KR20190069915A - Remote controlling method of electronic medication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of remotely controlling an electronic medicine taking device and, more specifically, to a method of remotely controlling an electronic medicine-taking device, capable of enabling a user to take medicine at a set time for medicine-taking by storing the medicine and notifying the user of medicine-taking. The method includes the following steps: transmitting a short code to a user terminal; receiving the short code; determining whether a registered protector terminal is authenticated; transmitting the short code to an electronic medicine taking-device; obtaining a log information value from a memory unit; and transmitting the obtained log information value to the user terminal.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a remote control method of an electronic medication apparatus,

The present invention relates to a remote control method of an electronic medicament, and more particularly, to a remote control method of an electronic medicament which stores medicines and informs medicines to the medicines at a time required for medicines, And a control method.

As is well known, if a prescription for a medicament is required after receiving medical treatment, prescription medicines are prescribed according to the details of medical treatment prescribed in the hospital, and prescribed medicines are prescribed time and period.

It is usually prescribed once a day, three times a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner), four times a day (morning, lunch, dinner, before bedtime) Taking medication in compliance with time can give the best therapeutic effect.

According to recent research results, 1 out of 3 patients (35.1%) with serious medical illnesses, which is important for medication treatment, (24.7%) of 4 patients did not take the medicine regularly at a fixed time.

Therefore, recently, an electronic medication notification device has been proposed that assists patients in medicating the medication at a predetermined medication time.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2006-0059627 discloses an operation setting unit for inputting a medication condition, a data storage unit for storing medication condition data corresponding to the entered medication condition, A lamp unit, an audio output unit for audibly performing medication guidance, a timer for providing a current time, and a control unit for controlling the lamp unit and the audio output unit when the current time satisfies the medication condition, And an electronic medication notification device including a processing unit.

When the medication time point set through the electronic medication reminder device is received and medicated, the problem of missing the medication time point can be solved and the medication can be more stably administered.

However, it is difficult for a guardian who is not located with the abbreviated person to recognize the medication, and it is practically difficult to remotely check medication settings and medication settings.

Therefore, the caregiver may have to visit the site where the medicament is located each time to change the setting value of the electronic medicament, or to check the abnormality.

KR 10-2016-0097625 A KR 10-2014-0139998 A KR 10-2017-0091494 A KR 10-1642599 B1 KR 10-2015-0005339 A

The object of the present invention, which is devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, is to store medicines and inform the medicines to the medicines at a time required for medicines, It is possible to confirm the log information value including the medication information registered in the electronic medicament and medication or not by remote access to the electronic medicament through the SMS service which is provided for general use by the communication company, The present invention also provides a remote control method of an electronic medical device.

The above object is achieved by the following constitutions provided in the present invention.

A remote control method of a smart medication notification system according to the present invention comprises:

An electronic medical recorder equipped with a control module; A hands-free terminal connected to the electronic medical drug through a short distance communication method and equipped with an SMS transmission function; And a registered guardian terminal for remote communication with the abbreviated terminal and equipped with an SMS transmission function, the remote control method comprising:

Inputting a short code for log browsing into an activated SMS input window via a registered guardian terminal owned by the registered guardian, and then transmitting the short code for load review to the abbreviated terminal;

Receiving a SMS short form log-reading short code transmitted from the registered guardian terminal;

Determining whether the registered guardian terminal is authentic through the calling number of the registered guardian terminal that has received the short code for log browsing;

Transmitting a short code for log browsing to the electronic medicament through short-distance communication if it is determined to be the registered guardian terminal through the call number;

The electronic medicament receiving the short code for log viewing obtains a log information value in a memory unit according to a short code for log browsing through a control module;

Transmitting the acquired log information value to the abbreviated terminal through short distance communication; And

The abbreviated terminal converts the log information value received from the electronic medicament into SMS and then transmits the converted log information value to the calling number of the registered guardian terminal in the form of SMS.

Preferably, the log information value acquired by the registered guardian terminal by the short text instruction for log browsing includes at least one of the medication time set in the electronic medication, the medication of the medication according to the medication time, and the battery residual amount.

