JP7700414B2 - Drug Delivery Systems - Google Patents

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This application claims priority to a Chinese invention patent application, application number 202011411426.8, filed on December 3, 2020, for the invention titled "Drug Delivery System", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention relates to the technical field of drug storage, and in particular to a drug delivery system.

In a hospital's drug warehouse, multiple drug storage shelves are usually installed, drugs are stored on the drug storage shelves, and multiple drug distribution windows are also installed, with workers at each drug distribution window. When a worker inputs prescription information at this drug distribution window, the drugs are discharged from the drug storage shelf into a drug basket, and finally the drug basket is transported to the drug distribution window where the worker is located. In reality, one prescription corresponds to multiple drug storage shelves, that is, it is necessary to distribute drugs from multiple drug storage shelves to complete the drug distribution work according to this prescription. In addition, in order to improve work efficiency, multiple drug distribution windows operate simultaneously, and drug distribution according to multiple prescriptions is performed simultaneously in this drug warehouse. As many drugs are transported at the same time, the drug transport system is required to efficiently and accurately perform drug transport work according to multiple prescriptions at the same time.

In view of this, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a drug delivery system.

In order to achieve one of the above objects of the present invention, one embodiment of the present invention provides the following drug delivery system, which comprises:
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical delivery system, comprising a first conveyor belt device, a second conveyor belt device and a first basket moving device, both of which can convey a medicine basket thereon or hold the medicine basket stationary, a conveying direction of the first conveyor belt device is a first direction and a conveying direction of the second conveyor belt device is a second direction, the first and second directions being opposite to each other, and the first basket moving device can move the medicine basket between the first and second conveyor belt devices;
A plurality of drug outlets are provided above the first conveyor belt device, the plurality of drug outlets being distributed along a conveying direction of the first conveyor belt device, and when a drug basket on the first conveyor belt device is positioned below any of the drug outlets, the drug basket can receive the drug discharged from the drug outlet;
The control device further includes a control device, which, when receiving a first prescription to be processed, obtains M drug outlets corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and along a first direction , the M drug outlets are sequentially a first drug outlet, a second drug outlet, ..., an Mth drug outlet, then controls a first conveyor belt device to pass an empty first drug basket from the Ith drug outlet to the Mth drug outlet in sequence to receive the drug, then controls a first basket moving device to move the first drug basket to a second conveyor belt device, and controls the second conveyor belt device to convey the first drug basket along the second direction, then controls the first basket moving device to move the first drug basket to the first conveyor belt device, and positions the first drug basket in front of the first drug outlet along the first direction, then controls the first conveyor belt device to pass the first drug basket from the first drug outlet to the I-1th drug outlet in sequence to receive the drug, where M and I are both natural numbers, and 2 ≦I≦M.

In a refinement of this embodiment of the invention, both the first conveyor belt device and the second conveyor belt device include a first end and a second end disposed opposite each other, the first direction being from the first end to the second end and the second direction being from the second end to the first end, and a dispensing window is provided at the second end of the first conveyor belt device;
When the control device determines that the first prescription to be processed contains a dispensed drug, it controls the first conveying belt device to move the first drug basket through the Mth drug outlet to receive the drug, and then, when it detects that the first drug basket is positioned at the second end of the second conveying belt device, it controls the second conveying belt device to convey the first drug basket and controls the first basket moving device to move the first drug basket to the first conveying belt device to position the first drug basket in front of or at the same position as the first drug outlet along the first direction, and then controls the first drug basket to pass the first drug basket in sequence from the first drug outlet to the I-1th drug outlet to receive the drug.

In an improved embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first basket moving devices are distributed along the extending direction of the first and second conveyor belt devices, and along the first direction, at least one first basket moving device is located in front of or at the same position as the frontmost drug outlet, and at least one first basket moving device is located behind or at the same position as the rearmost drug outlet;
The "controlling the first basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the second conveyor belt device" specifically includes controlling the first conveyor belt device to move the first medicine basket to the position of the first basket moving device, and then controlling the first basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the second conveyor belt device, and in the first direction, the first basket moving device is located at the rear of or at the same position as the Mth medicine outlet;
The above-mentioned "controlling the first basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the first conveying belt device, so that along the first direction, the position of the first medicine basket is located in front of the first medicine outlet" specifically includes controlling the second conveying belt device to move the first medicine basket to the position of the second basket moving device, and then controlling the second basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the first conveying belt device, so that in the first direction, the second conveying belt device is located in front of or at the same position as the first medicine outlet.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises: distributing a plurality of empty cage storage devices along the extending direction of the first conveyor belt device, at least one of the empty cage storage devices being located in front of or at the same position as the frontmost medicine outlet along the first direction;
The above-mentioned "controlling the first conveying belt device to pass an empty first medicine basket sequentially from medicine outlet I to medicine outlet M to receive the medicine" specifically means removing an empty first medicine basket from the first empty basket storage device, placing the first medicine basket on the first conveying belt device, and controlling the first conveying belt device to pass the first medicine basket sequentially from medicine outlet I to medicine outlet M to receive the medicine, wherein the first empty basket storage device is located in front of or at the same position as the I medicine outlet.

