CN201939718U - Cycle Reminder Easy Pillbox - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a medicine container and auxiliary device of medicine are taken in periodic reminding possesses a shell, has at least one in the shell to store up medicine unit, an at least a set of delay control module, a delay module, a suggestion module and a power module, implements the electricity between each module and connects. The display screen assembly and the clock assembly are not required. Each group of delay control modules comprises a delay switch component and a delay period setting component. The user selects the daily medicine taking times through the delay period setting component, and the system judges the delay period of the medicine storage unit according to the times. When the medicine storage unit is closed, the time delay switch assembly is closed, and the time delay module starts to count down. And sending a control signal to start a prompting module when the countdown is finished, and sending a medicine taking prompting message. Whenever the user starts the medicine storage unit, the prompt signal corresponding to the medicine storage unit stops, and a new time delay period countdown is started after the medicine storage unit is closed again. This scheme simple structure, use convenient, and can adapt to the complicated action of taking medicine.

Description

Cycle Reminder Easy Pillbox

technical field

The utility model relates to a medical auxiliary device, in particular to a medicine container and an auxiliary device for periodically reminding to take medicine.

Background technique

Studies have shown that the drug has a dynamic kinetic process in the body from taking, decomposing, absorbing to metabolizing. In order for the drug to achieve the best curative effect, it needs to maintain a certain concentration in the blood. This requires patients to take medicines at appropriate time points and intervals. Most medicines must be taken as evenly as possible throughout the day in order to maintain a relatively stable blood concentration and achieve the best curative effect. For antibiotics, it is particularly necessary to maintain a fixed medication cycle, otherwise the fluctuating blood concentration will make bacteria more likely to develop drug resistance.

However, under the faster pace of life, people, especially the elderly, often cannot take medicine on time because of forgetfulness, thereby delaying the best time for taking medicine. For this reason, various literatures have proposed the medicine box or the auxiliary equipment of regular reminder, attempt to solve this kind of difficult problem. Although the details of these technologies vary, the basic model is a pill box combined with an alarm clock function. Such as the patent No. is ZL200720176973.6 utility model patent (authorization announcement number CN201098356Y) discloses a kind of timing medicine box, and it is fixedly provided with timing alarm clock on the medicine box surface. Of course, there are also improved products on the market that adopt digital alarm clocks for sale, and they will only be reminded when the set time is up. There are considerable shortcomings in this mode of operation:

1. It is troublesome to set, and several sets of alarm clocks need to be set manually;

2. The timer works continuously, which consumes a lot of energy; and because peripheral components such as display screens are required, unnecessary costs are increased;

3. Not flexible enough. Taking the medicine twice a day as an example, the alarm time is set at 7 o’clock in the morning and evening. If the patient delays taking the medicine until 10 o’clock, the next best time to take the medicine should be 10 o’clock 12 hours later. But this device can't flexibly adapt to this change, still can alarm at 7 o'clock, then interval time is not enough, affects drug effect.

The invention patent with the patent number ZL200710067933.2 (authorized announcement number CN101032450B) discloses an improved technical solution, "set the time period and time of taking the medicine according to the key input signal...time according to the set medicine taking cycle, when it reaches When taking the medicine, send an activation command to the reminder alarm.” This scheme seems to be able to adapt to a certain extent when the user does not take the medicine according to the set time, but it still needs to set the time zero, which is not only troublesome, but also requires the continuous work of the timer for timing.

In addition, the utility model patent with the patent number ZL02224233.3 (authorized announcement number CN2546350Y) discloses a sounding medicine bottle integrated with an electronic sounding chip, and the electronic sounding chip used in the medicine bottle automatically selects the reminder cycle according to the number of daily medications . This medicine bottle can avoid the first two shortcoming of above-mentioned alarm clock type prompting medicine box, but still has imperfections:

1. The purpose of the medicine bottle is to enable the medicine bottle to have the function of "prompting medication and voice advertisement of the medicine bottle". It can also be seen from the content of the invention that it is used as the product packaging of the medicine manufacturer, so the medicine bottle can only contain one kind of medicine. The number of daily doses of a drug should be fixed, and it is not necessary for the patient to set the number of doses by himself;

2. The selection switch for the number of daily doses is also a delay switch. When the daily dose is selected, the electronic sound chip will give a voice prompt, and then remind again every few hours. Still can not effectively solve the above-mentioned third shortcoming.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the utility model is to provide a periodic reminding medicine box with simple structure and convenient use.

In order to achieve the above object, the solution of the present invention is: the medicine box has a shell, and at least one medicine storage unit, at least one set of delay control modules, a delay module, a prompt module and a power supply module are installed in the shell. Most of the time, the number of delay control modules should be at least the same as the number of drug storage units. In particular, the display screen assembly and the clock assembly are not necessary for the present invention. Of course, in the case of combining other communication methods, a display screen assembly can also be added for displaying drug names and other related information. Electrical connections are implemented between the modules.

