Opening management system and opening detection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025228741-A1
Application number	US-202318848435-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 30, 2023
Priority date	Mar 31, 2022
Publication date	Jul 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An opening management system 10 includes a communication section 61 configured to communicate with an opening detection device 40 that is attached to a packaging material 20 and detects an opening status of the packaging material 20, and an information generation section 62 configured to generate setting information with which a predefined process regarding opening detection is performed by the opening detection device 40.

First claim

1 . An opening management system comprising:
a communication section configured to communicate with an opening detection device that is attached to a packaging material and detects an opening status of the packaging material; and an information generation section configured to generate setting information with which a predefined process regarding opening detection is performed by the opening detection device.

2 . The opening management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the setting information includes detection time at which the opening detection device performs the opening detection, and the predetermined process includes detecting the opening status of the packaging material on or after the detection time and informing if the opening status is an unopened state.

3 . The opening management system according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein
the setting information includes detection frequency at which the opening detection device performs the opening detection, and the predetermined process includes detecting the opening status of the packaging material at the detection frequency and informing if the opening status is an unopened state.

4 . The opening management system according to claim 3 , wherein regular detection in which detection is performed every predetermined time period or continuous detection is set as the detection frequency.

5 . The opening management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the setting information includes request frequency at which the opening detection device requests transmission of the setting information.

6 . The opening management system according to claim 5 , wherein when the communication section receives a request of the transmission of the setting information from the opening detection device, the communication section transmits the setting information to the opening detection device.

7 . The opening management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the setting information includes transmission frequency at which the opening detection device transmits the opening status to the communication section.

8 . The opening management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein
the opening detection device includes a plurality of opening detection devices each of which has ID information, the setting information includes the ID information, and the communication section is configured to communicate with each of the plurality of opening detection devices.

9 . The opening management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein medicine is stored in the packaging material.

10 . An opening detection device comprising:
a communication section configured to communicate with the opening management system according to any one of claims 1 to 9 ; and a detection section configured to detect the opening status of the packaging material.

11 . The opening detection device according to claim 10 , further comprising an informing section configured to inform when a detection result of the detection section is an unopened state.

12 . The opening detection device according to claim 10 or claim 11 , wherein the detection section is configured to detect the opening status of the packaging material on or after detection time included in the setting information.

Assignees

• Uacj Corp
• Uacj Foil Corp

Inventors

• Maeda Tomohiro
• Koishikawa Atsushi
• Nose Kenji

Classifications

• A61J1/14 Primary

  Details; Accessories therefor (A61J7/00 takes precedence; openers B65D, B67B7/00) · CPC title

• G16H20/10 Primary

  relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients · CPC title

• A61J1/03

  for pills or tablets (containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04) · CPC title

• A61J7/04

  Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers · CPC title