WO2000056264A1 - Distributeur de comprimes - Google Patents

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WO2000056264A1
WO2000056264A1 PCT/NO2000/000089 NO0000089W WO0056264A1 WO 2000056264 A1 WO2000056264 A1 WO 2000056264A1 NO 0000089 W NO0000089 W NO 0000089W WO 0056264 A1 WO0056264 A1 WO 0056264A1
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dispensing
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Emil Abry
Lars Hagen
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Medical Compliance Systems As
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
    • A61J7/0409—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2583/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D2583/04—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets
    • B65D2583/0472—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action
    • B65D2583/0477—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action the container is maintained in the same position during the dispensing of several successive articles or doses
    • B65D2583/0481—One reciprocating action, e.g. to or from

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  • the present invention regards a pill dispenser as described in the introduction to Claim
  • a device has previously been described for dosing of pills and medicines, which consists of a box partitioned into several compartments, where each compartment may contain pills to be taken e.g. morning, noon and night.
  • An object of the present invention is to notify the patient when he or she should take pills.
  • Another object of the present invention is to enable a doctor or other medical personnel to check whether the patient has been taking the pills at the right times.
  • a further object of the invention is to prevent any addicts from taking several pills at the same time or more frequently than prescribed by the doctor.
  • a pill dispenser characterised in that it includes a clock element and a pill-dispensing element, which clock element includes: a programmable clock connected to one or more signal transmitters and one or more acknowledgement or reset switches for resetting the signal, a memory module for registering the signals from the acknowledgement or reset switches (5); which pill-dispensing element includes: one or several pill receptacles, each including dispensing means for dispensing of pills.
  • the dispensing means of the pill receptacle include an insert designed to prevent more than one pill being dispensed at a time, and a sliding damper that may be moved manually or automatically between a closed position, in which dispensing of the pill is prevented, and an open position, in which the pill is dispensed.
  • Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of the pill dispenser in accordance with the present invention, with one pill receptacle.
  • Figure 2 shows the embodiment in Figure 1, with three pill receptacles.
  • Figure 3 shows the embodiment in Figure 1 in a non-assembled state.
  • Figure 4 shows the annular wall of the pill receptacle, seen in perspective from the front and the back, and from above, respectively.
  • Figure 5 shows an insert in the pill receptacle, seen in perspective from the front and the back, and from above, respectively.
  • Figure 6 shows the sliding damper of the pill receptacle, seen in perspective from the front and the back, and from above, respectively.
  • Figure 7 shows the components shown in Figures 4-6 in an assembled state.
  • Figure 8 shows the functioning of the pill dispenser.
  • FIG. 9 shows a version of the dispenser means in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 1-7 show an embodiment of the pill dispenser in accordance with the present invention.
  • the pill dispenser 1 consists of two main parts, a clock element 2 and a pill-dispensing element 3.
  • the pill dispenser is shown with only one pill-dispensing element, while Figure 2 shows a pill dispenser 1 with a total of three pill-dispensing elements 3.
  • the clock element 2 consists of an electronic, programmable clock with a display 4 that may for instance show the time and possibly one or more messages.
  • the clock element 2 is also provided with means for giving off alarms in the form of e.g. lights, sounds and/or vibrations. As an option, the user may choose between the types of alarm to be given off. Further, the clock element 2 is programmable, e.g. by use of a computer, such that the alarm times may be set. An alarm may also be given off when one or more pill- dispensing elements are empty.
  • the purpose of the clock element 2 is to give the user a signal to indicate that it is time to take one or more pills.
  • the clock element 2 can contain a device that registers whether or not the pill or pills have been dispensed, and this information may later be read, either off the display 4 or by connecting the clock element 2 to a computer.
  • the clock element 2 may be provided with one or more buttons 5 which the patient pushes to reset the alarm, and which may give the memory in the clock element a signal that the pill or pills have been dispensed.
  • the purpose of this is to enable for instance a doctor or a pharmacy to read whether the patient has taken the pill or pills at the right time, when the patient comes in for a check-up or gets a new portion of pills.
  • the clock element 2 may for instance be provided with a removable lid that covers setting switches for manual setting of the alarm times and/or terminals for connecting the clock element to a computer, in such a manner that the information in the clock element may be read and the alarm times may be set.
  • the pill-dispensing element 3 consists chiefly of a pill receptacle 6 with dispensing means.
  • the pill-dispensing element 3 may consist of one or more pill receptacles 6 arranged underneath each other, if the patient is to take several different pills at different times.
  • the pill receptacles 6 may for instance be removably attached to each other by a bayonet coupling or similar.
  • Figure 3 shows the pill dispenser in Figure 1 in a non-assembled state.
  • the pill dispenser consists of the clock element 2, an insert 11 , which is arranged in a pill receptacle 6 together with a sliding damper 18.
  • pill-dispensing element 3 and the clock s element 2 are shown with a circular cross section, however it is obvious that the pill- dispensing element 3 and the clock element 2 may have any other form of cross section, such as oval, rectangular, square etc.
  • the pill-dispensing element consists of a pill receptacle 6 consisting of a top o and a bottom (not shown) and a peripheral wall 7 (Figure 4).
  • this peripheral wall 7 is annular and has an opening 8.
  • an inner wall 9 that extends across a portion of the length of the peripheral wall 7.
