TWI675657B - Intelligent medicine distribution device - Google Patents

Abstract

The intelligent medicine dispensing device includes a main body, a plurality of medicine boxes, a plurality of tags, a reader, and a controller. The main body is provided with a placement slot and a display corresponding to the placement slot. The placement slot is provided with a window and a plurality of medicine boxes. Place them in the slot one by one. The plural labels are attached to the plural pill boxes correspondingly, and the plural labels are facing the window. A reader is set inside the main body, and the information of the plural labels is read through the window. The controller is set. The host can record the tag information read by the reader, and control the display to display the medication information. Thereby, when the medicine dispensing device of the present invention arrives, the display clearly indicates the medicines and quantity to be taken by the display.

Description

Intelligent medicine dispensing device

The invention relates to a medicine dispensing device.

The medicines that patients receive from hospitals or clinics are usually packed in pouches. Patients must set reminders to take their medicines on time. If they do not use a timing device such as a timer or alarm to remind them, it is easy to forget to take them.

Each time you take the medicine, you must open the medicine bags one by one, and then take each medicine according to the amount indicated on the medicine bag. This problem is likely to cause a fatal risk of taking the wrong medication for patients with multiple chronic diseases (such as diabetes and heart disease). Such patients or older patients not only have a large number of medications, but also have complicated medication times. Challenges, such as taking the wrong medicine, taking repeated medicine, and taking the wrong amount of medicine often occur.

In order to manage the problem of taking medicine, many devices or systems have been developed accordingly. One of them, for example, is disclosed in the new patent of the Republic of China No. M560913 "Smart Medicine Box for Multiple Drug Type Management", which is provided with a medicine box housing with a large medicine box, A small medicine box and a medicine box base provided with a control device under the medicine box housing. A small medicine box is placed in the large medicine box, and an electronic scale is arranged above the bottom of the medicine box. Reed switch and LED device, the control device of the base of the medicine box is provided with a processor, a memory, a medicine box switch, a horn, an LED device, a time device, and a WiFi or Bluetooth device for data connection and transmission. Smart medicine box with medication type.

Another conventional structure is disclosed in a new patent of the Republic of China No. M560611 "Smart Pill Box and Control Device", which includes a pill box and a control module. The medicine box has a box body, the box body is provided with at least one flip cover, the control module is disposed on one side of the medicine box different from the box body and the flip cover, and the control module includes a housing and a control device, and the control device is housed Inside the housing, the control device can sense the opening and closing of the lid of the medicine box, and the housing has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, and there is at least one coupling member between the horizontal portion and the medicine box, and the housing is coupled to the medicine box via the coupling member. The box body provides a control module to facilitate the assembly of the medicine box to form a smart medicine box.

In addition, there is an existing technology such as that shown in the new patent of the smart pill box management system No. M553633 of the Republic of China, which is used to solve the problem of patients failing to take medicine on time and according to the amount. It includes a box body and a central processing unit. Inside the box body, a plurality of accommodating spaces are formed. Several sensors are respectively installed in each accommodating space. Several sensors are used to measure the weight of each accommodating space. In order to generate a weight index, the central processing unit is installed inside the box body and is coupled to the sensor. The central processing unit determines whether the weight index is equal to a threshold value. If the determination result is yes, the weight index is continuously received. If not, a warning signal is sent to a warning module.

In addition, there is a conventional device such as that shown in the new patent of the medication reminding device No. M546567 of the Republic of China, which includes a reading unit, a storage unit, a database unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The reading unit reads the medicine history card and obtains the medicine history data, which can effectively check the dispensed medicines, and at the same time query the medicine information on the mobile device through the database unit, which can prevent the patient from missing the time to take the medicine.

Although the above-mentioned conventional techniques can promptly remind patients to take medicines and manage the medicines, there are still inconveniences in use, especially for patients with multiple chronic diseases with many types of medications and complicated time of medications. In view of this, it is necessary to A new medicine dispensing device is provided to improve the disadvantages of the conventional technology.

