JP6810884B2 - Medication management device and drug storage device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a drug storage device that takes out drugs one by one.

Elderly patients and patients whose symptoms have passed the acute phase are often treated at home. In addition, patients who do not need urgency such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia are often treated at home. Patients who are treated at home need to take medication based on self-management.
For example, if the doctor's prescription is to take medicines A and B in the morning, medicine B in the afternoon, and double the doses of medicines A and C in the morning after dinner, the patient decides himself. It is necessary to take out a predetermined amount of a predetermined amount of a predetermined amount of a drug from a medicine box or the like at a predetermined time and take it.
However, as a practical matter, the type and amount of medicine to be taken may be wrong or missed. On the contrary, it may be taken in duplicate.
In particular, for elderly people and patients with weakened energy, it is difficult to sort medicines and take out a fixed amount of a fixed amount of medicines from a medicine box, etc., and the medicines cannot be taken accurately. There is also.

In addition, in nursing care facilities for the elderly, caregivers assist in the management of medications, but in the current care facilities, one caregiver often cares for multiple elderly people, which puts a burden on the caregivers. large. That is, in a long-term care facility, a long-term care worker takes out a fixed amount of a fixed amount of a fixed amount of medicine from a medicine box or the like at a fixed time and hands the medicine to the patient, but this work is troublesome and is improved. Was desired.

A technique related to this problem is disclosed in Patent Document 1. The invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a medication management device, which is provided with a pocket for storing a drug in a plate-shaped member, a hole formed in a position contained in the pocket, and a position corresponding to the hole. It is equipped with an infrared sensor and a control device that controls the infrared sensor. It also has a separate sending computer and receiving computer.
In the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the dosing time and the day of the week are described on the plate-shaped member. The pocket is provided directly on the plate-shaped member, and the pocket is arranged at a position corresponding to each dosing time and each day of the week. The infrared sensor detects the presence or absence of a drug stored in the corresponding pocket.

In the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the dosing time and the day of the week are described on the plate-shaped member as described above, and the plate-shaped member has a pocket.
The patient manages the time of taking the medicine by himself / herself, and when the time comes, he / she knows the pocket corresponding to the time of taking the medicine by referring to the time of taking the medicine and the day of the week. Then take the drug out of your pocket and take it.
The fact that the drug has been taken out is detected by an infrared sensor, data is transmitted from the control device to the transmitting computer, and further data is transmitted from the transmitting computer to the receiving computer.
The pharmacist or the like can know whether or not the patient has taken the drug by looking at the data of the receiving computer.

JP 2015-143891

According to the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to manage the medication status of a patient even outside the patient's home or nursing care facility.
However, the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1 merely manages the medication status after the fact, and does not have a function of urging the patient to take the medication.
Therefore, when using the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary for the patient to know the medication timing by looking at the clock or the like, and to take out the medication from the pocket of the plate-shaped member and take the medication at his / her own discretion. Therefore, even if the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used, it is difficult to eliminate an error such as a patient forgetting to take a medicine or taking the medicine in duplicate.

In nursing care facilities, the staff still manages the patient's medication timing, and when the medication timing arrives, the care staff is forced to take out the medication from the pocket of the plate-shaped member and hand it to the patient. Therefore, even if the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used, the burden on the care staff does not change significantly.

Further, the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is installed in a patient's home or a long-term care facility, and a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy visits the patient's home or the long-term care facility to visit the patient's home or the long-term care facility and put the medicine in the pocket of the plate-shaped member. It is assumed that the patient will be replenished.
That is, the pharmacist at the visiting pharmacy visits a nursing facility or the like every few days and examines the pocket of the plate-shaped member. Then, the medicine for several days after the visit date is inserted into the pocket of the corresponding day and time of the medication management device.
In the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a pharmacist brings a drug from a pharmacy to the patient's home or a care facility, sorts the drug at the patient's home, etc., and the day of the week of the plate-shaped member pocket at the patient's home, etc. Check the time and the doctor's prescription, and put the medicine in each pocket at the patient's home.
As described above, in the medication management device disclosed in Patent Document 1, most of the work of the pharmacist needs to be performed in an unfamiliar place, which is one of the causes of mistakes.
In addition, since the pharmacist needs to put the medicine in a predetermined pocket without error, it takes time for inspection and review, which is a factor of lowering work efficiency.

It is an object of the present invention to pay attention to the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a drug storage device capable of encouraging a patient to take a drug and reducing the work performed at the patient's home or the like. It is a thing. Another object of the present invention is to provide a medication management device capable of achieving the same object.

