EP0159306A1 - Vorrichtung zum Überwachen der Einnahme von Pillen - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Überwachen der Einnahme von Pillen Download PDF

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EP0159306A1
EP0159306A1 EP85870035A EP85870035A EP0159306A1 EP 0159306 A1 EP0159306 A1 EP 0159306A1 EP 85870035 A EP85870035 A EP 85870035A EP 85870035 A EP85870035 A EP 85870035A EP 0159306 A1 EP0159306 A1 EP 0159306A1
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Cedric L. De Prelle De La Nieppe
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
    • A61J7/0409—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers
    • A61J7/0481—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers working on a schedule basis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
    • A61J1/035—Blister-type containers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
    • A61J7/0409—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers
    • A61J7/0418—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers with electronic history memory

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus intended to signal to a user that he must take a pill and to remind him of this in the event of forgetfulness or distraction.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly advantageous for monitoring the regular taking of a contraceptive pill. It is known that during each twenty-eight day cycle, the contraceptive pill must be taken regularly for a given period of time, ideally twenty-one days, followed by an interruption period which is ideally seven days and one also known that the woman can take her pill daily with a lag by Special Rapporteur 'harbor at the usual time when she should take her pill. It is therefore important that the woman not only does not forget to take her pill, but also that she takes it for a given period of time in each twenty-four hour period.
  • the problem of automatic monitoring of the regular taking of a pill during cyclical periods is solved by the above-mentioned device, which is arranged to take into account a cycle of taking a pill, in particular a pill contraceptive.
  • this device comprises a clock for producing time signals, a programmable memory for storing the time of taking the pill, the day on which the pill was started, a period of time of signaling, a first period of time during which the pill must be taken, the number of regular intervals included in this first period, a second period of time during which the pill should not be taken, a logical device arranged, on the one hand, to receive the clock time signals as well as the contents of the memory and to respond to a control signal and, on the other hand, to produce at least one warning signal during the aforesaid signaling time period and to repeat this last signal at the aforementioned regular intervals during the aforementioned first time periods separated by the second time periods, the logic device being further arranged to, when responding to the control signal, interrupt the warning signal, and means for display of at least the memory and clock time data.
  • the above-mentioned device comprises a box 10 presenting a display table 1 provided with a digital display dial 11 for indicating the time as well as the other displayable information being stored, and indicator lights or control keys 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 'and 17', the number of which corresponds to the various functions of the apparatus, as will emerge from the description which follows.
  • the box 10 advantageously includes a housing 18 for a supply of pills 19.
  • an electronic monitoring and signaling device organized to produce the desired warning signals and provide the aforementioned information described below, and means for supplying direct current.
  • the monitoring and signaling device (FIG. 2) comprises a clock 21 which continuously transmits time signals. These control the digital display dial 11 on which appears the indication of the hour and possibly that of the day.
  • a programmable electronic memory 22 is intended to memorize the usual time for taking the pill, which will hereinafter be called "hour H", and the day when the pill is started to take, a signaling time period t , a first period of time T1 during which the pill must be taken, the ' number of regular intervals t1 included in this first period T1, a second period of time (T2) during which the pill should not be taken.
  • the storage is carried out by means of an adjustable device 23 actuated by the user.
  • the data stored in memory can at any time be called up to appear on the display panel 1 by means of a call button not shown in the drawings. As shown in Figure 1, the lights 12 are used to indicate the day the pill was taken, the hour H can be called on the digital display dial 11.
  • a microprocessor 24 is provided for receiving the time signals from the clock 21 and the time H written in the memory 22; it is organized to determine, at regular intervals t1, a signal time period tation in which the hour H is situated and to produce warning signals which define successive signaling time periods.
  • the signaling time period t extends, every twenty-four hours, from an instant (H-2) located two hours before the hour H to an instant (H + 12 ) located twelve hours after the hour H.
  • the warning signals are interrupted by a control signal V produced by a switch 25 actuated by the user.
  • a device 16 is provided and arranged in particular so that a repeated action on the switch 25 during a signaling time period t has no effect.
  • the switch 25 is actuated by a button 25 'provided on the housing.
  • the above-mentioned control signal V is only produced when the switch 25 is actuated during the time period t. It is the function of a device 26 to determine, in a manner known per se, whether the action on the switch 25 takes place "during said time period t delimited by signals produced by the microprocessor, as will be seen. further.
  • the microprocessor 24 continuously monitors the signals of the clock 21 and is organized to produce the warning signals cyclically during the predetermined time periods T1 for example twenty-one days, separated by predetermined rest periods T2, by example seven days.
  • the microprocessor 24 permanently reads the time indicated by the clock 21 and compares it to the hour H written in the memory 22.
  • the clock indicates the instant (H-2) which, in the example described - , indicates the start of the signaling time period t
  • the microprocessor produces on line 100, a signal A which excites a light indicator, for example a flashing light 13, which thus warns the user that he must take his pill.
  • This warning signal A will remain until the user cancels this signal, as will be seen below, when he takes his pill or, if not, until the end of the signaling time period. t.
  • the microprocessor 24 produces on line 200 a signal B which actuates an audible alarm device 29.
  • the audible alarm advantageously has one. intensity increasing until the end of the period of time t signaling.
  • This warning signal B will be interrupted, like the signal A, during an action on the switch 25 which applies a signal V to the gate 28 or, if not, at the end of the signaling time period t.
  • the microprocessor 24 produces on line 300, at the instant (H + 12), a signal C which cancels warning signals A and B, thereby suppressing the light indication and the audible alarm.
  • This signal C also advantageously serves to excite an indicator light 14 on the display panel to indicate the fact that a pill intake has been forgotten.
  • a device 16 is advantageously provided for counting the control signals V produced during the signaling times t of a first period of time T1 in progress, said device 16 also being designed to be incremented, by one unit, only once per signaling time t, the aforementioned display means being provided to indicate the number of signals counted. The user can thus at any time know how many times he has taken a pill.
  • the device may also include a counting device 17 arranged to add the number of second warnings C produced during the entire first period of time T1 in progress, thus indicating to the user how many times he has forgotten to take a pill.
  • the device according to the invention thus provides automatic monitoring of the regular taking of a pill and can inform the user, at any time, at what stage of the predetermined cycle he is in and whether this cycle has been observed.
  • the device advantageously includes an indicator, such as an indicator light 15 on the display panel 1, for signaling that the direct current source has reached a determined level of exhaustion.
  • an indicator such as an indicator light 15 on the display panel 1, for signaling that the direct current source has reached a determined level of exhaustion.
  • An apparatus could also be provided which would include a device, similar to the aforementioned devices 16 and 17, arranged to count signals emitted by the clock 21, at each regular interval t1, during the second time period T2.
  • the memory 22 is programmed to interrupt the signal B activating the audible alarm device 29 and this, until the switch 25 is used.

