KR20120007265A - Medicine storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A medicine storage box is provided to inform a user of an emergency situation by detecting the emergency situation. CONSTITUTION: A medicine storage box comprises: a sensor unit(110) which senses an emergency situation; an output unit(140) which outputs an emergency message corresponding to the sensed emergency situation; and a medicine providing unit which discharges specific medicine according to a fixed medicine taking schedule and discharges emergency medicine in an emergency situation. The output unit includes a sound unit outputting an emergency message.

Description

Drug Storage Box {MEDICINE STORAGE BOX}

The present invention relates to a drug storage box, and more particularly, to a warning box for an emergency situation occurring to a user, an emergency medicine taking instruction for an emergency situation, and a medicine storage box capable of performing emergency contact for an emergency situation. will be.

Drug means a substance administered to a living organism to treat, alleviate, or prevent a disease, injury, or other physical condition. It is common to take medications many times a year, even in healthy people, especially those with certain conditions who may need to take medications regularly throughout their lives. Since these drugs are made of different chemical components, most medications are prescribed in advance because different drugs have different processes of absorption and decomposition in the human body.

Therefore, for the correct dosage effect, it is important to take a fixed drug at a predetermined time interval according to the composition and purpose of the drug and the duration of the drug. In general, doctors or pharmacists who write prescriptions for medications provide information on medications, medication time, and methods in accordance with the life patterns of the general public, such as after waking up, before meals, after meals, and before bedtime. However, such medication guidance is explained according to oral medicine and pharmacists, and since it depends solely on the memory and attention of the patient during the medication process, it is difficult to expect effective medication according to the medication schedule unless the individual takes care of the medication.

Furthermore, people with certain diseases (eg, heart disease patients or diabetics) should take appropriate emergency medications in case of an emergency that can occur unexpectedly, otherwise fatal problems can occur. For example, a sudden heart attack in a heart patient or sudden hypoglycemic shock in a diabetic patient may be a typical emergency.

In the event of a sudden emergency in a person with a specific disease, it is difficult to expect emergency treatment by a physician, pharmacist, nurse, or emergency rescue person who has specialized knowledge, unless the place is a hospital or pharmacy. . Therefore, in the event of a sudden emergency, measures should be taken to resolve the emergency caused by the patient or others around him.

The first way to deal with emergencies in people with certain illnesses is to take patients with emergency medication that they have in response to emergencies. However, even when an emergency has occurred, a person with a certain disease may not be aware of the emergency that has happened to him or her, or may be unconscious, and people around him may have a specific disease even if they recognize an emergency that has occurred in a person with that particular disease. It is common for people to be unable to take emergency measures to take emergency medicine.

In addition, if an emergency occurs in a person with a specific disease, the patient who took the emergency medication may be required to receive additional medical care, such as a guardian or carer, doctor, nurse, dedicated hospital, emergency center, etc. Emergency communication should be preceded, and it will also be difficult for the patient or people around him to carry out such follow-up immediately.

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to detect an emergency situation occurred to a user with a specific disease to inform the user that an emergency situation has occurred, the emergency that the user should take in response to the emergency situation occurred to the user It tells how to take the drug, and provides the drug storage box to the emergency user can be contacted for an emergency occurred.

Technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned above will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Could be.

The drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the technical problem may include a sensing unit, an output unit, and a drug providing unit. The detector may detect whether an emergency situation occurs. The output unit may output an emergency message corresponding to an emergency detected by the detection unit. The drug providing unit discharges a specific drug according to a predetermined medication schedule to the outside, and when the emergency situation is detected, it may discharge the emergency medicine corresponding to the detected emergency situation to the outside.

The drug storage box according to another embodiment of the present invention for solving the technical problem is provided in the case, the inside of the case, corresponding to the first storage space and emergency situation for storing a specific drug according to a predetermined medication schedule A cartridge including a second storage space for storing the emergency medicine, formed in the case, for discharging the medicine stored in at least one storage space communicated between the first storage space and the second storage space to the outside An opening including at least one opening, and a driving unit for driving at least one of the cartridge and the opening based on whether an emergency occurs to communicate the at least one receiving space with the at least one opening. Can be.

Medication management method for solving the technical problem comprises the steps of detecting an emergency situation occurred to the user; Outputting an emergency message corresponding to an emergency detected by the detection unit; In response to the detected emergency, notifying the emergency to a preset external device; And discharging the specific drug according to a preset medication schedule to the outside, and when the emergency situation is detected, discharging the emergency drug corresponding to the detected emergency to the outside.

Drug storage and medication management method according to the present invention has the following effects.

According to the drug storage and medication management method according to the present invention, the user or people around him can recognize the emergency situation occurred to the user through an emergency message informing the user of the emergency situation.

In addition, according to the drug storage and medication management method according to the present invention, the user or people around him can be provided with an emergency medicine taking method that the user should take in response to an emergency situation occurred to the user.

