JP2001198195A - Medical drug box with drug function preventing drug intake from forgetting - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical drug box with a drug function capable of preventing the drug intake from forgetting, preventing a patient from forgetting the drug intake and surely taking the drug. SOLUTION: A plurality of translucent drug storage cases 8a-8c are detachably stacked on a drug box body 1 via a raising/lowering means 7, the respective drug storage cases 8a-8c are formed with partition walls so as to provide storage chambers for storing daily dosages of the dugs, and a calendar and LED are arranged matched with the respective storage chambers. Intake date, month and year are set in the drug box body 1 for every storage chamber of the respective drug storage cases 8a-8c by operation of a mode set switch 5a and a settlement switch 5b and are displayed on a clock display part 3, and the intake date and time of the drug in each storage chamber are set by the operation of the mode set switch 5a and the settlement switch 5b and displayed on a timer display part 4. When it is an intake set time, a microcomputer flushes LED and informs it acoustically.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nurse station in a hospital, a forgotten drink which is installed in a home and prevents a patient in a hospital or a patient who is treating at home from forgetting to take a medicine to be taken. The present invention relates to a medical medicine box with an anti-drug function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One of recent major social problems is an aging society problem. It is preferable that the average life expectancy is prolonged year by year due to recent improvements in eating habits, living environment, lifestyle, and rational health management. However, as life expectancy increases, the phenomenon of partial aging of the body is also inevitable, and everyone experiences it.

[0003] Due to this aging phenomenon, for example, eyes become presbyopia, teeth deteriorate, hearing deteriorates, and joints hurt. On the other hand, if you have presbyopia,
Various measures have been attempted, such as wearing reading glasses and putting on dentures for the deterioration of teeth and putting on hearing aids when the ears are too far away, and tentative attempts have been made to address these declines, and the results are given as such. I have.

[0004]

However, it is unavoidable that the memory deteriorates with aging.
This decline in the memory ability of the elderly leads to so-called "blurred senility", and prevention of memory decline is a very difficult problem even during aging. In particular, elderly patients who are hospitalized or are undergoing medical treatment at home may forget to take the medicine, even though they are obliged to take the medicine according to the doctor's instructions at regular intervals during the medical treatment. There is. It is true that forgetting to drink is not limited to the elderly,
It is something that everyone experiences.

[0005] As an example of taking an inconvenience due to forgetting to take a medicine even though it is mandatory to take the medicine according to the doctor's instructions at regular intervals during medical treatment, for example,
If a patient with hypertension is taking the prescribed amount of antihypertensive agent at the predetermined time according to the doctor's instructions and happens to forget to take the antihypertensive agent for some reason, he / she will be examined again. Because there is a situation that it is not frank to tell the doctor that he forgot to drink from the treatment state until, as a result of measuring the blood pressure as it is, it shows that the blood pressure is significantly higher than the measurement value at the previous consultation, As a physician, if the antihypertensive agent you ordered the last time was judged to be ineffective, and if you proceeded with an antihypertensive agent showing twice the previous value, can the patient take the antihypertensive directly? You will be in trouble. As described above, if the patient forgets to take the medicine, an accurate medical examination cannot be performed, so that an appropriate medicine is not provided to the patient, which may be dangerous depending on the patient.

[0006] Also, in the case of outpatients, the same amount of medicine was given at the present visit as at the previous visit, despite the fact that he had forgotten to drink again and the previous drug was still present at the present visit. If this is done, there is a problem that the remaining amount provided last time is wasted and the burden of the patient on the drug is increased. Thus, forgetting to take medicine involves various problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. The present invention is installed in a nurse station in a hospital or in a home to prevent a patient from forgetting to take a medicine and to provide a patient with a medicine. An object of the present invention is to provide a medical medicine box with a drug function for preventing forgetting to swallow, which is capable of taking the medicine, giving an appropriate treatment to the patient, and preventing an unnecessary burden on the patient from increasing the unnecessary cost of the medicine.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, a medical medicine box with a drug function to prevent forgetting to swallow according to the present invention is divided by a partition wall every day for patients to take in the morning.
One or more translucent materials having a plurality of storage rooms for storing medicines separated by partition walls at designated times before daytime, at night, and before going to bed, with dates displayed for each storage room A medicine storage case formed by: a medicine box main body, elevating means for vertically moving the medicine storage case by detachably mounting one or more of the medicine storage cases individually and detachably, and the medicine storage case Display means for displaying the time of taking the medicine for each of the storage rooms each time a preset dosing time arrives, which is mounted corresponding to each of the storage rooms, and mounted on a predetermined portion of the medicine box main body. A notification means for notifying by voice the time of taking the medicine in each storage room every time a preset taking time has arrived; and a predetermined number of minutes, a day of the week and 24 hours a day attached to a predetermined portion of the medicine box main body. Time setting and display of time Clock means, and a plurality of timers mounted on a predetermined portion of the medicine box main body for setting a time at which the display means and the notification means corresponding to the predetermined storage chamber are driven for each of the dosing times within 24 hours. And characterized in that:

