JP7113156B1 - medication management device - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To make it easy for a nursing/nursing facility staff member to easily confirm that a person being nursed/caregiver has taken medicine without being directly present when the person being nursed/caregiver takes out a medicine or the like from a medication management device and completes taking the medicine. Get a medication management device.
A drug storage means, a drug registration means for registering information on a drug to be taken, a clock capable of registering a drug administration schedule for each drug, a detection means for detecting drug packaging in the drug storage means, To provide a medication management device comprising a notifying means for announcing a medication taking time inputted to a clock, and an elapsed time measuring means for starting clocking when the medicine taking time inputted to the clock comes.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a medication management device that performs medication support and medication management.

2. Description of the Related Art When a patient visits a medical institution such as a hospital for illness or injury, the patient receives a prescription from a doctor for the treatment of the illness or injury. The prescription contains various information such as the type, amount, and method of administration of the drug, etc. When the patient gives this prescription to the pharmacy, the pharmacist at the pharmacy dispenses the drug based on the received prescription. In addition to issuing drug instruction manuals that describe the dosage and method of taking the dispensed drug, etc., it also provides appropriate medication guidance to patients.

However, in recent years, the types of drugs, etc. have diversified, and when receiving prescriptions for multiple drugs, etc., the patient must comply with the dosing method and dosage according to the type of each drug, etc. However, there are cases where the patient's condition does not improve appropriately due to the different usage methods and different dosing timings, and forgetting to take the drug or taking the wrong dose. In particular, it is not easy for elderly people in need of nursing care to reliably take each of a plurality of types of medicines at appropriate amounts and at appropriate timings.

Also, even if you are in a nursing/nursing facility, etc., when the timing of taking medicine, etc. However, it is difficult to manage the medications of all nursing recipients and caregivers at the same time. There are many unresolved cases. Furthermore, in the COVID-19 pandemic, staff at nursing and nursing care facilities are also suffering from infections and are understaffed, making it difficult to ensure the accuracy of their medication management work. there were.

In order to solve such a problem, each pocket arranged in four rows on the surface of the board , a pair of LED lights provided on the left and right of each pocket, and holes drilled in the board in each pocket. A medication management device main body comprising an infrared sensor for detecting the presence or absence of medicine stored in the pocket through a hole provided therein, control means for controlling the infrared sensor and the LED light, and control of the control means. a terminal device that sets information via a network and displays information on the presence or absence of medicine stored in the pocket on a display screen; and a database that stores the control information and data obtained from the infrared sensor. , is known (Patent Document 1).

However, with the above-mentioned devices, the care recipient/caregiver simply removes the medicine from the medication management device, and it is determined that the nursing recipient/caregiver has completed taking the medication. Without checking the package of the drug taken out from the device, it is not possible to confirm that the drug has been taken. There has been a problem in that the medicine or the like that has been taken out from the patient but not taken may be taken later at the same time, and the medication may not be properly taken.

Japanese Patent No. 6288779

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medication management device that facilitates confirmation of medication taken by a nurse/caregiver.

In order to meet such an object, the medicine storage device according to the present invention comprises medicine storage means, medicine registration means for registering information on medicines to be taken, a clock capable of registering a medicine schedule for each medicine, Detecting means for detecting the drug packaging in the drug storage means, notifying means for notifying the drug taking time input to the clock, and elapsed time measurement for starting timing when the drug taking time input to the clock is reached. notification means for issuing a warning when the medicine package is detected in the medicine storage means even after a predetermined time has passed since the medicine taking time input to the clock; and medicine taking time input to the clock. Elapsed time measuring means for starting time measurement when the drug package in the drug storage means is no longer detected afterward; and notification means for issuing a warning when the medicine package is not detected in the medicine storage means.

With such a configuration, even if the patient/caregiver does not accurately remember the time and amount of medicine to be taken, he or she can accurately know the time and amount of medicine to be taken, and the medicine can be taken out from the medicine storage means. You can prevent the situation where you forget to take your medicine just by taking it.

