JP7334473B2 - Medication management system - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to a medication management system.

In Japanese Utility Model No. 3171265 (Patent Document 1), when the set time for taking the medicine comes, an indicator light provided corresponding to the medicine box to be taken and a voice notification for prompting the taking of the medicine flashes to inform the patient of the medicine. There has been proposed a medication management device that motivates a person to take medicine and prevents forgetting to take medicine.

Registered Utility Model No. 3171265

In the device described in the above document, a person taking medicine can freely take out the medicine stored in the medicine box by removing the medicine box from the container body. In order to properly take the medicine, it is desirable to take out the medicine from the medicine cabinet at the original medicine taking set time specified in the prescription.

The present disclosure provides a medication administration system that facilitates administration of proper administration of medication at the prescribed medication administration time.

According to the present disclosure, it contains a drug case that stores a single dose of medicine, a tray that mounts the drug case, a drive source that generates a drive force to reciprocate the tray, a drug case, the tray, and the drive source. A medication management system is provided that includes a housing, an imaging device that captures an image of a person taking medication, and a controller that controls the operation of the driving source and the imaging device. The controller drives the driving source so as to start photographing by the imaging device and move the medicine case to the outside of the housing at the medicine taking set time, and records the time when the medicine case is taken out from the tray as the medicine taking time, If the medicine case is not removed from the tray even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the medicine case was moved to the outside of the housing, the drive source is driven to move the medicine case into the housing, and then the image is captured by the imaging device. exit.

According to such a configuration, the medicine case that has been re-stored inside the housing cannot be taken out after that, and by confirming the situation where the medicine remains inside the housing, it is possible to take medicine at which prescribed dosing time. It is possible to check whether the Therefore, it is possible to easily manage to take appropriate medicine at the medicine taking set time.

In the medication management system described above, when a confirmation person different from the person taking the medicine confirms the image taken at the time of taking the medicine, and the person taking the medicine does not actually take the medicine, the controller does not take the medicine at the time of taking the medicine. You may correct the record. As a result, it is possible to more accurately record whether or not the person taking the medicine has taken the appropriate medicine at the prescribed medicine taking time.

The above medication management system further comprises a display, wherein the controller displays one or more medication times on the display, and when the confirmation person selects a specific medication time from the one or more medication times, the selected medication An image captured by the imaging device at the time may be displayed on the display unit. A confirmer who checks the display section can confirm that the person taking the medicine was definitely taking the medicine at the selected medicine taking time by looking at the image.

In the medication management system described above, the controller displays an image captured at the selected medication time on the display unit, and then displays a selection screen for selecting whether or not the person taking the medication has actually taken the medication. good too. By operating the selection screen, the confirmer can easily and more reliably correct the record when the person taking the medicine did not actually take the medicine at the medicine taking time.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to easily manage to take appropriate medicine at the set medicine taking time.

1 is a front view of a medication management device according to an embodiment; FIG. 1. It is a front view which expands and shows one of several medicine accommodating parts shown by FIG. It is the figure which looked at the internal structure of the housing|casing of the medicine accommodating part from the side. It is the figure which looked at the internal structure of the housing|casing of the medicine accommodating part from upper direction. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a capsule housed in a medicine housing; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which part of the capsule has moved to the outside of the housing; It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of a medication management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the medication management process in the medication management system based on embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining the flow of sharing the result of medication management processing with an external independent terminal; It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display part which displays medication time. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a process of selecting a specific medication time from multiple medication times. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display section that displays a moving image taken at a selected medication-taking time; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display section displaying a selection screen; FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing another example of a display unit that displays moving images; It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display part which displays the corrected medication time.

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a medication management device 1 based on an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the medication management device 1 has a vertically long rectangular shape when viewed from the front. The medication management device 1 includes a plurality of medicine storage units 10 . The medication management device 1 of the embodiment includes a total of 32 medicine storage units 10, in which four medicine storage units 10 are arranged horizontally and eight medicine storage units 10 are arranged vertically.

