JPH0634638U - Medication management device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Even though the elderly can easily perform handling operations such as setting and resetting,
Manage the daily medication status at once and accurately so that it is possible to reliably prevent forgetting to take the medicine. [Structure] At least 3 in the morning, noon, and night in the case body 1.
Medication storage portions 3A, 3B, 3C for accommodating remedy medicines are formed adjacent to each other in the order of medication, and the respective medicine storage portions 3A, 3
Reed switches 8A, 8B for detecting opening / closing of the lids 4A, 4B, 4C provided on the respective drug storage portions 3A, 3B, 3C as well as providing display portions 5A, 5B, 5C near the medication times B, 3C, In response to the detection operation of 8C, the green light-emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C that are normally lit are turned off,
Also, the medication status light emitting display device 11 having a point / light-off circuit for switching the light emission color so that the red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C are turned on, and all the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C are turned on. A single reset operation tool 12 for switching is provided on the case body 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a medication management device that stores medication for at least three times a day in the morning, daytime, and night, and manages the medication status to prevent forgetting to take the medication. Is.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as a medication management device of this type, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-6047, a digital clock is built in a medicine storage box, and an alarm is activated when a preset medication time is reached. In addition to outputting the information, the next medication time is displayed digitally, and the medication time such as morning, noon and night is displayed as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-32038. It is known that the medicine storage bags are arranged in the box in the order of the medicines and a side of the box is formed with a see-through hole through which the time of administration displayed on the medicine storage bag can be seen.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Among the conventional medication management devices described above, the former one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-6047 not only makes the entire system extremely expensive due to the installation of a digital clock and alarm device, The setting and resetting of the medication time are complicated and complicated, and especially when the user is an elderly person, it is difficult to handle, and it is easy to make a mistake in setting the medication time. In the latter case, which is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-32038, no electronic device is used, and the structure is simple and the cost is low. It is not possible to accurately manage the daily medication status because it is not possible to display all medication timings at once, since the medication timings such as night time are displayed individually. Furthermore, there is a problem in that it is easy to misalign when storing multiple drug storage bags in a box, and lack of certainty to prevent forgetting to drink.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost with a simple structure, and the handling operations such as setting and resetting are very easy, and it is easy for the elderly to use. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medication management device that can be used accurately and accurately and that can manage the medication status of one day accurately.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the medication management device according to the present invention has at least three medication storage units for storing medications to be taken at least three times a day in the morning, noon and night in a case body in the order of medication. These drug storage units are formed adjacent to each other, and each of these drug storage units is provided with a lid that can be opened and closed.In addition, each drug storage unit is provided with a display unit that indicates the timing of taking each drug. Switches for detecting the opening and closing of the lid are provided between the lid and the lid, and a light-emitting lamp that turns on and off so that different emission colors can be switched according to the detection operation of these switches and its light-off circuit Is provided, and a single reset operation tool for switching all the light-emitting lamps to the same emission color is provided.

In the above-mentioned medication management device, it is preferable to provide a display section for indicating the medication timing on each surface of each lid.

As each of the above-mentioned light-emitting lamps, two types of green light-emitting lamps and red light-emitting lamps are provided in two rows, and normally the green or red lamps are turned on, and red light is emitted depending on the detection operation of the switch. Alternatively, it is desirable that it is configured so that the green lamp can be switched on.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the above configuration, each of the medicine storage portions of the case main body stores the medicines for 3 to 5 times a day for 5 to 7 days, and then the respective medicine storage portions are closed by the lid body to reset the operation tool. When you operate, all light-emitting lamps turn on with the same emission color based on the detection operation of the switch corresponding to each lid, and you can see that all medicines are not yet taken. In such a drug storage state, the lids of the drug storage units formed in the order of medication such as morning, noon, and night are opened in order while checking the medication time on the display unit provided near each drug storage unit. Then, the light emitting lamps are sequentially switched to different emission colors in the order of opening the lid, based on the detection operation of the corresponding switch. By looking at the color of light emitted from this light-emitting lamp, it is possible to manage the daily medication status at once and accurately to prevent forgetting to take the medicine. Then, when the medication for one day is completed, by confirming that the lid is closed and operating the reset operation tool in the same manner as described above, all the light-emitting lamps can be turned on in the same emission color.

