KR101175210B1 - Medicine dispenser and medicine supply system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A medicine distribution device and a medicine supply system using the same are provided to prevent a user from taking medicine too much. CONSTITUTION: A medicine distribution device comprises a discharge unit(30), an input unit(40), a display unit(50), a housing(60), a controller(70), and a medicine storage unit(100). The discharge unit discharges medicine discharged from the medicine storage unit to the outside of the housing. The input unit is formed on the top of the housing and inputs a signal supplying the medicine into the medicine storage unit. The display unit is installed to the front of the housing and displays the state of medicine. In the housing, the medicine storage unit is inserted. The controller determines contents to be displayed on the display unit and selects the medicine to be supplied to the medicine storage unit. The medicine storage unit is divided to classify medicines.

Description

Medication dispensing device and drug supply system using same {MEDICINE DISPENSER AND MEDICINE SUPPLY SYSTEM USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a drug distribution device, and more specifically, to adjust the formulation of the drug provided for each supply time, by informing the intake or intake of the drug to take the drug in time and overdose the medicine It relates to a drug distribution device that can prevent the thing.

In general, patients will be prescribed medications that are appropriate for their medical history. In addition, even if the disease does not get the general public to take the appropriate amount of medicine to improve health. However, even those who do not have senile dementia, often miss the time to take the drug at the right time to take the drug, or often do not remember whether to take the drug will occur. Therefore, because the medicine is not taken in time for the treatment, the treatment becomes slow and the disease becomes chronic and difficult to cure. In addition, when overdose does not remember whether to take the drug, there was a problem that harm the health by the side effects of the drug. In particular, in the case of taking medicine in an appropriate amount or more, medicines that are related to life need to accurately remember the interval between taking medicines. There was a problem that could be.

Conventionally, in order to solve this problem, by using a medicine to classify the drugs to be ingested, it is to classify the medicine to be eaten for a certain time, such as breakfast lunch and dinner to check whether or not taking the medicine in time. However, in such a case, the person who should take the medicine had to check the medicine box to check the time to take the medicine. In addition, since vitamins, iron, and the like, which are ingested separately from the therapeutic medicines, are different from the therapeutic medicines, the intake times have to be remembered separately. In addition, in the case of a disease causing various complications, not only drugs for the disease, but also drugs related to the complications should be taken at the same time. Can not control the intake time of the drug, and can not prevent overdose of the drug.

Therefore, in recent years, it is possible to confirm whether the medicine is ingested according to the type of medicine, and the necessity of an apparatus for informing the proper intake time of each type of medicine is emerging.

The first problem to be solved by the present invention, the drug dispensing device that can tell whether or not the user taking the drug to prevent the overdose of the drug and to take the appropriate amount without confusing the taking time of the various combination of drugs To provide.

In addition, the second problem to be solved by the present invention, by connecting the drug dispensing device with other devices by ubiquitous networking, to adjust the operation of the drug dispensing device and at the same time to provide a drug supply system device that can recognize the taking time of the drug To provide.

The present invention, in order to solve the first problem, the drug storage unit is partitioned so that the drugs can be classified by type;

A housing into which the medicine reservoir is inserted;

A passage formed at one side of the front lower side of the housing and discharging the medicine discharged from the medicine storage unit to the outside of the housing;

An input unit formed at an upper portion of the housing to input a signal for supplying a medicine in the medicine storage unit;

A display unit mounted on the front of the housing to display a state of the medicine supplied from the medicine storage unit; And

And a controller for determining contents to be displayed on the display unit according to a time point at which the signal is input from the input unit, and selecting a drug to be supplied from the drug storage unit.

