JP4778622B2 - Drug packaging device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device, and in particular, by fixing the mounting position of the medicine container, it is possible to reduce setting labor and mistakes, and at the same time, a medicine container in which medicine corresponding to prescription data is stored, When not mounted at the fixed position, provide a guide means that can be mounted without fail, and further change the mounting position of the fixed drug container according to ease of use etc. The present invention relates to a medicine packaging apparatus capable of
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a medicine container containing medicines such as tablets is mounted on each medicine supply means, and a medicine corresponding to the prescription is selectively supplied from the medicine supply means and automatically packaged one by one. Various devices are provided.
[0003]
In this type of medicine packaging apparatus, in a typical medicine packaging apparatus, first, a medicine container containing a medicine corresponding to the prescription is selected and taken out from a storage shelf or the like, and then the selected medicine container is used. Is attached to the medicine supply means. Next, using the operation panel provided at the mounting position of the medicine supply means, the packaging data corresponding to the prescription is input and stored. If a plurality of drug containers corresponding to the prescription are required, the above operation is repeated for each drug container, and then the start key on the operation panel is pressed to perform the packaging operation according to the stored packaging data. Is configured to start.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, the conventional medicine packaging apparatus has a high degree of freedom because the attachment position of the medicine container is not fixed, but on the other hand, the medicine contained in the attached medicine container by the operation panel at the position where the medicine container is attached. The package data must be input each time according to the prescription, and it takes time for setting, and there is a problem that mistakes such as input mistakes are likely to occur.
[0005]
In addition, since no means for storing the frequency of use of the drug container (corresponding to the frequency of use of the drug contained in the drug container) is provided, replenishment of drugs, etc. for drug containers (drugs) that are frequently used In order to make it easier, it is necessary to rely on the experience and intuition of each individual, such as a pharmacist, and there is a problem that the objectivity is poor. In other words, if the prescriptions are arranged, the usage frequency of each medicine can be extracted. However, since it takes a lot of time, as described above, the actual situation depends on the experience and intuition of the pharmacist.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve such problems of the prior art, and by fixing the mounting position of the drug container, it is possible to reduce setting effort and errors, and at the same time, a drug corresponding to prescription data When the medicine container in which the medicine container is stored is not attached to the fixed position, a guide means for surely attaching the medicine container is provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine packaging device that can be appropriately changed according to usability and the like based on highly objective indicators.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve such a problem, the present invention is a drug packaging device that selectively supplies and packages a drug corresponding to prescription data, a drug container containing the drug is mounted at a predetermined position, A medicine supply means for supplying the medicine in an amount corresponding to the prescription data; a packaging means for packaging the medicine supplied from the medicine supply means one by one; an identification means provided in the medicine container; and the medicine Display means provided at the mounting position of the medicine container in the supply means, registration means in which the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container and the identifying means of the medicine container is set and registered, and the medicine supply means The loading position of the drug container provided with the reading means for reading the identification means of the drug container and the identification means corresponding to the prescription data is read from the registration means, and the identification hand of the drug container mounted at the read loading position And control means for reading said reading means, and storage means for updating and storing the frequency of use of the medicament container, the control means, mounting position is the registration of the drug container identifying means is provided corresponding to the prescription data If not registered in the means, based on the usage frequency of the medicine container stored in the storage means, the mounting position of the medicine container having the lowest usage frequency is read out from the registration means, and the read mounting position and the prescription data are The present invention provides a medicine packaging device characterized by associating corresponding identification means with each other and registering it in the registration means as a new correspondence .
[0008]
According to such an invention, the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container and the identifying means of the medicine container is set and registered in the registering means, and the controlling means attaches the medicine container provided with the identifying means corresponding to the prescription data. The position is read from the registration means, the identification means of the medicine container attached at the read attachment position is read by the reading means, the identification means corresponding to the prescription data, and the identification means read by the reading means When they match, the medicine supply means and the packaging means are driven. That is, the mounting position of the medicine container is fixed based on the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container registered and registered in the registration means and the identifying means of the medicine container. Therefore, when prescription data is given, it is only necessary to use a medicine container mounted at a fixed position corresponding to the prescription data, so that it is possible to reduce setting effort and mistakes.
[0009]
Further, according to the present invention, when the identification means corresponding to the prescription data does not match the identification means read by the reading means, the control means displays the display provided at the mounting position read from the registration means The means is configured to be displayed so as to be distinguishable from the display means provided at other mounting positions. That is, when the medicine container storing the medicine corresponding to the prescription data is not attached to the original proper attachment position, the display means provided at the appropriate attachment position is displayed so as to be distinguishable from others. Therefore, the medicine container corresponding to the prescription data can be definitely mounted at the appropriate mounting position using such display as the guide means. The display means can be composed of, for example, a light emitting device such as an LED, and can be distinguished from other display means by turning on or blinking only the display means provided at an appropriate mounting position. is there.