A mode for solving the above-mentioned problems is a drug storage device having a medication management device and a drug installation member, the medication management device has display means at a plurality of positions, and the drug installation member is planar. Therefore, a plurality of drug placement units for accommodating the drug are provided, and the drug installation member is removable from the medication management device, and when the drug installation member is attached to the medication management device, the drug is installed. It is characterized in that the drug arranging portion of the member and the revealing means of the medication management device correspond to each other, and when the medication timing comes, the manifesting means at a predetermined position of the medication management device functions to indicate a specific drug arranging portion. It is a drug storage device.
A more specific embodiment is a drug storage device having a medication management device and a drug installation member, wherein the medication management device has display means at a plurality of positions, and the drug installation member is a planar shape made of a resin sheet. The basic sheet of the above is provided with a plurality of pocket-shaped drug arranging portions for accommodating drugs, the drug setting member is removable from the medication management device, and the drug installation member is attached to the medication management device. In this state, the engaging portion on the upper side and the engaging portion on the lower side provided in the medication management device engage with the drug installation member, and the intermediate portion of the drug installation member is stretched. It is attached to the medication management device without wrinkles or slack, and the drug placement part of the drug installation member corresponds to the revealing means of the medication management device, and when the medication time comes, the revealing means at a predetermined position of the medication management device functions. It is a drug storage device characterized by instructing a specific drug placement unit.
The medication management device has a main body substrate and a window member, and there is a storage space that spreads in a plane shape between the main body substrate and the window member, and the drug installation member is inserted into the side surface of the storage space. It is desirable to have a mouth.

In the above aspect, it is desirable that the medication management device has a window member, and when the medication timing comes, the window opens at a position corresponding to the specific drug placement section, and only the drug in the specific drug placement section can be taken out. ..

Another aspect of solving the same problem is a drug storage device having a medication management device and a drug installation member, wherein the medication management device has a window member, and the drug installation member is planar. A plurality of drug placement sections for accommodating drugs are provided, and the drug placement member can be attached to and detached from the medication management device, and when the medication time comes, a window opens at a position corresponding to a specific drug placement section to specify. It is a drug storage device characterized in that only the drug in the drug placement portion of the above can be taken out.

Another aspect of solving the same problem is a drug storage device having a medication management device and a drug installation member, the drug installation member having a planar shape, and a plurality of drug placement units for accommodating the drug are provided. The drug installation member is removable from the medication management device, the medication management device has an instruction means, and when the medication time comes, the instruction means functions to instruct a specific drug placement unit. It is a drug storage device characterized by.
Another aspect of solving the same problem is a drug storage device having a medication management device and a drug installation member, wherein the drug installation member stores the drug in a planar base sheet made of a resin sheet. A plurality of pocket-shaped drug arranging portions are provided, and the drug setting member can be attached to and detached from the medication management device, and the engaging portion on the upper side and the lower side provided in the medication management device. The engaging portion engages with the drug installation member, the intermediate portion of the drug installation member is stretched and attached to the medication management device without wrinkles or slack, and the medication management device has an instruction means and the medication timing. Is a drug storage device, characterized in that the instruction means functions to instruct a specific drug placement unit when the arrival of the drug.

In each of the above embodiments, it is desirable that a plurality of drug installation members can be installed in one medication management device.

In each of the above embodiments, it is desirable that the medication management device has a plate shape and the drug installation member can be attached to the front surface side and the back surface side.

Another aspect of solving the same problem is a medication management device to which a planar drug installation member provided with a plurality of drug placement portions for accommodating the drug is attached, and the drug installation member is detachably attached. It has a mounting part, and the mounting part has means for revealing at a plurality of positions. In a state where the drug setting member is mounted on the medication management device, the drug placement part of the drug setting member and the means for revealing the medication management device Correspondingly, when the time for taking a drug arrives, the means for displaying a predetermined position of the drug taking management device functions to indicate a specific drug arranging unit.
Another aspect of solving the same problem is a medication management device to which a planar drug installation member provided with a plurality of drug placement portions for accommodating the drug is attached, and the drug installation member is detachably attached. The drug installation member has a mounting portion, and the drug installation member is a planar base sheet made of a resin sheet, provided with a plurality of pocket-shaped drug placement portions for accommodating drugs, and is an engaging portion on the upper side. And the lower side engaging portion, the upper side engaging portion and the lower side engaging portion engage with the drug installation member, and the intermediate portion of the drug installation member is stretched. It is mounted on the medication management device without wrinkles or slack, and the mounting portion has means for revealing at a plurality of positions. When the drug installation member is mounted on the medication management device, the drug placement portion and the medication are taken. The medication management device is characterized in that when the medication management device's revealing means corresponds to the medication timing and the medication timing comes, the manifestation means at a predetermined position of the medication management device functions to instruct a specific drug placement unit.
The medication management device has a window member, and the window member has an opening that functions as a window, and the opening can be moved, and when the medication time comes, the opening is opened at a position corresponding to a specific drug placement portion. It is desirable to move and open the window so that only the drug in the specific drug placement area can be taken out.