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to swallow according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment according to the present invention in a state where a cover is removed, FIG. 2 is a right side view of a state in which the cover is removed from FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view. . In FIGS. 1 to 3, the medicine box main body 1 is formed in a substantially rectangular pair, and a liquid crystal display panel 2 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the front surface thereof. The liquid crystal display panel 2 includes a clock display section 3 of a clock means and a timer display section 4 using a timer, both of which divide the liquid crystal display panel 2 into two.

A clock display section 3 of the clock means is a display section of a normal clock, and includes a day display section 3a for displaying seven days from "Sunday" to "Saturday", and "year", "month", "Day",
It comprises a date display section 3b for displaying "hour" and "minute", and an AM and PM display section 3c for displaying morning (AM) and afternoon (PM). The AM and PM timing section 3c can switch between a 12-hour display and a 24-hour display.
When the display of M is selected, the display from 0:00 to 12:00 is performed, and when the display of PM is selected, the display from 13:00 to 24:00 is performed.

[0011] Adjacent to the clock display section 3 of the clock means,
The operation unit 5 of the clock means is arranged. The operation unit 5 of the clock means includes a mode setting switch 5a, a decision switch 5
b, an up switch c, and a down switch 5d. Among these, the mode setting switch 5a is
"Sunday" corresponding to the day display section 3a of the clock display section 3
From "Saturday" and "Year", "Month",
Set “day”, “hour”, and “minute”.

The confirm switch 5b is operated each time these settings are made, to confirm the set day of the week, and to confirm the set "year", "month", "day", "hour", and "minute". This is a switch that is operated when performing. By operating the mode setting switch 5a and the confirmation switch 5b, the built-in auto calendar can be used for 99 years. Therefore, it can be used according to the age of the family. When making these settings, the up switch 5c and the down switch 5d are operated to set predetermined "day of the week", "year", "month", "day", "hour", and "minute". In this case, the time is set in units of one minute.

The timer display unit 4 includes a time zone display unit 4a.
And an AM / PM display unit 4b. The time zone setting unit 4b displays "morning", "day", and "night" and displays numbers "4", "5", and "6". The numeral “4” of the numerals “4” and “5” is used, for example, for display at night, and the numeral “5” is, for example,
Appropriate for early morning. The number "6" is, for example,
A display method such as applying the display to the day of hospital visit is performed.

A timer operation unit 6 is arranged adjacent to the timer display unit 4 of the timer. The timer operation unit 6 is a unit for adjusting the time, and a mode setting switch 6
a, a decision switch 6b, an up switch 6c, and a down switch 6d. Mode setting switch 6
“a” indicates “morning”, “noon”,
This switch is operated to display "Night" and select numbers "4", "5", and "6". By operating this mode setting switch 6a, operating the up switch 6c or the down switch 6d. Then, when a predetermined time zone display is selected, the user operates the enter switch 6b to set the time zone.

The upper surface of the medicine box main body 1 is open. A metal or hardened plastic frame (not shown) is attached along the inner peripheral surface near the upper end edge of the opened medicine box main body 1. This frame forms the base of the retractable lifting / lowering means 7,
The lower end of an arm described after the lifting / lowering means 7 is pivotally attached to this frame. The elevating means 7 is for detachably elevating and lowering a medicine storage case as a tray for storing medicines. In the first embodiment shown in the figure, the elevating means 7 has three stages: a lower stage, a middle stage, and an upper stage. Lower medicine storage case 8
a, the case where three medicine storage cases 8b for the middle stage and the medicine storage case 8c for the upper stage are mounted. Therefore, the lifting / lowering means 7 has a three-stage configuration. FIG. 2 is a right side view showing the configuration of the three-stage lifting means 7, in which the lifting means 7 is lowered, in other words, in a contracted state, and FIG. 4 is a right side view in an expanded state. .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the elevating means 7 includes lower arms 7a1, 7a2, middle arms 7b1, made of metal or hardened plastic, respectively.
7b2 and upper-stage arms 7c1 and 7c2. 2 and 4 show only the right arm, respectively, but the left arm 7a1, 7a
a2, middle arm 7b1, 7b2, upper arm 7c
1, 7c2. These lower arm 7a
1, 7a2, the middle arms 7b1 and 7b2, and the upper arms 7c1 and 7c2 form a pair on the left and right sides, respectively. In the following description, the right lower arm 7a1, 7a
2. Middle arm 7b1, 7b2, upper arm 7c
1, 7c2 will be described as a representative.