[0010]
Furthermore, according to this invention, the memory | storage means which updates and memorize | stores the usage frequency of a chemical | medical agent container is provided. Therefore, based on the objective use frequency stored in the storage means, for example, a drug container with high use frequency is attached to the lower part of the drug supply means that is easily accessible, and conversely with respect to drug containers with low use frequency As in the case of mounting on the upper part, there is an advantage that the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container and the identification means of the medicine container can be set and re-registered according to ease of use.
[0011]
Further, when the mounting position of the medicine container provided with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data is not yet registered in the registration means, the mounting position of the medicine container that is least frequently used and the identification means corresponding to the prescription data It will be registered in association. That is, when the medicine container corresponding to the prescription data is not registered, it is necessary to attach the medicine container to any position of the medicine supply means. According to the present invention, the medicine container that is least frequently used is used. Therefore, inconvenience in use can be reduced as compared with the case of assigning the mounting position of the drug container that is frequently used.
[0012]
Also, before Symbol control means, based on the use frequency of updates stored medication container in the storage means, for all the medicament container to be attached to the drug supply means resets the mounting position, set for each medication container Preferably , the correspondence between the corrected mounting position and the identification unit is updated and registered in the registration unit .
[0013]
More preferably, the apparatus further comprises a storage shelf in which the medicine container is stored and a display means is provided at a storage position of the medicine container, and the control means is read by the identification means corresponding to the prescription data and the reading means. Display means provided at the storage position when the medicine container provided with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data is stored in the storage shelf. The display unit is configured to be displayed so as to be distinguishable from other display units provided at other storage positions.
[0014]
According to such an invention, when the medicine container provided with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data is stored in the storage shelf, the display means provided in the storage position is displayed so as to be distinguishable from the other, Using such display means as guide means, it is possible to select an appropriate drug container without fail and take it out of the storage shelf.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic external view showing an embodiment of a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the medicine packaging apparatus shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the medicine packaging apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a medicine supply in which a medicine container 20 containing a medicine is mounted at a predetermined position and supplies medicine in an amount corresponding to prescription data. Means 2; packaging means 3 for packaging the medicine supplied from medicine supply means 2 one by one; identification means 4 provided on medicine container 20; and display means provided at the mounting position of medicine container 20 5, reading means for reading the registration means 6 in which the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container 20 and the identification means 4 of the medicine container 20 is set and registered, and the identification means 4 of the medicine container 20 attached to the medicine supply means 2 The loading position of the medicine container 20 provided with the means 7 and the identification means 4 corresponding to the prescription data is read from the registration means 6, and the identification means 4 of the medicine container 20 attached to the read loading position is read to the reading means 7. Control to read A stage 8, a storage unit 9 for updating and storing the frequency of use of the medicament container, the medicament container 20 is preliminarily stored, the display means in the storage position of the medicament container 20 is provided with a storage shelf 10 is provided. The registration unit 6 also has a function of registering prescription data, and an input unit 11 including a touch panel 11a and a keyboard 11b for inputting prescription data and the like is connected via the control unit 8.
[0016]
The medicine container 20 has a cassette-type tablet storage case having a mortar-shaped bottom portion, and is rotatably attached to the bottom portion of the storage case, and has a plurality of tablet pockets on the outer peripheral portion in the same manner as a known product. It is formed of a rotor and a cover of the storage case, and is attached to the shelf-shaped medicine supply means 2 so as to be detachable by inserting / removing it back and forth. Further, the medicine container 20 is provided with a known magnet type identification means 4 for identifying the tablet accommodated in the medicine container 20. From the known magnetic sensor provided at each mounting position of the medicine supply means 2. It can be read by the reading means 7.
[0017]
Moreover, the display means 5 which consists of LED is installed in each mounting position of the chemical | medical agent container 20 of the chemical | medical agent supply means 2, and the chemical | medical agent container 20 in which the chemical | medical agent corresponding to prescription data was accommodated as it mentions later is original. When it is not mounted at an appropriate mounting position, it blinks, alerts the operator, and functions as a guide for the appropriate mounting position. Similar display means comprising LEDs are also installed at each storage position of the storage shelf 10, and as will be described later, the LED at the position where the medicine container 20 corresponding to the prescription data is stored is flashed and displayed by the operator. Calls attention and plays a function as a guide.
