JP4477153B2 - Drug packaging device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device that encloses medicines such as powders and tablets into a packaging bag by a predetermined amount.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, in hospitals and the like, pharmaceuticals such as powders and tablets that are dispensed according to a doctor's prescription are individually or together packaged and delivered to patients. Conventionally, as a medicine packaging machine for performing such medicine packaging work, a powder supply unit and a tablet supply unit are provided in the upper part, and a medicine falling from each of the supply parts is provided in a lower part in a packaging sheet. The thing of the structure provided with the packaging part which performs is known. Here, in the packaging part provided in the lower part, the long packaging sheet fed out from the roll body is folded in two in the width direction, and a predetermined amount of powder and / or tablet is supplied from above between the folded parts, The package in which the medicine is packaged is formed by heat-sealing the width direction and side edges of the packaging sheet by the heat sealing device.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the medicine packaging machine as described above, when a required amount of medicine is divided and packaged in the packaging part, air is often naturally mixed with the medicine supplied from above, and after the packaging, At the time of an audit, there is a problem that handling of the packaged package is complicated, or the audit itself is difficult and the dispensing operation cannot be performed smoothly. In addition, the package in which air is mixed at the time of packaging as described above may swell up when being bound by a binding machine in a subsequent process, making it difficult to insert into a medicine bag or causing a binding failure. is there. Furthermore, since the medicine sealed in the bag coexists with air, there is a problem that the quality of the medicine is deteriorated in a short period of time.
[0004]
The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and the package can be made compact by removing the air in the bag after the drug is put into the packaging bag. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine packaging device that facilitates handling at the time of auditing and bundling and can prevent short-term deterioration of the medicine.
[0005]
[Means for solving the problems and actions / effects]
In order to achieve the above object, a medicine packaging device according to the present invention comprises:
A heat-sealing part that forms a compartment by heat-sealing a long wrapping sheet in the width direction and heat-sealing side edges of the wrapping sheet, and a compartment is formed by the heat-sealing part In a medicine packaging device provided with a hopper for putting medicine into the compartment before being done,
A tablet supply unit that drops and supplies tablets in a predetermined amount;
A powder supply section for supplying powder in drops by a predetermined amount;
Air suction means for removing the air in the compartment after the medicine is put into the compartment;
Data generating means for generating dispensing data;
Control means for controlling the tablet supply unit, the powder supply unit and the air suction unit based on the dispensing data generated by the data generation unit,
The control means controls the tablet supply unit and / or the powder supply unit so as to supply a predetermined amount of drug into the hopper according to the dispensing data, and when the drug to be packaged contains powder. in which is inoperative the air suction means, at the time of packaging of tablets only and controls the air suction means to actuate said air suction means.
[0006]
In the present invention, in the state where the long wrapping sheet is formed into a bag shape, the medicine is introduced from the hopper into a portion that should become the compartment, and after this introduction, the width direction and side edges of the wrapping sheet are formed by the heat seal portion. The sections are heat-sealed to form a compartment. At this time, the air trapped in the compartment is removed by the air suction means after the medicine is charged and before the required portion is heat-sealed, thereby preventing air from being mixed into the packaged package. The Therefore, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of various troubles at the time of inspection or bundling work after packaging, and to handle the package easily, and to solve the problem of quality deterioration in a short period of time. Can do.
[0007]
According to the present invention, since the operation / non-operation of the air suction means can be selected according to the type of medicine to be packaged, the medicine that may be sucked together during air removal (suction) like a powder In this case, the air suction means can be deactivated, and even when powder and tablets are alternately packaged, air can be removed only when the tablets are packaged.
[0008]
In the present invention, the air suction means is preferably provided integrally with the hopper. Thereby, the removal of air from the compartment can be effectively performed in association with the charging operation after the medicine is put into the compartment.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, specific embodiments of the medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0010]
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of a medicine packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0011]
In the medicine packaging apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, a tablet supply unit 2 that drops and supplies a tablet by a predetermined amount and a powder supply unit 3 that supplies a powder by a predetermined amount are provided. A hopper 4 for receiving the tablet or powder supplied below is arranged. Here, although the specific structure of the tablet supply part 2 and the powder supply part 3 is not shown in figure, as these supply parts 2 and 3, the thing of a conventionally well-known various structure is employable. As an example, the tablet supply unit 2 drops and supplies tablets accommodated in a plurality of divided tablet baskets with open / close shutters by hand division into a plurality of tablet accommodating bodies arranged below, and then each tablet. A configuration is adopted in which the bottom of the container is opened at a predetermined dropping position so that the tablets stored therein are sequentially supplied to the hopper 4. On the other hand, the powder supply unit 3 drops and supplies the powder stored in a V-shaped basket with an opening / closing plate into a plurality of powder storage bodies disposed below, and then drops the bottom of each powder storage body to a predetermined level. What was comprised so that the powder contained in the inside might be supplied to the hopper 4 sequentially by open | releasing in a position is employ | adopted.
[0012]
