JP4526436B2 - Medicine bag issuing machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention separates medicines contained in containers such as ampoules, bottles and boxes, medicines packed with wrapping paper and PTP, and other medicine bags for storing other medicines from a long belt member for medicine bags. Then, it relates to a medicine bag issuing machine to be created.
The present invention also relates to a light-shielding cover that covers an infusion container when the infusion container such as an infusion bottle or an infusion bag is suspended and the infusion is dropped and discharged.

In order to facilitate dispensing audits, transparent sheet materials are preferred for drug bags that store various required drugs according to prescriptions and derived dispensing instructions, and information on the input drugs is printed. (See, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4).
Moreover, the medicine bag issuing machine which issues such a medicine bag includes a medicine bag printing device and a medicine bag creation device exclusively for issuing medicine bags (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2), in addition to issuing medicine bags and storing medicines in medicine bags. The medicine bagging device to be performed is roughly classified (see, for example, Patent Documents 3 to 4). There are also differences between the sheet materials used in both cases.

  The former medicine bag issuance machine (see Patent Documents 1 and 2) is designed to print medicine information on a short transparent sheet material preliminarily formed into a bag shape and finish it into a medicine bag. The printer includes a printer capable of setting a plurality of materials and a large number of materials, and a transfer mechanism that collects printed medicine bags and transfers them to a predetermined position. Such a transfer mechanism includes a medicine bag collector and medicine bag distributor that reciprocates with a medicine bag (see Patent Document 1), and a belt conveyance mechanism that carries or sandwiches the medicine bag (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). Has been materialized.

  The latter medicine bag issuing machine (see Patent Documents 3 to 4) is configured to separate and create a medicine bag from a belt member for a medicine bag in which a long transparent sheet material is rolled. In other words, in addition to issuing a medicine bag, a medicine bagging apparatus that stores medicine in a medicine bag is a member supply mechanism that sequentially unrolls and sends out a roll-shaped medicine bag belt-like member in order to separate and create medicine bags one after another. A first cutter mechanism that separates the medicinal bag by cutting the belt-shaped member for the medicinal bag, a printer that prints medicinal information related to the medicinal bag, and a seal at least at the bottom edge of the cutting opening of the medicinal bag A sealing mechanism is provided, and a medicine injection mechanism is provided for injecting the medicine into the medicine bag from the opening.

  In the case of a drug applied by infusion, etc., the main component drug and a solubilizing agent or infusion are usually dispensed in pairs. At that time, the infusion is used as an infusion container and put into a medicine bag. It may be attached to a medicine bag without any. At the time of application, the medicine is taken out from the medicine bag and mixedly injected into the infusion container, and the infusion container is used for infusion or the like. The medicine bag from which the medicine has been taken out becomes unnecessary and is discarded.

  In addition, when infusion of an infusion solution in which a light-unstable drug such as vitamin B12 injection is mixed and mixed, a light-shielding cover is immediately put on the infusion container after the mixture and mixing. Examples of such a light-shielding cover include a cover for an infusion container provided with a visual recognition window (see, for example, Patent Document 5), an infusion bag for an infusion bag (see, for example, Patent Document 6), and prevention of contamination of an infusion packaging container. Although what also serves as a bag (for example, refer to Patent Document 7) is known, none of them is a medicine bag.

JP-A-10-203707 JP 2000-116751 A JP 2001-212208 A JP 2004-148034 A JP 2003-275280 A JP 2001-252334 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-117489

  By the way, the bag-like sheet material and the roll-like sheet material used for issuing the medicine bag have advantages and disadvantages. Specifically, when a bag-like sheet material is used, it is not as flat as a flat paper and has no advantage of winding, so it has the advantage of being easy to guide with rollers or guides and easy to transfer with a belt or tray, There are limitations that the bag must be made separately, and that there is a complaint that it is not possible to handle a medicine bag with no waist, that is, a low rigidity. On the other hand, when a roll-shaped sheet material is employed, the advantages and disadvantages are reversed, and the length of the medicine bag can be varied when the medicine bag is created.

