The present invention relates to a method for control of humidity and auto-dispensing of pills in a pill box, and more particularly, to a method for automatically dispensing pills and keeping desired humidity in the rooms for storage of the pills.
Along with longer life term to the people in the modern world, the populations of elders having chronic diseases increase rapidly and most of the elders have more than one chronic disease. The elders having chronic diseases have to take different types of pills everyday.
According to the statistics, more than two thirds of elder people over age of 65 take one or more than one pill everyday and a quarter of these elder people even take three pills everyday. The elder people often forget when to take the pills so that they sometimes take double the dosages or sometimes forget to take the pills at all. Therefore, a pill box or pill reminder is developed to assist the elder people to take pills according to the directions of doctors.
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The present invention intends to provide a method to conveniently have the pills and control the humidity in the rooms for storage of the pills of a pill box.
The present invention relates to a method for control of humidity and auto-dispensing of pills in a pill box, and the method comprises a box having multiple rooms defined therein which are shifted to be in alignment with an outlet to dispense at least one pill from the room to the outlet.
The method controls the humidity in each the room such that the humidity of each room is lower than ambient humidity, and provides a control unit which transmits a time setting signal, and controls a transmission unit to proceed a mechanical action to shift the rooms to be in alignment with the outlet according to the time setting signal and the at least one pill being dispensed.
The method provides a display unit to display time information, reminding message to take pills, and the humidity of the rooms. The information of the pills includes names of the pills, the amount that the pills to be taken, the way that the pills to be taken, the shapes of the pills and the colors of the pills.
When any one of the rooms is in alignment with the outlet, the display unit displays information of the pills and reminds by way of audio and/or light. The audio and/or light are generated by light emitting diodes and sound generation elements.
The method further comprises a dehumidifying agent to control the humidity in each room, and the dehumidifying agent is SiO2 which is functioned in each room.
The information of the pills includes names of the pills, the amount that the pills to be taken, the way that the pills to be taken, the shapes of the pills and the colors of the pills.
The audio and/or light are generated by light emitting diodes and sound generation elements.
The present invention has the following advantages:
1. The pills are supplied at a desired time and the user is reminded by the method. The pills are sorted and put in the rooms and are dispensed at the desired time controlled by the time setting information. The dispensing of the pills is alarmed by way of audio and/or light. The display unit displays the pill taking information to assist the user to take the pills correctly.
2. The pills are not affected by humidity. The pills are received in the rooms where the humidity is controlled by the dehumidifying agent which is SiO2. The dehumidifying agent is non-toxic, odorless, non-vaporized and can be reused, so that the pills can be kept in a dry space and are not affected y the humidity. Furthermore, the dehumidifying unit comprises an initialization unit to initialize the dehumidifying agent.
3. The time for taking pills can be freely set by the user. The present invention allows the user to set the time for taking the pills according to the types of pills and the instructions of the doctors, such as taking the pills once a day, three times a day or four times a day. The function allows the users to take multiple pills in one time. The present invention provides a method to manage the pills so that the user especially for a person who has a chronic disease can take pills exactly according to the instructions of the doctor and reduces waste of the pills because of forgotten to take pills.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
The present invention relates to a method for control of humidity and auto-dispensing of pills in a pill box, and comprises:
providing a box having multiple rooms defined therein which are shifted to be in alignment with an outlet to dispense pills from one of the rooms to the outlet;
controlling humidity in each of the rooms such that the humidity of each of the rooms is lower than ambient humidity;
providing a control unit which transmits a time setting signal and controlling a transmission unit to proceed a mechanical action to shift one of the rooms to be in alignment with the outlet according to the time setting signal and the pills being dispensed;
providing a display unit to display time information, reminding message to take pills, and the humidity of the rooms, wherein the information to take the pills includes names of the pills, the amount that the pills to be taken, the way that the pills to be taken, the shapes of the pills and the colors of the pills; and
when any one of the rooms is in alignment with the outlet, the display unit displays information of the pills and providing a reminder by way of audio and/or light, wherein the audio and/or light are generated by light emitting diodes and sound generation elements.
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The control unit 1 includes a case 11 which has a cover 111 mounted on a top thereof, a transmission unit 12 that includes a motor 121 and an output shaft 122, and a display board 13 as shown in
The box 2 has a central portion connected with the output shaft 122 of the transmission unit 2 and multiple separation plates 21 to define multiple rooms 22 in the box 2. The separation plates 21 are spaced at an equal distance and extend radially so that each room 22 has a narrow inner end and a wider outer end. A peripheral wall 23 of the box 2 has first holes 231 arranged linearly which are located corresponding to the rooms 22.
The front plate 3 includes an outlet 31 which is located corresponding to one of the rooms 22 of the box 2. The maximum width of the outlet 31 is less than the maximum width of each of the rooms 22.
The dehumidifying unit 4 is a C-shaped ring mounted on the box 2 so as to control the humidity in each the room 22 such that the humidity of each room 22 is lower than ambient humidity. The dehumidifying unit 4 has an outer wall 41, an inner wall 42, a space 43 defined between the outer wall 41 and the inner wall 42, and dehumidifying agent 44 disposed in the space 43, as shown in
The collection tray 5 is connected to the case 11 and located corresponding to the outlet 31 of the front plate 3 so as to collect pills 6 dispensed from the outlet 31.
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While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.