Medicine containaer, housing and display for medicine container
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsDoortje VAN DE WOUW, Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus VAN HERPEN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a medicine container (2) comprising a housing (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80) comprising a bottom wall (11, 21) and a plurality of sidewalls (12, 13, 22, 23) defining a plurality of compartments (14, 24) for each holding one or more medicine items (P) and a display (100, 200, 300, 400) arranged on one side of the bottom wall (11, 21). To help a user, in particular a patient, in filling the medicine container the display (100) is configured to visually display, per compartment and visual through the compartment, medicine filling information (F) indicating which medicine item to fill into the corresponding compartment.
Claims20
A medicine container comprising:
- a housing comprising a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls defining a plurality of compartments for each holding one or more medicine items, and
- a display arranged on one side of the bottom wall,
- characterized in that,
- said display being configured to visually display, per compartment and visual through the compartment, medicine filling information indicating which medicine item to fill into the corresponding compartment.
A housing for use in a medicine container,
- said housing comprising a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls defining a plurality of compartments for each holding one or more medicine items and being configured for arranging a display on one side of the bottom wall, characterized in that, said display being configured to visually display, per compartment and visual through the compartment, medicine filling information (F) indicating which medicine item to fill into the corresponding compartment.
A display for use in a medicine container comprising a housing comprising a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls defining a plurality of compartments for each holding one or more medicine items,
- said display being configured for being arranged on one side of the bottom wall and, characterized in that, said display being further configured to visually display, per compartment and visual through the compartment, medicine filling information indicating which medicine item to fill into the corresponding compartment.
A method of controlling a display for use in a medicine container comprising a housing comprising a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls defining a plurality of compartments for each holding one or more medicine items, said display being configured for being arranged on one side of the bottom wall, the method being characterized in
- the step of controlling the display to display, per compartment and visual through the compartment, medicine filling information indicating which medicine item to fill into the corresponding compartment.
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