In order to meet such an object, the drug storage device according to the present invention is provided with a two-dimensional code reading means for reading a two-dimensional code issued for recording when the drug registration means is issued a prescription, and is connected to the Internet. image search means for searching the Internet for image information of the prescribed drug based on the drug information acquired by the two-dimensional code reading means; and image of the drug in the drug storage means. medicine packaging image detecting means for detecting; medicine packaging image collating means for collating the medicine corresponding to the medicine dosing schedule registered in the clock with the medicine detected by the medicine packaging image detecting means; It is characterized by comprising warning means for issuing a warning when a medicine corresponding to a medication schedule registered in the clock and the medicine detected by the medicine packaging image detection means do not match.

According to such a configuration, even if the staff of the nursing/nursing care facility or the patient/caregiver himself/herself does not accurately input the time and amount of medicine to the medicine storage device, the time and amount of medicine to be taken can be accurately set in the medicine storage device. The drug storage device compares the image data of the drug to be taken with the image of the drug actually stored, and issues a warning when the drug is not stored as instructed to take the drug. It is possible to prevent storage errors.

In order to meet such a purpose, the medicine storage device according to the present invention is provided with, as notification means, character display means for displaying in characters the name of the medicine corresponding to the medicine dosing schedule registered in the clock. Characterized by

According to such a configuration, when taking medicine, the person being cared for/cared for should not only know that the time to take the medicine has come, but also to check the content of the medicine to be taken before taking the medicine. As a result, it is possible to prevent forgetting to take medicine.

Furthermore, in order to meet such an object, in the medicine storage device according to the present invention, the notifying means includes the name of the medicine corresponding to the medicine dosing schedule registered in the clock, the name of the medicine corresponding to the medicine schedule registered in the clock, and It is characterized by voice notification means for notifying by voice a warning when the drug still remains.

According to such a configuration, when taking medicine, the patient/caregiver himself/herself is helped to take out the medicine to be taken from the medicine storage device according to the medicine storage device, confirms it, and takes it. It is easy to understand the warning contents when it is insufficient, and it can prevent forgetting to take medicine.

Furthermore, in order to meet such an object, the medicine storage device according to the present invention is provided with, as notification means, image display means for displaying the names and images of medicines corresponding to the medicine dosing schedule registered in the clock. Characterized by

According to such a configuration, when taking medicine, the person being cared for or cared for takes out the medicine to be taken from the medicine storage device according to the medicine instruction, and confirms the medicine more concretely before taking it. It is easy to understand the content of the warning when you forget or do not take out enough medicine, and you can prevent forgetting to take medicine.

On the other hand, in order to meet such a purpose, in the drug storage device according to the present invention, the drug storage means is printed with information representing the information of the drug to be stored and the medication schedule for each drug as a two-dimensional code. Alternatively, a drug packaging bag with a sticker printed with the information is stored, and a two-dimensional code reading device provided in the drug storage means is used to match the information of the stored drug and the dosing schedule for each drug. It is characterized by comprising means for registering the information of the stored drug in the drug registration means and registering the medication schedule for each drug in the clock by reading the stored drug.

According to such a configuration, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting the contents of the medicine to be taken and the medicine schedule into the medicine storage device. There is no need for image recognition of the package, making it easier to confirm the completion of medication.

Furthermore, in order to meet such a purpose, the drug packaging bag is sandwiched between rollers and fed to the drug storage means, and a sensor detects that the drug storage bag is empty and the two-dimensional code describes the drug. It is characterized by comprising a means for confirming completion of drug administration based on drug information and a drug administration schedule for each drug.

According to such a configuration, an easy-to-remember operation is added when the user takes medicine, and it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to return the medicine storage bag 19 to the medicine box after taking the medicine.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the medicine storage device according to the present invention allows a person to be cared or cared for to take a prescribed amount of medicine at a prescribed time in a nursing care facility or the like. There is an advantage that it can be confirmed by a simple procedure.

