Multifunctional medicine chest

Abstract

The utility model relates to a multifunctional medicine box which comprises a shell and a chassis, a medicine temporary storage channel is arranged in the shell, a recognition camera is arranged at a medicine outlet, a medicine taking opening is formed in the side wall of the shell, and the chassis is rotationally connected to the bottom of the shell; the medicine storage mechanism comprises a rotating disc assembly and a plurality of medicine bins circumferentially arranged on the circumferential side of the rotating disc assembly, the bottoms of the medicine bins are slidably connected to the base plate through sliding rails, and the rotating disc assembly is used for pushing the designated medicine bins to the medicine taking openings in a reciprocating mode through the sliding rails; according to the multifunctional medicine chest, through cooperation of the recognition camera and the grabbing mechanism, medicine can be accurately put into the designated medicine bin, the medicine bins arranged in the circumferential direction can store various kinds of medicine, the designated medicine is pushed outwards through the medicine taking opening through the rotary disc assembly, medicine output is smooth, and the medicine is not prone to being squeezed and blocked in the medicine chest.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of medicine boxes, in particular to a multifunctional medicine box. Background Art

[0002] Alzheimer's disease (also known as Alzheimer's) is a neurodegenerative disease that mainly affects the cognitive and memory functions of the elderly. It is a progressive disease, and patients gradually lose the ability to live independently during the development of the disease. Alzheimer's disease has imposed a huge psychological, emotional and economic burden on patients and their families.

[0003] Currently, the treatment methods for Alzheimer's disease mainly rely on drugs to relieve symptoms and delay the progression of the disease. However, due to the decline in cognitive and memory functions, Alzheimer's patients often face the problems of missed medication and wrong medication.

[0004] Memory impairment in Alzheimer's patients is one of the main reasons for missed medication. They may forget the time, dose and frequency of taking medicine. Even with the assistance of their family members to help with memory, omissions may still occur; due to the decline in cognitive ability of Alzheimer's patients, they may confuse different drugs and take the incorrect medicine by mistake, which may lead to drug interactions, adverse reactions or poor treatment effects.

[0005] A quantitative medicine box for dementia patients disclosed in the Chinese utility model patent with the patent number 202210019731.5, referring to the attached Figure 2 specification, it can be seen that two second medicine delivery pipes disclosed in this patent need to deliver medicine into the medicine-taking cup through a T-shaped first medicine delivery pipe, but the T-shaped first medicine delivery pipe is prone to clogging during medicine delivery, resulting in failure of medicine delivery. Utility Model Content

[0006] Therefore, a multifunctional medicine box is needed to solve the problem of difficult medicine delivery in existing intelligent medicine boxes.

[0007] To achieve the above object, the inventor provides a multifunctional medicine box, including:

[0008] A housing, inside which a medicine storage channel is provided. The medicine storage channel is provided with a medicine inlet and a medicine outlet. Medicines are stored in the housing through the medicine inlet and the medicine outlet. An identification camera is provided at the medicine outlet, and a medicine-taking port is provided on the side wall of the housing.

[0009] A chassis, which is rotatably connected to the bottom of the housing;

[0010] A medicine storage mechanism, which is fixed above the chassis and located inside the housing. The medicine storage mechanism includes a turntable assembly and a plurality of medicine bins circumferentially arranged on the periphery of the turntable assembly. The bottom of the medicine bin is slidably connected to the chassis through a slide rail. The turntable assembly is used to reciprocally push a designated medicine bin to the medicine taking port through the slide rail;

[0011] A grasping mechanism, one end of which is fixed to the inner wall of the housing, and the other end grasps the medicine recognized by the identification camera at the medicine taking port and puts it into the corresponding medicine bin.

[0012] Further, the grasping mechanism is fixed to the top surface of the housing, and the medicine taking port is arranged facing the grasping mechanism.

[0013] Further, the turntable assembly includes a partition plate, a turntable power member, a crank rocker, a top block and a positioning groove. The partition plate is horizontally arranged inside the housing. The turntable power member is fixed on the partition plate. The medicine bin is arranged below the partition plate. A plurality of partition plate through holes are circumferentially arrayed on the partition plate, and the partition plate through holes correspond to the medicine bins. The positioning groove is fixed to the lower surface of the partition plate. The output end of the turntable power member is connected to the crank end of the crank rocker. The rocker end of the crank rocker is connected to the top block. The top block is slidably connected in the positioning groove. The turntable power member drives the top block to reciprocally slide in the positioning groove through the crank rocker to realize the reciprocation of the medicine bin to the medicine taking port.

