JP3151133U - Medication management device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a medication management device that is highly portable, highly convenient, and capable of easily managing medication timing for a patient. The medication management apparatus includes a storage means 11 in which a medication interval count is stored, a counter measurement means 12 for measuring a count, a button means for counting start and an alarm stop, Button means 13 for the counter measuring means to start counting from when the button means is first pressed, and medication timing notification means 14 for outputting an alarm sound and / or voice message when the count number reaches the medication interval count number. Is provided. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a device for notifying a patient of a medication time so that a patient can take a medication prescribed at a hospital or a drug purchased at a pharmacy at a predetermined interval and prevent forgetting or accidental ingestion.

For medications prescribed at hospitals and drugs purchased at pharmacies, etc., the dosage, interval, and duration are determined based on efficacy and safety. Some types of medicine are taken every day at a certain time during the taking period, and other medicines have a cycle between a taking period and a withdrawal period. In any case, if the medicine is not taken according to the prescribed dose, taking interval, and taking period, the effect of the medicine decreases.
For example, if a contraceptive of the type that is taken for 21 days and then withdrawn for 7 days is forgotten when taking again after the withdrawal period, it is necessary to set a dosing cycle and take it again from the beginning.
In addition, when there are many types of drugs to be administered, it may be confusing which drug should be taken when and how much, and the type of drugs to be taken, the interval between doses, and the dose may be mistaken.

  Especially for elderly people, it is difficult to know how many tablets should be taken in a single dose, or they may forget that they have taken the drugs themselves and take duplicate drugs. There are times when people accidentally swallowed or forgot to drink, such as taking a dose or thinking that they had taken it, and not taking it.

  Conventionally, using a communication line, a system for transmitting medication management data from a hospital-side computer terminal to a patient-side computer terminal and managing whether or not the medicine taken by the patient is being taken as prescribed Is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, in the case of such a conventional system, since it is not easy for a patient to carry, there has been inconvenience in use.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-201827

  In view of the above situation, an object of the present invention is to provide a medication management device that is excellent in portability, is highly convenient, and can easily manage medication timing for a patient.

In order to achieve the above object, the medication management device of the present invention is at least in the device body,
1) Storage means for storing dosing interval count number 2) Counter measurement means for measuring count 3) Button means for counting start and alarm stop, and counter measurement from the time when the button means is first pressed Button means for starting counting 4) It is provided with medication timing notification means for outputting an alarm sound and / or voice message when the count number reaches the medication interval count number.

  According to such a configuration, the medication timing can be notified to the patient for each medicine by an alarm sound or a voice message. The alarm sound is a buzzer sound or a phrase sound of music, and the voice message is a message by voice registered in advance.

Moreover, in the above medication management apparatus, it is a preferable aspect to further include a display means. The display means can display a medication timing notification message, and informs the patient of the medication timing together with the output of the alarm sound.
Here, the display means means a small display panel such as a liquid crystal display.

Moreover, in the above-mentioned medication management apparatus, it is preferable that the medication management device further includes a medication execution button means for recording the presence / absence of medication administration and a display means.
By recording the presence / absence of taking a medicine, a message of medication timing notification and a medicine taking situation can be displayed on the display means.

In the above-mentioned medication management device, it is a preferred mode that a vibration means is further provided.
The vibration means can vibrate the main body of the apparatus at the time of medication timing notification, that is, when an alarm sound and / or voice message is output, and can inform the patient of the medication timing by vibration along with the output of the alarm sound.
Here, the vibration of the apparatus main body may vibrate in synchronism with the output of an alarm sound or the like, or may vibrate asynchronously. Alternatively, the vibration may be continued for a certain time from the output of an alarm sound or the like.

In the above-mentioned medication management device, it is a preferred mode that the device main body is shaped so as to store the medicine.
By making the apparatus main body into a shape that can store the medicine, the medication management apparatus can inform the patient of the medication timing, and the patient can take out the medicine from the apparatus main body and drink the medicine without delay after the medication timing is notified.
Here, the shape capable of storing a medicine is a space provided inside the apparatus main body and provided with a lid or an opening that allows the medicine to be taken in and out. In addition, as a cover part, the cover part opened outside, a slide-type cover part, etc. are mentioned, for example. Examples of the opening include an opening that allows the shape of a medicine such as a tablet to pass through, and an opening that divides the apparatus main body and partially slides with a slide mechanism to open the space of the apparatus main body. .

