A large intelligent medicine storage box

Abstract

This utility model discloses a large intelligent medicine storage box, belonging to the field of drug management technology. It includes a box body with several layers of symmetrically distributed baffle assemblies on opposite side walls. Each baffle assembly includes a baffle and a driving mechanism for rotating the baffle. The baffle is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the box and has a reset component. A pull-out medicine drawer is located at the bottom of the box. The baffle assemblies support the medicine storage plates, and their layered arrangement effectively manages the medicines in layers. When the baffles rotate, the opening between the two side baffle assemblies widens, allowing the medicine storage plates on the baffles to move down one layer, ensuring orderly medicine delivery and enabling a first-in, first-out (FIFO) retrieval method, thus effectively managing the expiration dates of the medicines. This solution has a simple structure, enables orderly medicine retrieval, and improves drug management.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a medicine box, and more specifically, to a large intelligent storage medicine box. Background Technology

[0002] Pillboxes, as a tool for temporary storage of medications, play an important role in medication management and can improve the efficiency of medical work. However, existing pillboxes generally only function to store medications. During medication retrieval, often only the medications on the top are accessed, while those at the bottom remain unused. This hinders effective medication management and can easily lead to some medications becoming unusable and expired.

[0003] For example, Chinese Patent Publication No. CN111419704A, published on July 17, 2020, entitled "A Novel Smart Pillbox," includes a five-layer pillbox base stacked from bottom to top, three pill storage boxes, and a pill dispenser. The pillbox base contains a connecting rod, a medication cup, a control panel, and a cooling fan. The upper and lower covers of the pill dispenser, as well as the upper and lower covers and partitions of the pill storage boxes, all have openings one and two. The upper surface of the partitions of the pill storage boxes has a small gear, a thrust bearing, and a rotatable pill storage tray mounted on the thrust bearing. The upper cover of the pill dispenser also has a photoelectric sensor for detecting the number of pills falling from openings one and two. Magnetic interfaces are provided on the bottom of the lower cover of the pill dispenser, the bottom of the lower cover of each pill storage box, the upper surface of the upper cover of the pillbox base, and the upper surface of the upper cover of each pill storage box. This ingenious design allows for controllable medication administration for patients. However, this scheme fails to ensure the orderly dispensing of medicines, resulting in some medicines remaining unused for extended periods and missing their expiration dates, leading to poor management of medicines. Utility Model Content

[0004] This invention overcomes the problem of poor drug management in existing medicine boxes and provides a large intelligent storage medicine box. This solution can achieve orderly management of medicines, realize the first-in-first-out drug retrieval method, and effectively manage the expiration date of medicines.

[0005] To solve the aforementioned technical problems, this utility model adopts the following technical solution: a large intelligent medicine storage box, comprising a box body, with several layers of symmetrically distributed baffle assemblies on opposite side walls of the box body. Each baffle assembly includes a baffle and a driving mechanism for rotating the baffle. The baffle is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the box body, and a reset component is provided on the baffle. A pull-out medicine drawer is provided at the bottom of the box body. In this solution, the baffle assemblies support the medicine storage plates, and the layered arrangement of the baffle assemblies effectively manages the medicines in layers. When the baffles rotate, the opening in the middle of the baffle assemblies on both sides increases, allowing the medicine storage plates on the baffles to move down one layer, ensuring orderly medicine transportation and enabling a first-in-first-out (FIFO) retrieval method, thus ensuring proper management of the medicine's expiration date. The reset component on the baffle can reset the baffle, and the medicine drawer at the bottom of the box body can store a set of medicine storage plates. When the drawer is pulled out, the medicine can be retrieved. This solution has a simple structure, enables orderly medicine retrieval, and improves medicine management.

[0006] Preferably, the driving mechanism includes a rotating shaft and an eccentric cam mounted on the rotating shaft, the eccentric cam abutting against the upper surface of the baffle. The rotating shaft can drive the eccentric cam to rotate. Since the eccentric cam is always in contact with the upper surface of the baffle, the eccentric cam will press down on the baffle during rotation, causing the baffle to swing downwards, thereby causing the medicine storage plate on the baffle to fall to the next layer.

[0007] Preferably, the reset element is a torsion spring, which is disposed on the rotating shaft. Arranging the torsion spring on the rotating shaft allows the baffle to automatically reset after rotation, resulting in a simple arrangement, convenient structure, and easy maintenance.

[0008] Preferably, the vertical spacing of the baffle assemblies is greater than the width of the baffle. In the vertical direction, the spacing of the baffle assemblies is greater than the lateral width of the baffle, so that when the baffle rotates, it will not interfere with the lower baffle assembly, ensuring the smooth transport of the medicine.