[0014] Further, a suction cup is arranged on the side of the top block facing the medicine bin. The end face of the medicine bin facing the top block can be adsorbed or separated from the suction cup with the periodic movement of the crank rocker.

[0015] Further, the size of the partition plate through hole corresponds to the opening size of the medicine bin.

[0016] Further, the multifunctional medicine box further includes a base. The housing is connected to the base, and the chassis is rotatably connected to the base.

[0017] Further, the medicine temporary storage channel is vertically connected inside the housing, and a conical air outlet is arranged at the bottom of the medicine temporary storage channel.

[0018] Further, the cross sections of the medicine temporary storage channel and the medicine bin are both square structures.

[0019] Further, the grasping mechanism is a robotic arm, and the robotic arm is connected to the inside of the housing through a detachable structure.

[0020] Different from the prior art, the above technical solution has the following advantages: The multifunctional medicine box can accurately place medicines into the designated medicine bins through the cooperation of the recognition camera and the grasping mechanism. The medicine bins arranged in a circle can store various medicines, and the turntable assembly can push the designated medicines outwards through the medicine outlet, with smooth medicine output and not easily jammed in the medicine box. Description of the Drawings

[0021] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the overall structure of a multifunctional medicine box according to this embodiment;

[0022] Figure 2 External view of a multifunctional medicine box according to this embodiment;

[0023] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the medicine storage mechanism of a multifunctional medicine box according to this embodiment;

[0024] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the partition plate according to this embodiment;

[0025] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the turntable assembly according to this embodiment.

[0026] Description of the Reference Numerals:

[0027] 1. Housing;

[0028] 11. Medicine temporary storage channel;

[0029] 111. Medicine inlet;

[0030] 112. Medicine outlet;

[0031] 113. Conical air outlet;

[0032] 12. Recognition camera

[0033] 13. Medicine taking port;

[0034] 2. Chassis;

[0035] 3. Medicine storage mechanism;

[0036] 31. Turntable assembly;

[0037] 311. Partition plate;

[0038] 3111. Partition plate through hole;

[0039] 312. Turntable power component;

[0040] 3131. Crank end of the crank rocker;

[0041] 3132. Rocker end of the crank rocker;

[0042] 314. Top block;

[0043] 315. Positioning groove;

[0044] 316. Eccentric wheel;

[0045] 32. Medicine bin;

[0046] 33. Slide rail;

[0047] 4. Gripping mechanism;

[0048] 5. Base;

[0049] 51. Chassis power component. Detailed implementation manners

[0050] To illustrate in detail the possible application scenarios, technical principles, specific implementable solutions, achievable purposes and effects of this application, the following is described in detail with reference to the specific examples listed and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described herein are only used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of this application, and therefore are only examples and cannot be used to limit the protection scope of this application.

[0051] Referring to "embodiment" in this article means that the specific features, structures or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of this application. The term "embodiment" appearing in various positions in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, nor does it particularly limit its independence or relevance to other embodiments. In principle, in this application, as long as there is no technical contradiction or conflict, the technical features mentioned in each embodiment can be combined in any way to form corresponding implementable technical solutions.

[0052] Unless otherwise defined, the meanings of the technical terms used in this article are the same as those generally understood by those skilled in the technical field to which this application belongs; the use of the relevant terms in this article is only for describing specific embodiments and is not intended to limit this application.

[0053] In the description of this application, the term "and / or" is an expression used to describe the logical relationship between objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B means: there is A, there is B, and there is both A and B at the same time. In addition, the character " / " in this article generally represents an "or" logical relationship between the associated objects before and after.

[0054] In this application, terms such as "first" and "second" are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual quantity, primary-secondary or order relationship between these entities or operations.

[0055] Without further limitation, in this application, the terms "comprising", "including", "having" or other similar expressions used in a statement are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. These expressions do not exclude the possibility that there may be additional elements in the process, method or product that includes the said elements. Thus, a process, method or product that includes a series of elements may include not only those defined elements, but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method or product.