[0009] In particular, by providing a display section for the medication time on the surface of each lid, it is possible to open the lids corresponding to the medication time without fail, and the dose and type of medication vary depending on the timing. It is effective in some cases. In addition, when the light-emitting lamps are divided into two types, green and red, and are provided in two rows, it is possible to prevent the missed dose by making sure that the medication has been taken and not mistaken.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is an external perspective view of a medication administration device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1. In FIG. 1 may be made of wood or resin. 3A, 3B, and 3C are three medicine storage units that separately store the medicines 2A, 2B, and 2C that are taken three times a day in the morning, daytime, and night, respectively. Are formed so as to be adjacent to each other and opened upward.

Reference numerals 4A, 4B, and 4C denote lid bodies provided at the upper end openings of the three drug storage portions 3A, 3B, and 3C, respectively, which are detachably attachable / detachable, and these lid bodies 4A, 4B, and 4C include In addition, finger holes 4a, 4b, 4c for inserting / removing opening / closing operation are formed with a size that allows insertion of a finger, and the timing of medication in the morning / day / night is set on the surface of each lid 4A, 4B, 4C. Display units 5A, 5B and 5C indicated by characters are provided. Reference numeral 6 denotes a drawer-type spare drug storage unit that is slidably mounted on the case body 1 corresponding to the lower side of the three drug storage units 3A, 3B, 3C. , 3C to store a large number of medicines before they are stored.

Magnets 7A, 7B and 7C are attached near one end of the back surface of the lids 4A, 4B and 4C, respectively, and the drug storage portions corresponding to the magnets 7A, 7B and 7C are respectively provided. Reed switches 8A, 8B and 8C which are opened and closed by separating and approaching the magnets 7A, 7B and 7C associated with attachment and detachment of the lids 4A, 4B and 4C are attached to the inner surfaces of 3A, 3B and 3C. By this, the opening / closing of each lid 4A, 4B, 4C is detected. In addition, green light emitting diodes (an example of light emitting lamps) 9A, 9B, 9C and red light emitting diode 10A are provided on the upper surface of the case body 1 on the lateral sides of the respective drug storage portions 3A, 3B, 3C. , 10B, 10C are arranged in two rows to provide a medication status light emitting display device 11, and the two rows of light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C are provided on the upper surface of the case body 1. A single reset operation tool 12 is provided at a position near one end of the central portion between and 10A, 10B, 10C.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a point / light-off circuit of the medication status light emitting display device 11, and as is clear from the figure, 2 corresponding to the respective drug storage portions 3A, 3B, 3C. The green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C and the red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C arranged in rows are opened / closed when the lids 4A, 4B, 4C are opened / closed. , 8B, 8C are electrically connected via flip-flop circuits (hereinafter referred to as FF circuits) 13A, 13B, 13C and amplifiers 14A, 14B, 14C, and the respective lids 4A, 4B, 4C are Normally, the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C are turned on through the FF circuits 13A, 13B, 13C which are closed, and the leads associated with the removal and opening of the lids 4A, 4B, 4C are opened. In accordance with the detection operation of the switches 8A, 8B, 8C, the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C are turned off individually through the FF circuits 13A, 13B, 13C, and the red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C are turned off. It is designed to light up. Further, by applying a reset pulse to the reset terminal of each FF circuit 13A, 13B, 13C via the reset operation tool 12, all the red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C are turned off and the green light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C are turned off. The light emitting diodes 9A, 9B and 9C are adapted to light up. Note that, in FIG. 3, the power supply circuit, the inverting circuit of the light emitting diode, and the like have well-known structures, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

In the medication management device having the above-mentioned configuration, each of the medication storage portions 3A, 3B, 3C of the case body 1 is dosed three times a day in the morning, noon, and night for 5 to 7 days. After accommodating the medicines 2A, 2B, and 2C, the upper end openings of the medicine accommodating portions 3A, 3B, and 3C are closed with lids 4A, 4B, and 4C, and the reset operation tool 12 is operated to operate the lids. Based on the detection operation of the reed switches 8A, 8B, 8C corresponding to the bodies 4A, 4B, 4C, the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C in the medication status light emitting display device 11 through the FF circuits 13A, 13B, 13C. Since all of the medicines are lit, it is possible to know that all the medicines 2A, 2B and 2C have not been taken by visually observing these green light emission.