The drug storage unit,

A drug storage container in which a plurality of storage containers are formed so that drugs are stored for each type;

The individual discharge tube of the tubular shape for supplying the drug discharged from the respective drug storage container, and the aggregate discharge is formed between the end of the individual discharge tube and the discharge unit to collect the respective drugs supplied from the individual discharge tube Drug discharge passage provided with a pipe, and

Drug information stored in each of the plurality of storage containers is input, and provides a drug dispensing device comprising a drug control device for determining whether the individual discharge pipe opening and closing according to the signal of the control unit.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the control unit,

A distribution control unit which adjusts the combination of each drug, the drug supply time, and the drug supply amount according to the information stored in the drug control substrate;

Preferably, the dispensing controller includes a notification controller for displaying a command to be performed by the dispensing controller on the display unit according to the signal input from the input unit.

Here, the drug storage container is further formed with a drug inlet for injecting drugs,

The medicine inlet is preferably opened and closed by a command of the distribution control unit.

In addition, the distribution control unit, the drug supply timing to be supplied with the drug, the drug standby timing to prevent the drug is supplied between the drug supply timing, and drug supply notification timing which is the drug supply timing in the state that the drug is not supplied Classify and deliver to the notification control unit,

Preferably, the notification controller determines contents displayed on the display unit according to the medicine supply timing, the medicine standby timing, and the medicine supply notification timing.

The display unit may include a visual display for displaying the operation state of the drug storage unit in text and an auditory display for transmitting the operation state of the drug storage unit in sound.

In addition, the present invention, in order to solve the second problem, the drug distribution device; And

It is connected to the drug distribution device and the ubiquitous network provides a drug supply system device including a notification receiving device for receiving the operation state of the drug distribution device.

According to one embodiment of the invention, it is preferable to further include a drug control device coupled to the control unit and the ubiquitous network of the drug delivery device to determine the operation of the drug delivery device.

Here, the control unit of the drug delivery device, preferably informs the drug control device of the abnormal operation of the drug delivery device.

In addition, the drug control device includes a plurality of transmitters coupled to the control unit and the ubiquitous network of the drug distribution device,

Preferably, the drug delivery device is determined by the same input value transmitted from each transmitter.

According to the present invention, it is possible to know whether or not the user took the medicine, thereby preventing overdose of the drug, and by taking the time to take the medicine, the user can take the medicine at an appropriate time. In addition, since the control unit is appropriately formulated in accordance with the medication taking time to supply the medication to the user, when the need to take a different type of medicine, the hassle of having to remember the time to take the medicine every day is reduced. In addition, according to the drug supply system device, in the case of a drug that is life-threatening when overdose, it is possible to increase the safety when handling the drug by preventing the doser to arbitrarily adjust the dose. In addition, since the ratio of drugs distributed by the drug delivery device can be controlled remotely by ubiquitous networking, the patient can take the medicine whose formulation is adjusted even if the patient does not go to the hospital. In addition, since the drug delivery device and the user are connected by ubiquitous networking, the medicine can be taken according to the intake time of the drug even without the drug delivery device.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a drug delivery device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a conceptual diagram of a drug supply system device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to preferred embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art, however, that these examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a drug delivery device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the drug dispensing apparatus 1 is composed of a case consisting of a housing 60, a display unit 50, a discharge unit 30, and an input unit 40, a drug storage unit 100 and a control unit 70. Can be classified as a device. Since the drug storage unit 100 and the control unit 70, which are operating devices, are provided in the housing 60 and cannot be seen in appearance, in FIG. 1, the connection relationship between the case and the operating device and the operation relationship are easily understood. The drug dispensing apparatus 1 is schematically illustrated to be disassembled.

