APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A MEDICINE-TAKING SERVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A MEDICINE-TAKING SERVICE USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An apparatus for supporting a medicine-taking service, comprising:
- a pill box having vials mounted therein to store medicaments to be taken according to the kinds of the medicaments;
a controller receiving a dosage schedule from a server, the dosage schedule being dynamically changed according to a prescription, informing a user of a medicine-taking time according to the received dosage schedule, controlling distribution of medicaments to be taken according to the prescription, and checking whether a user takes the distributed medicaments; and
a distributing port distributing the medicaments stored in each of the vials under the control of the controller when it is the medicine-taking time, the medicaments being distributed in the same number as described in the prescription.
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Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for supporting a medicine-taking service capable of supporting patients to take a medicament to dynamically comply with a dosage schedule managed in a remote control manner. The automatic distribution of the medicaments is carried out by receiving a dynamically changing dosage schedule and prescription from a server to store the received dosage schedule and prescription; checking a medicine-taking time using the dosage schedule and storing the checked medicine-taking time; informing a user and the server of the medicine-taking time; distributing a corresponding number of medicaments from corresponding vials using the dosage schedule according to a user'"'"'s intention to take medicine when it is the medicine-taking time; confirming whether a user takes the distributed medicaments; and transmitting the confirmed medicine-taking results to the server.
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12 Claims
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1. An apparatus for supporting a medicine-taking service, comprising:
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a pill box having vials mounted therein to store medicaments to be taken according to the kinds of the medicaments; a controller receiving a dosage schedule from a server, the dosage schedule being dynamically changed according to a prescription, informing a user of a medicine-taking time according to the received dosage schedule, controlling distribution of medicaments to be taken according to the prescription, and checking whether a user takes the distributed medicaments; and a distributing port distributing the medicaments stored in each of the vials under the control of the controller when it is the medicine-taking time, the medicaments being distributed in the same number as described in the prescription. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for supporting a medicine-taking service using the apparatus for supporting a medicine-taking service, the method comprising:
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receiving a dynamically changing dosage schedule and prescription from a server to store the received dosage schedule and prescription; checking a medicine-taking time using the dosage schedule; informing a user and the server of the medicine-taking time; distributing a corresponding number of medicaments from corresponding vials using the dosage schedule according to a user'"'"'s intention to take medicine when it is the medicine-taking time; confirming whether a user takes the distributed medicaments; and transmitting the confirmed medicine-taking results to the server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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