WO2019227110A1

WO2019227110A1 - Medication container

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Publication number: WO2019227110A1
Application number: PCT/AT2019/000011
Authority: WO
Inventors: Claudio Errico
Original assignee: Claudio Errico
Priority date: 2018-05-30
Filing date: 2019-04-18
Publication date: 2019-12-05
Also published as: AT521328A1; AT521328B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a medication container (1) having a base module (2) having multiple package compartments (3) for holding and dispensing medication packages, and having a medication dispensing element (4) having multiple medication compartments (5) for holding and dispensing unpackaged medications, in particular tablets, wherein the medication dispensing element (4) is or can be fixed to, preferably on, the base module (2), in particular by means of an nondestructively detachable medication dispensing element connecting device (6), wherein the base module (2) has at least one nondestructively detachable module connection device (7) for fixing at least one additional module (8).

Description

medicament container

The present invention relates to a medicament container with a

A base module having a plurality of packaging compartments for receiving and dispensing medicine packages and having a drug delivery body with multiple drug compartments for receiving and dispensing unpacked medicines, in particular tablets, the medicament dispensing body being attached or attachable to, preferably on, the base module, in particular by means of a non-destructively releasable medicament dispensing body connection means , Medicines are usually sold in drug packages. These are often carton-type packages in which the individual medicaments, e.g. in the form of tablets, in one or more tablet blisters. But there are also drug packages in the form of cans or the like, in which the individual drugs are packaged as a kind of bulk. In patients who regularly and especially several times a day different

Need to take medication, the use of

Medication dispensing bodies, so naturalized by so-called dispensers. These medicament dispensing bodies have a variety of drug compartments for receiving and dispensing unpackaged medicaments, e.g. Tablets on. In such a medicine compartment, the drugs are then loosely and unpacked put together, which must be taken on a certain day at a certain time of day. In hospitals, these are

Drug dispensing body equipped by medical professionals. In the private sector, the patient or his family members have to perform this placement themselves, ie to bring the right medication into the right medication compartments themselves. Especially in the private sector or in home care, the drug packages are often in any closet or The like stored while the drug delivery body is stored independently. It is also problematic that the unpackaged medicaments in the drug delivery body are often no longer or only hard to identify after being removed from their drug package. Rescue workers are also common with this problem

when they come to a patient in his private apartment and when looking at the drug delivery body can no longer easily determine in a safe way, which drugs are now in the

Drug compartments are located.

The CN 202 439 896 U already proposes a generic

Medicine container before, on the one hand a drug delivery body with several drug compartments and on the other hand, a base module with

Has packaging compartments for receiving medication packaging. In the case of CN 202 439 896 U, the drug delivery body can be removed from and attached to the base module.

Object of the present invention is to propose an improvement that allows an extension of the drug container.

For this purpose, it is provided according to the invention that the base module has at least one non-destructively releasable module connection device for fastening at least one additional module.

Due to the non-destructible detachable module connection device can on

Basic module in addition to the drug delivery body at least one

Additional module can be attached if needed, more

To accommodate drug packages in the drug container, as this is possible in the packaging compartments of the base module. The additional module can this also several packaging compartments for receiving

Have drug packages. The add-on module can be part of the

Drug container by means of module connection device on the base module be attached or fastened. Overall, a modular system has been created with the invention, which allows, if necessary, by adding additional modules additional storage space for additional

To create medication packaging. Conveniently, it is provided that the additional module at least one non-destructive detachable

Module connection device for attaching at least one other

Has additional modules. Preferred variants provide that on the base module and / or on the additional module in each case on top of a lid surface a

Module connection means and below the bottom surface of the base module and / or the additional module in each case in turn a module connection device is arranged. All these module connection devices are favorably designed to be non-destructively detachable. So they are designed so that a connection can be repeatedly and non-destructively manufactured and released.