[0056] Similar to the understanding in the "Examination Guidelines", in this application, expressions such as "greater than", "less than", "exceeding" are understood not to include the number itself; expressions such as "above", "below", "within" are understood to include the number itself. In addition, in the description of the embodiments of this application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more (including two). Similar expressions related to "many", such as "multiple groups", "multiple times", etc., are understood in the same way, unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0057] In the description of the embodiments of this application, the spatially related expressions used, such as "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "perpendicular", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the specific embodiment or the drawing. This is only for the convenience of describing the specific embodiments of this application or for the reader's understanding, rather than indicating or implying that the device or component referred to must have a specific position, a specific orientation, or be constructed or operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it should not be construed as a limitation to the embodiments of this application.

[0058] Unless otherwise clearly specified or limited, in the description of the embodiments of this application, the terms "installed", "connected", "joined", "fixed", "set", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, the said "connection" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral setting; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or a communication connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For those skilled in the art to which this application pertains, the specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of this application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0059] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 , a multifunctional medicine box in this embodiment includes:

[0060] A housing 1, inside which there is a medicine temporary storage channel 11. The medicine temporary storage channel 11 is provided with a medicine inlet 111 and a medicine outlet 112. Medicines are stored into the housing 1 through the medicine inlet 111 and the medicine outlet 112. The medicine outlet 112 is provided with an identification camera, and a medicine taking opening 13 is provided on the side wall of the housing 1.

[0061] A chassis 2, which is rotatably connected to the bottom of the housing 1;

[0062] A medicine storage mechanism 3, which is fixed above the chassis 2 and located inside the housing 1. The medicine storage mechanism 3 includes a turntable assembly 31 and a plurality of medicine bins 32 circumferentially arranged on the periphery of the turntable assembly 31. The bottom of the medicine bin 32 is slidably connected to the chassis 2 through a slide rail 33. The turntable assembly 31 is used to reciprocally push a specified medicine bin 32 through the slide rail 33 to the medicine taking opening 13.

[0063] A grasping mechanism 4, one end of which is fixed to the inner wall of the housing 1, and the other end grabs the medicine identified by the identification camera at the medicine outlet 112 and puts it into the corresponding medicine bin 32.

[0064] The housing 1 can specifically be a cylindrical structure. The medicine temporary storage channel 11 and the housing 1 can be an integrally formed structure. Its medicine inlet 111 is arranged upward, and the medicine inlet 111 and the medicine outlet 112 are arranged in different directions. The identification camera can identify information such as labels, medicine names, barcodes, etc. on the medicines placed in the medicine temporary storage channel 11, so as to judge what kind of medicine is to be put in, so as to put it into the corresponding medicine bin 32.

[0065] As the chassis 2 rotates, the medicine storage mechanism 3 connected to the chassis 2 will rotate accordingly, so that the medicine bin 32 of the specified medicine corresponds to the medicine taking opening 13 and is pushed out.

[0066] The circumferentially arranged medicine bins 32 can meet the needs of users to store various medicines in the multifunctional medicine box and can rotate to select medicines and push them out of the medicine box.

[0067] A controller is provided in the multifunctional medicine box. The controller is electrically connected to the identification camera, the grasping mechanism 4 and the turntable assembly 31. A control program for controlling the identification camera to identify and read medicine information, instructing the grasping mechanism 4 to grab and put the corresponding medicine bin 32, and pushing out the specified external medicine through the rotation of the turntable assembly 31 from the medicine taking opening 13 is provided in the controller, so as to realize the intelligence and automation of the multifunctional medicine box. The above controls are all conventional technologies and will not be elaborated here.

[0068] When the multifunctional medicine box is in use, the medicines to be stored are put in through the medicine inlet 111, pass through the medicine temporary storage channel 11 and fall into the medicine outlet 112. The recognition camera recognizes the medicines at the medicine outlet 112, and the grasping mechanism 4 grabs the recognized medicines and puts them into the designated medicine bin 32, and this process is repeated to achieve the storage of medicines. When the user needs to take out medicines, the turntable mechanism rotates the required medicines to the position corresponding to the medicine taking port 13 and pushes them out through the slide rail 33 at the medicine taking port 13. After the medicine taking action is completed, the pushed-out medicine bin 32 returns to its original position along the slide rail 33, and this process is repeated to achieve the medicine taking action. The multifunctional medicine box can accurately put the medicines into the designated medicine bin 32 through the cooperation of the recognition camera and the grasping mechanism 4. The circumferentially arranged medicine bins 32 can store multiple kinds of medicines, and the turntable assembly 31 pushes out the designated medicines through the medicine taking port 13, so that the medicine output is smooth and it is not easy to be blocked in the medicine box.