FIG. 1 is an image diagram of a medication management device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the drug storage device shown in FIG. 3 is a side view of the medicine box shown in FIG. 2; FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the drug box shown in FIG. 2 with the door opened. FIG. 5 is an image view seen through from the side of the medicine box shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the navigator shown in FIG. 1 from slightly above the left. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing characters displayed on the navigator shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a medicine box control unit mounted on the navigator. FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the navigator control unit mounted on the navigator. FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an information control unit mounted on the navigator. FIG. 11 is an image diagram of the database installed in the navigator. FIG. 12 is a flow chart of drug take-out navigation. FIG. 13 is a flow chart of drug package return navigation. FIG. 14 is a flow chart for confirming that the drug storage bag is empty. FIG. 15 is a front view of the medicine storage bag. FIG. 16 is an image diagram of a medication assistance unit used in a plurality of rooms. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of a side view of the drug collection box. FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of a side view when the drug storage bag is recovered in the drug recovery box of FIG. 17. FIG.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In other words, the medication management device according to the present invention can be used in a nursing care facility or the like to allow a person to be nursed or a caregiver to take a prescribed amount of medicine at a prescribed time by a simple procedure. It is configured so that it can be checked with

First, components used in Examples 1 and 2 will be described. FIG. 1 is an image diagram of one embodiment of a medication administration device according to the present invention, showing that the medication administration device 1 is composed of a medication administration case 10 and a navigator 20. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structure of the medication management case 10 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the drug box 12 shown in FIG. 2. A door 14 is suspended from the drug box 12 so that it can be opened and closed by inserting a door rotating shaft 15 into a door bearing 13. As shown in FIG. .

FIG. 4 is a side view of the drug box 12 shown in FIG. 2 with the door opened. When the user lifts the handle 16, the door is opened, and the open/close detector provided at the bottom of the opening/closing opening is provided. A sensor 17 detects opening and closing of the door.

FIG. 5 is an image view seen through from the side of the medicine box 12 shown in FIG. A camera 18 is provided for reading and decoding the written two-dimensional code.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the navigator shown in FIG. 1 from slightly above and to the left. On the front are a display 21, a microphone 23, a switch button 24, a proximity sensor 25, a radiation thermometer 26, and an indoor temperature sensor. A total 27, an indoor hygrometer 28, and a speaker 22 are provided on the side. The speaker 22 may be provided on one side, but is preferably provided on both sides so that the user can easily hear it from anywhere in the room where the medication management device 1 is installed.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which characters are displayed on the navigator 20 shown in FIG. For example, if two or more tablets are to be taken at one time, a message to that effect can be displayed, and if two or more drugs are to be taken, a similar display can be made. At the same time, the same content can be notified by voice from the speed 22 on the side of the navigator 20 .

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the medicine box control unit 30 mounted on the navigator, which consists of a clock unit 31, an open/close detection unit 32, an image recognition unit 33, an image information analysis unit 34, and a two-dimensional code analysis unit 35. there is

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the navigator control section 40 mounted on the navigator, which comprises an image/video display section 41, an audio output section 42, an audio input section 43, and a switch signal reception section 44. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the information control section 50 mounted on the navigator, which comprises a communication section 51, an image search section 52, an image matching section 53, and a two-dimensional code reading section .

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the information control section 50 mounted on the navigator, which comprises a communication section 51, an image search section 52, an image matching section 53, and a two-dimensional code reading section .

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the information control section 50 mounted on the navigator, which comprises a communication section 51, an image search section 52, an image matching section 53, and a two-dimensional code reading section .

FIG. 11 is an image diagram of the database 60 installed in the navigator, in which information such as the user's name, age, sex, health condition, drugs to be taken, and the type and content of the drug is accumulated.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart of drug take-out navigation, showing a procedure for assisting the user so that the drug can be properly taken out after the drug taking time arrives.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart of medicine packaging return navigation, and shows a procedure for assisting the user so that the medicine can be properly taken after the time to take the medicine arrives.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart for confirming that the drug storage bag is empty, and shows a procedure for supporting the user so that the drug can be properly taken after the drug taking time arrives.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the drug storage bag, on which a two-dimensional code is attached or printed. A transparent material is desirable in order to detect the presence or absence of the drug inside.