In addition, according to the drug storage and medication management method according to the present invention, a predetermined organ, guardian, etc. can be notified of the emergency situation occurred to the user through their terminal (that is, the external device to the drug container).

Therefore, according to the drug storage box and the medication management method according to the present invention, the user can immediately take emergency medicine corresponding to the emergency, and can quickly receive subsequent medical measures according to the emergency even after taking the emergency medicine.

1 is a block diagram of a medication tracker management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram of the drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing an emergency message to inform the outside that an emergency occurred to the user, which occurs in the output of the drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates an emergency message for explaining an emergency medicine taking method to be taken by the user in response to an emergency situation occurring to the user, which occurs at the output of the drug storage box according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an emergency message illustrating an emergency contact method for notifying an external device of an emergency situation occurring to a user, which occurs at an output of a drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a message indicating the emergency drug presence monitoring results in a general situation, which occurs in the output of the drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a message indicating the emergency drug presence monitoring result in an emergency situation occurring at the output of the drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8A is an exploded perspective view of a medicine container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8b is an example of a cartridge included in the drug providing unit of the drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8C is another example of the cartridge included in the medicine providing unit of the medicine storage box according to the embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flow chart showing an example of a medication management method using a drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a medication management method using a drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart showing still another example of a medication management method using a drug storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Specific structural to functional descriptions of embodiments according to the inventive concept disclosed in the specification or the application are only illustrated for the purpose of describing embodiments according to the inventive concept, and according to the inventive concept. The examples may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein or in the application.

Embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention can make various changes and have various forms, so that specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in this specification or application. However, this is not intended to limit the embodiments in accordance with the concept of the present invention to a particular disclosed form, it should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

When a component is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that another component may exist in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between. Other expressions describing the relationship between components, such as "between" and "immediately between," or "neighboring to," and "directly neighboring to" should be interpreted as well.

When one component 'transmits or outputs' data or a signal to another component, the component may 'transmit or output' the data or signal directly to the other component, and at least one further This means that the data or signal may be transmitted or output to the other components through other components.

Terms such as first and / or second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another, for example, without departing from the scope of rights in accordance with the inventive concept, and the first component may be called a second component and similarly The second component may also be referred to as the first component.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram of a medication tracker management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A medication management system is a system for managing medications so that a prescribed medicine can be taken correctly. Medication management systems can lead to more comprehensive and systematic medication management by bringing drug users and their health managers closer together and sharing information with each other.

Such medication management may include medication guidance for effective medication, medication identification to confirm whether or not medication, and emergency medication taking instruction according to an emergency occurring in a patient. Here, the medication map may include a medication instruction to take medication according to the medication schedule and a misuse / abuse prevention function to prevent misuse or abuse of drugs.

Referring to FIG. 1, the medication tracker management system includes a health care server 10, a mobile communication terminal 20 of a user, each of which is connected to each other via a wired / wireless communication network to transmit and receive various types of information. Emergency communication mobile terminals 21 to 23, a plurality of management terminals (11 to 13) and the drug storage box 100 may be included.

The health care server 10 collects, manages, and provides various types of information for managing the health of a health manager, such as a patient and a drug user, in conjunction with a plurality of management terminals 11 to 13 and the drug storage box 100. It can be a server. Information collected, managed, and provided by the health care server 10 may include medication management information about a drug. Here, the medication management information may include user information, prescription information, medication schedule, medication confirmation information, emergency occurrence information, and emergency medication taking information corresponding to an emergency.

The user information may be information about the individual taking the medication. For example, the user information may include information about the user's name, sex, age, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, medical history, and other health conditions of the user. Prescription information may be information about the medicine prescribed to the user. The medication schedule may be a schedule in which the user must take the medication. Medication confirmation information may be information such as whether or not the patient taking the medication and whether the taking of the medicine was made according to the medication schedule.

The drug storage box 100 may store a variety of drugs that the user wants to take, and may take a medication map to the user by using information for health care received from the outside, and may check whether the user takes the medicine. In addition, the drug storage box 100 is directly or in conjunction with the user's mobile communication terminal 20 and the health management server 10 emergency communication mobile communication terminals (21 to 23) and a plurality of management terminals (11 to) 13) and data communication can be performed. The drug storage box 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

The management terminals 11 to 13 refer to terminals of institutions that directly or indirectly participate in the user's health management. The management terminals 21 to 23 may be external devices that receive an emergency occurrence message detected by the drug storage box 100. The management terminals 11 to 13 may include a hospital terminal, a hospital server, a pharmacy terminal, a pharmacy server, a health care center terminal, an emergency center terminal, an emergency center server, and the like.