More preferably, the log information value is obtained through the SMS service through the registered guardian terminal, the log information of the smart terminal is confirmed, the short code for mode switching is input to the activated SMS input window, To switch the control module of the electronic medical device from the operation mode to the setting mode;

Transmitting a short code for setting entered in the SMS input window activated by the registered guardian terminal through the guardian terminal;

And the control module of the electronic medical treatment device changes the medication setting value according to the short code for setting.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to remotely access the electronic medicament through the SMS service provided by the registered guardian to be generalized in the communication company without constructing a separate dedicated server, and to transmit the medicament information registered in the electronic medicament, The information value can be confirmed, and the settings of medication information values and the like are changed remotely.

Therefore, the registered guardian can check the log information recorded in the electronic medicament through the SMS service through each communication company to recognize the medicament's medication and the condition of the electronic medicament. In addition, If not, it is possible to change the setting to re-announce the medication time or adjust the number of times.

Thus, it is possible to change the setting of the log information value and the medication setting value by accessing the electronic medicament in real time by using an SMS service provided for general use by a communication company without investing a lot of money such as building a separate dedicated server .

FIGS. 1 to 3 show the overall configuration of an electronic medicament that constitutes a smart medication notification system proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the medicine container shown in FIG. 3,
FIG. 5 illustrates a structure for detecting withdrawal of a drawer-type medicine container in an electronic medicament that constitutes a smart medication notification system proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIGS. 6 and 7 sequentially illustrate the remote control method of the smart medication notification system proposed by the preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 8 illustrates an example of log information transmitted in SMS form to a registered guardian terminal in the smart medication notification system proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a method of remotely controlling a smart medication notification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 show an overall configuration of an electronic medical treatment device constituting a smart medication notification system proposed as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the medicine storage box shown in FIG. FIG. 5 shows a structure for detecting withdrawal of a drawer-type medicine container in an electronic medicament of a smart medication notification system proposed by the present invention as a preferred embodiment. FIG. 6 and FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of remotely controlling a smart medication notification system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a smart medication reminder system proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The transmitted log information is illustratively shown.

A method for remotely controlling a smart medication notification system according to the present invention comprises an electronic medicament (10) on which a control module (111) is mounted; An abbreviated terminal for short-distance communication with the electronic medicament; And a registered guardian terminal carried by the registered guardian, so that the status of the electronic medicament remotely can be viewed or controlled through the registered guardian terminal possessed by the remote guard located at a remote location.

Here, the abbreviated terminal and the registered guardian terminal are smart phones, which are universal communication terminals capable of providing communication, data transmission, and SMS (Short Message Service) through the CDMA system, and as described below, A separate app is loaded on the abbreviated terminal performing the relay function of the registered guardian terminal, and the electronic medicament and the registered guardian terminal can be configured to interoperate with each other through the app.

1 to 3, the electronic medical device 100 includes a main body 110 on which a control module is mounted; And at least one medicament receiving tube 130 assembled to the main body 110 and containing medicines in units.

In this embodiment, a plurality of drawer slots are formed by stacking tray brackets in series on the main body, and a drug storage container containing medicines required for one-time use is inserted into each drawer slot, Make it possible to withdraw.

In this embodiment, a claw 110a is formed on both right and left sides of the main body 10 and a cradle 122 is formed on both sides of the tray bracket 120. The tray bracket 122 is fixed to the main body 110, So that the cradle 122 is secured to the caged groove 110a formed in the base plate 110a.

Each of the tray brackets 120 has a catching groove 121 formed on both sides of the tray bracket 120 so that the tray bracket 120 to be assembled is fixed to the catching groove 121 of the adjacent tray bracket 120 And are assembled in a state of being connected in series to one side of the main body 10.

A drawer slot 120a having an opening is formed in the tray bracket 120 so that the medicine receiving tray 130 is drawn into a drawer slot 120a formed in each tray bracket 120 and is inserted into the main body 110 In a state in which they are arranged in series.

Accordingly, the medicines or the caregiver can increase or decrease the number of assemblies of the tray bracket 120 according to the number of medicines needed, and arrange the required number of the medicine receiving tubes 130 on one side of the main body 110.

The medicine receiving tray 130 is directly connected to the main body 10 and is not fixed to the main body 10 but enters into a drawer slot formed in the tray bracket 120 assembled to one side of the main body 10, 110, respectively.

Therefore, in taking medicines during the prescribed medication time, the disposal of the medicine storage box 130 from the main body 110 or disassembly from the tray bracket 120 is eliminated. That is, it is possible for the medicament to take the medicines stored by simply withdrawing the medicine storage box 130 from the tray bracket 120 in the form of a drawer.

