DEVICE FOR DETECTING MEDICINE FORGOTTEN TO TAKE, METHOD FOR DETECTING MEDICINE FORGOTTEN TO TAKE, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: MIYATA AKIHIRO, WATANABE HIROYOSHI, SATO HIROYUKI, TSUCHIKAWA HITOSHI, UCHIDA NORIYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 16.03.2015
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a timing when a user should take a medicine in consideration of the state that the user have a diet, and detect a medicine forgotten to take.SOLUTION: A device 1 for detecting a medicine forgotten to take includes a first information reception unit 451 that receives medicine chest opening/closing information showing a medicine chest opening/closing state, a second information reception unit 452 that receives dietary information about how the user have a diet, and an abnormality determination unit 455 that determines whether there is a medicine forgotten to take on the basis of the medicine chest opening/closing information and the dietary information, and when determining that there is a medicine forgotten to take, generates an abnormality detection signal. 【課題】食事の実施を考慮して服薬すべきタイミングを判断し、薬の飲み忘れを検出する。【解決手段】薬飲み忘れ検出装置１は、薬箱の開閉状況を示す薬箱開閉情報を受信する第１の情報受信部４５１と、食事の実施状況を示す食事実施情報を受信する第２の情報受信部４５２と、薬箱開閉情報及び食事実施情報に基づき薬の飲み忘れがあるか否かを判定し、薬の飲み忘れがあると判定した場合に異常検知信号を生成する異常判断部４５５とを備える。【選択図】図１