[0069] In some embodiments, the grasping mechanism 4 is fixed to the top surface of the housing 1, and the medicine outlet 112 is arranged facing the grasping mechanism 4. This facilitates the grasping mechanism 4 to grab the medicines from the medicine outlet 112 and put them down into the corresponding medicine bin 32.

[0070] In some embodiments, the turntable assembly 31 includes a partition disk 311, a turntable power member 312, a crank rocker, a top block 314, and a positioning groove 315. The partition disk 311 is connected to the upper surface of the chassis 2. A plurality of partition disk through holes 3111 are circumferentially arrayed on the partition disk 311. The partition disk through holes 3111 are groove-like structures located at the edge of the partition disk. Each medicine bin 32 is clamped in each partition disk through hole 3111. When the corresponding medicine bin rotates to the medicine taking opening, under the pushing of the turntable assembly, the medicine bin will move out of the partition disk through hole towards the outside of the partition disk to reach the medicine taking opening. The positioning groove 315 is fixed to the lower surface of the partition disk 311. The turntable power member 312 is fixed to the partition disk 311. The output end of the turntable power member 312 passes through the partition disk 311 and is connected to the crank end 3131 of the crank rocker. The rocker end 3132 of the crank rocker is connected to the top block 314. The top block 314 is slidably connected in the positioning groove 315. The turntable power member 312 drives the top block 314 to reciprocate in the positioning groove 315 through the crank rocker, so as to enable the medicine bin 32 to reciprocate at the medicine taking opening 13. The partition disk through holes 3111 correspond to the medicine bins 32, and the numbers thereof are the same. In order to make the transmission of the crank rocker more stable, the turntable power member 312 is connected to the crank through an eccentric wheel 316. In the following embodiments where a chassis power member 51 is provided, a chassis through hole is formed on the chassis. The output end of the chassis power member passes through the chassis through hole and is connected to the bottom of the partition disk. The partition disk will rotate along with the operation of the chassis power member. During the movement of the chassis power member, the chassis, the track on the chassis, the partition disk, and the medicine bins on the partition disk will be driven to rotate synchronously, so as to rotate the selected medicine bin to the medicine taking opening.

[0071] In some embodiments, a suction cup is provided on one side of the top block 314 facing the medicine bin 32. The end face of the medicine bin 32 facing the top block 314 can be adsorbed or separated from the suction cup along with the periodic movement of the crank rocker. The suction cup of the top block 314 can adsorb and separate different medicine bins 32, so as to realize the reciprocating movement operation of a plurality of medicine bins 32.

[0072] In some embodiments, the size of the partition disk through hole 3111 corresponds to the opening size of the medicine bin 32. Specifically, the shapes and sizes of the partition disk through hole 3111 and the opening of the medicine bin 32 are the same, or their shapes are the same, but the size of the partition disk through hole 3111 is larger than the opening size of the medicine bin 32 to ensure the smooth delivery of the medicine.

[0073] In some embodiments, the multi-functional medicine cabinet further includes a base 5, the housing 1 is connected to the base 5, and the chassis 2 is rotatably connected to the base 5. A chassis power member 51 is disposed below the chassis 2, an output shaft of the chassis power member 51 is connected below the chassis 2, and the chassis power member 51 is fixed in a cavity of the base 5. As the chassis power member 51 operates, the chassis 2 rotates relative to the base 5, and the medicine storage mechanism 3 mounted on the chassis 2 also rotates accordingly, that is, the medicine storage mechanism 3 rotates relative to the medicine-taking opening 13 of the housing 1.

[0074] In some embodiments, the medicine temporary storage channel 11 is vertically connected to the inside of the housing 1, and a conical air outlet 113 is provided at the bottom of the medicine temporary storage channel 11. The conical air outlet 113 can prevent medicines from directly falling out of the medicine temporary storage channel 11, and can provide a channel communicating with the inside of the housing 1, avoiding larger medicines from being stuck in the medicine temporary storage channel 11 due to air pressure reasons.

