EP0159306A1 - Apparatus for supervising the taking of pills - Google Patents
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- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
- A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
- A61J7/0409—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers
- A61J7/0418—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers with electronic history memory
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus intended to signal to a user that he must take a pill and to remind him of this in the event of forgetfulness or distraction.
- the device according to the invention is particularly advantageous for monitoring the regular taking of a contraceptive pill. It is known that during each twenty-eight day cycle, the contraceptive pill must be taken regularly for a given period of time, ideally twenty-one days, followed by an interruption period which is ideally seven days and one also known that the woman can take her pill daily with a lag by Special Rapporteur 'harbor at the usual time when she should take her pill. It is therefore important that the woman not only does not forget to take her pill, but also that she takes it for a given period of time in each twenty-four hour period.
- the problem of automatic monitoring of the regular taking of a pill during cyclical periods is solved by the above-mentioned device, which is arranged to take into account a cycle of taking a pill, in particular a pill contraceptive.
- this device comprises a clock for producing time signals, a programmable memory for storing the time of taking the pill, the day on which the pill was started, a period of time of signaling, a first period of time during which the pill must be taken, the number of regular intervals included in this first period, a second period of time during which the pill should not be taken, a logical device arranged, on the one hand, to receive the clock time signals as well as the contents of the memory and to respond to a control signal and, on the other hand, to produce at least one warning signal during the aforesaid signaling time period and to repeat this last signal at the aforementioned regular intervals during the aforementioned first time periods separated by the second time periods, the logic device being further arranged to, when responding to the control signal, interrupt the warning signal, and means for display of at least the memory and clock time data.
- the above-mentioned device comprises a box 10 presenting a display table 1 provided with a digital display dial 11 for indicating the time as well as the other displayable information being stored, and indicator lights or control keys 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 'and 17', the number of which corresponds to the various functions of the apparatus, as will emerge from the description which follows.
- the box 10 advantageously includes a housing 18 for a supply of pills 19.
- an electronic monitoring and signaling device organized to produce the desired warning signals and provide the aforementioned information described below, and means for supplying direct current.
- the monitoring and signaling device (FIG. 2) comprises a clock 21 which continuously transmits time signals. These control the digital display dial 11 on which appears the indication of the hour and possibly that of the day.
- a programmable electronic memory 22 is intended to memorize the usual time for taking the pill, which will hereinafter be called "hour H", and the day when the pill is started to take, a signaling time period t , a first period of time T1 during which the pill must be taken, the ' number of regular intervals t1 included in this first period T1, a second period of time (T2) during which the pill should not be taken.
- the storage is carried out by means of an adjustable device 23 actuated by the user.
- the data stored in memory can at any time be called up to appear on the display panel 1 by means of a call button not shown in the drawings. As shown in Figure 1, the lights 12 are used to indicate the day the pill was taken, the hour H can be called on the digital display dial 11.
- a microprocessor 24 is provided for receiving the time signals from the clock 21 and the time H written in the memory 22; it is organized to determine, at regular intervals t1, a signal time period tation in which the hour H is situated and to produce warning signals which define successive signaling time periods.
- the signaling time period t extends, every twenty-four hours, from an instant (H-2) located two hours before the hour H to an instant (H + 12 ) located twelve hours after the hour H.
- the warning signals are interrupted by a control signal V produced by a switch 25 actuated by the user.
- a device 16 is provided and arranged in particular so that a repeated action on the switch 25 during a signaling time period t has no effect.
- the switch 25 is actuated by a button 25 'provided on the housing.
- the above-mentioned control signal V is only produced when the switch 25 is actuated during the time period t. It is the function of a device 26 to determine, in a manner known per se, whether the action on the switch 25 takes place "during said time period t delimited by signals produced by the microprocessor, as will be seen. further.
- the microprocessor 24 continuously monitors the signals of the clock 21 and is organized to produce the warning signals cyclically during the predetermined time periods T1 for example twenty-one days, separated by predetermined rest periods T2, by example seven days.
- the microprocessor 24 permanently reads the time indicated by the clock 21 and compares it to the hour H written in the memory 22.
- the clock indicates the instant (H-2) which, in the example described - , indicates the start of the signaling time period t
- the microprocessor produces on line 100, a signal A which excites a light indicator, for example a flashing light 13, which thus warns the user that he must take his pill.
- This warning signal A will remain until the user cancels this signal, as will be seen below, when he takes his pill or, if not, until the end of the signaling time period. t.
- the microprocessor 24 produces on line 200 a signal B which actuates an audible alarm device 29.
- the audible alarm advantageously has one. intensity increasing until the end of the period of time t signaling.
- This warning signal B will be interrupted, like the signal A, during an action on the switch 25 which applies a signal V to the gate 28 or, if not, at the end of the signaling time period t.