That is, the medicament person can take the medicines stored in the form of a drawer by taking out the medicament receiving container 130 in a simple manner. In addition, the medicament receiving container 130 is provided with a compartment space So that it is possible to compartmentalize the medicines according to the kind in each compartment space.

On the other hand, the control module 111 for notifying the medication time in the medication dispenser includes a control unit, a memory unit, a battery unit, a display unit, an operation unit, a close range communication unit, and a notification unit.

In this embodiment, the short-range communication unit uses Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and the notification unit adopts a visual, audible, or vibration signal.

Therefore, the medication control module notifies the medication to the physician at the medication time set through the reminder unit, and the medication user takes medicines stored in the medication storage box by the notification by the reminder unit.

If the medication confirmation action such as depression of the medication confirmation button provided in the operation unit or touch operation or the like is not performed despite the medication notification, the control module considers the medication to be unused.

4, a vent pipe 123 communicating with the drawer slot 120a is formed in each of the stacked and assembled tray brackets 120. The main body 110 is provided with a vent pipe 123, The control module 111 detects the instantaneous depressurization of the vent pipe 123 due to the withdrawal of the medicine storage container 130 and recognizes the medication of the patient do.

That is, when the medicine receiving tray 130 is drawn out of the drawer slot 120a formed in one of the tray brackets 120 and the pressure in the vent pipe 123 is instantaneously lowered, The control module 111, which senses the decompression, allows the medicant to recognize the medicine storage box 130 as being taken out of the drawer slot 120a in order to take medicines.

Thus, it is not required to dispose a separate sensor, a mechanism, or the like in each medicine container, and the withdrawal of the medicine container can be easily detected regardless of the increase or decrease of the tray bracket.

In the present invention, in implementing a smart medicament system including the electronic medicament, an outside guardian can remotely check whether the medicament is medicinal or remotely control the setting of the electronic medicament.

Particularly, in this embodiment, a logger information value provided from the electronic medicines possessed by utilizing the SMS service provided by each communication company can be remotely received, Make settings of medicines remotely changeable.

That is, when the guardian inputs a short code set through the SMS service and transmits the short code, the electronic medicament communicating with the abbreviated terminal takes the log information value recorded in the memory unit according to the short code transmitted in SMS form, And provides the log information value to the registered guardian terminal via the abbreviated terminal in the form of SMS, or changes the medication setting according to the transmitted short code.

Referring to FIGS. 6 to 8, a remote viewing process of the log information value will be described in detail. First, the log-viewing short code is input to the SMS input window through the registered guardian terminal of the first registered guardian, A short code for log reading is transmitted to the abbreviated terminal.

Thereafter, the terminal of the medicament receives the short code for log browsing transmitted from the registered guardian terminal, and transmits the short code for log browsing to the electronic medicament through short-range communication.

For example, the guardian inputs a short code for log reading "confirmation of medication notification time" or "confirmation of medication" in the SMS input window, and then transmits an SMS-type short code for log browsing to the call number of the patient.

At this time, the abbreviated terminal which receives the SMS short form log-reading short code from the guardian terminal judges whether the registered guardian is authentic or not through the calling number of the registered registered guardian terminal.

When the calling number of the registered guardian terminal does not coincide, the three-letter access warning is notified to the registered calling number in the SMS form so that the registered guardian can positively cope.

More preferably, when the first authenticity is determined through the calling number, the electronic medication requests the registered guardian terminal through the SMS service with a pre-stored authentication short code via the abbreviated terminal, and the registered guardian requests the registered guardian terminal And transmits the authentication short code to the electronic medicines through the abbreviated terminal.

Then, the second authenticity of the registered guardian is confirmed through the matching of the received authentication short code and the previously stored authentication short code.

The control module of the electronic medicament receiving the short code for log browsing obtains the log information value stored in the memory unit according to the short code for log browsing, To the terminal.

Then, the terminal of the medicament converts the log information value received from the electronic medicament into SMS, and then transmits the converted SMS to the calling number of the guardian terminal.

According to the present embodiment, the log information value acquired from the smart terminal remotely by the short message instruction for log browsing includes the medication time set in the electronic medication, the medication usage according to the medication time, and the remaining amount of the battery .

The abbreviated subscriber station then receives a short code for log browsing, a short message for mode switching or a short message for setting via the registered guardian terminal, and if the short message is not communicated with the electronic medicament, The fact that the connection is impossible can be automatically transmitted in the form of an SMS to inform the guardian.

