KR20160134950A - Apparatus for controlling a personal dispenser and method thereof - Google Patents

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KR20160134950A
KR20160134950A KR1020150067083A KR20150067083A KR20160134950A KR 20160134950 A KR20160134950 A KR 20160134950A KR 1020150067083 A KR1020150067083 A KR 1020150067083A KR 20150067083 A KR20150067083 A KR 20150067083A KR 20160134950 A KR20160134950 A KR 20160134950A
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a personal dispenser. The apparatus includes a user recognition unit for recognizing a user in front of or within a certain distance of a personal dispenser for taking medication, a medicine dispensing unit for recognizing medication information attached or printed on the medicine dispensed through the personal dispenser A medication detection unit for detecting whether a user takes medication discharged through the personal dispenser, and a medication detection unit for detecting a medication prescribed by the user when a predetermined medication time has elapsed or when a medication request is received from the user, And a control unit for detecting whether the user draws out the discharged cannabis to take the medicine.

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[0001] APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PERSONAL DISPENSER AND METHOD THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a personal dispenser, and more particularly, to a personal dispenser control apparatus and a personal dispenser control apparatus for automatically managing medicines through a personal dispenser Apparatus and method.

Generally, continuous medication management is very important for the management of disease in patients with chronic diseases or elderly people. However, in the case of elderly people, it may be difficult to take the medication regularly at the correct time if the medication administration is not performed due to the memory decline or the like. For this reason, technologies are being developed to support periodic drug dosing.

For example, one of the existing technologies for managing medicines is to develop a technique for storing the medication in the form of an alarm for medication time, ie, medication, in a cell classified by date or time zone, and alarming the time at a designated time have.

In recent years, various technologies have been developed for managing the administration of the capsules, such as notifying the time of taking the capsules and determining whether the capsules are taken, in order to support the users taking the capsules, A technique for providing a service that supports medication in cooperation with a server to be managed is being developed.

However, conventional medicinal support apparatuses only discharge medicines to be taken by the user according to a predetermined schedule and only estimate whether or not medicines are taken based on the surrounding situation. Since it is not possible to directly confirm whether the user actually takes the medicines, There is a problem that the bidirectional medicament support service between the device and the user can not be provided.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] The background art of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1210272 (2012.04.04 registration, medicines service device, medicines, medicines support device and its method).

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a personal dispenser control device for automatically managing a medication through a personal dispenser, The purpose of the method is to provide.

A personal dispenser control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a user recognition unit for recognizing a user located within a certain distance or ahead of a personal dispenser for medication; A drug recognizing unit for recognizing medication information attached to or printed on a drug cartridge discharged through the personal dispenser; A medication detection unit detecting whether the user takes medication discharged through the personal dispenser; And a control unit for discharging a specified medicine to the user when a predetermined medication time has elapsed or when a medication request has been received from the user when the normal cartridge is mounted and detecting whether the user takes out the discharged medicine and takes it out .

In the present invention, the control unit recognizes whether a normal or abnormal foam cartridge is mounted according to whether the information registered in the foam cartridge mounted on the personal dispenser matches the information registered in the personal dispenser.

In the present invention, the control unit outputs the medication prohibition guidance when the abnormal pharmaceutical cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser.

In the present invention, the feces cartridge is characterized in that the feces cartridge is a cartridge which stores a feces package in which feces are continuously connected and wound in a roll form, and is easily attached to the personal dispenser.

In the present invention, the user recognition unit may include at least one of a camera, a short-range wireless communication module, and a biometric module.

In the present invention, the drug recognizing unit recognizes medicament information, drug images and states attached to or printed on a drug in at least one of an NFC tag, an RFID tag, a barcode, and a QR code, And a module.

The present invention further includes a guide information output unit for outputting preset guide or instruction information according to each situation after discharging the drug, after discharging the drug, and after taking the discharged drug, The output unit includes at least one of visual information output means and auditory information output means. The guidance or instruction information is stored in advance in the internal memory or received from an external management server in real time.

The present invention further includes a communication unit for transmitting the state information of the personal dispenser and the information detected for each medication step to an external management server and receiving guidance or instruction information and medication schedule information to be output from the management server for each medication step Wherein the status information of the personal dispenser includes at least one of the number of remaining cartridges, the number of discharged cartridges, the number of discharged cartridges that have been discharged but not drawn, the number of cartridges taken, the number of cartridges that have not been used, Wherein the medication step includes at least one of a user recognition step before medication, a drug discharge step, a drug takeout step, and a medication step.