Further, the rolled sheet long is and that requires less replenishing operation is or advantage is also suitable for making a synthetic resin. Therefore, for applications that place importance on such advantages, it is desirable to employ long roll-shaped sheet materials.
However, the roll-shaped sheet material has a disadvantage of winding. Therefore, the roll-shaped sheet material, that is, the band member for the medicine bag, is swelled and heavier when the medicine is stored. I had to refrain from adopting the medicine bag issuing machine that I did not.
Therefore, when issuing a medicine bag from a long member for a medicine bag, the medicine bag issuing machine will be improved so that the medicine bag can be transferred to a transporting device or the like while it is empty even if there is some curl in the separated medicine bag. Is a fundamental technical issue.

Further, in the conventional application procedure as described above, a light shielding cover separate from the medicine bag is used to shield the infusion container, and drug information based on prescriptions and dispensing instructions is generally printed on such a light shielding cover. Therefore, there is a need to affix an infusion label on which the drug information is printed on the light-shielding cover in order to make it possible to check the content of the drug to be administered by infusion.
However, the pasting is, for example, removing the infusion label attached to the infusion container and replacing it, or pasting an extra printed label in advance when printing medicine information on a dispensing instruction sheet or medicine bag, This is done by attaching a handwritten label.

Therefore, the application of the infusion label is cumbersome and requires great care so as not to make a mistake.
Accordingly, it is a further technical problem to make it possible for the medicine bag on which the medicine information has been printed to also serve as the light shielding cover in order to eliminate the need to attach a label to the light shielding cover.

The medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention (Solution means 1) was devised to solve the basic problem described above, and a member supply mechanism for sequentially feeding the medicine bag belt-like member, and cutting the medicine bag belt-like member. In a medicine bag issuing machine comprising a first cutter mechanism for separating a medicine bag, a printer for printing medicine information relating to the medicine bag, and a seal mechanism for sealing an opening part relating to the medicine bag, the upper first A guide member that guides the medicine bag cut by the cutter mechanism downward while preventing it from dropping, and pulls the medicine bag from the guide member by pulling the tip of the medicine bag and pulling it diagonally downward, so that the rear end of the medicine bag is free. a transfer mechanism for moving the bag by and quickly swung faster than the rear end of the bag and from the start to free fall, characterized in that are provided.

In addition, the medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention (Solution means 2) was created to solve further problems in addition to the basic problems described above, and is a medicine bag issuing machine of the solution means 1. , separable in a second cutter mechanism for defining the by disconnected the separating region comprising a hole capable protrude the lifting portion of the medical solution container in the bottom a rim of closed of the bag is the transfer It is provided in the mechanism.

Further, in the medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention (solution means 3), the medicine bag issuing machine of the solution means 2 having the second cutter mechanism and another medicine bag issuing machine not having the second cutter mechanism are separated. The medicine bag issuing machine is provided in a body or stored in one housing, and is selectively operated according to the light shielding level information included in the medicine information.

In such a medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention (Solution means 1), medicine information can be efficiently printed from a long medicine bag belt-like member by a member supply mechanism, a printer, a seal mechanism, and a first cutter mechanism as in the prior art. In addition to being able to separate and create a used medicine bag, a transfer mechanism different from the conventional one is provided, and when the medicine bag is moved, the end of the medicine bag is picked and pulled, so that there is a curl in the medicine bag. However, since the transfer of the medicine bag is performed in such a manner as to suppress the deformation caused thereby, the transfer state is stabilized even if the medicine bag is empty.
Therefore, according to the present invention, when issuing a medicine bag from a long member for a medicine bag, even if there is some curl in the separated medicine bag, the medicine bag can be transferred to a transfer destination transporter or the like without being empty. A medicine bag issuing machine can be realized.