An object of the present invention is to provide a smart medicine dispensing device capable of automatically reminding a patient to take medicine when a medicine taking time arrives.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an intelligent medicine dispensing device that can clearly indicate the position and quantity of a medicine box that should be taken with medicine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a smart medicine dispensing device capable of printing labels by medical hospitals to facilitate patients' own medicine dispensing.

In order to achieve the above object, the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention includes, in one embodiment, a main body, a plurality of pill boxes, a plurality of tags, a reader, and a controller. The main body is provided with a placement slot and a corresponding placement slot. A display, a slot is provided with a window, a plurality of pill boxes are placed in the slot one by one, a plurality of labels are correspondingly adhered to the plurality of pill boxes, and the plurality of labels are facing the window, and a reader is arranged inside the main body and through the window To read the information of the plurality of tags, the controller is arranged on the host body to record the tag information read by the reader, and controls the display to display the medication information. Therefore, the medicine dispensing device of the present invention clearly indicates the medicine and quantity to be taken by the display when the medicine taking time arrives, and can automatically remind the patient to take medicine when the medicine taking time arrives, and can clearly indicate the position and quantity of the medicine box that should be taken. And the labels can be printed by the hospital to facilitate the patient's own dispensing.

In one embodiment, the labels are affixed to the lids of the medicine boxes, respectively, to facilitate the operation of attaching the labels to the medicine boxes.

In one embodiment, the window is provided with a light-transmitting plate, which can block dust from entering the body of the host and prevent foreign matter from falling into the body of the host.

In one embodiment, the main body is further provided with a reminder device, which reminds the patient to take medicine by sound or light.

In one embodiment, the patterns printed on the labels include one-dimensional bar codes, two-dimensional bar codes, graphics or text, and the information on the labels is read and identified by the reader.

In one embodiment, the reader is a camera, and the information on the tag can be decoded through image analysis technology.

In one embodiment, the main body is provided with a mobile device, the camera is mounted on a mobile base, and the mobile device drives the mobile base to move, whereby the medicine dispensing device of the present invention only needs to be provided with a reader. Can read medication information for all kits.

In one embodiment, the moving device includes a motor and a screw, thereby moving the reader with a generally mature and low-cost lead screw mechanism.

In one embodiment, the placing slot is provided with a plurality of partitions, and the medicine box cannot be arbitrarily displaced by the arrangement of the partitions.

The embodiments are only used to illustrate the possible implementation aspects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In order to make the objects, features, and advantages of the present invention clearly understandable, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 5 at the same time. FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a combined perspective view of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows the present invention A combined top view of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device. FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view in the direction A-A of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the operation of FIG. 4. In the first preferred embodiment, the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention includes a main body (10), a plurality of medicine boxes (30), a plurality of tags (40), a reader (20), and a controller ( 17).

The main body (10) is provided with a placing slot (13) and a display (14), the placing slot (13) is provided with a window (131), the position of the display (14) corresponds to the placing slot (13); a plurality of pill boxes (30), the plurality of medicine boxes (30) are placed one by one in the placing slot (13), each medicine box (30) is provided with an opening (31) and a cover (32); a plurality of labels (40), Correspondingly adhered to the plurality of medicine boxes (30), and the plurality of labels (40) face the window (131); a reader (20) is disposed inside the main body (10), and passes through the window (131) Reading the information of the plurality of tags (40); and a controller (17) arranged on the main body (10) and recording the information of the plurality of tags (40) read by the reader (20), And the display (14) is controlled to display a medicine taking message.

The main body (10) can be made of a plastic-molded casing. Preferably, but not limited to, the main body (10) is divided into an upper casing (11) and a base (12) as shown in the figure. The upper casing (11) of) is provided with a placing groove (13), and the placing groove (13) is preferably an elongated groove, which can be arranged and arranged in a plurality of medicine boxes (30).

