A medicine board and a method for monitoring the state of medicine taken

Abstract

The present invention is applicable to the technical field of prescription drug packaging, and relates to a medication board and a medication status monitoring method thereof; the solution is to set a medicine bubble sensing unit outside each medicine bubble container of the medication board, and form a micro-electric field in each medicine bubble space after power is turned on, so that each medicine bubble container in the medicine bubble array can sense the activity of the finger in the container, thereby judging whether the patient has taken the medicine, thereby improving the accuracy of the product's monitoring of the patient's medication; at the same time, the medication plan of the cloud host computer is synchronized to the medication board through the Internet of Things technology, realizing a voice medication reminder function based on the medication time. And further follow-up reminders are made for the situation of not taking the medicine within the time limit. The medication status monitoring method provided by the present invention also has the above-mentioned technical effects.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of prescription drug packaging, and in particular relates to a medication board and a medication status monitoring method thereof. Background Art

[0002] At present, prescription drugs in hospitals are basically packaged in bulk or in general bags. The instructions for use are only written or printed on the medicine bag, which is not conspicuous and cannot actively remind patients. When the medicine box or medicine bag with the doctor's instructions is discarded, the remaining drugs may even have medicines without doctor's instructions. Patients are prone to forgetting or failing to take medicines on time during the medication process, which leads to poor control of the condition or even worsening of the condition, and patients have to bear more pain and expenses. Existing prescription drug packaging technology has shortcomings. Summary of the invention

[0003] The present invention is based on the medicine dispensing machine distributing medicines to the medicine board, and uploading the doctor's orders and patient information into a medicine plan to a cloud host computer. Through the linkage between the host computer and the medicine board, the patient's medication status is monitored, and SMS or phone reminders can be sent to patients (patients' families) who do not take medicine on time or forget to take medicine, so as to cultivate the habit of patients taking medicine on time.

[0004] On the one hand, a medication board comprises an upper shell and a lower shell connected by screws; the upper shell is provided with a medicine bubble container which is recessed toward the lower shell to form an accommodating space; the medication board also comprises a PCB board arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell; the PCB board is provided with a main control unit with a timing module; the PCB board has hollowed-out medicine bubble through holes in the areas corresponding to each of the medicine bubble containers, so that the medicine bubble containers are sleeved in the corresponding medicine bubble through holes; the PCB board is provided with a medicine bubble sensing unit electrically connected to the main control unit; each of the medicine bubble sensing units is respectively connected to a power supply to provide an induced electric field formed by electric energy for the corresponding medicine bubble container, and sends field strength change information of each induced electric field to the main control unit; a plurality of the medicine bubble containers are arranged in an array in the upper shell, and each of the medicine bubble containers is identified in the main control unit by a corresponding array position.

[0005] On the other hand, the present invention also provides a method for monitoring the medication status of the medication board described in any one of the above, the method comprising the following steps:

[0006] S1. Place the medicines in different medicine bubble containers in the medicine board according to the doctor's instructions, according to the time of taking medicine or the type of medicine;

[0007] S2. Associating the medicine bubble container with the medication time of the medicine contained therein;

[0008] S3. When the induction electric field of the medicine bubble container is disturbed by the inserted finger, it is determined whether the associated medication time has arrived. If not, it is prompted that the medication time has not arrived;

[0009] S4. When the medication taking time is reached, detect whether the induction electric field of the associated medicine bubble container is disturbed by the inserted finger, if not, prompt that the medication taking time is reached.

[0010] The present invention forms independent micro-electric fields in the container space of each medicine bubble container by sleeve-arranging an inductive copper ring around the periphery of each medicine bubble container of the medication board or embedding an inductive sheet at the bottom of each medicine bubble container. Ultimately, each medicine bubble container in the medicine bubble array can independently sense the movement of fingers in its container, thereby judging whether the patient has taken medicine from the medicine bubble, thereby improving the accuracy of the product's monitoring of patient medication. At the same time, the medication plan of the cloud host computer is synchronized to the medication board through the Internet of Things technology, realizing a voice medication reminder function based on the medication time. Further follow-up reminders are made for overtime failure to take medication. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure decomposition of the medication board provided by the present invention;

[0012] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the induction copper ring of the medicine plate provided by the present invention;

[0013] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the main perspective structure of the medication board provided by the present invention;

[0014] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of a top view of a medication board provided by the present invention;

[0015] Figure 5 It is a basic flow chart of the medication status monitoring method provided by the present invention;

[0016] Figure 6 It is a detailed flow chart of the medication status monitoring method provided by the present invention.

