WO2000049989A1 - Box for medicaments with integrated prescription - Google Patents
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- WO2000049989A1 WO2000049989A1 PCT/EP2000/000960 EP0000960W WO0049989A1 WO 2000049989 A1 WO2000049989 A1 WO 2000049989A1 EP 0000960 W EP0000960 W EP 0000960W WO 0049989 A1 WO0049989 A1 WO 0049989A1
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- 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
- A61J7/0481—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers with timers working on a schedule basis
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- the invention relates to a medicine box for storing prescribed medicines according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Drug boxes are already known, which are used to store different medicines, each prescribed by the doctor for ingestion at a certain time.
- the medicine box is divided into compartments, each of which is divided by a partition wall and is accessible to the patient via a closure flap assigned to the respective compartment.
- the subjects are assigned specific time windows within which the medication is to be taken.
- Prescription cards can be added to the medicine box, which are filled in by the doctor or nurse by hand.
- This medicine box has a division that extends from Monday to Sunday and divides the day into four time periods. Such a subdivision makes little sense for many regulations. Especially with long-term prescriptions, there are often prescriptions in which the obligation to take medicines arises within precise intervals, which are also longer than a week.
- the object of the invention is to develop a generic medicine box in such a way that it can be flexibly configured to the respective needs of the patient and thereby ensures that the patient is reminded of the prescribed medication.
- this object is achieved on the basis of a generic medicament box for the storage of prescribed medicaments according to the preamble of claim 1 by the combination with the characterizing features of claim 1.
- an electronic data carrier is integrated into the drug box, in which the doctor's prescription for the individual drugs to be stored in the box can be stored.
- the respective data stored in the electronic data carrier can be used to assign a corresponding medicinal product with a corresponding time specification to each subject.
- the subjects which are rigidly assigned to specific periods and which often remain empty can thereby be avoided.
- the entire drug box can be made considerably more compact so that it can be carried along easily by the patient.
- the information that the doctor can already call up via his PC can be available within the drug box after appropriate selection.
- the doctor can currently access around 100,000 drugs or pharmaceutical forms and pack sizes on his PC. After appropriate selection on the doctor's PC, this information can be transferred directly into the drug box according to the prescribed drug without transmission errors in the electronic data carriers.
- the pharmaceuticals can be, for example, according to the pharmaceutical central number, trademark, pharmaceutical forms or other criteria.
- the electronic data carrier can consist of at least one microprocessor and an associated memory for receiving the data.
- the medicine box can contain an interface for data transmission.
- the corresponding prescription of the doctor can be transferred to the memory integrated within the drug box, for example by connecting via a cable or also by wireless infrared remote transmission.
- the medicine box can also contain a replaceable memory chip.
- the necessary information is read into a corresponding memory block when the recipe is created on a PC. After reading in the information, the memory module is then inserted into the drug box.
- a loudspeaker for reproducing a signal tone or a voice message is integrated in the drug box. This reminds the patient of the precise intake. This can be done by a corresponding signal tone or by a stored message in which further information such as "please take before eating” or “please take after eating”, “please now” trademark X "take tablet” or the like can be included.
- a vibrating element can also be contained in the medicine box in addition to the loudspeaker. This can generate a vibrating signal that, for example, when the medicine box is stored in the breast pocket. a jacket reminds the wearer tonelessly of taking a certain drug at a certain time.
- a display for example an LCD display
- Alphanumeric characters can be shown on this LCD display. Additional information or identification information for the medicament to be taken (for example trademark, dosage form, color, shape, etc.) can thus be conveyed to the patient.
- the compartments are subdivided by movable walls within a medicine box, so that they can be adjusted for the subject contents as required. This can ensure that at a certain point in time when several medicaments have to be taken at the same time, sufficient space can be made available for the corresponding medicament without the total volume of the medicament box having to be increased.
- any number of medicaments combined in dosage form, strength, etc. can be taken by the patient at the right time by the patient without errors between the doctor and patient. This is particularly advantageous for permanent indications and multiple prescriptions. There is thus an increase in drug safety in all areas of the regulations.
- Beta-receptor blockers Antihypertensives, Beta-receptor blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors,
- the medication box in accordance with the invention avoids otherwise frequently occurring incorrect incomes which lead to patient harm.
- a doctor can now use his existing software to transfer the prescription, which he also stores in his software, directly into the patient's drug box.
- the patient's master data can also be entered into the drug box in encrypted form so that the box can be personally assigned to the patient.
- Corresponding data can be, for example: postal address, telephone number, fax number, cost bearer, blood group, as well as the various prescriptions of the doctor in any distribution of the medication (s), also in the prescribed denominations of a tablet or another dosage form.
- the medicine box can be used in different countries regardless of language barriers.
- the drug box can be operated with a radio data transmission or else with another data transmission.
- be remote transmission provided that connects to a central computer, such as a cost unit.
- the bioavailability and drug safety can be increased through the online information provided.
- the supply of prescribed health products to the patient can be statistically recorded for the cost unit.
- the patient number, the pharmaceutical central number, the doctor number, the cost unit number and plus the patient's consumer data and the drug prices can be transmitted as consumption data.
- a remote transmission connection can be established online to a central computer, for example of the cost unit.