Drug dispensing apparatus 1 according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, the drug storage unit 100 is divided into a space, so that drugs can be classified by type;

A housing 60 into which the medicine storage unit 100 is inserted;

A passage formed at a lower side of the front side of the housing 60, the discharge part 30 discharging the medicine discharged from the drug storage part 100 to the outside of the housing 60;

An input unit 40 formed at an upper portion of the housing 60 to input a signal for supplying a drug in the drug storage unit 100;

A display unit 50 mounted on a front surface of the housing 60 to display a state of a medicine supplied from the medicine storage unit 100; And

It includes a control unit 70 for determining the content to be displayed on the display unit 50 according to the time point at which the signal input from the input unit 40, and selects the drug to be supplied from the drug storage unit 100,

The drug storage unit 100,

Drug storage container 110 is formed by partitioning a plurality of storage containers to be stored for each type of drug;

The individual discharge pipe 132 of the tubular shape for supplying the drug discharged from the respective drug storage container 110, and formed between the end of the individual discharge pipe 132 and the discharge portion 30 is the individual discharge Drug discharging passage 130 is provided with a collecting discharge pipe 135 for collecting the respective drugs supplied from the pipe 132, and

Drug information stored in each of the plurality of storage containers is input, characterized in that it comprises a drug control substrate 120 for determining whether to open or close the individual discharge pipe 132 according to the signal of the control unit 70 It provides a drug delivery device (1).

Since the drug storage unit 100 is mounted in the housing 60, as shown in the discharge unit 30 of FIG. 1, the drug discharge passage 130 is mounted in a dotted line position. The medicine container of the drug storage unit 100 is divided into several compartments. Therefore, by allowing the drugs to be located in different compartments for each type, the timing at which the drugs are supplied can be adjusted over time. Although FIG. 1 illustrates that the drug storage container 110 is divided into four compartments, the number of the drug storage container 110 is not limited thereto, and the number of the drug storage container 110 is divided according to the type of medicine taken by the user. I can regulate it. That is, by partitioning the space in which the medicine is stored for each type by providing a plurality of partitions in one container, may be provided with a drug storage container 110, by combining a plurality of containers provided in one container with one group (Iii) may be provided with a drug storage container (110).

The drug storage container 110 is provided with a drug control substrate 120. Drug control substrate 120, the information of the drugs provided in each of the partitioned space of the drug storage container 110 is input, so that each drug is supplied in accordance with the time to be supplied. That is, by adjusting the opening and closing of the individual discharge pipe 132 is in communication with the drug storage container 110, it is possible to adjust the type of drug supplied according to the taking time.

For example, a total of four kinds of drugs to be supplied to the user, and when the drug storage container 110 is divided into four spaces, each space is the first storage container (110a), the second storage container (110b) ), The third storage container (110c), the fourth storage container (110d). When the drug control substrate 120 is installed in each of the first storage container (110a), the second storage container (110b), the third storage container (110c), and the fourth storage container (110d), the drug control The substrate 120 may be divided into a first control board 120a, a second control board 120b, a third control board 120c, and a fourth control board 120d. The individual discharge pipes 132 each connected to the first storage container 110a, the second storage container 110b, the third storage container 110c, and the fourth storage container 110d are normally closed. While maintaining the control signal, when the open signal is transmitted from the first control board 120a, the second control board 120b, the third control board 120c, and the fourth control board 120d, the first storage container 110a. The first individual discharge pipe 132a, the second individual discharge pipe 132b, which are connected to the second storage container 110b, the third storage container 110c, and the fourth storage container 110d, respectively, The third individual discharge pipe 132c and the fourth individual discharge pipe 132d are opened. When the medicine in the drug storage container 110 is supplied through each individual discharge pipe 132, each type of drug is transferred to the discharge unit 30 through the collection discharge pipe 135. Here, the drug may be transferred by various methods such as giving an inclination to the collection discharge pipe 135 or driving the collection discharge pipe 135 in a conveyor belt manner, and the transport method is not limited. In addition, the drug control substrate 120 may be formed in each of the first storage container (110a), the second storage container (110b), the third storage container (110c), and the fourth storage container (110d), one Information on the medicines provided in the first storage container (110a), the second storage container (110b), the third storage container (110c), and the fourth storage container (110d) by the drug control substrate of the control unit 70 It can be sent or controlled to open or close each collection discharge pipe (135).