The emergency communication mobile communication terminals 21 to 23 refer to terminals of people who are directly or indirectly involved in the user's health management. Each of the emergency communication mobile communication terminals 21 to 23 may be an external device that receives an emergency occurrence message from the drug storage box 100. The emergency communication mobile communication terminals 21 to 23 may include mobile communication terminals such as a caregiver, a caregiver, a doctor, a nurse, and a pharmacist of a user.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 2 to 11, looks at the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

2 is a block diagram of the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The drug storage box 100 detects an emergency situation occurring in the user and outputs an emergency message for recognizing the user or another person, and informs the user how to take the emergency medicine in response to the emergency occurred to the user You can perform emergency contact about the emergency situation that occurred to the user.

Referring to FIG. 2, the drug storage box 100 includes a sensor 105, a detection unit 110, a power supply unit 115, a control unit 120, an input unit 125, a memory unit 130, and an output unit 140. , Communication unit 150, and drug providing unit 160.

The sensor 105 may sense at least one of a user's biological signal and the exercise state of the user, and transmit the sensing result to the sensing unit 110. Here, the biosignal of the user may include at least one of a user's heartbeat, brain waves, body temperature, respiration, and blood sugar, and the exercise state of the user includes at least one of speed, acceleration, azimuth, altitude, and impact on the user's body. One may be included.

The sensor 105 may be implemented as part of the drug storage box 100, it may be implemented as a separate device from the drug storage box (100). The sensor 105 may be implemented in the form of accessories (eg, watches, belts, necklaces, bracelets) that are in contact with or mounted on the user's body. The sensor 105 may be connected to the drug storage box 100 by wire / wireless.

For example, the sensor 105 may detect data sensed using a short range wireless communication method such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), or the like. 110). In addition, unlike FIG. 1, the data sensed by the sensor 105 may be received through the communication unit 150 and transmitted to the detection unit 110.

In FIG. 1, the sensor 105 is shown as only one component, but the sensor 105 includes a plurality of sensors each configured to sense the above-described biological signal of the user and the exercise state of the user. It may be a module.

The detection unit 110 may detect the current state of the user and an emergency situation occurring in the user based on at least one of the bio signal of the user sensed by the sensor 105 and the exercise state of the user. have. In addition, the detection unit 110 may detect the presence or absence of the drug stored in the drug providing unit 160 and output the result to the control unit 120.

Hereinafter, a detection function based on the bio signal and the exercise state of the user of the detection unit 110 will be described in detail.

The sensing unit 110 may detect that the user has fallen based on the exercise state of the user, and then, when the user does not move for a predetermined time, may determine that an emergency situation has occurred to the user. In addition, the detector 110 may detect that an emergency situation (eg, a heart attack) has occurred in the user who is a heart patient based on the sensed heart rate of the user.

In addition, the detector 110 may detect that an emergency situation (eg, hypoglycemia) has occurred in the user who is a diabetic patient based on the sensed blood sugar of the user. In addition, the sensing unit 110 may detect that an emergency situation (eg, exceeding a risk threshold of blood pressure) has occurred in the user who is a hypertension patient based on the sensed blood pressure of the user. In the above, examples of detecting emergency situations occurring in the user using the sensing data by the sensor 105 have been described. However, these are only examples of emergency situations that may be detected by the detector 110, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, the detection unit 110 or the control unit 120 is an emergency to the user if the specific drug is not discharged to the outside of the drug storage box 100 within the medication time according to the medication schedule set in advance for the user It may be determined that the situation has occurred. That is, when the medication taking message according to the dosing schedule is output and the user does not take the action to take the medicine or to take the medicine later so that the time to take the medicine, the detection unit 110 to the user It can be determined that an emergency has occurred.

The power supply unit 115 may provide power to each component of the drug storage box 100. The power supply 115 may be fixed or detached in the drug storage box (100). For example, the power supply 115 may include a battery. In this case, the battery may be a battery that can be recharged by wire / wireless, or may be a solar cell capable of supplying energy to the drug storage box 100 by itself.

The control unit 120 controls the overall operation of the drug storage box (100). For example, the controller 120 may control an operation of the drug storage box 100 according to a medication schedule set in advance for the user stored in the memory unit 130 and based on an emergency situation occurring in the user. The operation of the drug storage box 100 may be controlled.

Here, the memory unit 130 may store a program for the operation of the drug storage box 100, the input / output data (for example, the user's medication schedule, the user's medication results, the sensed user Vital signs, etc.) may be stored. The memory unit 130 may include a flash memory, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read only memory (ROM), and an electrically erasable (EPPROM). Programmable ReadOnly Memory (PROM), Programmable ReadOnly Memory (PROM), etc. may be implemented, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

First, the operation of the drug storage box 100 performed under the control of the control unit 120 according to the medication schedule will be described in detail.

The controller 120 may control the output unit 140 to cause the output unit 140 to output a notification message according to the medication schedule. The notification message may include a message informing a time of taking a specific medicine according to the medication schedule, a message informing a method of taking the specific medicine, and the like.