Preferably, a non-destructively detachable module connection device arranged on top of the base module is used for fastening the module

Drug delivery body by means of his

Medication dispensing body connection means on, preferably on, the base module used. The terms "up", "under" and "laterally" refer to the position of the medicament container which it occupies during normal operation In particularly preferred variants, one or more additional modules are provided on the base module of the medicament dispensing body and below the base module By means of the invention it is possible to expand the medicament container by as many additional modules as are required to accommodate all medicament packages

Accommodate packaging compartments. This makes it possible, at least all that

To accommodate drug packages in the drug container from which in the drug delivery body or its drug compartments

ordered drugs come. These unpackaged medicaments may be tablets, suppositories and the like. Classical

Medication packaging is blister, cardboard, can and the like. In order to accommodate the current on the market drug packages, the packaging compartments in preferred embodiments have a volume in the Range from 20 cm ³ to about 2,100 cm ³ . The medicine subjects, which are the admission of unpacked medicines like tablets, suppositories and

serve the same, conveniently have a volume of at least 1 cm ³ and preferably of at most 48 cm ³ . The bottom of each

Drug compartment may be rounded to the removal of the

To facilitate medication from the medication compartment. Of the

Medication dispensing body could also be referred to as a dispenser. The base module and the additional modules or modules can be designed identical. In that case they are, so to speak, interchangeable. In any case, the drug delivery body can be attached to the base module or to the base module. It can be provided that the drug delivery body is fixed, ie inseparably attached to or on the base module. However, preferred variants provide that the medicament dispensing body can be attached non-destructively releasably to or on the base module by means of the non-destructively detachable medicament dispensing body connection device, so that the medicament dispensing body can also be removed from the base module. The non-destructively detachable

Medication delivery body connection means is conveniently located below a bottom surface of the drug delivery body. It can be carried out in an analogous manner as on the bottom of a bottom of the

Basic module and / or the additional module available

Module connector.

In the packaging compartments and sprays, bottles and the like can be arranged and stored. In any case, the medicament container according to the invention makes it possible, for equipping the medicine compartments, that is to say the compartments for receiving and dispensing the unpackaged medicaments, in which

Medication dispensing body in the packaging compartments, so the subjects for receiving and dispensing the drug packages, the base module and / or the at least one additional module existing

Take medication packages from these

Medication packages to take the appropriate drugs and these directly and unpacked in the respective drug compartments classify. As a result, the drug packages must not be gathered together. Everything is stored compactly in a medicine container. Above all, it is much easier than in the current practice possible to recognize which drugs are in the drug compartments, since their drug packaging can be found in the packaging compartments of the drug container. It can thus be confused with

Medicines can be prevented because the drug packages can be stored properly in the packaging compartments and the drugs can be sorted clearly identifiable. This is particularly beneficial when rescuers are called to an emergency and, e.g. if the patient is no longer responsive or dementia, they must determine by themselves which medication the patient has taken lately. Patients themselves, as well as caregivers or relatives, can easily see at any time which medicines are being taken, how many are still in stock and how the medicines are specifically designated, if these are used, for example. have to be reordered in pharmacies or bought after.

The module connection devices of the base module and optionally also of the additional module are connecting devices which

can be solved non-destructively. That is, the

Module connection devices are designed to re-connect multiple base module and additional module, respectively

permit non-destructive detachment of the base module from the additional module. The same applies in preferred embodiments for the

Medication dispensing body connecting device, which is designed in preferred variants to the fact that the drug delivery body can be removed several times and non-destructive from the base module and attached to or on this again.

In preferred variants of the invention, the module connecting device or the medicament dispensing body connecting device has at least one, preferably groove-shaped, guide rail for forming a sliding connection with another module connection device. To connect the

Additional modules with the base module must then be pushed together with their guide rails only one another and pulled apart again for separation. The same is then conveniently for the type of attachment of the

Drug delivery body on or on the base module. Particularly preferably, at least one end stop for limiting a sliding movement when connecting the sliding connection is provided.

In particular, the end position or the connection position between

Basic module and additional module or between basic module and

To secure medicament dispensing body, preferred embodiments of the invention provide that the module connection device and / or the

Medicament dispensing body connecting device at least one

Has latching device and / or at least one clamping device.