The present invention not only ingests the medicament supplied in this manner, but also informs the ingestor of the proper intake time when the ingestion is confused. That is, after the user takes the medicine first by pressing the input unit 40 to the medicine supply timing, the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 is configured to prevent the medicine from being supplied until the medicine supply timing of ingesting the medicine is second. Is set. When the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 is the drug standby timing, when the user presses the input unit 40, the display unit 50 informs that the user has already taken the medicine. The signal provided by the display unit 50 may be classified into a visual display 52 that allows the doser to check the taking state with the naked eye by displaying a letter or a schematic, or an auditory display 54 that informs the state by sound.

When the medicine supply timing has elapsed since the waiting time for the medicine, the user should take the medicine. At this time, if the user forgets to press the input unit 40 and the drug is not discharged from the drug storage container 110, the drug distribution device 1 is in the drug supply timing state of the drug supply notification timing. When the drug distribution device 1 is set to the drug supply notification timing, the display unit 50 indicates that the user has not taken the medicine. This makes it easy for the user to check the time of ingestion. At this time, the drug is preferably supplied only when the input unit 40 is pressed. In other words, if the medicine is automatically supplied in accordance with the drug intake time, the drug may be in excessive contact with the air and the drug may be degraded or the drug may be contaminated by the air. By skipping to the medication delivery timing, it is desirable for the medication to be supplied intact at the appropriate time.

As described above, the control unit 70 for supplying or distributing drugs according to the signal of the input unit 40 and adjusting the state of the drug storage unit 100 to be displayed on the display unit 50 includes a distribution control unit 74 and a notification control unit ( 72). The distribution control unit 74 adjusts the formulation of each drug, the drug supply time, and the drug supply quantity according to the information stored in the drug control substrate 120. In addition, when the signal is input from the input unit 40, the notification control unit 72 displays a command to the dispensing control unit 74 to the drug storage unit 100 on the display unit 50.

For example, in the morning and lunch, the first storage container (110a), and the medicine stored in the fourth storage container (110d) should be ingested, in the evening the first storage container (110a), the third storage container (110c), And if the drug stored in the fourth storage container (110d) should be ingested, the distribution control unit 74 sends a signal to the drug control substrate 120 in accordance with the respective drug intake time. That is, in the morning and lunch, only the first individual discharge pipe 132a and the fourth individual discharge pipe 132d are opened to supply two kinds of medicines. In the evening, only the first individual discharge pipe 132a, the third individual discharge pipe 132c, and the fourth individual discharge pipe 132d are opened so that three kinds of medicines are supplied. The distribution control unit 74 may adjust the amount of the drug to be supplied at each time, in addition to distinguishing the types of drugs supplied at each intake time. In addition, even if the drug supply timing of each drug is different from each other, since the drug supply timing is automatically calculated according to the value initially set in the distribution control unit 74, the drug distribution device (1) in accordance with the time that the ingestor has to take the medicine The medication supply timing is set.

The input unit 40 is used to confirm whether or not the user taking the medicine in addition to supplying the medicine. In the distribution control unit 74, a medicine supply timing to be supplied with a medicine, a medicine standby timing to prevent the medicine from being supplied between the medicine supply timing, and a medicine supply notification timing which is a medicine supply timing when the medicine is not supplied. Separated and delivered to the notification control unit 72. The notification controller 72 selects the content to be displayed on the display unit 50 through the signal received from the distribution controller 74. When the input unit 40 is pressed at the drug supply timing, the medicine is supplied. In addition, when the input unit 40 is pressed to the drug standby timing, the display unit 50 informs that the drug has already been supplied. Therefore, the drug is not supplied to the drug standby timing even when the input unit 40 is pressed in order to prevent the intake of the drug overdose.