In the present invention, the fingernail cartridge is configured to store a fingernail package to which the fingernails containing the once-use medicament are connected in series, and to separate the fingernail packaged through the personal dispenser, And a discharging part for discharging the individual medicine packages of the medicine package to the outside of the cartridge.

In the present invention, the personal dispenser may further include: a mounting portion for mounting the cartridge, a transfer portion for transferring the foam package discharged from the foam cartridge, a cut portion for cutting the foam package transferred from the transfer portion into individual foam packets, And a selecting unit for discharging the cut individual clothes or sending the collected clothes to a collection box for collecting the uncapped clothes.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a personal dispenser control method comprising the steps of: detecting whether a normal can dispense cartridge is mounted on a personal dispenser for automatically discharging a can dispenser; When the normal dispensing cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser, the controller transmits the dispensing state of the normal dispensing cartridge to an external management server; Receiving the medication schedule information or the personal dispenser control information corresponding to the feces cartridge from the management server; And controlling the personal dispenser according to the medication schedule information or the personal dispenser control information received from the management server.

In the present invention, in the step of detecting whether or not a normal cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser, the control unit may detect information registered in the personal dispenser and the cartridges cartridge when the cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser And if they match, it is determined that the normal cartridge is mounted.

According to the present invention, in the step of controlling the personal dispenser according to the medication step, the control unit may control the user to dispense medicines to the user when a normal medicament cartridge is installed in the personal dispenser, A drug detection step, a drug release step, a drug release step, a drug administration step, a drug administration step, and a drug administration step, A withdrawal step, and a drug administration step.

In the present invention, the step of controlling the personal dispenser according to the medication step may include: detecting the state information of the personal dispenser according to the medication step and transmitting the detected state information to the management server; And the management server cumulatively managing status information of the personal dispenser transmitted by the control unit in a database, wherein the status information includes at least one of the number of the remaining cartridges in the personal dispenser, the number of discharged cartridges, The number of feces that have not been taken, the number of feces that have not been taken, and the operation error state.

In the present invention, when the normal dispensing cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser, when the medication time set in the personal dispenser is reached or there is a medication request from the user, the control unit recognizes a user located within a predetermined distance or ahead of the personal dispenser ; If the recognized user is a legitimate user, the control unit may output pre-medication guidance or instruction information; After the medicine dispenser is dispensed according to the medication schedule, the control unit detects whether the dispensed medicine dispenser is drawn out from the personal dispenser; The control unit outputs guidance information or instruction information for a predetermined period of time if the discharged medicine can not be withdrawn and the control unit detects the user's medication when the discharged medicine is withdrawn; And when the user's medication is detected, the controller outputs guidance or instruction information after medication.

The present invention can automatically manage medicines through a personal dispenser, which is a device for supporting the user to take medicines, and can automatically check medicines.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram showing a schematic configuration of a personal dispenser control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing medication guidance information transmitted by a management server to a user's portable terminal in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of a setting screen of medication schedule information stored in the management server in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing an example of prescription information of a user stored in the management server in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a photograph of the shape of the personal dispenser and the foam cartridge mounted thereon in FIG. 1; FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a personal dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an example of state information of the personal dispenser cumulatively managed by the management server during the medication administration period in FIG. 6; FIG.
8 is a flowchart for explaining a personal dispenser control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an apparatus and a method for controlling a personal dispenser according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is an exemplary diagram showing a schematic configuration of a personal dispenser control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the personal dispenser control apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes a user recognition unit 110, a medicine recognizing unit 120, a medication detection unit 130, a control unit 140, (150), a communication unit (160), and a voice input unit (170).

As shown in FIG. 1, the personal dispenser control apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can be embedded in the main body of the personal dispenser 200.

Also, the personal dispenser controller 100 may communicate with an external management server 300 that provides medication support services by wire or wireless.

At this time, the management server 300 may transmit medication guidance information to the portable terminal 400 of the user registered in advance for the medication support service.

The medication guidance information transmitted from the management server 300 to the portable terminal 400 may include a short message service (SMS), an e-mail, an APP, Dedicated application) (see Figure 2).