Below the hopper 4 is provided a packaging portion 5 for dividing and packaging tablets and / or powders supplied via the hopper 4. In the packaging unit 5, on the upstream side of the hopper 4, a roll body 7 formed by winding the packaging sheet 6 in a roll shape, and a required print on the surface of the packaging sheet 6 fed out from the roll body 7. A printing device 8 to be applied, and a crease forming body 9 for folding the wrapping sheet 7 in two along the conveying direction are provided, and a heat seal device 10 to be described later and the heat seal device are provided downstream of the hopper 4. A pair of feed rollers 11 are provided that sandwich the wrapping sheet 6 sealed by 10 and feed it forward from the left and right.
[0013]
The heat sealing device 10 has a structure known per se, and includes a pair of heating rollers 12 and 13 disposed so as to be in pressure contact with each other, as shown in FIG. When the roller 12 is rotated by the motor 14, the heating rollers 12 and 13 are rotated in opposite directions via the interlocking gears 15 and 16 which are engaged with each other, and the axial heating surfaces ( The longitudinal seal portions) 12a and 13a heat-seal the width direction of the packaging sheet 6, and the circumferential heating surfaces (lateral seal portions) 12b and 13b heat the side edges (upper edge portions) of the packaging sheet 6. It is comprised so that it may melt | fuse.
[0014]
The hopper 4 is integrally provided with an air suction pipe 17 constituting a part of the air suction means. The air suction pipe 17 is arranged so that the distal end is a position immediately before the heat seal device 10 and is adjacent to the lower end opening of the hopper 4, and the base end side is connected to the vacuum suction device 18. Thus, after the medicine is supplied from the hopper 4 into the packaging sheet 6, immediately before the compartment 19 is formed by heat-sealing with the heat seal device 10, the medicine is put on the part to be the compartment. Naturally mixed air is sucked and removed through the air suction pipe 17.
[0015]
The tablet supply unit 2, the powder supply unit 3, and the vacuum suction device ( air suction unit) 18 are controlled by command signals from a computer (control unit) 20 that controls the drug packaging device 1. In order to execute this control, various data including dispensing data such as the number of divisions and drug types is input to the computer 20 from the attached data generation means 21. The computer 20 exchanges data with a host computer 22 that manages various drug data based on a doctor's prescription. Although not explicitly shown in FIG. 1, the printing device 8, the heat seal device 10, and the like are also controlled by a control signal from the computer 20.
[0016]
In the medicine packaging device 1 configured as described above, the tablet supply unit 2 and / or the powder supply unit 3 are operated based on the control signal from the computer 20 so that a predetermined amount of tablets and / or powders are put into the hopper 4. After the supply, the width direction of the packaging sheet 6 is heat-sealed by the axial heating surfaces 12a and 13a of the heating rollers 12 and 13, and the packaging sheet 6 by the circumferential heating surfaces 12b and 13b. These side edges are heat-sealed to form a compartment 19 filled with a medicine, so that packaging is performed.
[0017]
In this packaging, after the medicine is supplied from the hopper 4 into the packaging sheet 6, the computer 20 immediately before the packaging sheet 6 is heat-sealed by the heat seal device 10 to form the compartment 19. In response to the control signal, the vacuum suction device 18 is operated, and the air naturally mixed with the medicine in the portion where the compartment 19 is formed by the packaging sheet 6 is sucked and removed via the air suction pipe 17. In this way, air is prevented from being mixed into the package after packaging.
[0018]
By the way, when the medicine to be packaged contains powder, if air suction is performed, the powder may be sucked together during the air suction. For this reason, in this embodiment, when a medicine that may be sucked together with air is supplied based on the dispensing data generated by the data generating means 21, a vacuum suction is performed by a control signal from the computer 20. The device 18 is deactivated. Therefore, even when the powder and the tablet are alternately packed, the trouble that the powder is sucked together with the air by controlling the vacuum suction device 18 only when the tablet is packed is generated. To achieve the desired purpose.
[0019]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, various problems due to air entering the packaged package, that is, (1) handling becomes inconvenient at the time of an audit by a pharmacist, and the audit itself becomes difficult. Dispensing operations can not be performed smoothly. (2) When the package is bound, it becomes difficult to swell and put in the medicine bag, or binding failure occurs during the binding operation. Such a problem can be solved.
[0020]
In this embodiment, the embodiment in which the air suction pipe 17 is provided integrally with the hopper 4 has been described. However, the air suction pipe 17 may be provided separately from the hopper 4.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a medicine packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a heat sealing apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drug packaging apparatus 2 Tablet supply part 3 Powder supply part 4 Hopper 5 Packaging part 6 Package sheet 7 Roll body 8 Printing apparatus 9 Crease formation body 10 Heat seal apparatus (heat seal part)
11 Feed rollers 12, 13 Heating rollers 12a, 13a Axial heating surface (vertical seal)
12b, 13b Circumferential heating surface (lateral seal part)
17 Air suction pipe 18 Vacuum suction device 19 Compartment room 20 Computer 21 Data generation means 22 Host computer

Claims (2)

A heat-sealing part that forms a compartment by heat-sealing a long wrapping sheet in the width direction and heat-sealing side edges of the wrapping sheet, and a compartment is formed by the heat-sealing part In a medicine packaging device provided with a hopper for putting medicine into the compartment before being done,
A tablet supply unit that drops and supplies tablets in a predetermined amount;
A powder supply section for supplying powder in drops by a predetermined amount;
Air suction means for removing the air in the compartment after the medicine is put into the compartment;
Data generating means for generating dispensing data;
Control means for controlling the tablet supply unit, the powder supply unit and the air suction unit based on the dispensing data generated by the data generation unit,
The control means controls the tablet supply unit and / or the powder supply unit so as to supply a predetermined amount of drug into the hopper according to the dispensing data, and when the drug to be packaged contains powder. medicine packing machine, characterized in that is inoperative the air suction means, at the time of packaging of tablets only controlling the air suction means to actuate said air suction means. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the air suction means is provided integrally with the hopper.

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