By setting the number of medicine storage units 10 to 32 and a multiple of 8, for example, these 32 medicine storage units 10 can store medicines to be taken in the morning, noon, evening and before bedtime for 7 days plus 1 extra day. can be stored. Alternatively, it is also possible to store medicines to be taken in the morning and evening for 14 days plus one extra day in 30 medicine containing parts 10, leaving two medicine containing parts 10 empty. The number of medicine containing parts 10 is not limited to 32 shown in FIG. 1, and may be changed arbitrarily. How many days' worth of medicines are stored in a plurality of medicine storage units 10 may also be arbitrarily changed.

An imaging device 4 is provided on the front surface of the medication management device 1 above each medicine container 10 . The imaging device 4 can photograph the front of the medication management device 1 . The imaging device 4 can photograph the front of the medicine containing section 10 . The imaging device 4 can photograph a state in which a person takes a medicine taken out from one of the plurality of medicine storage units 10 of the medication management device 1 .

An operation panel 6 is provided on the front surface of the medication management device 1 below each medicine container 10 . Input of a password is required to operate the operation panel 6 . The operation panel 6 is operated by an administrator other than the person taking the medicine, such as a pharmacist. When the pharmacist inputs a password to the operation panel 6, all the doors of the plurality of drug storage units 10 are automatically opened and closed. A pharmacist prepares a medicine case storing medicine in advance at a pharmacy, brings the medicine case to the place where the medicine management device 1 is installed, for example, the home of the person who takes the medicine, and puts the medicine into the medicine container 10 through the opened door. Can accommodate cases. As a result, the working time for storing the medicine in the medicine containing portion 10 is shortened.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an enlarged view of one of the plurality of drug storage units 10 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. As shown in FIG. 2 , the medicine container 10 has a housing 11 . The housing 11 has an oblong rectangular parallelepiped shape. An opening 14 is formed in the front surface 12 of the housing 11 . The opening 14 communicates the inside and the outside of the housing 11 . A substantially upper half of the opening 14 is covered with a door 20 . Hinges 22 and 24 are attached to the upper edge portion of the opening 14 on the front face 12 of the housing 11 . Hinges 22 and 24 connect the front surface of housing 11 and door 20 . Door 20 is hinged to the upper edge of opening 14 . The door 20 is rotatable relative to the housing 11 with the vicinity of the upper edge of the opening 14 as the center of rotation.

A tray 40 is housed inside the housing 11 . A capsule 50 is mounted on the tray 40 . Capsule 50 is housed inside housing 11 . The tray 40 and the capsule 50 reciprocate in the front-rear direction (perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 2). A guide 44 is arranged below the tray 40, and the tray 40 is guided by the guide 44 to reciprocate in the front-rear direction. The tray 40 has walls 46 . The wall portion 46 suppresses displacement of the capsules 50 mounted on the tray 40 .

FIG. 3 is a side view of the internal configuration of the housing 11 of the medicine container 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a top view of the internal configuration of the housing 11 of the medicine container 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the tray 40 has a mounting surface 41. As shown in FIG. The tray 40 has a protrusion 42 protruding upward from the mounting surface 41 at its front end. Capsule 50 is mounted on mounting surface 41 . The protrusion 42 is above the lower end of the capsule 50 that contacts the mounting surface 41 . Therefore, in the front view shown in FIG. 2, the lower end of the capsule 50 and the vicinity thereof are covered with the convex portion 42 from the front.

The door 20 is positioned below the upper edge of the opening 14 under the action of gravity and partially closes the opening 14 . The door 20 is positioned substantially flush with the front surface of the housing 11 . The door 20 may be provided with a biasing member such as a spring that biases the door 20 in the closing direction. The door 20 is attached to the housing 11 only through hinges 22 and 24, and no mechanism is provided to lock the door 20 in the closed position.