The placing slot (13) is provided with a window (131), and the window (131) may be arranged at the bottom end of the placing slot (13) as shown in the figure, but not limited to this, the window (131) may also be provided in the placing slot (13), as long as the reader (20) can read the information of the label (40) on the medicine box (30) through the window (131).

The position of the display (14) should correspond to the slot (13), so that when the display (14) indicates, it can correspond to the correct position of the medicine box (30) in the slot (13). The display (14) can be a long liquid crystal display or a digital display as shown in the figure, or it can be arranged by a plurality of independent display individuals corresponding to each medicine box (30) in the placing slot (13). s position.

Each pill box (30) is provided with an opening (31) so that the medicine can be put into the pill box (30), and the medicine can be taken out through the opening (31). Preferably, the opening (31) is closed by a cover (32), which can prevent dust or insects from entering and prevent the medicine from falling out.

Each label (40) is attached to a different medicine box (30). The implementation of the present invention requires a system to be set up in a medical institution such as a hospital or clinic, which can be printed with drug information corresponding to the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention. (40), the system can also be installed in pharmacies that can provide prescription drugs. In addition, the patient can also print the label by himself / herself via the network link label system (40). Even medical clinics can directly provide disposable medical kits (30) with labels (40) printed on them.

In this embodiment, the labels (40) are respectively adhered to the covers (32) of the medicine boxes (30), so it is easier to pick up the smaller cover (32) and attach the labels (40). Aligning and sticking, it is convenient to stick the label (40) to the medicine box (30).

The plurality of labels (40) affixed to the medicine box (30) face the window (131), so that the reader (20) provided inside the main body (10) can read the numbers through the window (131). The information of the plurality of tags (40) is transmitted to the controller (17) provided in the host body (10), and the controller (17) records the plurality of tags (40) read by the reader (20) Information.

In this embodiment, preferably, the window (131) may be provided with a light-transmitting plate (132). The light-transmitting plate (132) can block dust from entering the main body (10) and prevent foreign matter from falling into the main body. (10) Within.

The reader (20) can be a long-shaped scanner (not shown), which can scan all the tags (40) of the pill box (30) at a time and then be interpreted by the controller (17), or can be set in parallel at the same time The plurality of cameras correspond to the tags (40) of the plurality of pill boxes (30), however, this will increase higher production costs. Therefore, preferably, the reader (20) can be a camera (21), which can decode the information on the tag (40) through image analysis technology. The patterns printed on the labels (40) may include one-dimensional bar codes, two-dimensional bar codes, graphics or text, and the information on the labels (40) can be read and identified by the reader (20). As the maturity of image recognition technology increases, the time and quantity of medications printed directly on the label (40) can be read by the human eye and can also be identified by software.

The reader (20) may also be a light pen, a CCD or a laser reading device.

Preferably, the reader (20) and the controller (17) can be disposed on the base (12).

In this embodiment, the main body (10) may further be provided with a mobile device (22), the camera (21) is mounted on a mobile base (211), and the mobile device (22) drives the mobile base (211) to move Therefore, the medicine dispensing device of the present invention only needs to provide one reader (20) to read the medicine information of all the medicine boxes (30).

In this embodiment, the moving device (22) includes a motor (23) and a screw (24), thereby moving the reader (20) with a generally mature and low-cost lead screw mechanism, so that the camera (21) As the mobile base (211) moves, the labels (40) on the pill box (30) are taken one by one, and the medication information of all the pill boxes (30) is recorded in the controller (17). When the time for taking the medicine is reached, the controller ( 17) The display (14) can be controlled to display the medicine taking message.

The controller (17) can be connected to a power supply unit (not shown). The power supply unit can be directly connected to an external power source or can be powered by a battery.

The controller (17) can be connected with several setting buttons (not shown) to set its internal timer to adjust the time synchronization with the time zone.