The vicinity of the lower ends of the lower arms 7a1 and 7a2 is pivotally attached to a frame mounted along the inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the medicine box main body 1. Thus, the lower-stage arms 7a1 and 7a2 are rotatable in the left-right direction about the pivot points. Therefore, the lower arm 7
By rotating a1, 7a2 in the left-right direction, the upper ends of the lower-stage arms 7a1, 7a2 move up and down.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper ends of the lower arms 7a1 and 7a2 are pivotally connected to the left end and the center of the lower tray 9a on the side walls of the lower tray 9a. That is, the lower arm 7a1, 7
The lower tray 9a is attached to the upper end of the medicine box main body 1 so as to be able to move up and down via a2 and the above-mentioned frame (not shown). The lower medicine storage case 8a is detachably mounted on the lower tray 9a.

The lower ends of the middle arms 7b1 and 7b2 are pivotally mounted near the center and near the right end of the side wall of the lower tray 9a. This middle stage arm 7b1,
The vicinity of the upper end of 7b2 is pivotally attached to the vicinity of the left end and the center of the side wall of the middle tray 9b. The middle tray 9b is supported by the middle arms 7b1 and 7b2,
The middle-stage medicine storage case 8b is detachably mounted on the middle-stage tray 9b.

Hereinafter, in the same manner, the upper frames 7c1 and 7c are provided near the center and the right end of the side wall of the middle tray 9b.
The vicinity of each lower end of No. 2 is pivotally connected. Near the upper ends of the upper frames 7c1 and 7c2 are pivotally connected to the left end and the center of the right side wall of the upper tray 9c, respectively. As a result, the upper tray 9c is moved to the upper frame 7
It is supported by c1 and 7c2, and can be moved up and down by pivoting left and right around pivot points near the lower ends of the upper tray 9c. An upper medicine storage case 8c is detachably mounted on the upper tray 8c.

Thus, the lower arm 7a1, 7a2
By sequentially rotating the upper arms 7c1 and 7c2, FIG. 2 shows a state in which the lower-stage medicine storage cases 8a to the upper-stage medicine storage cases 8c are placed on the lower-stage tray 9a to the upper-stage tray 9c, respectively. It can be lowered, as shown, or raised, as shown in FIG.

Next, the lower medicine storage case 8a to the upper medicine storage case 8c will be described. In the first embodiment, each of the lower medicine storage case 8a to the upper medicine storage case 8c stores medicine for 10 days to be administered to one patient. These lower medicine storage cases 8a to upper medicine storage cases 8c
Have the same configuration, so the upper drug storage case 8
This will be described on behalf of c.

The storage case 8c is made of a milky white translucent synthetic resin material and formed in a rectangular dish shape. As is clear from FIG. 3, a partition wall 8d rising from the bottom surface is integrated with the medicine storage case 8c. The medicine for one day to be taken by the patient is stored in each of the storage rooms 8c1 to 8c10. In addition, since each storage room of the medicine storage case 8b for the middle stage and the medicine storage case 8a for the lower stage is not shown on the drawing, the description is given by reference numerals 8b1 to 8b, respectively.
Description will be made using the reference numerals b10, 8a1 to 8a10.

In the vicinity of each of the storage rooms 8c1 to 8c10,
Dates (calendars) of "1 day" to "10 days" are displayed by printing or engraving. Medicine storage case 8
c has a light-transmitting property.
In the state in which the lower-stage medicine storage case 8a to the upper-stage medicine storage case 8c are raised in the state shown in FIG.
10 and the storage rooms 8c1 to 8c10
It is possible to determine at a glance whether or not a medicine is stored in the patient, that is, whether the patient has taken the medicine or has forgotten to take the medicine.

Further, corresponding to the medicine storage rooms 8c1 to 8c10, in other words, corresponding to the dates of "1st" to "10th", as shown in the plan view of FIG. Light emitting diodes 10a1 to 10a10 (hereinafter referred to as LED
Has been arranged. These LEDs 10a1 to 10a
The lead terminal of a10 is exposed flush with the lower surface of the medicine storage case 8c. The lower arm 7a1, 7a
2-The wiring buried in the upper arms 7c1 and 7c2
The wiring is electrically connected to the wiring buried in the upper tray 9c, and the wiring is connected to the terminal exposed on the surface of the upper tray 9c. As a result, the medicine storage case 8c becomes the upper tray 9c.
The LED 10a1 to 10a10 is electrically connected to the LEDs 10a1 to 10a10 when placed on the upper side. The flashing is controlled by a microcomputer 11 (hereinafter, referred to as a microcomputer) shown in FIG.

