CN213191196U

CN213191196U - Medicine box and medicine monitored control system

Info

Publication number: CN213191196U
Application number: CN202021235197.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李朋; 陈莉莉; 李世宏; 张懿行; 蔡凤珠; 姜月; 尹诗琪; 曹红; 杜森; 施贵昌; 徐硕华
Original assignee: Shanghai Pudong New Area Center For Disease Contorl And Prevention
Current assignee: Shanghai Pudong New Area Center For Disease Contorl And Prevention
Priority date: 2020-06-29
Filing date: 2020-06-29
Publication date: 2021-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 2030-06-29

Abstract

The application relates to the field of medication management, and discloses a medicine box and a medicine monitoring system, which can accurately monitor the medicine taking condition of a patient. The medicine box comprises a box body, a display unit and a weighing component, wherein the weighing component comprises a clock unit, a weighing sensor, a subtracter and a comparator, the clock unit outputs a measuring signal to the weighing sensor when preset measuring time is reached, the weighing sensor measures load after receiving the measuring signal and outputs a corresponding voltage value to the subtracter, the subtracter makes a difference between the voltage values received at the first measuring time and the second measuring time and outputs the difference to the comparator, the comparator compares the difference with preset reference voltage, and if the difference value is greater than or equal to the preset reference voltage, outputting a first trigger signal to the display unit, otherwise, outputting a second trigger signal to the display unit, and outputting medicine taking information of 'normal medicine taking' by the display unit when the first trigger signal is received and outputting medicine taking information of 'abnormal medicine taking' when the second trigger signal is received.

Description

Medicine box and medicine monitored control system

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of medication management, in particular to a medicine box and a medicine monitoring technology.

Background

The existing intelligent medicine box mostly monitors the medicine taking condition of a patient by taking the movement of magnetic induction medicines, the opening of a light induction medicine box and the like as the basis of medicine taking, and the monitoring result is often inaccurate due to the fact that the magnetic induction and the light induction can be misjudged.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of this application is to provide a medicine box and medicine monitored control system, can accurate monitoring patient's the condition of taking medicine.

The application discloses a medicine box includes:

a cartridge body including at least one medicine storage unit;

a display unit for displaying time and medicine information;

the weighing assembly comprises a clock unit, a weighing sensor, a clock unit, a subtracter and a comparator, the weighing sensor is arranged right below the box body, and the clock unit and the comparator are respectively electrically connected with the display unit;

the clock unit outputs a measuring signal to the weighing sensor when the preset measuring time is reached, the weighing sensor measures the load and outputs a corresponding voltage value to the subtracter after receiving the measuring signal, the subtracter makes a difference between the voltage values received at the first measuring time and the second measuring time and outputs a difference value to the comparator, the comparator compares the difference value with a preset reference voltage, if the difference value is greater than or equal to the preset reference voltage, a first trigger signal is output to the display unit, otherwise, the trigger signal is output to the display unit, and the display unit outputs medicine taking information of 'normal medicine taking' when receiving the first trigger signal and medicine taking information of 'abnormal medicine taking' when receiving the second trigger signal.

In a preferred embodiment, the weighing assembly further comprises a voice reminding unit, the voice reminding unit is electrically connected with the clock unit, and the clock unit outputs a reminding signal to the voice reminding unit when the preset reminding time is reached so as to remind the user to take medicine.

In a preferred embodiment, the display unit is arranged at the top of the box body, and the display unit and the weighing component are respectively detachably connected with the box body.

In a preferred embodiment, the display unit is provided as a part of the weighing assembly, and the weighing assembly is detachably connected with the box body.

In a preferred embodiment, the cartridge is cylindrical or regular prismatic in shape.

In a preferred embodiment, the box body comprises a shaft body and at least one medicine storage grid arranged around the shaft body, wherein each medicine storage grid is provided with a cover body capable of sliding and retreating;

each medicine storage grid is detachably connected with the shaft body.

In a preferred example, the medicine storage grid is configured to place medicines to be taken or is configured to place medicine bottles to be taken.

In a preferred embodiment, each medicine storage unit is provided with an electronic ink screen or a label bar for displaying the information of the medicine in the storage grid.

In a preferred embodiment, the medicine box further comprises a rechargeable battery arranged below the weighing component and a charging component electrically connected with the rechargeable battery, and the rechargeable battery is used for supplying power to the display unit and the weighing component.

In a preferred example, the medicine box further comprises a wireless communication module, the medicine box is in wireless communication connection with the monitoring device through the wireless communication module, and the wireless communication module is configured to periodically transmit the medicine taking information stored in the memory during the first measurement time and the second measurement time to the monitoring device.