In more detail, the sound unit 142 of the output unit 140 may output an alarm sound and a voice message indicating that the time of taking a particular medicine has arrived, according to the medication schedule, and the output unit ( The display unit 144 of 140 may output an image message indicating when to take and how to take the specific medicine.

The display unit 144 may include a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, a flexible display, and a 3D display (3D). The information processed in the medicine container 100 may be displayed using at least one of the displays.

In addition, the control unit 120 may control the drug providing unit 160 to allow the drug providing unit 160 to discharge the specific drug stored therein to the outside according to the medication scheduling. In this case, the controller 120 may generate a control signal for controlling the medicine providing unit 160 in response to a signal generated in response to a user's manipulation of a confirmation button (not shown). The operation of discharging chemicals stored in the medicine providing unit 160 will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 8A to 8C.

The confirmation button may be a button that protrudes out of the case of the drug storage box 100 included in the input unit 125, or may be a button implemented in a specific area of the input unit 125 by a touch screen function. That is, the input unit 125 may include a key pad, a dome switch, and a touch pad for generating input data for controlling the operation of the medicine container 100 based on a user's manipulation. Blackout), a jog wheel, and a jog switch. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, the control unit 120 controls the communication unit 150 to receive various data, including prescription information, medication schedule, etc., from the health care server 10 and the management terminals 21 to 23 from an external device. can do. In addition, the controller 120 transmits various data including the bio signal of the user, the exercise state of the user, the medication result of the user, and the like to the health care server 10 and the management terminals 21 to 23. The communication unit 150 may be controlled to transmit to an external device.

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the communication unit 150 may perform wired or wireless communication with a plurality of external devices connected through a communication network. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the communication unit 150 is an emergency contact mobile communication terminals 21 to 23 and a management terminal through the user's mobile communication terminal 20 or the health care server 10. Communication with the devices 21 to 23 may be performed. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the communication unit 150 may directly communicate with the emergency communication mobile communication terminals 21 to 23 and the management terminals 21 to 23.

The communication unit 150 communicates with external devices in addition to short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, infrared data association (IrDA), and ultra wideband (UWB). Various wireless communication technologies such as Wifi, Wireless LAN (WiFi), Wireless Broadband (Wibro), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) may be used. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Next, when an emergency occurs to the user, the operation of the drug storage box 100 that is performed under the control of the control unit 120 will be described in detail.

The controller 120 may control the output unit 140 to output an emergency message corresponding to an emergency detected by the detector 110. For example, when an emergency situation is detected, the controller 120 may include a warning sound for notifying the detected emergency situation, a voice message for notifying the detected emergency situation, and a voice message for explaining a method for providing the emergency medicine to a user. The sound unit 142 of the output unit 140 may be controlled to output the emergency message including at least one.

In addition, when an emergency situation is detected, the control unit 120 outputs the emergency message including at least one of an image informing of the detected emergency situation and an image for explaining a method for providing the emergency medicine to a user. The display unit 144 of the output unit 140 may be controlled. Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 3 and 5, when an emergency situation (that is, hypoglycemia) occurs in a diabetic user, an example of an emergency message displayed on the display unit 144 of the output unit 140 will be described.

3 is a view showing an emergency message to inform the outside that the user has an emergency occurred in the output unit 140 of the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the display unit 144 displays a text image indicating that an emergency has occurred to the user, “the patient has had an emergency !! Patient should take insulin !!”. .

4 illustrates an emergency message for explaining how to take an emergency medicine to be taken by the user in response to an emergency occurring in the user, which occurs at the output unit 140 of the drug storage box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the display unit 144 includes “emergency medicines” indicating how the user takes emergency medicines (ie, insulin) stored in the medicine storage box 100. Take an emergency medication !! You will see a text image.

5 is an emergency message illustrating an emergency contact method for notifying a user of an emergency situation occurring in the output unit 140 of the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention to a preset external device. Referring to FIG. 5, the display unit 144 notifies an external device (ie, emergency center management terminal) that an emergency has occurred to the user, "click here to contact the emergency center !!" It can be seen that the text image is displayed.

Here, the preset external device is a hospital terminal, a hospital server, a pharmacy terminal, an external device which is preset to receive a message indicating that an emergency has occurred, as described with reference to FIG. 1. Pharmacy Server, Health Care Center Terminal, Emergency Center Terminal, Emergency Center Server, Guardian's Mobile Terminal, Caregiver's Mobile Terminal, Doctor's Mobile Terminal, Nurse's Mobile Terminal, Pharmacist's Mobile Communication Terminals and the like.

For reference, an input unit 125 having a touch screen function is coupled to the display unit 144 illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5. Therefore, a user or a person who checks the emergency message may allow the medicine storage box 100 to discharge the emergency medicine or to perform an emergency contact to an external device by touching a portion where the emergency message is displayed.