In addition to dispensing the proper amount of the medicine, the dispensing control unit 74 is also used as a safety device that allows the user to use the appropriate amount of the medicine. That is, the drug storage container 110 may be further formed with a drug inlet for injecting a drug, the distribution control unit 74 is used as a safety device by controlling the opening and closing of the drug inlet. For example, if the dose of the drug is directly or indirectly related to the life of the taker, it is locked to prevent the taker from arbitrarily opening the inlet. Furthermore, the drug inlet is controlled to be opened only by a doctor or a pharmacist, thereby controlling the drug inlet by the distribution control unit 74 to take the medicine according to the prescription.

2 is a conceptual diagram of a drug supply system device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The drug distribution device 1 according to the present invention remotely checks the supply time of the medicine and whether the medicine is supplied by the ubiquitous networking connection, so that the patient can take the medicine even without carrying the medicine distribution device 1. Make sure to check. In addition, by adjusting the dose of the drug to be dispensed or the combination of drugs in the drug distribution device 1 remotely by the doctor or pharmacist by the drug control device 210, the combination or dose of the medicine to be ingested before going to the medical treatment I can regulate it. This saves you the hassle of having to visit a hospital or pharmacy to change your medication.

Drug supply system device according to the invention, as shown in Figure 2, the drug distribution device (1); And

It is connected to the drug distribution device 1 and the ubiquitous network provides a drug supply system device including a notification receiving device 220 that receives the operating state of the drug distribution device (1). Here, as the notification receiving device 220, a mobile phone may be used as a representative. That is, the drug dispensing device 1 is located at home, and when the doser is active from the outside, when the drug dispensing device 1 is drug supply timing, the drug dispensing device 1 notifies that the drug supply timing is received. Will be sent to). In this case, by selecting multiple units as the notification receiving device 220, the caregiver or the like can be usefully used to check the health status of the taker in addition to the taker. In this case, when the medicine supply timing is received by the notification receiving device 220, the notification receiving device 220 may transmit whether the medicine has been taken to the drug distribution device 1. That is, according to the signal sent from the notification receiving device 220, the distribution control unit 74 of the drug distribution device 1 determines whether the current drug distribution device 1 is the drug standby timing, drug supply notification timing. Therefore, even if the medicine dispensing device 1 does not actually discharge the medicine, when the notification receiving device 220 sends a signal that the medicine is taken, the distribution controller 74 causes the medicine dispensing device 1 to be in a medicine standby timing state. Set it. In addition, when the notification receiving device 220 sends a signal that the drug is not taken, the distribution control unit 74 sets the drug distribution device 1 to the drug supply notification timing state. Thus, until the alarm receiving device 220 sends a signal indicating that the medicine is taken to the drug distribution device 1, the signal is sent from the drug distribution device 1 to the notification receiving device 220 to continue taking the medicine.

The drug supply system device according to the present invention, when it is necessary to adjust the type or amount of the drug to be ingested according to the improvement of the user's condition, even if the user does not go directly to the hospital or pharmacy of the drug supplied from the drug distribution device (1) The formulation can be adjusted. In general, the number of times a drug is taken depends on the length of time after the first treatment before the next treatment. Therefore, when the patient's health advances differently from the expected recovery rate at the first medical treatment before the next treatment date, the drug control device 210 controls the drug dispensing device 1, so that the drug is in a formulation suitable for the health condition of the user. To be supplied. To this end, the drug distribution device 1 may be combined with the drug control device 210 and the ubiquitous network. Here, the drug control device 210 provided in the drug supply system device to control the drug dispensing device (1) only when the qualified to control the formulation of the drug, such as doctors or pharmacists to take the medicine, Make sure you are healthy.

In addition, the control unit 70 may notify the drug control device 210 of the abnormal operation of the drug dispensing device 1, it is possible to prevent the abuse of the drug to pay attention to handling. For example, when a drug analgesic is included in the drug, the drug control device signals that the drug storage container 110 is opened when the user opens the drug storage container 110 to overuse the drug. Ship to 210. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an overdose from taking a medicament that requires attention in handling.

