KR102038673B1 - Medication container with function of counseling for taking medicine and counseling system for taking medicine using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a medicine case having a medication instruction function and a medication instruction system using the same. The medication instruction system of the present invention comprises: a medicine case (100) including a case (110) and a medication information unit (120); and a user device (200) recognizing and managing information included in the medication information unit (120). Accordingly, a consumer can safely take a medicine or health functional food in accordance with content of a medication instruction.

Description

MEDICATION CONTAINER WITH FUNCTION OF COUNSELING FOR TAKING MEDICINE AND COUNSELING SYSTEM FOR TAKING MEDICINE USING THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a medicine case and a medication guidance system, and more particularly, to a medicine case having a medication guidance function and a medication guidance system using the same.

Medication guidance is doctor's and pharmacist's guidance on medications to ensure that patients receive medication effectively and safely. In general, when purchasing medicine at a pharmacy, the medication name, purpose of use and expected efficacy, route of administration The pharmacist explains to the patient how to use, dosage, time of administration, and the like.

However, although prescription guidance is given to prescription drugs to some extent, there are cases in which medication guidance is not properly performed in relation to general medicines or health functional foods such as vitamins. In addition, general medicines and health functional foods are often not taken all within a short time after purchase, so even when a medication guidance is made, the medicines or health functional foods are not taken according to the contents of the medication guidance at the time of purchase. It is also frequent.

In addition, the case of the drug or health functional food, etc., because only the description printed in a small size letter from a pharmaceutical company or health functional food company, it is difficult for the elderly or people with poor eyesight to identify the necessary parts in the printed content. Due to such limitations, misuse of medicines or health functional foods may occur, and consumer anxiety may be caused.

In addition, since the proper medication guidance is not provided in pharmacies or formal health food retailers, consumers tend to use relatively low-cost online shopping malls and home shopping, which is a problem of misuse of medicines and health functional foods. There is a limit that can become more serious.

On the other hand, as the prior art related to the present invention, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0089623 (name of the invention: smart medication guidance case and its management method, published date: August 04, 2017), Patent Publication No. 10-2014 -0106115 (name of the invention: medication map prescription envelope printing system and method, published date: September 03, 2014) and the like.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems of the conventionally proposed methods, by providing a medication information section including a medication map written on the surface of the case medication information for the drug or health functional food, A pharmacist selling a medicine or a dietary supplement can write the contents of the medication guide to the medication information section so that the contents of the medication guide written on the outside of the case can be easily identified even after a period of time after purchase. According to the contents of the instruction, the drug case equipped with the medication guidance function, and the medication guidance system using the same, which can be used safely and can help increase the sales of pharmacies or health functional food stores by improving customer satisfaction with the medication guidance. Its purpose is to provide.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user device recognizes, registers, and manages medication guide information described in the medication information unit, thereby integrating and managing various medication information being taken, and registering at least two or more users to take medication information for each user. It is another object of the present invention to provide a medicine case with a medication guidance function and a medication guidance system using the same, which can register the medications being taken by family members to manage the health of the family.

Drug case provided with a medication guide function according to the characteristics of the present invention for achieving the above object,

In the drug case,

Cases containing drugs or health functional food therein; And

It includes a medication information that is provided on the outer surface of the case,

The medication information unit,

Basic information display unit for displaying the basic information of the drug or health functional food;

Medication guidance unit for describing the medication guidance information for the drug or health functional food;

A pharmacist information writing unit in which information of a pharmacist or counselor who takes medication guidance is written; And

Detailed information of the drug or health functional food is linked, and it is characterized in that it comprises a code recognizable by the user device.

Preferably, the medication map information,

It may include a single dose, the number of doses per day, and precautions.

Preferably, the information of the pharmacist or counselor,

It may include at least one or more of the name and signature of the pharmacist or counselor who takes the medication guide, the name of the retailer selling the drug or dietary supplement, and the contact information.

Preferably, the medication information unit,

The outer surface of the case may be provided in a size equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio of the surface area of the case.