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the medication information transmitted from the management server to the portable terminal in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 2, the medication information includes a recipient name, prescription, Time, and current medication state information.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the user recognition unit 110 recognizes a user to be medicated at each medication.

The user recognition unit 110 may include a camera (not shown), a short range wireless communication module (e.g., Bluetooth, NFC, ZigBee, RFID, etc.) (not shown), and a biometric module A voice recognition module, a fingerprint recognition module, etc.) (not shown).

For example, in order to recognize a user through the short-range wireless communication module (not shown), the user may use a portable terminal such as a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tag, a wearable device It is possible to carry at least one of them. The biometric module may recognize a user by processing information (e.g., user's image and voice) input through a camera (not shown) and a voice input unit 170 (e.g., a microphone).

The drug recognizing unit 120 recognizes medication information (e.g., NFC tag, RFID tag, bar code, QR code, etc.) attached to or printed on a drug dispensed through the personal dispenser 200.

The apparatus for recognizing the pharmacy 120 may include a camera (not shown), a short range wireless communication module (e.g., Bluetooth, NFC, ZigBee, RFID, etc.) (not shown) and a biometric module (E.g., iris recognition module, speech recognition module, fingerprint recognition module, etc.) (not shown).

For example, the drug recognizing unit 120 may recognize medication information in the form of a barcode or a QR code through the camera (not shown), or may use the NFC tag or the RFID tag format Medication information can be recognized.

The medication detection unit 130 detects whether the user actually takes medication discharged through the personal dispenser 200.

The drug detection unit 130 is a capsule communication device for capturing a user's medication and a dummy medicine (for example, a medication for detecting medication) (Whether or not the surface is melted) (not shown).

For example, the medication detection unit 130 captures a user's medication within a predetermined distance forward of the personal dispenser 200, stores the medication in an internal memory (not shown), communicates with a dummy medicine (not shown) do.

The controller 140 controls the operation of the personal dispenser 200. The controller 140 controls the operation of the personal dispenser 200. The controller 140 includes a cartridge for storing a medicine package mounted on the personal dispenser 200 (for example, (See Fig. 5 (a)). To this end, the controller 140 recognizes the normal dispenser cartridge 200 when the information (e.g., ID, user information, etc.) registered in the personal dispenser 200 and the dispenser cartridge matches.

Accordingly, the controller 140 prevents the abnormal pharmaceutical cartridge from being mounted on the personal dispenser 200. Then, the control unit 140 guides the prohibition of medication until the normal pharmaceutical cartridge is mounted.

After the normal dispenser cartridge 200 is loaded into the personal dispenser 200, if the predetermined medication time has elapsed or there is a medication request from the user, the control unit 140 controls the personal dispenser 200 to discharge the specified medicine The user takes out the discharged medicine bottle from the personal dispenser 200 and detects whether the medication is completed. At this time, the controller 140 recognizes the user through the user recognition unit 110, thereby allowing the discharged feces to be taken out to a legitimate user, thereby preventing misuse of medicine.

The guide information output unit 150 outputs the predetermined information (or instruction) information according to the situation after discharging the medicine, discharging the discharged medicine, etc. before discharging the medicine.

The guide information output unit 150 includes at least one of visual information output means (e.g., a display such as a monitor) and auditory information output means (e.g., a speaker).

At this time, the guidance (or instruction) information to be outputted through the guidance information output unit 150 may be stored in advance in the internal memory (not shown) or may be received from the management server 300 in real time.

The communication unit 160 may transmit status information of the personal dispenser 200 (for example, the number of remaining cartridges, the number of discharged cartridges, the number of cartridges that have been discharged but not drawn, the number of cartridges taken, And the like), and the medication step (e.g., the user recognition step before medication, the drug discharge step, the drug take-out step, the medication step, etc.) to the management server 300, (Or instruction) information and medication schedule information to be output from each medication step (refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4).

The information transmitted to and received from the management server 300 through the communication unit 160 is stored in an internal memory (not shown) of the controller 140.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of a setting screen of medication schedule information stored in the management server in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of prescription information of a user stored in the management server Fig.

The medication schedule information is set based on the prescription information.

The medication schedule information includes a code of a prescribed medication, a prescription, a drug cycle, a personal dispenser information, a disease name, a start date, an end date ), A memo, and a notification method (Reminder).

Fig. 5 is a photograph of the shape of the personal dispenser and the foam cartridge mounted thereon in Fig. 1; Fig.

