JP2019071950A - PTP package structure - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a PTP packaging structure capable of supplying an electric current at the time of use of the medicine and detecting the electric current to obtain use (dosing) information of the medicine.
An insulator (1) is interposed between conductors at opposing portions of a drug outlet (25) of a PTP package (21), and removed from between the conductors at the time of drug removal to form an electric circuit between the conductors. Do. In the medicine taking out (dosing) information, the electric circuit of the PTP package structure reacts by radio waves from a reader / writer placed in proximity to the PTP package structure, and the reader / writer reads the information of the electric circuit and the drug Management and instruction etc. are conducted.
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Description

The present invention relates to a PTP package structure.

Currently, many PTP tablets are prescribed and provided to patients in the medical field. However, whether or not the patient took the medicine prescribed and provided by the doctor according to the doctor's instruction is determined by confirming with the patient.

However, in some cases, patients may report that they have taken the drug, even if they have forgotten or have not taken it. In such a case, it may be considered that the doctor prescribes a new drug, judging that the prescribed drug was not appropriate. Such a situation can have an adverse effect on the patient's treatment of the disease and can lead to high medical costs.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, a medicine management system has conventionally been proposed which includes an RFID and a reader / writer for reading information from the RFID tag. In the drug management system, the RFID tag is mounted in a drug package having a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. Each cell is sealed by a rupturable wall and a severable lead provided on the rupturable wall. The RFID tag detects a break in the severable lead wire to detect that the cell has a hole or hole, and thereby monitors how much medicine contained in each cell has been used. As described above, in the drug management system, it has been proposed that the monitoring information obtained by monitoring the RFID is read by the reader / writer and the medicine is taken and managed (Patent Document 1).

In the above-mentioned proposal, since the number of disconnectable conductors increases with the number of cells, and it is necessary to narrow the width of the disconnectable conductors with the increase of the number of wires, stress is applied to the connection portion with the RFID tag In view of the problem that the cuttable lead is likely to be broken, and as a result, the reliability in detecting the number of doses of medicine is lowered, any one of the first cuttable lead and the second cuttable lead may be connected. There has been proposed a drug packaging material which changes the frequency of the subcarrier every time the is cut (Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-539300 JP, 2010-75227, A

The conventional drug management system and the drug packaging material are configured such that when the drug is taken out (dosed), the cleavable lead is cut, and the disconnection of the severable lead is detected to confirm the pickup (dosing) of the medicine. . That is, a current is always supplied to the cuttable lead, and the interruption of the supplied current due to the disconnection is detected to obtain information of taking out (dosing) of the medicine. Therefore, it was necessary to pay close attention to current supply management.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is not necessary to always supply the current, and the current is automatically supplied at the time of taking out (taking) of the medicine and taking out (taking) the medicine in real time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a PTP package structure that can be detected and thus does not need to be aware of the current supply management.

In the PTP package structure according to the present invention, an insulator is interposed between the conductors, facing the drug outlet of the PTP package, and the drug is removed from the conductor between the conductors when the drug is removed, An insulator for forming a current-carrying circuit is provided between the conductors (claim 1).

As for the taking out (dosing) information of the medicine by the PTP package structure, the electric circuit of the PTP package structure reacts by the electric wave from the reader / writer arranged in the vicinity of the PTP package structure, the information of the electric circuit The reader / writer reads and performs medicine administration and instruction, etc. Here, the information is exchanged in the state where the PTP package structure and the reader / writer are not in contact with each other, and the PTP package structure does not require a battery.

One embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the energizing circuit is an RFID (claim 2). According to this embodiment, by recording information on the medicine and its dose, the patient and other information in the RFID, the reader / writer reads the information and performs dose management, guidance, and the like.

One embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the conducting circuit is an antenna (claim 3). According to this embodiment, it is possible to send information on taking out (taking) medicine by radio waves through the antenna to the next room, pharmacy, hospital, and other places requiring information.

One embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the PTP package structure has a battery (claim 4). According to this embodiment, it is possible to send information on taking (taking) medicines directly to the next room, pharmacy, hospital, and other places using various communication means.

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to always supply current, detection of taking (taking) of medicine can be detected, and therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that it is not necessary to pay attention to current supply management.

It is explanatory drawing of PTP package body structure which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which took out the medicine from the PTP package body structure of FIG. It is an explanatory view showing one example of an energizing circuit. It is a sectional view of a PTP package. It is a perspective view of a PTP sheet. It is an explanatory view showing one example of an energizing circuit.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 shows a PTP sheet 5, on the surface of which a plurality of PTP packages 21 are arranged in parallel.

As shown in FIG. 4, the PTP packaging body 21 is composed of a bottom sheet 23 on which the tablets 22 are placed and a top sheet 24 having a semicircular portion which covers the tablets 22 placed on the bottom sheet 23 from above. It is done.

The bottom sheet 23 is a material that can be easily broken, such as aluminum foil, and when the top sheet 24 is pressed with a finger, it can be broken by the descent of the tablet 22 and the tablet 22 can be taken out. Therefore, the take-out port 25 of the tablet 22 is the bottom sheet 23 part.

In the PTP package structure A of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the conductors 2 and 2 in which the insulator 1 is interposed are provided opposite to the takeout port 25 of the tablet 22 of the PTP package 21. The insulator 1 is made of a flexible sheet or the like, and one end 1a thereof is sandwiched so as to be able to be extracted from between the conductors 2 and 2. On the other hand, the other end 1b is fixed. The conductors 2 and 2 also have flexibility. The conductors 2 and 2 may be wires. In the figure, 3 and 3 are wiring.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the tablet 22 is taken out of the PTP package 21. As shown in FIG. The removal of the tablet 22 is performed by pressing the upper sheet 24 forming the PTP package 21 with a finger.

In the present invention, when the upper sheet 24 of the PTP package 21 is pressed with a finger, the tablets 22 inside break the bottom sheet 23 of the PTP package 21 and at the same time the outlet 25 is formed. Subsequently, the tablet 22 presses the polymerization portion of the insulator 1 and the conductors 2 and 2.

As a result, the overlapping portion of the insulator 1 and the conductors 2 and 2 is bent downward, and one end portion 1 a of the insulator 1 held between the conductors 2 and 2 is between the conductors 2 and 2 The drawn conductors 2 and 2 are connected to form the conduction circuit 4 shown in FIG.

At the same time, the tablet 22 is taken out from the gap formed between the insulator 1 and the conductor 2 and 2 and taken. That is, the connection of the conductors 2 and 2 confirms that the medicine is taken out (dosed).

Next, an embodiment in which the PTP package structure has a battery will be described. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the battery 6 is interposed in the energizing circuit shown in FIG. Other reference numerals in the figure are the same as in FIG.

The energizing circuit 4 is not limited to detection of taking out (dosing) of a medicine, and may exert a function according to an RFID, an antenna, or other purpose. In FIGS. 3 and 6, 1 is an insulator, 2 and 2 are conductors, and 3 and 3 are wires.

There is no need to supply current at all times, and it is possible to detect drug removal (dosing) in real time, which is useful as a PTP package structure. The PTP package structure of the present invention can be reused.

Reference Signs List 1 insulator 2, 2 conductor 3, 3 wiring 4 energizing circuit 5 PTP sheet 6 battery 21 PTP package 25 drug outlet A PTP package structure

Claims (4)

An insulator which is interposed between the conductors opposite to the drug outlet of the PTP package and which is removed from the conductor between the conductors by the drug when the drug is taken out to form a conductive circuit between the conductors. A PTP package structure characterized in that it is provided. The PTP package structure according to claim 1, wherein the energizing circuit is an RFID. The PTP package structure according to claim 1, wherein the energizing circuit is an antenna. The PTP package structure according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that it has a battery.

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