- the microprocessor 24 produces on line 300, at the instant (H + 12), a signal C which cancels warning signals A and B, thereby suppressing the light indication and the audible alarm.
- This signal C also advantageously serves to excite an indicator light 14 on the display panel to indicate the fact that a pill intake has been forgotten.
- a device 16 is advantageously provided for counting the control signals V produced during the signaling times t of a first period of time T1 in progress, said device 16 also being designed to be incremented, by one unit, only once per signaling time t, the aforementioned display means being provided to indicate the number of signals counted. The user can thus at any time know how many times he has taken a pill.
- the device may also include a counting device 17 arranged to add the number of second warnings C produced during the entire first period of time T1 in progress, thus indicating to the user how many times he has forgotten to take a pill.
- the device according to the invention thus provides automatic monitoring of the regular taking of a pill and can inform the user, at any time, at what stage of the predetermined cycle he is in and whether this cycle has been observed.
- the device advantageously includes an indicator, such as an indicator light 15 on the display panel 1, for signaling that the direct current source has reached a determined level of exhaustion.
- an indicator such as an indicator light 15 on the display panel 1, for signaling that the direct current source has reached a determined level of exhaustion.
- An apparatus could also be provided which would include a device, similar to the aforementioned devices 16 and 17, arranged to count signals emitted by the clock 21, at each regular interval t1, during the second time period T2.
- the memory 22 is programmed to interrupt the signal B activating the audible alarm device 29 and this, until the switch 25 is used.
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La présente invention concerne un appareil destiné à signaler à un usager qu'il doit prendre une pilule et à le lui rappeler en cas d'oubli ou de distraction. L'appareil selon l'invention est particulièrement intéressant pour la surveillance de la prise régulière d'une pilule contraceptive. On sait que pendant chaque cycle de vingt-huit jours, la pilule contraceptive doit être prise régulièrement durant une période de temps donnée, idéalement vingt et un jours, suivie d'une période d'interruption qui est idéalement de sept jours et l'on sait également que la femme peut prendre sa pilule journellement avec un certain décalage par rap-' port à l'heure habituelle à laquelle elle devrait prendre sa pilule. Il importe donc que la femme non seulement n'oublie pas de prendre sa pilule, mais encore qu'elle la prenne pendant un laps de temps donné à chaque période de vingt-quatre heures.The present invention relates to an apparatus intended to signal to a user that he must take a pill and to remind him of this in the event of forgetfulness or distraction. The device according to the invention is particularly advantageous for monitoring the regular taking of a contraceptive pill. It is known that during each twenty-eight day cycle, the contraceptive pill must be taken regularly for a given period of time, ideally twenty-one days, followed by an interruption period which is ideally seven days and one also known that the woman can take her pill daily with a lag by Special Rapporteur 'harbor at the usual time when she should take her pill. It is therefore important that the woman not only does not forget to take her pill, but also that she takes it for a given period of time in each twenty-four hour period.
Le problème de la surveillance automatique de la prise régulière d'une pilule pendant des périodes cycliques est résolu grâce à l'appareil susdit, qui est agencé pour tenir compte d'un cycle de prise d'une pilule, en particulier d'une pilule contraceptive.The problem of automatic monitoring of the regular taking of a pill during cyclical periods is solved by the above-mentioned device, which is arranged to take into account a cycle of taking a pill, in particular a pill contraceptive.
A cet effet, suivant l'invention, cet appareil comprend une horloge pour produire des signaux de temps, une mémoire programmable pour stocker l'heure de prise de la pilule, le jour de début de prise de la pilule, un laps de temps de signalisation, une première période de temps pendant laquelle la pilule doit être prise, le nombre d'intervalles réguliers compris dans cette première période, une seconde période de temps pendant laquelle la pilule ne doit pas être prise, un dispositif logique agencé, d'une part, pour recevoir les signaux de temps de l'horloge ainsi que le contenu de la mémoire et pour répondre à un signal de commande et, d'autre part, pour produire au moins un signal d'avertissement pendant le laps de temps de signalisation susdit et répéter ce dernier signal aux intervalles réguliers susdits durant les premières périodes de temps précitées séparées par les secondes périodes de temps, le dispositif logique étant en outre agencé pour, lorsqu'il répond au signal de commande, interrompre le signal d'avertissement, et des moyens d'affichage d'au moins les données de la mémoire et du temps d'horloge.To this end, according to the invention, this device comprises a clock for producing time signals, a programmable memory for storing the time of taking the pill, the day on which the pill was started, a period of time of signaling, a first period of time during which the pill must be taken, the number of regular intervals included in this first period, a second period of time during which the pill should not be taken, a logical device arranged, on the one hand, to receive the clock time signals as well as the contents of the memory and to respond to a control signal and, on the other hand, to produce at least one warning signal during the aforesaid signaling time period and to repeat this last signal at the aforementioned regular intervals during the aforementioned first time periods separated by the second time periods, the logic device being further arranged to, when responding to the control signal, interrupt the warning signal, and means for display of at least the memory and clock time data.