[0075] In some embodiments, the cross-sections of the medicine temporary storage channel 11 and the medicine bin 32 are both square structures, so as to be adapted to the outer packages of the vast majority of medicines.

[0076] In some embodiments, the grasping mechanism 4 is a robotic arm, and the robotic arm is connected to the inside of the housing 1 through a detachable structure. The robotic arm can be adsorbed on the inner wall of the housing 1 through a suction cup and can be quickly replaced when the robotic arm is damaged.

[0077] In some embodiments, the multi-functional medicine cabinet is set with a reminder when the medication plan reaches the scheduled time. The reminder service not only uses the local voice broadcast reminder of the medicine box, but also can be combined with methods such as pushing notifications and vibration reminders on the smartphone APP.

[0078] Finally, it should be noted that although the above embodiments have been described in the text of the specification and drawings of the present application, the patent protection scope of the present application cannot be limited thereby. Any technical solutions obtained by equivalent structure or equivalent process substitution or modification based on the essential concept of the present application, using the content recorded in the text of the specification and drawings of the present application, as well as any technical solutions directly or indirectly implementing the above embodiments in other related technical fields, are all included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A multifunctional medicine box, characterized in that, Comprising: A housing, inside which a medicine temporary storage channel is provided. The medicine temporary storage channel is provided with a medicine inlet and a medicine outlet. Medicines are stored in the housing through the medicine inlet and the medicine outlet. The medicine outlet is provided with an identification camera, and a medicine taking port is provided on the side wall of the housing. A chassis, which is rotatably connected to the bottom of the housing; A medicine storage mechanism, which is fixed above the chassis and inside the housing. The medicine storage mechanism includes a turntable assembly and a plurality of medicine bins circumferentially arranged on the periphery of the turntable assembly. The bottom of the medicine bin is slidably connected to the chassis through a slide rail. The turntable assembly is used to reciprocally push a specified medicine bin through the slide rail to the medicine taking port; And A grasping mechanism, one end of which is fixed to the inner wall of the housing, and the other end grasps the medicine identified by the identification camera at the medicine outlet and places it into the corresponding medicine bin.

2. The multifunctional medicine chest according to claim 1, characterized in that: The grasping mechanism is fixed to the top surface of the housing, and the medicine outlet is arranged facing the grasping mechanism.

3. The multifunctional medicine chest according to claim 1, wherein: The turntable assembly includes a partition plate, a turntable power member, a crank rocker, a top block, and a positioning groove. The partition plate is connected to the upper surface of the chassis. A plurality of partition plate through holes are circumferentially arrayed on the partition plate. Each medicine bin is clamped in each partition plate through hole. The positioning groove is fixed to the lower surface of the partition plate. The turntable power member is fixed to the partition plate. The output end of the turntable power member passes through the partition plate and is connected to the crank end of the crank rocker. The rocker end of the crank rocker is connected to the top block. The top block is slidably connected in the positioning groove. The turntable power member drives the top block to reciprocally slide in the positioning groove through the crank rocker to enable the medicine bin to reciprocate to the medicine taking port.

4. The multifunctional medicine cabinet according to claim 3, wherein: A suction cup is arranged on the side of the top block facing the medicine bin. The end face of the medicine bin facing the top block can be adsorbed or separated from the suction cup with the periodic movement of the crank rocker.

5. The multifunctional medicine cabinet according to claim 3, wherein: The size of the partition plate through hole corresponds to the opening size of the medicine bin.

6. The multifunctional medicine cabinet according to claim 1, characterized in that: The multifunctional medicine box further includes a base. The housing is connected to the base, and the chassis is rotatably connected to the base.

7. The multifunctional medicine cabinet according to claim 1, characterized in that: The medicine temporary storage channel is vertically connected inside the housing, and a conical air outlet is provided at the bottom of the medicine temporary storage channel.

8. The multifunctional medicine box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross sections of the medicine temporary storage channel and the medicine bin are both square structures.

9. The multifunctional medicine chest according to claim 1, characterized in that: The grasping mechanism is a robotic arm, and the robotic arm is connected to the inside of the housing through a detachable structure.

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