FIG. 16 is an image diagram of a medication support unit used in a plurality of rooms, showing an image of a facility capable of providing medication support in a nursing/nursing care facility with multiple user rooms.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the procedure of STEP01 in FIG. 12 will be described. When the set time arrives based on the information on the medication time accumulated in the database 60 of FIG. 11, a signal of the set time is sent from the clock section 31 of FIG. 8 to the image/video display section 41 and the audio output section of FIG. 8 to the navigator 20 shown in FIG. 6 from the image/video display unit 41 shown in FIG. 9 and the audio output unit. The dosing method is displayed, and the voice of the same content is emitted from the speaker 22. - 特許庁As a result, the user is prompted to take out the medicine to be taken from the medicine management case 10 shown in FIG. 2 even after confirming that the medicine time has come.

The medicine stored in the medicine box 12 of FIG. 3 is provided on the upper side of the door 14 when the user pulls up by grasping the handle 16, as shown in the open/closed state of FIG. 3 and FIG. The door 14 is opened by rotating around the door rotation shaft 15 inserted into the door bearing 13, so that the contents can be taken out. When the image recognition unit 33 in FIG. 8 recognizes the presence of the medicine through the camera 18 in FIG. It is confirmed. By comparing the presence or absence of the medicine before and after the signal that the door 14 is opened is sent from the opening/closing detection sensor 17 in FIG. 4 to the opening/closing detection unit 32 in FIG. done. By registering images of drug packaging (tablets and capsules PTP packaging, powders and granules SP packaging, etc.) in the database of FIG. By recognizing the shape of the package of medicine, etc., and collating the registered image by the image collating part 53 of FIG. If the camera 18 can confirm that the medicine has been taken out, the process proceeds to STEP02.

In STEP 01 of FIG. 12, if the takeout of the medicine cannot be confirmed even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the navigator 20 of FIG. The navigator 20 is instructed to notify the user of the arrival of time, and it is confirmed again whether or not the medicine has been taken out at that stage. In this embodiment, if taking out of the drug cannot be confirmed even with this medication time notification, an alarm can be sent to the facility administrator so that the facility staff can come to urge the user to forget to take the medication. It is possible to inform the patient that he/she is in some condition that prevents him/her from taking medicine and to take necessary measures.

Next, the procedure of STEP02 in FIG. 13 will be described. After it is confirmed that the medicine has been taken out in STEP 01, when a predetermined time elapses, the camera 18 in FIG. . If the camera 18 can confirm the packaging of the medicine, in the present embodiment, STEP 03 is read as end, and the process ends. If it is not confirmed that the drug package has been put back in after a predetermined period of time has passed, the timing unit 31 of FIG. Check again whether the packaging has been returned. In this embodiment, if it is not possible to confirm that the medicine package has been put back in even with this notification of the medicine packaging return time, an alarm can be sent to the facility administrator so that the facility staff can come to urge the patient to forget to take the medicine. Alternatively, it is possible to let the user take necessary measures by informing the user that he/she is falling into some condition that prevents him/her from taking medicine.

In the present embodiment, an alarm is sent to the facility manager when the number of times that the medicine cannot be checked and the medicine packaging cannot be confirmed twice. It may be set to 1 time or set to 3 times or more depending on the conditions.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the second embodiment, the drug package is not stored in the drug box 12 shown in FIG. 3 as it is, but is placed in the drug storage bag 19 shown in FIG. In STEP 01 of FIG. 12, take out of the package should be read as take out of the drug storage bag. When the set time arrives based on the information on the medication time accumulated in the database 60 of FIG. 11, a signal of the set time is sent from the clock section 31 of FIG. 8 to the image/video display section 41 and the audio output section of FIG. 8 to the navigator 20 shown in FIG. 6 from the image/video display unit 41 shown in FIG. 9 and the audio output unit. The dosing method is displayed, and the voice of the same content is emitted from the speaker 22. - 特許庁As a result, the user is prompted to take out the medicine to be taken from the medicine management case 10 shown in FIG. 2 even after confirming that the medicine time has come. The two-dimensional code attached or printed on the drug storage bag 19 describes the type and quantity of the drug in the drug storage bag 19, and the image captured by the camera 18 is read by the two-dimensional code reader 35 shown in FIG. It is also possible to confirm whether or not an appropriate drug is stored in the drug box 12 by analyzing, identifying and collating the drug type.