Medication guidance system using a medicine case having a medication guidance function according to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object,

Medication guidance system,

A drug case including a case containing a drug or a health functional food therein and a medication information unit provided on an outer surface of the case; And

A user device for recognizing and managing information included in the medication information unit;

Medication information section of the medicine case,

Basic information display unit for displaying the basic information of the drug or health functional food;

Medication guidance unit for describing the medication guidance information for the drug or health functional food;

A pharmacist information writing unit in which information of a pharmacist or counselor who takes medication guidance is written; And

Detailed information of the drug or health functional food is linked, and includes a code recognizable by the user device,

The user device,

An information recognizing module for recognizing medication map information described in the medication information module;

An information registration module which receives the recognized medication map information and registers the medication information being taken by the user; And

Including the information management module for managing the registered medication information is characterized by its configuration.

Preferably,

The information registration module registers at least two or more users in advance, and registers the recognized medication map information as medication information on the user selected from among registered users.

The information management module may manage the medicine information being taken for each registered user.

Preferably, the information management module,

The alarm may be output according to the medication map information of the registered medication information.

Preferably,

The user may further include an information analysis module for analyzing drug information being taken by the user to monitor side effects or misuse.

According to the drug case with a medication guidance function proposed in the present invention and a medication guidance system using the same, a medication information unit including a medication guidance description portion for describing medication guidance information on a drug or a health functional food on the surface of the case is provided. Thus, a pharmacist selling a medicine or a health functional food writes the contents of the medication guide to the medication information section, so that even if a time elapses after the purchase, the contents of the medication guide written on the outside of the case can be easily understood. Can be taken safely according to the contents of the medication guide, and can also help increase sales of pharmacies or dietary supplements through improving customer satisfaction with the medication guide.

In addition, according to the present invention, by recognizing, registering and managing the medication guidance information described in the medication information unit, the user device can integrate and manage various medication information being taken, and register at least two or more users to take medication for each user. By managing the information, you can manage your family's health by registering the medications you are taking.

1 and 2 is a view showing an example of a medicine case having a medication map function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing an example of the medication information of the medicine case having a medication guide function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a view showing the configuration of a medication map system using a medicine case having a medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a user device in a medication guidance system using a medication case provided with medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a view illustrating an example of a user device outputting an alarm in a medication guidance system using a medication case having a medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. However, in describing the preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings for parts having similar functions and functions.

In addition, in the specification, when a part is 'connected' to another part, it is not only 'directly connected' but also 'indirectly connected' with another element in between. Include. In addition, the term 'comprising' of an element means that the element may further include other elements, not to exclude other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 and 2 is a view showing an example of a medicine case 100 having a medication map function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the medicine case 100 having a medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention, may be configured to include a case 110 and the medication information unit 120.

Case 110 may contain a drug or health functional food therein. That is, the case 110 may be a box containing a medicine or a health functional food as shown in FIG. 1, but may be in the form of a medicine bottle as shown in FIG. 2. In addition, according to an embodiment, the medicine bottle may be contained in a box. The medication information unit 120 may be provided on the outer surface of the box or the medicine bottle, but the medication information unit 120 may be provided on the outer surface of both the box and the medicine bottle. have. However, the case 110 of the present invention is not limited to the form as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, and the case 110 of the case 110 containing the drug or the health functional food, regardless of the specific form of the case ( 110) can play any role.

The medication information unit 120 may be provided on the outer surface of the case 110. In this case, the medication information unit 120 may be provided on the outer surface of the case 110 in a size greater than or equal to a predetermined ratio of the surface area of the case 110. That is, the size of the medication information unit 120 may be sufficiently large so that elderly people or consumers with poor eyesight can easily recognize the contents described in the medication information unit 120.

Meanwhile, the medication information unit 120 may be already provided at the time of manufacturing the case 110, but may be manufactured and attached in the form of a sticker. In addition, the medication information unit 120 may be provided by the manufacturer, but in some embodiments, may be attached in the form of a sticker at a pharmacy or a health functional food retailer.

3 is a view showing an example of the medication information unit 120 of the medicine case 100 having a medication guide function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the medication information unit 120 of the medicine case 100 having the medication guidance function according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a basic information display unit 121, a medication guidance unit 122, The pharmacist information writing unit 123 and the code 124 may be configured.

The basic information display unit 121 may display basic information of a medicine or a health functional food. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a vitamin name and the like may be displayed, and a manufacturer and the like may also be displayed.