In the above medication management apparatus, it is preferable that the storage means, the counter measurement means, and the medication timing notification means are constituted by an IC module, and the apparatus body has any form of a thin card, a mobile strap, and a key holder. .
By having any form of a thin card, a mobile strap, and a key ring, it is excellent in portability and can improve the convenience of the apparatus. Note that other shapes may be used as long as portability is excellent.

  According to the medication management device of the present invention, it is excellent in portability, is highly convenient, and has an effect that medication timing can be easily managed for a patient.

Functional block diagram of the medication management apparatus of Embodiment 1 Configuration diagram of IC module of medication management apparatus of embodiment 1 Process Flow Diagram of Dosing Management Device of Example 1 (1) Process Flow Diagram of Dosing Management Device of Example 1 (2) External view of the medication management apparatus of Example 1

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples and illustrated examples, and many changes and modifications can be made.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the medication management apparatus according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the medication management apparatus according to the first embodiment includes a storage unit 11 that stores a medication interval count, a counter measurement unit 12 that counts, and a button unit 13 for counting start and alarm stop. And medication timing notification means 14 for outputting an alarm sound to the outside.
The storage means 11 has a counter 21 and a medication interval count number 22.
This dosing interval count is a preset constant. The medication interval count number may be one type of constant or a plurality of constants. In the case of a plurality of constants, the medication interval count is stored in a table format. For example, the first dosing interval count, the second dosing interval count,..., The Nth dosing interval count.
Further, the button means 13 has at least two types of functions for counting start and alarm stopping. The button means 13 only needs to have an ON / OFF switch function such as a push button switch or a slide button switch. The signal of the button unit 13 is used as a count start signal of the counter measurement unit 12. When the count start signal is input, the counter measuring means 12 starts updating the counter 21. The signal of the button means 13 is used as an alarm stop signal for the medication timing notification means 14. When the alarm stop signal is input, the medication timing notification means 14 stops the alarm sound.
The medication timing notification means 14 refers to the counter 21 and the medication interval count number 22, and outputs an alarm sound or a voice message when the value of the counter 21 exceeds the medication interval count number 22.

  Further, the storage means 11, the counter measurement means 12, and the medication timing notification means 14 are constituted by IC modules, and the medication management apparatus main body incorporates an IC module. As shown in FIG. 2, the IC module 30 includes a CPU 31, a RAM (volatile memory) 32, a PROM (writeable memory) 33, a VCC (VCC terminal for supplying power supply voltage), and a GND (GND terminal for grounding). ), RST (reset signal terminal), CLK (clock signal terminal), I / O (data input / output terminal).

  The storage unit 11 includes a RAM 32 and a PROM 33, and a medication interval count is stored in the PROM 33. The medication interval count is written in the PROM 33 for each medicine taken by the patient. The writing is performed by connecting the computer terminal and the present medication management apparatus in a hospital or the like and transferring data such as the number of medication interval counts before the present medication management apparatus is delivered to the patient.

  For example, in the case of a medicine taken every day in the morning, noon, and evening, the medicine is taken every 8 hours, so the dosing interval count is the count of the clock signal corresponding to 8 hours.

In addition, in the case of a type of medicine that is taken for 21 days, such as a contraceptive, it is taken every 24 hours for the first 21 days and not taken from the 22nd day to the 28th day. The medication interval count number is the clock signal count number temporarily corresponding to 168 hours after repeating the clock signal count number corresponding to 24 hours 20 times. In other words, the medication interval count number is 20 times the count number of the clock signal corresponding to 24 hours (initially, it is 20 times because the alarm sound at the start of the first drink is unnecessary), and at 168 hours The corresponding clock signal count is counted once, then the clock signal count corresponding to 24 hours is counted 21 times, and the clock signal count corresponding to 168 hours is counted once. Will repeat.
In such a case, the dosing interval count number is stored in a table format, and shows the same value up to the first dosing interval count number, the second dosing interval count number,. The 21st dosing interval count number indicates a different value, the 22nd dosing interval count number,..., The 42nd dosing interval count number indicates the same original value.

