FR2896487A1 - Medicines transporting and storing device for use by e.g. handicapped person, has receptacle in shape of pommel for storing medicines and reservoir containing beverage for taking medicines, where receptacle is screwed on reservoir - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has a receptacle in the shape of a pommel for storing medicines and a reservoir (1) containing beverage for taking the medicines, where the receptacle is adapted by screwing on the reservoir. The body of the receptacle represents a Latin cross with six branches in which five male threaded branches contain medicines and a female branch is provided with a screw thread permitting to be integrated to the receptacle, where the branches are tightly closed by a cap (D).

Description

The present invention relates to a receptacle for medical use, adaptable

  by screwing on a beverage reservoir, having the shape of a knob, and said: pommel receptacle. It allows both the storage of drugs and their transport, combined with the reservoir (bottle of water necessary for the absorption of drugs). Traditionally, the traditional pillbox, which ensures only the storage is incomplete, because it does not allow to associate in real time the essential drink for the absorption of the medication. The pommel receptacle overcomes this drawback: it provides both sedentary and itinerant management of medication at any place and at any time The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention: - Figure 1 shows in plan, view from the front the pommel without plugs. - Figure 2 shows in section AA the pommel without plugs 15 sealing. - Figure 3 shows in plan with its plugs and its adaptation system on the tank: the pommel receptacle. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 illustrates the invention, combined with the transported beverage tank 2 Q. - Figure 6 shows the receptacle knob assembled by screwing on the tank, with a half plan view and the other half sectional view. Referring to these drawings: The vision of the body of the pommel receptacle or nucleus represents a Latin cross with six branches, the latter, five threaded storage males and a female, provided with a thread for securing the pommel by screwing on the tank block adaptable from 1/41 to 1.51.fig 1 details (A) (B) (C) (ref: made to bottles Evian, Vittel, Volvic, and others.) On the body of the pommel receptacle, The five branches, which we will call storage cells, will be sealed by means of screw-on closure plugs: fig3 detail (D) Fig 6 (D). storage cells in two ways: by the inner lip of the conical abutment cap on the threaded branch of the body going to the bottom of the groove fig4 details (E) and by the conical-shaped circular shoulder belonging to the body molding on the bo outer rd of the cap: fig2 detail (F), and fig4 detail (G). The female cell boom that secures the transport tank must have, in its design a thickness of plastic to molding to resist as much, screwing, unscrewing, as transport fig2 detail (H). 40 Moreover, this cell which acts as a plug for the tank must ensure a perfect seal and have like plugs the same sealing qualities: fig4.

  The plastic molding material, must have the food quality label, tinted in the mass, it will thus filter the light, so as not to expose the drugs to sunlight.

  The storage caps will have several functions: (access to drugs previously incorporated in the cells, blocking of drugs at the bottom of the cell by a plastic bellows system, sealing, color registration, hourly or quantitative annotations). They must ensure: - the opening and closing by unscrewing or screwing giving access to drugs, for this purpose they must be provided with fig5 detail (I) grasping streaks, in order to avoid the fall of drugs at the opening as when closing, the knob should be held in horizontal position cap facing the sky.

  -the identification by gluing of self-adhesive pellets of colors matching the drugs, as well as various information may be specified, 15 schedules, quantities. - for visually impaired people, braille codes may be considered.

  This device according to the invention is particularly reserved for people with difficulty in handling, disabled persons with reduced mobility and all those who seek a certain comfort in their medication.

  The possibility of a future industrial application depends partly on a market study to define more precisely the extent of the needs, but in any case, the highly disabling diseases such as (Parkinson, Alzheimer, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy and blindness may be strongly interested in this device, and associations and the diseases concerned could promote it.

  REFERENCES: A: Pommel or core body. B: Threaded branch. C: Female branch with internal thread.

30 D: Closing cap E: Bottom of groove and conical support. F: Conical circular shoulder. G: External edge of the cap in conical support on the shoulder. H: oversize.

I: Gripping streaks. J: Sealing conical support on the tank.

10 NOTE: A variant could be to incorporate on the upper branch of the Latin cross above the closure cap, a configurable alarm system, to remind the user schedules of taking drugs. 10

Claims (3)

claims   1) Device for storing and transporting medicaments and for facilitating their absorption, characterized in that it consists of a receptacle shaped pommel for storing drugs and a reservoir containing the drink to allow absorption of drugs, the receptacle being adaptable by screwing on the reservoir.   2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the body of the pommel-shaped receptacle represents a Latin cross with six branches including five threaded male branches for containing drugs and a female branch provided with a thread for securing the pommel-shaped receptacle on the tank.   3) Device according to claim 2 characterized in that the five male branches are provided with plugs, sealing the interior or storage cells of the five branches for cooperating by screwing with the threads of said male branches.