Another aspect of solving the same problem is a medication management device to which a planar drug installation member provided with a plurality of drug placement portions for accommodating the drug is attached, and the drug installation member is detachably attached. It is a medication management device that has a mounting part and a window member, and when it is time to take the drug, the window opens at a position corresponding to the specific drug placement part, and only the drug in the specific drug placement part can be taken out. is there.

According to the drug storage device and the medication management device of the present invention, it is possible to encourage the patient to take the medication and reduce the work performed at the patient's home, nursing home, or the like.

It is a perspective view of the drug storage apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the drug storage device of FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the drug storage device of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the drug storage apparatus of FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the medication management device of the drug storage device of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the drug storage apparatus of still another embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view of the medication management device shown in FIG. It is a front view of the drug storage device of still another embodiment of this invention. (A) is a perspective view of the drug storage device of still another embodiment of the present invention, and (b) is an enlarged cross-sectional view thereof.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment is composed of one drug administration device 2 and two drug installation members 3a and 3b. Further, as a device attached to the drug storage device 1, there is a communication terminal 5 as shown in FIG.

The communication terminal 5 is a known notebook computer or communication tablet, and has an input means such as a keyboard or a touch panel and a display screen. Further, the communication terminal 5 has a communication function for connecting to the Internet. The communication terminal 5 can construct a wireless LAN together with other devices, and can be carried cordlessly.
Further, the communication terminal 5 also has a function of communicating with a communication means (not shown) built in the medication management device 2. The communication method with the medication management device 2 may be wired communication or wireless communication.

The communication terminal 5 is also used as a mobile terminal, and can contact medical institution personnel such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists via the Internet or the like. It is also used to keep in touch with relatives such as children and grandchildren when the patient is in a facility or is elderly.

The drug setting members 3a and 3b are made of a transparent thin resin sheet and have a rectangular front view. The chemical installation members 3a and 3b have core rods 10a and 10b built in on the upper and lower sides based on the posture at the time of use.
A plurality of drug arranging portions 11 are provided on the front surface of the drug setting members 3a and 3b. The drug arranging portion 11 has a pocket shape, and a small pocket sheet 15 is adhered to the base sheet 12 of the drug setting members 3a and 3b.
The pocket sheet 15 is substantially square, and the lower side and the left and right sides are adhered to the base sheet 12, and the upper side is open.

In the present embodiment, the drug arranging portions 11 are arranged in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally as shown in FIG. The arrangement of the drug placement unit 11 corresponds to the day of the week on which the drug is taken, the morning, noon, evening, and before going to bed.
That is, in the arrangement of the drug placement unit 11, seven vertical lines represent the days of the week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and indicate the days of the week to be taken.
The four horizontal columns indicate the daily dosing period, such as taking after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and before going to bed.
In the drug installation members 3a and 3b adopted in the present embodiment, the day of the week and the period of administration are printed on the drug arrangement unit 11 as shown in FIG.

Next, the medication management device 2 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the medication management device 2 is composed of one main body substrate 20, two window members 21a and 21b, and upper and lower frame forming members 22.
The main body substrate 20 has a plate shape as shown in FIG. 5, and the light emitting member 23 and the drug detection sensor 25 are arranged in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally on the front and back surfaces, respectively. In the present embodiment, the light emitting member 23 is a revealing means and an instruction means.
In the present embodiment, the light emitting member 23 and the drug detection sensor 25 are arranged in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally on the front surface of the main body substrate 20, and the light emitting member 23 and the drug detection sensor 25 are also arranged on the back surface of the main body substrate 20. Are arranged in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally, respectively.

In other words, one light emitting member 23 and one drug detection sensor 25 form a set of display / detection unit 26. In this embodiment, there are 28 sets of display / detection units 26 on the front surface and the back surface of the main body substrate 20. In the present embodiment, the display / detection unit 26 is arranged on the front surface of the main body substrate 20 in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally, and also arranged on the back surface of the main body substrate 20 in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally.

The arrangement of the set of the display / detection unit 26 corresponds to the arrangement of the drug arrangement unit 11 of the drug installation member 3 described above.
The seven vertical lines of the display / detection unit 26 correspond to the arrangement of the day of the week of the drug arrangement unit 11 of the drug installation member 3. In addition, the four vertical rows of the display / detection unit 26 correspond to the dosing period such as taking after breakfast, taking after lunch, taking after dinner, and taking before going to bed.

The light emitting member 23 is a known light emitting body, and an LED is adopted in this embodiment.
The drug detection sensor 25 is a known article detection sensor that utilizes light, infrared rays, capacitance, and the like, and an infrared sensor is adopted in the present embodiment.