The distance between the upper end of the protrusion 42 and the upper edge of the opening 14 in the height direction (the vertical direction in FIGS. 2 and 3) is smaller than the dimension of the capsule 50 in the height direction. 2, the height of the front surface of the capsule 50 is higher than the height dimension of the opening formed when the door 20 is opened using a finger or an instrument such as a screwdriver. The directional dimension is larger. When the capsule 50 is positioned inside the housing 11 , it is configured such that the person taking the drug cannot pry open the opening 14 to take out the capsule 50 . This prevents the taking out of the capsule 50 and taking the medicine at a time other than the set time of taking the medicine.

A tray 40 below the capsule 50 has a protrusion 42 and the door 20 is suspended from the upper edge of the opening 14 . The provision of the door 20 covering the opening 14 from above makes it more difficult to take out the capsule 50 from the inside of the housing 11 together with the protrusion 42 of the tray 40 .

The convex portion 42 shown in FIG. 2 extends over the entire width direction of the capsule 50 (horizontal direction in FIG. 2). The configuration is not limited to this configuration, and the convex portion 42 may be formed in other shapes as long as the shape can prevent the capsule 50 from being taken out from the housing 11 . For example, a plurality of protrusions 42 divided in the width direction of the capsule 50 may be provided, or a protrusion 42 shorter than the width of the capsule 50 and overlapping only a portion of the capsule 50 may be provided.

A motor 60 is housed inside the housing 11 . The motor 60 corresponds to the driving source of the embodiment, which generates driving force for reciprocating the tray 40 in the front-rear direction. A speed reducer 62 is connected to the motor 60 . The speed reducer 62 receives the rotation of the motor 60, reduces the speed of the transferred rotation, and outputs the reduced speed. An output shaft 64 is connected to the reduction gear 62 . A gear 66 is connected to the output shaft 64 . The driving force generated by motor 60 is transmitted to gear 66 via speed reducer 62 and output shaft 64 .

Gear 66 meshes with rack 68 . The rack 68 extends in the front-rear direction. A front end of the rack 68 is fixed to the tray 40 by a fixing portion 70 . The driving force generated by the motor 60 is transmitted to the gear 66 to rotate the gear 66, and the rotation of the gear 66 is transmitted to the rack 68, whereby the rack 68 reciprocates in the front-rear direction. As a result, the tray 40 reciprocates in the front-rear direction integrally with the rack 68 .

The capsules 50 mounted on the tray 40 move back and forth as the tray 40 moves. The housing 11 has a passage portion 30 that serves as a passage for the moving capsule 50 . The passage portion 30 has a ceiling surface 32 . The ceiling surface 32 has a flat shape.

Exit/return detection sensors 86 and 88 are attached to the bottom surface of the housing 11 . The exit/return detection sensors 86 and 88 detect the position of the rack 68 . By moving the tray 40 integrally with the rack 68 , it is possible to detect the position of the tray 40 with respect to the housing 11 based on the detection results of the return detection sensors 86 and 88 .

The structure for reciprocating the tray 40 and the capsules 50 mounted on the tray 40 in the front-rear direction is not limited to the gear 66 and the rack 68 described above. For example, the direction in which the rotating shaft of the motor 60 extends may be the vertical direction, and instead of the gear 66 and the rack 68, a link may be provided that connects the tray 40 and a position eccentric from the rotating shaft of the motor 60 . In the configuration including the gear 66 and the rack 68, it is necessary to rotate the motor 60 in both forward and reverse directions. Therefore, it is advantageous in terms of cost reduction and control simplification.

A capsule detection sensor 80 is attached to the inner side of the housing 11 . The capsule detection sensor 80 of the embodiment is a photoelectric sensor and has a light projecting portion 82 that emits light and a light receiving portion 84 that receives light. A capsule detection sensor 80 detects whether or not the capsule 50 is mounted on the tray 40 . When the light emitted from the light projecting section 82 is blocked by the capsule 50 and does not reach the light receiving section 84 and the light receiving section 84 cannot receive the light, it is determined that the capsule 50 is mounted on the tray 40 . When the light-receiving part 84 receives the light emitted from the light-projecting part 82 , it is determined that the light is not blocked by the capsule 50 and the capsule 50 is not mounted on the tray 40 .

