WO2007090740A1 - dispositif pour distribuer des médicaments - Google Patents

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WO2007090740A1
WO2007090740A1 PCT/EP2007/050684 EP2007050684W WO2007090740A1 WO 2007090740 A1 WO2007090740 A1 WO 2007090740A1 EP 2007050684 W EP2007050684 W EP 2007050684W WO 2007090740 A1 WO2007090740 A1 WO 2007090740A1
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Benigno Moreno Vidales
Antonio Reverter I Guimeso
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Fundacio Ave Maria
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0092—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H20/00—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
    • G16H20/10—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
    • G16H20/13—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H40/00—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices
    • G16H40/60—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
    • G16H40/67—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation

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  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing medicines.
  • the device of the invention is for application especially in communities of inmates, such as centres housing persons with mental disability, the mentally ill, the elderly, prisoners, etc.
  • the medicine administration times coincide with breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the medicines are normally dispensed in rooms inhabited by various users at once, which are often noisy and have persons in movement .
  • Such institutions normally work with weekly pill-dispenser boxes prepared by the person in charge of the infirmary, and paper file cards with photos, names, types of medicines and daily dosages and times for each patient .
  • the object of the device for dispensing medicines of the present invention is to solve the disadvantages presented by the devices known in the state of the art, by providing a device that permits correct dispensing of medicines, is tamper-proof and rules out any possibility of errors.
  • the device for dispensing medicines of the present invention which is suitable for being used in a health centre, includes a mobile unit intended for transportation by a nurse for personally providing each patient with his corresponding dose, and is characterised in that the mobile unit includes at least one loading element intended for orderly housing of a plurality of unit-dose packages, which are identified by a microchip and containing the corresponding medicine doses, with each loading element being associated with a different patient, identifying means of each patient and nurse, dispensing means of the unit-dose packages, and control means including at least a receiving device intended for picking up wirelessly data coming from the identifying means and updated data about each patient with his medicine doses and daily administrations, preferably from a central computer of the health centre or from an external server to which the centre is connected, and
  • the device for dispensing medicines of the invention it is possible automatically to associate the patient, the medication and the dose thereof, without the intervention of nursing auxiliaries and without any possibility of errors.
  • the mobile unit uses RFID technology (remote radiofrequency identification of electronic labels) .
  • the identifying means comprise a reader device intended for recording the data associated with a patient entered on a microchip attached to the clothing of that patient.
  • the identifying means comprise a fingerprint reader.
  • the identifying means are mobile devices which can be moved close to the patient.
  • the dispensing means of the unit-dose packages include an actuating mechanism intended for moving the corresponding unit-dose package towards at least one ramp which permits said unit-doses package to be ejected by gravity and placed in a compartment with an outlet window.
  • the number of loading elements is equal to or greater than the number of patients. This ensures that each patient has the loading elements assigned univocally.
  • the number of unit-dose packages housed in a single loading element coincides with the number of administrations assigned to the patient associated with said loading element and for a predetermined period of time. All the doses for each patient are usually prepared weekly. The programming of weekly administrations is carried out weekly in the infirmary, by using a grid for loading unit-dose packages with the prescribed medication and the loading elements that identify the unit-doses package with each patient, by means of a package-by-package passing process to ensure correct patient-package identification .
  • the device of the invention includes means of interaction with the nurse.
  • the means of interaction with the nurse comprise a display screen for showing information related with each patient and his assigned administrations, and a keyboard for executing various functions, especially in the infirmary preparation.
  • the screen can be of the touch type.
  • the keyboard can be built into the actual housing of the mobile unit, or located under the screen and removable.
  • the device of the invention includes a mobile antenna for wireless communication with an external central unit or an external server in communication with a medical department of the centre.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device for dispensing medicines of the invention
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device of Figure 1, showing its interior components
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a loading element provided with unit-dose packages; and Figure 4 is a perspective view of a unit-dose package with one administration of medicines inside it.
  • the device for dispensing medicines includes a mobile unit 1 intended for transportation by a nurse in order personally to supply each patient with his/her corresponding dose.
  • Said mobile unit 1 includes a set of loading elements 2, intended for housing in an orderly manner a plurality of unit-dose packages 3, as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • the number of loading elements 2 is equal to or greater than the number of patients, in order to ensure that each patient is assigned at least one loading element 2.
  • the number of unit-dose packages 3 housed in a single loading element 2 coincides with the number of administrations assigned to the patient associated with said loading element 2, for a predetermined time period. All the doses for each patient are generally prepared weekly .
  • each unit-dose package 3 contains the dose of medicines 4 for a single administration (unit dose) .
  • Each unit-dose package 3 is likewise identified with a microchip 5.
  • the nurse responsible for the medication prepares said unit-dose packages 3 each week, on the basis of the information contained in a constantly updated database that relates the computer file of each patient with his/her medicines dose and daily administrations.