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BE0/212495A BE899066A (fr) 1984-03-02 1984-03-02 Appareil de surveillance de la prise d'une pilule

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WO1991005535A1 (de) * 1989-10-20 1991-05-02 Rudolf Loidl Vorrichtung zum aufbewahren und zeitpunktgerechten einnehmen von medikamenten
WO1992011587A1 (en) 1990-12-21 1992-07-09 Joep Winters Instructions or analogous element for medicaments
WO1997004734A1 (en) * 1995-07-25 1997-02-13 Roenning Kjell Arvid Device for distributing medications
WO1998022072A1 (en) * 1996-11-19 1998-05-28 The Procter & Gamble Company Compliance package and method of improving or aiding patient compliance for complex drug regimens
US6201768B1 (en) 1997-03-26 2001-03-13 Innocreate N.V. Time apparatus for alerting at times for taking medicines

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DE6904147U (de) * 1969-01-28 1969-09-18 Apotheker Helmut Kroes Elektrische schaltuhr fuer die zeitgerechte einnahme hermonaler empfaengnisverhuetungsmittel
FR2440221A1 (fr) * 1978-10-30 1980-05-30 Combustion Power Procede et appareil pour debarrasser un gaz d'une matiere solide finement divisee
DE2921520A1 (de) * 1979-05-28 1980-12-04 Helmut Pelzer Ueberwachungsvorrichtung
US4258354A (en) * 1979-05-11 1981-03-24 Amiram Carmon Portable alarm device
US4360125A (en) * 1980-03-10 1982-11-23 Medtronic, Inc. Medication inventory device
EP0101812A2 (de) * 1982-07-02 1984-03-07 Bart Joseph Dr. Zoltan Hilfsvorrichtung zur Befolgung einer Heilkur
GB2136991A (en) * 1983-03-21 1984-09-26 Zircon Int Inc Electronic Programmable Multiple Alarm Timing Device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE6904147U (de) * 1969-01-28 1969-09-18 Apotheker Helmut Kroes Elektrische schaltuhr fuer die zeitgerechte einnahme hermonaler empfaengnisverhuetungsmittel
FR2440221A1 (fr) * 1978-10-30 1980-05-30 Combustion Power Procede et appareil pour debarrasser un gaz d'une matiere solide finement divisee
US4258354A (en) * 1979-05-11 1981-03-24 Amiram Carmon Portable alarm device
DE2921520A1 (de) * 1979-05-28 1980-12-04 Helmut Pelzer Ueberwachungsvorrichtung
US4360125A (en) * 1980-03-10 1982-11-23 Medtronic, Inc. Medication inventory device
EP0101812A2 (de) * 1982-07-02 1984-03-07 Bart Joseph Dr. Zoltan Hilfsvorrichtung zur Befolgung einer Heilkur
GB2136991A (en) * 1983-03-21 1984-09-26 Zircon Int Inc Electronic Programmable Multiple Alarm Timing Device

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1991005535A1 (de) * 1989-10-20 1991-05-02 Rudolf Loidl Vorrichtung zum aufbewahren und zeitpunktgerechten einnehmen von medikamenten
US5246136A (en) * 1989-10-20 1993-09-21 Rudolf Loidl Apparatus for storage and timed taking of medicaments
WO1992011587A1 (en) 1990-12-21 1992-07-09 Joep Winters Instructions or analogous element for medicaments
WO1997004734A1 (en) * 1995-07-25 1997-02-13 Roenning Kjell Arvid Device for distributing medications
WO1998022072A1 (en) * 1996-11-19 1998-05-28 The Procter & Gamble Company Compliance package and method of improving or aiding patient compliance for complex drug regimens
US6201768B1 (en) 1997-03-26 2001-03-13 Innocreate N.V. Time apparatus for alerting at times for taking medicines

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