A control device (not shown) and a communication means are built in the main board 20. The control device controls the light emitting member 23, the drug detection sensor 25, and the window member 21.
The control device has a calendar function for knowing the day of the week and a clock function for knowing the time. The control device also includes communication means.

The window member 21 has four independent strips 30a, b, c, d. Each of the strips 30a, b, c, and d has a roll 31 on the unwinding side and a roll 32 on the winding side, and the strip 33 is wound between them.
The unwinding side roll 31 has a built-in stepping motor (not shown) inside, and can be rotated at an arbitrary rotation speed.
Even if the take-up side roll 32 has a constant torque spring (spring) (not shown) built in the roll 32, a constant tension can be applied to the strip 33.
The band-shaped body 33 is provided with an opening 35 at one place. The opening 35 functions as a window. The window member 21 is formed by arranging the four strips 30a, b, c, and d described above in parallel.
The window member 21 can drive the take-up side roll 32 to move the band-shaped bodies 33 of the band rows 30a, b, c, and d, and move the opening 35 to an arbitrary position.
In the present embodiment, the window member 21 also functions as an instruction means.

The frame forming member 22 is provided with a clock unit 40, a speaker (notifying means) 41, a light emitting unit (notifying means) 42, and a voice stop switch 43. Further, an outing switch 45 is provided.
A known digital clock is fitted in the clock unit 40.
The speaker 41 is a notification means for performing voice notification.
In the present embodiment, the speaker 41 functions as a notification means for notifying that it is time to take the drug.
It also functions as a notification means for notifying the situation.
The voice stop switch 43 is a switch for stopping the sound of the speaker 41. The outing switch 45 is a switch that is operated when the patient goes out, and is a switch that stops the medication management device 2 for a certain period of time.

The light emitting unit 42 has a built-in light such as an LED (not shown) inside, and emits light in response to a predetermined signal. The light emitting member 23 is a notification means that notifies by light. In the present embodiment, the light emitting member 23 functions as a notification means for notifying that the time for taking the drug has arrived.

In the medication management device 2 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, window members 21a and 21b are installed on the front side and the back side of one main body substrate 20 as a center. In the present embodiment, the main body substrate 20 and the window members 21a and 21b are integrated via the frame forming member 22.
As described above, the window member 21 has four independent band rows 30a, b, c, d, and each band row 30a, b, c, d is an arrangement of the display / detection unit 26 of the main body substrate 20. It corresponds to the vertical 4 rows of, and corresponds to the dosing period such as after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and before bedtime.
That is, the band 30a is in charge of taking after breakfast, the band 30b is in charge of taking after lunch, the band 30c is in charge of taking after dinner, and the band 30d is in charge of taking before bedtime.

In the present embodiment, there is a gap extending in a plane shape between the main body substrate 20 and the front and back window members 21. In the present embodiment, the gap functions as the accommodation spaces 36a and 36b of the drug installation member 3. One side surface of the accommodating spaces 36a and 36b of the drug setting member is open, and the openings 37a and 37b are insertion ports for inserting the drug setting member 3 into the accommodating spaces 36a and 36b.

When the accommodation spaces 36a and 36b between the main body substrate 20 and the window member 21 are observed from the front side or the back side, the plan view is substantially rectangular. Engagement portions 38a and 38b are provided on the upper side portion and the lower side portion thereof.

In the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment, the drug installation members 3a and 3b are inserted into the front surface side and the back surface side of the medication control device 2, respectively.
The drug installation members 3a and 3b are inserted into the accommodation spaces 36a and 36b of the drug installation members through the openings 37a and 37b on the side surfaces of the medication management device 2.
In the state where the drug installation members 3a and 3b are inserted into the medication management device 2, the core rods 10a and 10b provided on the upper and lower sides of the drug installation members 3a and 3b are the upper side portions of the accommodation spaces 36a and 36b. It is engaged with the engaging portions 38a and 38b formed on the lower side portion.
Therefore, the chemical installation members 3a and 3b are arranged on the front surface and the back surface of the main body substrate 20 without wrinkles or slack, with the intermediate portions stretched by the core rods 10a and 10b.
At this time, each drug arranging portion 11 of the drug setting members 3a and 3b corresponds to the display / detection unit 26 composed of one light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20 and one drug detection sensor 25. That is, one drug placement portion 11 of the drug installation members 3a and 3b faces the front or back surface of the set of light emitting members 23 and the drug detection sensor 25.

Next, the function and usage of the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment will be described.
In the drug storage device 1, the drug is stored in the drug placement section 11 of the drug installation members 3a and 3b, and the drug installation members 3a and 3b in that state are arranged in the storage spaces 36a and 36b on the front and back surfaces of the drug administration device 2. Will be done.
Here, the drug placement section 11 of the drug setting members 3a and 3b corresponds to the day of the week and the dosing period as described above, and the drug setting members 3a and 3b are attached to the drug placement section 11 as shown in FIG. , The day of the week and the period of administration are printed.
In the present embodiment, each of the drug arranging portions 11 of the drug setting members 3a and 3b accommodates the drug to be taken by the patient when the time for taking the drug arrives.