5 (b) is a photograph showing a personal dispenser (or dispenser) before the cartridge is mounted, and FIG. 5 (c) FIG. 5D is a photograph showing a state in which the cover of the funnel dispenser is closed after the cartridge is mounted. FIG. 5D is a photograph showing the personal dispenser after the cartridge is mounted.

The cartridges shown in Fig. 5 (a) accommodate a carton package (not shown) to which cartons containing a single-dose drug are successively connected and individually discharge the cartridges accommodated through the personal dispenser 200 And a discharging unit for discharging the individual capsules of the capsule packing package to the outside of the capsule packing cartridge.

As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the receiving portion of the cartridge for a pharmacy has a cylindrical shape, but it is not necessarily a cylindrical shape in an illustrative shape and includes a space enough to accommodate a capsule package wound in a roll shape .

In addition, a rotation center (not shown) is located inside the compartment of the cartridge, and a groove is formed at the center of the rotation center to insert a coupling rod of the personal dispenser 200, (See FIG. 5 (b)). As the engaging rod is rotated, the rotation center portion connected to the rotation center is rotated, and the medicine package wrapped in a roll form is released to the rotation center portion, ≪ / RTI >

5 (c), the discharge port of the medicine cartridge is coupled with the personal dispenser 200, as shown in FIG. 5 (c), to discharge the medicine package wrapped in the roll form to the outside of the medicine cartridge. 5 (d), the discharge port (not shown) of the personal dispenser 200 can discharge only the medicine package through a discharge port (not shown) of the personal dispenser 200 It is possible to provide an opening / closing cover

Further, as shown in Fig. 5 (a), the feces cartridge includes a lid having a shape capable of covering the storage portion and the discharge portion at the same time from the top, and the lid includes a cover for fixing the cover to the storage portion case A handle is formed on an upper surface of the lid to allow the user to easily carry the lid cartridge while holding the lid in a state where the lid is coupled to the receiving portion.

5 (d), the personal dispenser 200 includes a first drawer for collecting the medicine that has not been taken by the user, a personal diagnostic device (medical device) such as a blood glucose meter, a blood pressure monitor And a second drawer for placing the second drawer.

By using the first drawer and the second drawer, the user can store and manage the diagnostic device and the medicine dispenser at the same time in the personal dispenser 200, thereby preventing the loss of the diagnostic device and the medicine dispenser. Diagnose your health (for example, measure your blood sugar, measure your blood pressure) and take your discharged medicine immediately.

5 (d), the personal dispenser 200 includes a mounting portion for mounting the cartridge, a transfer portion (not shown) for transferring the foam package discharged from the cartridge, (Not shown) that cuts the package into individual medicines, and a selection unit (not shown) that sends out the individual medicines cut out from the cut-out unit or sends them to a collection box (that is, collecting the medicine bins that the user has not taken out). The transfer unit (not shown) may be configured to transfer the foam package discharged from the foam cartridge to a cutting unit (not shown). The transfer unit may be configured using a roller, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Can be used.

On the other hand, when the carton cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser 200, the control unit 140 detects whether the information (e.g., ID, user information, etc.) registered in the personal dispenser 200 and the carton cartridge matches, When the information (e.g., ID, user information, etc.) registered in the personal dispenser 200 and the medicine cartridge is identical, it is determined that the normal pharmaceutical cartridge is mounted on the dispenser.

The controller 140 also controls the personal dispenser 200 such that the abnormal dispenser 200 and the abnormal dispenser cartridge in which information registered in the dispenser cartridge such as ID, Or an error signal.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a personal dispenser control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 illustrates an example of status information of the personal dispenser cumulatively managed by the management server during medication term in FIG. Fig.

Referring to FIG. 6, the control unit 140 detects whether the medicine cartridge is loaded in the personal dispenser 200 (S101).

When the carton cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser 200, the controller 140 detects information (e.g., ID, user information, etc.) registered in the personal dispenser 200 and the carton cartridge and compares them (S102).

When the personal dispenser 200 and information (e.g., ID, user information, etc.) registered in the cartridges are identical (YES in S103), the control unit 140 determines whether the normal dispenser cartridge is mounted in the personal dispenser 200 , And transmits the mounting state of the normal foam cartridge to the management server 300 (S104).

The control unit 140 receives the medication schedule information (or the personal dispenser control information) corresponding to the feces cartridge from the management server 300 (S105).

