JP2003010290A - Drug housing container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drug housing container capable of housing a plurality of drugs having different drug activities by types having the same activity and administering the drugs at a suitable time without a mistake. SOLUTION: The drug housing container comprises a container body having a plurality of housing spaces housing the respective drugs having the same type drug activity and formed to have a removal port of the drug, and an opening/closing means of the removal port. The container further comprises an identifying means capable of visually recognizing information of the drugs housed in the respective spaces out of the container at a glance in the case of removing the drug housed in the space from the port and executed at the container body and/or the opening/closing means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine container, and more specifically, it can accommodate a plurality of medicines having different medicinal effects and surely prevent misuse of the medicines contained therein. The present invention relates to a drug storage container capable of

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art We try to recover our body by taking drugs when we have a cold or when we are tired. When the drug to be taken as described above is, for example, a common cold drug, the cold drug should be the same prescribed drug,
Most of them are taken three times a day in the morning, daytime and night.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the human body is
The morning and daytime physiological status is different from the nighttime physiological status. That is, the functions of the internal organs and nerves and the hormonal balance are different between morning and day when the body is active and night when the body is at rest. Therefore, rather than taking the same prescribed cold remedy three times a day, the components of the cold remedy to be taken in the morning and the day and the components of the cold remedy to be taken at night are more suitable depending on the time of administration. It may be possible to expect more effect as a cold medicine by changing to.

[0004] By the way, most of the drugs such as common cold drugs which are commercially available contain a caffeine component such as anhydrous caffeine as a drowsiness-preventing component in order to prevent sleepiness after taking. However, there are quite a few people who can not sleep after taking such a cold drug containing anhydrous caffeine before sleeping. Therefore, such a person may not be able to get enough sleep to promote recovery of physical condition, and may even delay recovery of physical condition. You may hesitate to do this.

Therefore, in some cold medicines,
Some products do not contain anhydrous caffeine, but in this case, if you do not reduce the amount of ingredients that cause drowsiness such as antihistamines that suppress symptoms such as runny nose,
If you take it in the morning or noon when you are about to work, you may become very sleepy and hinder your activity.

Therefore, in order to prevent the above-mentioned harmful effects, a cold medicine containing a caffeine component such as anhydrous caffeine to be taken at the time of activity and a caffeine component to be taken before sleeping are blended. It is conceivable to prepare two kinds of drugs having different components from the common cold drug and to use these drugs in combination. However, it is troublesome to prepare two kinds of drugs one by one, and there is a problem in cost. Furthermore, when there is a difference in the components other than the presence or absence of the caffeine component, the two types of drugs may cause a contraindication between these different components.

Even if a drug having different ingredients is prepared, it is difficult to distinguish whether the drug should be taken in the morning and the day or in the evening. The work is very inconvenient, and there is a risk of mistakenly taking each drug.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a plurality of drugs having different drug effects can be stored for each type of drug having the same drug effect, and these drugs can be mistaken at appropriate times. It was made for the purpose of providing a drug storage container that can be taken without medication.

[0009]

In order to achieve such an object, a drug container according to claim 1 of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as "drug container of claim 1") has a medicinal effect. A plurality of different kinds of medicines are stored for each medicine having the same kind of medicinal effect, and a plurality of accommodating spaces having an outlet for taking out the medicines stored in at least a part to the outside are formed inside. A container main body and an opening / closing means capable of arbitrarily opening or closing the take-out port are provided, and when the medicine stored in the storage space is taken out of the container from the take-out port, each storage space is provided. The container main body and / or the opening / closing means is provided with an identifying means that allows the information including at least the time of taking the stored medicine to be visually recognized from the outside of the container at a glance.

In the above-mentioned constitution, the plural kinds of drugs having different medicinal effects are, for example, a common cold drug containing a caffeine component,
Drugs that have the same basic components (components as cold remedies), such as cold remedies that do not contain caffeine components, but differ depending on whether or not a component with a certain effect (caffeine component) is added , Different types of drugs such as gastrointestinal drugs and headache drugs, and even if the drug components are the same, the compounding amount of each drug component is different, and a strong effect is obtained. It means a drug having a drug and a drug having a weak effect. The shape of the above-mentioned medicine is not particularly limited, but, for example,
In addition to tablets, capsules, chewable preparations, granules, powders, and the like, liquid forms (including syrup-like forms) can be mentioned.

The form of the storage space is not particularly limited as long as the drug stored in one storage space and the drug stored in another storage space are stored so as not to mix with each other. A form in which a partition is provided inside the container body to form a plurality of storage spaces can be mentioned. The outlet of the storage space is not particularly limited as long as the medicine stored in each storage space can be independently taken out.