Further, in the medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention (solution 2), a second cutter mechanism that has not been provided in the past is provided, and a separable region is defined in the closed state of the edge of the medicine bag that has been created separately. and, combined this disconnection area is separated from the bag, by the holes can be there protrudes a lifting part of the infusion container so as to express, the drug bag, as described next, the light shielding cover It becomes a medicine bag with medicine information printed. That is, a medicine bag containing a drug unstable to light is not thrown away after mixed injection / mixing of the medicine into an infusion container, but is separated from the separable region and transformed into a light-shielding cover. And the suspension part of an infusion container is withdrawn from the hole after covering the infusion container and separating the separable region , and the infusion container in the suspended state is shielded from light. In addition to the advantage of eliminating the need for labeling on the light shielding cover, such a medicine bag has the advantage that the light shielding cover can be disposable and the improvement in hygiene can be expected. There is also the added advantage that does not occur.

Moreover, in the medicine bag issuer of the present invention, provided with a second cutter mechanism for defining a separating area to the transfer mechanism, the definition of the separating region is associated to the transfer operation As a result, even if a new function is added, the extension of the medicine bag feeding path that impairs the compact packaging is avoided, and the increase in the number of steps of a series of operations that cause a reduction in efficiency is also suppressed.
Therefore, according to the present invention, the medicine information printed medicine bag that can also be used as the light shielding cover can be efficiently issued from the long medicine bag belt-shaped member, and there is some curl in the medicine bag after separation and preparation. In addition, the medicine bag issuing machine that can transfer the medicine bag to the transporter or the like of the transfer destination without emptying the medicine bag can be realized in a compact manner.

  Furthermore, in the medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention (Solution means 3), since the selective operation is performed according to the light shielding level information included in the medicine information, the material unit price is still reduced at present. Difficult light shielding cover medicine bags are issued only when necessary, so the increase in operating costs can be reduced.

About the medicine bag issuing machine of such this invention, the specific form for implementing this is demonstrated by the following Examples 1-2.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 embodies the above-described solving means 1 and 2 (claims 1 and 2 at the beginning of the application), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. Means 3 (claim 3 as originally filed) is embodied.

  In these drawings, for the sake of simplicity, fasteners such as bolts, coupling tools such as hinges, drive sources such as electric motors, power transmission members such as timing belts, electric circuits such as motor drivers, etc. Detailed electronic circuits and the like are not shown in the figure, and those necessary and related to the explanation of the invention are mainly shown. Also, the support members such as the case panel and the base frame are not illustrated as appropriate so as not to obstruct the internal structure and arrangement of each mechanism. For example, the transfer mechanism and the guide member are not shown. Is supported at the illustrated position.

  A specific configuration of the first embodiment of the medicine bag issuing machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall structure of the light-shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10, wherein (a) is a front view, (b) is a right side view thereof, (c) is a front view when the belt member 30 for medicine bags is mounted, and (d) is a front view. It is the right view. 2 (a) to 2 (f) are front views of the main part, and are in the order of operation when the medicine bag 40 is created. Furthermore, FIG. 3 shows the structure of the 2nd cutter mechanism 21a, (a) is a front view, (b) is a bottom view. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the main structure of the control system of the light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10.

  In this shading bag issuing machine 10 (see FIG. 1), the uppermost part of the casing 11 is an electrical component storing a controller 12 and a power source, but most of the casing 11 is a mechanism mounting part. There are a member supply mechanism 13, a printer 14, a heat seal mechanism 15, a first cutter mechanism 16, and a guide member 17 along the feeding path of the medicine bag belt-like member 30 and the medicine bag 40 that are continuous from top to bottom while twisting. A transfer mechanism 20 and a transport mechanism 18 are provided. Among them, the member supply mechanism 13, the printer 14, the heat seal mechanism 15, and the first cutter mechanism 16 can be pulled out of the housing 11 by the pulling mechanism 19 in order to facilitate refilling of the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30. It has become.

The member supply mechanism 13 may be the same as the conventional one as long as the medicine bag belt-like member 30 can be sequentially fed and supplied to the printer 14 (see, for example, Patent Document 3). For example, a long medicine bag belt-like member wound in a roll shape. The reel 30 has a shaft 13a for rotatably supporting 30 and an appropriate tension adjusting mechanism.
The printer 14 also receives, from the controller 12, information on the medicine to be stored in the medicine bag based on the prescription and the derived dispensing instruction, such as patient name and medicine name, and puts it in the head part of the belt member 30 for medicine bag. As long as printing is possible, a conventional product may be used (see, for example, Patent Document 3), an ink jet method or a thermal transfer method, monochrome or color. The leading part of the band member 30 for the medicine bag to be printed by the printer 14 is a part that is to be cut and separated as the medicine bag 40.