[0009] Preferably, the top of the box is provided with a removable cover plate, and the cover plate has an elongated oval slot. The cover plate can seal the inside of the box, and medicines can be added into the box by opening the cover plate. The slot on the cover plate makes it easy for the user to remove the cover plate.

[0010] Preferably, the device also includes a medicine storage tray, which has an array of slots. These slots are used to store medicines, and multiple medicines can be placed on a single tray, thus ensuring the medicine box can hold a large quantity of medicines.

[0011] Preferably, a guide structure is provided between the medicine storage plate and the inner wall of the box. The guide structure between the medicine storage plate and the box can improve the stability of the medicine storage plate during descent and prevent the medicine storage plate from tilting and tipping over during descent, causing the medicine to scatter.

[0012] Preferably, a button is provided on the outside of the box. The button can control the drive device to drive the baffle assembly to achieve the delivery of medicine.

[0013] Preferably, the box is equipped with a display screen on its exterior. The display screen can show information such as the quantity and name of the medicines inside the box, allowing medical personnel to quickly understand the relevant information.

[0014] Preferably, a counting component is also provided on the inner wall of the box. The counting component can identify and count the number of medicine storage trays inside the box, and thus count the total number of medicines inside the box. The counting component can be a counting camera or an infrared counter, etc.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are: (1) It can realize the orderly use of medicines, adopt the first-in-first-out medicine retrieval method, effectively avoid some medicines from being unused for a long time and becoming ineffective, and improve the management effect of medicines; (2) It has a simple structure, low production and manufacturing costs, and is easy to maintain; (3) It has an intelligent design, with automatic counting function and display of relevant medicine information. Attached Figure Description

[0016] Figure 1 This is an isometric view of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the box body of this utility model.

[0018] Figure 3 This is a front view of the internal structure of this utility model.

[0019] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A magnified view of A in the middle.

[0020] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the medicine storage plate of this utility model.

[0021] In the diagram: 1. Box body, 2. Baffle, 3. Drive mechanism, 4. Reset component, 5. Medicine drawer, 6. Rotating shaft, 7. Eccentric cam, 8. Cover plate, 9. Slot, 10. Medicine storage plate, 11. Placement slot, 12. Guide rail, 13. Guide slot, 14. Button, 15. Display screen. Detailed Implementation

[0022] The technical solution of this utility model will be further described in detail below through specific embodiments and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0023] Example 1: As Figures 1 to 5 The large intelligent medicine storage box shown includes a rectangular box body 1. Inside the box body 1, baffle assemblies are symmetrically arranged along the left and right inner sidewalls of the box body 1. Several sets of baffle assemblies are arranged vertically inside the box body 1. The baffle assemblies can swing up and down relative to the inner wall of the box body 1, creating openings of varying sizes between the baffle assemblies on both sides of the box body 1, allowing the medicine inside the box body 1 to be transported vertically from top to bottom. Specifically, the baffle assembly includes a baffle 2 and a drive mechanism 3. The baffle 2 is a rectangular plate structure, and one long side of the baffle 2 is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the box body 1 via a pivot along the front-back direction. Similarly, another baffle 2 is arranged in the same manner on the opposite sidewall of the box body 1 at the same horizontal height. Two baffles 2 support medicine storage plates 10, which store a certain amount of medicine. Initially, the two baffles 2 are horizontal, with the opening between them at its smallest, providing support for the medicine storage plates 10. When the drive mechanism 3 drives the baffles 2 to rotate around the axis, the two baffles 2 swing downwards. The opening between the two baffles 2 gradually widens during this downward swing, and the medicine storage plates 10 on the two baffles 2 are also transported downwards to the next layer of baffle assembly, thus realizing the transport of medicine within the box 1. A medicine drawer 5 is provided at the bottom of the box. The medicine drawer 5 can be retracted into the box 1 or pulled out. In this design, medicine is taken from the bottom medicine drawer 10. Therefore, after the medicine in the lower layer is used up, the medicine in the upper layer gradually descends to the lower layer until all medicine is taken. This achieves a first-in, first-out (FIFO) medicine retrieval method, ensuring effective management of the medicine's expiration date.

[0024] In this embodiment, the overall dimensions of the medicine box are 210mm × 300mm × 300mm (length × width × height). The internal baffle assembly consists of five sets. The medicine storage plate 10 is 35mm thick, and multiple placement slots 11 are evenly distributed on the medicine storage plate 10 in a 7×5 array. This means that one medicine storage plate 10 can hold 35 vials of medicine. It should be noted that the size of the medicine box can be designed according to actual needs. Similarly, the medicine storage plate 10 can be designed based on factors such as the type of medicine, the frequency of dispensing, and the size of the medicine box. After design, it is necessary to ensure that the medicine box and the medicine storage plate 10 are compatible.