- the cost unit can check the concentration of the medication taken by computer, for example using a suitable built-in chip. First of all, it can be checked whether the prescribed amount is being taken correctly at all. On the other hand, excess concentrations in the blood can also be determined here if the blood volume in the patient has decreased. If accidents of any kind occur as a result of drug intake, z. B. the insurance provider determines that the medication taken is the cause of the accident.
- the patient can be informed by the drug box via a signal, for example an optical or acoustic signal, if the concentration or bioavailability of the drug in the blood can lead to a hazard. This danger can also be shown on the built-in display.
- a signal for example an optical or acoustic signal
- the doctor prescribes a drug for a patient and creates a prescription using his existing software in the PC available to him.
- the doctor prescribes the prescription on paper for the patient printed out.
- the corresponding information is read electronically into an electronic data memory, which is inserted into the medicine box.
- the medicine box contains a liquid crystal screen on which the doctor's prescription can be displayed for the patient.
- the memory element also contains the patient's name and address and other personal data.
- a loudspeaker and a vibrating element are also included as signal transmitters, which can be programmed for the prescription time of the drug to be taken. As soon as the time to take a drug is reached, the patient is reminded by the corresponding signal.
- a corresponding cover for the compartment in which the medicament to be taken is placed can be opened for opening, while the other covers, which close the other compartments with medicinal products, are blocked against unintentional opening. In this way, a further security against the incorrect intake of medicinal products can be achieved.
- a prescription form in which several electronic data carriers for recording alphanumeric information are arranged on the prescription sheet.
- the corresponding information can be read from this electronic data carrier into the medicine box.
- one of the several data carriers provided with the same information can be removed from the prescription sheet and applied to a correspondingly provided location on the medication box.
- Fig. 1 the top view of a medicine box according to an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 the drug box from the side in the open and closed position
- a medicament box 10 shown by way of example in FIG. 1 has a width of 9.5 cm, a height of 13 cm and a thickness of 1.5 cm in the preferred exemplary embodiment shown here.
- the medicament box can of course also have a different format, but here a format should advantageously be selected with which the medicament box can be carried in a simple manner.
- the medicament box 10 has hinged lids 12 and 14 running across the entire width at the upper and lower regions, which are shown once in the open and once in the closed position in the illustration according to FIG. 2.
- the hinged lid 12 covers the input side of the drug box, while the hinged lid 14 covers the dispensing side.
- the drug box has receiving compartments 16, each of which is delimited by partitions 18.
- the receiving compartments 16 can thus be adapted to the size of the tablets to be taken or to the amount of tablets to be taken.
- the back of the medicament box 10 is covered with a transparent window 20, which enables the compartments 16 to be visually checked for their fill level.
- the entire rear side 20 for filling and checking the contents of the individual compartments 16 can be removed by means of corresponding optionally provided recesses 22.
- a liquid crystal screen 24 is arranged on the front side of the medicine box 10, which is shown in FIG. 1. This can be used to display the medicinal product to be taken, the time of day, the corresponding brand, the prescription and the amount according to the prescription for the patient.
- Inside the box 10 there is a slot for the electronic data carrier as described above.
- a first memory input for daily intake with, for example, illuminated signs 28 held in red and a memory output 30 with, for example, illuminated signs held in green.
- the respective illuminated indicator 28 reminds, for example, of the daily intake of a particular drug, and the illuminated indicator 30 confirms that the corresponding drug has already been taken on that day.
- an intake control button 32 is provided on the front of the medicine box. With this control button, the patient can confirm the actual intake of the drug for safety after taking the drug taken from the drug box 10.
- the signal triggered by the control button can be passed on to a data processing system, for example to the cost unit, via remote data transmission.
- the patient can also be reminded to put on a new transdermal plaster, for example a nitrate plaster, or to remove the same. He can also be reminded that the blood pressure value must be checked, the blood sugar level determined, a quick test to determine the blood coagulation value is carried out or a contraceptive has to be taken.
- a new transdermal plaster for example a nitrate plaster
- the drug box according to the invention can be used as follows:
- Medicines can be entered in the medication box according to the doctor's prescription. Medicines can be dispensed from the medication box according to the doctor's prescription.
- a message of the drug intake can be displayed, stating the dosage, pharmaceutical form, brand and the like.
- a report to the health insurance company via remote data transmission can be made simultaneously or daily.
- the medicine box can also be used with a tinted rear wall for light protection.
- the medication box is designed accordingly, the medication can be stored within the temperature range of up to 21 ° C. If necessary, the medicine box can also be designed as a cool box, so that temperature-protected storage inside the medicine box is possible down to -0 ° C.
- An acoustic signal can be given to remind you that you have taken the prescription.
- a motion signal can also be given by an appropriate vibrator.
- the ordinance can be entered and output in any font, although braille can also be provided here.
- the prescription may have been used up at a certain point in time, for example 48 hours, before the supply of medicinal products runs out, by means of a corresponding supply indicator.
- the tablets, dragee etc. shafts are adjustable in shape and size within the medicine box.
- the taking of the prescription can be reported to the health insurance company using the actuation button provided on the drug box, and the data can be made within the health insurance company (cost unit) by means of so-called patient drug management programs.
- the patient or user of the drug box can receive a signal if his health is at risk due to an overdose. In addition, he can be warned about handling vehicles and machines, which is dangerous due to a corresponding drug concentration.
- the medication box according to the invention can also be used to calculate the difference between the medication prescription by the doctor and the medication intake by the patient and the medication cost expenditure of the health insurance companies.
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