In the present embodiment, the medication management device 2 of the drug storage device 1 is always placed at the patient's home or the like.
Here, in the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment, since the drug installation members 3a and 3b are removable from the medication management device 2, the pharmacist removes the drug installation members 3a and 3b from the medication management device 2 and the drug. The drug can be stored in the arrangement portion 11.
Further, the pharmacist can also perform the work of accommodating the drug in the drug placement unit 11 at a place other than the patient's home or the like.
That is, the pharmacist can store the drug in the drug placement unit 11 in his own pharmacy (dispensing room), and can bring the drug installation members 3a and 3b in the state where the drug is stored to the patient's home or nursing care facility, and the patient's The drug installation members 3a and 3b can be attached to the medication management device 2 at home or the like.
As described above, when the pharmacist visits the patient's home or the like on a regular basis, the medication management device 2 placed at the patient's home or the like contains the drug installation members 3a and 3b that have already been inserted in the past days. There is. The pharmacist brought the drug installation members 3a and 3b in which the drug was stored in the drug placement unit 11 at his own pharmacy to the patient's home, etc., and brought the drug installation members 3a and 3b already installed to the patient's home, etc. Replace with 3a and 3b.

The pharmacist at the visiting pharmacy visits the patient's home, etc. once a week, for example. On the other hand, in the medication management device 2 of the present embodiment, two drug installation members 3a and 3b can be attached, and each drug installation member 3a and 3b can accommodate one week's worth of drug. ..
Therefore, the pharmacist newly accommodates a week's worth of medicine in one drug installation member 3 at his own pharmacy, brings it to the patient's home, etc., and brings the drug installation members 3a and 3b that have already been installed. It will be replaced with the drug installation member 3 that has been used.

The drug installation member 3 brought by the pharmacist in this way is attached to the medication management device 2.
The drug installation member 3 is installed at the patient's home or the like with either the front or the back facing the direction visible from the patient or the like and hung on a wall or leaning against a wall or a pillar.
When the work is completed, the pharmacist leaves the patient's home.

Then, when the time to take any of the drugs arrives, the fact is notified to the patient. For example, if there is a drug to be taken after lunch, the speaker 41 emits a sound urging the drug to be taken at noon. The sound emitted from the speaker 41 may be a simple sound such as a buzzer or a chime, a word such as "it is time for medicine", or a melody.
Further, the same sound may be generated from the communication terminal 5.
Further, in the present embodiment, the light emitting portion (notifying means) 42 of the frame forming member 22 emits light, and visually informs the patient that it is time to take the medicine.

Further, in the present embodiment, any light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20 emits light to explicitly show the specific drug arranging portion 11. More specifically, the light emitting member 23 at the position corresponding to the administration period on the day of the week emits light. That is, the light emitting member 23 at a position corresponding to the time when the drug is taken emits light.
For example, if the current day of the week is Tuesday and the time is noon, the light emitting member 23 belonging to the display / detection unit 26 in the second row and the second row from the top emits light.
As described above, the arrangement of the pair of the light emitting member 23 and the drug detection sensor 25 corresponds to the arrangement of the drug arranging portion 11 of the drug setting member 3, which is the second row from the top and the second row in the row. The set corresponds to the drug placement section 11 of the drug installation member 3 “Tuesday, after lunch”.

Further, the window member 21 operates, and the opening 35 moves to a position corresponding to the administration period of the day of the week. According to the previous example, among the four band rows 30a, b, c, d of the window member 21, the band row 30b in charge of taking after lunch is driven, the band-shaped body 33b is extended, and the opening 35 is opened in the vertical direction. And the opening 35 is stopped in front of the display / detection unit 26 on the second line from the top corresponding to Tuesday.
As a result, the front of the pocket sheet 15 of the drug arranging portion 11 of the drug arranging member 3 "after lunch on Tuesday" is opened. As a result, the window opens at the position corresponding to the pocket sheet 15 of the drug arranging section 11 on "Tuesday, after lunch", and only the drug of the specific drug arranging section 11 can be taken out.