L'invention est décrite plus en détails, ci-après, à l'aide d'un exemple non limitatif de mode' d'exécution de l'appareil illustré aux dessins annexés.
- . la figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective d'un appareil suivant l'invention,
- - la figure 2 est un schéma du circuit électrique de l'appareil montré à la figure 1.
- . FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an apparatus according to the invention,
- - Figure 2 is a diagram of the electrical circuit of the apparatus shown in Figure 1.
Dans les différentes figures, les mêmes notations de référence désignent des éléments identiques. L'appareil susdit comprend un boîtier 10 présentant un tableau d'affichage 1 pourvu d'un cadran à affichage numérique 11 pour indiquer l'heure ainsi que les autres informations affichables se trouvant en mémoire, et des voyants lumineux ou touches de commande 12, 13, 14, 15, 16' et 17' dont le nombre correspond aux diverses fonctions de l'appareil, comme cela ressortira de la description qui suit.In the different figures, the same reference notations designate identical elements. The above-mentioned device comprises a
Le boîtier 10 comporte avantageusement un logement 18 pour une provision de pilules 19.The
A l'intérieur du boîtier 10 sont logés un dispositif de surveillance et de signalisation électronique organisé pour produire les signaux d'avertissement voulus et fournir les informations susdites décrits ci-après, et des moyens d'alimentation en courant continu.Inside the
Le dispositif de surveillance et de signalisation (figure 2) comprend une horloge 21 qui émet en permanence des signaux de temps. Ceux-ci commandent le cadran d'affichage numérique 11 sur lequel apparaît l'indication de l'heure et éventuellement celle du jour. Une mémoire électronique programmable 22 est destinée à mémoriser l'heure habituelle de prise de la pilule, que l'on appellera dans la suite "heure H", et le jour du début de prise de la pilule, un laps de temps de signalisation t, une première période de temps T1 pendant laquelle la pilule doit être -prise, le' nombre d'intervalles réguliers t1 compris dans cette première période T1, une seconde période de temps (T2) pendant laquelle la pilule ne doit pas être prise. La mise en mémoire s'effectue au moyen d'un dispositif réglable 23 actionné par l'usager. Les données mises en mémoire peuvent à tout moment être appellées pour apparaître au tableau d'affichage 1 grâce à une touche d'appel non représentée aux dessins. Comme montré à la figure 1, les voyants 12 servent à indiquer le jour de prise de la pilule, l'heure H pouvant être appelée sur le cadran à affichage numérique 11.The monitoring and signaling device (FIG. 2) comprises a
Un microprocesseur 24 est prévu pour recevoir les signaux de temps de l'horloge 21 et l'heure H inscrite dans la mémoire 22 ; il est organisé pour déterminer, à intervalles réguliers t1, un laps de temps de signalisation t dans lequel est située l'heure H et pour produire des signaux d'avertissement qui définissent des laps de temps de signalisation successifs. Dans un exemple d'exécution, le laps de temps de signalisation t s'étend, toutes les vingt-quatre heures, depuis un instant (H-2) situé deux heures avant l'heure H jusqu'à un instant (H+12) situé douze heures après l'heure H. Les signaux d'avertissement sont interrompus par un signal de commande V produit par un commutateur 25 actionné par l'utilisateur. Un dispositif 16 est prévu et agencé notamment pour qu'une action répétée sur le commutateur 25 durant un laps de temps de signalisation t soit sans effet.A
Le commutateur 25 est actionné par un bouton 25' prévu sur le boîtier. Le signal de commande V susdit n'est produit que lorsque le commutateur 25 est actionné pendant le laps de temps t. C'est la fonction d'un dispositif 26 de déterminer, de façon connue en soi, si l'action sur le commutateur 25 s'effectue" durant ledit laps de temps t délimité par des signaux produits par le microprocesseur, comme on le verra plus loin.The
Le microprocesseur 24 surveille en permanence les signaux de l'horloge 21 et est organisé pour produire les signaux d'avertissement de façon cyclique pendant les périodes de temps prédéterminées T1 par exemple vingt et un jours, séparées par des périodes de repos prédéterminées T2, par exemple sept jours.The
Le microprocesseur 24 lit en permanence l'heure indiquée par l'horloge 21 et la compare à l'heure H inscrite dans la mémoire 22. Lorsque l'horloge indique l'instant (H-2) qui, dans l'exemple décrit-, indique le début du laps de temps de signalisation t, le microprocesseur produit sur la ligne 100, un signal A qui excite un indicateur lumineux, par exemple un voyant clignotant 13, qui avertit ainsi l'usager qui lui faut prendre sa pilule. Ce signal d'avertissement A subsistera jusqu'à ce que l'usager annule ce signal, comme on le verra plus loin, lorsqu'il prend sa pilule ou, dans le cas contraire, jusqu'à la fin du laps de temps de signalisation t.The