Capsule detection sensor 80 is not limited to a photoelectric sensor, and may be any other type of sensor such as a weight sensor.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the capsule 50 housed in the medicine housing portion 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, capsule 50 has case body 52 and lid 54 . A hollow storage space 53 for storing medicine is formed in the case main body 52 . A single dose of medicine is stored in the storage space 53 . A capsule 50 corresponds to the drug case of the embodiment.

The lid 54 shown in FIG. 5 is in an open state. A closed lid 54 covers the storage space 53 . The lid 54 is attached to the case main body 52 in a non-fixed state. A mechanism for locking the lid 54 to the case body 52 in a closed state is not provided. The lid 54 shown in FIG. 5 is hinged to the case body 52 and opens and closes like a door. It may be configured to block the storage space 53 .

Since the capsule 50 does not have a locking mechanism for the lid 54, the person taking the drug can open the storage space 53 by simply lifting the lid 54 with a finger, and can easily take out the medicine stored in the storage space 53. can. Since the ceiling surface 32 of the passage portion 30 shown in FIG. 3 has a flat shape, even if the capsule 50 does not have a locking mechanism for the lid 54, it is avoided that the lid 54 is opened and caught inside the medicine containing portion 10. , so that the capsule 50 can be moved smoothly.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which part of the capsule 50 has moved to the outside of the housing 11. As shown in FIG. As described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the driving force generated by the motor 60 causes the rack 68 and the tray 40 shown in FIG. are moving outside of The capsule 50 mounted on the tray 40 moves from the inside of the housing 11 toward the outside together with the tray 40 , and a part of the capsule 50 protrudes forward from the opening 14 of the housing 11 . The moving capsule 50 hits the inner surface of the door 20 and pushes the door 20 open. The door 20 is freely rotatable around the hinge axes of the hinges 22 and 24, and is pushed by the capsule 50 to be easily opened. Therefore, the door 20 does not hinder the movement of the capsule 50 .

The capsule 50 shown in FIG. 6 can be taken out from the tray 40 by pinching both sides in the width direction and pulling it up. At this time, the projections 42 formed on the tray 40 are moved to the outside of the housing 11 together with the capsules 50 , so that the projections 42 do not interfere with taking out the capsules 50 .

In the above description, an example was described in which a mechanism for locking the door 20 in the closed position is not provided. As a configuration for making it impossible to take out the capsules 50 from the tray 40 when the tray 40 is positioned inside the housing 11, a door is provided in addition to or instead of the protrusion 42 of the tray 40. A mechanism may be provided to lock 20 in the closed position.

For example, apart from the door 20, a locking member that moves between a lock position for locking the door 20 and an unlocking position for unlocking the door 20 is provided so that when the tray 40 is positioned inside the housing 11, it is locked. It may also be configured such that the member is in the locked position. Further, for example, an actuator for opening and closing the door 20 itself may be provided so that the actuator holds the door 20 in the closed position when the tray 40 is positioned inside the housing 11 .

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the medication management device 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7 , the medication management device 1 includes a controller 100 that controls the operation of the medication management device 1 .

The controller 100 has a timer 101 for measuring a predetermined time. Controller 100 also has memory 102 . The memory 102 stores programs for controlling various operations of the medication management apparatus 1 . The controller 100 executes various processes for controlling the operation of the medication management apparatus 1 based on programs stored in the memory 102 . The memory 102 is a non-volatile memory and is provided as an area for storing necessary data.

The controller 100 receives from the capsule detection sensor 80 a signal indicating whether or not the capsule 50 is loaded on the tray 40 . The controller 100 receives signals indicating the position of the tray 40 with respect to the housing 11 from the return detection sensors 86 and 88 .

