JPH09286425A - Medicine container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine container which is suitable to be carried and whose chambers containing medicines to be taken according to the time of taking them can be naturally selected without any mistakes, by a method wherein an upper part of the container is divided into a plurality of chambers arranged in a row, one chamber is provided at a lower part of the container, and each upper chamber and one lower chamber have a lid openable in the same direction, respectively, and can be closed. SOLUTION: A medicine container 10 has chambers 1 provided in an arrayed state at an upper part thereof, lids 2, each having, at its peripheral edge, a groove to be fitted on an upper end of a wall of each chamber 1, and a lug 3 provided at one end of the container 10 in a direction in which the chambers 1 are arrayed. Further, the container 10 has a single chamber 4 provided on the rear side thereof, a card holder 6 provided on the front surface of a lid 5 for the single chamber 4, and a finger insertion hole 7 provided at the central part of the surface of the card holder 6. This medicine container 10 made of transparent plastic is formed into a card shape being about the size of a packet of cigarettes and can be put into a breast pocket of a shirt, etc., to be carried. Moreover, tablets, capsules, etc., which should be taken in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and before going to bed, are assorted and separately contained in the order of the time of taking them from one end of the container 10 in each upper chamber 1 thereof. Subdivision packs of a powder medicine are contained in the chamber 4, and the fore and rear portions of the container 10 can be checked by the lug 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug container mainly for carrying.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Patients who have some kind of illness often take several kinds of medicines at a fixed time every day. Since the dose frequency depends on the type of drug, it is necessary to take drug A and drug B at one time and drug B and drug C at the same time, which is easy to make a mistake.

Therefore, drugs to be taken in the morning, noon, evening, before going to bed, etc. are prepared in advance according to the dosing frequency and sorted according to the dosing time. However, when sorting is performed using, for example, the lid of an empty box, the sorting is easily broken and the confusion easily occurs. In addition, since such a form lacks portability, it is difficult to deal with the case where the patient goes out over the administration time.

Various dedicated containers have been proposed for the purpose of separately storing such medications. Among them, for example, the "subcase" in the invention described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-76437 has a symmetrical shape vertically and horizontally,
Even if each cell is labeled in the morning, noon, evening, etc., or is displayed in Braille, some caution is required to select the cell corresponding to the dose time without error. In addition, the above sub-case has a structure in which an upper container having four cells corresponding to the time of administration and a lower container for containing the powdered medicine package are stacked in a box shape, and therefore has a considerable thickness, for example, in a pocket. It seems inconvenient to put in and carry around.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to eliminate the inconvenience in the conventional drug container and to provide a more improved container. That is, to provide a medicine container that is suitable for carrying in a chest pocket of a shirt, for example, and has a shape and structure that can naturally select a medicine accommodating place corresponding to the taking time without error. It is an object.

[0006]

Thus, according to the present invention, (1) a container having a size that fits in a breast pocket, the upper part of the container is divided into a plurality of chambers in a row, and the lower part of the container is There is provided a drug container, which is provided with a chamber, and each of the upper chamber and the lower chamber has a lid that opens in the same direction, and can be sealed.

The medicinal product container has a size of about one cigarette, and can be easily carried in a chest pocket of a shirt, for example. The upper space of the container is partitioned so that a plurality of (in fact, four) chambers are arranged in a line. A shallow, flat chamber is also provided at the bottom of the container. This one chamber under the container may be filled with a raised bottom space formed on the raised bottom on the back side of the container, or may be provided in the form of a container back lid having a certain depth. It should be noted that each of the upper chambers and the lower chamber of the container are provided with lids so that they can be hermetically sealed, and these lids can be opened only in a certain direction.

In the upper chambers of this container, in order from the end, in the morning,
Separately store tablets, capsules, etc. that should be taken daytime, nighttime, and before going to bed. Put a powdered sachet in one room on the back of the container. Since the front and rear of the container can be naturally identified from the direction in which the lid opens, the first chamber from the end of the container can be known in the morning, the next is noon, etc., and the position of each chamber corresponding to the dosing time can be known without error. .

Further, it is desirable to attach labels such as morning, noon, and evening to the lids of the above-mentioned rooms, change the lid color, or display in Braille so that they can be confirmed visually or by touch. .