Medication guidance unit 122, the medication guidance information for the drug or health functional food may be described. In this case, the medication map information may include a single dose, the number of times per day, and precautions. Here, the medication map information may include not only medications but also all instruction items related to medications or methods of taking such as functional foods.

As shown in FIG. 3, the medication information unit 120 of the medicine case 100 having the medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention has a name such as a dose, the number of daily doses, and cautions. Including the printed medication map description unit 122, a pharmacist or a counselor of a health functional food retailer can directly describe the method of taking the medicine or functional food according to the printed contents.

The pharmacist information writing unit 123 may describe the information of the pharmacist or counselor who takes the medication guide. More specifically, the information of the pharmacist or the counselor may include at least one or more of the name and signature of the pharmacist or counselor who guides the medication, the name of the store selling the medicine or the dietary supplement, and the contact information. That is, as shown in Figure 3, by having a pharmacist or counselor who directs the medication guide to write and sign the name directly, the reliability of the consumer can be improved. In addition, the name and contact information of the pharmacy or dietary supplement distributor can be described so that the consumer can be contacted at any time when there is a question or a problem.

Code 124 is linked to the detailed information of the drug or nutraceutical, it may be recognized by the user device. Here, the code 124 may include all kinds of codes that can be recognized by the user device, such as a barcode and a QR code. The user device may recognize such a code 124 with a camera or the like and check detailed information such as efficacy and side effects of the medicine or health functional food linked to the code 124. At this time, the detailed information of the drug or health functional food, may be provided by a manufacturer server such as a drug, or, depending on the embodiment may be provided by a drug information search system.

4 is a view showing the configuration of a medication map system using a medicine case 100 having a medication guide function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the medication guidance system using the medication case 100 provided with the medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a medication case 100 and a user device 200. Can be.

The drug case 100 may include a case 110 including a drug or a health functional food therein and a medication information unit 120 provided on an outer surface of the case 110. That is, the medicine case 100 may be a medicine case 100 having a medication map function according to an embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The user device 200 may recognize and manage the information included in the medication information unit 120. The user device 200 is a device of a user who uses a medicine or a health functional food, and may be various mobile smart devices such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart glass, a smart watch, and the like. . However, the present invention is not limited to the form of the device as listed in the user device 200 of the present invention. If the information contained in the medication information unit 120 of the medicine case 100 can be recognized and managed, the present invention relates to a specific form. Without the role of the user device 200 of the present invention can be any number.

5 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the user device 200 in the medication guidance system using the medicine case 100 provided with the medication guidance function according to the embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the user device 200 of the medication guidance system using the medicine case 100 having the medication guidance function according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an information recognition module 210 and an information registration module. It may be configured to include the 220 and the information management module 230, it may be configured to further include an information analysis module 240.

The information recognizing module 210 may recognize the medication map information described in the medication information information 120. That is, the information recognition module 210 may recognize the medication map information described in the medication information unit 120 as shown in FIG. 3 by using a camera or the like provided in the user device 200. In this case, the information recognition module 210 may recognize and analyze medication map information by using a character recognition technology.

On the other hand, the information recognized by the information recognition module 210, in addition to the medication guidance information described in the medication guidance description unit 122, the basic information displayed on the basic information display unit 121, the pharmacist described in the pharmacist information description unit 123 Or information about a counselor. In addition, the information recognition module 210 may recognize the code 124 and further collect detailed information linked to the code 124.

The information registration module 220 may receive the recognized medication map information and register the medication information being taken by the user. That is, the information registration module 220 may receive the medication map information recognized by the information recognition module 210 and register the medication or health functional food being taken by the user.

In this case, the information registration module 220 may register at least two or more users in advance, and may register the recognized medication map information as medication information on the user selected from among the registered users. For example, the user can integrate and manage all medicines taken by the family, such as parents or children, in addition to the user. The user can register the family such as "I", "Mother", and "Son" in advance, and the information recognition module ( By selecting a user to register the medication map information received from 210, the medication information can be registered for each user.