[0018]
Furthermore, the registration means 6 and the storage means 9 are each formed from a rewritable storage medium such as a hard disk, and data can be read and written by the control means 8 having a CPU for executing a predetermined program stored in the ROM. Done. The control means 8 also has functions of performing drive control of the medicine supply means 2 and the packaging means 3, reading control of the reading means 7, blinking display control of the display means 5, and the like.
[0019]
Hereinafter, the operation of the medicine packaging device 1 having such a configuration will be described.
[0020]
FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the touch panel 11 a as the input unit 11. FIG. 3 is a screen for inputting details of prescription data (dose information) and making a sachet reservation. The patient ID, patient name, and one day entered on the normal setting screen (not shown) as the previous screen. The number of doses, the number of administration days, the usage, etc. are displayed in predetermined columns. In addition, in the medicine name column 110, numbers of the respective mounting positions of the medicine supply means 2 ("1" to "31" in the example of FIG. 3) are displayed, and registered medicines are below the numbers. The name is displayed. That is, the relationship between the mounting position of the medicine container 20 and the identification means 4 (corresponding to the medicine name) of the medicine container 20 that is preset and registered in the registration means 6 by a predetermined operation using the touch panel 11a is displayed on the screen. Will be displayed. Further, below the drug name, six squares indicating the dosage at each time of taking (in the example of FIG. 3, “morning”, “noon”, and “evening”) are displayed (FIG. 3). In the example of the mounting position number “1” shown, one tablet each for “morning”, “daytime”, and “evening”). Such a dosage is input using a numeric keypad input screen (not shown) displayed by touching the medicine name column 110 used for packaging. If the same operation is performed for each medicine name column 110 and then a “decision key” is touched, the normal setting screen which is the previous screen is returned.
[0021]
If the mounting position of the medicine container 20 provided with the identification means 4 corresponding to the prescription data is not registered in the registration means 6, the “external cassette call key” on the screen shown in FIG. . As a result, a list (not shown) of spare cassettes (medicine containers) 20 that are not attached to the medicine supply means 2 is displayed, and the corresponding medicine (identification means) may be selected. By such selection, the control means 8 makes the use of the medicine container 20 with the lowest use frequency (except for the medicine container 20 currently reserved for packaging) based on the use frequency of the medicine container 20 stored in the storage means 9. The mounting position is read from the registration means 6, the read mounting position is associated with the identification means 4 corresponding to the prescription data, and the new position is registered in the registration means 6. Thereby, the screen of the touch panel 11a is also updated according to the new correspondence. The usage frequency of the medicine container 20 is automatically updated and stored one by one for each package, but can be arbitrarily changed by operating the touch panel 11a. .
[0022]
Further, regardless of whether or not the mounting position of the medicine container 20 corresponding to the prescription data is registered in the registration means 6 at the time of inputting the prescription data, the medicine is based on the use frequency of the medicine container 20 updated and stored in the storage means 9. For all drug containers 20 attached to the supply means 2, the control means 8 may be provided with a function for sorting the attachment positions, and may be operated by the touch panel 11 a. That is, by touching a predetermined key on the touch panel 11a, the control unit 8 resets the mounting position of the medicine container 20 that is frequently used in the lower part of the medicine supply unit 2 that is easy to reach. For the medicine containers 20 having a low size, the mounting positions of the medicine containers 20 are automatically sorted based on the frequency of use, as in the case of resetting the mounting positions in the upper part. By making it possible to update and register the corresponding relationship in the registration means 6, the medicine packaging device 1 that is even easier to use is provided.
[0023]
As described above, the input of prescription data (packaging reservation) is completed.
[0024]
Next, the control means 8 is registered in the registration means 6 when the identification means 4 corresponding to the prescription data input as described above does not match the identification means 4 read by the reading means 7. If the medicine container 20 is mounted at a position different from the correspondence relationship or is not mounted anywhere, it is assumed that there is a mounting error, and the display means 5 provided at the mounting position read from the registration means 6 is blinked. . In addition, the corresponding medicine name column 110 on the touch panel 11a is also configured to be displayed in a display color indicating a mounting error. Therefore, the medicine container 20 corresponding to the prescription data can be remounted or mounted without fail at the proper mounting position, that is, the mounting position registered in the registration unit 6, using such blinking display as the guiding unit. . When the medicine container 20 is mounted at an appropriate mounting position, the blinking display is turned off.
[0025]
Further, the control means 8 corresponds to the case where the identification means 4 corresponding to the prescription data input as described above does not match the identification means 4 read by the reading means 7 and corresponds to the prescription data. When the medicine container 20 provided with the identification means 4 to be stored is stored in the storage shelf 10, the display means provided at the storage position is blinked. Therefore, it is possible to reliably take out the appropriate medicine container 20 from the storage shelf 10 using such blinking display as a guide means. In addition, when the medicine container 20 is taken out from the storage shelf 10 and mounted at an appropriate mounting position, the blinking display is turned off.