In addition, by preparing another box and accommodating 7 to 10 pertuzumab containers arranged in the order of date, one week's worth or 10 days' worth of medicinal product is taken on a daily basis and on a dosing time basis. A non-portable use method at home or in a hospital, in which separate management is performed, is also possible.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
The following can be mentioned. (2) The medicine container according to (1) above, which is provided with a card holder on the outer surface of the lid of the one chamber below, (3) The above (2) above where a finger hole is provided in the center of the surface of the card holder. The medicine container, and (4) the medicine container according to (1), wherein a knob is provided at one end of each of the upper chambers in the row direction of the container.

A powder medicine package is housed in the lower chamber, but it is convenient to provide a card compartment on the outer surface of the lid as in the embodiment (2). As the card, a medical examination card, a caution card for taking medicine, etc. can be considered. It is desirable that this card insertion portion is formed of a transparent plastic plate, and if a finger hole is provided in the central portion of the surface as in the embodiment (3), it is convenient for inserting and removing the card. Further, as in the embodiment (4), if a knob is provided at one end in the row direction of each upper chamber of the container as a mark, the front and rear of the container can be easily determined together with the opening direction of the lid. .

Other preferred embodiments of the present invention include the following. (5) The medicine container according to the above (1), wherein the medicine container and the lid are made of a transparent plastic compounded with an ultraviolet absorber, (6) The above (1), wherein a lens is provided on the lid of each of the upper chambers. (7) The drug container according to (6), wherein the lens is a Fresnel lens, and (8) a groove is provided in a peripheral portion of a lid of each chamber, and an upper end of a side wall of each chamber is the groove. The drug container according to (1) above, which is air-tightly fitted to.

It is desirable that the container side wall and the lid are transparent so that the medicine contained in the container can be visually recognized from the outside. In this case, in order to reduce the effect of the sun rays on the drug when being carried, as in the embodiment (5), a transparent plastic compounded with an ultraviolet absorber is used to selectively cut only the ultraviolet component. It is possible.

The names and codes of medicines are printed or embossed on the surfaces of tablets, capsules and the like contained in each room, but the characters are small and sometimes difficult to read. In such a case, as in the embodiment (6), it is convenient if the lid portion is a lens and these characters and the like can be magnified and viewed. As a lens used here, for example, a planar lens such as the Fresnel lens of the embodiment (7) is suitable.

It is desirable that each chamber can be hermetically sealed in order to protect the drug contained in the container from the influence of moisture and the like. Therefore, as in the embodiment (8), it is conceivable to adopt a structure in which a groove is provided in the peripheral portion of the lid and the upper end of the side wall of each chamber is fitted in the groove airtightly. In this case, the boundary wall between the chambers forming a row is divided into two walls whose upper ends are parallel to each other so that they can be independently fitted into the grooves provided in the peripheral portion of each lid. Must be formed on.

[0017]

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the medicine container according to the first embodiment as seen obliquely from above, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same container as seen from above with the top and bottom thereof upside down. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10
1 is a medicine container, 1 is a chamber provided in a row above the medicine container 2, 2
Is a lid having a groove at the peripheral edge that fits into the upper end of the wall of each chamber 1,
Reference numeral 3 denotes a knob provided at one end of the medicine container 10 in the row direction. Further, in FIG. 2, 4 is a single chamber provided on the back side of the drug container 5, 5 is a lid of the chamber 4, 6 is a card holder provided on the surface of the lid 5, and 7 is a finger in the center of the surface of the card holder 6. Indicates a hole.

The medicine container 10 according to this embodiment has a length of 80.
It is a transparent plastic box having a width of about 100 mm, a width of about 60 mm, and a thickness of about 25 mm, and is about the size of one cigarette. Therefore, even if the medicine container 10 is carried in a chest pocket such as a shirt, it does not interfere. It should be noted that the above-mentioned plastic is blended with an ultraviolet absorber to prevent deterioration of the drug due to ultraviolet rays.

