JP4842843B2 - Dementia drug supply device - Google Patents

Description

    The present invention relates to a medicine supply device for a dementia patient who does not know that there is a medicine to be taken.

    Conventional medicine boxes and supply devices require an operation of taking out medicines by operating handles or levers (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4).

    Some devices automatically supply medicines by a timer, but since a plurality of medicines are supplied at the same time in the morning, noon, evening and before going to bed, an intellectual work of selection is required (for example, see Patent Document 5).

    Most of the devices that use a timer emit an alarm, and there are examples that are used for recording, but for a doctor to manage the medication situation (for example, Patent Documents 6 to 7). reference.).

    There are devices that supply medication in capsules with a timer, but the devices are complex and large. (For example, refer to Patent Document 8).

Although there is a device shaped like a doll, it is assumed to be a nurse and cannot be said to have a characteristic form (for example, see Patent Document 9).
JP 2006-187321 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-270602 Utility Model Registration No. 3085734 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-210551 JP 2004-000489 A JP 2002-355294 A JP 2002-362552 A JP 09-253172 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-184646

  The conventional medicine box or supply device described above allows the patient to take out by button operation or lever operation, or allows the patient to make a choice by supplying in the morning, noon, or evening at a time. It involves intellectual work. For this reason, it is effective for people who can recognize that there is a medicine that needs to be taken, but it is difficult for a person who has a memory or recognition disorder to take the medicine independently.

  There are devices that generate alarms by sound, light, and vibration, but it is difficult for patients with dementia to associate alarms with medications. For example, if an alarm sound is heard, an action to stop the operation of the device itself is expected to stop the alarm.

  Clarify the distinction from other things by making the whole shape the shape of an animal that is familiar and memorized at a young age. For example, a device with the unique shape of a species, such as an elephant with a long nose, a giraffe with a long neck, a turtle with a shell on its back, a long-haired eagle, a cat with a cat face, etc. By helping, the patient's attention can be directed to the device verbally. If consciousness is directed at the device, the patient can be simplified to the task of drinking automatically supplied medication.

  To hold the medicine, there is a hole in the upper plate 6 made of a sheet-like disk or polygonal plate with an appropriate elasticity, and the drug enters the hole and presses the collar part of the PTP package against the lower plate 8. Keep it.

  Some patients with dementia have taken PTP packaging. In order to deal with such a patient, the drug can be taken out of the package and held in the hole portion of the upper plate 6.

  When the medicine is supplied at the time set in the 24-hour timer 4, the drug is moved concentrically by rotating the upper plate 6. The amount of rotation of the upper plate 6 is detected by a dog attached to the top or side of the upper plate 6 and the sensors 7 and 9, and only one dose is dropped from a drop opening opened on the lower plate 8. The tray 16 is controlled so that only medicine to be taken is supplied.

  The sensor may be either a contact type or a non-contact type, but since an aluminum foil is used for PTP packaging, there is a concern that the optical sensor may malfunction.

  The upper plate can be rotated by applying a force in a tangential direction to the outer periphery by a belt, a chain, a gear or the like in addition to the rotation of the central axis.

   When there are a plurality of medicines to be taken by the patient, a plurality of drugs can be simultaneously supplied by adding a hole formed in the upper plate 6 on the center line or in the vicinity thereof.

  The drug tray 16 is covered with a release or transparent cover so that the drug to be taken can be confirmed visually or by touch.

  The patient can be alerted face-to-face or by phone, but the change in pronunciation can confirm whether the drug is in the mouth.

  As described above, the dementia-compatible drug supply device of the present invention allows a patient to put a drug in his / her mouth simply by urging a caregiver to alert him / her to take medication. It is expected not only to have a medical effect by regular quantitative administration of drugs, but also to delay the progress of the nursing certification category. Also, the burden on caregivers and family members for taking medication is very large.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  FIG. 1 shows the outline of the entire apparatus. In the present embodiment, even a child grasps the characteristics, and an elephant is selected as an animal with less likes and dislikes.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a product obtained by unraveling the head of an animal.

  8 is a lower plate with a drop opening in front, and holds the drug by sandwiching the collar portion of the PTP package between the upper plate and 6. The upper plate of 6 is provided with a dock for detecting a rotation angle in addition to a hole for holding a drug.

  The drug can be filled by lifting the upper plate 6 and inserting it into the gap formed between the lower plate 8 and pushing it into the hole. When removed from the package, it is completed by dropping it into the hole from above the upper plate 6.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a 24-hour timer, which starts energizing when the set time is reached. Since the normal operation time is a few seconds, energization for one minute is sufficient.

  Reference numeral 12 denotes an actuator motor and a speed reducer. When energized, the motor starts to rotate and drives the upper plate 6 to transfer the drug.

  7 and 9 are sensors that detect the amount of rotation of the upper plate in response to the dog. The detection signal is processed by the control unit 3, and the motor / decelerator 12 of the actuator is started and stopped, and the amount of medicine to be taken once is supplied. In the case of the embodiment of the present invention, a rotation amount of 1/8 rotation is required.

  When the drug is transferred onto the drop port of the lower plate 8, it falls by gravity and is guided to the drug tray 16. The elephant head 1 is also a guiding means.

  A power supply unit 2 supplies energy from a commercial power supply to the control unit 3 and the motor / reduction gear 12 that is an actuator.

  A cover 5 protects the drug from dust, prevents the mechanism from being seen, and prevents direct contact with the patient.

  In the case of a plurality of drugs to be taken, this is a dementia drug supply device characterized by a plurality of drug supply means capable of supplying a plurality of drugs at the same time by adding a hole to the upper plate 6 on the center line or in the vicinity thereof.

  A device is set up beside the phone, a timer is set so that medicine is supplied at 6 am, and the phone asks whether the medicine is in the tray in front of the elephant, which is the device, at 7 am. If so, the medicine you are taking has not been taken, and you are encouraged to take it in your mouth. Conversation and confirm taking by changing pronunciation.

  During the two months prior to using the device, he did not drink or took three times the fixed amount at once. When I called the phone again, I had taken a lot of drinks, thinking that I was being prompted to take it.

  During the three months since using this device, I have never had repeated drinks and have never forgotten. In this way, the patient with dementia who is in a remote place in this way is taking medication and confirming safety at the same time.

Overall view of dementia drug supply system Development view of the equipment

Explanation of symbols

1 Animal head 2 Power supply unit 3 Control unit 4 Timer 5 Cover 6 Upper plate 7 Sensor 1
8 Lower plate 9 Sensor 2
10 Tail 11 Back foot 12 Motor / Speed reducer 13 Right forefoot 14 Left forefoot 15 Base plate 16 Drug tray

Claims (1)

There is a hole in the upper plate 6 of a sheet-like disk or polygonal plate with moderate elasticity, and the drug enters the hole and presses the collar part of the PTP package against the lower plate 8 so that it is not easily scattered. The holding means, the transfer means for moving the drug concentrically by rotating the upper plate 6 and transferring it to the drop opening opened on the lower plate 8, and the 24-hour timer 4 can perform a repetitive operation once or more a day. It is possible to detect the amount of rotation of the upper plate 6 by the sensors 7 and 9 and to control so that only one dose is supplied and a hole to be opened in the upper plate 6 is added on the center line or in the vicinity And a plurality of drug supply means capable of supplying a plurality of drugs at the same time.

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