KR20060077539A - Prescription bag and tablet package having the sensor function of dosage and the monitoring appratus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a plurality of medicinal medicine bags connected to each other by a conductor and a resistor are printed on one side of a medicinal medicine bag having a structure separated by a perforation line to form a parallel resistance, and when a part is removed from the interconnected medicinal medicine bags. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical medicine bag and a medicine medicine monitoring device having a dosage recognition function for recognizing whether or not medication is performed by checking a current value that changes according to the resistance value. Consists of the upper cover and the lower cover is coupled to the medicine dispensing means, and after dispensing the medicine and the upper cover and the lower cover by using a coupling device to form a perforated plurality of pharmaceutical medicine bags connected to each other Claims [1] A pharmaceutical medicine bag made of a separate structure comprising: a base member; And conductors each printed at positions spaced apart from each other at upper and lower ends of the base member by a predetermined distance. And a resistor printed between the conductors.

Pharmacy bag, resistor, current change, medication recognition, medication information

Description

Prescription bag and tablet package having the sensor function of dosage and the monitoring appratus

1 is a view for explaining the structure of the medicine bag for the preparation having a dosage recognition function according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a view for explaining an apparatus for monitoring the medicine bag for the preparation having a medication recognition function of the present inventors,

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining FIG. 2 in detail.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a pill package to which the present invention is applied,

5 is a view for explaining the structure of an embodiment of a pill package having a dosage recognition function according to the present invention,

6 is an equivalent circuit diagram of FIG. 4;

7 is a view for explaining another embodiment structure of a pill package having a dosage recognition function according to the present invention,

8 is an equivalent circuit diagram of FIG. 6;

9 is an equivalent wiring diagram of a bridged deposition or print resistor applied to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of an energization clip applied to FIG. 2.

*** Explanation of symbols on main parts of drawing ***

100: medicinal medicine bag 110: lower cover

112: conductor 111: base member

114: resistor 116: top cover

200: medication recognition means

210: resistance change detection unit 220: internal memory

230: control unit 240: short-range wireless communication unit

300: electricity supply clip

The present invention relates to a medicine bag, a pill package, a monitoring device having a dosage recognition function.

In particular, a parallel resistance is formed by printing a conductor and a resistor on one side of the pharmaceutical medicine bag having a structure in which a plurality of pharmaceutical medicine bags connected to each other are separated by a perforation line, and when a part is removed from the interconnected medicine medicine bags, the resistance value is increased. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical medicine bag, a pill package, and a monitoring device having a dosage recognition function for recognizing whether or not a dosage is checked by changing a current value which is changed according to the changed resistance value.

In addition, the present invention prints the conductor on the body of the pill package and the resistance is printed on a thin thin sticker that is easy to tear off when the pill is released from the body of the pill package by the force pressed from the outside of the resistor is disconnected and dosing It relates to a pharmaceutical medicine bag and a pill package, a monitoring device having a dosage recognition function to be able to know whether or not.

In general, when treating a patient treatment, in particular in the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal system and nervous system, taking the medicine at the right time to maintain the persistence of the drug will be the most important process of the treatment process.

However, many medicinal patients do not take medications on time, and especially in the elderly or children, there is a problem in that the disease often worsens because they do not take prescription drugs in a timely manner.

In order to solve the problem, a system for informing a patient of a medication time has been developed, but since the system has a configuration of simply informing a patient or a caregiver of the patient's medication time by a text message or the like, the patient is really alarmed. There is a problem that it is not possible to confirm whether the medication was administered at the appointed time.

The present invention was devised in response to the above research and development, and an object of the present invention is to print a conductor and a resistor on one side of a pharmaceutical medicine bag having a structure in which a plurality of pharmaceutical medicine bags connected to each other are separated by a perforation line, and parallel to each other. The resistance value is changed when a part is removed from the interconnecting medicinal bags, and the dosage recognition function is made to check whether the medication is checked by checking the current value that changes according to the changed resistance value. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical medicine bag, a pill package, and a monitoring device.

