Drug Preservation Container

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Background of the Present Invention

Field of Invention [0002] The invention relates to a drug preservation container, in particular to a drug preservation container which can avoid the mutual interaction between drugs, lead to the failure to produce the expected efficacy, or even unexpected side effects, and also to a drug preservation container which can easily be used and avoid contaminating other drugs after the deliquescence of a deliquescent drug. Description of Related Arts

[0003] With the development of medical technology and the modem people's daily life of eating more and exercising less, the prevalence of chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, affection of knee joint is increasing. In order to control the disease, in addition to the changes in daily life, long-term and regular medication is very important. [0004] However, there are various kinds of drugs, which can be divided into many categories according to the different factors such as indications, drug strength and medication frequency. Among them, precautions for the storage environment and expiration date of the drug often cause confusion among drug users, resulting in erroneous medication. Therefore, in some local clinics, the practitioners will pack the patients' drugs together according to the time of taking the drug. The patients only need to take the drug on time according to the drug orders. However, not all hospitals and clinics provide this service, and different drugs have different ways of taking, such as before meals, after meals, not chewing, after chewing, etc., so different drugs may not be packaged together.

[0005] Therefore, manufacturers in the field of medical equipment have proposed drug preservation containers. The drug users only need to classify the drugs to be taken into the drug preservation containers according to the doctor's advice. In this way, the drug users can greatly avoid the risk of not taking the drugs according to the doctor's advice due to forgetfulness, busy and other reasons. For example, Chinese utility model patent CN2236311Y discloses a drug preservation container, which includes an outer packaging container and an inner container. By using this drug preservation container, the drug to be taken can be divided into the drug storage chamber in advance, and the patient can be conveniently reminded to take the drug on time and in volume.

[0006] However, there are some defects in the use of the above-mentioned drug preservation container. For example, if the cover body is fixed on the drug storage chamber by the way of single side snap-fit, it is easy to have the problem of bending deformation and causing a gap, which causes the drug to be affected with damp. Moreover, in the case of poor assembly accuracy or deformation, there is a problem that looseness cannot be buckled, or is too tight to open. Furthermore, for the elderly, there will be problems such as excessive vibration when opening, which will lead to drug dropping, and there will be problems such as opening the wrong drug storage chamber and erroneous medication. Therefore, the drug preservation container has considerable improvement space.

[0007] The conventional drug preservation container is used to store plural drugs taken in one time together, or to store the drugs taken in several times together according to their types. However, the above drug preservation container cannot avoid the mutual interaction between drugs and the diffusion of drug contamination, and is inconvenient for use. Therefore, the drug preservation container has considerable improvement space. Summary of the Present Invention

[0008] The main purpose of the invention is to solve the problems that the conventional techniques of drug preservation container cannot effectively prevent mutual interaction between drugs, diffusion of drug contamination, drug damp, difficult to open and erroneous medication.

[0009] In order to achieve the above purpose, the drug preservation container provided by the invention comprises at least one main body, wherein each of the at least one main body is configured to separately store plural drugs administered once therein according to individual or single species drugs, each of the at least one main body has an opening and plural chambers generated by at least one partition wall.

[0010] Each of the at least one main body has another implementation mode, in addition to having the opening and the plural chambers generated by the at least one partition wall, there is also a first upper binding part and a first lower binding part, the first upper binding part and the first lower binding part are matched in a male and female way, so that plural main bodies are combined and fixed together.

[0011] The at least one main body is provided with a cover body on one of at least one opening thereof, and the cover body has a second lower binding part matched with the first upper binding part of each of the at least one main body in a male and female way, so that the at least one main body and the cover body are combined and fixed together.

[0012] Further, the at least one main body is provided with at least one cover body on at least one opening thereof. Each of the at least one cover body has another implementation mode, in addition to having the second lower binding part, there is also a second upper binding part matched with the first lower binding part of each of the at least one main body in a male and female way, so that the at least one main body and the at least one cover body are combined and fixed together. [0013] According to the above, the drug preservation container provided by the invention has the function of avoiding the mutual interaction between drugs and the diffusion of drug contamination. Further, the binding part structure which is not easily deformed by bending can prevent the occurrence of a gap, so that the drug can be prevented from getting damp and easy to open. Moreover, the plural main bodies can be stacked together, and the drug users can take the drug sequentially according to the order of stacking, without the problem of erroneous medication.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0014] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall appearance according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an assembly mode according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a binding part structure according to the second embodiment of the present invention. [0017] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another binding part structure according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the other binding part structure according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0019] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an air tight element implementation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0020] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another air tight element implementation according to the second embodiment of the present invention. [0021] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a timing reminder device implementation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an assembly mode according to a third embodiment of the present invention. [0023] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an assembly mode according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment

[0024] The detailed description and technical content of the invention are illustrated accompanying with the drawings as follows: [0025] Referring to FIG. 1, which is a first embodiment of the invention, the invention provides a drug preservation container, which comprises at least one main body 10, the at least one main body 10 is configured to separately store plural drugs administered once therein according to individual or single species drugs, each of the at least one main body 10 has an opening 11 and plural chambers 13 generated by at least one partition wall 12, which are used to replace small drug cups for taking single chamber drugs at one time in the current hospitalization.