Looking at the message display operation of the output unit 140 in more detail, the output unit 140 may display the emergency drug presence detection result by the detection unit 110 differently depending on whether or not an emergency situation occurred to the user. It may be.

6 is a message indicating the emergency drug presence monitoring result, which occurs in the output unit 140 of the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention in a general situation. 7 is a message indicating the emergency drug presence monitoring result, which occurs in the output unit 140 of the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an emergency occurs.

Referring to FIG. 6A, when there is an emergency medicine in the medicine storage box 100 in a normal situation, the display unit 144 of the output unit 140 contains “emergency medicine!” It can be seen that the text image is displayed. In addition, referring to Figure 6 (b), when there is no emergency medicine in the drug storage box 100 in the general situation, the display unit 144 "There is no emergency medicine!" It can be seen that the text image is displayed.

However, referring to FIG. 7 (a), when there is an emergency medicine in the medicine storage box 100 when an emergency occurs, the display unit 144 includes "emergency medicine!" In addition to the text image "Click here to take emergency medicine!" It can be seen that the text image is displayed together. In addition, referring to Figure 7 (b), when the emergency occurs in the drug storage box 100, the display unit 144, "there is no emergency medicine!" Text message and "Click here to notify the emergency center!" It can be seen that the text image is displayed together.

At this time, a user or a person around the user may press the video message portion so that the communication unit 150 notifies the emergency center that an emergency occurs and that there is no emergency medicine stored in the medicine storage box 100. Unlike the embodiment of Figure 7 (b), the communication unit 150, if there is no emergency medicine stored in the drug storage box 100 when an emergency occurs, emergency center side management automatically does not have the emergency medicine It may be notified to a preset external device such as a terminal. This is true even if the emergency medication is not in the drug storage box 100 in the general situation.

In addition, the control unit 120 may control the medicine providing unit 160 to discharge the emergency medicine to be taken by the user to the outside in response to an emergency situation in which the medicine providing unit 160 is stored therein. . In this case, the control unit 120 may generate a control signal for controlling the medicine providing unit 160 in response to a signal generated in response to a user's or a person's neighbor's manipulation of the confirmation button. Emergency drug discharge operation of the drug providing unit 160 will be described in detail with reference to Figure 8a to 8c below.

Figure 8a is an exploded perspective view of the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. For reference, FIG. 8A is a view for explaining the structure and operation of the drug providing unit 160, and other components except for the drug providing unit 160 are not shown in FIG. 8A. Referring to FIG. The drug providing unit 160 includes a case 164, a cartridge 162 provided inside the case 164, and an opening 165 formed in the case 164.

The case 164 may form an appearance of the drug storage box 100. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the drug storage box 100 may be a medicine box or a portable medicine. If the drug storage box 100 is portable, the user holds the drug storage box 100 without regard to the place, so that the weight is light and small so that it is easy to take the medicine according to the medication schedule even when going out. It is preferable.

In addition, the case 164 is preferably made of reinforced plastic or aluminum having a suitable strength for the protection of the components contained therein. In addition, the case 164 may have a material and structure that blocks light, moisture, etc. in order to prevent the deterioration of the chemicals stored therein, may have a material and structure that is free to ventilate.

The cartridge 162 may be provided inside the case 164, and may include a plurality of drug receiving spaces 162A. The plurality of storage spaces 162A may be separated from each other by at least one partition wall. Although not shown in FIG. 8A, the plurality of medicine storage spaces 162A may be a first storage space for storing a specific medicine according to a preset medication schedule and a second storage space for storing emergency medicine corresponding to an emergency. Can be classified.

Here, the shape of the cartridge 162 may be formed in a shape similar to the shape of the case 164. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the case 164 has a cylindrical shape, the cartridge may be provided in a cylindrical shape or a circular plate shape. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the shape of the cartridge 162 may be different from that of the case 164.

The cartridge 162 may be accommodated and driven in the case 164. Such driving may be performed by an external force applied by a user of the drug storage box 100 or a driving force generated by the driving unit 166 to be described later. For example, the circular cartridge 162 illustrated in FIG. 8A may rotate by the rotational force generated by the driving unit 166. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the rectangular parallelepiped cartridge may linearly move inside the case 164 by an external force generated by the driving unit 166. In addition, the cartridge 162 may simultaneously perform linear motion and rotational motion inside the case 164. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The cartridge 162 may also be a material suitable for storing the medicine (eg, a material for protecting the stored medicine from light or moisture), and may have a structure suitable for storing the medicine (eg, a structure for easy ventilation). have.

Drugs may be stored in each of the storage spaces 162A. For example, the first storage space of the storage spaces 162A may store a single dose of a specific medicine to be taken according to a medication schedule. Therefore, when there are a plurality of first storage spaces, the cartridge 162 may store a certain amount of a specific medicine corresponding to the number of the first storage spaces.