In such a medicine storage state, the medication timing is confirmed by the letters indicating the medication timing in the morning, day and night on the display portions 5A, 5B, 5C provided on the surfaces of the respective lids 4A, 4B, 4C. However, when the lids 4A, 4B, 4C of the drug storage portions 3A, 3B, 3C formed in the order of medication such as morning, noon, and night are sequentially opened and the drugs 2A, 2B, 2C are taken out, the corresponding magnet 7A is obtained. , 7B, 7C, the reed switches 8A, 8B, 8C are sequentially opened. According to the sequential detection operation of the reed switches 8A, 8B and 8C, the corresponding green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B and 9C of the medication status light emitting display device 11 are sequentially turned off through the FF circuits 13A, 13B and 13C. At the same time, the corresponding red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C are sequentially turned on. In this way, by checking the emission color of each light emitting diode, it is possible to manage the daily medication status all at once and to prevent forgetting to take the medication.

[0016] When the medication for 5 to 7 days is completed, the spare medication storage unit 6 is pulled out to the front, the medication stored therein is taken out, and the medication for the next scheduled medication is taken. Are stored in the medicine storage parts 3A, 3B, 3C respectively, and all the lids 4A, 4B, 4C are closed, and the reset operation tool 12 is operated in the same manner as described above. All the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C can be turned on to display the original non-medication state.

In the above embodiment, the medication status light emitting display device 11 has been described by arranging the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B, 9C and the red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B, 10C in two rows. One type of one row of light emitting diodes may be used to switch the emission color. In the above embodiment, the green light emitting diodes 9A, 9B and 9C are normally lit, but the red light emitting diodes 10A, 10B and 10C are lit normally. May be

Further, in the above embodiment, the lids 4A, 4B, 4C are configured to be removable and openable, but may be configured to be swinging openable and closed. Further, although three medicine storage portions are shown, for example, if it is necessary to take medication every 6 hours, four medication storage portions may be formed adjacent to each other in the order of medication. As a display form of the medication time of, the time may be displayed in letters such as what time is am and what time is after pm

Further, the display portions 5A, 5B, 5C indicating the medication time are most advantageously provided on the surfaces of the lids 4A, 4B, 4C, but they may be provided on the case body 1 side.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention as set forth in claims 1 to 3, it is formed in the order of medication such as morning, noon and night while confirming the medication timing on the display section provided near at least three medication storage sections. By sequentially opening the lids of the stored medicine storage parts and taking out the medicines, each light-emitting lamp is automatically and sequentially changed to a different emission color in the opening order of the lids based on the detection operation of the corresponding switch. It can be switched, and all light-emitting lamps can be turned on in the same emission color by operating a single reset operation tool at the stage when one day of medication has been completed. It is very easy to handle and is easy for elderly people to use, but just by looking at the color of light emitted from the light-emitting lamp, you can manage the daily medication status at once and accurately, and forget to take the medicine. Be sure to prevent Can. Further, the structure is simpler than that of the conventional example shown at the beginning, and it is possible to manufacture at a relatively low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a medication management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. .

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a dot / light-off circuit of the medication status light emitting display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case body 2A, 2B, 2C Medicine 3A, 3B, 3C Medicine storage 4A, 4B, 4C Lid 5A, 5B, 5C Remedy time display 8A, 8B, 8C Reed switch 9A, 9B, 9C Green LED 10A, 10B, 10C Red light emitting diode 12 Reset operation tool

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. At least three medicine storage portions for storing medicines to be taken at least three times a day in the morning, daytime, and night are formed adjacent to the case body in the order of medication, and the medicine storage portions can be opened and closed respectively. In addition to providing various lids, a display for indicating the respective medication times is provided near each medicine storage, and detection of opening and closing of the lid between each medicine storage and each corresponding lid. Switches are provided, and a light-emitting lamp for turning on / off and a circuit for turning on / off the light are provided so that different emission colors can be switched according to the detection operation of these switches, and all the light-emitting lamps have the same emission color. A medication management device comprising a single reset operation tool for switching to. 2. The medication management device according to claim 1, wherein a display section for indicating the medication period is provided on the surface of each lid. 3. Each of the light-emitting lamps is provided with two types of a green light-emitting lamp and a red light-emitting lamp in two rows, and normally the green or red lamp is turned on, and the red or red light is emitted according to the detection operation of the switch. The medication management device according to claim 1, wherein the medication management device is configured to be switched to turn on a green lamp.