The opening / closing means is not particularly limited as long as the outlet can be opened / closed arbitrarily. For example, the opening / closing means may be opened or closed by sliding or rotating. Examples of the container include a lid-shaped opening / closing means attached to the container, a hinge structure having an opening / closing means for opening / closing the outlet by opening / closing the door, and the like.

The shape of the drug container used in the present invention is not particularly limited.
Examples include a box shape. At this time, the medicine container may be formed of a transparent or translucent material so that the inside can be visually recognized from the outside.

Further, in the present invention, if the drug information includes at least information on when to take the drug stored in which storage space and at what time, the effect of dose and dose Other information, such as information such as, may be included.

The identification means which can be visually recognized at a glance from the outside of the container is not particularly limited as long as it can be visually recognized at a glance from the outside of the container. For example, it is clearly visible at a glance. Colors, symbols (including characters), figures, or a combination thereof that are displayed as

Here, that the identifying means is colored means that the medicine itself stored in a certain storage space or the medicine itself stored in a certain storage space can be visually recognized at a glance. This is to change the color for coloring the drug container in the position facing the storage space and the color for coloring the drug stored in another storage space or the drug container in the position facing this storage space.

At this time, the method of applying the identifying means to the container body and / or the opening / closing means is not particularly limited, but for example, the method of directly applying the identifying means to the container body, the method of directly applying the identifying means to the opening / closing means, or the container A method of applying identification means to both the main body and the opening / closing means, and making the material forming the container main body and the opening / closing means transparent or translucent,
Examples include a method of making the medicine stored in the storage space identifiable by the type of medicinal effect.

Further, the symbols in the present invention are not limited to commonly used symbols such as alphabets such as A, B, C and the like, for example, the sun,
Abbreviations representing the moon, stars, etc. are also included. The figure is not particularly limited, but, for example, the medicine to be stored in the medicine storage container of the present invention is the same as the medicine storage container described in claim 4 of the present invention and the medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon When it is composed of a medicine to be taken in, if you display a pattern that reminds you of morning and day like a picture of the sun or a picture of a chicken, or a figure that reminds you of the night such as a picture of an owl or a picture of the moon or stars, Even a child or the like can visually recognize when taking the drug at a glance.

On the other hand, when the medicines stored in the medicine storage container are medicines having completely different components such as gastrointestinal medicine and headache medicine, the pattern of the affected part having a medicinal effect on the head or stomach is displayed. You can do it.

Further, in the medicine container of the present invention, an outer box for accommodating the medicine container, an instruction manual for the medicine contained in the medicine container, and the like are provided with an identification mark associated with the identification means. For example, the distinguishability of the above-mentioned distinguishing means may be improved. Further, the drug to be taken in the morning and the day and the drug to be taken at night are not particularly limited,
For example, a drug that is taken in the morning and afternoon is a drug that has a medicinal effect that affects physiological functions suitable for human activity, and a drug that is taken at night has a medicinal effect that affects physiological functions suitable for human sleep. As a drug, it is possible to supplement the drug taken in the physiological state during morning and daytime activities and the drug taken in the physiological state during nighttime sleep with the drug contained in one container. It is preferable because it is possible.

At this time, the drug having a medicinal effect which influences a physiological function suitable for human activity is not particularly limited, but it is, for example, a drug having a medicinal effect such as a stimulant which promotes human activity. The drug having a medicinal effect that influences a physiological function suitable for human sleep is not particularly limited, but refers to a drug having a medicinal effect such as a sedative that does not interfere with human sleep.

Further, in the above-mentioned case, the means for identifying the medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon is performed by coloring the color that makes the image of morning and afternoon, and the means for identifying the medicine to be taken in the evening is It is preferable that coloring is performed in a color that gives an image of night because the distinctiveness is further improved.

[0023] Here, the color for imagining morning and afternoon is not particularly limited, but so-called bright colors such as red and yellow can be mentioned, and the color for imagining night is as follows.
Examples include so-called dark colors such as blue and purple. Specifically, the means for identifying the medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon is performed by coloring the orange color, and the means for identifying the drug to be taken at night is colored in the dark blue color. It is preferable to adopt the configuration described in 1. because it can be associated with taking it at morning and noon just because it is orange, and it can be associated with taking it at night only when it is dark blue.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
A detailed description will be given with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a medicine container according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the drug storage container 1 includes a container body 2 and a lid body 3 as an opening / closing means.

The container body 2 is made of transparent glass and is formed into a bottle shape having an opening at the top to form an opening 3. The inside of the container main body 2 contains a caffeine component to be taken in the morning and day. A storage space 21 for storing a cold drug tablet A1 and a storage space 22 for storing a cold drug tablet A2 containing no caffeine component at night are formed. Further, in the container body 2, the inner wall portion facing the storage space 21 is covered with a translucent film colored in an orange color, and the inner wall portion facing the storage space 22 is colored in a dark blue color. It is covered with a translucent film.