One embodiment of the present invention proposed to solve the above technical problem, consisting of an upper cover and a lower cover coupled to the drug distribution means, using a coupling device after dispensing the drug prepared in the drug distribution means Comprising a combination of the upper cover and the lower cover to form a perforation to form a plurality of medicinal medicine bags connected to each other, comprising: a base member; And conductors each printed at positions spaced apart from each other at upper and lower ends of the base member by a predetermined distance. And a resistor printed between the conductors.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a conductor is printed at positions spaced apart from each other at upper and lower ends by a base member, and a resistor is printed between the conductors, and the conductor is coupled to the conductor. A power supply clip for supplying power to the conductor; And a change by comparing the current value supplied from the resistance change detection unit and the resistance change detection unit that supplies power through the electricity supply clip, and outputs a current value according to the change of the resistor. Recognizing that the user has administered the medication, if present, the control unit for storing the medication information and medication time in the internal memory, and the medication consisting of a short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting the medication information and the medication time input from the control unit using the preset communication information Characterized in that the recognition means.

The controller may transmit the medication information and the medication time stored in the internal memory to a server which is periodically or irregularly preset in advance through a short range wireless communication unit.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the operation and the preferred embodiment related to a medicine bag and a pill package, a monitoring device having a dosage recognition function.

(Preparation medicine bag with dosage recognition function)

1 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a medicine bag for the preparation having a dosage recognition function according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a view showing conceptually Figure 1, Figure 3 is a structure of a medicine bag for the preparation applied to Figure 1 A diagram for explaining.

As shown in FIG. 1, the medicine bag 100 for preparing consists of an upper cover 110 and a lower cover 116 coupled with a medicine dispensing means, and after dispensing the medicine prepared in the medicine dispensing means. Combining the upper cover and the lower cover by using a coupling device to form a perforation line consists of a structure in which a plurality of pharmacy medicine bags 100 connected to each other is separated.

The base member 111 and the conductor 112 printed at positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance from the upper end and the lower end of the base member 111 are printed between the conductor 112 and the conductor 112. Medication recognition consisting of the resistor 114 is further provided. An adhesive is applied to the lower surface of the base member 111 so as to be adhered to the upper cover 116 or the lower cover 110 of the medicine bag 100 for the preparation.

A portion of the resistor 114 can be easily removed by the perforation line, and the resistance value is changed when the length of the resistor 114 is shortened.

And, as shown in FIG. 4, the electricity supply clip 300 coupled to the conductor of the medicine packaging bag 100 for supplying power to the conductor 112, and the electricity supply clip 300 The power supply is supplied through the resistor, and the resistance change detection unit 210 and the current value supplied from the resistance change detection unit 210 for outputting a current value according to the change of the resistor 114 are compared with the previously registered current value. Recognizing that the user has administered when there is a change in comparison, the control unit 230 for storing the medication information and the medication time in the internal memory 220 and the medication information and the medication time input from the controller 230 in advance communication An apparatus capable of monitoring a medicine bag for dispensing is further implemented, further comprising a medication recognition means 200 including a short-range wireless communication unit 240 for transmitting by using information.

Referring to the medicine bag and the monitoring device for the preparation having a dosage recognition function configured as described above are as follows.

First, when a user cuts out one medicine bag along the perforation line from the set of the medicine medicine bags interconnected to be separated by the perforation line, one of the resistors R ₁ to R _N connected in parallel as shown in FIG. Same as the resistance removed.

Therefore, the magnitude of the current input to the resistance change measuring unit 210 is changed through the electricity supply clip 300, and the resistance change measuring unit 210 is inputted to the control unit 230, the current having the changed size. The controller 230 converts the digital signal and compares it with the current value stored in the internal memory 220 to check the change amount. When the change amount is within an error range of the preset change amount, the controller 230 recognizes that the user has dosed the change amount. The medication information and the medication time are stored in the internal memory 220.

