stimulus having the predetermined color, the predetermined color configured to draw the attention of the user,

wherein the lighting means provides the visual stimulus a predetermined time before the further lighting means provides a corresponding further visual stimulus;

providing, with the lighting means included in the portable device a first visual stimulus having a first predetermined color and providing, with the further lighting means included in the medication dispenser, a first further visual stimulus having the first predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period of a first medication, and providing, with the lighting means included in the portable device, a second visual stimulus having a second predetermined color and providing, with the further lighting means included in the medication dispenser, a second further visual stimulus having the second predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period of a second medication.

12. The method of medication management according to claim 11 , further comprising allowing access to medication stored in the medication dispenser when the medication dispenser provides the further visual stimulus.

13. The method of medication management according to claim 11 , further comprising of detecting presence of the portable device in a predetermined range from the medication dispenser, providing the further visual stimulus being dependent on the detected presence of the portable device in the predetermined range.

14. The method of medication management according to claim 11 , further comprising providing, with the portable device, a tactile or audible stimulus to the user before or simultaneous with the visual stimulus.

15. A method of medication management comprising:

providing, with a lighting means included in a portable device that is attachable to a user, a visual stimulus to said user, the visual stimulus having a predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period; and

providing, with a further lighting means included in a medication dispenser, a further visual stimulus to the user to draw attention of the user and to indicate the medication intake moment or period, the further visual stimulus having the predetermined color, the predetermined color configured to draw the attention of the user,

wherein the lighting means provides the visual stimulus a predetermined time before the further lighting means provides a corresponding further visual stimulus;

providing, with a first lighting means included in a first portable device that is attachable to a first user, a first visual stimulus to said first user, the first visual stimulus having a first predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period for the first user;

providing, with a second lighting means included in a second portable device that is attachable to a second user, a second visual stimulus to said second user, the second visual stimulus having a second predetermined color to indicate an approaching medication intake moment or period for the second user;

providing, with the further lighting means included in the medication dispenser, a first further visual stimulus to the first user, the first further visual stimulus having the first predetermined color to draw the attention of the first user;

providing, with the further lighting means included in the medication dispenser a second further visual stimulus to the second user, the second further visual stimulus having the second predetermined color to draw the attention of the second user;

wherein the first lighting means provides the first visual stimulus a first predetermined time before the medication dispenser provides the corresponding first further visual stimulus to the first user, and wherein the second lighting means provides the second visual stimulus a second predetermined time before the medication dispenser provides the corresponding second further visual stimulus to the second user.