The storage space 21 and the storage space 22 are partitioned by a glass partition 20 as shown in FIG. 1, and the tablets A1 and tablets A2 stored in the respective storage spaces are mutually separated. It doesn't mix. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the storage space 21 and the storage space 22 each include a take-out port 23 and a take-out port 24 formed by opening upper portions thereof.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lid 3 has two open / close doors, an open / close door 31 provided at a position facing the takeout opening 23 and an openable door 32 provided at a position facing the takeout opening 24. Are provided, and these two opening / closing doors are opened and closed by rotating around the hinge portion 33. Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, the letters for morning and lunch clothes are displayed in an orange color on the back surface of the opening / closing door 31, and the tablet A1 taken out from the take-out port 23 is displayed in the morning and afternoon. You can see at a glance that it is a tablet to be taken.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the word “night dose” is displayed in a dark blue color, and it is possible to see at a glance that the tablet A2 taken out from the take-out port 24 is a tablet to be taken at night. It has become.

In the medicine storage container 1 having the above-mentioned structure, when viewed from the outside, the portion of the container body 2 facing the storage space 21 is orange and the portion of the storage space 22 facing the storage space 22 is orange. Because it is a dark blue color system, just a glance,
It can be visually recognized that the tablet A1 stored in the storage space 21 is to be taken in the morning and afternoon, and the tablet A2 stored in the storage space 22 is to be taken at night.

In the medicine container 1, when the opening / closing door 31 of the lid 3 is opened, "For morning and lunch clothes" is displayed on the back surface of the opening / closing door 31, so that the opening / closing door 31 can be opened. It can be confirmed that the tablet A1 taken out from the take-out port 23 is taken in the morning and noon, and when the opening / closing door 32 is opened, "Opening at night" is displayed on the back side of the opening / closing door 32. Since it can be confirmed that the tablet A2 that is opened 32 and taken out from the takeout opening 24 is taken at night, it is possible to reliably prevent a person who takes the medicine from taking the medicine by mistake.

Next, another embodiment of the medicine container according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the medicine container according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the medicine container 100 is formed into a bottomed cylinder having a top surface 200a and a bottom surface 200b, and ejection ports 203 and 204 for taking out the medicine are formed above the peripheral wall portion thereof. A cap 300 as an opening / closing means is attached to the container body 200.

The container body 200, as shown in FIG.
The internal space is partitioned by a partition 205, whereby a drug storage space 201 and a drug storage space 202 are formed. In addition, on the peripheral wall portion of the container body 200,
The ejection port 203 is formed at a position facing the medicine storage space 201, and is colored in an orange color, and the ejection port 20 is positioned at a position facing the medicine storage space 202.
4 is formed and is colored in a dark blue color.

The container body 200 has a top surface 200.
The display mark 203a labeled "morning and daytime" is displayed in orange color above the outlet 203 in a, and the display mark 204a labeled "night" above the outlet 204 is dark blue. It is displayed in color system.

The cap 300, as shown in FIG.
It has a top plate 300a and a peripheral wall 300b, and is formed in a bottomed tubular shape. Further, the cap 300 is the container body 200.
The top plate 300a has a size that can be covered from the top surface 200a side, and the top plate 300a has a viewing window 302 formed therein, and the peripheral wall 300b has an opening 301 formed therein.

The medicine container 100 formed as described above is normally used (when the medicine is not taken out) as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the opening 301 of the cap 300
Are arranged so as not to overlap the outlets 203 and 204 of the container body 200. Then, when the medicine for morning and lunch is desired to be taken, the cap 300 is rotated in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 5 (a) to open the opening 301 of the cap 300 and the container as shown in FIG. 5 (b). The outlet 203 of the main body should overlap. This state can be visually recognized by the display mark 203a labeled "morning and daytime" appearing on the viewing window 302 of the cap 300.

Similarly, when it is desired to take a medicine for the night, the cap 300 is rotated in the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 5 (a) to open the opening 301 of the cap 300 as shown in FIG. 5 (c). And the outlet 204 of the container body are overlapped. This state is the viewing window 3 of the cap 300.
It can be visually recognized by displaying the display sign 203a labeled "Night" on 02.

The medicine container 100 having the above-mentioned structure has a different medicinal effect between the medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon (medicine for morning and lunch) and the medicine to be taken in the evening (medicine for nighttime). In addition to being able to store each, the medicine for morning and lunch and the medicine for night can be taken out only by rotating the cap 300 to the left and right, and at a glance, when to take out the taken medicine Since it is possible to visually confirm whether the medicine is a medicine, it is possible to reliably prevent mistakes in taking the medicine.