The drug storage bag 19 stored in the drug box 12 in FIG. 3 is pulled up by the handle 16 as shown in the open/closed state in FIGS. The door 14 is opened by rotating around the door rotating shaft 15 inserted into the provided door bearing 13, so that the door can be taken out. When the image recognition unit 33 in FIG. 8 recognizes the presence of the drug storage bag 19 through the camera 18 in FIG. It is confirmed that the storage bag 19 has been taken out. By comparing the presence or absence of the drug storage bag 19 before and after a signal indicating that the door 14 has been opened is sent from the open/close detection sensor 17 in FIG. 4 to the open/close detection unit 32 in FIG. is more precisely verified. If the camera 18 can confirm that the drug storage bag 19 has been taken out, the process proceeds to STEP02.

In STEP 01 of FIG. 12, if taking out of the drug storage bag 19 cannot be confirmed even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the navigator 20 of FIG. instructs the navigator 20 to notify the user of the arrival of the medicine taking time again, and confirms again whether or not the medicine storage bag 19 has been taken out at that stage. In the present embodiment, if taking out of the drug storage bag 19 cannot be confirmed even with this medication time notification, an alarm can be sent to the facility administrator so that the facility staff can come to urge the patient to forget to take the medication, or It is possible to let the user take necessary measures by notifying that the user is in some state in which he or she cannot take medicine.

Next, the procedure of STEP02 in FIG. 13 will be described. In STEP 02 of FIG. 13, "returning of packaging" should be read as "returning of drug storage bag". After it is confirmed in STEP 01 that the drug storage bag 19 has been taken out, the camera 18 in FIG. 5 tells the timer 31 in FIG. let me check what If the camera 18 can confirm the drug storage bag 19, the process proceeds to STEP03. If it is not confirmed that the drug package has been put back in after a predetermined period of time has passed, the timing unit 31 of FIG. Check again whether the packaging has been returned. In this embodiment, if it is not possible to confirm that the medicine package has been put back in even with this notification of the medicine packaging return time, an alarm can be sent to the facility administrator so that the facility staff can come to urge the patient to forget to take the medicine. Alternatively, it is possible to let the user take necessary measures by informing the user that he/she is falling into some condition that prevents him/her from taking medicine. If the camera 18 can confirm that the drug storage bag 19 has been returned, the process proceeds to STEP03.

Next, the procedure of STEP03 in FIG. 14 will be described. After confirming that the drug storage bag 19 has been returned in STEP 02, the camera 18 in FIG. 5 photographs the drug storage bag 19 that has been returned to the drug box 12 in FIG. let me check what If the camera 18 can confirm that the drug storage bag 19 is empty, the process ends. When it cannot be confirmed that the medicine storage bag 19 is empty, an alarm to that effect is transmitted from the display 21 and the speaker 22 of the navigator 20, and if it is still not confirmed that the medicine storage bag 19 is empty, facility management. By sending an alarm to the user, the facility staff can come to remind the user to forget to take the medicine, or the user can be notified that the user is in some state where he/she cannot confirm the taking of the medicine, and the necessary action can be taken. can.

In this second embodiment, as means for confirming that the medicine storage bag is empty, not only the method of attaching a two-dimensional code to the medicine storage bag 19 as shown in FIG. Since there are many different types of medicines, in order to make it difficult for facility staff to make mistakes when storing medicines, morning, afternoon and evening are separated by coloring so that the classification of morning, afternoon and evening can be seen at a glance. You may make it identify with an optical sensor.