[0026] Referring to FIG. 2, which is a second embodiment of the invention, the drug preservation (as shown in FIG. 3) container comprises at least one main body 10 and a cover body 20 covering an opening 11 of one of the at least one main body 10, wherein the at least one main body 10 is configured to separately store plural drugs administered once therein according to individual or single species drugs. In addition to having an opening 11 and plural chambers 13 generated by at least one partition wall 12, each of the at least one main body 10 also has a first upper binding part 14 and a first lower binding part 15 (as shown in Fig. 3). Each of the first upper binding part 14 and the first lower binding part 15 contains at least one threaded structure 141, 151 matched in a male and female way, so that plural main bodies 10 can be combined and fixed together (as shown in FIG. 2).

[0027] The cover body 20 has a second lower binding part 21 matched with the first upper binding part 14 of the one of the at least one main body 10 in a male and female way, and the second lower binding part 21 contains at least one threaded structure 211, so that the cover body 20 and the one of the at least one main body 10 can be combined and fixed together.

[0028] Referring to FIG. 4, which is a schematic diagram of another binding part structure according to the second embodiment of the invention, wherein each of the first upper binding part 14, the first lower binding part 15 and the second lower binding part 21 contains at least one tenon structure 142, 152 and 212, which meet the requirements of quick opening and closing by means of clamping.

[0029] Referring to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of the other binding part structure according to the second embodiment of the invention, wherein each of the first upper binding part 14, the first lower binding part 15 and the second lower binding part 21 contains at least one axial hole structure 143, 153 and 213, which meet the requirements of quick opening and closing by means of tight fitting.

[0030] Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, in order to increase the reliability of airtightness, the invention further comprises an air tight element 30 disposed at the opening 11 of each of the at least one main body 10. The air tight element 30 is a sealing piece 31 (as shown in FIG. 6) or an air tight ring 32 (as shown in FIG. 7), and the material of the air tight element 30 is soft rubber, silicone or sponge.

[0031] In order to let drug users clearly know the time of taking drug or precautions for taking drug, the invention further contains at least one message marking 40 (text or diagram), which can be attached to the at least one main body 10 or the cover body 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the at least one message marking 40 attached to the cover body 20 is the precautions for taking drug, such as "After Breakfast", while the at least one main body 10 is marked with "MON 1,.." etc. for the time of taking drug.

[0032] Referring to FIG. 8, in order to remind the drug users of taking drug actively, the invention further has at least one timing reminder device 50 attached to the cover body 20, and of course, can also be attached to the main body 10 in practice. At least one timing reminder device 50 is an electronic alarm clock, which can be integrated into the surface of the cover body 20. As long as the time is set, when the time is up, the timing reminder device 50 can make a sound to remind the drug users to take the drug.

[0033] Referring to FIG. 9, which is a third embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the difference from the second embodiment is that a cover body 20 has another implementation mode. In addition to the second lower binding part 21, the cover body 20 also has a second upper binding part 22 matched with the first lower binding part 15 of the main body 10 in a male and female way. The second upper binding part 22 contains at least one threaded structure 221, at least one tenon structure 222 or at least one axial hole structure 223, so that the main body 10 and the cover body 20 can be combined and fixed together. As shown in the embodiment of FIG. 9, the cover body 20 has the same number as the main body 10 and they are stacked at intervals. In combination with the setting of the at least one message marking 40 (text or diagram), the drug users can clearly know the time of taking the drug and the precautions for taking the drug, so as to avoid the situation of erroneous medication.

[0034] Referring to FIG. 10, which is a fourth embodiment of the invention. The cover body 20 of the second embodiment and the cover body 20 of the third embodiment can be used in combination. The cover body 20 of the second embodiment can be disposed at the uppermost position to increase the overall aesthetic appearance, while the cover body 20 of the third embodiment can be disposed between any two main bodies 10, so as to achieve the effect of reminding the precautions for taking the drug.

[0035] According to the above drug preservation container provided by the invention is characterized by: [0036] 1. The at least one main body 10 is configured to separately store plural drugs administered once therein according to individual or single species drugs, each of the at least one main body 10 having an opening 11 and plural chambers 13 generated by at least one partition wall 12, thereby avoiding the mutual interaction between drugs and the diffusion of drug contamination.

[0037] 2. The plural main bodies 10 can be stacked together, and the drug users can take the drug sequentially according to the order of stacking, without the problem of erroneous medication.

[0038] 3. The cover body 20 is provided with a second upper binding part 22 to be combined and fixed with the at least one main body 10, so that the cover body 20 and the at least one main body 10 can be assembled freely according to the needs of personalized use.

[0039] 4. By using at least one threaded structure 141, 151, 211 and 221, at least one tenon structure 142, 152, 212 and 222 or at least one axial hole structure 143, 153, 213 and 223 for combination and fixation, it is not easy to have the problem of bending and deformation leading to gaps, which can prevent the drug from getting damp and easy to open.

[0040] 5. The invention has a design of an air tight element 30 to increase the reliability of the airtightness. [0041] 6. The invention has a design of at least one message marking 40 (text or diagram) that allows the drug users to clearly know the time of taking the drug and the precautions for taking the drug.

[0042] 7. The invention has a design of at least one timing reminder device 50, which can actively remind the drug users to take the drug when the drug should be taken.