The controller 100 outputs a control signal instructing the imaging device 4 to start or stop imaging. The controller 100 outputs a control signal to the motor 60 to move the tray 40 forward and backward. More specifically, the controller 100 outputs a control signal that instructs the motor 60 to start or stop, and instructs the number of rotations and the direction of rotation at startup.

The notification unit 110 prompts the person taking the medicine to take the medicine when the medicine taking set time, which is set as the time at which the medicine should be taken, comes. The notification unit 110 may have an auralization device that notifies the drug taker of taking the drug with a sound such as a speaker or a buzzer, or has a visualization device that visually notifies the drug taker of the drug use, such as a display or a lamp. may The controller 100 outputs a control signal instructing the notification unit 110 to start and stop notification. Voices, images, and the like used for notification are stored in the memory 102 in advance.

The input/output interface 104 shown in FIG. 7 is, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port or the like, and is an interface for connecting with an external device. Communication interface 106 is, for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network) module, a wireless LAN module, or the like, and is an interface for performing communication via a communication network.

A medication management process using the medication management device 1 having the above configuration will be described below. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of medication management processing in the medication management system based on the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 8, first, in step S1, the medicine container 10 is selected. The controller 100 selects one specific medicine container 10 from the 32 medicine containers 10 shown in FIG.

Next, in step S2, it is determined whether or not it is time to take medicine. For the medicine stored in each medicine storage unit 10, a set medicine-taking time is set, and on what day and at what time the corresponding medicine is to be taken is set. For example, by inserting a USB memory in which the medication setting time set at the pharmacy is inserted into the input/output interface 104 , the controller 100 reads the medication setting time from the USB memory and stores it in the memory 102 . The medication setting time may be transmitted to controller 100 via communication interface 106 via wireless LAN or the Internet.

Controller 100 checks the current time with timer 101 . The controller 100 determines whether or not the set medication set time has come for the medicine stored in the specific medicine container 10 selected in step S1.

If it is determined that it is time to take the medicine (YES in step S2), the process proceeds to step S3, and recording is started. The controller 100 controls operations of the imaging device 4 . The controller 100 outputs a control signal instructing the imaging device 4 to start shooting. The imaging device 4 that has received the control signal starts shooting. The imaging device 4 of the embodiment records moving images.

Next, in step S4, the capsule 50 is ejected from the medicine container 10. FIG. Controller 100 controls the operation of motor 60 . The controller 100 outputs a control signal to drive the motor 60 to move the tray 40 forward. The motor 60 that receives the control signal moves the tray 40 forward. The capsule 50 mounted on the tray 40 passes through the opening 14 of the housing 11 and moves toward the outside of the housing 11 . This realizes the arrangement shown in FIG. 6 in which a portion of the capsule 50 protrudes forward from the opening 14 .

Next, in step S5, notification is made. Controller 100 controls the operation of reporting unit 110 . The controller 100 outputs a control signal for starting notification to the notification unit 110 . The notification unit 110 that has received the control signal notifies the person taking the medicine that the set time for taking the medicine has come, using an image and sound. The sound may be output continuously until the capsule 50 is taken out, or may be output intermittently at predetermined intervals.

Next, at step S6, it is determined whether or not the capsule 50 has been removed from the tray 40. FIG. The controller 100 receives from the capsule detection sensor 80 an input of the detection result as to whether or not the capsule 50 is mounted on the tray 40 . At the time of the capsule ejection process in step S4, the capsule detection sensor 80 detects that the capsule 50 is loaded on the tray 40. FIG. If it is detected in step S6 that the capsule 50 is not loaded on the tray 40, it is determined that the capsule 50 has been removed from the tray 40. FIG.

If it is determined that the capsule 50 has been taken out from the tray 40 (YES in step S6), the process proceeds to step S7, and the medication time is recorded. The controller 100 reads from the timer 101 the time when the capsule 50 is removed from the tray 40 , that is, when the capsule detection sensor 80 detects for the first time that no capsule 50 is loaded on the tray 40 . The controller 100 records this time in the memory 102 as the medication time.

