JPH09328114A - Time limit indicator for medicine distributed to household - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an indicator of the time limit of each item of medicine distributed to a household which by simply opening the distributed-medicine chest enables a single glance to take in their time limits. SOLUTION: This time limit indicator is formed by providing on an outer box 5 for medicine distributed to a household, particularly on the side placed up when the outer box 5 of medicine is deposited in a distributed-medicine chest, a marking line 1 which forms an indicating part 2 with breaks in the marking line 1 and the time limit is shown by the number of the breaks 7 in the line of the indicating part 2. The marking line 1 can be a peripheral line 8 that, when the outer box 5 of medicine is deposited in the distributed- medicine chest, is passed over the top side, front side, underside, and back side in a circuit around the outer box 5 or the marking line 1 can be paralleled with indicator lines which show the time limit by the number of lines in use instead of by the marking line 1 with breaks 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an expiration date indicator for indicating an expiration date of a home-placed medicine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Home placement medicines (hereinafter referred to as placement medicines)
Placement medicine storage boxes containing medicines placed at home and workplaces are always on hand, and placement medicine exchangers visit homes and workplaces about once a year to receive the price of medicines used for one year and to set the expiration date. There is a system to replace old medicines with new medicines.

[0003] The placement period of a placement medicine is usually 5 years, and if the placement period has passed 5 years, the medicine is replaced with a new medicine. They looked at the placement deadlines stamped on the outer box of each placed medicine in the box one by one and replaced the old medicine whose placement deadline had expired with a new medicine.

[0004]

As described above, when exchanging the medicines to be arranged, the medicine exchanging person for the medicines to be exchanged looks at the arrangement deadline imprinted on the outer box of each medicine to be arranged in the medicine storage box. However, the imprint of the placement deadline differs depending on the type of drug placed, so the location of the imprint of each drug must be searched for. It was very troublesome to take out each one and look at the imprint.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an arrangement expiration date display body in which the expiration date of each arrangement medicine can be determined at a glance simply by opening the arrangement medicine storage box.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a mark is provided on an outer box of a home-placed medicine when it is placed in a medicine-placed storage box, and a display portion for intermittently connecting the mark is formed. The expiration date is indicated by the number of line breaks on the display unit.

[0007] Further, the mark line may pass through the upper surface, the front surface, the lower surface, and the rear surface when the device is placed in the dispensing medicine storage box, and may be configured as an outer peripheral line that goes around the outer case.

[0008] Alternatively, a display line indicating the expiration date according to the number of bottles may be juxtaposed on the outer box of the home-placed medicine, on a part of the upper surface when arranged in the placed medicine storage box.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement expiration date indicator according to the present invention. As shown in FIG.
Placed on the top surface when placed in medicine storage box 10, width 1-2
The outer peripheral line 8 that is provided with a mark line 1 of mm, and both ends of the mark line 1 are directly connected to the front, lower surface and back surface, and makes a round around the edge of the outer box 5 so that the product name 6 does not interfere. To be provided.

[0010] An outer peripheral line 8 serving as the mark line 1 is provided on the upper surface when the placement medicine is placed in the placement medicine storage box 10.
Is provided. The display unit 2 is composed of line breaks 7 for cutting 1 to 5 pieces of the outer peripheral line 8 at intervals of about 0.3 mm, and different numbers of line breaks 7 are provided depending on the placement period.

The display section 2 is provided on the upper surface when the placement medicine is placed in the placement medicine storage box 10. However, when the placement section is provided only on the upper surface, when placing the placement medicine in the placement medicine storage box 10, each placement medicine is placed. Since it is necessary to check the upper surface and the lower surface of the display unit, the display unit 2 is preferably provided on the upper surface and the lower surface opposite to the upper surface so that either one may be the upper surface.

An example of the number of line breaks 7 of the display unit 2 provided is that the last digit of the year of the placement deadline is "1" or "6".
In the case of (1), one line break 7 is provided as shown in (a) of FIG. 3, and when the last digit of the year is "2" or "7", the line break 7 is provided as shown in (b) of FIG. 3 in the case where the last digit is “3” or “8”, and three in the case of “4” or “9” in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3D, four line breaks 7 are provided, and in the case of "5" or "0", five line breaks 7 are provided as shown in FIG.

When the display unit 2 is provided in this manner, when replacing the placement medicine provided with the placement time limit indicator of the present invention, the placement time limit of the placement medicine is five years. Among the medicines, the medicine provided with the display unit 2 including the same number of line breaks 7 as the newly arranged medicine is the medicine arranged five years ago, and has an expiration date. Therefore, when replacing an old placement medicine whose placement expiration date has expired, it is only necessary to take out and replace the placement medicine having the same number of display portions 2 of the line breaks 7 as the newly brought placement medicine, and the replacement operation is simple and easy. is there.

Further, as another example of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a display line having a width of about 0.3 mm and a length of about 5 mm is provided on an edge of the upper surface when the medicine is placed in the medicine storage box 10. As in the case of the line break 7, the number 3 is provided for the number of the arrangement deadlines along the year. Alternatively, if the entire upper surface is colored with a dark color, the white display lines 3 may be provided at the edges of the colored surface by the number corresponding to the arrangement deadline.

Since the placement time limit display by the display unit 2 or the display line 3 is provided on the upper surface when the placement medicine is placed in the placement medicine storage box 10, as shown in FIG. Just by opening it, the placement expiration date of each placement drug can be determined at a glance. Further, it goes without saying that the number of the line breaks 7 or the number of display lines 3 can be similarly applied not only based on the year but also based on the last digit of the era.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the placement expiration date display device of the placement medicine can easily determine the placement expiration date of each placement medicine at a glance simply by opening the placement medicine storage box. It can be carried out.

In the case of replacing the placement medicine provided with the placement expiration date display body of the present invention, it is sufficient to take out and replace the same number of placement medicines as the newly brought placement medicine in the display section. Is greatly reduced.

In the case where the outer peripheral line is formed by making the mark line make a full circle, the outer peripheral line looks like a pattern, and the interval between the display portions is narrow, so that the display line is not conspicuous and may be an arrangement period display body. It is hard to understand.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a typical example of an arrangement expiration date display of an arrangement medicine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another example of the present invention.

3 (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) are plan views showing the display section of the placement deadline display of the present invention.
(A) shows the display unit when the end of the placement deadline is "1" or "6", (B) shows the end of the placement deadline is "2" or "7", and (C) shows the end of the placement deadline Is "3" or "8", (d) is the ending of the placement term "4" or "9", and (e) is the ending of the placement term is "5" or "0"
6 is an example showing a display unit in the case of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a placement medicine provided with a placement deadline indicator of the present invention is placed in a placement medicine storage box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Marking line 2 Display part 3 Display line 5 Outer box 6 Product name 7 Line break 8 Perimeter line 10 Placed medicine storage box

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Marking line (1) on the upper surface when placed in the placed medicine storage box (10) on the outer box (5) of the placed medicine for home use
A display section (2) intermittently intersecting the mark line (1), and the expiration date is indicated by the number of line breaks (7) in the display section (2). The display of the expiration date. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mark line (1) is located at a location medicine storage box (1).
2. The home-placed medicine according to claim 1, wherein the medicine is arranged on an outer peripheral line (8) passing through the upper surface, the front surface, the lower surface, and the rear surface when it is arranged in (0) and surrounding the outer box (5). The display of the expiration date. 3. A display line (3) indicating the expiration date according to the number of bottles is arranged on a part of a surface which becomes upper when placed in the placed drug storage box (10) on the outer box (5) of the placed drug for home use. An expiration date indicator for home-use medicines, which is provided.