Next, the processing flow of the medication management apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 3-1 and 3-2.
First, start by turning on the power of the main body. To turn on the power to the main unit, install a small thin battery installed in the main unit or use insulating film paper to prevent electricity from flowing, and then remove the insulating film paper to remove electricity. There is a way to make it flow.
After the apparatus main body is turned on, when the button of the button means is first pressed (step S01), the counter is initialized and counting is started (step S02).
The count measuring means increments the counter (step S03).
Then, the medication timing notification means reads the medication interval count number stored in the PROM of the storage means, compares the read medication interval count number with the counter, and has the actual count become the medication interval count number? It is determined whether or not (step S04).
The medication timing notification means outputs an alarm sound when the counter value exceeds the medication interval count number (step S05). A message can also be displayed together with the alarm sound using a display means. In addition to the alarm sound, the apparatus main body can be vibrated using vibration means.
The alarm sound stops when the button of the button means is pressed (step S06, 08). The alarm sound is output for a predetermined number of times and for a predetermined time (step S07). To output for a predetermined number of times and for a predetermined time, for example, an alarm sound is continuously output for 15 seconds, after an interval of 45 seconds, an alarm sound is continuously output for 15 seconds, and these are repeated three times.
With this, the first medication timing can be announced. This is the second dose timing, the third dose timing, until the reset button is pressed,
It repeats like the dosage time of the second time (step S09).

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the external view of the medication management apparatus of Example 1 is demonstrated.
FIG. 4 shows an appearance image diagram of a thin card type medication management device (containing a tablet). The medication management apparatus 1 has a thin card shape having a width of 50 mm, a length of 80 mm, and a thickness of about 5 mm. A medicine storage space 42 is provided in the apparatus main body, and the IC module 30 is disposed. An opening 43 is provided in the medicine storage space 42 according to the size of the tablet 2. In the case of FIG. 4, three stages of medicine storage spaces 42 are provided. In order to take out the medicine 2, there are a method of taking out the medicine 43 using the weight of the medicine 2 with the opening 43 facing downward, and a method of pushing out the medicine 2 by inserting the medicine take-out rod 44 into the insertion hole 45.
In addition, an operation button 51 for starting counting and stopping an alarm, a reset button 52, and an alarm sound output unit 53 are provided as an interface of the apparatus.

(Other examples)
(1) In the above embodiment, a push button is shown as the button means, but this may be a slide type switch.
(2) In the above-described embodiment, writing to the PROM is performed by transferring data by connecting to a computer terminal. However, this writing may be performed by an IC card reader / writer.
(3) In the above-described embodiment, an alarm sound is output. However, a liquid crystal display panel may be further provided in the apparatus main body to display a character message.

  The present invention is useful as a patient medication management device.

1 Dosage management device 2 Drug (tablet)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Memory | storage means 12 Counter measurement means 13 Button means 14 Dosing timing notification means 15 Display means 16 Data transfer means 17 Dosing execution button means 21 Counter 22 Dosing interval count 30 IC module 31 CPU
32 RAM
33 PROM
42 Drug Storage Space 43 Opening 44 Drug Extraction Bar 45 Insertion Hole 51 Operation Button 52 Reset Button 53 Alarm Sound Output Section

Claims (6)

Storage means for storing the medication interval count;
A counter measuring means for measuring the count;
Button means for counting start and alarm stop,
Button means for the counter measuring means to start counting from when the button means is first pressed;
Medication timing notification means for outputting an alarm sound and / or a voice message when the count number reaches the medication interval count number;
A medication management device comprising: The medication management device of claim 1,
Furthermore,
A display means,
Can display a medication timing notification message,
A medication management device characterized by that. The medication management device of claim 1,
Furthermore,
A dosing button means for recording the presence or absence of taking the medicine;
Display means,
A medication management apparatus characterized in that a medication timing notification message and a medication status can be displayed on the display means. The medication management device of claim 1,
Furthermore,
With vibration means,
When outputting the alarm sound and / or voice message, the apparatus main body can be vibrated.
A medication management device characterized by that. The medication management device of claim 1,
The device body has a shape that can store medicine.
A medication management device characterized by that. The medication management device of claim 1,
The storage means, the counter measurement means, and the medication timing notification means are composed of IC modules,
A medication management device, wherein the device main body is in a form having portability such as a thin card, a mobile strap, and a key chain.