The information management module 230 may manage registered medication information. As described above, in the case of integrated management of drug information of various users, the information management module 230 may manage taking medicine information for each registered user. Here, managing the drug information, together with the name of the drug or dietary supplement, stores a single dose, the number of daily doses, precautions, etc., and schedules when and how much the drug or dietary supplement should be taken. It can mean doing. For example, drug information may be managed with one tablet of blood pressure before breakfast, one pack of gastrointestinal drugs, and two tablets of vitamins after lunch. The information management module 230 may output an alarm according to the medication map information of the registered medication information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user device 200 outputting an alarm in a medication guidance system using a medication case 100 having a medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the information management module 230 of the medication guidance system using the medication case 100 provided with the medication guidance function according to an embodiment of the present invention is a predetermined time according to the medication information to be managed. Alarms can be output to notify the intake of drugs or dietary supplements. To this end, the user may set a predetermined time and may set a predetermined time according to the user's lifestyle for each time of taking, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before going to bed.

On the other hand, when there are a plurality of registered users, the user device 200 to which an alarm is output may be set differently for each user. In addition, the output alarm may be a push notification as shown in FIG. 6, but may also be a message transmission using an instant message or a messenger, an audible alarm such as a warning sound, or a tactile alarm such as a vibration. According to an embodiment, the alarm according to the medication map information may be output through the smart speaker linked to the user device 200.

The information analysis module 240 may analyze drug information being taken by the user and may monitor side effects or misuse. For example, in the case of taking a drug that may cause side effects at the same time at the same time, or taking too much of a similar drug compared to the recommended amount, the information analysis module 240 analyzes the drug information to determine whether side effects or abuse Can be identified. To this end, the information analysis module 240 may be connected to the drug information search system and the like through a network.

According to an embodiment, the user device 200 of the medication guidance system using the medication case 100 provided with the medication guidance function according to the embodiment of the present invention may install and perform an application to perform the above-described functions. I can drive it. In this case, the application may provide a user interface for recognizing medication map information, registering drug information, setting a plurality of users, and managing drug information.

Meanwhile, the user device 200 may transmit and receive various signals and data with a server (not shown) through a network, transmit the recognized information to the server, and manage and analyze various data through the server. In the present invention, the network may be a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) or a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network, or the like. , Wireless broadband Internet (WIBRO), high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), and the like.

The present invention described above may be variously modified or applied by those skilled in the art, and the scope of the technical idea according to the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

100: medicine case
110: case
120: Medication Information Department
121: basic information display unit
122: Medication Guide
123: pharmacist information book
124: code
200: user device
210: information recognition module
220: information registration module
230: information management module
240: information analysis module

Claims (8)

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A drug case 100 including a case 110 containing a drug or a health functional food therein and a medication information unit 120 provided on an outer surface of the case 110; And
It includes a user device 200 for recognizing and managing the information contained in the medication information information 120,
Medication information unit 120 of the drug case 100,
A basic information display unit 121 for displaying basic information of the medicine or health functional food;
Medication guidance information for the drug or health functional food is described, and the dose of a single dose, the number of daily doses, and the names of the precautions are printed, and a method of taking the medicine or health functional food is directly printed by a pharmacist or a counselor. Medication guidance section 122 to be described in accordance with the contents;
Information about a pharmacist or counselor who takes medication guidance is described, wherein the information of the pharmacist or counselor includes a name and signature of the pharmacist or counselor who guides the medication pharmacist information writing unit 123 to improve the reliability of the consumer; And
Detailed information of the drug or health functional food is linked, and includes a code 124 recognizable by the user device 200,
The user device 200,
An information recognition module 210 for recognizing the medication map information described in the medication information unit 120 and recognizing the medication map information by using a character recognition technology;
An information registration module 220 that receives the recognized medication map information and registers the medication information being taken by the user;
An information management module that manages the registered medication information and outputs an alarm according to the medication map information of the registered medication information, and outputs the alarm through a smart speaker linked to the user device 200. 230; And
Analyze the user's medication information by monitoring the side effects or abuse, but access to the drug information search system through the network, at the same time taking the drugs that can cause side effects when taking concurrently, or compared to the recommended amount Medication guidance system using the drug case 100 with a medication guidance function, characterized in that it comprises a information analysis module 240 for determining whether to take a lot, side effects or misuse.
The method of claim 5,
The information registration module 220 registers at least two or more users in advance, and registers the recognized medication map information as taking medication information with respect to a user selected from among registered users.
The information management module 230, the medication guidance system using the medication case 100, with a medication guidance function, characterized in that for managing the medication information being taken for each registered user.
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