JP2007503267A5

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Publication number: JP2007503267A5
Application number: JP2006524810A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2004-08-25
Publication date: 2007-10-18
Anticipated expiration: 2024-08-25

Claims

A body having an internal cavity and an outlet;
An actuator received in the cavity;
A supply mechanism received in the cavity and in operative communication with the actuator to supply and dispense a package of medication to the outlet, the supply mechanisms being arranged to be substantially parallel to each other A first pair of rollers configured to engage each other when the drug package is removed from between the rollers and to contact each other when the drug package is disposed between the rollers Has an outer surface that is biased to engage the drug package,
A processing unit in operable communication with the actuating device;
A reading device that is received in the cavity and communicates with the processing unit, wherein the reading device communicates pharmaceutical annotations on a package to the processing unit, the processing unit communicates with the actuating device, and the supply mechanism is respectively To be administered towards the exit at a specified time,
A device that administers a package of drugs with drug comment.

The delivery mechanism has a second pair of rollers arranged to be substantially parallel to each other, the rollers being reciprocal when a package of medication is removed from between the second pair of rollers. Having an outer surface that is biased out of contact with each other when the drug package is disposed between the second pair of rollers and engages the drug package. The rollers of the supply roller are arranged to engage the package as the package passes between the supply rollers, and the second pair of rollers are arranged on the package as the package passes between the administration rollers. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dosing roller is arranged to engage.

Providing a package containing a predetermined amount of drug;
Providing a drug administration device;
Loading the package into the drug delivery device;
Make the package accessible during a given time interval,
If the package has not been removed from the drug delivery device during the predetermined time interval, the package is made inaccessible after the predetermined time interval has passed;
A method of administering a package of medicaments at predetermined time intervals comprising steps.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising programming the medication delivery machine to notify a caregiver if the package has not been removed from the medication delivery device during the predetermined time interval.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising accessing information in the medication delivery device from a location remote from the medication delivery device via wireless transmission to obtain a patient medication compliance history.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising providing the package as a series of interconnected packages along perforations between each of the packages.

Separating the package from the series of packages during the predetermined time interval, making the package accessible during the predetermined time period and inaccessible after the predetermined time period has passed. Item 7. The method according to Item 6 .

Providing the medication delivery device with a delivery mechanism, wherein the delivery mechanism advances the package to an outlet of the medication delivery device and separates the package from the series of packages by breaking the package. 8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method is operable.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising providing readable information on the package, wherein the drug delivery device reads information on the package to facilitate operation of the drug delivery device.

An actuating device having a drive;
A pair of supply rollers, which are arranged to engage each other when the drug package is removed from between the supply rollers and are generally arranged in parallel with each other, one of the supply rollers being in operative communication with the drive. The supply roller that rotates the one supply roller according to the rotational movement of the drive unit, and advances the package between the supply rollers.
A pair of dosing rollers arranged to engage each other as the drug package is removed from between the dosing rollers and generally disposed parallel to each other and spaced laterally from the supply roller; One of the dosing rollers has a driven part that is operatively connected to the drive part, the one dosing roller is rotated according to the rotational movement of the driving part, and the package 1 is advanced between the dosing rollers. The dosing roller
A supply mechanism for separating a package of drugs from a series of packaged drugs, said series of packaged drugs having adjacent packages interconnected along a perforation.

The supply mechanism according to claim 10, wherein the one administration roller rotates at a faster speed than the one supply roller in accordance with the rotational movement of the drive unit.

11. A supply mechanism according to claim 10, wherein the supply roller is disposed laterally from the dosing roller at a distance greater than any length of the package.

Comprising a plurality of the drug administration devices ;
A network is formed by arranging the drug administration devices to communicate with each other,
Make the package from the selected drug delivery device accessible to the recipient,
The method of claim 3 further comprising a step.

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the first pair of rollers has a convex outer surface along its length .

The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the other of the first pair of rollers is generally flexible and conforms to the convex outer surface and has a concave outer surface along its length .

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the dispensing roller rotates at a single speed while engaging a drug package, and the supply roller rotates at a faster speed than the dispensing roller while engaging a drug package.

One of the supply rollers and one of the dosing rollers is a first distance
And the other of the supply rollers and the other of the dosing rollers are laterally spaced apart from each other by a second distance, and the second distance is the first distance. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the apparatus is greater than the distance .

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reader is a barcode scanner .