In the embodiment of the application, at least the following beneficial effects are included:

1) the medicine box embodiment of the application takes the weight change of the medicine as an objective index for taking the medicine or not, and compared with the existing medicine taking basis such as the movement (magnetic induction) of the medicine, the opening (light induction) of the box cover of the medicine box and the like, the medicine box embodiment of the application is more objective and accurate.

2) The medicine box is provided with a voice reminding unit which can remind a patient to take medicine on time.

3) This medicine box includes box body, display element and the subassembly of weighing, and wherein the box body can be dismantled with display element, the subassembly of weighing and be connected, because the medicine box needs used repeatedly, need wash the box body part before changing the medicine at every turn, and this detachable design can conveniently wash, avoids cross contamination between different medicines.

4) The center shaft department of this medicine box is equipped with the groove for place the tweezers of getting it filled, avoids the pollution of manual when getting it filled to the medicine and for example because of the too big medicine box that causes of action emptys the scheduling problem.

5) Each medicine storage unit of the medicine box is correspondingly provided with an electronic ink screen or a label bar for displaying medicine information in the storage grid so as to indicate a patient to take medicine correctly.

6) The medicine taking monitoring system comprises the medicine box and monitoring equipment in wireless communication connection with the medicine box, wherein the medicine box sends medicine taking information corresponding to each medicine taking time period (such as a single-day or single-time medicine taking time period) stored in a memory of the medicine box to the equipment at regular time, the monitoring equipment can be managed by family members (or administrative doctors), and the family members can supervise patients to take medicines on time according to the medicine taking information corresponding to each medicine taking time period (such as a single-day or single-time medicine taking time period) in the medicine taking course of the patients; the medicine box can also send the medicine taking information and the medicine box identification corresponding to each medicine taking time period (such as a single-day or single-time medicine taking time period) stored in the memory of the medicine box to the equipment at regular time, and the corresponding relation between the medicine box identification and the patient identification is also stored in the monitoring equipment, so that a doctor can judge the medicine effect according to the medicine taking information corresponding to each medicine taking time period (such as a single-day or single-time medicine taking time period) in the medicine taking treatment period of each patient received by the monitoring equipment, for example, the medicine amount of the next treatment period can be diagnosed according to the medicine effect of the previous treatment period.

The present specification describes a number of technical features distributed throughout the various technical aspects, and if all possible combinations of technical features (i.e. technical aspects) of the present specification are listed, the description is made excessively long. In order to avoid this problem, the respective technical features disclosed in the above summary of the invention of the present application, the respective technical features disclosed in the following embodiments and examples, and the respective technical features disclosed in the drawings may be freely combined with each other to constitute various new technical solutions (which are considered to have been described in the present specification) unless such a combination of the technical features is technically infeasible. For example, in one example, the feature a + B + C is disclosed, in another example, the feature a + B + D + E is disclosed, and the features C and D are equivalent technical means for the same purpose, and technically only one feature is used, but not simultaneously employed, and the feature E can be technically combined with the feature C, then the solution of a + B + C + D should not be considered as being described because the technology is not feasible, and the solution of a + B + C + E should be considered as being described.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a cartridge according to a first embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the cartridge of FIG. 1 with the cartridge body removed;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of the internal electrical components of a cartridge according to a first embodiment of the present application.

Wherein

101-case 102-display unit

103-weighing assembly 1021-slotting

1031-weighing sensor

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous technical details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions claimed in the present application may be implemented without these technical details and with various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments.

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The first embodiment of the present application relates to a medicine box, the structure of which is shown in fig. 1, the medicine box comprises a box body 101, a display unit 102 and a weighing component 103 arranged at the bottom of the box body 101, the box body 101 comprises a shaft body and at least one medicine storage unit arranged around the shaft body, and the weighing component 103 comprises a clock unit, a weighing sensor 1031, a subtracter and a comparator.

The display unit 102 is electrically connected with the clock unit and the comparator respectively, the display unit 102 is electrically connected with the clock unit for displaying time, and the display unit 102 is electrically connected with the comparator for displaying the medicine taking information. And the clock unit has a timing function, and a user can set the measuring time in advance according to the requirement.

When the clock unit works, the clock unit outputs a measuring signal to the weighing sensor 1031 when the preset measuring time is reached, the weighing sensor 1031 measures the load and outputs a corresponding voltage value to the subtracter after receiving the measuring signal, the subtracter makes a difference between the voltage values received at the first measuring time and the second measuring time and outputs the difference value to the comparator, the comparator compares the difference value with a preset reference voltage, if the difference value is greater than or equal to the preset reference voltage, a first trigger signal is output to the display unit, otherwise, a trigger signal is output to the display unit, and the display unit outputs medicine taking information of 'normal medicine taking' when receiving the first trigger signal and medicine taking information of 'abnormal medicine taking' when receiving the second trigger signal.