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The third embodiment is assumed to be used in a nursing/nursing care facility. A plurality of navigator units 90 provided with are centrally managed by the unit control section 70 .

The unit control section 70 includes a control terminal 71, a control server 72, a communication server 73, a communication section 74, and a database 75. The control server includes the medicine box control section 30 in FIG. 8, the navigator control section 40 in FIG. Ten information control units 50 are provided. According to the information in the database 75, the control terminal 71 communicates with the communication network 80 via the communication unit 74, and controls the navigator unit 90 according to the first or second embodiment, thereby preventing the user from forgetting to take medicine. In addition, it is possible to detect health problems that may induce forgetting to take medicine, send information to the control terminal 71 and nursing/nursing care facility staff terminal 81, and prompt the user to take appropriate measures. can.

Furthermore, the package of the drug stored in the medicine box 12 of FIG. 3 in Example 1 is photographed by the camera 18 of FIG. , the type of drug is identified, and whether or not the drug corresponds to the dosing schedule of the database 75 can be confirmed.

In addition, daily routine operations are registered in the database 75, and the proximity sensor 25 of the navigator 20 detects when a facility user comes in front of the navigator 20, "Good morning", "Hello", "Good evening" depending on the time zone. Instead, the user speaks by voice and displays images and videos corresponding to the voice on the display 21 to adjust the user's life rhythm, obtain information such as the weather and local government bulletins through the communication network 80, It is also possible to easily provide information to users.

Then, the proximity sensor 25 and the radiation thermometer 26 of the navigator 20 check the body temperature of the user who approaches the navigator 20, and depending on the body temperature, the body temperature is "normal" or "a little high, please check with a thermometer." , etc., can be provided.

Furthermore, the indoor thermometer 27 and the indoor hygrometer of the navigator 20 are used to check whether the room temperature and the indoor humidity are too high. The warning can also be transmitted to the control terminal 71 and nursing/nursing facility staff terminal 81 through the communication network 80 .

On the other hand, when the user feels some subjective symptoms regarding his/her health condition, he or she can input voice into the microphone 23 of the navigator 20 or press the switch button 24 to communicate with the control terminal 71 or nursing care via the communication network 80 . - By communicating with the care facility staff terminal 81, it is also possible to inform the facility staff of the fact. The facility staff can ask about the symptoms and ask for immediate support by conversing with the user through the speaker 22 and the microphone 23 via the communication network 80 from the control terminal 71 or the nursing/nursing facility staff terminal 81. can also Also, by connecting the unit control section 70 to the terminal of the user's family via the communication network 80, the user's family can be notified of the user's condition and the occurrence of an emergency.

In the third embodiment, the operations performed by the unit control section 70 using the functions of the medication management case 10 and the navigator 20 via the communication network 80 are performed by compacting the functions of the unit control section 70 and using the navigator 20 It is needless to say that it can be mounted in the first and second embodiments in the same manner.

A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. FIG.
The fourth embodiment relates to a drug recovery box for recovering the drug storage bag 19 after taking the drug, and as shown in FIG. It has two feeding rollers facing each other, and a sensor 57 that reads whether the fed medicine storage bag 19 is empty and medicine information described in the two-dimensional code. As shown in FIG. 17, when the drug storage bag 19 is inserted from above, the roller 56 rotates to feed the drug storage bag 19, and it is determined whether the fed drug storage bag 19 is empty or not, and what drug is stored. The sensor 57 reads whether or not the patient has taken the medication, and confirms that the medication has been completed according to the schedule. The rollers and sensors may be provided on the side of the drug collection box. The roller 56 and the sensor 57 may be provided in individual drug boxes 12 or may be provided around the drug administration management case 10 .

