KR102254325B1 - Method of setting and Alarming Medication Time - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a step of recognizing code information by taking a code image printed on a package of a drug by a smartphone, a connection step of the smartphone using the code information to access a drug information server, and the smartphone An installation step of downloading and installing a dose time setting app that provides a function of setting the dose time of the drug from the drug information server, and the smartphone displays a setting input window required for setting the dose time on the screen, and is input. And a setting step of setting a time as a dose time, an alarm step of causing the smartphone to generate an alarm at the dose time, and a stop step of stopping the alarm by receiving recognition information about the alarm by the smartphone. Disclosed is a method of setting and notifying dosage time.

Description

Method of setting and alarming medication time {Method of setting and Alarming Medication Time}

The present invention relates to a dosage time setting and notification method for setting the dosage time of a drug to be taken at a certain time or periodically, and notifying the set dosage time.

Drugs such as hepatitis B treatment should be taken once a day, and in particular, Entecavir ingredients should be taken on an empty stomach to maximize the therapeutic effect. If the hepatitis B therapeutic agent is taken when not on an empty stomach, the dosage effect decreases. In particular, if not taken regularly, the virus becomes resistant and the likelihood of developing a strain increases.

On the other hand, since a patient taking the hepatitis B therapeutic agent can live a daily life, it often occurs that the taking time is missed when performing daily life. Therefore, it is necessary to periodically inform the taking patient of the timing of the taking.

Currently, a method of setting an alarm on a clock is partially used as a method of notifying the dose period. However, since the method of setting the alarm on the clock informs the taking time on a one-time basis, there are cases in which the taking patient does not recognize the alarm while performing daily life. In addition, in the method of setting an alarm on the watch, the alarm may be duplicated with an alarm set for another purpose, so that the taking patient cannot recognize it.

In addition, the taking patient is inconvenient to set the taking time after checking the dosage characteristics of the drug to be taken.

On the other hand, in the case of conducting a clinical trial for a drug such as a new drug, it is difficult to confirm whether or not the clinical trial subjects participating in the clinical trial actually take it and how long it takes, which degrades the accuracy of the clinical trial.

The present invention provides a method of setting and notifying a dosage time so that it is easy to set the dosage time according to the dosage drug and an alarm of the dosage time is continuously provided.

The method for setting and notifying the dose time according to the present invention comprises: a recognition step of recognizing code information by photographing a code image printed on a package of a drug by a smartphone; A connection step in which the smartphone accesses a drug information server using the code information; An installation step in which the smartphone downloads and installs a dose time setting app that provides a function of setting a dose time of the drug from the drug information server; A setting step in which the smartphone displays a setting input window necessary for setting a dosage time on the screen, and sets the input time as the dosage time; An alarm step in which the smartphone generates an alarm at the dose time; And a stopping step of stopping the alarm by receiving information about the alarm by the smartphone. In this case, the code image may be formed of a QR code or a barcode. The setting input window may include at least one dosage time selection icon determined according to the dosage characteristics of the drug or an input field through which the taking patient can input the dosage time.

In addition, the setting step may be performed to set a time selected from a dose selection time provided in the setting input window or a time input into the input box as a dose time for the drug.

In addition, the setting step may further include a process of setting an alarm method by selecting an alarm method provided in the setting input window.

In addition, the alarm is made so that any one selected from music, sound, vibration, or screen color change is continuously generated at a predetermined time interval, and the alarm step is an icon or an icon capable of generating the recognition information on the screen of the smartphone. You can provide a click window.

In addition, the stopping step may be performed such that the smartphone receives the recognition information about the touch signal of the icon or the click window and stops the alarm.

The method for setting and notifying the dose time according to the present invention may further include a transmitting step of transmitting, by the smartphone, drug dose completion information including the drug dose time, to a drug information server after the stopping step. In this case, the drug taking completion information may include at least one of the smartphone information, the name of the taking patient, or the resident number. In addition, the drug administration completion information may include at least one of the type of the drug to be taken, the number of times the drug is to be taken, or the duration of the drug to be taken.

The dosage time setting and notification method of the present invention downloads an app required to set the dosage time and sets the dosage time by using the QR code printed on the packaging paper of the hepatitis B treatment medicine with a smartphone. There is an effect that it is possible to set the dosage time more easily by reflecting the dosage characteristics of.

The method of setting and notifying the dose time of the present invention provides an alarm until an alarm for the dose time is recognized by the taking patient, thereby preventing the taking time from being missed, and maximizing the treatment effect of the taking patient. .

The dosage time setting and notification method of the present invention has the effect of setting the dosage time alarm as a signal distinct from other alarms set in the smartphone so that the taking patient can easily recognize the dosage time.