The heat seal mechanism 15 may be the same as the conventional one as long as the opening at the tip of the band member 30 for the medicine bag can be sealed to the bottom of the bag and a closed edge can be formed there (see, for example, Patent Document 3). ), Which is usually composed of a linear heating element longer than the width of the medicinal bag belt-shaped member 30, a mechanism for moving it back and forth toward the tip of the medicinal bag belt-shaped member 30, and an energization drive circuit. In this example, the heat seal mechanism 15 is disposed immediately after the medicine bag belt-like member discharge port of the printer 14.
The first cutter mechanism 16 may be the same as the conventional one as long as the medicine bag 40 can be separated and created by cutting the printed medicine bag belt member 30 (see, for example, Patent Document 3). It consists of a longer linear cutter and a mechanism for advancing and retracting it toward the medicinal bag strip member 30. In this example, the first cutter mechanism 16 is disposed immediately after the heat seal mechanism 15 .

  The guide member 17 is made of a member such as a roller or a guide, for example. The guide member 17 guides the head portion of the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 that has been printed and sealed, and the cut and separated medicine bag 40 falls. It is designed to prevent this. In this example, the movable piece 17a located in the immediate vicinity of the transfer mechanism 20 in the guide member 17 is provided with a drive mechanism that swings the movable piece 17a. The tip can be moved toward the transfer mechanism 20 side. Therefore, when the medicine bag 40 is delivered from the guide member 17 to the transfer mechanism 20, the tip position of the medicine bag 40 is forced by the movable piece 17a. It will come to a certain position.

  The transport mechanism 18 is composed of, for example, a belt conveyor, and carries in / out a transporter 50 such as a tray or a box. In this example, a parallel running conveyor is also arranged on the back side in addition to the front side conveyor placed where the medicine bag 40 is put into the carrying device 50, and without disturbing the feeding of the carrying device 50 to which the medicine bag is put. The other transporter 50 can be returned or advanced. The installation of the transport mechanism 18 and the use of the transporter 50 are not indispensable. For example, the issued medicine bag 40 is placed in a fixed box on the inner bottom portion of the housing 11, and a hand is placed from the small window on the front panel of the housing 11. You may make it take out and take out the medicine bag 40. FIG.

  The transfer mechanism 20 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) includes a pair of grippers 21 and 22 that come in contact with and separate from each other in order to grip and temporarily hold the tip of the medicine bag 40 brought together by the movable piece 17a. Further, in order to pull the picked medicine bag 40, a hand portion 23 having grips 21 and 22 is attached to the advancing / retreating mechanism 25 via a swinging shaft 24 which supports the swingable support bag 21 so as to be swingable. Then, the transfer mechanism 20 pulls the tip of the medicine bag 40 diagonally downward by the advancing and retreating operation of the hand portion 23 after the picking in addition to the picking and releasing of the medicine bag 40 by the moving operation of the gripping elements 21 and 22. The medicine bag 40 can be pulled out from the guide member 17 and further moved down to be positioned above the carrying device 50, and the medicine bag 40 can be loaded into the carrying device 50 by a swinging operation after being lowered.

On the gripping surface of the gripper 21 which is one of such grippers (see FIG. 3), a second cutter mechanism 21a which is not provided in the conventional medicine bag issuing machine is provided. The second cutter mechanism 21a may be a semicircular one as shown, or may be a letter “U”, “V”, “U”, or “F” (not shown). A half of the suspension side hole that can project the suspension portion of the suspension is defined. The blades of the second cutter mechanism 21a are discontinuous, and the cut marks are perforated or broken lines suitable for separating the separable region . Such a second cutter mechanism 21a can be cut off so as to be a holding side hole at the bottom of the medicine bag 40 which is the edge of the closed state by cutting so as to penetrate the front and back of the medicine bag 40 together with the front and back. The region is defined, and the separation of the separable region is performed in association with the picking operation of the tip of the medicine bag 40.

