Medicine box for old person

Abstract

The invention discloses a medicine box for an old person. The medicine box for the old person comprises a 24-hour system mechanical clock, a triggering mechanism and a medicine box body, wherein the 24-hour system mechanical clock is mounted on one side of the medicine box body; the triggering mechanism is mounted in the 24-hour system mechanical clock; the medicine box body is divided into at least two medicine bins; each medicine bin comprises a bin body and a bin cover; the bin cover of each medicine bin is connected with an opening mechanism; the triggering mechanism comprises at least onetriggering assembly; each triggering assembly comprises an active triggering block, a passive triggering block and a shifting plate; each active triggering block is fixed at the lower end of a hour pointer of the 24-hour system mechanical clock; the active triggering blocks and a clock face form a rotatable structure; and the passive triggering blocks are positioned below the hour pointer. When time of taking medicine is up, the active triggering blocks and the passive triggering blocks are connected to a circuit, thus, the corresponding bin covers are popped open by springs, the medicine bins are opened, meanwhile, buzzers in the medicine bins make warning tone to remind the old patient to take medicine, the medicine bins are opened automatically so that the old patient can convenientlyknow the medicines which require to be orally taken, and the old patient also takes the medicines conveniently.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of medical supplies, and in particular relates to a medicine box for the elderly. Background technique [0002] According to my country's sixth census data, my country's population aged 60 and above is 178 million, accounting for 13.26%, of which the population aged 65 and above is 119 million, accounting for 8.87%, and has entered an aging society. To be more precise, my country has entered an aging society as early as the fifth census. Data from the sixth census shows that the aging population is getting worse. According to statistics from the National Office on Aging, nearly half of the elderly belong to urban and rural empty-nest families or quasi-empty-nest families. According to statistics released by the Beijing Office on Aging, the elderly population in Beijing has reached 2.5 million, accounting for 15.2% of the city's resident population, while the number of empty-nest elderly will exceed 1 milli...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] In daily life, the elderly often forget to take their medicines on time, which reduces the curative effect and even worsens the patient's condition

The physical function of the elderly gradually declines, memory loss, especially the elderly who live alone without children to take care of them. Every year due to forgetfulness, failure to take medicine on time, overdose or wrong medicine, life-threatening accidents occur from time to time for the elderly, so it is necessary to remind For medication products, most of the medicine boxes with reminder function on the market just set an alarm clock in the medicine box and remind through the buzzer, but when there are more than one medicine, it is difficult to distinguish which medicine box sends out the reminder

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