[0038]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, the cold medicine tablets A1 prescribed for taking in the morning and afternoon shown in Table 1 are stored in the storage space 21 and are taken at night shown in Table 1. The drug storage container 1 in which the cold medicine tablet A2 prescribed in 1 was stored in the storage space 22 was prepared, and the usability of the drug storage container 1 was tested for a subject who had a cold.

[0039]

[Table 1]

The test subject took the cold medicine A1 for cold and morning and the cold cold medicine for night A2 without any confusion, and felt drowsiness in the morning and afternoon without mistake at the correct time. Without a good night's sleep, he had a very good recovery. From the above, the medicine storage container 1 serves as a tablet A1 for morning and noon as a means for identifying the container body 2.
The storage space 21 in which is stored is colored orange and the storage space 22 in which the night tablet A2 is stored is colored in dark blue. It is possible to associate the time when the medicine stored in each storage space is taken, and when the opening / closing door 31 or 32 of the lid 3 is opened when the medicine is taken out of the container, the opening door 31 or It can be seen that the backside of 32 is marked with the display signs “for morning and lunch” and “for night”, so that it is possible to surely prevent the dose.

Since the tablets A1 and A2 contain only 25 mg of anhydrous caffeine and do not contain it, the efficacy for each symptom of a cold does not change at all and also in safety. No problem with a single dose of anhydrous caffeine.

[0042]

According to the medicine container of claim 1 of the present invention, a plurality of medicines having different medicinal effects can be contained in one medicine container, and the timing of taking these medicines can be glanced from the outside of the container. Since it is visible, it is possible to more effectively take the medicines and surely prevent misuse of the dosage and administration of each medicine. In addition to the effect of claim 1, the drug storage container of claim 2 further enhances the identification of the stored drug, and can reliably prevent misuse of the usage and dose of each drug. I can.

In addition to the effect of claim 1 or claim 2, the medicine container of claim 3 can visually recognize the medicine contained in the container from the outside of the container. It can be confirmed from outside the container.

Further, in addition to the effects of claims 1 to 3, the medicine container according to claim 4 has a medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon,
Since the medicine to be taken at night and the medicine are stored in one container, one medicine storage container containing these medicines is used.
You can take each of the medications you take during your activity and rest during the day by simply purchasing one.

Further, in addition to the effect of claim 4, the medicine storage container of claims 5 and 6 is colored (orange-based) by the identification means of the medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon to image morning and afternoon. And, because the means for identifying the medicine to be taken at night is colored in a color (dark blue) that makes you imagine night,
The image of each color can be associated with taking a drug.

Further, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 6, the medicine storage container of claim 7 is a cold medicine in which the medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon contains a caffeine component and is taken at night. Since the drug used is a cold medicine containing a caffeine component, it does not become drowsy during the activity and can sleep soundly at rest, so that recovery can be achieved more efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a medicine container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a lid body shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view of the lid body shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the medicine container according to the present invention.

5 is an explanatory view showing a usage state of the medicine storage container of FIG. 4. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 drug storage container 2 container body 21 storage space 22 Storage space 23 Exit 24 Outlet 3 Lid (opening / closing means)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A storage space for storing a plurality of types of drugs having different drug efficacy for each drug having the same drug efficacy, and a storage space provided with an outlet for taking out the drug stored in a part thereof to the outside. A plurality of container main bodies formed inside, and an opening / closing means capable of arbitrarily opening or closing the take-out port, the drug stored in the storage space is taken out of the container through the take-out port. When the medicine is stored in the container body and / or the opening / closing means, the identification means that makes it possible to visually recognize at a glance information including at least the time of taking the medicine stored in each storage space from the outside of the container. Storage container. 2. The medicine container according to claim 1, wherein the identification means is represented by any one of a color, a symbol, a figure, or a combination thereof. 3. The container body and / or the opening / closing means are made of a transparent or translucent material so that the medicine stored in at least the storage space inside the container can be visually recognized. The drug storage container described in 2. 4. The medicine stored in the storage space comprises a medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon and a medicine to be taken at night.
~ The chemical | medical agent storage container in any one of Claim 3. 5. The medicine storage container according to claim 4, wherein the identifying means includes morning and afternoon identifying means associated with morning and afternoon, and night identifying means associated with night. 6. The medicine to be taken in the morning and afternoon has a color and / or shape reminiscent of morning and daytime, and the medicine to be taken at night is colored and / or shaped to remind of night.
Alternatively, the medicine container according to claim 4 or 5, which has a shape. 7. The drug according to claim 4, wherein the drug taken in the morning and afternoon is a cold drug containing a caffeine component, and the drug taken at night is a cold drug containing no caffeine component. Storage container.