  The operations of the transfer mechanism 20 including the second cutter mechanism 21a, the first cutter mechanism 16, the heat seal mechanism 15, and the printer 14 are controlled by a controller 12 including a microprocessor, a sequencer, and the like. The medicine master 12a to be referred to when the medicine information is printed (see FIG. 4) is preliminarily added with light-shielding level data for each medicine. The light shielding level may be a simple flag indicating whether or not light shielding is necessary, and may be a number of ranks or numerical values indicating the degree of necessity of light shielding.In this example, at least infusion, the infusion container is covered with a light shielding cover. What is necessary is just to be able to discriminate whether it is necessary to cover or not. The controller 12 prints a light shielding instruction on the medicine bag 40 when a light shielding cover is required.

  The use mode and operation of the shading bag issuing machine 10 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1A and 1B show a state in which the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 is not attached, and FIGS. 1C and 1D show a state after the medicine bag belt-like member 30 is attached and immediately after the medicine bag 40 is issued. . 2 (a) to 2 (f) show an operation state in time series when the medicine bag 40 is created from the medicine bag belt-like member 30. FIG. 5 shows the manufacturing method and structure of the medicine bag 40 that can also be used as a light shielding cover. FIG. 5A is an external view of the belt member 30 for the medical bag, FIG. 5B is an external view of the roll, and FIG. It is an external view. Moreover, FIG. 6 shows the use aspect which uses the medicine bag 40 as a light shielding cover, (a) is the external view of the place where the medicine bag 40 and the infusion container 60 are arranged, (b) is the external view at the time of mixed injection, (c) is It is an external view at the time of drip.

  Prior to use of the light-shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 (see FIGS. 1A and 1B), a roll-shaped medicine bag belt-like member 30 is set in the member supply mechanism 13 (see FIG. 2A). . The setting operation is performed by pulling out the member supply mechanism 13, the printer 14, and the like from the housing 11 by the pulling mechanism 19. As the belt-shaped member 30 for a medicine bag, a long cylindrical member made of a transparent or translucent thin sheet material (see FIG. 5A), a flat belt-shaped member wound around a tubular core 31, and the like are used. (See FIG. 5B). Further, in order to give the medicine bag 40 the necessary light shielding property as a light shielding cover, the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 is made of a light shielding material including at least an ultraviolet light shielding material such as an orange vinyl sheet (Patent Documents 5 to 7). See also).

  The tip of the band member 30 for the medicine bag (see FIG. 2A) is fed out from the member supply mechanism 13 and fed into the printer 14, and is further fed out from the printer 14, and then the heat seal mechanism 15 and the first cutter mechanism 16 are moved once. Make it work. Then, the excess portion at the tip of the band member 30 for medicine bag is removed by cutting with the first cutter mechanism 16, and the sealing part 42 is formed by sealing the opening part related to the medicine bag 40 with the heat seal mechanism 15, At the same time, this becomes the bottom of the medicine bag 40 (see FIG. 5C). Since preparations for subsequent automatic feeding are now complete, the member supply mechanism 13, the printer 14 and the like are returned into the housing 11 by the drawing mechanism 19, and the setting operation of the medicine bag belt-like member 30 is completed.

  Then, in the automatic operation state (see FIG. 4), when data of a prescription or a dispensing instruction is input to the controller 12 of the light-shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10, the controller 12 searches the medicine master 12a and issues The medicine information 44 such as the medicine name related to the medicine scheduled to be stored in the medicine bag 40 is obtained, and the printing instruction is sent to the printer 14. At that time, the light shielding level related to the medicine is also checked, and if any one of them needs to cover the infusion container with a light shielding cover at the time of infusion, a print instruction of a light shielding instruction 41 that prompts light shielding at the time of infusion is also sent to the printer 14. Is done. In the printer 14 (see FIG. 2A), the medicine information 44 and the light shielding instruction 41 are printed on the leading portion of the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 according to the instruction (see FIG. 5C).