Next, in step S8, the tray 40 is accommodated. After a predetermined period of time, for example, 3 seconds after the capsule 50 is taken out from the tray 40, the controller 100 outputs a control signal to the motor 60 to drive the tray 40 to move backward. Upon receiving the control signal, the motor 60 rotates in a direction opposite to that during the capsule ejection process in step S4 to move the tray 40 rearward and accommodate the tray 40 in the housing 11 .

Next, in step S9, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has passed. This predetermined time is stored in the memory 102 in advance. The predetermined time is set to 10 minutes after the start of recording in step S3, for example. If it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed (NO in step S9), the determination in step S9 is repeated.

If it is determined that the predetermined time has passed (YES in step S9), the process proceeds to step S12 and recording ends. The controller 100 outputs a control signal instructing the imaging device 4 to stop shooting. The imaging device 4 that has received the control signal stops recording the moving image.

Video recording is started at the medication set time (step S3), and video recording is stopped after a predetermined period of time has passed since the capsule 50 was taken out (step S12). It is possible to reliably photograph whether or not the medicine stored in the capsule 50 is taken.

When it is determined in step S6 that capsule 50 has not been taken out from tray 40 (NO in step S6), the process proceeds to step S10, in which it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. This predetermined time is stored in the memory 102 in advance. The predetermined time is set, for example, to 15 minutes from the medication set time. If it is determined that the predetermined time has not yet passed (NO in step S10), the process returns to step S5, and the notification in step S5 and the determination of whether or not the capsule 50 has been taken out in step S6 are repeated.

If it is determined that the predetermined time has passed (YES in step S10), the process proceeds to step S11, and the capsule 50 is re-accommodated. The controller 100 outputs a control signal to drive the motor 60 to move the tray 40 backward. Upon receiving the control signal, the motor 60 rotates in a direction opposite to that during the capsule ejection process in step S4 to move the tray 40 backward. The capsule 50 mounted on the tray 40 passes through the opening 14 of the housing 11 and moves toward the interior of the housing 11 . As a result, the capsule 50 is housed inside the housing 11 again, resulting in the arrangement in which the capsule 50 shown in FIG.

At this time, the controller 100 records in the memory 102 that the capsule 50 was not taken out at the medication set time and therefore the patient did not take the medicine. The capsule 50 re-stored in the drug storage section 10 can no longer be taken out. Therefore, by confirming the state of medicine remaining in the medication management device 1, it is possible to confirm at which medication set time the medicine was not taken.

After the capsule 50 is re-inserted, the process proceeds to step S12, and video recording by the imaging device 4 ends. Then, the medication management process is terminated (END).

If it is determined that the prescribed medication time is not met in step S2 (NO in step S2), the process ends (END).

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining the flow of sharing the result of medication management processing with an external independent terminal. As shown in FIG. 9, communication interface 106 is capable of communicating with cloud database 200, for example, via the Internet. The results of the medication management process stored in the controller 100 (memory 102) are transmitted to the cloud database 200 and stored in the cloud database 200 as well.

The cloud database 200 can also communicate with external independent terminals 300, 400, 500, for example, via the Internet. Independent terminals 300, 400, and 500 are terminals that can be used by a person other than the person taking the medicine. The independent terminals 300, 400, 500 are, for example, smart phones, tablet computers, laptop personal computers, and the like. For example, stand-alone terminal 300 may be located in a pharmacy, stand-alone terminal 400 may be located in a hospital, and stand-alone terminal 500 may be owned by a family member of the taker who is remote from the taker. A pharmacist, a doctor, and a family member of the patient read out the results of the medication management process from the cloud database 200 to the independent terminals 300, 400, and 500, and confirm whether the patient is taking the appropriate medicine at the prescribed medication time. be able to.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the display section 301 that displays the medication time. In the description of FIG. 10 and the following figures, the independent terminal 300 will be described as an example, but it goes without saying that the other independent terminals 400 and 500 can be displayed and operated in the same manner as the independent terminal 300. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 10, the independent terminal 300 has a display section 301 for displaying information. Display unit 301 is, for example, a touch panel. In this case, a signal generated when a confirmer who confirms the result of medication management processing using independent terminal 300 touches a part of display unit 301 is transmitted to cloud database 200. is sent and further sent to the controller 100 .

