JP2001286535A - Medicine taking implement - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine taking implement that can enable such a patient to take medicine while checking it with his/her own eyes as, for example, owing to rheumatism, which is a disease causing pain in joints, bones about joints, tendons, muscles or the like and must be remitted other than cured, must take up to twenty types of medicine at a time including a medicine (immunomodulator) for inhibiting progress of the disease and a medicine (steroid anti-inflammatory agent) for suppressing inflammation to relieve pain, and has body distortion and severe pain making it difficult for him/her to take medicine by him/herself, and that can enable a person to administer medicine to a bedridden aged person and the like easily and safely. SOLUTION: A spoonlike body 1 has a taper mouth 2 at the tip and has curved portions 4 for easy handling at sides 3. A broad bottom end of a back 5 enables a visual check on the type of medicine and a safe medicine taking.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine swallower for drinking medicine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a medicine is placed on the palm of the hand and carried to the mouth for drinking, or the medicine is taken directly from the medicine bag into the mouth for drinking.

[0003]

This has the following disadvantages. (B) It was difficult to take many kinds of medicine at once. (B) Patients tended to suffer accidents when they missed some medicines. The present invention has been made to mitigate these drawbacks.

[0004]

A spoon-shaped main body (1)
A curved portion (4) is provided on the measurement surface (3) so that it can be easily held by hand. The present invention has a wide bottom portion of the rear surface (5).

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. (B) The spoon-shaped body (1) is provided with an elongated drinking port (2) at the end thereof. (B) A curved portion (4) is provided on the side surface (3) so as to be easily held by hand. (C) The bottom of the rear surface (5) is widened. The present invention has the above structure, and when using this,
A medicine such as tablets or granules is put on a surface of the spoon-shaped main body (1) having a wide bottom at the rear surface (5), and a curved portion (4) facing the measurement surface (3) is held by hand to drink the medicine. Patients with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bedridden elderly people, etc. often do not bend their necks, and even such patients can easily take the medicine. You can give a sense of security because you can check the type of medicine, and this medicine swallower is for drinking while sliding the medicine,
Good slipperiness such as plastic, paper, and stainless steel is preferable.

[0006]

According to the present invention, medicines can be taken in a mentally stable normal state, and accidents can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Drinking mouth 3 Measurement surface 4 Curved part 5 Rear surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tip of a spoon-shaped main body (1) is formed in an elongated drinking mouth (2), and a curved portion (4) is provided on a measuring surface (3) of the main body (1) so as to be easily held by hand. A swallower with a wider bottom at the back (5).