  Simultaneously with or after the printing, the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 is sent out from the printer 14 by one medicine bag 40 (see FIG. 2B), and the leading portion of the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 is regulated by the guide member 17. At the same time, the tip of the medicine bag belt-like member 30 is guided to the transfer mechanism 20 by the guide member 17. Further, the movable piece 17a at the tail end of the guide member 17 swings (see FIG. 2C), and the tip of the medicine bag belt-shaped member 30 is bent and sent to the gripping position of the transfer mechanism 20. In addition, the heat seal mechanism 15 and the first cutter mechanism 16 are operated, and the leading portion of the band member 30 for the medicine bag is separated as the medicine bag 40 by cutting with the first cutter mechanism 16. At the same time, the bottom of the next medicine bag is formed by forming the sealing portion 42 in the heat seal mechanism 15. Further, the tip of the medicinal bag belt-like member 30 sent to the gripping position of the transfer mechanism 20 becomes the bottom of the medicinal bag 40 that has just been created.

At the bottom, the sealing part 42 has already been formed and the edge of the medicine bag 40 is in a closed state (see FIG. 5 (c)). Adjacent and even closer (see FIG. 2D). As a result, the tip, that is, the bottom of the medicine bag 40 is picked, and the second cutter mechanism 21a cuts into the medicine bag 40 accordingly, so that a perforation 43 is formed on the center of the sealing portion 42 forming portion of the medicine bag 40. (Refer FIG. 3, FIG.5 (c)). The perforations 43 are semi-circular for example, whereby the separating region that can serve as possible hanging side hole projecting the lifting portion of the common infusion container, at the closed state of the edge of the medicine bag 40 Defined.

Then, the grasping elements 21 and 22 move obliquely downward with the movement of the hand portion 23 while holding the tip of the medicine bag 40 (see FIG. 2 (e)). Get out of it and become diagonal. Then, the hand part 23 and the gripping elements 21 and 22 are swung to guide the medicine bag 40 into the transporter 50 faster and slightly faster than the rear end / free end of the medicine bag 40 naturally falls (see FIG. 2 (f)). ), When the rear end / free end of the medicine bag 40 enters the transporter 50, the grippers 21, 22 are separated (see FIGS. 1C and 1D), and the medicine bag 40 is released.
Thus, the medicine information printed medicine bag 40 separated and created from the medicine bag belt-like member 30 does not have an opportunity to develop an undesired deformation caused by it even if there is a slight curl, that is, during tension movement It is stretched by force, and at the time of swing feeding, it is stretched by being blown by air and is put into the transporter 50 as it is. Therefore, this medicine bag storage is performed reliably.

The medicine bag 40 thus issued (see FIG. 5 (c)) is made of a transparent or translucent sheet material that is at least ultraviolet light-shielding, is printed with information on the medicine to be charged, and is closed on the edge. It has become one separating region to be hung side hole capable protrude the lifting portion of the the infusion container separated by a disconnectable is defined by perforations 43 in place. Then, it is transported to an appropriate subsequent device such as a medicine bag storage stocker or a dispensing inspection table by the transport mechanism 18 and the medicines 51 and 52 are stored from the opening 45 by manual dispensing or automatic dispensing, and the temporary fixing portion 46 is formed. Is also performed as necessary (see FIG. 6A).

  The drug 51 is an example of an ampoule that does not require light shielding, and the drug 52 is an example of a drug that needs to be shielded in a light shielding package 53, but when the drugs 51 and 52 are mixed into an infusion solution, The medicine bag 40 containing the medicines 51 and 52 is set as an infusion container 60 to which an infusion label 62 corresponding to the medicine information 44 is affixed and is used for infusion. The infusion container 60 shown in the figure is an infusion bottle containing physiological saline (see FIG. 6A), but the head is provided with a mouth plug 61 that serves as both a mixed injection part and an infusion discharge part. On the bottom surface, a suspension part 63 capable of standing / tilting is provided.

