KR20110019817A - Networking system using medicine keeping apparatus managing taking-time of medicine punctually - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A networking system using a medicine keeping apparatus managing the taking-time of medicine punctually is provided to manage a patient at a remote place by informing a manager at a remote place whether or not a patient took medicine. CONSTITUTION: A medicine storage device(101) comprises the followings. A timer sets up a medicine-taking time in each period, and outputs the information on the time to an audio unit or display unit. If the patient does not take a medicine, a wired/wireless communication module transfers an emergency signal to management servers(108a,108b) or a manager(109). The management server or the manager receives from the medicine storage device the message regarding to the emergency signal.

Description

Networking system using medicine keeping apparatus managing taking-time of medicine punctually}

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

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.

Networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the medicine delivery cycle according to the present invention for solving the above problems, as a housing for storing the medicine, by setting the medicine taking time for each cycle taking the audio portion or the display portion A timer for outputting time; A wired and wireless communication module for transmitting an emergency signal to a management server or a manager through a wired or wireless communication network when the patient has not taken medicine; And a management server or a manager for receiving the message from the drug storage device through the wired / wireless communication network.

Here, the emergency signal is preferably a door open signal generated when the door is not continuously opened even after a predetermined time taken for medicine is stored in the medicine storage device.

It may further include a VoIP module which is a modem based on a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) protocol to enable voice communication between the management server or a manager and a patient.

In this case, when there is no open signal of the door, the controller may cause 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.

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 illustrates a networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the medicine cycle according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the networking system using the drug storage device according to the present invention is a drug storage device 101, wired and wireless communication networks (102, 103, 105) or public switched telephone network 104, firewall 106, IP Server 107, management servers 108a and 108b, and administrator 109.

The drug storage device 101 is a container for storing medicines, and the SMS, LMS or MMS with the management server 108a, 108b and the manager 109 through the wired / wireless communication network 102, 103, 105 or the public switched telephone network 104. It is a device that can transmit or receive VoIP voice communication. It can not only store medicines, but also check the patient's medicine taking time through various communication networks and inform them in real time. Is in charge of the function. Detailed description of the drug storage device 101 will be described again with reference to FIG.

The wired / wireless communication network may use a Wi-Fi wireless network 102 and a wired Internet network 103, and the public switched telephone network 104 may use a public switched telephone network (PSTN) network, and may also use mobile wireless communication. Networking may use a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and the wired / wireless communication network of the present invention is not limited to the networking network shown in FIG. 1.

Management server (108a, 108b) and manager (109) is responsible for managing the patient taking medication and management server (108a, 108b) may be a server (108a) of the government agency involved in patient management or Server 108b. Manager 109 may be a government agency or a responsible / representative, social worker, related relatives or 119 control center related to patient management.

In the networking system of the present invention, an emergency signal can be transmitted to the management servers 108a and 108b and the manager 109 using the drug storage device 101 as shown in FIG. 3 through SMS or a wired communication network. As shown in FIG. 4, an emergency signal can be transmitted to the management servers 108a and 108b and the manager 109 by using an SMS storage device 101 through an SMS or a wired communication network. As shown in FIG. 6, the management of diabetic patients can be made remotely by transmitting blood glucose measurement values to the management servers 108a and 108b and the manager 109 through the SMS or the wired communication network using the drug storage device 101 as shown in FIG. 6. As described above, the VoIP protocol-based voice call is enabled to the management servers 108a and 108b and the manager by using the drug storage device 101, thereby smoothly managing the patient by bidirectional communication between the patient and the manager. It has a feature that can be luer. Detailed description of these various functions will be described again with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

Figure 2 shows the internal configuration of the drug storage device according to the invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drug storage device according to the present invention includes a power supply unit 110, a medicine storage box 100 consisting of a warm room 120, a refrigerating room 130, and a room temperature storage room 140, and a blood glucose meter ( 150, a wired / wireless communication module 170a including a timer 160, an SMS transmission module 170, and a wired communication module 180, a controller 190, an audio unit 191, and a video unit 192. ), A 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 each storage compartment are equipped with an open detection sensor (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.

The SMS transmission module 170 and the wired communication module 180 are wired / wireless communication units for transmitting a message in the storage unit 193 to the remote management server or administrator by the controller 190 in association with the timer 160.

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 a remote management server and a manager when the patient has not taken the medicine at a predetermined 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 is used as a signal to follow-up care by replacing the patient not taking the medicine at the specified time. .