Similarly, the middle medicine storage case 8b and the lower medicine storage case 8a have LEDs arranged adjacent to the date corresponding to each medicine storage room. The LEDs arranged in the middle medicine storage case 8b and the lower medicine storage case 8a are also provided with the lower arms 7a1 and 7a.
The microcomputer 11 is connected to the microcomputer 11 through electric wires buried in a2 and the middle arms 7b1 and 7b2.

Furthermore, each of the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c
Each has a lid 80 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) detachably mounted. The lid 80 removes the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c from the lower trays 9a to 9c, respectively, and when there are remaining medicines in the storage chambers 8c1 to 8c10, shows the medicine to the doctor as it is, It has become convenient to receive appropriate medical examinations by doctors according to the state of the medicines left unswallowed, and to provide materials for reducing the burden on patients for medicines.

In this case, when the patient or accompanying person carries the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c, the storage rooms 8c1 to 8c1 are stored.
In order to prevent the remaining medicine in 0 from moving into the adjacent storage chambers 8c1 to 8c10, the remaining medicines are held in the storage chambers 8c1 to 8c10 stored in advance by the partition walls 8d and the lid 80. Thus, each medicine storage case 8a-8
c are removed from the lower tray 9a to the upper tray 9c, respectively, and when carrying, each medicine storage case 8a to 8c
By attaching the lid 80 to the medicine storage case 8
a to 8c are to be carried easily.

Further, although not shown in the drawing, LEDs are arranged at four even corners of the upper end surface of the medicine box main body 1. When the sound sensor 12 detects the generation of a sound accompanying the patient's behavior in a dark room in the night-out state, the LED emits light under the control of the microcomputer 11 based on the detection output, and the cover 13 of the medicine box main body 1 (FIG. 1) is provided to inform the patient of the location of the "medical medicine box with a drug function to prevent forgetting to swallow" according to the present invention. The set time zone can be changed freely. The sound sensor 12 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
At a predetermined position on the front side.

Next, a control system of the medical medicine box with the drag function for preventing forgetting to drink will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this control system. In FIG. 5, the microcomputer 11 includes a clock switch board 14 on which the clock means shown in FIG. 1 is mounted, and "morning", "day", and "night" of the time zone display section 4a shown in FIG. , The numbers "4", "5",
Each printed wiring of the timer switch board 15 on which six timers for setting the display time of “6” are mounted is the wiring 1
5 and 16 are connected. The clock switch board 14 includes a mode setting switch 5a, a decision switch 5b, and an up switch 5 which constitute the operation unit 5 of the clock means.
c, each lead terminal of the down switch 5d is connected.

On the timer switch board 15, a mode setting switch 6a, a decision switch 6b, an up switch 6c, a down switch 6
Each lead terminal of d is connected. This microcomputer 11
Is connected to the liquid crystal display panel 2 shown in FIG.

The microcomputer 11 further includes a wiring 19 embedded in the lower arms 7a1 and 7a2 of the elevating means 7.
Through the connection, it is connected to an LED 20 (shown as LEDs 10a1 to 10a10 in FIG. 3) mounted on the lower medicine storage case 8a. This LED 20
Are the storage chambers 8a1 to 8a of the lower medicine storage case 8a.
When the date and time set by the operation of the operation unit 5 of the clock means and the operation unit 6 of the timer are reached, the microcomputer 11 controls the microcomputer 11 to blink for a predetermined period of time, and each of the storage rooms 8a1 to 8a10 The arrangement position, and thus the arrangement position of the medicine to be taken at that date and time, are displayed.

Lower arm 7a1, 7a2 of lifting means 7
Wirings 19 buried in the middle and arms 7b1 and 7 for the middle stage
The microcomputer 11 is connected to the LED 22 mounted on the middle medicine storage case 8b through the wiring 21 buried in the b2.
Is connected. The LED 22 is provided corresponding to each medicine storage room 8b1 to 8b10 of the middle medicine storage case 8b, and has a date and time set by operating the operation unit 5 of the clock means and the operation unit 6 of the timer. Is turned on and off for a predetermined time under the control of the microcomputer 11, and the respective storage rooms 8b1
8b10 are displayed, and, consequently, the positions of the medicines to be taken at that date and time are displayed.