Alternatively, load cell 1031 may be, but is not limited to, a resistance strain gauge load cell, a digital load cell, or the like.

Optionally, the weighing assembly 103 further comprises a voice reminding unit, the voice reminding unit is electrically connected with the clock unit, the clock unit has a timing function, a user can set reminding time in advance according to needs, and the clock unit outputs a reminding signal to the voice reminding unit to remind the user to take medicine when the preset reminding time is reached. The voice reminding unit can be a buzzer, and the voice reminding unit can also be a voice device capable of making a voice of people such as 'please take medicine', but is not limited to the voice device.

Optionally, the weighing component 103 further comprises a memory electrically connected to the weighing sensor 1031 for storing the voltage value output by the weighing sensor 1031 at each preset measurement time, and the memory is also electrically connected to the display unit 102 for storing the medicine taking information (normal medicine taking or abnormal medicine taking) output by the display unit 102 at each medicine taking period (period between the first measurement time and the second measurement time).

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the internal electrical components of the kit are schematically composed and connected.

Optionally, the preset reference voltage can be set by the patient according to the single or single daily dose of the patientAnd (4) placing. In one embodiment, the first measurement time may be set at any point in time prior to the first dosage period of each day and the second measurement time may be set at any point in time after the last dosage period of each day, such that the dosage of each day may be monitored, in which case the preset reference voltage may be set by the patient according to his/her dosage per day, e.g. the preset threshold voltage may be set to be such that the preset threshold voltage is set to be at any point in time after the last dosage period of each day

Any value of (c). In another embodiment, the first measurement time may be set to a time point before the current medication period, and the second measurement time may be set to a time point after the current medication period, so that each medication condition (multiple medication periods per day) may be monitored, in which case the preset reference voltage may be set by the patient according to the single medication amount thereof, for example, the preset threshold voltage may be set to "voltage value corresponding to single medication amount is 60% to voltage value corresponding to single medication amount". It should be noted that the voltage value corresponding to the single dose and the voltage value corresponding to the single daily dose can be measured and calculated based on the load-bearing sensor selected in the present application.

Alternatively, the medicine cartridge may have a cylindrical shape or a regular prism shape, and the case 101 includes a shaft body 301 and a plurality of medicine storage units disposed around the shaft body. Wherein, every stores up medicine unit can with axis body fixed connection, also can with the axis body can be dismantled and be connected, for example can but not limited to magnetism inhale the connection, box body washing can conveniently be dismantled in releasable connection's design.

The layout of each component of the medicine box is various. In one embodiment, the display unit 102 may be provided as a separate part above the case 101, and the weighing assembly 103 is provided below the case 101; the box body 101, the display unit 102 and the weighing component 103 can be respectively fixedly connected or respectively detachably connected, or one of the display unit 102 and the weighing component 103 is fixedly connected with the box body 101, and the other is detachably connected with the box body 101. In another embodiment, the display unit 102 may also be provided as part of the weighing assembly 103. Alternatively, the weighing component 103 may be disposed below the box body 101, and the display unit 102 may be disposed below the weighing component 103; the weighing component 103 and the box body 101 can be fixedly connected or detachably connected, the display unit 102 and the weighing component 103 can be fixedly connected or detachably connected, the detachable connection is designed to facilitate the detachment of the box body and the cleaning, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the box body of the medicine box shown in fig. 1 after detachment.

The structure of the drug storage unit can be various. Alternatively, each drug storage unit may be composed of a drug storage compartment configured to hold a drug to be taken (taking out a tablet or capsule or the like from a drug bottle and putting it in), or a drug bottle configured to hold a drug to be taken (directly putting a drug bottle in), and a lid body. The cover body can be but is not limited to be arranged as a sliding cover, and a handle is arranged on the cover body. Alternatively, the medicine storage unit can be composed of a box body and a drawer, the drawer is connected with the box body in a sliding mode, and a handle is arranged on a front side plate of the drawer.

Optionally, a slot is arranged at the central axis of the medicine box for placing medicine taking forceps, and the slot is provided with a cover. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, in the embodiment where the display unit 102 is disposed above the case 101, the slot 1021 is formed on both the display unit 102 and the case 101, and the slot passes through the shaft of the case 101 when the case 101 is disposed. In the embodiment that the display unit and the weighing component are arranged below the box body, the slot is arranged in the shaft body of the box body, and the shaft body is of a hollow structure.

Optionally, a label bar or an electronic ink screen is arranged on each cover body or on the front side plate of each drawer, and is used for displaying medicine information (medicine name, single-dose) in the storage grid to indicate that the patient takes medicine and takes medicine correctly.

