摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible for a doctor to accurately grasp the status of a medicine-taking action of a patient, and easily instruct the medicine-taking which is accurately suitable for the patient, by obtaining the medicine-taking data for respective medicines housed in respective chambers for a medicine container having a plurality of chambers to house medicines. SOLUTION: This medicine container is constituted of a cylindrical container main body 2, an upper lid 3, and a lower lid 4. In this case, the container main body 2 has the plurality of chambers 30 which are arranged along the circumference. The upper lid 3 is placed on the container main body 2 and turns. For the lower lid 4, light sensors 23 are arranged in a manner to be confronted with small holes 32 provided on the bottom walls 31 of the chambers 30. Also, the lower lid 4 has a sensor body 24. Then, one take-out hole 15 which is provided on the upper lid 3 is made to meet the opening 6 of the chamber 30, and the taking out of the medicine 36 is detected by the light sensor 23. Then, the detection is readably recorded in the memory 38 of the sensor body 24 as the time data along the passing of time. The medicine-taking instruction which is suitable for the patient is performed using the time data as data.</p> |