The drug container 10 is formed on the raised bottom, and the space above the raised bottom is partitioned so that four chambers 1 are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction of the container, and the chambers 1 of the container 10 form a line. A knob 3 is provided at one end as a mark. Each room 1
The boundary wall between the two is divided into two walls whose upper ends are parallel to each other, and is formed so as to be independently fitted into the grooves provided in the peripheral edge portion of each lid 2 that opens in one direction. There is also a flat chamber 4 in the lower part of the raised bottom, and the chamber 4 is also provided with a lid 5 so that it can be sealed. The lid 2 is a flat lens, and the characters and symbols on the surfaces of the tablets and capsules contained in the chamber 1 can be seen in an enlarged manner.

In each upper chamber 1 of the medicine container 10, tablets, capsules and the like to be taken in the morning, noon, evening and before going to bed are sorted and stored in order from the end, and the chamber 4 is filled with powdered medicines. Put in. The front and rear of the medicine container 10 can be identified from the knob 3 provided at one end thereof, so that the first room from the knob 3 is morning, the next is day, etc., and the position of each room 1 corresponding to the taking time is known without error. be able to. Further, on the lid 2 of each chamber 1,
Labels for morning, noon, evening, etc. are affixed, and Braille is displayed so that the intended room 1 can be confirmed visually or by touching. The knob 3 may be attached with a string, a chain or the like so that it can be hung from the neck.

The lid 5 on the back side of the medicine container 10 is provided with a transparent plastic card holder 6 on the outer surface thereof, in which a medical examination ticket, a card indicating precautions for taking medicine, etc. can be inserted. . There is a finger hole 7 in the center of the surface of the card holder 6, from which the card can be pushed in and out with a finger.

FIG. 3 shows a case where the medicine container 10 according to this embodiment is used non-portably at home or in a hospital.
That is, a separate box 11 is prepared, and 7 to 10 drug containers 10 are arranged in the order of date and accommodated therein to separate the drugs for one week or 10 days by the day of administration and the time of administration. Can be managed. Furthermore, if the string 12 is passed through the hole of the knob 3 and tied in a loop, the arrangement of the drug containers 10 in chronological order will not be disturbed during use.

4 and 5 are perspective views showing a drug container 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this medicine container 20, the container is not formed as a raised bottom but is formed normally, one chamber 4 on the back side of the container is provided in a container back lid 5 having a certain depth, and the knob 3 is not provided. Is different from the first embodiment, but is otherwise the same.

[0025]

Since the medicine container according to the present invention is approximately the size of one cigarette, it can be easily carried in a chest pocket of a shirt or the like. The medicinal product container has small chambers containing various medicines arranged according to the time of administration, arranged in order of the time of administration, and the front and rear of the container can be identified from the direction in which the lid is opened, or the knobs. Can be selected without error. Since the drug container is made of transparent plastic, the drug contained in each chamber can be viewed from the outside, and the lid of each chamber is a lens, so the tablets and capsules contained inside can be The characters and symbols on the surface can be magnified and viewed. In addition, the deterioration of the drug due to ultraviolet rays when carrying it is prevented,
It is also protected from moisture due to the seal.

Since a single large chamber is provided on the back side of the medicinal product container, a powdered medicine package having a size that cannot be accommodated in the upper chambers can be accommodated therein. Furthermore, since a card holder is provided on the back cover of the medicinal product container, it is possible to put a medical examination card, a card on which precautions are taken, etc.

The medicinal product container can also be used non-portably at home or in a hospital. That is, prepare another box,
By accommodating 7 to 10 of the pertuzumab containers arranged in the order of date therein, it is possible to separately manage the medicine for one week or for ten days according to the taking day and the taking time.

[0028]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen obliquely from above.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the medicine container shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a case where the medicine container shown in FIG. 1 is used non-portably at home or in a hospital.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a medicine container according to another embodiment of the present invention as seen obliquely from above.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the medicine container shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Chambers lined up in a row above the medicine container 2 ... Lids of upper chambers 3 ... Knobs 4 ... Chambers on the back side of the medicine container 5 ... Lids on the back chamber 6 ... Card holders 7 ... Finger holes on the card holder surface 10 ... medicine container according to the first embodiment 11 ... box for accommodating and arranging the medicine containers 12 ... string 20 ... medicine container according to the second embodiment

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container sized to fit in a breast pocket,
A medicine container in which an upper part of the container is divided into a plurality of chambers in a row, one chamber is provided at a lower part of the container, and each of the upper chambers and one chamber of the lower part are provided with lids that open in the same direction, and can be sealed.