Similarly, the lower arm 7 of the elevating means 7
Mounted in the upper medicine storage case 8c through the wiring 19 buried in the a1 and 7a2, the wiring 21 buried in the middle arms 7b1 and 7b2, and the wiring 23 buried in the upper arms 7c1 and 7c2. LED2
4 (the same as the LEDs 10a1 to 10a10 in FIG. 3), the microcomputer 11 is connected. The LED 24 is provided corresponding to each medicine storage room 8c1 to 8c10 of the upper medicine case 8c. When the date and time set by the operation of the operation unit 5 of the clock means and the operation unit 6 of the timer are reached. The control of the microcomputer 11 blinks for a predetermined time, and the respective storage rooms 8c1 to 8c8
The arrangement position of c10, and furthermore, the arrangement position of the medicine to be taken at that date and time are displayed.

The microcomputer 11 includes a wiring 25, a voice synthesis LS
The speaker 30 is connected through I26, wiring 27, power IC 28, and wiring 29. Voice synthesis LSI 26
When the date and time set by operating the operation unit 5 of the clock means and the operation unit 6 of the timer come, the LED 2
A chime and an audio signal are generated simultaneously with the blinking of 0, 22, and 24. This audio signal is output to the power IC 28 through the wiring 27, where it is amplified and
The speaker 30 is driven through the speaker 9 to generate sound.

The speaker 30 is attached to a predetermined position of the medicine box main body 1. As the sound generated from the speaker 30, for example, "drug time" is generated ten times, and the sound level is increased. It is generated by changing the volume under the control of the microcomputer 11, such as three levels of medium and small, the first three times at a high level, the next three times at a medium level, and the last four times at a low level. Nurses and caregivers are notified of the time they take medicines.

Further, the sound sensor 12 is connected to the microcomputer 11 through a wiring 31. The microcomputer 11 is connected via wiring 32 to the above-mentioned LED 33 for generating brilliancy, which is arranged at the upper four corners of the medicine box main body 1. Thereby, in the dark room where the sound sensor 12 is turned off,
A sound accompanying the behavior of the patient, for example, a sound generated by coughing when a patient who is obliged to take a particular medicine at midnight wakes up at the set time for taking the medicine, is generated by the sound sensor 1.
2 detects the detected light, drives the LED 33 under the control of the microcomputer 11 according to the detection output, and emits light.
3d is generated, and the patient is notified of the location of the “medical medicine box with a drug function to prevent forgetting to drink”. In addition, the floor may be dim when getting up for night urine.

A voice stop switch 40 and a timer confirmation switch 50 are arranged on the front of the medicine box main body 1. The voice stop switch 40 is turned on again by the speaker 30 when the patient's, nurse, caregiver or the like confirms that the "drug time" sound is generated from the speaker 30 when the set dose time has arrived and the speaker 30 has heard the sound. A switch for stopping generation of sound. It flashes when the timer is turned on, and has a light emitting element built in.

The timer confirmation switch 50 is a switch for confirming whether or not each set dose setting time is stored in the storage unit of the microcomputer 11. When the dose setting time is stored, the built-in light emitting element continuously emits light at an interval of about 2 seconds to display a confirmation. When each dose setting time is not stored, it does not light up, so that it is possible to confirm that it is not stored.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment according to the present invention configured as described above will be described. First, the medicine 34 (the tablet is sealed) to be taken by the patient is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the medicines are stored in the respective storage rooms of the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c. Usually, the amount of medicine to be given to one patient at a time is
Since the limit is four weeks, almost one month's worth of medicine can be filled in the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c. These medicine storage cases 8a to 8c store medicines for 10 days, respectively, in storage rooms 8a1 to 8a10, 8b1 to 8b10, 8c1 to 8c1.
Subdivide into 0 and store.

In this case as well, taking the upper drug storage case 8c as an example, FIG. 6 is a plan view of the upper drug storage case 8c, and storage chambers 8c1 to 8c1 formed in the drug storage case 8c. The necessary amount of medicine 34 for one day is stored in 8c10, and the medicine storage case 8c for this upper stage is stored for 10 days in total.
To be stored. Lower and middle medicine storage cases 8b, 8
c is the storage room 8b1-8b10, 8a1-8 in the same way.
In a10, one person is stored for a total of 10 days.

Thus, each of the medicine storage cases 8a to 8
c, the lower arm 7a1, 7a2 and the middle arm 7b, 7b in the state where the medicine 34 is stored in each storage chamber.
2. The upper arms 7c1 and 7c2 are rotated rightward in FIG. 4 to extend as shown in FIG.
In this state, the lower-stage medicine storage case 8a to the upper-stage combination storage case 8c are sequentially placed on the lower-stage trays 9a to 9c, respectively. Then, the lower arm 7a of the elevating means 7
1, 7a2, the middle arms 7b and 7b2, and the upper arms 7c1 and 7c2 are rotated leftward in FIG. 4 to be lowered as shown in FIG.
8c is made into a three-tiered state as shown in FIGS.