  • An elongated slot 10 is formed between the peripheral wall 7 and the inner wall 9. The shape and dimension of the opening 8 will be matched to the shape and 5 dimensions of the pills to be dispensed.
  • a through slot 27 runs through a portion of the peripheral wall 7 located outside the elongated slot 10. The purpose of this slot will be explained later.
  • Figure 5 shows an insert 11 consisting of a funnel-shaped element 12 with an aperture 0 13.
  • the shape and dimensions of the aperture 13 will be matched to the shape and size of the pills to be dispensed.
  • the insert 11 is provided with arm elements 14, 15 that extend from the widest part of the funnel-shaped element 12 and arm elements 16, 17 that extend from the narrowest part of the funnel-shaped element 12.
  • the height of the insert 11 is approximately equal to the height of the peripheral wall 7.
  • a sliding damper 18 consisting of a wall 19, which in the embodiment shown is in the form of a segment of a circle, and which at the end is provided with a lug 20 that for part of its length is connected to the wall 19 by a middle piece 21, in a manner such that the lug 20, the middle piece 21 and the wall 19 will have an H-shaped cross section as shown in Figure 5a.
  • a middle piece 21 Near the other end of the wall 19 is formed an enlargement 22, a section of which is provided with a through hole 23.
  • the insert 11 is positioned in the pill receptacle 6 in such a way that the aperture 13 in the funnel-shaped element 12 is staggered relative to the opening 8 in the peripheral wall 9 of the pill receptacle 6.
  • the end of the arm elements 14-17 abuts the inside of the peripheral wall 9 and is attached to this at one or more points.
  • the sliding damper 18 is arranged in such a way that the wall 19 of the sliding damper 18 lies slideably in the elongated slot 10 between the peripheral wall 7 and the inside wall 9 of the pill receptacle 6.
  • the middle piece 21 between the lug 20 and the wall 19 will be slideably arranged in the slot 27 in the peripheral wall 7 of the insert 11.
  • Figures 8a-c shows a simplified version of the workings of the pill dispenser when a pill is to be dispensed.
  • the pill dispenser may comprise more than one pill receptacle, by each pill receptacle being connected to each other by for instance a bayonet coupling or similar.
  • the pill dispenser may thus be used to dispense several different types of pills at different times.
  • the display 4 may be designed to give off a signal to indicate which pill receptacle should be opened, for instance by specifying a colour code that corresponds to the colour of the relevant pill receptacle or the lug 20 of the pill receptacle.
  • each pill receptacle 6 may be equipped with a device that transmits a signal to the clock element when a pill is dispensed. This signal may then be stored in the memory of the clock element, in such a way that e.g. a doctor may register whether the patient has taken the pills at the correct times, either by connecting the pill dispenser up to a computer, or by reading it directly off the display 4.
  • each pill receptacle with a locking device that releases the sliding damper only when the locking device receives a signal from the clock element.
  • the pill receptacle may be designed in such a way that it can only be opened by authorised personnel, for instance by using a suitable locking device.
  • the pills 25 may either be loose in the pill receptacle, or they may be arranged in a so- called blister package or strip.
  • the pill receptacle may be provided with a suitable feeder, so that only one pill is dispensed at a time.
  • This feeder may for instance be electromechanical.
  • Figure 9 illustrates an example of dispensing of an oblong capsule.
  • both the funnel-shaped part 12 of the insert, the aperture 13 in the sliding damper 18 and the opening 8 in the pill receptacle are adapted to the dimensions of the capsule.
  • pills that have a shape that makes them difficult to dispense in the above-mentioned manner may for instance be disposed in a spring-loaded magazine in the pill receptacle. The pills may thereby be pushed out one by one by the spring tension.
  • the invention also includes those variants of the pill dispenser that are without a clock element and or a memory module.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un distributeur (1) de comprimés comprenant une unité de temporisation (2) et une unité (3) de distribution de comprimés. L'unité de temporisation (2) comprend un temporisateur programmable relié à un ou plusieurs émetteurs de signaux et un ou plusieurs poussoirs (5) d'accusé de réception ou de remise à zéro permettant une remise à zéro du signal, un module de mémoire permettant d'enregistrer les signaux en provenance des poussoirs (5) d'accusé de réception ou de remise à zéro. L'unité (3) de distribution de comprimés comprend un ou plusieurs récipients (6) de comprimés comprenant chacun des moyens de distribution permettant la distribution des comprimés. Ces moyens de distribution associés au récipient (6) de comprimés comprennent un élément (11) rapporté configuré de manière à empêcher la distribution de plus d'un comprimé à la fois, et un clapet (18) coulissant qui peut être déplacé manuellement ou automatiquement entre une position fermée empêchant la distribution du comprimé (25) et une position ouverte permettant la distribution du comprimé (25).
PCT/NO2000/000089 1999-03-19 2000-03-15 Distributeur de comprimes WO2000056264A1 (fr)

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AU31992/00A AU3199200A (en) 1999-03-19 2000-03-15 Pill dispenser

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NO991359A NO991359L (no) 1999-03-19 1999-03-19 Tablettdispenser
NO19991359 1999-03-19

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WO1995009386A1 (fr) * 1993-09-30 1995-04-06 Aprex Corporation Dispositif electronique pour informations de dosage
WO1997020537A1 (fr) * 1995-12-01 1997-06-12 Duma International Ab Distributeur pour couvercle, fournissant les pilules une a la fois

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GB2233795A (en) * 1989-07-14 1991-01-16 Lasermax Corp Medication reminder
WO1995009386A1 (fr) * 1993-09-30 1995-04-06 Aprex Corporation Dispositif electronique pour informations de dosage
WO1997020537A1 (fr) * 1995-12-01 1997-06-12 Duma International Ab Distributeur pour couvercle, fournissant les pilules une a la fois

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WO2002091987A2 (fr) * 2001-05-15 2002-11-21 E-Medication Aps Distributeur de medicament
WO2002091987A3 (fr) * 2001-05-15 2003-04-24 Medication Aps E Distributeur de medicament
WO2012148976A1 (fr) * 2011-04-25 2012-11-01 Access Business Group International Llc Distributeur de pilules
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