The method of setting and notifying the dose time of the present invention can accurately determine whether or not to take the drug or the dose time from clinical trial subjects participating in the clinical trial, thereby increasing the accuracy of the clinical trial.

1 is a configuration diagram of a dosage time setting and alarm system for a dosage time setting and notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of a method of setting and notifying a dose time according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of setting and notifying a dose time according to the present invention will be described in more detail through examples and the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a system for a method for setting and notifying a dose time according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flowchart of a method of setting and notifying a dose time according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the method of setting and notifying the dose time according to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a recognition step (S10), a connection step (S20), an installation step (S30), a setting step (S40), and an alarm It comprises a step (S50) and a stop step (S60). In addition, the method of setting and notifying the dose time may further include a transmission step (S70).

First, a description will be given of a dosage time alarm system for implementing a dosage time setting and notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The dose time alarm system, referring to FIG. 1, is formed including a smartphone 10 and a drug information server 30.

The smartphone 10 connects to the drug information server 30 through a wired/wireless network 20. The smartphone 10 is portable, can be connected to a wired/wireless network 20, and can be formed as a terminal equipped with a camera. Accordingly, the smart phone 10 may be a device such as a tablet, a tablet PC, or a notebook in addition to a general portable terminal.

The smartphone 10 is formed as a smartphone of a taking patient or a guardian of the drug. In addition, the smartphone 10 may be formed as a smartphone of a clinical trial subject participating in a clinical trial of a drug such as a new drug.

The smart phone 10 captures the code image 45 of the drug packaging paper 40 using the installed camera, and recognizes the code information included in the code image 45, and provides an Internet connection to the drug information server 30. Check the address information or URL information. In addition, the smartphone 10 connects to the drug information server 30 using Internet address information or URL information, and downloads a dose time setting app. The code image 45 includes a two-dimensional image code such as a QR code or a bar code. In addition, the code image 45 may include a color image code including a color. The code image 45 may be directly printed on a drug package or pasted in the form of a sticker to be formed.

The drug information server 30 may be formed as a server of a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a corresponding drug or a separate server that provides information on drugs. The drug information server 30 is interlocked with the wired/wireless network 20 and stores dose information including a dose time for a corresponding drug. The drug information server 30 transmits drug dose information requested by the smartphone 10 connected through the wired/wireless network 20.

The drug information server 30 may receive information on completion of drug administration of a taking patient. The drug administration completion information includes at least one of the fact of taking the drug by the taking patient or the taking time. Here, the drug taking completion information may include information such as a pre-agreed signal, text, or symbol transmitted from the smartphone 10 to the drug information server 30.

In addition, the drug administration completion information may include at least one of smartphone information of the taking patient or the name or social security number of the taking patient. In addition, the drug administration completion information may include at least one of the type of the drug to be taken, the number of times the drug is to be taken, or the duration of the drug to be taken.

Meanwhile, the drug information server 30 may preferably be a server of a clinical trial implementation institution that conducts a clinical trial of a drug such as a new drug. In addition, the drug information server 30 may be a server of a pharmaceutical company or a server of a clinical trial consignment institution. In this case, the drug information server 30 provides dose information including information on the timing and frequency of taking the drug to clinical test subjects participating in the clinical test, and the smartphone 10 of the clinical test subjects. It is possible to collect information on completion of drug administration of clinical trial subjects by receiving information on completion of drug administration. Accordingly, since the drug information server 30 can reflect the actual dose status of clinical trial subjects, it is possible to derive accurate clinical test results.

The drug wrapper 40 may be an entire wrapper or a single wrapper, and is formed by printing a code image 45 on the outer surface.

Next, a method of setting and notifying a dose time according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The method of setting and notifying the dose time may be applied to drugs that must be taken on a regular basis. In particular, the method of setting and notifying the dosing time is applied to the administration of drugs, such as hepatitis B therapeutic agents, that are taken regularly and must maintain a concentration of a certain level or higher in blood. If the hepatitis B treatment is not taken on a regular basis, sufficient efficacy cannot be expected and resistance may develop. Therefore, it must be taken at predetermined time intervals.

The recognition step (S10) is a recognition step in which the smartphone 10 captures a code image printed on a drug package and recognizes code information. The smartphone 10 photographs a code image printed on the packaging paper of the drug by using the mounted camera. The smartphone 10 recognizes code information from the code image. The code information may include Internet address information or URL information about the drug information server 30 that provides an app for setting the dose time of the corresponding drug. In addition, the drug information server 30 may be a server of a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a corresponding drug or a separate server that provides information on a drug.