Conveniently, it is provided that the latching device by hand, so without the use of tools, on and disengaged. In case of a

Clamping this is conveniently also by hand, so without the use of tools, clamped and detachable. Locking and clamping devices are known in the prior art per se in a variety of embodiments, so this need not be explained in detail here, but can be applied according to the prior art. Basically, of course, it should be noted that there are a variety of known form and / or

frictional connection forms, which can be used as a module connection device and / or as a medicament dispensing body connection device.

Preferred variants of the invention provide that the packaging compartments each have a shield receptacle for inserting at least one sign with a

Have drug name. The at least one shield may be, for example, a part of the medication package per se. It is so easy to see from the outside, which medicine packaging is in the respective packaging compartment. Furthermore, it is convenient if every packaging compartment each having a mounting surface for adhering a Dosierungsetikettes. The dosage label is usually stuck in the pharmacy or by the doctor on the drug package and indicates how and when the respective

Drug is to be dosed. This dosage label can then be used by the

Medication packaging removed and mounted on the mounting surface of the packaging tray, in particular glued, be. Alternatively, other dosage labels with dosage information may be applied to the attachment surfaces. It does not necessarily have to be the dosage labels attached to or on the drug packages. Finally, it should only be ensured that the correct dosage information is attached to the respective mounting surface with a corresponding dosing label.

In principle, the packaging compartments can be open compartments, into which the medication packages can simply be inserted or inserted. However, preferred variants provide that the

Packaging compartments each a drawer for holding the

Have drug packages. The medicine packages can then be lifted in the drawer and the drawer inserted into the respective packaging compartment. The shield holder and / or the

Mounting surface are conveniently located on an outwardly facing front panel of the respective packaging tray. In the case of using drawers may be a front panel of the drawer, which has the shield receptacle and / or the mounting surface. On the base module and / or on the at least one additional module, a clamping spring for

Clamping be arranged at least one sheet of paper. Preferably, the clamping spring is located on a side wall of the base module and / or the at least one additional module. By means of the clamping spring, e.g. a medication plan, a list of drugs or the like are attached directly to the drug container.

Preferred embodiments of medicament containers according to the invention may also provide that on the base module and / or the at least one additional module, preferably on a side wall of the base module and / or the at least one additional module, a card holder is present, in which a card can be inserted. It is conveniently a credit card sized card. On this card, the personal and

be stored disease-related data of each patient. Thus, e.g. the general health insurance card or e-card or, e. g. but also a business card of a treating doctor or an appointment card with the next doctor's appointment are inserted into this card holder.

The drug compartments in the drug delivery body are conveniently arranged in columns and rows. Particularly preferred variants provide seven columns and three or four rows. So there can be one column for each day of the week. By means of the rows, an assignment can be made at the time of day in which the medication must be taken from the corresponding medication compartment. For example, in the first row, all medications that have to be taken in the morning can be arranged.

Additional rows may be scheduled to be taken at noon, in the evening and at night. It lends itself to the columns and rows at

Drug dispensing body according to the days of the week and the corresponding time of day to label, as is well known. It is also beneficial if the medicine compartments are closed with a manually openable cover. It can e.g. be provided that the drug compartments in each column is assigned a common cover. The covers are conveniently transparent, so you can, without opening the cover, see if there are drugs in each drug compartment or not.

Further features and characteristics of preferred variants of the invention will be explained by way of example with reference to an embodiment according to the invention in the following description of the figures. Show it:

1 shows an embodiment of a medicament container according to the invention; Fig. 2 is an exploded view of Fig. 1;

3 and 4 an illustration of a base module or an additional module obliquely from above and obliquely below;

5 shows an illustration of a drawer obliquely from below;

Fig. 6 to 8 different representations of the drug delivery body of this medicament container according to the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a medicament container 1 according to the invention with a

Base module 2, which has a plurality of packaging compartments 3. Im shown

Embodiment is located in each packaging compartment 3 of the base module 2, a drawer 15, in each of which at least a drug package can be stowed. The medicament dispensing body 4, which could also be referred to as a dispenser, in particular as a tablet or pill dispenser or as a medicament dispenser, is located on the base module 2 in this exemplary embodiment. The medicament dispensing body 4 comprises a multiplicity of medicament compartments 5, which are closed by covers 22 in FIGS. 1 and 2. The drug delivery body 4 can fix on the base module. 2

be arranged. However, preferred variants provide that the

Medication dispensing body by means of a non-destructive detachable

Medication dispensing body connecting device 6 or on the base module 2 is attached or fastened.

