KR20110018983A - Medicine keeping apparatus managing taking-time of medicine punctually by message service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A drug storing device which can manage cycle of taking medicine of a patient by transmitting a message is provided to output medicine taking time by an audio signal or a video signal. CONSTITUTION: A medicine storing device includes a message transmitting module(170), a VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) module(200), and a controlling unit(190). An open signal of a door is used as taking medicine signal. If an open signal does not exists, the message transmitting module transmits a message to a manager through a wireless network. The VoIP module is a modem based on VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) which is available for a voice call about taking medicine between a manager and a patient. The control unit is in charge of overall controlling.

Description

Medicine keeping apparatus managing taking-time of medicine punctually by message service}

The present invention relates to a drug storage device, and more particularly, a drug storage function and a notification function of a medicine taking time and whether or not to take a medicine of a patient who needs to take the medicine periodically can be managed by an external administrator through the network. It relates to a drug storage device.

In general, a number of medicines and devices are used according to the patient's symptoms and uses, the storage conditions vary depending on the type or use, and in the case of managed patients who must take the medicine periodically, the administration of the medicine is necessary.

Examples of storage conditions include drinks for refrigeration and warming, and in the case of herbal medicines, they are extracted in liquid form and filled in packs, stored in cold storage (4 ℃ ~ 8 ℃), used for heating, and cutaneous eye drops (2 ℃ ~ 8). ℃ storage), Andriol soft capsules (2 ℃ ~ 3 ℃ storage) or Zino pro vaginal tablets (4 ℃ ~ 8 ℃ storage) is required to be refrigerated, and eye drops such as Deck eye drops and Ocucroram eye drops 10 ℃. The storage is required below, the storage of dry cows is required for the ceroxenjung arthritis treatment agent, hyperlipidemia treatment solsolbin soft capsules, viral disease treatment fairy tale chimidicapsule.

As described above, although the warming, refrigeration, or room temperature storage are different according to the type of the drug, the conventional medicine storage device has been used individually by the refrigerator, or the room temperature storage.

In order to overcome this problem, the registration room No. 20-0335370 discloses a chemical storage device in which a room temperature storage room, a refrigerating room, a warm room, and an ultraviolet sterilization room are integrated.

However, the drug storage device disclosed in the registration room No. 20-0335370 has the advantage that can be used in various ways depending on the type and storage conditions of the drug, but does not show additional effects other than the drug storage function reveals the limitation of the drug storage device have. That is, the present invention suggests a drug storage device that can only be limited to a broader function such as a patient's taking time.

Furthermore, in recent years, techniques for informing a patient's medicine taking time are disclosed due to the remote medical system of the patient and the development of the network.

However, these recent techniques only inform the patient when and how to take the medicine, but the patient's medication, such as hypertension, diabetes, or stroke or dementia, is taken regularly. There is no system to manage whether there is no drug storage device has been developed to manage whether or not to take the drug of the patient using the drug storage device.

An object of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned conventional problems, to provide a drug storage device that can be stored in accordance with the storage conditions of the type of medicine.

In addition, the present invention provides a drug storage device capable of checking the blood sugar of a diabetic patient by having a blood glucose meter capable of self-measuring blood sugar in the drug storage device.

In addition, to provide a drug storage device that can help patients who need to take the medicine periodically by outputting the drug taking time as an audio or video signal for patients who need to take periodically.

In addition, by determining whether or not to take the open signal of the door of the drug storage device to inform the administrator in the remote area whether to take the medicine to provide a drug storage device that can manage the target patient remotely.

The drug storage device which can manage the medicine medicine cycle of the patient by sending a message according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a message to the administrator through the wireless communication network when there is no open signal by using the open signal of the door as a taking signal A message transmitting module for transmitting the message; A VoIP module, which is a VoIP protocol-based modem that enables voice communication between the manager and the patient about taking a medicine; It includes a control unit for the overall control.

Here, the drug storage device may further include a wired communication module for transmitting an emergency signal to a management server through a wired communication network when there is no open signal using the open signal of the door as a taking signal.

Here, the drug storage device further comprises a timer for setting the time taken for each period to output the time to the audio unit or the display unit, the control unit is the audio unit at a period preset to the timer when there is no open signal of the door Alternatively, it is preferable to cause the display unit to re-output the taking notification signal in association with the periodic signal.

Here, the SMS transmission module and the wired communication module are connected to the periodic signal and the SMS and the emergency state are respectively transmitted to the manager and the management server when there is no open signal of the door even when the taking notification signal is re-outputted a predetermined number of times. It is desirable to transmit a signal.