In this embodiment, the main body (10) may further be provided with a reminder device (16). The reminder device (16) may be a horn or a warning light. When the set medicine time is reached, the sound or light may be used. Remind patients to take medication.

For example, a patient visits a medical institution with a labeling system of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention and receives medicines. The medical institution prescribes ten different medicines, and each medicine has a different time of taking. The system prints the information such as the time and quantity of each drug into a label (40), and puts each label (40) into the corresponding medicine bag. The label (40) can be equipped with a self-adhesive sticker To facilitate the patient or his family to stick.

After the patient returns to the residence, the patient or his or her family puts 10 different medicines into different medicine boxes (30), and immediately after each medicine is put into a medicine box (30), the medicine's label ( 40) By sticking to the medicine box (30), the wrong label (40) can be avoided. Then, all the medicine boxes (30) are sequentially placed in the placing slot (31) with their labels (40) aligned with the window (131), and then the control button (15) is pressed.

When the control button (15) is pressed, the scanning program is started. As shown in FIG. 5, the motor (23) of the moving device (22) drives the screw (24) to rotate, and the rotation of the screw (24) drives the moving base (211) to move. The camera (21) moves with the mobile base (211) and captures the labels (40) on the pill box (30) one by one, and records the medication information of all the pill boxes (30) in the controller (17).

Generally, the control button (15) is only required to be pressed when the medicine box (30) that has been filled with medicine is first placed in the storage slot (13), and the device starts a scanning program to take pictures of the labels on the medicine box (30) one by one ( 40). Record the medication information of all the medicine boxes (30) in the controller (17). However, if you are worried that the medicine box (30) will be placed in the wrong position after taking the medicine, or the position of the medicine box (30) is changed by accidentally turning the device, you can put all the medicine boxes (30) in place each time After that, press the control button (15) again to re-read the medication information of all the medicine boxes (30) and re-enter them into the controller (17).

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display sign displayed on a display of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention. When the time for taking the medicine is up, the controller (17) can control the display (14) to display the medicine information, such as the schematic diagram in the figure. The controller (17) records the time this medicine needs to be taken. The direction of the picture is from right to left. The first medicine from the third medicine box (30), the second medicine from the fifth medicine box (30) and the medicine from the ninth medicine box (30), the display (14) is on the third medicine The positions of the box (30), the fifth pill box (30), and the ninth pill box (30) display the display signs (141) of "1", "2", and "1/2", respectively, and remind the device at the same time (16) A sound sounds to remind the patient that medication is needed.

Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device according to the present invention for taking a medicine box according to a prompt of a display sign. The patient or his or her family receives an audible reminder from the reminder device (16), and the display number (141) of the display (14) can know which drugs and quantities should be taken, and take out the third pill box (30) and take it After taking one medicine, put the third medicine box (30) back to the original position, and then take out the fifth medicine box (30) and take two medicines, put the fifth medicine box (30) back to the original position, Finally, take out the ninth pill box (30) and take half of the medicine, and then return the ninth pill box (30) to its original position. After a set period of time, the display (14) displays the sign (141). Off. When it is time to take the next medication, the controller (17) will control the display (14) to display the next medication message.

Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device according to the present invention. Compared with the previous embodiment, this embodiment mainly adds a plurality of partitions (133) to the placing groove (13). The arrangement of the partitions (133) prevents the medicine box (30) from being arbitrarily displaced, so that the reading After the picker (20) reads the information of the label (40), the medicine box (30) is fixed in its position and will not move due to collision or the like.

Please refer to FIG. 9, which is a schematic perspective view of a third embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, most of the components are the same as those in the previous embodiment. The medicine box (50) is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the label (40) is attached to the bottom of the cylindrical medicine box (50). The opening (not shown) of (50) is also covered by a cover (51). The placing slot (13) is directly provided with a plurality of round holes to correspond to the cylindrical cylindrical medicine box (50). The function of the spacer between the round holes and the round holes is to separate each medicine box (50), so that the medicine The box (50) does not move arbitrarily.