At the time of mixed injection (see FIG. 6 (b)), the temporary stopper 46 of the medicine bag 40 is peeled off to open the opening 45, the medicines 51 and 52 are taken out from there, and the mouthpiece 61 is placed in the infusion container 60 with a syringe 64 or the like. Inject from.
Also, if the light blocking instruction 41 the bag 40 is printed, in order to be used as a light-shielding cover bag 40, disconnect the separating region where the perforations 43, the lifting side hole 47 therein To express.

At the time of infusion (see FIG. 6C), the infusion container 60 is covered with the medicine bag 40, the suspension part 63 is pulled out from the suspension side hole 47, and the suspension part 63 is hooked to suspend the infusion container 60. Multiply by 65.
Thus, the medicine bag 40 is also used as a light shielding cover. Moreover, since the medicine information 44 is printed on the medicine bag 40, there is no need to perform an incidental operation such as peeling off the infusion label 62 from the infusion container 60 and attaching it to the light shielding cover.

A specific configuration of an automatic dispensing system incorporating the light-shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 will be described with reference to the drawings for Example 2 of the present invention. 7A is a schematic layout diagram of each device incorporated in the system, and FIG. 7B is a block diagram of the main part of the control system.
This automatic dispensing system incorporates a transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73 in addition to the light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 described above, and selectively issues either a medicine bag that can also be used as a light shielding cover or a normal medicine bag. It has become.

  More specifically (see FIG. 7 (a)), this automatic dispensing system can also be used as a light-shielding cover, a transporter supply device 71 for sending out empty transporters 50 one by one, 72 for printing and issuing prescriptions and dispensing instructions. The above-mentioned light-shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 that issues a medicine bag 40, a normal medicine bag issuing machine 73 that issues a normal medicine bag, for example, a dispensing device 74 that automatically dispenses medicines 51 and 52 such as injection ampoules, and infusion A dispensing device 75 that automatically dispenses the infusion container 60 such as a bottle and a transport device storage device 76 that stores the transport device 50 that stores a medicine bag or a medicine are provided.

These devices are arranged along a transporting path (indicated by a dashed line arrow in FIG. 7A) including the transporting mechanism 18, and a medicine bag and a medicine are put into the transporting machine 50 while the transporting machine 50 moves there. And collected (see, for example, JP-A-11-169436).
The transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73 may be an off-the-shelf device that prints drug information on a transparent sheet material that has been formed into a bag in advance and finishes it into a medicine bag (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). The two-cutter mechanism 21a may be omitted. In the latter case, the member supply mechanism 13 is set with a transparent long band member for a medicine bag.

In addition, a medicine bag issuing machine selection program is additionally installed in the main controller 77 that controls the entire automatic dispensing system (see FIG. 7B), and this program is started when a medicine bag is issued.
The medicine bag issuing machine selection program refers to a medicine master 77a similar to the medicine master 12a described above, and dispenses dispensing instruction data to the light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 when a light shielding cover is required according to the light shielding level information included therein. In this case, when the light shielding cover is unnecessary, the dispensing instruction data is transferred to the transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73 so that the light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 and the transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73 are operated alternatively.

In this case, if at least one medicine to be stored in the medicine bag and to be stored in the medicine bag is stored in the same container 50 as the medicine bag, the main controller 77 does not use the transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73 when issuing the medicine bag. The light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 is selected, and the light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 issues a medicine bag 40 that can also be used as a light shielding cover. On the other hand, if all of the medicines that are to be put in the same container 50 as the medicine bag and are to be accommodated in the medicine bag need not be shielded from light, the main controller 77 issues a transparent medicine bag instead of the light shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 when issuing the medicine bag. The machine 73 is selected, and a normal inexpensive transparent medicine bag is issued from the transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73.
Therefore, it is possible to minimize the use of the light-shielding band member 30 for a medicine bag.

