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• January 12, 2017

A week's worth of medicine cases can be set in e-OKUSURI-SAN, with up to four doses scheduled for each day (morning, middle of the day, night and before bed). At the scheduled time, a medicine case slides out, along with audio and visual prompts reminding the patient to take the medicine. The device comes with four different voices to choose from, as well as the option to record a custom voice such as a grandchild's. If the medicine case is not taken, in addition to a snooze function to replay the audio prompt, the medicine case will be retracted after 40 minutes. As a general rule, the medicine case cannot be retrieved until the next scheduled administration time, to prevent patients from overdosing.

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1.°®¶¹´«Ã½ e-OKUSURI-SAN

Retail price: 85,000 yen (excluding tax)
Unit size: Width 402 mm, depth 177 mm, height 320 mm
Unit weight: 3.5 kg (device and medicine cases)
Power (Japan): AC 100V, 50/60 Hz
Included accessories:

Medicine case x 30, Front cover key x 2,
Medicine case stickers,
(morning, middle of the day, night, before bed)
Instruction manual,
Startup guide (cloud registration)

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  Using the timer function, a medicine case automatically slides out, with an audio prompt made in a selected voice
  Up to four doses can be scheduled per day (morning, middle of the day, night, before bed), with a week's worth of medicine set in cases large enough for multiple medicines packaged together (7 cm x 9 cm). The medicine cases are partly transparent so that the contents can be checked from the outside.
  At the scheduled time, a tray with a medicine case slides out, with simultaneous audio and visual prompts. The device comes with four different voices to choose from, as well as the option to record a custom voice such as a grandchild's. Once the medicine case is taken, the tray retracts into the device.
  If the case has not been taken from the tray despite a notification being made, the snooze function can be used to replay the audio prompts every 5 minutes.

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  Tray retracts as a mechanism to prevent patients from overdosing
  If 40 minutes have passed without the medicine case being taken from the tray, the medicine case will be automatically retracted into the device. As a general rule, medicine cases cannot be retrieved until the next scheduled administration time to prevent patients from overdosing.
  Furthermore, the time interval between periods of medicine administration can be preset from 1 to 6 hours, helping to ensure that the minimum amount of time required between doses has elapsed.
  However, if the “forgot to take medicine” button on the control panel is pressed and it is additionally confirmed that medicine is being administered outside of the scheduled time, a medicine case can be retrieved. This function can be used, for example, for retrieving medicine that the patient has forgotten to take, or for removing the afternoon medicine case to take with when the patient goes to a day care service.

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  Front cover comes with a lock and key to prevent tampering
  After a week's worth of medicine cases have been set, the front cover of the device is locked in place. This is to prevent tampering or taking out the cases by accident.

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  Administration of medicine cases can be checked from a remote location
  It is possible to have an email sent to registered individuals such as family members or pharmacists whenever a medicine case has been taken. Up to five email addresses can be registered. The timing (for example each time a medicine case is taken or if a medicine case was not taken, both are possible) and content of this notification can be adjusted freely.
  This information is encrypted and is available on an exclusive website for each e-OKUSURI-SAN device. By logging onto the website, the device administrator can change various settings, such as the timing of email notifications.

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  A year's worth of administration history saved, displayable as monthly data graphs
  Up to a year's worth of medication administration history is encrypted and stored on an exclusive website on the cloud. Monthly data can be viewed as a graph or table and printed as well. By viewing the graph, it is easy to see if a patient is regularly following administration times or not. It is possible for registered users to log onto the website and confirm medication administration history.

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  Display of messages
  Registered users can log onto the e-OKUSURI-SAN website, and send messages of up to 20 characters in length, which will be displayed as text on the control panel of the e-OKUSURI-SAN device. It can be used for communication with the patient, including messages encouraging administration and notifications of home visits.

2.°®¶¹´«Ã½ e-OKUSURI-SAN internet connection

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  e-OKUSURI-SAN is not a medical device.

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