The controller 230 transmits the medication information and the medication time stored in the internal memory 220 to the server through the short range wireless communication unit 240 periodically or irregularly using predetermined communication information.

(Pill package with medication recognition function)

And, the pill package having a dosage recognition function is a body 10 and a lower portion of the body 10 is formed with a depression 11 that can be stored recessed upward as shown in FIG. It consists of a silver foil 30 attached to the surface, and a medication recognition sticker 20 attached to the bottom of the silver foil 30.

In this case, the conductor 21 and the resistor 22 are printed on the sticker 20 to have a predetermined pattern so that the pill package has a dosage recognition function.

Two embodiments of a pill package having a dosage recognition function will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8 as follows.

First, Embodiment 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the sticker 20 has a conductor 21 and the depression 11 printed on both ends of the depression 11 with respect to the depression 11. It consists of a resistor 22 printed across.

The conductor 21 is printed on one side of the sticker 20 long in the longitudinal direction to match both ends and the center of the body 10, the conductor 21 printed on both ends is the sticker 20 Is extended to the lower end of, but is printed with a predetermined distance away from the center portion.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6 of the equivalent circuit diagram, the corresponding resistance of the plurality of resistors connected in parallel is disconnected at the moment when the tablet penetrates the sticker 20. Then, both ends of the conductor 21 are disconnected. The current value is changed through the current-carrying clip of the connected medication recognition means (see FIG. 2), and the change in the current value is checked to determine how many pills are administered.

In this case, the medication recognition means has the same configuration as the medication recognition means shown in Figure 3, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the second embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the sticker 20 includes a conductor 21 printed in the horizontal direction about the depression 11 and the depression ( And a resistor 21 printed longitudinally across 11).

The conductors printed on the upper and lower ends of the conductors 21 extend in parallel with the resistors 22 and are printed with a predetermined distance from the center.

That is, as can be seen in the accompanying drawings, which are equivalent circuit diagrams, the corresponding resistance is disconnected among the plurality of resistors connected in series at the moment when the tablet penetrates the sticker 20.

That is, the equivalent circuit diagram shown in Figures 5 and 7 of the accompanying drawings is only one example because there are a large number of pill-type dosage packs, one terminal of the resistance is broken when the tablet is withdrawn from the dosage pack of each circuit As a result, the value of the resistor seen at the "terminal" part will fluctuate. When the power is applied to the "terminal" portion and the current or voltage amplification circuit is connected and configured, the change due to the withdrawal of the pill can be detected, and the change is detected to determine whether the medication is performed.

FIG. 9 is an equivalent wiring diagram of bridge deposition or print resistance applied to the present invention, and is administered by using an unbalance in a bridge circuit as a paper-type pharmaceutical medicine bag or a pill-type drug is dropped and resistance is dropped. It is to implement the recognition function. That is, one resistor is dropped while satisfying the equilibrium condition R ₁ R ₄ = R ₂ R ₃ (where R ₁ = R ₃ , R ₂ = R ₄ and all parallel resistors are the same value). As it exits, the state becomes R ₁ (R ₄ + ΔR) ≠ R ₂ R _3, and current flows through the resistor R _D.

When another resistor drops again, the bridge meets equilibrium conditions R ₁ (R ₄ + ΔR) = R ₂ (R ₃ + ΔR) and no voltage flows. By repeating the above operation, the amplifier amplifies the amount of change in the current (or voltage), and the dosage recognition means 200 shown in FIG. 2 receives the amplified value, and the input amplified value is preset. By comparing thresholds, if the amplification has a value above the threshold, it is recognized as a dose.

