System for preparing materials for guiding a patient in taking medicine

• US 5,905,652 A
• Filed: 07/09/1997
• Issued: 05/18/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Asahi
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Asahi
• Inventors: Kutsuma, Nobuaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Garland, Steven R.
• Application Number:
  US08/890,462
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 364/400, 364/479.01, 364/479.05, 206/534, 221/5, 221/2, 235/375, 283/67, 283/900, 383/105, 383/106
• US Class Current: 700/235
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

A system for guiding the taking of medicine having a host computer, a personal computer connected to the host computer, and a color printer connected to the personal computer producing a document or a medicine bag with guiding instructions for taking medicine prepared by the system printed thereon. The host computer is used for inputting prescription information for a patient by a doctor. The input information are transmitted to the personal computer from the host computer. The pharmacist edits the information received from the host computer to prepare the medicine bag and/or document by printing the edited guiding instructions for taking medicine inclusive of visual image of each drug thereon.

Claims

1. A system for dispensing and providing medicine comprising:

a computerized management section having means for a doctor to directly input information about a patient and a prescription for the patient, means for displaying the prescription information, and a main memory to store information of the prescription for each patient;

a computerized editing section connected to said management section and having memory means to store information about plural drugs inclusive of a visual image of each drug, means for accessing the main memory in the management section and the memory means storing the information about the drugs and for integrating and editing the information of the prescription of the patient and the information about the particular drugs, and means for displaying information obtained from the means for accessing, integrating and editing; and

printing means connected to said editing section to print out information edited in said editing section including matters to identify each prescribed drug, dose and directions for use thereof as well as the visual image of each drug'"'"'s external appearance, correlated together with patient information.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said editing section has means for inputting a visual image of drug, which is selected from the group consisting of a digital camera, a video camera, a CCD video camera and an image scanner.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the visual image of the drug is that of a packaged state thereof.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information about the drug includes the efficacy of a main effective ingredient contained therein.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said printing means print out the information edited in said editing section on a paper bag.