Then, the user operates the mode switch 5a of the operation unit 5 of the clock means to set the year, month and day for the patient to take. Of the year, month, and day settings, the year setting is determined by operating the up switch 5c and the down switch 5d, and when determined, the determination switch 5b is operated to finalize the setting.
Hereinafter, the month and day are set in the same manner, and by setting the year, month and day, a signal is transmitted through the wiring 16 every time each switch is operated from the clock switch board 14 shown in FIG. It is sent to the microcomputer 11.

Thus, the microcomputer 11 operates the liquid crystal display panel 2
, And the year, month, and day set according to the operation of the operation unit 5 are performed. In this manner, the year, month and day set values determined by operating the mode setting switch 5a and the determination switch 5b of the operation unit 5 of the clock means are input to the microcomputer 11 and stored in the storage unit (not shown) of the microcomputer. At the same time, the microcomputer starts a clocking operation and clocks toward the set “year, month, day”.

Similarly, this time, the user operates the timer operation unit 6 to set the time for the patient to take the medicine. In this case, for the sake of simplicity, "morning", "noon", "Night"
In this case, each of the medicines 34 is to be taken one tablet at a time. In this case, the mode setting switch 6a of the timer operation unit 6 is operated to set morning, noon, and night. At this time, first, the AM is set by operating the mode setting switch 6a, and the AM is determined by operating the determination switch 6b. Next, "morning" is set by operating the mode setting switch 6a, and then the confirmation switch 6b is operated to confirm the morning setting.

Next, a predetermined time is set by operating the mode setting switch 6a and operating the up switch 6c and the down switch 6d. By operating the confirmation switch 6b for the time setting, the time for taking the medicine 34 in the morning is set. Next, this time, the predetermined time is set by operating the mode setting switch 6a and operating the up switch 6c and the down switch 6d. By operating the confirmation switch 6b with respect to the time setting, the time for taking the medicine 34 at "noon" is set. Next, a predetermined time is set by operating the mode switch 6a and operating the up switch 6c and the down switch 6d in the same manner as described above. In response to the time setting, the decision switch 6b is operated to set the time for taking the medicine 34 at "night".

As described above, by setting the time zones of “morning”, “day”, and “night” and the time of taking the same, the operation unit 6
Each time the mode setting switch 6a, the decision switch 6b, the up switch 6c, and the down switch 6d are operated, the signal is sent from the timer switch board 15 to the microcomputer 11 through the wiring 17. The microcomputer 11 stores these signals in the storage unit of the microcomputer 11 each time the signals are input, and drives the liquid crystal display panel 2 through the wiring 18 to set the time zones of “morning”, “day”, and “night”. "Morning",
The corresponding heart mark among the heart marks arranged below the display of "day" and "night" is turned on. At the same time, when the time zones of “morning”, “day”, and “night” and their taking time are set, time counting is started toward the set time.

When the set time of "morning" is reached by this timing, the microcomputer 11 connects the LED 10a1 disposed in the upper medicine storage case 8c through the wiring 19-21-23.
The LED 10a1 corresponding to the storage room 8c1 on the first day in the upper medicine storage case 8c is driven for a predetermined time, for example, 15 minutes, and
Make a1 blink. At the same time, the microcomputer 11 drives the voice synthesis LSI 26 to generate a chime signal and a voice signal (in some cases, it is possible to generate only the chime signal). In this case, the speech synthesis LSI 2
The output signal of No. 6 is sent to the power IC 28 through the wiring 27, whereby the power is amplified, and the amplified signal drives the speaker 30 through the wiring 29.

When the speaker 30 is driven, a sound is generated at the same time as a chime is generated from the speaker 30. As described above, this sound is generated ten times, for example, “It is time for medicine”. The first three occur at high levels, then three times at medium levels, and finally four times at low levels. Thereby, the patient, the nurse, and the caregiver can be made to be interested in the arrival of the taking time. As described above, the visual notification by the blinking of the LED 10a1 and the audio notification by the audio are used to notify at least one of the patient, the nurse, and the caregiver that the morning dose of the medicine 34 for the patient has arrived. That is, it is possible to reliably prevent the medicine 34 from being swallowed.

Next, when the set time for the medicine 34 in the day and night comes, the arrival of the set time is notified in exactly the same manner as when the set time for the morning arrives. Become. Thus, "morning", "noon",
It is possible to reliably notify any one of the patient, nurse, caregiver, and the like at the set time for taking the medicine “night” three times a day to prevent forgetting to take the medicine 34.