This particular type of drug is also not limited to one, and may be various in the medication schedule. Then, the first storage spaces may also be classified into a plurality of lower storage spaces according to the specific drug type. For example, when a user needs to take a cold medicine and an antibiotic at the same time, the first storage spaces may include a storage space for storing only cold medicine, a storage space for storing only antibiotics, and storage for both cold medicine and antibiotics according to a medication schedule. Can be classified as space.

The second storage space of the storage spaces 162A may store a single dose of emergency medicine that the user should take in an emergency situation. Therefore, when there are a plurality of the second storage spaces, the cartridge 162 may store the amount of doses corresponding to the number of the second storage spaces.

There may be many kinds of such emergency medicine depending on the emergency situation occurring to the user. Then, the second storage space may be classified into a plurality of lower storage spaces according to the type of emergency medicine. For example, in the case of a patient having diabetes and hypertension at the same time, the second storage space is a storage space for accommodating emergency medicine corresponding to an emergency called hypoglycemia, and a storage space for accommodating emergency medicine corresponding to a heart attack symptom. For example, it can be classified as a storage space for storing both emergency medicines.

The medicine stored in the storage space communicated by at least one opening formed in the opening 165 among the above-described first storage spaces and the second storage spaces may be discharged to the outside of the medicine storage box 100. Referring to FIG. 8A, the opening 165 may further include a slit 165A for opening and closing the opening in communication with the accommodation space.

In this case, the driving unit 166 opens the corresponding storage space among the first storage spaces and the second storage spaces in which the medicine to be taken by the user is stored based on a preset medication schedule or an emergency situation occurring in the user. A driving force for communicating with at least one opening formed in 165 may be generated.

As shown in FIG. 8A, the driving unit 166 and the cartridge 162 may be coupled to each other by the driving shaft 166A and the driving shaft hole 163, and the driving force may be used to rotate the cylindrical cartridge 162. Rotational force. In this case, the storage space for discharging the stored chemicals among the first storage spaces and the second storage spaces may be determined by the rotation angle of the cartridge 162 due to the rotational force.

However, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the driving unit 166 may be combined with an opening that is not a cartridge to generate a driving force for driving the opening, and the driving force may also be a driving force for linear motion, not a rotational force. In addition, the driving unit 166 may drive both the cartridge and the opening.

The opening is located in the hatched portion of the cartridge 162 in FIG. 8A when no medication is discharged from the medication container 100 based on medication schedule or emergencies. The hatched portion is a space that should have a storage space in the structure of the cartridge 162, but in order to prevent the medicine stored in the cartridge 162 to be discharged to the outside, it is preferably a closed or empty storage space Do. 8B and 8C do not show the hatched storage space portion, but the above description may also be applied to FIGS. 8B and 8C.

In FIG. 8A, the first storage spaces and the second storage spaces of the storage spaces 162A included in the cartridge 162 are separated from each other by a partition wall. However, according to the implementation, the separation of the first storage spaces and the second storage spaces can be made in various ways, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8B and 8C.

8B is an example of the cartridge 162 ′ included in the medicine providing unit 160 of the medicine storage box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8C illustrates the medicine storage box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Another example of the cartridge 162 ″ included in the drug providing unit 160 is described.

8A and 8C, the first and second receiving spaces included in the cartridge 162 of FIG. 8A are all formed within the same radius of rotation, but the cartridges 162 ′ and 162 of FIGS. 8B to 8C. The first storage spaces 162A 'and 162A " are provided in the first rotation radius region between the first rotation radius and the second rotation radius with respect to the rotation axis, and the second storage spaces 162B' and 162B. It can be seen that ") may be formed in the second radius of rotation area within the second radius of rotation. In Figures 8b and 8c the first radius of rotation is greater than the second radius of rotation, depending on the implementation In addition, the first accommodating spaces and the second accommodating spaces may be formed together in the same rotation radius area as that of the cartridge 162 of FIG. 8A.

Looking more specifically at the cartridges 162 ′, 162 ″ of FIGS. 8B-8C, the second receiving spaces 162B ′ in FIG. 8B include a plurality of receiving spaces separated by a partition within the same turning radius. And, it can be seen that the second accommodation space 162b ″ of FIG. 8C is one space formed within the same rotation radius. However, the shape and structure of the cartridge and the storage spaces described above are only embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this case, although not shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the opening may include a first opening and a first opening communicating with a corresponding storage space among the first storage spaces 162A ′ and 162 ″ in response to the rotational force generated by the driving unit. It is preferred to include a second opening in communication with the corresponding storage space of the two storage spaces 162B ', 162B ".