For example, when the new dispenser cartridge is attached to the personal dispenser 200, the medication schedule information is also changed so that the normal medication is performed.

The controller 140 controls the personal dispenser 200 according to the medication schedule information (or the personal dispenser control information) received from the management server 300 (S106).

For example, the control unit 140 may detect predetermined information or output guidance (or instruction) information for each medication (e.g., a user recognition step before medication, a drug discharging step, a drug dispensing step, 200 (S106).

The controller 140 transmits the detected information to the management server 300 through the communication unit 160 (S107).

For example, the management server 300 may store the status information of the personal dispenser 200 transmitted by the controller 140 (e.g., the number of remaining cartridges, the number of discharged cartridges, the number of dispensed cartridges The number of feces, the number of feces not taken, the operation error state, etc.) in a database (not shown) (see Fig. 7).

As shown in FIG. 7, the management server 300 cumulatively manages the status information of the personal dispenser 200 during the medication period and displays the status information in the form of a table. In FIG. 7, the number of capsules taken and the number of capsules not taken are shown, but other status information may be displayed.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a personal dispenser according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8, the control unit 140 determines whether the user dispenses the medicine dispenser 200 to the front or the near side of the personal dispenser 200 through the user recognition unit 110, (S202). ≪ / RTI >

By recognizing the user to use the medicine as described above, the discharged medicine can be taken out by a legitimate user and taken.

If the recognized user is a legitimate user, the control unit 140 outputs information (or instruction) before medication through the guide information output unit 150, and stores the medicines to be dispensed through the medication recognizing unit 120 (S203).

If the discharged medicine is a medicine designated according to the medication schedule, the controller 140 detects whether the discharged medicine is taken out (S204).

If the discharged medicine is not drawn out (NO at S204), the controller 140 outputs information (or instructions) before medication for a designated time (S203). If the discharged medicine is taken out (YES at S204) The control unit 140 detects the medication of the user (S205).

For example, the control unit 140 detects whether the user actually takes medication through the medication detection unit 130. That is, the medication detection unit 130 may detect the medication by photographing the user's medication within a predetermined distance forward of the personal dispenser 200, or may detect a medication (for example, a capsule form As a small-sized communication device of the present invention, it is possible to detect whether or not the capsule surface is melted by water or stomach fluid (not shown) (not shown).

Of course, it may not be easy to accurately recognize whether the medication is actually completed only by photographing the user's medication. Accordingly, in order to supplement this function, the user is instructed to take medicines through the guide information output unit 150 (for example, instructions to take medicines within a predetermined distance forward of the personal dispenser) By doing so, the user or his or her guardian will be able to check the medication taken at the date and time.

Although not shown in the drawing, a button (not shown) that can be directly input by the user is mounted on one side of the personal dispenser 200, and after the medication, the button (not shown) is input, 140 may detect the user's medication.

When the user's medication is completed (YES in S206), the control unit 140 outputs the post-medication guide (or instruction) information through the guide information output unit 150 (S207).

For example, after the medication is taken out, the diagnosis device is taken out of the drawer of the personal dispenser 200 to diagnose the user's health (for example, blood glucose measurement and blood pressure measurement), to guide the remaining number of the medicine to be taken, You can tell. At this time, the user may be asked to input relevant information and input an answer for accurate instructions. For example, you may ask if you have eaten before taking medication.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the personal dispenser 200 directly confirms whether the user actually takes the medicine, and the personal dispenser 200 and the user It is possible to provide an interactive drug support service between the two.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand the point. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