As for the medication operation, after receiving notification of the medication time from the display 21 or the speaker 22 of the navigator 20 shown in FIG. The roller 56 rotates to feed the drug storage bag 19, or when the user who has finished taking the drug puts the drug storage bag 19 between the rollers 56 and presses the switch button 24 as shown in FIG. 56 is configured to rotate so that information read by sensor 57 is sent to control server 72 through communication network 80 of FIG. 16 to remotely confirm medication completion.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied not only to nursing/nursing facilities, but also to lodging facilities, sports facilities, and the like.

1 drug storage device 2 drug administration support unit 10 drug administration case 11 schedule display board 12 drug box 13 door bearing 14 door 15 door rotating shaft 16 handle 17 open/close detection sensor 18 camera 19 drug storage bag 20 navigator 21 display 22 speaker 23 microphone 24 Switch button 25 Proximity sensor 26 Radiation thermometer 27 Indoor thermometer 28 Indoor hygrometer 30 Medicine box control unit 31 Clock unit 32 Opening/closing detection unit 33 Image recognition unit 34 Image information analysis unit 35 Two-dimensional code analysis unit 40 Navigator control unit 41 Image Video display unit 42 Audio output unit 43 Audio input unit 44 Switch signal reception unit 50 Information control unit 51 Communication unit 52 Image search unit 53 Image collation unit 54 Two-dimensional code reading unit 55 Medicine recovery box 56 Roller 57 Sensor 60 Database 70 Unit Control unit 71 Control terminal 72 Control server 73 Communication server 74 Communication unit 75 Database 80 Communication network 81 Nursing/care facility staff terminal 90 Navigator unit

Claims (7)

drug storage means;
a drug registration means for registering information on drugs to be taken;
a clock capable of registering a medication schedule for each drug;
detection means for detecting drug packaging in the drug storage means;
notification means for notifying the medication time input to the clock;
elapsed time measuring means for starting time measurement when the medication time input to the clock is reached;
notification means for issuing a warning when the medicine package is detected in the medicine storage means even after a predetermined time has passed since the medicine taking time input to the clock;
elapsed time measuring means for starting time measurement when the drug package in the drug storage means is no longer detected after the drug taking time input to the clock;
notification means for issuing a warning when the drug package is not detected in the drug storage means even after a predetermined time has passed since the drug package is no longer detected in the drug storage means;
A drug storage device comprising: The drug registration means comprises a two-dimensional code reading means for reading a two-dimensional code issued for recording when issuing a prescription,
a communication means capable of connecting to the Internet;
image search means for searching the Internet for image information of the prescribed drug based on the drug information acquired by the two-dimensional code reading means;
medicine packaging image detection means for detecting an image of the medicine in the medicine storage means;
medicine package image collation means for collating the medicine corresponding to the medicine dosing schedule registered in the clock with the medicine detected by the medicine package image detection means;
warning means for issuing a warning when the drug corresponding to the medication schedule registered in the clock by the collating means and the drug detected by the drug package image detecting means do not match;
The medicine storage device according to claim 1, characterized by comprising: 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means comprises character display means for displaying in characters the name of the drug corresponding to the medication schedule registered in said clock. Drug storage device. The notifying means audibly notifies the name of the medicine corresponding to the medication schedule registered in the clock, and the warning when the medicine is not taken out on time or the medicine remains after being taken out. 4. The medicine storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: 5. The apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein said notifying means comprises image display means for displaying names and images of medicines corresponding to the medication schedule registered in said clock. Drug storage device. The drug storage means stores a drug packaging bag printed with information representing the information of the drug to be stored and the medication schedule for each drug as a two-dimensional code, or with a seal printed with the information attached. A two-dimensional code reading device provided in the drug storage means reads the information on the drug to be stored and the medication schedule for each drug, thereby registering the information on the drug to be stored in the drug registration means. 6. The drug storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising means for registering a medication schedule for each drug in said clock. The drug packaging bag is sandwiched between rollers and fed to the drug storage means, and a sensor indicates that the drug storage bag is empty, information on the drug described in the two-dimensional code, and a dosing schedule for each drug. 7. The drug storage device according to claim 1, further comprising means for confirming completion of taking the drug.

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