[0025] Furthermore, the drive mechanism 3 includes a rotating shaft 6 and an eccentric cam 7. Since the baffle 2 needs to rotate downwards during the downward transfer of the medicine storage plate 10, the rotating shaft 6 needs to be positioned on the upper surface of the baffle 2. Two sets of eccentric cams 7 are arranged on the rotating shaft 6, symmetrically along the length of the baffle 2, ensuring greater stability of the force applied to the baffle 2 during rotation. Specifically, when the baffle 2 is in a horizontal position, the closest point (proximal point) on the eccentric cam 7 to the rotation center abuts against the upper surface of the baffle 2. When the baffle 2 is in its maximum downward rotation position, the farthest point (farthest point) on the eccentric cam 7 abuts against the upper surface of the baffle 2. Therefore, the eccentric cam 7 is always in contact with the upper surface of the baffle 2. When the medicine storage plate 10 needs to be moved down one layer, the rotating shaft 6 rotates one revolution, causing the baffle 2 to swing once, completing the downward transfer operation of the medicine storage plate 10.

[0026] Furthermore, a reset component 4 is provided on the rotating shaft of the baffle 2. The reset component 4 adopts a torsion spring structure, with the torsion spring sleeved on the rotating shaft. One end of the torsion spring is fixed to the lower surface of the baffle 2, and the other end is fixed to the inner wall of the box 1. The two ends of the torsion spring can be fixed by a slot embedding method, that is, a slot structure to accommodate the two ends of the torsion spring is opened on the lower surface of the baffle 2 and the inner wall of the box 1. When the two baffles 2 at the same horizontal position swing downwards to a certain position, and the gap between the two baffles 2 is just enough for the medicine storage plate 10 to pass through, the medicine storage plate 10 falls into the baffle assembly of the next layer under the action of gravity. At this time, the rotating shaft 6 continues to rotate to return to the initial position, and the baffle 2 is also reset synchronously under the action of the reset component 4. The drive mechanism 3 on the two baffles 2 needs to act synchronously to ensure that the medicine storage plate can fall stably into the baffle assembly of the next layer.

[0027] Furthermore, inside the box 1, the spacing between the baffle assemblies in the vertical direction is greater than the width dimension of the baffle 2. When the baffle 2 swings downward, the maximum rotation angle of the baffle 2 is 90° (it will not actually rotate to this limit angle). At this time, the bottom of the baffle 2 (the side of the baffle 2 away from the axis of rotation) still needs to maintain a distance from the lower baffle assembly to avoid the lower baffle assembly interfering with the movement of the upper baffle 2.

[0028] Furthermore, a cover plate 8 is provided at the top of the box body 1. The cover plate 8 is fastened to the top of the box body 1 and can be directly removed. An elongated slot 9 is provided on the cover plate 8, allowing medical personnel to easily grasp and remove the cover plate 8. The cover plate 8 seals the medicine box, and medication can be replenished after removing it. A medicine drawer 5 is provided at the bottom of the box body 1. The medicine drawer 5 is a pull-out structure. After the bottom baffle assembly is activated, the medicine storage plate 10 falls into the medicine drawer 5. Pulling out the medicine drawer 5 allows for medication retrieval. When the medication on the medicine storage plate 10 is used up, the medicine storage plate 10 is removed, and then the medicine drawer 5 is pushed back into the box body 1. The drive mechanism 3 is activated, causing the medicine storage plate 10 inside the box body 1 to fall into the medicine drawer 5. This achieves a first-in, first-out (FIFO) medication retrieval method, ensuring orderly medication retrieval and effective management of medication expiration dates.

[0029] It should be noted that when the medicine in the medicine drawer 5 is used up, after the medicine storage plate 10 on the bottom baffle assembly falls into the medicine drawer 5, each medicine storage plate 10 on the upper side must descend one layer to fill the gap. Furthermore, from bottom to top, each baffle assembly uses a delayed action control, with each baffle assembly's action time being approximately 1.5 seconds. The upper baffle assembly can only act after the lower baffle assembly has finished acting, ensuring that the medicine storage plates 10 are transported in an orderly manner and preventing medicines from being directly stacked together.