According to the invention, the base module 2 has at least one non-destructively detachable module connection device 7 with which an additional module 8 can be fastened to the base module 2. In the variant shown here it is provided that the additional module 8 is fastened under the base module 2. But this does not necessarily have to be the case. In the variant shown here, the base module 2 and the additional module 8 are identical. But this does not necessarily have to be this way. In Fig. 1, the packaging compartments 3 of the additional module 8 no drawers 15. This is a variant which can also be realized in the base module 2. If this is the case, then the medication packages are directly in the respective

Packing compartment 3 of the base module 2 and / or the additional module 8 inserted. Deviating from the shown here Fig. 1 but of course in the

Additional module 8 corresponding to drawers 15 may be arranged, in which then the commercially available drug packages can be sorted.

At the top of each compartment 3 is shown here in the

Embodiment, a fall-out 25, which prevents the respective drawer 15 accidentally too far from the packaging tray. 3

can be pulled out by the drawer, before it falls out completely, at the fall out 25 strikes. But this is an optional feature, which does not necessarily have to be realized.

In the exploded view of FIG. 2 is a single drawer 15th

pulled out and detached from the base module 2 shown. This drawer 15 has an externally visible front panel 16. Preferred variants provide that there is a shield receptacle 13 on this front panel 16, into which at least one shield 24 can be inserted, on which is e.g. the name of the drug, which is located in the drawer 15 or in the corresponding packaging compartment 3, is attached or can be attached. As a shield, e.g. a part of the medicine package itself will be used on which the information is printed accordingly. This shield can thus be easily cut or torn off from the medication package. Of course, a shield can be inserted into the shield receptacle 13, which was previously labeled by hand or by machine.

On the front panel 16, preferably on an inclined surface of the front panel 16, is in preferred embodiments, a mounting surface 14 on which a Dosierungsetikett 23 applied, preferably glued, can be. On the dosage label 23, the dosage of the respective

Drug be specified. Frequently, such dosage labels are labeled in pharmacies and glued to the medication package. If this is the case, these dosage labels can be easily obtained from the

Medication packaging removed and on the mounting surface 14th glued on. Alternatively, other dosage labels 23 with the dosage information may be applied to the attachment surfaces 14. It does not necessarily have to be the dosage labels 23 that are attached to or on the medication packages. In the end, only should

Be sure that the right dosage information with a

appropriate dosage label 23 is mounted on the respective mounting surface 14.

If no drawers 15 are used, a corresponding front panel 16 with attachment surface 14 and / or sign holder 13 can also be provided directly on or adjacent to the packaging compartment 3. The packaging compartments 3 may e.g. be closed with appropriately hinged front panels 16. Also in this case can be dispensed with the drawers 15.

In Fig. 5, a drawer 15 is shown obliquely from below. Here is particularly good to see the catch 26, which can be used to that the drawer 15 engages in the fully inserted into the packaging compartment 3 state in the base module 2 and in the additional module 8 and so accidental opening of the drawer is prevented. Pulling out the drawer 15 is then possible only by overcoming the catch 26.

For the variants of the module connecting device 7 and the medicament dispensing body connecting device 6 realized here by way of example, reference is made to FIG. 3, FIG.

4 and 8 referenced. Figs. 3 and 4 show a module which is in this

Embodiment can be used both as a base module 2 and as an additional module 8, obliquely from above and diagonally below, so that in each case the realized on the bottom and the top of the base module 2 and 8 of the additional module connection device 7 can be seen. Fig. 8 shows a view obliquely from below on the medicament dispensing body 4. In this view is also the

Medicament dispensing body connecting device 6 to see which in the embodiment shown here, as well as in other preferred variants, such as the module connection device 7 is executed, which is located in each case on the underside of the base module 2 or of the additional module 8. The following description of this exemplary embodiment of a module connecting device 7 thus also applies to the medicament dispensing body connecting device 6.