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A user recognition unit for recognizing a user located within a predetermined distance or in front of the personal dispenser for medication;
A drug recognizing unit for recognizing medication information attached to or printed on a drug cartridge discharged through the personal dispenser;
A medication detection unit detecting whether the user takes medication discharged through the personal dispenser; And
And a controller for discharging a specified medicine to the user when a predetermined medication time has elapsed or when a medication is requested from the user when the normal cartridge is mounted, and detecting whether the user withdraws the discharged medicine and takes medication And a controller for controlling the operation of the personal dispenser.
The apparatus of claim 1,
And recognizes whether a normal or abnormal foam cartridge is mounted according to whether or not the information registered in the foam cartridge mounted on the personal dispenser matches the information registered in the personal dispenser.
The apparatus of claim 1,
And outputs a medication prohibition guidance when an abnormal pharmaceutical cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser.
The fogging cartridge according to claim 3,
Wherein the cartridge is a cartridge in which a package of medicines in which the medicines are continuously connected and rolled up in a roll form is made to be easily attached to the personal dispenser.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
A camera, a short range wireless communication module, and a biometric module.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
A camera or a near field wireless communication module for recognizing medication information, a medicine image and a state of a medicine attached or printed on the medicine in a manner of at least one of an NFC tag, an RFID tag, a barcode and a QR code. controller.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: a guide information output unit for outputting preset guide or instruction information according to each situation after discharging the medicine, after discharging the medicine, and after taking the discharged medicine,
Wherein the guide information output unit includes at least one of visual information output means and auditory information output means and the guide or instruction information is previously stored in an internal memory or received from an external management server in real time. Dispenser control device.
The method according to claim 1,
And a communication unit for transmitting the status information of the personal dispenser and the information detected for each medication step to an external management server and receiving guidance or instruction information and medication schedule information to be output from the management server for each medication step,
The state information of the personal dispenser includes at least one or more of the number of remaining cartridges, the number of discharged cartridges, the number of cartridges that have been discharged but not drawn, the number of cartridges taken, the number of cartridges that have not been taken, and,
Wherein the medication step includes at least one of a pre-medication user recognition step, a drug discharge step, a drug take-out step, and a medication step.
The fogging cartridge according to claim 1,
A dispenser cartridge mounted on a dispenser for containing a dispenser package to which dispensers containing a dispensing medicament are successively connected and dispensing the dispensers individually stored through the dispenser,
And a discharging portion for discharging the individual medicine packs of the medicine package to the outside of the medicine cartridge.
The personal dispenser according to claim 1,
A transfer unit for transferring the package of feces to be discharged from the feces cartridge, a cut unit for cutting the feces package transferred from the transfer unit into individual feces, To the collection box for collecting the uncollapsed medicine. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 24 >
The control section detecting whether or not the normal canister cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser for automatically discharging the canister;
When the normal dispensing cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser, the controller transmits the dispensing state of the normal dispensing cartridge to an external management server;
Receiving the medication schedule information or the personal dispenser control information corresponding to the feces cartridge from the management server; And
And controlling the personal dispenser according to the medication schedule information or the personal dispenser control information received from the management server.
The method according to claim 11, wherein, in the step of detecting whether or not a normal cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser,
The control unit detects information registered in the personal dispenser and the pharmacy cartridge when the pharmacy cartridge is mounted on the personal dispenser, compares the information with each other, and determines that the normal pharmacy cartridge is mounted And a controller for controlling the dispenser.
12. The method of claim 11,
In the step of controlling the personal dispenser according to the medication step,
Wherein the control unit discharges a specified medicine to the user when a predetermined medication time has elapsed or when a medication is requested by the user when the normal cartridge is installed in the personal dispenser and detects whether the user draws out the discharged medicine and takes it And outputs the medication prohibition guidance when the abnormal pharmaceutical cartridge is mounted,
Wherein the medication step includes at least one of a pre-medication user recognition step, a drug release step, a drug take-out step, and a medication step.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the step of controlling the personal dispenser according to the medication step comprises:
Detecting the state information of the personal dispenser according to the medication step and transmitting the detected state information to the management server; And
And the management server cumulatively managing status information of the personal dispenser transmitted by the controller in a database,
Wherein the state information includes at least one of the number of remaining cartridges remaining in the personal dispenser, the number of discharged cartridges, the number of discharged cartridges that have been discharged but not drawn, the number of cartridges taken, the number of cartridges that have not been taken, And controlling the dispenser to dispense the dispenser.
[12] The method of claim 11, wherein after the normal cartridge is installed in the personal dispenser, when the medication dispensing time is set in the personal dispenser,
Recognizing a user located within a predetermined distance or forward of the personal dispenser;
If the recognized user is a legitimate user, the control unit may output pre-medication guidance or instruction information;
After the medicine dispenser is dispensed according to the medication schedule, the control unit detects whether the dispensed medicine dispenser is drawn out from the personal dispenser;
The control unit outputs guidance information or instruction information for a predetermined period of time if the discharged medicine can not be withdrawn and the control unit detects the user's medication when the discharged medicine is withdrawn; And
And when the user's medication is detected, the controller outputs guidance or instruction information after medication. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > 31. < / RTI >
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