An example of a medication time record 310 is shown in the display section 301 shown in FIG. Medication time record 310 includes one or more medication time records. The medication management device 1 contains medicines to be taken in the morning, noon, evening, and before bedtime in the medicine container 10 . The medication time record 310 shown in FIG. 10 indicates that the medication time on Monday (that is, the time when the capsule 50 was removed from the tray 40) was 9:03 for the morning medication and 12:05 for the afternoon medication. , 18:10 for drugs taken in the evening, and 22:01 for drugs taken before bedtime.

The display unit 301 may display other information in addition to information related to medication such as the medication time record 310 . For example, the display unit 301 may display the temperature in the room where the person takes the medicine, the operating status of a home appliance (for example, an air conditioner), and the like.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram for explaining the process of selecting a specific medication time from multiple medication times. FIG. 11 schematically illustrates a process of selecting a specific medication time from one or more medication time records included in the medication time record 310 also shown in FIG. 10 . A pointer 320 is illustrated in FIG. 11, and the tip of the pointer 320 points to the medication time on Monday afternoon. Thus, the medication time for daytime medication on Monday is selected. When the display unit 301 is a touch panel, the pointer 320 is not actually displayed on the display unit 301 to select the medication time, and the confirmation person can select the medication time by tapping the medication time with a finger. be.

Instead of directly clicking or tapping the medication time shown in FIG. 11, a radio button corresponding to the medication time is displayed on the display unit 301, and the medication time is selected by selecting the radio button. may be configured.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display section that displays a moving image taken at the selected medication-taking time. When the process of selecting a specific medication time is performed on the display section 301 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 12, the capsule 50 is placed on a table 332, the capsule 50 is opened, and the taking medicine 334 is taken out from the capsule 50 and is about to be taken. A video is displayed. A confirmer who checks the display unit 301, who is different from the person taking the medication, can confirm that the person taking the medication was definitely taking the medicine 334 at the selected medication time by watching the moving image shown in FIG. can be done.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the display section 301 displaying the selection screen 340. As shown in FIG. After the moving image shown in FIG. 12 ends, a selection screen 340 is displayed on the display unit 301 . The selection screen 340 is a screen for the confirmer to select whether or not the drug taker 330 has actually taken the drug.

The selection screen 340 shown in FIG. 13 displays the message "Have you taken your medicine?" If the confirmation person who has seen this message can confirm that the person taking medication 330 has taken the medicine at the time of taking the medicine as a result of watching the video, the selection unit 341 responds "yes" to the above message. Click, tap, etc. to select. On the other hand, if the confirmer confirms that the person taking the medicine 330 did not actually take the medicine at the time of taking the medicine, the confirming person selects the selection section 342 to answer "No" to the above message.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing another example of the display unit 301 that displays moving images. In FIG. 14, the person taking the medicine 330 has taken out the capsule 50 from the tray 40, and therefore the time of taking the medicine is recorded. At 330, an animation is displayed in which the patient is not about to take the medicine. A confirmer who checks the display unit 301, who is different from the person taking the medication, can confirm that the person taking the medication did not actually take the medicine 334 at the selected medication time by watching the moving image shown in FIG. can do. In this case, the confirmer selects a selection section 342 to answer that he/she has not taken the medicine on the selection screen 340 displayed after the end of the moving image.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display section displaying the corrected medication time. If the verifier selects that the person taking the medication did not actually take the medication, the medication time is corrected. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, if the patient did not actually take the medication at the noon time on Monday, the noon time on Monday is deleted. In the medication time record 310 , the color of the cell displaying the deleted medication time is changed and displayed as a record correction section 311 . By transmitting this record correction part 311 to the cloud database 200, it is possible to more accurately record whether or not the person taking the medicine has taken the appropriate medicine at the medicine taking set time.