[0030] Example 2: As Figures 1 to 5The large intelligent medicine storage box shown includes a rectangular box body 1. Inside the box body 1, baffle assemblies are symmetrically arranged along the left and right inner sidewalls of the box body 1. Several sets of baffle assemblies are arranged vertically inside the box body 1. The baffle assemblies can swing up and down relative to the inner wall of the box body 1, creating openings of varying sizes between the baffle assemblies on both sides of the box body 1, allowing the medicine inside the box body 1 to be transported vertically from top to bottom. Specifically, the baffle assembly includes a baffle 2 and a drive mechanism 3. The baffle 2 is a rectangular plate structure, and one long side of the baffle 2 is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the box body 1 via a pivot along the front-back direction. Similarly, another baffle 2 is arranged in the same manner on the opposite sidewall of the box body 1 at the same horizontal height. Two baffles 2 support medicine storage plates 10, which store a certain amount of medicine. Initially, the two baffles 2 are horizontal, with the opening between them at its smallest, providing support for the medicine storage plates 10. When the drive mechanism 3 drives the baffles 2 to rotate around the axis, the two baffles 2 swing downwards. The opening between the two baffles 2 gradually widens during this downward swing, and the medicine storage plates 10 on the two baffles 2 are also transported downwards to the next layer of baffle assembly, thus realizing the transport of medicine within the box 1. A medicine drawer 5 is provided at the bottom of the box. The medicine drawer 5 can be retracted into the box 1 or pulled out. In this design, medicine is taken from the bottom medicine drawer 10. Therefore, after the medicine in the lower layer is used up, the medicine in the upper layer gradually descends to the lower layer until all medicine is taken. This achieves a first-in, first-out (FIFO) medicine retrieval method, ensuring effective management of the medicine's expiration date.

[0031] In this embodiment, the overall dimensions of the medicine box are 210mm × 300mm × 300mm (length × width × height). The internal baffle assembly consists of five sets. The medicine storage plate 10 is 35mm thick, and multiple placement slots 11 are evenly distributed on the medicine storage plate 10 in a 7×5 array. This means that one medicine storage plate 10 can hold 35 vials of medicine. It should be noted that the size of the medicine box can be designed according to actual needs. Similarly, the medicine storage plate 10 can be designed based on factors such as the type of medicine, the frequency of dispensing, and the size of the medicine box. After design, it is necessary to ensure that the medicine box and the medicine storage plate 10 are compatible.

[0032] Furthermore, the drive mechanism 3 includes a rotating shaft 6 and an eccentric cam 7. Since the baffle 2 needs to rotate downwards during the downward transfer of the medicine storage plate 10, the rotating shaft 6 needs to be positioned on the upper surface of the baffle 2. Two sets of eccentric cams 7 are arranged on the rotating shaft 6, symmetrically along the length of the baffle 2, ensuring greater stability of the force applied to the baffle 2 during rotation. Specifically, when the baffle 2 is in a horizontal position, the closest point (proximal point) on the eccentric cam 7 to the rotation center abuts against the upper surface of the baffle 2. When the baffle 2 is in its maximum downward rotation position, the farthest point (farthest point) on the eccentric cam 7 abuts against the upper surface of the baffle 2. Therefore, the eccentric cam 7 is always in contact with the upper surface of the baffle 2. When the medicine storage plate 10 needs to be moved down one layer, the rotating shaft 6 rotates one revolution, causing the baffle 2 to swing once, completing the downward transfer operation of the medicine storage plate 10.

[0033] Furthermore, a reset component 4 is provided on the rotating shaft of the baffle 2. The reset component 4 adopts a torsion spring structure, with the torsion spring sleeved on the rotating shaft. One end of the torsion spring is fixed to the lower surface of the baffle 2, and the other end is fixed to the inner wall of the box 1. The two ends of the torsion spring can be fixed by a slot embedding method, that is, a slot structure to accommodate the two ends of the torsion spring is opened on the lower surface of the baffle 2 and the inner wall of the box 1. When the two baffles 2 at the same horizontal position swing downwards to a certain position, and the gap between the two baffles 2 is just enough for the medicine storage plate 10 to pass through, the medicine storage plate 10 falls into the baffle assembly of the next layer under the action of gravity. At this time, the rotating shaft 6 continues to rotate to return to the initial position, and the baffle 2 is also reset synchronously under the action of the reset component 4. The drive mechanism 3 on the two baffles 2 needs to act synchronously to ensure that the medicine storage plate can fall stably into the baffle assembly of the next layer.