Here, the drug storage device is divided into partitions by a warm room, a refrigerating room and a room temperature storage room, and it is preferable to control temperature and humidity by the control unit, respectively.

Here, the timer is preferably provided with a first timer, a second timer and a third timer to set the taking time of the medicine built in each of the warm room, refrigerating room and room temperature storage room.

Here, the drug storage device may have a blood glucose meter that can measure the blood sugar of the diabetic patient.

Here, the blood glucose value measured by the blood glucose meter may be implemented to be transmitted to the manager and the management server through the SMS transmission module and the wired communication module, respectively.

Here, one side of the drug storage device may be provided with an emergency button unit for transmitting an emergency signal according to the emergency situation of the patient to the management server or the administrator via a wired or wireless communication network.

According to the above-described configuration of the present invention, it can be stored according to the storage conditions of the type of medicine, and the self-contained blood glucose check of the diabetic patient is possible by having a blood glucose meter which can measure the blood sugar auxiliary to the drug storage device, periodically It can help patients who need to take the medicine periodically by outputting the medicine taking time as audio or video signal for patients who need to take the medicine, and judge whether to take the open signal of the door of the medicine storage device in the remote place It is possible to provide a drug storage device that can remotely manage the patient to be managed by informing the administrator whether the patient is taking the medicine.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings looks at the configuration and effect of the drug storage device (hereinafter referred to as 'drug storage device') that can manage the patient medicine cycle by the message transmission according to the present invention.

The term 'message' used in the present invention is generally a concept including a short message service (SMS), a long message service (LMS), and a multi-media message service (MMS). In the following embodiments, the SMS transmission is described as a reference. Similarly, the 'message transmission module' described in the claims is described as an SMS transmission module in the case of SMS, an LMS transmission module in the case of LMS, and an MMS transmission module in the case of MMS.

Figure 1 shows the internal configuration of the drug storage device according to the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the drug storage device according to the present invention includes a power supply unit 110, a temperature storage chamber 120, a refrigerator compartment 130, and a room temperature storage chamber 140, and a blood glucose meter ( 150, timer 160, SMS transmission module 170, wired communication module 180, control unit 190, audio unit 191 and video unit 192, storage unit 193 And a VoIP module (Voice over Internet Protocol, 200).

The chemical storage box 100 is divided into a warm room 120, a refrigerating room 130 and a room temperature storage room 140, it may be isolated by a partition of the insulating material so as not to transfer heat between each storage room. In addition, each storage compartment is provided with an independent door, and each storage compartment may be a separate shelf, a drawer-type storage compartment may be formed vertically or horizontally.

The temperature and humidity of the warm room 120, the built-in room 130 and the room temperature storage room 140 may be set independently by the control unit 190, respectively, it may be possible to apply power independently. The doors of the storage compartments are equipped with open detection sensors (231 to 233 of FIG. 2) capable of detecting a signal when the door is opened.

The blood glucose meter 150 is a blood glucose meter that a patient can measure by themselves. Preferably, the blood glucose meter 150 includes a strip connection wiper connected to a test strip, an active electrode, and an inactive electrode, and an analog value measured by the blood glucose meter. And an analog-to-digital converter for converting the signal into a digital signal, a microprocessor for measuring blood sugar, and a communication unit for transmitting a blood sugar value through a wired / wireless communication network. As a well-known technique, detailed description will be omitted below.

The timer 160 may include a first timer 160a for setting the heating chamber 120, a second timer 160b for setting the refrigerating chamber 130, and a third timer 160c for setting the room temperature storage chamber 140.

The first to third timers 160a to 160c set the taking time of the medicine stored in each of the storage chambers 120 to 140, and also repeatedly notify the taking time after a predetermined time based on the taking time. The periodic value for the output of the dose reminder signal is set.

The storage unit 193 stores the operation program of the drug storage device, the message to be transmitted to the remote management server or the manager via the SMS transmission module 170 and the wired communication module 180 is stored in a table.

SMS transmission module 170 and the wired communication module 180 is a wired or wireless communication unit for transmitting a message in the storage unit 193 to the remote management server or administrator in conjunction with the timer 160 by the control unit 190. .

The VoIP module 200 is a VoIP protocol-based modem. The VoIP module 200 adopts voice packet data coming through a cable and analyzes a unique IP to enable a voice call with a counterpart.

