EP0281366A2 - Dispositif d'alarme - Google Patents

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EP0281366A2
EP0281366A2 EP19880301787 EP88301787A EP0281366A2 EP 0281366 A2 EP0281366 A2 EP 0281366A2 EP 19880301787 EP19880301787 EP 19880301787 EP 88301787 A EP88301787 A EP 88301787A EP 0281366 A2 EP0281366 A2 EP 0281366A2
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Albrecht Buchner
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Micro Technologies International Ltd
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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
    • A61J7/0472—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers of the count-down type, i.e. counting down a predetermined interval after each reset
    • 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
    • A61J7/0427—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system
    • A61J7/0436—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system resulting from removing a drug from, or opening, a container

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  • This invention relates to an alarm device for reminding users of the need to take medication of some form at a regular time.
  • the device is suitable for reminding users to take pills like contraceptive pills.
  • an alarm device for reminding the user to take an individually packaged medicament, comprising a support for a package of individually packaged pills, a number of individually depressible buttons each aligned with one individual compartment of the packet, whereby depression of a button will eject an individually packaged pill, timer means for monitoring the time elapsed since one button has been depressed, means linking the buttons to the timer means whereby depression of any one button will re-start the timer means at the same time as a pill is dispensed, and an audible alarm which sounds when the timer means reach a pre-selected period of time.
  • buttons only a single button remains depressed at any particular time.
  • depression of a subsequent button desirably releases any previously depressed buttons.
  • the user can very quickly see from noting which button is depressed which was the last pill. This is particularly convenient with items like contraceptives where it is often important to ingest the pills in a particular sequence.
  • buttons are provided which will not be aligned with any compartment in the package containing the pills but which enable the woman to continue her regular routine of acknowledging the alarm every 24 hours.
  • buttons there will normally be 7 buttons not aligned with any pill compartment for the period when no pills are to be taken but the woman who uses the alarm device would still need to acknowledge the alarm daily at her regular routine time for taking the pill on those days when no pill is to be ingested. This helps to assist in maintaining a regular routine and to ensure that the precise period of 7 days elapses between starting a cycle of pills.
  • the timer means and the audible alarm consists of a conventional electronic timing module such as exists in a watch or other form of small time-keeping device.
  • this also includes a display such as a liquid crystal display to show time.
  • the audible alarm can then conveniently be the conventional 24 hour repeating alarm which is provided in many of such watch and like modules.
  • the 24 hour alarm is highly convenient for dispensing for example contraceptive pills, this may not be appropriate for other forms of medicaments such as heart pills or diabetic pills and, if appropriate therefore, the repetition period for the alarm need not be 24 hours.
  • the means for linking the timer and alarm means with the buttons can comprise a slidably mounted plate through which all of the buttons pass.
  • This slidably mounted plate is mounted parallel to the card carrying the pills and has apertures in alignment with the buttons and through which the buttons pass.
  • Cam means are provided on each button to displace the plate sideways when an individual button is depressed.
  • the cam means on the buttons can comprise an inclined wedge-shaped projection which displaces the plate sideways relative to the depression of the button against a spring or other resilient means as the button is depressed.
  • the button is depressed sufficiently to expel a pill from a compartment underneath it, the wedge-shaped projection will pass through the plate and the resilient means will return it to its non-displaced position so that the wedge-shaped cam means become trapped by the plate and hold that button depressed. Additionally, this displacement of the plate will release the wedge-shaped aperture of any previously depressed button. Further, means are provided on the plate for re-starting the timer means whenever the plate is displaced.
  • the alarm device 10 includes an outer casing composed of a front portion 12 and a rear portion 14. Extending upwardly from the front portion are a series of push buttons 16. The particular arrangement of these buttons and their operation will be described in due course.
  • liquid crystal display 18 is visible through the front casing to show the time and conventional controls including an on-off slide switch 20 and push button 22 for time and alarm setting purposes are also provided.