The connection step (S20) is a step in which the smartphone 10 accesses the drug information server using the code information. The smart phone 10 accesses the drug information server through the wired/wireless network 20 using the code information.

The installation step (S30) is a step in which the smartphone 10 downloads and installs a dose time setting app that provides a function of setting the drug dose time from the drug information server 30. The smartphone 10 connects to the drug information server 30 to request a dose time setting app, and the drug information server 30 transmits the dose time setting app to the smartphone 10. The smartphone 10 installs the transmitted dose time setting app inside.

The setting step (S40) is a step in which the smartphone 10 displays a setting input window necessary for setting the dose time on the screen, and sets the input time as the dose time. In addition, the setting step (S40) may include a process of setting an alarm for the dose time.

The smartphone 10 displays a setting input window required for setting the dosage time on the screen by executing the installed dosage time setting app. The setting input window includes at least one dose time selection icon determined according to the drug dose characteristics or an input field through which the taking patient can input the dose time. The dosage time setting app may set the dosage time according to the dosage characteristics of the drug. For example, entecavir, one of the therapeutic agents for hepatitis B, must be taken on an empty stomach because when taking the drug, it is affected by the food effect and thus the absorption of the drug is hindered. The medication guidance in the above-mentioned entecavir formulation is to be administered orally on an empty stomach (after 2 hours after meals or at least 2 hours before meals) with respect to the time of administration. Therefore, the dose time for the hepatitis B treatment containing the enterkavir formulation is any one time interval selected from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, or 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm Can be set to. The above-mentioned patients generally eat breakfast at 6:30 am to 8:30 am, so considering the digestion time, they will be on an empty stomach at 9:00 am to 11:00 am, so 9:00 am to 11:00 am is appropriate as the dose time. . In addition, since the taking patient eats lunch from noon to 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm is appropriate as the dosing time. In addition, since the taking patient eats dinner at 6 pm to 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm to 10 pm is appropriate as the dosing time. Meanwhile, the dose time setting app may display each dose time as an icon on the screen. In addition, the taking time setting app may display an icon for the taking time at 30 minute intervals, so that the most appropriate time for taking the taking time can be selected. Accordingly, the taking patient may select one of the icons and select the taking time according to the individual's meal time.

In addition, tenofovir (Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate or a compound in which Tenofovir is active after absorption in the body), another of the hepatitis B treatments, improves the absorption of the drug, so it is recommended to eat it with a meal or take it immediately after a meal. desirable. The medication instruction in the product license of the tenofovir formulation is taken with meals or taken immediately after meals, and food is supposed to improve the absorption of this drug. In addition, the medication guidance requires that the blood concentration of this drug be maintained at a constant level to generate the drug effect, and if the drug is not taken by mistake or deliberately several times, sufficient drug efficacy cannot be expected, so do not forget to take the drug and continue to take the drug. Therefore, the administration time for the hepatitis B therapeutic agent containing the tenofovir formulation is selected from 6:30 am to 8:30 am, noon to 1:30 pm, or 6 pm to 7:30 pm It can be set to any one time section. Therefore, the administration time setting app is 6:30 am to 8:30 am, noon to 1:30 pm, or 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the case of hepatitis B treatment including tenofovir formulation The icon for can be displayed on the screen. In addition, the taking time setting app may display an icon for the taking time at 30 minute intervals, so that the most appropriate time for taking the taking time can be selected. Accordingly, the taking patient may select one of the icons and select the taking time according to the individual's meal time.

In addition, the taking time setting app may display an input field on the screen so that the taking time can be directly input in consideration of the characteristics of the hepatitis B treatment drug taken by the taking patient and their lifestyle. For example, if a patient taking a hepatitis B treatment containing the entecavir agent does not eat breakfast, a dose time may be set before 10 o'clock, and in this case, the taking patient may set a time before 10 o'clock. It can be set by the dosage time. In addition, when a patient taking a therapeutic agent for hepatitis B including a tenofovir formulation has lunch without having breakfast, an appropriate dosage time may be set from noon to 1:30 pm, which is a lunch time.

The dose time selection icon may be composed of an icon corresponding to an interval of 30 minutes for each time section of the dose time. That is, the dose time selection icon is composed of three or four for each time interval, and the dose time selection icon may be displayed together with each dose time. Of course, the dosing time selection icon may be displayed at 15 minute intervals or 45 minute intervals.

In addition, the dose time may be set at least twice a day depending on the type of drug. For example, if you need to take it in the morning and evening, such as vitamins, the morning time and afternoon time are set together.

The smartphone 10 sets and stores the time input through the setting input window as the dose time for the drug.