The control unit 190 is a main controller that is in charge of the overall control of the drug storage device, the power supply unit 110 is for powering the power, the audio unit 191 is a conventional to inform the medicine taking time by voice or to deliver an alarm The speaker, and the video unit 192 is an LCD unit for displaying the medicine taking time, the temperature and humidity of each storage room, the current time, and the like.

The configuration of transmitting the notification notification signal, emergency signal and emergency signal using the drug storage device of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, each signal referred to in the present invention is defined.

The door open signal means a signal detected by the open detection sensors 231 to 233 when the doors mounted in the respective storage compartments 120 to 140 are opened. The door open signal means that the patient has taken medicine at a predetermined time. It can be applied as a signal that can be estimated remotely.

The dosing notification signal is a signal informing that the medication has been taken directly from the drug storage device.

The emergency signal is a signal sent to the remote management server and the manager when the patient has not taken the medicine at the designated time. The emergency signal is repeatedly taken by the cycle set in the timer based on the door open signal. This signal is sent when the door is not opened continuously, but the management server or manager who receives this signal can use it as a signal to follow-up care by replacing the patient not taking the medicine at the specified time. do.

The emergency signal is utilized as a signal for notifying the remote management server or administrator that the patient is in emergency by pressing an emergency button provided at a predetermined position of the drug storage device.

Referring to FIG. 1, the dosing notification signal sets a dose time value of a medicine stored in each storage chamber 120 to 140 to the first to third timers 160a to 160c and controls the controller 190 according to the set value. Through the audio unit 191 and the video unit 192, the message stored in the storage unit 193 through the drug storage device and the patient or the patient family in close proximity to inform the time of taking the medicine, the patient according to the signal You will be able to take medicine.

Figure 2 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting an emergency signal to the management server and the administrator via SMS or wired communication network using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

When the dose notification signal is sent but the drug storage compartment is not opened, the open detection sensors 231 to 233 repeatedly transmit the dose notification signal according to a predetermined cycle.

At this time, if the open detection sensor (231 to 233) detects that the medicine storage room is not opened even by repeatedly taking the notification signal sent to the control unit 190 is a wired communication module 170, that is, RJ-45 Internet connection unit 171 Or an analog modem 172 to transmit an emergency signal to the management server 210 and the management server 210 retransmits this signal to the manager 220 to check the emergency situation of the patient to be managed. In addition, the controller 190 transmits an SMS corresponding to an emergency signal directly to the manager 220 through the SMS transmission module 180, that is, the CDMA, HSDPA, and WiFi modules 181 and 182, thereby allowing the manager 220 to manage the patient. Let's check the emergency situation.

The management server 210 may correspond to the medical department of the central government, the medical department of the local government, or a private medical company, and the manager 220 may be a dedicated hospital, a social worker or a relative. This may be the case.

Figure 3 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting an emergency signal through an SMS or a wired communication network when an emergency situation occurs to the management server and the administrator using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

When the emergency situation of the patient occurs when the patient or the family around the emergency button portion 240 provided at a predetermined position of the drug storage device control unit 190 is a wired communication module 170, that is, RJ-45 Internet connection ( 171 or an analog modem 172 is used to transmit an emergency signal to the management server 210 and the management server 210 retransmits this signal to the manager 220 to check the emergency situation of the patient to be managed to follow up. do. Alternatively, the controller 190 transmits an SMS corresponding to an emergency signal directly to the manager 220 through the SMS transmission module 180, that is, the CDMA, HSDPA, and WiFi modules 181 and 182, thereby allowing the manager 220 to manage. The patient's emergency situation can be checked for follow-up.

Figure 4 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting a blood sugar measurement value to the management server and the administrator via SMS or wired communication network using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

The blood glucose meter 150 is a blood glucose meter that a patient can measure by themselves. The blood glucose meter includes a strip connection wiper, an active electrode, and an inactive electrode to which a test strip is connected, and an analog value measured by the blood glucose meter. An analog-to-digital converter for converting to a microcomputer, a microprocessor for measuring blood sugar, and a communication unit for transmitting a blood sugar value through a wired or wireless communication network.

When the patient is self-measured by the blood glucose meter 150, the measured blood sugar value is controlled by the control unit 190 via the wired communication module 170, that is, the RJ-45 Internet connection unit 171 or the analog modem 172. Transmitting the measured blood glucose value with the patient history to 210 and the management server 210 retransmits this data to the manager 220 to check the emergency situation of the patient to be managed to follow up. Alternatively, the control unit 190 directly transmits the measured blood sugar value along with the patient history to the manager 220 through the SMS transmission module 180, that is, the CDMA, HSDPA, and WiFi modules 181 and 182, to the manager 220. You can check the emergency situation of the patient to be managed and follow up.