In this embodiment, both the module connection means 7 and the medicament dispensing body connection means 6 groove-shaped guide rails 9 for forming a sliding connection with another module connection means 7 or just with a

Drug dispensing body connecting device 6 on. When assembling this sliding connection, the respective groove-shaped

Guide rails pushed into one another, that results in a positive connection between the base module 2 and additional module 8 and between base module 2 and drug delivery body 4. It is a non-destructive detachable connection, since this sliding connection by appropriate

Disassembly can also be solved again, without any part of the module connection device 7 or the

Medication dispensing body connection device 6 would have to be destroyed. The said connection means are rather designed so that the

Base module 2 and the drug delivery body 4 and the base module 2 and the additional module 8 as often as desired connected to each other and can be separated again.

In the illustrated embodiment, said sliding connection has an end stop for limiting the sliding movement in connecting the

Sliding connection on. So that this connection is not accidentally solved, it is also provided in preferred embodiments that the

Module connection device 7 or the

Medication dispensing body connecting device 6 at least one

Has latching device 1 1 and / or at least one clamping device 12. This locking device 11 and / or the clamping device 12 are provided for the ready connected state of base module 2 with additional module 8 and / or of Base module 2 and drug delivery body 4 to hold until targeted a force in the right direction is exerted on this compound, which causes a release of the clamping device 12 and the latching device 1 1. It must therefore be deliberately exerted so much force in the intended direction of this connection that the predetermined by the latching device 11 and / or the clamping device 12 threshold is overcome before the additional module 8 from the base module 2 or the drug delivery body 4 from the base module 2 deported or . can be removed. The latching device 11 is preferably a latching device that can be latched in and out manually. The clamping device 12 is preferably clamped and released by hand. This means that no

Tool is needed.

The latching device 1 1 may, as is known, be in the form of locking tongues and the like. A clamping device 12 can, in particular in the present example, the cooperating groove-shaped

trained guide rails 9 can be achieved in that the groove-shaped opening in the guide rail 9 in the rear region of the guide rail 9 is slightly narrower, so that when inserted into this rear region of the

Guide rail 9 to a frictional jamming of the guide rails 9 comes together.

As an alternative to the locking devices 1 1 and / or realized here

Clamping devices 12 can of course also numerous other, preferably connectable by hand and again detachable, connecting means are used to the connection position or end position of interconnected base modules 2 and 8 additional modules or base modules 2 and

Medicament dispensing body 4 to secure against unintentional falling apart.

FIGS. 3 and 4 also clearly show that in the variant of the invention shown here by way of example on base module 2 or also correspondingly on additional module 8, a clamping spring 18 is provided for clamping at least one sheet of paper and / or paper a card holder 19 may be arranged for inserting a card.

Conveniently, the card holder 19 is designed so that cards in the usual credit card format can be inserted into them. Thus, e.g.

Health insurance cards but also business cards e.g. the attending family doctor or appointment cards, for example be inserted with medical appointments in the card holder 19. With the clamping spring 18 drug lists, treatment plans and the like can be attached to the drug container 1. In preferred

Variants are the clamping springs 18 and / or

Card recordings 19 each on a side wall 17 of the base module 2 and / or the additional module 8. However, this need not necessarily be so.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show various perspective views from above of the variant of a medicament dispensing body 4 or dispenser realized here. In Fig. 7, the common covers 22 realized here for covering the medicine compartments 5 are removed, so that one can look into the medicine compartments 5 of the medication delivery body 4. In particular, in Fig. 7 it can be clearly seen that in preferred embodiments, such as the medicine dispensing body 4 realized here, the medicine compartments 5 are arranged in columns 20 and rows 21. Preferably, there are seven columns 20 and three or four rows 21. Each column can be assigned to a day of the week. The legend 28 of columns 20, symbolically represented here as XX, may be e.g. indicate the respective weekday, ie Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday etc. The label 29 of the rows 21 symbolically shown here with XXXXXX can indicate the time of day when the medicaments must be taken from the respective medication compartment 5 and taken by the patient. The lettering 29 can thus be e.g. in the morning, at noon, in the evening and at night. With the inscriptions 30 of the medicament dispensing body 4, which are also shown only symbolically here, it is possible to use e.g. the emergency number as well as the

Telephone numbers of relatives or the family doctor.