  • liquid crystal display 18 and of the associated electronic timing components will not be described in any further detail since these are entirely conventional components. They do, however, have associated with them an audible alarm (not shown) which again can be entirely conventional.
  • the rear housing 14 also includes a removeable plate 24.
  • This plate is removed when it is desirable to add a fresh package 26 of contraceptives and then the plate 24 is replaced to hold the package 26 in position.
  • This plate has a number of openings 32 ( Figure 2) in alignment with each of the individually packaged pills 30 in the package 26 so that individual pills can be dispensed through an appropriate aligned opening.
  • buttons 16 are aligned so that one button is aligned with each individually packaged pill. Therefore, upon depression of a button, this will contact the covering 34 (see Figure 6) containing the pill and continued depression of the button will press the packaging down against the pill which will then press against the bottom card material 36 of its compartment which is arranged to burst open and allow the pill to exit through an appropriate aperture 32.
  • This method of dispensing pills from contraceptives packages and the like is extremely well known in that normally it is the user's finger which presses the top of the pack rather than the button.
  • a slidable plate 38 Positioned above the package 26 and within the casing is a slidable plate 38. This is sandwiched between upper and lower stationary plates 40 and 42 fixed in the casing. Also the sliding plate has integral upwardly and downwardly projecting pins 44 and 46 which respectively engage in slots 48 and 50. This guide the plate 38 so that it is slidable transversely in the direction of the arrows 52, Figure 4. It is slidable to the right against the resilient action of two springs 54 which urge it to the left in the sense seen in Figure 4.
  • the plate 38 has a series of elongated holes 56, each in alignment with an appropriate one of the buttons 16, and the lower ends of the buttons, as best shown in Figure 6, extend into these openings.
  • buttons namely, the top row of seven shown in Figure 1
  • the alarm device 10 aims to give the user to the conventional routine reminder so as to ensure that the regular routine is kept. Also a count of the days when no pill is to be taken is also accurately kept so that the user knows precisely when to start a new package of contraceptives and the new cycle.
  • each button 16 also includes an integral wedge-shaped cam 60 extending out from its side. Also each button has its own associated spring 62 tending to urge the button upwardly.
  • the cams 60 are arranged to contact the edge of the respective elongated opening 56 in the plate 38 as the button is depressed, so moving the plate to the right in the sense shown in Figures 4 and 5.
  • the plate can snap back under the effect of the springs 54 towards the left behind the button. This has the effect therefore, of retaining the button in its depressed position against the resilient action of the spring 62 tending to urge the button to its outer position.
  • the button is therefore retained in a depressed position until a further button is depressed which will cause the plate to move to the right and, as the plate is indeed moved to the right in the sense shown in Figure 4 when a further button is depressed, then a point will be reached where an already depressed button will no longer be retained by the engagement of the end of the cam 60 underneath the plate but will be released simultaneously with the depression of the other button.
  • buttons are retained within the front casing by means of an annular flange 66 which engages the underneath of the front housing 12.
  • the sliding plate has an integral projection 68 at its upper end which engages with a switch means 70 associated with the timer and alarm.
  • a switch means 70 associated with the timer and alarm.
  • this projection 68 slides across the face of a printed circuit board 70 ( Figure 3) carrying the time keeping components and completes the circuit between two exposed conductors on the board so resetting the alarm for a further 24 hours.
  • the alarm device 10 shown in Figure 1 is suitable only for use with one format.
  • the modified alarm devices 72 and 74 shown in Figures 7 and 8 the components are substantially identical but the arrangement of the push buttons 16 differs to suit the arrangements of other manufacturers. It will be appreciated that many other different arrangements are possible and may be necessary to suit other manufacturers' packaging arrangements but this is a matter of simple choice in the arrangement of the push buttons and perforations in the sliding plate 38.
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FR2703906A1 (fr) * 1993-04-13 1994-10-21 Leprettre Daniel Dispositif permettant aux femmes de ne pas oublier de prendre leurs pilules contraceptives.
KR20010106730A (ko) * 2000-05-23 2001-12-07 박준승 처방일정관리시스템 및 방법
FR2841773A1 (fr) * 2002-07-05 2004-01-09 Menari France Dispositif de dispensation de medicaments et son mode d'utilisation
US6746608B2 (en) 2001-06-12 2004-06-08 Prometic Biosciences, Inc. Use of adsorbent polymer particles in DNA separation
EP1502568A1 (fr) * 2003-07-28 2005-02-02 Menarini France S.A. Dispositif de dispensation de medicaments et son mode d'utilisation
US10251518B2 (en) 2014-03-20 2019-04-09 Ecolab Usa Inc. Keyed dispensing cartridge with valve insert
US10569286B2 (en) 2017-05-08 2020-02-25 Ecolab Usa Inc. Shaped cartridge dispensing systems

