Modular Smart Pillbox

Abstract

This invention relates to a modular smart pillbox, comprising multiple smart pillboxes stacked or arranged side-by-side on a placement platform. Each smart pillbox includes a box body with an internal drawer capable of holding at least one medicine. An electronic control unit is located on the inner wall of the drawer, and the electronic control unit has a transmission interface for sending and receiving electronic signals to open and close the drawer. The box body has multiple interlocking buckles or slots on its top, bottom, left, and right sides. At the locations of the multiple buckles or slots, another box of the same size or multiple smaller boxes can be assembled by interlocking. As such, no hand tools are required during assembly, thus achieving simple assembly and a high degree of assembly freedom.

Claims

1. A modular smart pillbox, comprising a plurality of smart pillboxes stacked or arranged side-by-side on a placement platform, each smart pillbox comprising a box body and an interior drawer for holding at least one medicine, wherein an electronic control unit is provided on the inner wall of the drawer, and the electronic control unit has a transmission interface for transmitting and receiving electronic signals to open and close the drawer, wherein... The box body is provided with multiple buckles or multiple buckle slots on the top, bottom, left and right sides, which can be fastened together. At the buckles or buckle slots on the box body, another box body of the same size or multiple other boxes of smaller size can be assembled by fastening.

2. The modular smart pillbox as described in claim 1, wherein the front surface of the drawer is provided with a handle for applying force and a label for indicating the name of the medicine.

3. The modular smart pillbox as described in claim 1, wherein the electronic control unit is located on the inner wall of the rear side of the drawer.

4. The modular smart pillbox as described in claim 1, wherein the electronic control unit can control the power unit and the sliding member located between the rear side of the box and the drawer to unlock and slide the drawer, and the power unit can be a motor, a pneumatic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, and the sliding member is a mechanism of spring, elastomer, screw or guide rail with sliding groove.

5. The modular smart pillbox as described in claim 1, wherein the transmission interface is a wired interface, and the wired interface refers to USB, RS232, RS485, RJ45 or fiber optic standards.

6. The modular smart pillbox as described in claim 1, wherein the transmission interface is a wireless interface, and the wireless interface refers to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Mobile Network, or Infrared (IR).

7. The modular smart pillbox as described in claim 1, wherein the placement platform refers to the top surface of a low medicine cabinet, a general desktop, or the ground.

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