The first accommodating spaces 162A 'and 162A ″ and the second accommodating spaces 162B' and 162B ″ may be driven by different driving forces generated by the driving unit 166. For example, in a general situation, the first storage spaces 162A 'and 162A "may be rotated by the first rotational force based on the medication schedule. Then, the specific medicine that the user should take The received storage space may be in communication with the opening.

However, when an emergency occurs in the user, the second storage spaces 162B 'and 162B ″ may be rotated by the second rotational force generated by the driving unit 166. Then, in response to the emergency occurring to the user An accommodation space containing the emergency medication to be taken by the user may be in communication with the opening.

Depending on the medication schedule, two or more storage spaces of the first storage spaces 162A 'and 162A "may be continuously connected to the opening. According to the medication schedule, the two or more first storage spaces may be continuously connected to the opening. The communication may be equally applied to the storage spaces 162A of FIG. 8A.

In addition, two or more storage spaces among the second storage spaces 162B 'and 162B ″ may be continuously communicated with the opening based on a user's state in an emergency situation, whether or not an overlap of emergency situations occurs, and the like. The two or more second storage spaces continuously communicating with the opening may be equally applied to the storage spaces of FIG.

In the above, the structure, function, and operation of the drug storage box 100 according to the present invention was examined for each component. Hereinafter, look at the medication management method for the user using the drug storage box 100 according to the time series flow.

9 is a flow chart showing an example of a medication management method using the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 9.

When the emergency situation occurred to the user by the detection unit 110 is detected (S90), the communication unit 150 notifies the user to the preset contact that the emergency situation has occurred (S91), the output unit 140 is the user Outputs a warning message indicating that an emergency has occurred (S92).

Here, the preset contact means an identification number of the external device (for example, a mobile communication number of the guardian of the user) set in advance to notify the user of an emergency situation, and a warning message corresponds to an emergency situation type and an emergency situation. It may include a method of providing an emergency medicine stored in the drug storage box (100).

Then, when the user or a person around him checks the warning message output from the output unit 140, and presses the confirmation button (S93), the drug providing unit 160 to respond to the emergency Discharge the emergency medicine to the outside (S94). The user can then take the discharged emergency medication and quickly receive follow-up medical care.

10 is a flow chart showing another example of a medication management method using the drug storage box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the process will be described sequentially with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 10.

The detection unit 110 detects the presence or absence of the emergency medicine stored in the drug providing unit 160 (S100, S101). As a result, when there is an emergency medicine stored in the medicine providing unit 160, the output unit 140 displays a message indicating that there is an emergency medicine stored in the medicine providing unit 160 (S102).

However, when there is no emergency medicine stored in the medicine providing unit 160, the output unit 140 displays a message indicating that there is no emergency medicine stored in the medicine providing unit 160 (S103) May inform to a preset contact that they do not have emergency medicines to take in response to an emergency. Then, the guardian, etc. who have received such contact may deliver emergency medicine to the user or recharge the emergency medicine in the medicine storage box 100.

11 is a flowchart illustrating still another example of a medication management method using the drug storage box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the process will be described sequentially with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 11.

The output unit 140 outputs a notification message according to the medication schedule (S110). Here, the notification message according to the medication schedule may be a voice message or a video message including the arrival of the medication time according to the medication schedule, the type of a specific medication to be taken, the medication method, and the like. After the notification message is output, the detector 110 or the controller 120 determines whether there is an operation of a user for taking a specific medicine according to a medication schedule (S111).

When the user takes an action such as pressing a confirmation button to take the specific drug, the drug provider 160 discharges the specific drug according to the medication schedule to the outside (S112), the user takes the discharged specific drug can do.

However, if there is no operation for the user to take the specific medicine within the time period of taking the specific medicine according to the medication schedule, the control unit 120 determines that an emergency situation has occurred to the user (S113), the detection unit 110 May detect an emergency situation occurring in the user based on the user's biosignal received from the sensor, the user's exercise state, and the like.

Then, the control unit 120 causes the output unit 140 to output a warning message indicating that an emergency situation has occurred, and causes the communication unit 150 to notify the emergency contact to a preset contact point (S114).

Then, when the user or a person around him checks the warning message output by the output unit 140, presses the confirmation button, and the like, the medicine providing unit 160 supplies the emergency medicine corresponding to the emergency situation. Discharge to the outside (S115). The user can then take the discharged emergency medication and quickly receive follow-up medical care.

A medication management method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by executing a computer program for executing the medication management method according to the embodiment of the present invention stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. For example, computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like.

The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the medication management method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various substitutions, modifications, and changes to the present invention described above without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention is not limited by the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings. In addition, the technical protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein, but may be determined by an optional combination of all or some of the embodiments so that various modifications may be made.