In this case, the management server 210 may correspond to a medical department of the central government or a local government, and the manager 220 may correspond to a dedicated hospital.

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a system diagram for enabling a VoIP protocol-based voice call to a management server and a manager using a drug storage device according to the present invention.

The VoIP module 200 is a VoIP protocol-based modem. The VoIP module 200 adopts voice packet data coming through a cable and analyzes a unique IP to enable a voice call with a counterpart.

The controller 190 allows the voice signal information data received through the cable to be adopted by the VoIP module 200, which is a VoIP protocol-based modem, which is a receiving device, and converts the voice signal data into an analog signal to be output to the audio unit 191. do. In addition, on the contrary, the patient may be able to make a voice call to the management server 210 or the manager 220 having a predetermined unique IP address.

The voice call through the VoIP module 200 may be made normally, and preferably, the voice call between the patient and the manager (or the management server) may be made in the situation shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.

In the case of Figure 2 is a signal that the patient is not taking the drug (if there is no door open of the drug storage device) when the administrator receives the SMS, it is used to deliver a voice message to call the patient or take the medicine, etc. In the case of FIG. 3, when an emergency occurs and a patient or the like operates the emergency button unit 240, voice communication may be used for a response of an administrator or a management server. It can be used for voice communication such as a result guide through blood sugar check.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the above-described technical configuration of the present invention may be embodied by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. It will be appreciated that the present invention may be practiced as. Therefore, the exemplary embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and All changes or modifications derived from the equivalent concept should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Figure 1 shows the internal configuration of the drug storage device according to the invention.

Figure 2 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting an emergency signal to the management server and the administrator via SMS or wired communication network using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

Figure 3 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting an emergency signal through an SMS or a wired communication network when an emergency situation occurs to the management server and the administrator using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

Figure 4 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting a blood sugar measurement value to the management server and the administrator via SMS or wired communication network using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a system diagram for enabling a VoIP protocol-based voice call to a management server and a manager using a drug storage device according to the present invention.

Claims (9)

A message transmitting module which transmits a message to an administrator through a wireless communication network when there is no open signal using the door open signal as a taking signal; A VoIP module, which is a modem based on a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) protocol, which enables a voice call between the manager and a patient; Control unit for controlling the overall; drug storage device that can manage the medication cycle of the patient by sending a message. The method of claim 1, The drug storage device, Taking the open signal of the door as a taking signal, if there is no open signal further comprises a wired communication module for transmitting an emergency signal to the management server through a wired communication network, the drug that can manage the patient medicine cycle by sending a message Storage device. The method of claim 2, The drug storage device further includes a timer for outputting the time to the audio unit or the display unit by setting the taking time for each cycle, The control unit, If there is no open signal of the door, the patient may manage the medicine medication cycle by transmitting a message, which causes the audio unit or the display unit to re-output the taking notification signal in association with the periodic signal at a period preset to the timer. Drug storage device. The method of claim 3, The message transmission module and the wired communication module may output a message and an emergency state signal to the manager and the management server, respectively, when there is no open signal of the door even when the taking notification signal is re-outputted in association with the periodic signal. A drug storage device capable of managing a patient medicine cycle by transmitting a message. The method of claim 3, The drug storage device, Chemical storage device which can be divided into the warm room, the refrigerating room and the room temperature storage room by the partition wall, and can manage the medication cycle of the patient by sending a message to control the temperature and humidity by the control unit, respectively. The method of claim 5, The timer is provided with a first timer, a second timer and a third timer to set the taking time of the drug contained in each of the warm room, the refrigerating room and the room temperature storage room, which can manage the patient medication cycle by the message transmission Chemical storage device The method of claim 1, The drug storage device, A drug storage device capable of managing a patient's medication cycle by sending a message, which has a blood glucose meter that can measure blood sugar of a diabetic patient. The method of claim 7, wherein The blood sugar value measured by the blood glucose meter is transmitted to the manager and the management server through the message transmission module and the wired communication module, respectively, the drug storage device that can manage the medication cycle of the patient by the message transmission. The method of claim 1, One side of the drug storage device is provided with an emergency button for transmitting an emergency signal according to the patient's emergency situation to the management server or the administrator via a wired or wireless communication network, the drug storage to manage the patient's medication cycle by sending a message Device.

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