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AU630324B3 (en) * 1992-06-24 1992-10-22 Dma Holdings Pty Ltd Wristwatch with pill container and alarm

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DE2426831A1 (de) * 1974-06-04 1976-01-02 Blieske Vorrichtung zur sicherung der regelmaessigen verabreichung von medikamenten
DE2819387A1 (de) * 1978-05-03 1979-11-08 Max Siegel Apparatur zur kontrollierten medikamenteneinnahme
DE2921520A1 (de) * 1979-05-28 1980-12-04 Helmut Pelzer Ueberwachungsvorrichtung
EP0172638A1 (fr) * 1984-07-06 1986-02-26 Bruce Alan Kehr Appareil pour alerter un patient au moment où il doit prendre un médicament
US4573606A (en) * 1983-09-12 1986-03-04 Kermit E. Lewis Automatic pill dispenser and method of administering medical pills
EP0191168A2 (fr) * 1985-02-09 1986-08-20 Udo Simon Dispositif pour le stockage de médicaments et leur absorption provoquée en fonction du temps

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2426831A1 (de) * 1974-06-04 1976-01-02 Blieske Vorrichtung zur sicherung der regelmaessigen verabreichung von medikamenten
DE2819387A1 (de) * 1978-05-03 1979-11-08 Max Siegel Apparatur zur kontrollierten medikamenteneinnahme
DE2921520A1 (de) * 1979-05-28 1980-12-04 Helmut Pelzer Ueberwachungsvorrichtung
US4573606A (en) * 1983-09-12 1986-03-04 Kermit E. Lewis Automatic pill dispenser and method of administering medical pills
EP0172638A1 (fr) * 1984-07-06 1986-02-26 Bruce Alan Kehr Appareil pour alerter un patient au moment où il doit prendre un médicament
EP0191168A2 (fr) * 1985-02-09 1986-08-20 Udo Simon Dispositif pour le stockage de médicaments et leur absorption provoquée en fonction du temps

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2703906A1 (fr) * 1993-04-13 1994-10-21 Leprettre Daniel Dispositif permettant aux femmes de ne pas oublier de prendre leurs pilules contraceptives.
KR20010106730A (ko) * 2000-05-23 2001-12-07 박준승 처방일정관리시스템 및 방법
US6746608B2 (en) 2001-06-12 2004-06-08 Prometic Biosciences, Inc. Use of adsorbent polymer particles in DNA separation
FR2841773A1 (fr) * 2002-07-05 2004-01-09 Menari France Dispositif de dispensation de medicaments et son mode d'utilisation
EP1502568A1 (fr) * 2003-07-28 2005-02-02 Menarini France S.A. Dispositif de dispensation de medicaments et son mode d'utilisation
US10251518B2 (en) 2014-03-20 2019-04-09 Ecolab Usa Inc. Keyed dispensing cartridge with valve insert
US10569286B2 (en) 2017-05-08 2020-02-25 Ecolab Usa Inc. Shaped cartridge dispensing systems

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