Further, the drug setting member 3 is made of a transparent thin resin sheet, and has an opening (window) in front of the pocket sheet 15 of the drug placement section 11 on "Tuesday, after lunch", and a display / detection section behind the drug setting member 3. Since the light emitting member 23 of 26 emits light, the drug arranging portion 11 “on Tuesday, after lunch” is revealed and conspicuous.
That is, in the drug setting member 3, 28 drug arranging portions 11 are arranged in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally, and the entire surface thereof is covered with a band-shaped body 33 except for the portion corresponding to "Tuesday, after lunch". It has been. The display / detection unit 26 is arranged in 7 rows vertically and 4 columns horizontally on the main body substrate 20 on the back surface of the drug installation member 3, except for the display / detection unit 26 corresponding to “Tuesday, after lunch”. The light emitting member 23 is turned off.
In the present embodiment, a window is formed only in front of the drug arranging portion 11 containing the drug to be taken at that time, and only the drug arranging portion 11 containing the drug to be taken at that time is projected from the back side to emit light. To do.
Therefore, only the drug placement section 11 "Tuesday, after lunch" stands out.

The patient knew that it was time to take the medicine by the sound of the speaker 41 and the light emitting portion (notifying means) 42 of the frame forming member 22, and the position of the window by the opening 35 of the window member 21 and the position of the window. The location of the drug to be taken is indicated from the light emitting position of the light emitting member 23.
Then, the patient inserts a finger through the window provided by the opening 35 of the window member 21 and takes out the drug from the drug arranging unit 11 “on Tuesday, after lunch”.

That is, in the present embodiment, the light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20 and the opening 35 of the window member 21 function as instruction means for instructing the specific drug arranging portion 11.
Further, the light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20, the speaker 41 of the frame forming member 22, and the light emitting unit 42 function as a notification means for notifying that it is time to take the medicine.
Then, when the patient takes out the drug from the drug placement unit 11 on "Tuesday, after lunch", the drug detection sensor 25 of the corresponding display / detection unit 26 cannot detect the drug, and the drug detection sensor 25 indirectly It is detected that the drug has been taken out from the drug arranging unit 11 "on Tuesday, after lunch".
When the detection by the drug detection sensor 25 disappears, the light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20 serving as the notification means stops emitting light, the speaker 41 of the frame forming member 22 is muted, and the light emitting unit 42 is turned off.

In the present embodiment, the discharge of the drug from the drug arranging unit 11 “on Tuesday, after lunch” is recorded in the control device of the medication management device 2, and the record is stored for a certain period of time. It should be noted that the fact that the drug is discharged from the drug placement unit 11 is regarded as the patient taking the drug, and that fact is also recorded.
The above-mentioned record is transmitted to the communication terminal 5 by the communication means of the medication management device 2, and the same information is also stored in the communication terminal 5.
Furthermore, the time when the patient is considered to have taken the drug and the drug information are transmitted to an outside person such as a doctor or a family member via the Internet or the like.

Similarly, at dinner on the same day, a sound prompting the patient to take the medicine is emitted from the speaker 41, and the light emitting portion (notifying means) 42 of the frame forming member 22 emits light.
Further, the window member 21 operates to move the opening 35 to the corresponding position of the drug arranging unit 11 on "Tuesday, after dinner" to open the window, and the pocket sheet 15 of the drug arranging unit 11 on "Tuesday, after supper". The light emitting member 23 of the display / detection unit 26 behind the light is emitted with an opening in front of the.
The same operation is performed at breakfast and bedtime.

The drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment is composed of a medication management device 2 and a plurality of drug installation members 3, and the drug installation member 3 is removable from the medication management device 2.
Therefore, the pharmacist can store the drug in the drug placement unit 11 in advance at his / her own pharmacy or the like, and bring the drug installation member 3 in the state where the drug is stored to the patient's home or a nursing care facility. Then, by replacing the drug installation member 3 brought in with the drug installation member 3 already attached to the medication management device 2, the replenishment of the drug to the medication management device 2 can be completed.
Therefore, according to the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment, most of the work performed at the patient's home or the like can be performed at the pharmacist's pharmacy or the like, and the work performed at the patient's home or the like is reduced.
Furthermore, since the pharmacist can replenish the drug in a familiar place, there are few mistakes and the time required for review is short.

Further, since the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment can mount the drug installation member 3 on the front and back surfaces, the area occupied by the wall or the like is small.
Further, since the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment can be equipped with a plurality of drug setting members 3, even if the drug in one drug setting member 3 is used up, the drug remains in the other drug setting member 3. There is.
Therefore, for example, assuming that the drug is stored in one drug setting member 3 for a certain period of time (7 days' worth in this embodiment), the pharmacist revisits the transition to the 8th day from the previous visit date. To do. Then, when 7 days have passed since the pharmacist visited, the drug of the drug setting member 3a arranged on the front side of the drug setting member 3 is consumed. The user turns the drug installation member 3 over and turns the drug installation member 3b on the back side toward the indoor side to take the drug contained in the drug installation member 3b.