[Others]
In the above-described second embodiment, the light-shielding medicine bag issuing machine 10 and the transparent medicine bag issuing machine 73 are separate from each other, but the respective mechanisms inside them may be stored in one housing. In that case, the medicine bag issuing machine selection program may be transplanted from the main controller 77 to the controller 12.
Although not described in each of the above embodiments, the size of the medicine bag 40 is changed by adjusting the feed amount of the medicine bag belt-like member 30 until it is cut by the first cutter mechanism 16 under the control of the controller 12. You may make it (for example, refer patent document 3).

About Example 1 of this invention, the whole structure of a medicine bag issuing machine is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is the right side view, (c) is a front view at the time of wearing a belt-like member for medicine bags, (d) Is a right side view thereof. (A)-(f) is a front view of the principal part, and is the order of operation at the time of medicine bag creation. The structure of the 2nd cutter mechanism 21a is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a bottom view. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of the control system of a medicine bag issuing machine. The manufacturing method and structure of a medicine bag are shown, (a) is an external view of a belt member for a medical bag, (b) is an external view of the roll, and (c) is an external view of the medicine bag. The usage mode which uses a medicine bag as a light-shielding cover is shown, (a) is an external view where the medicine bag and the infusion container are arranged, (b) is an external view at the time of mixed injection, and (c) is an external view at the time of infusion. About Example 2 of this invention, the structure of the automatic dispensing system incorporating the medicine bag issuing machine is shown, (a) is a schematic layout diagram, (b) is a block diagram of the main part of the control system.

10 ... Shading bag issuing machine,
11 ... Case, 12 ... Controller (control means),
12a ... Chemical master, 13 ... Member supply mechanism, 13a ... Shaft,
14 ... printer, 15 ... heat seal mechanism, 16 ... first cutter mechanism,
17 ... guide member, 17a ... movable piece, 18 ... conveying mechanism, 19 ... drawing mechanism,
20 ... Transfer mechanism, 21 ... Gripper, 21a ... Second cutter mechanism,
22 ... grab child, 23 ... hand part, 24 ... swing axis, 25 ... advance / retreat mechanism,
30 ... Band-shaped member for medicine bag, 31 ... Tubular core,
40 ... Medicine bag, 41 ... Light shielding instruction, 42 ... Sealing part, 43 ... Perforation ( separable area ),
44 ... Drug information, 45 ... Opening part, 46 ... Temporary fixing part, 47 ... Suspension side hole,
50 ... Transporter, 51,52 ... Drug, 53 ... Shading package,
60 ... infusion container, 61 ... spigot (mixed injection part, infusion discharge part),
62 ... Infusion label, 63 ... Suspension part, 64 ... Syringe, 65 ... Hook,
71 ... Carrying device supply device, 72 ... Instruction issuing machine, 73 ... Transparent medicine bag issuing machine,
74 ... Dispensing device (injection etc.), 75 ... Dispensing device (infusion container), 76 ... Carrying device storage device,
77 ... Main controller (selection means), 77a ... Chemical master

Claims (3)

A member supply mechanism for sequentially feeding the band member for the medicine bag, a first cutter mechanism for cutting the band member for the medicine bag and separating the medicine bag, a printer for printing medicine information relating to the medicine bag, and an opening part for the medicine bag In a medicine bag issuing machine equipped with a sealing mechanism for sealing the above, a guide member for guiding the medicine bag cut by the upper first cutter mechanism to the lower side while preventing the medicine bag from dropping, and a tip of the medicine bag are gripped. moving said bag by and quickly swung faster than the rear end of the bag from the free rear end of said withdrawn the bag from the guide member bag begins to gravity by pulling obliquely downward A medicine bag issuing machine characterized in that a transfer mechanism is provided. Separable at a when it is disconnected second cutter mechanism defining a separating region comprising a hole capable protrude the lifting portion of the medical solution container in the bottom a rim of closed of the bag is the transfer mechanism The medicine bag issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the medicine bag issuing machine is provided.   The medicine bag issuing machine according to claim 2 provided with the second cutter mechanism and the other medicine bag issuing machine not provided with the second cutter mechanism are provided separately or stored in a single housing. The automatic medicine dispensing system is characterized in that the medicine bag issuing machine is selectively operated according to the light shielding level information included in the medicine information.

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