  • the nurse then places the unit-dose packages 3 in the respective loading elements 2, taking into account that the unit-dose packages 3 for a given patient must be placed in the taking order in a single loading element 2.
  • the mobile unit 1 also includes identifying means 6,7 for each patient and nurse, as can be observed in Figure 1.
  • identifying means 6,7 for each patient and nurse, as can be observed in Figure 1.
  • a reader 6 that records the data associated with a patient entered on a microchip attached to the clothing of said patient, and/or a fingerprint reader 7.
  • Either of said readers 6,7, or both for greater reliability, can be used to identify the patient, while in all cases there is the photographic identification and name of the patient shown on screen, as will be described below.
  • the identity of the dining-room medicines administering nurse or monitor will be taken in order to allow access to operation of the medicines unit 1, by means of a card with chip and/or finger print, officially approved and authorised in advance.
  • Both readers 6,7 are likewise mobile devices that can be moved close to the patient to take the readings. Both readers 6,7 then send the data recorded by radiofrequency (RFID) to the mobile unit 1 via a suitable antenna 8 for checking thereof.
  • RFID radiofrequency
  • the mobile unit 1 also includes control means that include a receiving device 9 that picks up by radiofrequency the updated data about each patient with his medicine doses and daily administrations coming from a central computer-server at the health centre, and a computer 10 which receives said data, checks the administration assigned to the corresponding patient and in turn identifies the corresponding unit-dose package 3 through its microchip 5, sending a signal to some dispensing means 11,12 described below, in order to provide said unit-dose package 3 to the nurse.
  • control means include a receiving device 9 that picks up by radiofrequency the updated data about each patient with his medicine doses and daily administrations coming from a central computer-server at the health centre, and a computer 10 which receives said data, checks the administration assigned to the corresponding patient and in turn identifies the corresponding unit-dose package 3 through its microchip 5, sending a signal to some dispensing means 11,12 described below, in order to provide said unit-dose package 3 to the nurse.
  • the device of the invention includes means of interaction with the nurse, consisting in a display screen 13 to show information about the patient and his/her assigned administrations of medicines, as well as a keyboard 14 for executing various functions, integrated into the actual housing of the mobile unit 1.
  • the screen will be of the flat, touch kind, and protected against potential impact.
  • the screen 13 will permit display of data such as: morning, afternoon and night doses; the medicine, so that it can be checked before it is given to the patient, which will be done actually in the presence of the patient, and only for that particular administration; a computer file showing the photo of the patient, his/her name, the time of dose administration, the time-frequency and the pertinent medicines.
  • These displayed data are taken from a saved and secure database that is kept permanently updated and may be accessed only using a password, on the computer used as a server and supervised for these purposes by the medical department.
  • the nurse in charge of the medication may likewise update in the database of the medicine unit 1 the changes prescribed by the psychiatrist, neurologist or general practitioner.
  • the dispensing means of the unit-dose packages 3 include an actuating mechanism (not shown) for moving the pertinent unit-dose package 3 towards a pair of ramps 11 that allow said unit-doses package 3 to be expelled by gravity and placed in a compartment with an outlet window 12 (see Figure 1) in which there is an RFID detector sending the signal to the computer 10. The nurse picks up the unit-dose package 3 placed in said housing with outlet window 12 and the contents thereof will be given to the patient immediately.
  • the mobile unit 1 can also communicate through its antenna 8 by radiofrequency with an external central unit or a server in communication with the medical department of the centre. It should be noted that within a single centre and depending on the number of patients there may be more than one mobile unit.
  • the device of the invention likewise ensures quality management in provision of the medicines, based on the associated program resident in the mobile unit 1 and on the server, which share constantly updated information; this ensures withdrawal by elapsed expiry date of medicines and permits the historical record of the medicines consumed to be monitored, in association with good medical practice, from the surgery and through to administration of the unit dose.
  • the mobile unit is a tamper-proof unit, so it is impossible for patients or non-authorised persons to gain access to the medicines.
  • the mobile unit is also autonomous, and is supplied with power during the periods between administrations and during the night by connecting it to the mains power supply. It also has a SAI to protect the computer system.
  • an autonomous, computerised, wireless and tamper-proof mobile unit is obtained which is capable of automatically associating the patient, medication and dose thereof without intervention by nursing auxiliaries and without any possibility of errors.

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L'invention concerne une unité mobile (1) destinée au transport par une infirmière pour donner personnellement à chaque patient sa dose correspondante, l'unité mobile (1) comprenant au moins un élément de chargement (2) destiné à loger de manière ordonnée une pluralité de conditionnements de doses unitaires (3), qui sont identifiés par une micropuce (5) et contenant les doses de médicament correspondantes (4), chaque élément de chargement (2) étant associé à un patient différent, des moyens d'identification (6, 7) de chaque patient et chaque infirmière, des moyens de distribution (11, 12) des conditionnements de doses unitaires (3), et des moyens de commande (9, 10) comprenant au moins un dispositif de réception (9) destiné à capter sans fil des données provenant des moyens d'identification (6, 7) et des données mises à jour concernant chaque patient avec ses doses de médicament et ses prises quotidiennes, et un ordinateur (10) qui reçoit lesdites données, vérifie la prise attribuée au patient correspondant et en retour identifie le conditionnement des doses unitaires correspondantes (3) grâce à sa micropuce (5), qui envoie un signal aux moyens de distribution (11, 12) pour donner à l'infirmière correspondante ledit conditionnement de dose unitaire (3).
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