[0034] Furthermore, inside the box 1, the spacing between the baffle assemblies in the vertical direction is greater than the width dimension of the baffle 2. When the baffle 2 swings downward, the maximum rotation angle of the baffle 2 is 90° (it will not actually rotate to this limit angle). At this time, the bottom of the baffle 2 (the side of the baffle 2 away from the axis of rotation) still needs to maintain a distance from the lower baffle assembly to avoid the lower baffle assembly interfering with the movement of the upper baffle 2.

[0035] Furthermore, a cover plate 8 is provided at the top of the box body 1. The cover plate 8 is fastened to the top of the box body 1 and can be directly removed. An elongated slot 9 is provided on the cover plate 8, allowing medical personnel to easily grasp and remove the cover plate 8. The cover plate 8 seals the medicine box, and medication can be replenished after removing it. A medicine drawer 5 is provided at the bottom of the box body 1. The medicine drawer 5 is a pull-out structure. After the bottom baffle assembly is activated, the medicine storage plate 10 falls into the medicine drawer 5. Pulling out the medicine drawer 5 allows for medication retrieval. When the medication on the medicine storage plate 10 is used up, the medicine storage plate 10 is removed, and then the medicine drawer 5 is pushed back into the box body 1. The drive mechanism 3 is activated, causing the medicine storage plate 10 inside the box body 1 to fall into the medicine drawer 5. This achieves a first-in, first-out (FIFO) medication retrieval method, ensuring orderly medication retrieval and effective management of medication expiration dates.

[0036] It should be noted that when the medicine in the medicine drawer 5 is used up, after the medicine storage plate 10 on the bottom baffle assembly falls into the medicine drawer 5, each medicine storage plate 10 on the upper side must descend one layer to fill the gap. Furthermore, from bottom to top, each baffle assembly uses a delayed action control, with each baffle assembly's action time being approximately 1.5 seconds. The upper baffle assembly can only act after the lower baffle assembly has finished acting, ensuring that the medicine storage plates 10 are transported in an orderly manner and preventing medicines from being directly stacked together.

[0037] Furthermore, a guide structure is provided between the medicine storage plate 10 and the box body 1. Specifically, the guide structure is a combination of a guide rail 12 and a guide groove 13. The guide rail 12 is arranged on one inner wall of the medicine storage plate 10, and the guide groove 13 is arranged on the other. In this embodiment, the guide rail 12 is arranged on the front and rear inner side walls of the box body 1, and the guide groove 13 is arranged on the medicine storage plate 10. The guide structure greatly improves the stability of the medicine storage plate 10 during descent. Furthermore, because a certain resistance is generated between the guide rail 12 and the guide groove 13 during the descent of the medicine storage plate 10, impact can be avoided when the medicine storage plate 10 falls.

[0038] Furthermore, a button 14 is provided on the outside of the box 1, located at the bottom of the outer side of the medicine box. Button 14 controls the activation of the drive device (not shown in the figure), which in turn controls the operation of the drive mechanism 3. When the medicine in the medicine drawer 5 is used up, pressing button 14 causes the control system to control the drive mechanism 3 to operate once, performing a medicine delivery operation. A display screen 15 is also provided on the outside of the front wall of the box 1. The display screen 15 can display information such as the quantity and name of the medicines in the box 1, allowing medical personnel to quickly understand the relevant information. Simultaneously, a counting component (not shown in the figure) is provided inside the box 1. The counting component can identify and count the number of medicine storage trays 10 inside the box, thereby counting the total number of medicines in the box 1. The counting component can be a counting camera or an infrared counter, etc.

Claims

1. A large intelligent medicine storage box, characterized in that, The box includes a box body, on which several layers of baffle assemblies are arranged symmetrically on opposite side walls. Each baffle assembly includes a baffle and a drive mechanism for rotating the baffle. The baffle is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the box body. The baffle is provided with a reset component. The bottom of the box body is provided with a pull-out medicine drawer.

2. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to claim 1, characterized in that, The drive mechanism includes a rotating shaft and an eccentric cam disposed on the rotating shaft, the eccentric cam abutting against the upper surface of the baffle.

3. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to claim 2, characterized in that, The reset element is a torsion spring, and the reset element is located on the rotating shaft.

4. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to claim 1, characterized in that, The vertical spacing of the baffle assembly is greater than the width of the baffle.

5. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The top of the box is provided with a detachable cover plate, and the cover plate has an elongated oval groove.

6. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, It also includes a medicine storage plate, which has an array of placement slots.

7. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to claim 6, characterized in that, A guide structure is provided between the medicine storage plate and the inner wall of the box.

8. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The box has buttons on the outside.

9. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The box is equipped with a display screen on its exterior.

10. A large intelligent medicine storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The inner wall of the box is also equipped with a counting component.

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