Lorsque l'usager prend sa pilule, il actionne le commutateur 25, le signal V est appliqué à la porte 27 et interrompt le signal d'avertissement A. L'indicateur lumineux s'éteint alors et se remettra à clignoter lorsque l'horloge indiquera l'instant (H-2) du jour suivant.When the user takes his pill, he actuates the
Si le commutateur 25 n'a pas encore été actionné lorsque l'horloge indique l'instant (H+1), c'est-à-dire lorsqu'à ce moment l'usager n'a pas encore pris sa pilule, le microprocesseur 24 produit sur la ligne 200 un signal B qui actionne un dispositif d'alarme sonore 29. L'alarme sonore a avantageusement une. intensité' croissante jusqu'à la fin du laps de temps de signalisation t. Ce signal d'avertissement B se trouvera interrompu, tout comme le signal A, lors d'une action sur le commutateur 25 qui applique un signal V à la porte 28 ou, dans le cas contraire, à la fin du laps de temps de signalisation t.If the
Lorsque le laps de temps de signalisation t s'est écoulé sans que les signaux d'avertissement A et B aient été interrompus, le microprocesseur 24 produit sur la ligne 300, à l'instant (H+12), un signal C qui annule les signaux d'avertissement A et B, supprimant ainsi l'indication lumineuse et l'alarme sonore. Ce signal C sert aussi avantageusement à excit-er un voyant lumineux 14 sur le tableau d'affichage pour indiquer le fait qu'une prise de pilule a été oubliée.When the signaling time period t has elapsed without the warning signals A and B having been interrupted, the
Un dispositif 16 est avantageusement prévu pour compter les signaux de commande V produits pendant les temps de signalisation t d'une première période de temps T1 en cours, ledit dispositif 16 étant également agencé pour n'être incrémenté, d'une unité, qu'une fois par temps de signalisation t, les moyens d'affichage précités étant prévus pour indiquer le nombre de signaux comptés. L'usager peut ainsi à tout moment savoir combien de fois il a pris une pilule.A
Le dispositif peut également comprendre un dispositif de comptage 17 agencé pour additionner le nombre de seconds avertissements C produits pendant toute la première période de temps T1 en cours, indiquant ainsi à l'usager combien de fois il a oublié de prendre une pilule.The device may also include a
L'appareil selon l'invention assure ainsi une surveillance automatique de la prise régulière d'une pilule et peut renseigner l'usager, à tout moment, à quel stade du cycle prédéterminé il se trouve et si ce- cycle a bien été respecté.The device according to the invention thus provides automatic monitoring of the regular taking of a pill and can inform the user, at any time, at what stage of the predetermined cycle he is in and whether this cycle has been observed.
L'appareil comprend avantageusement un indicateur, tel qu'un voyant lumineux 15 sur le tableau d'affichage 1, pour signaler que la source de courant continu a atteint un niveau d'épuisement déterminé.The device advantageously includes an indicator, such as an indicator light 15 on the
Il doit être entendu que l'invention n'est nullement limitée à la forme de réalisation décrite et que bien des modifications peuvent être apportées à cette dernière sans sortir du cadre du présent brevet.It should be understood that the invention is in no way limited to the embodiment described and that many modifications can be made to the latter without departing from the scope of this patent.
On pourrait notamment prévoir, dans l'appareil, un dispositif constatant le temps écoulé depuis le second signal d'avertissement C et initialisé par ce dernier, les moyens d'affichage susdits étant agencés pour indiquer ce temps écoulé.One could in particular provide, in the apparatus, a device noting the time elapsed since the second warning signal C and initialized by the latter, the aforementioned display means being arranged to indicate this elapsed time.
On pourrait encore prévoir un appareil qui comprendrait un dispositif, analogues aux dispositifs 16 et 17 précités, agencé pour compter des signaux émis par l'horloge 21, à chaque intervalle régulier t1, pendant la seconde période de temps T2.An apparatus could also be provided which would include a device, similar to the
Pour éviter une décharge des moyens d'alimentation en courant continu lorsque l'appareil n'est pas utilisé pendant une période excédant par exemple trois intervalles réguliers t1, la mémoire 22 est programmée pour interrompre le signal B activant le dispositif d'alarme sonore 29 et ce, jusqu'à l'utilisation du commutateur 25.To avoid a discharge of the DC power supply means when the apparatus is not used for a period exceeding for example three regular intervals t1, the
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