Here, the drug control device 210 is provided with a plurality of transmitters 212 coupled to the control unit 70 and the ubiquitous network of the drug distribution device 1, the transmitter 212 is malfunctioning is supplied from the drug distribution device (1) Do not change the formulation of the drug. That is, the formulation of the drug is changed only when the plurality of transmitters 212 provided in the drug control device 210 deliver the same input value to the drug delivery device 1.

All simple modifications or changes of the present invention can be easily carried out by those skilled in the art, and all such modifications or changes can be regarded as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: drug dispenser 30: discharge unit
40: input unit 50: display unit
52: visual display 54: auditory display
60: housing 70: control unit
72: notification control unit 74: distribution control unit
100: drug storage unit 110: drug storage container
120: drug control substrate 130: drug discharge passage
132: individual discharge pipe 135: aggregate discharge pipe
210: drug control device 212: transmitter
220: notification receiving device

Claims (9)

A drug storage unit in which a space is partitioned so that drugs can be classified by type;
A housing into which the medicine reservoir is inserted;
A passage formed at one side of the front lower side of the housing and discharging the medicine discharged from the medicine storage unit to the outside of the housing;
An input unit formed at an upper portion of the housing to input a signal for supplying a medicine in the medicine storage unit;
A display unit mounted on the front of the housing to display a state of the medicine supplied from the medicine storage unit; And
And a controller for determining contents to be displayed on the display unit according to a time point at which the signal is input from the input unit, and selecting a drug to be supplied from the drug storage unit.
The drug storage unit,
Drug storage containers formed by partitioning a plurality of storage containers so that the drugs are stored for each type,
The individual discharge tube of the tubular shape for supplying the drug discharged from the respective drug storage container, and the aggregate discharge is formed between the end of the individual discharge tube and the discharge unit to collect the respective drugs supplied from the individual discharge tube Drug discharge passage provided with a pipe, and
Drug information stored in each of the plurality of storage containers is input, drug distribution device characterized in that it comprises a drug control device for determining whether or not to open or close the individual discharge pipe in accordance with the signal of the control unit. The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
A distribution control unit which adjusts the combination of each drug, the drug supply time, and the drug supply amount according to the information stored in the drug control substrate;
And a notification controller to display, on the display unit, a command to be performed by the dispensing controller in the medicine storage unit according to the signal input from the input unit. The method of claim 2,
The drug storage container is further formed with a drug inlet for injecting drugs,
The medicine injecting device is opened and closed by a command from the distribution control unit. The method of claim 2,
The distribution controller may be configured to distinguish between a medicine supply timing to be supplied with a medicine, a medicine standby timing to prevent the medicine from being supplied between the medicine supply timing, and a medicine supply notification timing, which is a medicine supply timing when the medicine is not supplied. Deliver to the notification control unit,
The notification control unit, drug delivery device, characterized in that for determining the contents displayed on the display unit according to the drug supply timing, drug standby timing, and drug supply notification timing. The method of claim 1,
The display unit, the dispensing device comprising a visual display for displaying the operation state of the drug storage unit in text, and an auditory display for transmitting the operation state of the drug storage unit by sound. Drug dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5; And
And a notification receiving device connected to the drug distribution device and a ubiquitous network to receive an operation state of the drug delivery device. The method of claim 6,
And a drug control device coupled to a control unit of the drug delivery device and a ubiquitous network to determine the operation of the drug delivery device. The method of claim 7, wherein
The control unit of the drug delivery device, drug supply system device, characterized in that to inform the drug control device of the abnormal operation of the drug delivery device. The method of claim 7, wherein
The drug control device includes a plurality of transmitters coupled to the control unit and the ubiquitous network of the drug distribution device,
The drug delivery device is a drug delivery system device characterized in that the operation is determined by the same input value transmitted from each transmitter.

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