Each drug storage unit has one or more suitable inner cavities such as cylindrical or cuboid shapes, and the medicine can be directly put into the inner cavity, or can be packed in a small drug storage box, and then put into the inner cavity. The medicine storage unit is equipped with a suitable opening and closing device, through which the user can take and put out the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit.

Each group of delay control modules includes a delay switch component and a delay period setting component. The delay switch assembly is associated with the opening and closing device of the medicine storage unit corresponding to the delay control module, and is located at the opening and closing position of the medicine storage unit or directly coupled with the opening and closing device of the medicine storage unit as a whole. When the opening and closing device is opened, the delay switch component is disconnected, and the delay period of this cycle is terminated; when the opening and closing device is closed, the delay switch component is closed, and a new delay period is started. The user sets the delay period of the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit corresponding to this module through the delay period setting component, which can be in the form of multi-stage levers, knobs or buttons. In order to prevent misoperation, the delay cycle setting component can be set to be hidden.

The delay module contains a delay circuit. If the user sets the delay period, when the delay switch is closed, the delay circuit starts counting down. When the countdown ends, the delay module sends a control signal to start the prompt module. The delay circuit can be realized by a general-purpose single-chip microcomputer or a special-purpose circuit. It should be noted that when the user sets multiple delay periods, this module will operate each delay period independently without interfering with each other.

The prompting module can be one or a combination of a sounding component, a luminous component, and a vibrating component. When there is more than one medicine storage unit, the system has at least the same number of light-emitting components as the number of medicine storage units, and each medicine storage unit must correspond to a light-emitting component as a reminder for taking medicine for the medicine storage unit. The prompt module receives the start signal sent by the delay module, and sends out prompt information.

The power supply module provides the system with the energy required for circuit operation and the prompt module, which is powered by an external power supply or a battery, and can be controlled by a switch device to open and close the power supply when necessary. The preferred power supply when used as a portable medicine box is a button cell or a solar cell.

The operation process of the utility model is as follows: the user selects the daily dose of medicine through the delay period setting component, and the system automatically judges the delay period of the medicine storage unit according to the number of times, puts medicine in the medicine storage unit, and closes the medicine storage unit. When the time-delay switch assembly is closed, the delay circuit begins to count down. When the delay period counts down, a control signal is sent to open the prompt module, and a sound, light or vibration signal is sent to remind the user to take the medicine, (especially when there are multiple stored medicines) unit, only the light-emitting component corresponding to the drug storage unit whose countdown of the delay cycle has completed blinks or changes color), when the user turns on the drug storage unit, the prompt signal corresponding to the drug storage unit stops, and a new round of delay begins after the user turns off the drug storage unit again. The timer circuit counts down. If the user takes the medicine in advance before the end of the delay period, the countdown of the new discussion delay circuit is also opened after closing the medicine storage unit. The user can also change the delay period at any time and start a new delay period countdown.

According to the medicine box of the above technical solution, reminders can be individually set for various stored medicines, and the setting and use are simple and convenient, and can flexibly adapt to the user's medication habits and changes.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a structural block diagram of the utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the appearance of Embodiment 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a delay period setting component in Embodiment 1. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the appearance of Embodiment 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a delay period setting component of Embodiment 2.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the appearance of Embodiment 3. FIG.

Detailed ways

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the utility model is further described.

Fig. 1 is a structural block diagram of the utility model. The utility model includes a storage unit 1, a delay control module 2, a delay module 3, a prompt module 4 and a power supply module 5 in the casing, wherein the delay control module 2 also includes at least a delay switch assembly 21 and a delay cycle setting Set component 22.

The opening and closing device 12 of the medicine storage unit 1 is associated with the delay switch assembly, and the delay switch assembly is turned off when the opening and closing device 12 is opened, and the delay period of the delay module 3 is terminated; when the opening and closing device 12 is closed, the time delay The switch assembly 21 is closed, and the delay module 3 starts a new delay period. The delay period setting component 22 is a device for the user to adjust the delay period of the medicine storage unit 1. The user sets the delay period through this component. When the medicine storage unit 1 is closed, the delay switch component 21 is opened, and the delay module 3 Start the countdown of this delay period, when the countdown ends, the delay module 3 sends a control signal to the prompt module 4, and the prompt module 4 is turned on to send a prompt signal. The above modules are electrically connected and powered by the power supply module 5 .

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a typical use cycle of the utility model.

The user selects the number of daily doses of the medicine in the medicine storage unit through the delay period setting component 22, and the system automatically sets the corresponding delay period. The delay periods corresponding to 1, 2, 3, and 4 daily doses are 24 hours, 12 hours, 8 hours, and 6 hours respectively. In particular, when the daily dose is 0, the delay module does not work.