[0026]
In addition, when the above mounting | wearing errors generate | occur | produce simultaneously in several positions, the control means 8 is comprised so that only one location may blink after making all the display means 5 of the chemical | medical agent supply means 2 light. (When stored in the storage shelf 10, the display means of the storage shelf 10 is also blinked). Next, when appropriate mounting is performed at the blinking position, the blinking display is turned off, and the lighting of the next display means 2 is switched to blinking. As described above, by repeating the operation until all the display means 2 are turned off, it is possible to definitely remount or mount the appropriate mounting position.
[0027]
As described above, after the medicine container 10 is mounted at an appropriate mounting position (in this case, the identification unit 4 corresponding to the prescription data matches the identification unit 4 read by the reading unit 7). ) By pressing a “start” key (not shown) of the control means 8, the control means 8 drives the medicine supply means 2 and the packaging means 3, thereby starting the packaging.
[0028]
In the present embodiment, for the sake of convenience, the control unit 8 has been described as being configured to perform all control, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first control unit performs read / write control of the correspondence between the mounting position on the registration unit 6 and the identification unit, the usage frequency update storage control of the medicine container 20 to the storage unit 9, and the medicine supply unit 2. The second control means performs the drive control of the packaging means 3, the reading control of the reading means 7, the lighting display control of the display means 5, and the identification means 4 corresponding to the prescription data as described above, A predetermined data communication may be performed between the two control means so as to perform the coincidence / non-coincidence determination with the identification means 4 read by the reading means 7. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 9 and the registration unit 6 have been described as separate configurations. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the registration unit 6 has the function of the storage unit 9 so that the registration unit 6 has the medicine container 20. It may be configured to update and store the usage frequency.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention, the mounting position of the medicine container corresponds to the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container set and registered in the registration means and the identification means of the medicine container. Since prescription data is given, it is only necessary to use a drug container mounted at a fixed position corresponding to the prescription data. It becomes possible.
[0030]
In addition, when the medicine container containing the medicine corresponding to the prescription data is not attached to the original proper attachment position, the display means provided at the appropriate attachment position is displayed so as to be distinguishable from others. The medicine container corresponding to the prescription data can be definitely mounted at the appropriate mounting position using such a display as a guide means.
[0031]
Furthermore, based on the objective usage frequency stored in the storage means, for example, a drug container with a high usage frequency is attached to the lower part of a medicine supply means that is easy to reach, and conversely, As in the case of being mounted on the upper portion, there is an excellent effect that the correspondence between the mounting position of the medicine container and the identification means of the medicine container can be set and registered again according to the ease of use.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic external view showing an embodiment of a medicine packaging device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the medicine packaging apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the touch panel 11a shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drug packaging device 2 Drug supply means 3 Packaging means 4 Identification means 5 Display means 6 Registration means 7 Reading means 8 Control means 9 Storage means 10 Storage shelf 11 Input means

Claims (3)

A drug packaging device that selectively supplies and packages a drug corresponding to prescription data,
A medicine supply means in which a medicine container containing a medicine is mounted at a predetermined position and supplies medicine in an amount corresponding to the prescription data;
Packaging means for packaging the medicine supplied from the medicine supply means one by one;
Identification means provided in the drug container;
Display means provided at the mounting position of the medicine container in the medicine supply means;
A registration unit in which the correspondence between the mounting position of the drug container and the identification unit of the drug container is set and registered;
Reading means for reading the identification means of the medicine container mounted on the medicine supply means;
Control means for reading the mounting position of the drug container provided with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data from the registration means, and causing the reading means to read the identification means of the drug container mounted at the read mounting position;
Storage means for updating and storing the usage frequency of the medicine container,
When the mounting position of the medicine container provided with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data is not registered in the registration means, the control means determines the use frequency based on the use frequency of the medicine container stored in the storage means. The lowest mounting position of the medicine container is read from the registration means, the read mounting position is associated with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data, and registered in the registration means as a new correspondence. Packaging device. Pre-mounting Symbol control means, based on the use frequency of updates stored medication container in the storage means, for all the medicament container to be attached to the drug supply means resets the mounting position, which resetting of the medication container 2. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence between the position and the identification means is updated and registered in the registration means. The medicine container is stored, further comprising a storage shelf provided with a display means at the storage position of the drug container,
The control means is a case where the identification means corresponding to the prescription data does not match the identification means read by the reading means, and a medicine container provided with the identification means corresponding to the prescription data is provided. The display unit provided at the storage position is displayed so as to be distinguishable from the display unit provided at another storage position when stored in the storage shelf. Drug packaging device.

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