In order to simplify the removal of the respective drug or the respective drugs from a medicine compartment 5, is shown in the here Embodiment of the bottom of the respective drug compartment 5 on the sides with rounded TI executed.

FIG. 6 clearly shows that in the variant shown here, as well as in other variants, covers 22 for covering the medicine compartments 5 can be present. In the exemplary embodiment shown, a closure is in each case formed as a common cover 22 for the medicine compartments 5 of a column 20. Conveniently, the closures 22 are transparent, so you can see the drugs in each drug compartment 5 even in the closed state. In the variant shown here, the common

Closures 22 inserted in guide 31. In Fig. 6 is good to see that on the covers 22 side notches 32 of a latching connection are arranged so that the cover 22 can engage in each case in an intermediate position in which it covers certain drug compartments 5 and releases others. Of course, the medicine compartments 5 could also be covered otherwise or completely open.

Legend

to the reference numbers:

Medicine container 28 lettering

Basic module 29 Labeling

Packaging compartment 30 Labeling

Drug delivery body 31 guide groove

Medication compartment 32 notch

Medicament dispensing body connector

Module connector

additional module

guide rail

end stop

locking device

clamper

sign Low

mounting surface

drawer

front panel

Side wall

clamping spring

card receiver

column

line

common coverage

dosage label

sign

Fierausfallsicherung

notch

rounding off

Claims

claims

1. medicament container (1) with a base module (2) with several

Packaging compartments (3) for receiving and issuing

Medicament packaging and a medicament dispensing body (4) having a plurality of medicine compartments (5) for receiving and dispensing unpackaged medicaments, in particular tablets, wherein the

Medication dispensing body (4), preferably on, the base module (2), in particular by means of a non-destructive detachable

Medication dispensing body connection device (6), fixed or attachable, characterized in that the base module (2) has at least one non-destructively releasable module connection means (7) for attaching at least one additional module (8).

2. medicament container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one additional module (8) as part of the medicament container (1) by means of module connection means (7) on the base module (2) is fastened or fastened and a plurality of packaging compartments (3) Recording of

Has drug packages.

3. medicament container (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the additional module (8) at least one non-destructively detachable

Module connection device (7) for attaching at least one further additional module (8).

4. medicament container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized

in that the module connecting device (7) and / or the medicament dispensing body connecting device (6) has at least one, preferably groove-shaped, guide rail (9) for forming a Sliding connection with another Moduiverbindungseinrichtung (7) and preferably at least one end stop (10) for limiting a sliding movement when connecting the sliding connection.

5. medicament container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized

in that the module connection device (7) and / or the medicament dispensing body connection device (6) has at least one latching device (11), preferably manually engageable and disengageable, and / or at least one, preferably hand-operated and releasable,

Clamping device (12).

6. medicament container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized

characterized in that the packaging compartments (3) each have a shield receptacle (13) for inserting at least one shield (24) with a

Drug designation and / or each have a mounting surface (14) for attaching a dosage label (23).

7. medicament container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized

characterized in that the packaging compartments (3) each have a drawer (15) for receiving and dispensing the medicament packages.

8. medicament container (1) according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the shield receptacle (13) and / or the mounting surface (14) on an outwardly facing front panel (16) of the respective packaging compartment (3), preferably the respective drawer ( 15) are arranged.

9. medicament container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized

characterized in that on the base module (2) and / or the at least one additional module (8), preferably on a side wall (17) of the base module (2) and / or the at least one additional module (8), a clamping spring (18) for clamping at least one sheet of paper and / or a card holder (19) for inserting at least one card, preferably in

Bank card format, is arranged.

10. medicament container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized

characterized in that the medicine compartments (5) in the

Medication delivery body (4) in, preferably seven, columns (20) and, preferably three or four rows (21) are arranged, wherein it is preferably provided that the medicine compartments (5) of each column is associated with a common cover (22).