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.

In the present invention, it will be described as sending an emergency signal by recognizing whether the patient has taken the medicine as a door open signal, but it is not limited to this because it can determine whether the patient has taken the medicine by other methods. to be. For example, the weight of a medicine bag or a medicine bottle may be sensed to determine whether the signal is taken, or a certain area may be divided to determine whether the medicine bag or medicine bottle is used to determine whether to take a signal by the presence of a judgment. In addition, since the patient may directly generate a dose signal, the emergency signal generation pattern may be variously developed.

Referring to FIG. 2, the dosing notification signal sets the taking time value of the 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 3 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, when the open detection sensor (231 to 233) detects that the medicine storage room is not opened even by repeatedly taking a notification signal, 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.

4 is a schematic diagram of a system for transmitting an emergency signal through an SMS or a wired communication network when an emergency situation occurs to a management server and a manager using a 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 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 The emergency signal is transmitted to the management server 210 using the 171 or the analog modem 172, and the management server 210 retransmits this signal to the manager 220 to check the emergency situation of the patient to be managed, and then follow up. Do it. 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 5 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting the blood sugar measurement value to the management server and the administrator via the 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. 6 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 management server) may be made in the situation illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 6.

That is, in the case of voice communication through the VoIP modem in FIG. 3, when the administrator receives an SMS signal when the patient is not taking the medicine (if there is no door opening of the drug storage device), the patient calls a medicine or the like. It may be used to deliver a voice message to take, in the case of Figure 4, when an emergency occurs, such as the patient operating the emergency button unit 240 to use the voice communication for the response of the administrator or management server In the case of Figure 5, it can be used for voice communication, such as guidance of results through the self-checking blood sugar.

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 illustrates a networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the medicine cycle according to the present invention.

Figure 2 shows the internal configuration of the drug storage device according to the invention.

Figure 3 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.

4 is a schematic diagram of a system for transmitting an emergency signal through an SMS or a wired communication network when an emergency situation occurs to a management server and a manager using a drug storage device according to the present invention.

Figure 5 schematically shows a system diagram for transmitting the blood sugar measurement value to the management server and the administrator via the SMS or wired communication network using the drug storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 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 (10)

A container for storing a medicine, comprising: a timer for setting a medicine taking time for each cycle and outputting the taking time to an audio unit or a display unit; A wired and wireless communication module for transmitting an emergency signal to a management server or a manager through a wired or wireless communication network when the patient has not taken medicine; And a drug storage device including a control unit for controlling overall control. And a management server or manager receiving the message from the drug storage device through the wired / wireless communication network. The method of claim 1, The emergency signal is a door open signal generated when the door is not opened continuously even after a predetermined time for taking medicine set in the medicine storage device, networking using a medicine storage device that can manage the medicine cycle system. The method of claim 1, The drug storage device, Further comprising a VoIP module which is a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) protocol-based modem to enable the voice call between the management server or the administrator and the patient taking the medicine, the drug storage device that can manage the medicine cycle Used networking system. The method of claim 3, The control unit, Networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the medicine cycle to the audio unit or display unit to output the taking notification signal in conjunction with the periodic signal at a period preset to the timer when there is no door open signal . The method of claim 4, wherein The wire / wireless communication module transmits a message and an emergency state signal to the manager and the management server, respectively, when there is no door open signal even when the taking notification signal is re-outputted in association with the periodic signal. Networking system using a chemical storage device that can manage the cycle. The method of claim 4, wherein The drug storage device, Networking system using a chemical storage device which can be divided into a warm room, a cold room and a room temperature storage compartment by a partition wall, and to control the temperature and humidity by the control unit, respectively. The method of claim 6, The timer has a first storage device, a second timer, and a third timer, each of which has a medicine storage device capable of managing a medicine cycle, so as to set a taking time of medicines stored in each of a warm room, a cold room, and a room temperature storage room. system. The method of claim 1, The drug storage device, Networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the cycle of medication, combined with a blood glucose meter that can measure the blood sugar of diabetic patients. The method of claim 8, The blood glucose value measured by the blood glucose meter is transmitted to the manager and the management server through the wired / wireless communication module, respectively, Networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the medication cycle. 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 emergency situation of the patient to the management server or administrator through the wired or wireless communication network, networking system using a drug storage device that can manage the medicine cycle .

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