In this embodiment, the display (14) is arranged by an array of independent display signs (142), and each group of display signs (142) may be composed of one to several LEDs or lamps such as traditional light bulbs. As shown in the figure, each group of display signs (142) consists of four semi-circular LED bulbs. One semi-circular LED bulb can be used to represent taking half a drug, and two semi-circular LED bulbs can be taken to represent taking. One medicine and four semi-circular LED bulbs lit up means taking two medicines.

In summary, in the present invention, multiple drugs that a patient needs to take are respectively packed into different pill boxes with labels. The labels record the information such as the time and quantity of each drug with a QR-code or a text symbol. After the medicine dispensing device of the present invention is placed in different medicine boxes, the medicine information can be recorded by pressing the control button once after the medicine is dispensed, and the medicine can be reminded and reminded according to the information content, and the time and method of medicine administration, the patient does not need to Reading complex medication information does not need to classify the medications that should be taken at each meal, which can reduce the chance of medication errors, especially for patients with multiple chronic diseases who have many medication types and complex medication times.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only for explaining the technical ideas and characteristics of the present invention. The purpose is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement them accordingly. The scope of the patent of the present invention cannot be limited by this All equivalent changes or modifications made in accordance with the spirit of the present invention and the contents of the description should be covered by the patent of the present invention.

10‧‧‧main body
11‧‧‧ Upper case
12‧‧‧ base
13‧‧‧ Placement slot
131‧‧‧ window
132‧‧‧Translucent plate
133‧‧‧ partition
14‧‧‧ Display
141‧‧‧Display number
142‧‧‧Display number
15‧‧‧Control buttons
16‧‧‧ Reminder
17‧‧‧controller
20‧‧‧ Reader
21‧‧‧ camera
211‧‧‧mobile seat
22‧‧‧mobile device
23‧‧‧ Motor
24‧‧‧Screw
30‧‧‧ pill box
31‧‧‧ opening
32‧‧‧ cover
40‧‧‧ tags
50‧‧‧ pill box
51‧‧‧ Cover

FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a combined perspective view of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows a combined top view of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view in the direction A-A of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display sign displayed on the display of the first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a first embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device according to the present invention for taking a medicine box according to a prompt of a display sign.
FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a third embodiment of the intelligent medicine dispensing device of the present invention.

Claims (9)

An intelligent medicine dispensing device includes: a main body (10) provided with a placing slot (13) and a display (14), the placing slot (13) being provided with a window (131), and the position of the display (14) Corresponding to the bottom of the slot (13); a plurality of pill boxes (30), the plurality of pill boxes (30) are placed one by one in the slot (13), and each pill box (30) is provided with an opening (31) and A cover (32); a plurality of labels (40) corresponding to the plurality of pill boxes (30), and the plurality of labels (40) facing the window (131); a reader (20) provided on the Inside the main body (10), the information of the plurality of tags (40) is read through the window (131); and a controller (17) is arranged on the main body (10) and records the reader (20) Read the information of the plurality of tags (40), and control the display (14) to display the medicine taking message at the correct position of the medicine box (30). The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the labels (40) are respectively adhered to the covers (32) of the medicine boxes (30). The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the window (131) is provided with a light transmitting plate (132). The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the main body (10) is further provided with a reminder device (16). The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the patterns printed on the labels (40) include one-dimensional bar codes, two-dimensional bar codes, graphics, or text. According to the intelligent medicine dispensing device described in claim 1, the reader (20) is a camera (21). The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 6, wherein the main body (10) is provided with a mobile device (22), the camera (21) is installed in a mobile base (211), and the mobile device (22) The mobile base (211) is driven to move. The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 7, wherein the mobile device (22) includes a motor (23) and a screw (24). The intelligent medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the placing slot (13) is provided with a plurality of partitions (133).