Alternatively, the same medicine box can be composed of medicine storage units with a plurality of sizes, and also can be composed of medicine storage units with the same size.

Optionally, for the same medicine box, the medicine box may include multiple sizes of box bodies, each size of box body corresponds to a different size of medicine storage unit, for example, different sizes of box bodies correspond to different sizes of medicine storage units, and a user may select or replace a box body or a medicine storage unit according to the number of types of medicines to be taken and/or the total amount of each medicine, for example, a user needs to take N kinds of medicines, and then may select a box body having N medicine storage units and use the box body after assembling the box body with the display unit and the weighing component.

Optionally, the medicine box may further include a rechargeable battery disposed at the bottom of the medicine box and a charging assembly electrically connected to the rechargeable battery, wherein the rechargeable battery is used for supplying power to the display unit 102 and the weighing assembly 103.

A second embodiment of the present application relates to a medication monitoring system, which includes a monitoring device and a medicine box according to the first embodiment, wherein the medicine box further includes a wireless communication module, the medicine box is in wireless communication connection with the monitoring device through the wireless communication module, and the wireless communication module is configured to periodically transmit the medication information corresponding to each medication period (for example, a single-day or single-time medication period) stored in the memory to the monitoring device.

Alternatively, the monitoring device may be managed by a family member, and the family member may supervise the patient to take the medicine on time according to the medicine taking information corresponding to each medicine taking period (e.g., a single day or a single medicine taking period).

Optionally, the monitoring device may also be managed by a doctor, when managed by the doctor, the memory further stores a medicine box identifier, the wireless communication module is further configured to store the medicine taking information corresponding to each medicine taking period (for example, a single day or a single medicine taking period) in the memory, and send the medicine taking information and the medicine box identifier to the monitoring device together at regular time, and the monitoring device further stores a corresponding relationship between the medicine box identifier and the patient identifier, so that the doctor can determine a medicine effect according to the medicine taking information corresponding to each medicine taking period (for example, a single day or a single medicine taking period) corresponding to the medicine box of each patient received by the monitoring device, for example, can diagnose the medicine amount of a next treatment period according to the medicine effect of a previous treatment period.

It is noted that, in the present patent application, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, the use of the verb "comprise a" to define an element does not exclude the presence of another, same element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. In the present patent application, if it is mentioned that a certain action is executed according to a certain element, it means that the action is executed according to at least the element, and two cases are included: performing the action based only on the element, and performing the action based on the element and other elements. The expression of a plurality of, a plurality of and the like includes 2, 2 and more than 2, more than 2 and more than 2.

All documents mentioned in this application are to be considered as being incorporated in their entirety into the disclosure of this application so as to be subject to modification as necessary. Further, it is understood that various changes or modifications may be made to the present application by those skilled in the art after reading the above disclosure of the present application, and such equivalents are also within the scope of the present application as claimed.

Claims

1. A kit, comprising:

a cartridge body including at least one medicine storage unit;

a display unit for displaying time and medicine information;

the weighing assembly comprises a clock unit, a weighing sensor, a subtracter and a comparator, the weighing sensor is arranged right below the box body, and the clock unit and the comparator are respectively and electrically connected with the display unit;

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the weighing assembly further comprises a voice reminding unit electrically connected to the clock unit, and the clock unit outputs a reminding signal to the voice reminding unit to remind the user to take the medicine when a preset reminding time is reached.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein the display unit is disposed on the top of the box body, and the display unit and the weighing assembly are detachably connected to the box body respectively.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided as part of the weighing assembly, the weighing assembly being removably coupled to the case.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein the kit is cylindrical in shape or regular prismatic in shape.

6. The kit of claim 5, wherein the case comprises a shaft and the at least one drug storage compartment is disposed around the shaft, wherein each drug storage compartment is provided with a cover that is slidably removable;

each medicine storage grid is detachably connected with the shaft body.

7. The kit of claim 6, wherein the reservoir compartment is configured to hold a drug to be administered or is configured to hold a vial of a drug to be administered.

8. The kit of claim 1, wherein each of the drug storage units is provided with an electronic ink screen or label bar for displaying the information of the drugs in the storage compartment.

9. The kit of any one of claims 1-8, further comprising a rechargeable battery disposed below the weighing assembly and a charging assembly electrically connected to the rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery being configured to power the display unit and the weighing assembly.

10. A medication monitoring system, characterized by comprising a monitoring device and a medicine cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the medicine cartridge further comprising a wireless communication module through which the medicine cartridge is wirelessly communicatively connected with the monitoring device, the wireless communication module being configured to periodically transmit the medication information during the first measurement time and the second measurement time stored in the memory to the monitoring device.