Pill dispenser

The pill also Medikamentendispenser, tablets Dose, Pill, tablet case, Medikamentenbox, drug cassette, pill box, Pilmate, Medikamentendosierbehälter (ch) or drug pusher named facilitates patients timely medication. In contrast to the Pill Box, are kept in the similar tablets, it comes in pill about a fixed range of different " pills ".

At first it consisted of a single small doses of wood or sheet in which a supply of tablets on the go could be transported from losses hygienic and safe. Historically, it can be works of art of silver and goldsmiths craft prove. The shapes could be round, oval, heart-shaped or square. The locking mechanism had to exclude an independent popping the can. Later, these doses were provided with an internal division, so portions for the different times of the day could be formed. In the age of the plastic as rotary pill box with through-colored or transparent cover, with 4 or 7 compartments, which is further rotated to release opening in one direction. More complicated shapes have a child safety lock, a label with Braille as well as a compartment for the package insert. In the electronic age, the / the Pilmate with multiple alarm system, so to speak, the pill box with short-term alarm or music box effect.

There are also containers for the whole week's supply that. Aiming the drugs at once a week reduced (7 -day pill box or Weekly Planner ) However, it encounters because of its many opening mechanisms at the boundary of the simple and safe handleability. In the area of professional care, the medication tray for output is, by analogy, to all patients of a station.

The reason for the development of ever more comprehensive cans is the Mehrfacheinnnahme different drugs. To multimorbidity an aging society came the multiple drug regulation for these various ailments in a person. Since the drugs ( types) of different dosing instructions can be assigned by the doctor, taking the regiment had to be ensured by the patient. The drug list and drug supply was only to keep still difficult to memorize more than an average of five drugs of geriatric patients and at the same everywhere to carry in a purse you go.