Equipment ensures that correct medicine in a secure and safe manner, in accordance with the correct prescription, at the right time, is administered by the correct route to the rightly intended patient

摘要

The equipment carries correctly dosed, pre-packed medication and ensures that correct medicine in a secure and safe manner, in accordance with the correct prescription, at the right time, is administered by the correct route to the rightly intended patient. After the intended user has identified him or her self, the equipment using acoustic and light signals informs the patient that the time has come for the medicine to be taken. The basis for the signal is the comparison which the equipment makes bewteen the actual time and the administration time, as is indicated in the digitalized code on the packaging of the prepacked medicine. The other information contained in the digitalized code is compared with that connected to the user which is logged in the equipment. Particularly the digitalized information forms the control for the presentation of user information relating to the use of medicines. The equipment is provided with a shaft (1), a drive wheel (2), a gearwheel (3), a securing catch (4). A film strip, when the container is filled is placed in teh teeth of the drive wheel. The strip carries digital information. The securign catch blocks the drive wheel and prevents the strip from being removed from the container. After the equipment cover (1) is clsoed, a digital scanner reads out the digital code and the user is informed by light signals if the information is correct. The user is also informed by audible signals that the time to take the medicine has arrived.