The guard who remotely obtains the log information value via the SMS and confirms the log information of the registered guardian terminal remotely connects with the electronic medicament remotely and remotely sets the set value of the electronic medicament such as the medicament time, Changeable.

Referring to FIG. 7, the guardian who has obtained the log information value through the SMS through the registered guardian terminal and confirms the log information of the smart terminal inputs the short code for mode switching to the SMS input window, To switch the control module of the electronic medical device from the operation mode to the setting mode.

If the guardian inputs the set short code into the SMS input window of the registered guardian terminal and transmits the set short code of the electronic medicament through the abbreviated terminal, the control module, which has been switched to the set mode, Change the setting value according to the short command.

For example, a short code for mode switching is transmitted to the electronic medicament through SMS to switch from the operation mode to the setting mode, and then the SMS input window of the registered parent device in which the medicament is activated displays "1. 6:30, 30 minutes, 3.5 hours 30 minutes ", the abbreviated terminal transmits the setting short codes to the electronic medicines through the short distance communication.

The control module of the electronic medical treatment apparatus receiving the short code for setting resets the medicine dosing time according to the set value inputted in the short code for setting.

In addition, when the abbreviated terminal receives the short message command through the registered guardian terminal and then the electronic medicament and the local area network are not granted, the abbreviated terminal automatically configures the unavailable state value to the guardian terminal through the SMS.

If the set abbreviated terminal is not received from the guardian terminal for the set time after the electronic medication is set to the set mode, the registered guardian terminal generates a set mode cancel command to the electronic medicament and sends it to the electronic medicament , The control module of the electronic medical treatment device is switched from the setting mode to the operation mode.

At the same time, the abbreviated terminal informs the registered guardian terminal of the fact that the mode has been switched from the setting mode to the operation mode due to the timeout through the SMS service, thereby allowing the registered guardian to terminate or retry the remote setting process of the electronic medicament.

If the registered guardian does not remember a short code to be provided to the electronic medicament through the registered guardian terminal, input a short code "guidance" or "help" into the activated SMS input window and input the short code When the electronic medicament is transmitted to the electronic medicament through the abbreviated terminal, the electronic medicament remotely transmits the short code stored in the memory unit to the registered guardian terminal through the abbreviated terminal.

Thus, even if the user is not fully informed about the method of use, the present invention can remotely receive the log information value provided from the electronic medicament utilizing the SMS service provided by each communication company, remotely set the electronic medicament, It is possible to change it.

1. Smart medication notification system
100. Electronic medicine 110. Body
110a. The holding groove 111. The control module
112. Pressure sensor
120. Tray bracket 120a. Drawer slot
121. Catchment 122. Tucking
123. Ventilation pipe 130. Drum container
200. Handset terminal 300. Registered guardian terminal

Claims (3)

Inputting a short code for log browsing into an activated SMS input window via a registered guardian terminal owned by the registered guardian, and then transmitting the short code for load review to the abbreviated terminal;
Receiving a SMS short form log-reading short code transmitted from the registered guardian terminal;
Determining whether the registered guardian terminal is authentic through the calling number of the registered guardian terminal that has received the short code for log browsing;
Transmitting a short code for log browsing to the electronic medicament through short-distance communication if it is determined to be the registered guardian terminal through the call number;
The electronic medicament receiving the short code for log viewing obtains a log information value in a memory unit according to a short code for log browsing through a control module;
Transmitting the acquired log information value to the abbreviated terminal through short distance communication; And
Wherein the abbreviated terminal converts the log information value received from the electronic medicament into SMS and then transmits the converted log information value to the calling number of the registered guardian terminal in the form of an SMS message. Remote control method of medication notification system. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the log information value acquired by the registration protector terminal by the short text instruction for log browsing includes at least one of a medication time set in the electronic medication, a medication use medication according to medication time, And the remote control method of the smart medication notification system. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the log information value is acquired through the SMS service through the registered guardian terminal, the log information of the smart terminal is confirmed, and then a short code for mode switching is input to the activated SMS input window, Transferring the control module of the electronic medical treatment device from the operation mode to the setting mode by transmitting the medicament to the medicament;
Transmitting, by the electronic medicament device, a short code for setting input in the SMS input window activated by the registered guardian terminal through the guardian terminal; And
Further comprising the step of the control module of the electronic medication changing the medication setting value according to the short code for setting.

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