For example, when a pharmacist visits a patient's house on the 8th day, one of the drug installation members 3a is empty. The pharmacist replaces the new drug installation member 3 that he brought with the original drug installation member 3a. In this way, when the pharmacist heads for the replenishment of the drug after the drug in one drug setting member 3 is exhausted, the replenishment of the drug can be completed only by replacing the drug setting member 3.

In the drug storage device 1 of the present embodiment, the light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20, the speaker 41 of the frame forming member 22, and the light emitting unit 42 function as a notification means for notifying that it is time to take the medicine.
The light emitting member 23 and the light emitting unit 42 are light notifications, which are visually appealing notifications. On the other hand, the speaker 41 is a voice notification, which appeals to the auditory sense.

According to the notification by the speaker 41, information such as a situation and a condition can be transmitted to the user.
For example, you can be encouraged to take the excreted drug, such as "Please take your medicine."

In the embodiment described above, the medication management device 2 has a light emitting member 23 of the main body substrate 20 and a window member 21, but it is not always necessary to include both of them, and the light emitting member 23 is provided on the main body substrate 20. It may be the one without the window member 21, or the one with the window member 21 and no light emitting member 23.

Further, the medication management device 2 described above is provided with drug installation members 3a and 3b on the front and back surfaces of one main body substrate 20. Therefore, in the medication management device 2, light emitting members 23 are provided on the front and back surfaces of the main body substrate 20. However, it is not always necessary to provide a large number of light emitting members 23.
Hereinafter, a configuration in which the number of light emitting members 23 is small will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The drug storage device 48 shown in FIG. 6 is composed of one medication management device 51 and two drug installation members 3a and 3b. The medication management device 51 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 has a light emitting member 23 on the main body substrate 20, but does not have a window member 21.
In the medication management device 51 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, one light emitting member 23 is used to indicate specific locations of the drug installation members 3a and 3b on the front and back surfaces of the main body substrate 20.
In the medication management device 51 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the main body substrate 20 has a through hole 47 or a transparent portion. The light emitting member 23 is built in the through hole 47 and the like. In the drug storage device 48 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the light emitting member 23 emits light, light is irradiated to both the front surface side and the back surface side of the main body substrate 20, and specific drug arrangements of the drug installation members 3a and 3b are performed. Instruct unit 11. Here, the drug installation members 3a and 3b provided on the front and back sides are illuminated by the light emitting member 23. For example, when the medication management device 51 is hung on the wall and installed, the surface on the wall side is the user's surface. I can't see it. Therefore, the user does not make a mistake in the drug arrangement unit 11 from which the drug should be taken out.

Further, the medication management device 51 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 does not have the drug detection sensor 25, and does not have a sensor for knowing that the drug has been taken out from the drug arrangement unit 11.
The medication management device 51 has a drug removal completion switch 52 instead of the drug detection sensor 25.
In the medication management device 51 of the present embodiment, it is recorded in the control device of the medication management device 51 that the drug is discharged from the predetermined drug arrangement unit 11 when the drug removal completion switch 52 is operated by the patient or the like. Further, when the drug removal completion switch 52 is operated, it is considered that the patient has taken the drug, and the fact is also recorded.

In the above-described embodiment, the day of the week and the dosing period are printed on the drug setting member 3, but these may be written on the dosing control device 53 side as in the drug storage device 50 shown in FIG.
The medication management device 53 shown in FIG. 8 has a window member 21, but does not have a display / detection unit on the main body substrate 20. That is, the medication management device 53 shown in FIG. 8 does not have a light emitting member indicating the individual drug placement unit 11.
The medication management device 53 shown in FIG. 8 has light emitting members 55a, b, c, d corresponding to the morning, noon, evening, and before going to bed, instead of the medication management device 53. The light emitting members 55a, b, c, and d also indicate the specific drug arranging unit 11, and function as a revealing means.

In the above-described embodiment, the window member 21 has the strip-shaped body 33 running in the vertical direction, but the band-shaped body 33 may run in the left-right direction.
Further, the window member may be one that moves in a plane shape like an XY table.

In the above-described embodiment, the window member 21 has a member on the unwinding side (roll 31 on the unwinding side) and a member on the winding side (roll 32 on the winding side), and a belt-shaped body 33 is wound between them. However, the band-shaped body 33 may be an endless belt 57 like the drug storage device 56 shown in FIG. The medication management device 63 of the drug storage device 56 shown in FIG. 9 has an upper front roll 58, an upper rear roll 60, a lower rear roll 61, and a lower front roll 62, and an endless belt 57 is suspended on these four rolls. ing. The endless belt 57 is provided with an opening 35 at one place. The opening 35 functions as a window. One of the four rolls described above is a drive roll driven by power, and the other is a driven roll.
The drug storage device 56 of the present embodiment is also composed of a medication management device 63 and two drug installation members 3a and 3b. However, in the drug storage device 56 shown in FIG. 9, two drug installation members 3a and 3b are arranged on the surface side of the main body substrate 20 in an overlapping manner.