[0017] Explanation of the reference numerals: 1. upper shell; 11. medicine bubble container; 12. display unit; 13. speaker; 2. lower shell; 3. PCB board; 31. medicine bubble through hole; 311. positioning groove; 32. induction copper ring; 321. positioning terminal. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the following Figure 1-6 It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0019] The specific implementation of the present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments:

[0020] Embodiment 1:

[0021] Figure 1-4 The medicine board provided in the first embodiment of the present invention is shown. For the convenience of description, only the part related to the embodiment of the present invention is shown, which is described in detail as follows:

[0022] like Figure 1 , 3 As shown, a medicine board for taking medicine comprises an upper shell 1 and a lower shell 2 connected by screws; the upper shell 1 is provided with a medicine bubble container 11 which is recessed toward the lower shell 2 to form an accommodating space; the medicine board for taking medicine also comprises a PCB board 3 arranged between the upper shell 1 and the lower shell 2; the PCB board 3 is provided with a main control unit with a timing module; the PCB board 3 has a medicine bubble through hole 31 respectively hollowed out in the area corresponding to each medicine bubble container 11, so that the medicine bubble container 11 is sleeved in the corresponding medicine bubble through hole 31; the PCB board 3 is provided with a medicine bubble sensing unit electrically connected to the main control unit; each medicine bubble sensing unit is respectively connected to a power supply to provide an induced electric field formed by electric energy for each corresponding medicine bubble through hole 31, and the field intensity change information of each induced electric field is sent to the main control unit; a plurality of medicine bubble containers 11 are arranged in an array in the upper shell 1, and each medicine bubble container 11 is identified in the main control unit through the corresponding array position. The array position identification of the medicine bubble container 11 is realized by using existing technology, such as realizing position distinction by scanning or by crossing but non-contacting wires, which will not be described in detail here.

[0023] By monitoring whether the micro-electric field formed after the medicine bubble sensing unit is powered on is disturbed by the finger, it can be clearly determined whether the medicine bubble corresponding to the medicine bubble sensing unit has been used.

[0024] like Figure 1-2 As shown, the medicine bubble sensing unit includes an induction copper ring 32 arranged on the hole wall of the medicine bubble through hole 31 and / or an induction sheet (not shown in the figure) embedded in the bottom of the medicine bubble container 11; the induction copper ring 32 is provided with an outward-turned positioning terminal 321, and the hole wall of the medicine bubble through hole 31 is provided with a positioning groove 311, and the positioning terminal 321 is embedded in the positioning groove 311 to fix the induction copper ring 32 in the medicine bubble through hole 31, so as to avoid displacement of the induction copper ring 32 and cause unpredictable problems.

[0025] After the induction sheet is energized, it generates a micro-electric field similar to the induction copper ring to detect whether the space of the medicine bubble through hole 31 is disturbed by the finger, so as to judge whether the medicine bubble corresponding to the medicine bubble sensing unit has been used. The induction sheet is preferably embedded in the bottom of the medicine bubble container 11 in the form of a PCB board, or integrated in the area of ​​the lower shell 2 corresponding to each medicine bubble container 11 in the form of a metal plate or a metal wire array.

[0026] like Figure 1 , 4 As shown, the upper housing 1 is provided with a display unit 12 at one end of the array of the medicine bubble container 11, and the display unit 12 includes a display screen and a drive module; the drive module is electrically connected to the main control unit, and reads the use of the medicine bubble container 11 monitored by the medicine bubble sensing unit and outputs it to the display screen. The display screen can more intuitively reflect the loading status of the medicine board and the medicine taking reminder or alarm information.

[0027] Preferably, the upper shell 1 is provided with a power supply and a communication unit at the other end of the array of the medicine bubble container 11; the power supply supplies power to the main control unit, the medicine bubble sensing unit, the display unit 12 and the communication unit; the communication unit is respectively connected to the main control unit and the cloud host computer, and the use of the medicine bubble container 11 of the medication board is uploaded to the cloud host computer in real time, and the cloud host computer receives the control instructions of the main control unit in real time. When the cloud host computer finds that the medication plan has not been executed by the patient taking the medication board, it issues a prompt through the control instruction to inform the patient.

[0028] In actual use, the upper shell 1 may be integrated with a battery and a wireless communication system to facilitate the medication board to communicate with a cloud-based host computer via a cellular network, the Internet, or the Internet of Things, thereby achieving linkage.

[0029] Preferably, the upper housing 1 is provided with a speaker 13 on one side of the display screen, and the speaker 13 is electrically connected to the main control unit to emit a corresponding prompt sound according to the control command executed by the main control unit. The combination of sound and image makes it easier for the patient to detect the prompt.

[0030] Embodiment 2:

[0031] Figure 5-6 The method for monitoring medication status provided by the second embodiment of the present invention is shown. For the sake of convenience, only the part related to the embodiment of the present invention is shown, which is described in detail as follows:

[0032] like Figure 5 As shown, a method for monitoring the medication status of any of the above medication boards is provided, the method comprising the following steps:

[0033] S1. Place the drugs in different medicine bubble containers 11 in the medication board according to the doctor's orders according to the medication time or type of drug;

[0034] S2. The medicine bubble container 11 is associated with the medication time of the medicine contained therein;

[0035] S3. When the induction electric field of the medicine bubble container 11 is disturbed by the inserted finger, it is determined whether the associated medication time has been reached. If not, it is prompted that the medication time has not yet arrived;

[0036] S4. When it is time to take the medicine, detect whether the induction electric field of the associated medicine bubble container 11 is disturbed by the inserted finger. If not, it prompts that it is time to take the medicine.

