UNITARY MEDICATION COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM USING A FLEXIBLE CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE

Improved systems for monitoring patient compliance with medication regimens are provided. The systems note when unit doses of medication are dispensed to a patient and include a detector for generating a signal each time a unit dose is dispensed as well as a signal processor which can act upon the signal. The devices include a flexible conductive substrate physically supporting and connecting the detector and the processor into a unitary structure and conducting the signal from the detector to the processor. In preferred embodiments the flexible conductive substrate employs flexible conductive organic materials