[0051] The above description is for "morning" for one day.
“Daytime” and “Night” are medicines that are divided into storage rooms 8c2 to 8c10 in the upper medicine storage case 8c from the second day to the tenth day, which are explanations for the case of informing at the set time of taking three times a day. The notification to the user at each dose setting time is performed in the same manner as described above. Thus, storage room 8c10 on the 10th day
When the medicine 34 stored in the container is finished, the upper medicine storage case 8c is taken out of the upper tray 9c,
The middle medicine storage case 8b placed on the middle tray 9b is exposed on the upper surface of the medicine box main body 1.

Notification of the medicine 34 in the storage chambers 8b1 to 8b10 in which the medicine 34 is stored from day 11 to day 20 in the middle medicine storage case 8b for each set time of medicine, and medicine storage for the lower medicine storage case 8b. The notification of the medicine 34 in each of the storage rooms 8a1 to 8a1010 for storing the medicine 34 from the 21st to 31st days of the case 8a for each set time is also performed for the storage chambers 8c1 to 8c10 of the upper medicine storage case 8c. The operation of the notification at each set time for taking the medicine 34 is exactly the same.

Next, the number of doses has been completed, but for some reason, for example, a change in the patient's medical condition, etc.
On a specific day, if there is any leftover of the medicine 34, when going to the hospital next time, cover the lid 80 to any of the medicine storage cases 8 a to 8 c with the leftover and carry it to the hospital. be able to. When carrying, each medicine storage case 8a
8c form a storage room by the partition wall 8d, the medicine 34 remaining in the storage room does not move to the adjacent storage room by the lid 80 and the partition wall 8d, and the medicine 34 does not move. By presenting the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c in which the medicines are stored to the doctor, it is possible to accurately inform the doctor of how many days are left unswallowed and how much is being taken. As a result, this examination can be performed appropriately by a physician, and when the same medicine as the previously given medicine is given, there is no need to give the same amount as the previously given medicine. It can also reduce the cost of medicine.

Further, the present invention relates to the use of the drug 3 as described above.
In addition to the function of notifying the user at the time of setting the dose of No. 4 to prevent forgetting to take the medicine, it is also possible to set the reserved visit date. To make this setting, the mode setting switch 6a of the timer operation unit 6 is operated to light the heart mark below the number "6" displayed on the time zone display unit 4a, and then the confirmation switch 6b is operated. Set that there is a visit to the hospital.

Next, a specific date and time for this hospital visit is set. In this case, the scheduled visit date is set by operating the mode setting switch 5a and the confirming switch 5b of the operation unit 5 of the clock means. The operation of the timer operation unit 6 and the operation of the operation unit 5 of the clock unit may be reversed.

These mode setting switches 5a, 6a,
By operating the confirmation switches 5b and 6b, the respective signals are input from the clock switch board 14 and the timer switch board 15 to the microcomputer 11 through the wirings 16 and 17, respectively, and the hospital setting set in the storage unit of the microcomputer 11 is performed. The scheduled date and time are stored, and the clocking is started toward the scheduled visit date. When the scheduled visit date is reached, the microcomputer 11 drives the speech synthesis LSI 26 in the same manner as described above, the output signal of the speech synthesized signal is amplified by the power IC 28, and the speaker 30 is driven. Is generated a predetermined number of times, for example, 10 times, as in the case of the above-mentioned time setting. As a result, the patient or caregiver can confirm the visit date.

The present invention also has a function of notifying the location of a medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to swallow. Next, the notification function of the location value of the medical medicine box with the drag function for preventing forgetting to drink will be described. Some patients may not be able to sleep if there is light in the room or the sickroom at bedtime. In such a case, the room lights may be turned off and the patient may go to sleep in a dark room. In addition, depending on the patient's medical condition, if the time of taking an analgesic or the like is set at midnight, as described above in a dark room, the time of taking the medicine comes and the prescribed medicine in the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c is set. When taking out the medicine 34 from the storage case, in a dark room, the location of the medicine medicine box with the drag function for preventing forgetting to drink may not be known.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the patient tries to get up at the time of taking a sound at midnight, for example, when the patient tries to get up, a coughing sound or a patient stands up from the bedding and the foot is lifted up. When the sound sensor 12 detects a sound or the like generated when the user steps on, the detection output signal is sent to the microcomputer 11 via the wiring 35. When this detection signal is input to the microcomputer 11, the microcomputer 11 drives the above-mentioned LED 33 for generating luminosity, which is arranged at the upper four corners of the medicine box main body 1 via the wiring 32, and turns on this LED 33. Flash.

The light beam generated from the LED 33 is
Irradiation is performed at the four even angles of 3, and the four even angles are irregularly reflected to generate radiances 13a to 13d. Thereby, even if the medical medicine box with the drug function to prevent forgetting to drink is installed in the dark room, the patient can confirm the installation position of the medical medicine box with the drug function to prevent forgetting to swallow.