[0037] Preferably, step S2 further includes:

[0038] The medication board uploads the location information of the medicine bubble container 11 associated with the medication time to the cloud host computer.

[0039] Preferably, step S4 further includes:

[0040] If the medicine bubble container 11 associated with the medication time still does not experience an induced electric field disturbance after the medication board issues a medication reminder beyond the preset time, the medication timeout information is fed back to the cloud host computer.

[0041] like Figure 6 As shown, the method also includes:

[0042] S5. The cloud host computer notifies the patient to take medication via SMS or phone call.

[0043] Preferably, step S1 further includes:

[0044] According to the doctor's instructions, the medication time, medication type and patient information are combined into a medication plan and uploaded to the cloud host computer.

[0045] The present invention forms an independent micro-electric field in the container space of each medicine bubble container 11 by sleeve-arranging an inductive copper ring 32 on the periphery of each medicine bubble container 11 of the medication board and / or embedding an inductive sheet at the bottom of each medicine bubble container 11. Each medicine bubble container 11 in the medicine bubble array can sense the movement of fingers in the container, thereby judging whether the patient has taken medicine from the corresponding medicine bubble, thereby improving the accuracy of the product's monitoring of patient medication. At the same time, the medication plan of the cloud host computer is synchronized to the medication board through the Internet of Things technology, realizing a voice medication reminder function based on the medication time. And further follow-up reminders are made for overtime failure to take the medicine.

[0046] Furthermore, by linking the medication status monitoring method with the medication board, the patient's medication status can be better monitored, so as to achieve the specific effect of cultivating the patient's habit of taking medication on time.

[0047] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A medication board, comprising an upper shell and a lower shell connected by screws; the upper shell is provided with a medicine bubble container which is recessed toward the lower shell to form an accommodating space; characterized in that: The medication board also includes a PCB board arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell; the PCB board is provided with a main control unit with a timing module; the PCB board is respectively hollowed out with a medicine bubble through hole in the area corresponding to each of the medicine bubble containers, so that the medicine bubble container is sleeved in the corresponding medicine bubble through hole; the PCB board is provided with a medicine bubble sensing unit electrically connected to the main control unit; each of the medicine bubble sensing units is respectively connected to a power supply to provide an induced electric field formed by electric energy for the corresponding medicine bubble container, and sends the field strength change information of each induced electric field to the main control unit; a plurality of the medicine bubble containers are arranged in an array in the upper shell, and each of the medicine bubble containers is identified in the main control unit through the corresponding array position; The medicine bubble sensing unit comprises an induction copper ring arranged on the hole wall of the medicine bubble through hole and an induction sheet embedded in the bottom of the medicine bubble container; the induction copper ring is provided with an outward-turned positioning terminal, the hole wall of the medicine bubble through hole is provided with a positioning groove, the positioning terminal is embedded in the positioning groove so that the induction copper ring is fixedly arranged in the medicine bubble through hole.

2. The medication board according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper shell is provided with a display unit at one end of the array of the medicine bubble containers, and the display unit includes a display screen and a drive module; the drive module is electrically connected to the main control unit, reads the usage of the medicine bubble containers monitored by the medicine bubble sensing unit and outputs it to the display screen.

3. The medication board according to claim 2, characterized in that: The upper shell is provided with a power supply and a communication unit at the other end of the array of the medicine bubble containers; the power supply supplies power to the main control unit, the medicine bubble sensing unit, the display unit and the communication unit; the communication unit is respectively connected to the main control unit and the cloud host computer, uploads the usage status of the medicine bubble containers of the medication board to the cloud host computer in real time, and receives the control instructions of the cloud host computer to the main control unit in real time.

4. The medication board according to claim 3, characterized in that: The upper housing is provided with a speaker at one side of the display screen, and the speaker is electrically connected to the main control unit to emit a corresponding prompt sound according to the control instruction executed by the main control unit.

5. A method for monitoring the medication status of the medication board according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The method comprises the following steps: S1. Place the medicines in different medicine bubble containers in the medicine board according to the doctor's instructions, according to the time of taking medicine or the type of medicine; S2. Associating the medicine bubble container with the medication time of the medicine contained therein; S3. When the induction electric field of the medicine bubble container is disturbed by the inserted finger, it is determined whether the associated medication time has arrived. If not, it is prompted that the medication time has not arrived; S4. When the medication taking time is reached, detect whether the induction electric field of the associated medicine bubble container is disturbed by the inserted finger, if not, prompt that the medication taking time is reached.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The step S2 further includes: The medication board uploads the location information of the medicine bubble container associated with the medication time to the cloud host computer.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The step S4 further comprises: If the medicine bubble container associated with the medication time still does not experience induced electric field disturbance after the medication board issues a medication reminder beyond the preset time, the medication timeout information is fed back to the cloud host computer.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that Also includes: S5. The cloud host computer notifies the patient to take medicine via SMS or phone call.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The step S1 further comprises: According to the doctor's advice, the medication time, the medication type and the patient information are combined into a medication plan and uploaded to the cloud host computer.

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