After the moving image captured at the selected medication time is displayed on the display unit 301, a selection screen 340 is displayed. Correction of records in the event that the patient was not taking the medication can be made easily and more reliably.

If the capsule 50 is not taken out at the medication set time, the medication time is not recorded, so the medication time is not displayed in the medication time record 310 . In this case, the color of the cell is not changed, and the corresponding cell is simply left blank. On the other hand, if the capsule 50 was taken out at the set medication time and the medication time was recorded, but the medication was not actually taken, the color of the cell is changed.

In this way, when a person other than the confirmer who confirmed the video on the independent terminal 300 confirmed the medication time record 310 on another independent terminal 400, 500, the capsule 50 was not even taken out. It is possible to clearly distinguish and grasp whether the capsule 50 was taken out or not actually taken.

A confirmer who checks the medication time record 310, who is different from the person taking the medicine, can refer to the corrected medication time record 310 and improve the prescription so that the person taking the medicine will be less likely to forget to take medicine. For example, a pharmacist who recognizes that many people forget to take their medicines in the daytime can suggest to the doctor that they should switch to morning and evening medicines.

It should be considered that the embodiments disclosed this time are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the claims rather than the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the scope and meaning of equivalents of the scope of the claims.

1 medication management device, 4 imaging device, 6 operation panel, 10 medicine container, 11 housing, 12 front surface, 14 opening, 20 door, 22, 24 hinge, 30 passage, 32 ceiling surface, 40 tray, 41 mounting Surface 42 Convex Part 44 Guide 46 Wall Part 50 Capsule 52 Case Body 53 Storage Space 54 Lid 60 Motor 62 Reducer 64 Output Shaft 66 Gear 68 Rack 70 Fixed Part 80 Capsule detection sensor, 82 light projecting unit, 84 light receiving unit, 86, 88 exit/return detection sensor, 100 controller, 101 timer, 102 memory, 104 input/output interface, 106 communication interface, 110 reporting unit, 200 cloud database, 300, 400, 500 independent terminal, 301 display unit, 310 medication time record, 311 record correction unit, 320 pointer, 330 drug taker, 332 table, 334 medicine, 340 selection screen, 341, 342 selection unit.

Claims (4)

a medicine case for storing a single dose of medicine;
a tray on which the medicine case is mounted;
a driving source that generates a driving force for reciprocating the tray;
a housing that houses the drug case, the tray, and the drive source;
an imaging device for photographing a person taking the medicine;
A controller that controls the operation of the driving source and the imaging device,
The controller is
driving the driving source so as to start photographing by the imaging device and to move the medicine case to the outside of the housing at a medicine taking set time;
recording the time when the medicine case is taken out from the tray as the medicine taking time;
If the drug case is not removed from the tray even after a predetermined time has passed since the drug case was moved to the outside of the housing, the drive source is driven to move the drug case into the housing. and then finish shooting with the imaging device,
Medication management system. When a confirmation person different from the person taking the medicine confirms the image taken at the time of taking the medicine, and the person actually taking the medicine is not taken, the controller records that the person did not take the medicine at the time of taking the medicine. 2. The medication management system according to claim 1, wherein the medication management system modifies the further equipped with a display,
The controller displays one or more of the drug-taking times on the display unit, and when the confirmation person selects a specific drug-taking time from the one or more of the drug-taking times, the imaging device is configured to display the selected drug-taking time at the selected drug-taking time. 3. The medication management system according to claim 2 , wherein an image taken by a device is displayed on the display unit. The controller displays, on the display unit, an image captured at the selected medication-taking time, and then displays, on the display unit, a selection screen for selecting whether or not the person taking the medication has actually taken the medication. 3. The medication management system according to 3.

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