The smartphone 10 executes a dose time setting app to set an alarm method on the screen. That is, the alarm method can be set by selecting from various methods presented on the screen by the taking time setting app. The alarm may be set in various ways such as music, ringtones, sounds such as bird sounds, wind sounds, vibrations, or screen color change. In addition, the alarm may be composed of an alarm message including the name of the drug to be taken or information of the pharmaceutical company. For example, the alarm comment may be composed of a comment such as "It is time to take Dong-A Pharmaceutical's Bacchus for the health of the owner."

In addition, the alarm may be set as a sound including the name of the drug manufacturer and the drug manufacturer. In this case, the alarm may serve as an advertisement for a manufacturer or a corresponding drug. The alarm may be set differently from other alarms set in the smartphone 10, for example, a wake-up call alarm method. The dosing time setting app may check the alarm method previously set in the smartphone 10 and suggest another alarm method. Accordingly, the taking patient can clearly recognize the alarm for the taking time.

The alarm step (S50) is a step in which the smartphone 10 generates an alarm at a set dose time. The smartphone 10 generates an alarm when the set dose time is reached, and informs the taking patient that the dose time is reached.

The alarm may be continuously generated at predetermined time intervals until the taking patient recognizes. For example, the alarm may be set to occur repeatedly for 1 minute until input by the patient's will, and to occur repeatedly for 1 hour at 3 minute intervals.

In addition, the alarm step S50 may be performed so that the smartphone 10 displays an icon or a click window that can confirm that the taking patient has recognized the alarm on the screen and provides it. The icon or click window may be configured to touch the icon or click window when the taking patient recognizes the alarm or after the taking patient takes the medicine.

The stopping step (S60) is a step in which the smart phone 10 receives recognition information about the alarm and stops the alarm. The smartphone 10 stops the alarm according to the recognition information input from the taking patient. The recognition information may be an icon provided by the smartphone 10 on the screen or a touch signal generated by a patient taking a click window. In addition, the cognitive information may be generated by the taking patient pressing an arbitrary button of the smartphone 10 or touching the screen.

In addition, the smartphone 10 may store information on completion of the dose, including the time when the patient took the drug after stopping the alarm. The smartphone 10 may display information on completion of the dose on the screen to confirm that the taking patient has taken the drug.

The transmission step (S70) is a step in which the smartphone 10 transmits the drug administration completion information to the drug information server 10. The smartphone 10 transmits, to the drug information server 30, drug dose completion information including the fact of taking or taking the drug generated in response to the cognitive information. Here, the fact of taking the drug may be made of information such as a pre-agreed signal, text, or symbol transmitted from the smartphone 10 to the drug information server 30. In addition, the drug administration completion information may include smartphone information of the taking patient or the name or resident number of the taking patient. In addition, the drug administration completion information may include information such as the type of the drug to be taken, the number of times the drug is taken, or the duration of the drug to be taken.

On the other hand, the transmission step (S70) may be performed to transmit information on completion of taking a drug that is undergoing a clinical trial, such as a new drug. In this case, the drug information server 30 may receive information on completion of drug administration from the smartphone 10 of clinical trial subjects participating in the clinical trial and collect actual drug administration completion information of the clinical trial subjects.

10: smartphone
20: wired and wireless network
30: drug information server
40: pharmaceutical wrapping paper

Claims (12)

A recognition step of recognizing code information by taking a code image of a package of a drug that is a hepatitis B treatment by a smartphone;
A connection step in which the smartphone accesses a drug information server using the code information;
An installation step in which the smartphone downloads and installs a dose time setting app that provides a function of setting a dose time of the drug from the drug information server;
A setting step in which the smartphone displays a setting input window necessary for setting a dosage time on the screen, and sets the input time as the dosage time;
An alarm step in which the smartphone generates an alarm at the dose time;
A stopping step of stopping the alarm by receiving information about the alarm by the smartphone; And
After the stopping step, a transmission step of transmitting, to a drug information server, drug dose completion information including the fact of taking the drug and the taking time generated by the smartphone in response to the recognition information,
The alarm step provides an icon or a click window capable of generating the recognition information on the screen of the smartphone,
In the stopping step, the smartphone receives the touch signal of the icon or the click window as the recognition information and stops the alarm,
The drug completion information includes at least one of smartphone information of the taking patient, the name of the taking patient, or a resident number, and
A method for setting and notifying a dose time, comprising at least one of the type of the drug, the number of times the drug is taken, or the duration of the drug administration. The method of claim 1,
The method of setting and notifying the dose time, characterized in that the code image is a QR code or a barcode. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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