In the drug storage device 56 shown in FIG. 9, the endless belt 57, which is a band-shaped body 33, travels on the surface side of the drug storage device 56 from bottom to top as shown by an arrow.
Therefore, the opening 35 of the band-shaped body 33 is unlikely to be caught by the drug arranging portion 11.
That is, the drug arranging portion 11 has a pocket shape, and the base sheet 12 is provided with a pocket sheet 15 in which the lower side and the left and right sides are adhered to each other, and the upper side is open. The endless belt 57, which is the band-shaped body 33, advances through the pocket-shaped drug arranging portion 11 from the bottom to the top. Therefore, the opening 35 of the endless belt 57 comes into contact with the closed lower side of the drug arranging portion 11 and proceeds as if stroking the surface of the pocket-shaped drug arranging portion 11. In other words, the endless belt 57 advances forward with respect to the pocket shape. Therefore, when the endless belt 57 is traveling, the opening 35 is unlikely to be caught by the drug arranging portion 11.
Further, according to this configuration, even if the endless belt 57 is close to the drug installation member 3, the endless belt 57 is unlikely to be caught by the drug arranging portion 11, so that the distance between the endless belt 57 and the main body substrate 20 can be made closer. The total thickness of the drug storage device 56 can be reduced.

The drug setting member 3 may be disposable. The number of the drug arranging portions 11 of the drug setting member 3 is arbitrary, and may be, for example, one month's worth.

1,48,50,56 Drug storage device 2,51,53,63 Drug administration device 3a, 3b Drug installation member 11 Drug placement unit 20 Main body substrate 21 Window member 23 Light emitting member (revealing means)
25 Drug detection sensor 26 Display / detection unit 35 Opening 55a, b, c, d Light emitting member (revealing means)

Claims (7)

A drug storage device that has a medication management device and a drug installation member.
The medication management device has means for revealing at a plurality of positions.
Wherein the agent installation member to planar base sheet made of a resin sheet state, and are not pocket-like drugs placement portion containing medicament is provided with a plurality,
The drug installation member is removable from the medication management device, and when the drug installation member is attached to the medication management device, the engaging portion on the upper side and the lower side provided on the medication management device are The engaging portion engages with the drug setting member, the intermediate portion of the drug setting member is stretched and attached to the medication management device without wrinkles or slack, and the drug placement section of the drug installation member and the medication management device Revealing means correspond,
A drug storage device, characterized in that, when the time for taking a drug arrives, a means for revealing a predetermined position of the drug administration device functions to indicate a specific drug placement unit. The medication management device has a main body substrate and a window member, and has a storage space extending in a plane shape between the main body substrate and the window member .
The drug storage device according to claim 1, wherein an insertion port for inserting the drug installation member is provided on a side surface of the storage space. A drug storage device that has a medication management device and a drug installation member.
Wherein the agent installation member to planar base sheet made of a resin sheet state, and are not pocket-like drugs placement portion containing medicament is provided with a plurality,
The drug installation member is removable from the medication management device and is removable.
The engaging portion on the upper side and the engaging portion on the lower side provided in the medication management device engage with the drug installation member, and the intermediate portion of the drug installation member is stretched without wrinkles or slack. Attached to the medication management device ,
The medication management device has a means of instruction and
A drug storage device characterized in that when it is time to take a drug, an instruction means functions to instruct a specific drug placement unit. The drug storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of drug installation members can be installed in one medication management device. The drug storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the medication management device has a plate shape, and the drug installation member can be attached to the front surface side and the back surface side. It is a medication management device to which a planar drug setting member provided with a plurality of drug placement sections for accommodating drugs is mounted, and has a mounting section for detachably mounting the drug setting member.
The drug setting member is a planar base sheet made of a resin sheet, provided with a plurality of pocket-shaped drug placement portions for storing the drug .
It has an engaging portion on the upper side and an engaging portion on the lower side, and the engaging portion on the upper side and the engaging portion on the lower side engage with the drug installation member to form the drug installation member. The middle part of the medicine is stretched and attached to the medication management device without wrinkles or slack .
The mounting portion has revealing means at a plurality of positions, and in a state where the drug setting member is mounted on the medication management device, the drug placement portion of the drug setting member and the revealing means of the medication management device correspond to each other.
A medication management device, characterized in that, when the medication timing arrives, a means for revealing a predetermined position of the medication management device functions to indicate a specific drug placement unit. The medication management device has a window member, and the window member has an opening that functions as a window, and the opening can be moved.
Any of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the time to take the drug arrives, the opening moves to a position corresponding to the specific drug placement section and the window opens so that only the drug in the specific drug placement section can be taken out . The drug storage device described in.

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