Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
• • 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
  • A61J2200/00—General characteristics or adaptations
  • A61J2200/30—Compliance analysis for taking medication

Definitions

• warning device refers to a device whose function is to carry out notices at predetermined fixed intervals for a pre-configured period of time and whose main use is as a warning or reminder of taking medications.
• the Spanish utility model number ES-1032714U-A1 describes a warning device for taking medications in the form of a pendant that has means to generate a light or acoustic warning.
• This device carries out the warning by means of a light or acoustic signal although these warning systems can really be a problem since not all people will be able to notice this type of warning, for example, blind or deaf people. This device also makes it possible to turn it off or disconnect the messages from the user.
• warning device that does not need to be programmed or manipulated by the user, being therefore simple to use and suitable for a person of any age and social condition. Said notice should be carried out during the entire period in which it is necessary to medicate and at each specific moment that the medication should be ingested, that is, during the periodicity and at the prescribed intervals.
• the warning device proposed by the invention solves the problem described above by presenting a vibration warning device during the period and at the prescribed intervals for a given medication. It does not need to be programmed because it is dispensed with the specific configuration when it is supplied in each medication box duly programmed for that particular medication or by the physician or healthcare staff.
• each device has a time code.
• a device that warns every eight hours of the intake of a medicine will be printed on the outside "0 + 8", indicating that the taking must be done every 8 hours.
• the name of the product with which it is associated can be printed on the inside.
• Another indicative form of the time intervals for which the warning is programmed is the use of a color code.
• blue-colored devices could indicate eight-hour warning intervals, green-colored four-hour intervals, etc.
• the outer material of the device is elastic, and preferably impermeable, submersible, odorless, non-toxic and anti-allergic.
• a material that meets the above characteristics is silicone.
• said device is presented as an annular element, preferably circular and for use as a bracelet, although it is also usable as an ankle brace, thus being adaptable to different types of wrist or ankle according to the characteristics of the user.
• the device can be used by all types of audiences, and therefore the means of warning takes advantage of the sense of touch or sensitivity, through a vibration system.
• Other systems also possible, although less recommended are a visual system (by means of LEDs with intermittences to be able to be observed by the eye) or an acoustic system (by means of Ia emission of a repeated beep several times to be perceived by the ear), or even the combination of them.
• the vibration system has the advantage over the other two that can be used in users with hearing or visual impairments and therefore its use is possible by a greater number of users.
• the vibration is a "confidential" means of warning, since only the user warns of the notification without being perceived by the closest people. This feature is useful as there may be users who prefer to keep the consumption of certain medications secret.
• the proposed invention is based on a device with a circular shape and preferably of silicone, which carries out warnings by means of a vibration mechanism during a specific period and at pre-established intervals for the medicament in question, without the need for be programmable by any user.
• This device allows the user to completely disregard having to remember the doses to be taken of a medication.
• the warning device object of the present invention is constituted by the following components:
• Ring element preferably circular, for use as a bracelet or anklet.
• the vibration mechanism is activated by means of an internal clock.
• This internal clock is a timer with a precision common to that of the vast majority of clocks on the market, having an alarm preset in its internal memory depending on the time for which it has been preprogrammed.
• the shelf life of the device is preferably the same or greater than the maximum number of shots that are included in the medication package.
• the system by programming the built-in chip, will perform a minimum of
• Figure 1. Shows a view of the warning device.
• Figure 2. Shows a detail of the elements that are part of the device.
• the warning device (1) that the invention proposes has an annular shape to be used as a bracelet or ankle brace and the manufacturing material being silicone.
• the warning device (1) during transport and storage is inactive because its battery (5) does not make contact with the circuits.
• the battery (5) must have a voltage between 1.5V and 4.5V.
• the amperage is defined by the repetition of vibrations and their duration.
• the activation (4) of the device is carried out by means of a pressure in a bulging area of the bracelet (2).
• a second internal element of the microchip (3) is a pulse counter (8) that receives the output of the pulse generator (6) and performs an arithmetic pulse counting operation.
• the signal of this counter (8) is transferred to a comparative memory (7), where previously the value of the unit of measurement has been entered.
• Memory (7) consists of two distinct elements.
• the determined number of pulses to be recognized is preprogrammed from manufacturing. That is, if the device (1) has to notify each
• the second element of the memory (7) is the comparator that performs the function of detecting the pulses stored inside. According to the previous example, when it detects the pulses numbers 1, 10,800, 21,600, 32,400, 43,200, it will send an additional pulse of a predetermined duration in the factory and normally between 3 and 8 seconds, to the vibrating element (9).
• the vibrating element (9) receives the pulse generated by the memory (7) and vibrates during that predetermined time.
• the result is a succession of vibrations in a fixed time established in the medication instruction manual.

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