When the user loads medicine into the medicine storage unit, and the system judges that the delay switch assembly 21 is not closed, the prompt module 4 will send out an unclosed prompt sound, such as a flashing light or an intermittent "beep" sound. When the delay switch assembly 22 is closed, the delay module 3 starts counting down according to the previously set delay period, and when the delay period ends, a control signal is sent to turn on the prompt module 4 . The user turns on the medicine storage unit 1 to take the medicine, and the system judges whether the delay period has been cancelled. If not, the original delay period will continue to be valid, and a new round of countdown will start. If it has been cancelled, this cycle ends.

Fig. 3 is an embodiment of the present utility model, there is only one drug storage unit 1 and other modules in the box-shaped casing 0. In this embodiment, the user opens the shutter 11 through the push-pull device 12 , and then takes medicine from the medicine storage unit 1 . The delay cycle setting component 22 is in the form of a lever, and each segment or button represents a certain delay cycle, and there are multiple segments of the lever 221 on it.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the delay period setting component 22 of this embodiment, and the user sets the delay period through the multi-segment lever 221 .

Fig. 5 is another embodiment of the present utility model, there is only one drug storage unit 1 and other modules in the bottle-shaped shell 0. In this embodiment, the delay period setting component 22 is in the form of a hidden knob.

As shown in Figure 6, the hidden time delay cycle setting component 22 is covered by a rubber block or other materials, and the component can only be exposed after the cover is opened or removed. When the children of elderly patients, the doctor dispenses the medicine or the pharmaceutical factory leaves the factory, the recessed knob 222 is turned to select the number of daily doses and set the delay period.

FIG. 7 is another embodiment of the present invention. There are multiple drug storage units 1 , corresponding multiple light-emitting components 42 , sound-emitting components 41 and other modules in the boxed shell 0 . In this embodiment, the delay period setting component 22 is a set of buttons, including a drug storage unit selection button 224 and a delay period button 223 . When setting the delay cycle, first select the drug storage unit selection button 224, and simultaneously press the delay cycle button 223 corresponding to the number of times of medicine to be taken in the drug storage unit, then the drug storage unit Set the delay period. In this embodiment, a delay period can be set separately for each medicine storage unit 1 , and the countdown can be performed independently of each other.

When the delay period is over, the sound prompt component 41 sounds a reminder sound for taking medicine, and the light-emitting prompt component 42 emits a light signal for reminding taking medicine. The power module 5 of this embodiment is a dry battery or a solar cell module.

The utility model has shown and described multiple embodiments, but the various component forms involved therein can be recombined and adjusted appropriately. Appropriate amendments can also be made by those skilled in the art without exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (8)

1. a cycle is reminded easy medicine box, possesses a shell, it is characterized in that: have a drug storage unit, at least one group of time-delay control module, a time delay module, a reminding module and a power module in the shell at least, implement between each module to be electrically connected.

2. the cycle according to claim 1 is reminded easy medicine box, it is characterized in that: each drug storage unit has one or more cavitys, picks and places medicine by closing device.

3. the cycle according to claim 2 is reminded easy medicine box, it is characterized in that: the quantity of time-delay control module equates with the unitary number of drug storage at least.

4. the cycle according to claim 3 is reminded easy medicine box, it is characterized in that: every group of time-delay control module comprises a delay switch assembly and delay cycle assignment component, and the delay switch assembly is associated with the unitary closing device of the pairing drug storage of this time-delay control module; The time-delay switch module disconnected when closing device was opened, and the current delay cycle ends; Time-delay switch module closure began new delay cycle when closing device was closed; The user sets the delay cycle of institute's drug storage product in the pairing drug storage of this module unit by the delay cycle assignment component.

5. the root pick described cycle of claim 4 is reminded easy medicine box, and it is characterized in that: the delay cycle assignment component can be the form of multistage driving lever, knob or button; For preventing maloperation, the delay cycle assignment component can be arranged to concealed type.

6. the cycle according to claim 4 is reminded easy medicine box, it is characterized in that: the delay switch assembly be positioned at the unitary opening and closing place of drug storage or directly and the unitary closing device of drug storage be coupled and be one.

7. the cycle according to claim 4 is reminded easy medicine box, it is characterized in that: reminding module can be one or more combination of sounding component, luminescence component, vibrations assembly; When drug storage unit during more than, then system must possess identical with the drug storage element number at least luminescence component, and each drug storage unit all must corresponding luminescence component, as to should the unitary prompting of drug storage.

8. the cycle according to claim 4 is reminded easy medicine box, it is characterized in that: power module adopts one or more associating power supplies of external power supply, aneroid battery, button cell or solaode, can be by the folding of switching device control power supply.

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