10: health care server 11, 12, 13: management terminal
20: User's mobile terminal 21, 22, 23: Emergency communication terminal
100: medicine container 105: sensor
110: detector 115: power supply
120: control unit 125: input unit
130: memory unit 140: output unit
142: sound unit 144: display unit
150: communication unit 160: drug providing unit
161: Drug Storage Case 162, 162 ', 162 ": Cartridge
162A: storage spaces 162A ', 162A ": first storage space
162B ', 162B ": 2nd accommodating space 163: Drive shaft hole
165: opening 165A: opening slit
166: drive unit 167: drive shaft

Claims (20)

A detector for detecting whether an emergency situation occurs;
An output unit for outputting an emergency message corresponding to an emergency detected by the detection unit; And
Dispensing certain drugs according to a predetermined medication schedule to the outside, the drug storage box including a drug providing unit for discharging the emergency medicine corresponding to the detected emergency to the outside when an emergency is detected. The method of claim 1, wherein the detection unit
Drug storage characterized in that for detecting an emergency situation occurred in the user based on at least one of the user's biological signal sensed by at least one sensor and the exercise state of the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the output unit
A sound unit for outputting the emergency message including at least one of a warning sound for notifying the detected emergency situation, a voice message for notifying the detected emergency situation, and a voice message for explaining a method for providing the emergency medicine to a user; Drug storage characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the output unit
And a display unit for outputting the emergency message including at least one of an image for notifying the detected emergency situation and an image for explaining a method for providing the emergency drug to a user. According to claim 1, wherein the drug storage box
Drug storage box further comprising a communication unit for notifying the detected emergency situation to a preset external device. The method of claim 1, wherein the detection unit further detects the presence of the emergency medicine stored in the drug providing unit,
The output unit drug storage, characterized in that for further outputting a message indicating the presence or absence of the emergency medicine based on the emergency drug presence detection result. The method of claim 6, wherein the drug storage box
If there is no emergency medicine stored in the drug providing unit, the drug storage box further comprises a communication unit for automatically notifying the preset external device even if there is no emergency drug. The method of claim 1, wherein the output unit
Drug storage, characterized in that further outputs a notification message (Alarm Message) according to the preset medication schedule. According to claim 1, wherein the drug storage box
If the specific drug is not discharged to the outside within the medication time according to the medication schedule, it is determined that an emergency has occurred to the user and the drug storage box, characterized in that notifying the emergency situation to the predetermined external device. case;
A cartridge provided inside the case, the cartridge including a first storage space for storing a specific medicine according to a predetermined medication schedule and a second storage space for storing an emergency medicine corresponding to an emergency;
An opening formed in the case and including at least one opening for discharging the medicine stored in at least one storage space communicated with each other among the first storage space and the second storage space; And
And a drive unit for driving at least one of the cartridge and the opening to communicate the at least one storage space with the at least one opening based on whether the emergency occurs. The method of claim 10, wherein the driving unit generates a rotational force for rotating at least one of the cartridge and the opening with respect to a predetermined rotation axis,
The first receiving spaces are provided in the first rotation radius area with respect to the rotation axis,
The second storage space is a chemical storage box, characterized in that provided in the second rotation radius area relative to the rotation axis. The method of claim 11, wherein the opening
A first opening communicating with the first receiving space in response to the rotational force; And
And a second opening communicating with the second receiving space in response to the rotational force. The method of claim 10, wherein the drug storage box
And a detector configured to detect an emergency situation occurring in the user based on at least one of a user's biological signal sensed by at least one sensor and the exercise state of the user. The method of claim 10, wherein the drug storage box
The drug storage box further comprises an output unit for outputting an alarm message corresponding to the preset medication schedule and an emergency message corresponding to the emergency situation. The method of claim 14, wherein the output unit
And a sound unit for outputting the emergency message including at least one of a warning sound for notifying the emergency situation, a voice message for notifying the emergency situation, and a voice message for explaining a method for providing the emergency medicine to a user. Drug storage. The method of claim 14, wherein the output unit
And a display unit for outputting the emergency message including at least one of an image notifying the emergency situation and an image for explaining a method for providing the emergency drug to a user. The method of claim 10, wherein the drug storage box
Drug storage characterized in that it further comprises a communication unit for notifying the emergency situation to a preset external device. The method of claim 10, wherein the drug storage box
Detecting unit for detecting the presence of the emergency medicine stored in the medicine providing unit; And
The medicine storage box further comprises an output unit for outputting a message indicating the presence or absence of the emergency medicine based on the emergency drug presence detection result. The method of claim 18, wherein the drug storage box
If there is no emergency medicine stored in the drug providing unit, drug storage box, characterized in that it further comprises a communication unit for automatically notifying the preset external device that there is no emergency medicine. Detecting an emergency situation occurring in the user;
Generating an emergency message corresponding to an emergency detected by the detection unit;
In response to the detected emergency, notifying the emergency to a preset external device; And
Dispensing a specific drug according to a predetermined medication schedule to the outside, and when the emergency situation is detected, the step of discharging the emergency medication corresponding to the detected emergency to the outside.

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