On the other hand, the current-carrying clip (300 of FIG. 2) applied to the present invention may be implemented in the form of a slot as shown in FIG. 10, and in the case of implementing a medicine pack connecting terminal in the slot form as described above, in particular, in the case of a pharmaceutical medicine bag for contact The part is formed of a rather hard material so that it can be inserted and fastened in the slot.

The present invention having the configuration and operation and the preferred embodiment as described above has the effect of allowing the doctor to monitor the patient's medication taking result in real time in a hospital or home, so as to identify the case where the patient does not take the medication as prescribed. have.

In addition, the present invention is able to accurately monitor the results of certain medications to enable the doctor to make or change the prescription more accurately, there is an effect that can be treated more aggressively.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of enabling the development of new drugs by improving the reliability of the clinical trial results of the drug by using the drug storage time data.

Claims (10)

Comprising an upper cover and a lower cover coupled to the drug distribution means, and after dispensing the medicine prepared in the drug distribution means, using a coupling device to combine the upper cover and the lower cover and form a perforation line to form a plurality of interconnected In the pharmaceutical medicine bag consisting of a structure in which the medicine bag is separated, A base member; Conductors each printed at positions spaced apart from each other at upper and lower ends of the base member by a predetermined distance; And A resistor printed between the conductors; Pharmaceutical medicine bag having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, The pharmaceutical medicine bag having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that the adhesive is applied to the lower portion of the base member so that it can be attached to the upper cover or the lower cover of the pharmaceutical medicine bag. The method of claim 1, An imbalance occurs as the medicine bag for dispensing falls, and a bridge circuit for allowing a drug to be recognized by using the imbalance and a resistor connected in series and parallel to the bridge circuit are formed by deposition or printing on the base member. Pharmaceutical medicine bag having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that to make. Comprising an upper cover and a lower cover coupled to the drug distribution means, and after dispensing the medicine prepared in the drug distribution means, using a coupling device to combine the upper cover and the lower cover and form a perforation line to form a plurality of interconnected In the device for monitoring the pharmaceutical medicine bag made of a structure in which the medical medicine bag is separated, A base member having printed conductors at positions spaced apart from each other at upper and lower ends by a predetermined distance, and a resistor printed between the conductors; An electricity supply clip coupled to a conductor of the base member to supply power to the conductor; And A resistance change detection unit for supplying power through the energizing clip and outputting a current value according to the change of the resistor, and a change is compared with a current value supplied from the resistance change detection unit compared with a previously registered current value. Recognizing that the user has administered the medication, if present, the control unit for storing the medication information and medication time in the internal memory, and the medication consisting of a short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting the medication information and the medication time input from the control unit using a predetermined communication information Recognition means; Pharmaceutical drug bag monitoring device characterized in that it is provided with. The method of claim 4, wherein Apparatus for monitoring the pharmaceutical medicine bag, characterized in that the adhesive is applied to the lower portion of the base member so as to be attached to the upper cover or the lower cover of the pharmaceutical medicine bag. The method of claim 4, wherein the control unit, Apparatus for monitoring the medication bag, characterized in that for transmitting the medication information and the medication time stored in the internal memory to a server that is set in advance or at regular intervals via a short-range wireless communication unit. In the pill package, A body in which a depression is formed to be recessed upward and store a pill; A silver foil attached to the lower surface of the body; And Dosage recognition sticker attached to the bottom of the foil; Pill package having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 7, wherein the sticker, Pill package having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that consisting of a conductor printed on both ends around the depression, and a resistor printed across the depression. The method of claim 7, wherein the sticker, Pill package having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that consisting of a conductor printed in the horizontal direction around the depression, and a resistor printed in the longitudinal direction across the depression. The method of claim 7, wherein Imbalance occurs as the resistance falls out every time a pill is released from the pill package, and a bridge circuit and a resistor connected in parallel with the bridge circuit to recognize the medication using the imbalance are provided on the sticker member. Pill package having a dosage recognition function, characterized in that to be formed by deposition or printing method.

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