In the first embodiment, the LEDs 10a1 to 10a provided in the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c are used.
Reference numeral 10 denotes storage rooms 8a1 to 8c in the medicine storage cases 8a to 8c.
The lower tray 9a to the upper tray 9c corresponding to a10 may be provided on the lower upper surface.

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As described above, according to the present invention, one or more medicine storage cases are detachably mounted on the medicine box main body via the elevating means, and each medicine storage case is to be taken by the patient. A predetermined number of storage rooms for storing medicines for each day are provided, a date and display means are arranged corresponding to each storage room, and the time of taking the medicine stored in each storage room is set by a clock means and a timer,
When the set time arrives, the storage room where the medicine to be taken is stored is displayed and a sound is generated to notify the patient, nurse, caregiver, etc. visually and audibly so that it can be confirmed. Installed in a nurse's station or at home in a hospital to prevent the patient from forgetting to take the medicine, ensure that the patient takes the medicine, and provide the patient with appropriate treatment, while also providing unnecessary treatment to the patient. The possibility of reducing the burden on the drug fee can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of a first embodiment of a medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to drink according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to swallow according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to swallow according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the elevating means in the first embodiment of the medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to swallow according to the present invention is extended.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system in the first embodiment of the medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to drink according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which one day's worth of medicine is stored in each storage room of the upper medicine storage case in the first embodiment of the medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to drink according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... medicine box body, 2 ... liquid crystal display panel, 3 ... clock display section, 3a ... day display section, 3b ... year, month, day display section, 3c, 4b ... AM, PM display section, 4 Timer display section 4a Time zone display section 5 Operation section of clock means 5a, 6a Mode setting switch 5b, 6b Confirmation switch 5c, 6c Up switch, 5d, 6d ... Down switch, 6 ... Timer operation unit, 7 ... Elevating means, 7a1, 7a1 ... Lower arm, 7b1, 7b2 ... Middle arm, 7c1, 7c2 ... Upper arm, 8a-8c ... Drug Storage case, 8c1 to 8c10 ... Storage room, 8d ... Partition wall, 9a ... Lower tray, 9b ... Middle tray, 9c ... Upper tray, 10a1 to 10a10, 20, 22, 24 ... LED , 11 ... microcomputer 12 ... Sound sensor, 13 ... Cover, 13a-13d ... Brightness, 14 ... Switch board for clock, 15 ... Switch board for timer, 26 ... Speech synthesis LSI 34 ... Drug, 40 ... Sound stop Switch, 50: Timer confirmation switch. 80 ... lid

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage rooms for storing medicines separated by a partition wall at a designated time before bedtime in the morning, during the day, and at night each time a patient takes the medicine partitioned by the partition wall. One or more translucent medicine storage cases with date display for each room, and one or more medicine storage cases attached to the medicine box body and individually attached or detached Elevating means for allowing the medicine storage case to elevate and lower, and for each of the storage chambers of the medicine storage case, the medicine for each of the storage chambers is mounted each time a preset dose time arrives. Display means for displaying the taking time of, and a notifying means attached to a predetermined portion of the medicine box main body, and for notifying the taking time of the medicine in each storage room by voice each time a preset taking time arrives, Attached to a predetermined part of the medicine box body, Clock means capable of setting and displaying the time of retirement minutes, the day of the week and 24 hours a day, and the display means and the notification means attached to a predetermined portion of the medicine box main body and corresponding to the predetermined storage room. And a plurality of timers for setting a driving time for each of the above-mentioned taking times within a time period. 2. The medicine box main body, a cover that covers the entire upper surface of the medicine storage case, a sound sensor that detects a sound generated in accordance with the behavior of a patient, and a light that detects the sound when the sound sensor detects the sound. The medical medicine box according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting element that generates the light and diffusely reflects the light on the cover to inform a patient of the location of the medicine box main body. 3. The medicine storage case is detached from the elevating means and attached with a lid to prevent the medicine remaining in the storage chamber from moving to an adjacent storage chamber by the lid and the partition wall. 2. The medical medicine box with a drug function for preventing forgetting to swallow according to claim 1, wherein the medicine medicine box is capable of being carried around. 4. The medical medicine box with a drag function to prevent forgetting to swallow according to claim 1, wherein the elevating means includes a tray on which the medicine storage cases are individually detachably mounted. 5. The medical medicine box with a drag function to prevent forgetting to swallow according to claim 4, wherein the display means is mounted on the tray at a portion corresponding to each of the storage chambers of the medicine storage case. . 6. The medical medicine box with a drag function for preventing forgetting to swallow according to claim 1, wherein the display means is a light emitting diode. 7. The medical medicine box with an anti-drinking drug function according to claim 1, wherein one of the timers is used for setting a scheduled visit date.