An improvement to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a plurality of third conveyor belt devices, one end of the third conveyor belt device is connected to the first conveyor belt device and the other end is connected to the drug distribution window, and the drug basket in the first conveyor belt device can move into the third conveyor belt device, and the control device is further used to obtain a third conveyor belt device corresponding to the first prescription to be processed when the first prescription to be processed is received, and in the first direction, the connection portion of the corresponding third conveyor belt device and the first conveyor belt device is located behind or at the same position as the I-1 drug outlet, and the "controlling the first conveyor belt device to pass one empty first drug basket in sequence from the I drug outlet to the M drug outlet to receive the drug" specifically includes controlling the first conveyor belt device to pass one empty first drug basket from the I drug outlet to the M drug outlet to receive the drug, controlling the first drug basket to move continuously, moving the first drug basket to the third conveyor belt device corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and then controlling the corresponding third conveyor belt device to move the first drug basket to the drug distribution window.

As an improvement to the embodiment of the present invention, a second basket moving device is provided at the connection between the third conveyor belt device and the first conveyor belt device, and the above-mentioned "moving the first medicine basket to the third conveyor belt device corresponding to the first prescription to be processed" specifically includes controlling the second basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the third conveyor belt device corresponding to the first prescription to be processed.

As an improvement to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the drug outlets, the first basket moving device, the second basket moving device and the third conveyor belt device are the same and correspond one-to-one, and in the first direction, the first basket moving device, the second basket moving device and the third conveyor belt device which correspond one-to-one are located at the same position.

As an improvement to this embodiment of the present invention, an empty basket storage device is provided below the third conveyor belt device.

In an improved embodiment of the present invention, the empty basket storage device is a conveyor belt, and one end of the conveyor belt is connected to a corresponding first basket moving device.

As an improvement to the embodiment of the present invention, when the control device receives a second prescription to be processed and determines that the second prescription to be processed corresponds only to a single drug outlet and that the single drug outlet corresponds one-to-one with the third conveyor belt device corresponding to the second prescription to be processed, the control device acquires a first basket moving device, a second basket moving device, and an empty basket storage device corresponding to the single drug outlet, controls the corresponding first basket moving device to acquire one empty second drug basket from the corresponding empty basket storage device, places the second drug basket below the single drug outlet to receive the drugs, and then controls the second basket moving device to move the second drug basket to the corresponding third conveyor belt device, and then controls the corresponding third conveyor belt device to move the second drug basket to the drug dispensing window.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following technical advantages: The embodiment of the present invention discloses a medicine delivery system, which includes two conveyor belt devices arranged parallel and facing each other, and a medicine outlet is provided above one of the conveyor belt devices, and when dispensing medicine according to a prescription, after a part of the medicine is dispensed, the medicine basket is transferred by the other conveyor belt device to dispense the other part of the medicine, which has the advantage of high efficiency.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the three-dimensional structure of a drug delivery system provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, these embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and any structural, method, or functional modifications made by those skilled in the art based on these embodiments are all within the scope of protection of the present invention.

The following description and the accompanying drawings fully explain the specific embodiments of the present invention so that those skilled in the art can practice the present invention. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in or replaced by portions and features of other embodiments. The scope of the embodiments of the present invention includes the full scope of the claims, as well as all available equivalents of the claims. In the present invention, terms such as "first" and "second" are used merely to distinguish one element from another, and do not require or imply that these elements have an actual relationship or order. In fact, a first element may also be referred to as a second element, and vice versa. Furthermore, the terms "comprise", "contain", or other variations are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a structure, device, or apparatus that includes a set of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other indefinitely recited elements, or includes inherent elements of such structure, device, or apparatus. Unless further limited, an element defined with the phrase "comprises" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a structure, apparatus, or device that includes such elements. Various embodiments of the present invention will be described step by step, with each embodiment focusing on the differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts between the various embodiments may be referenced to each other.

In the present invention, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms such as "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc., is merely an orientation or positional relationship based on the drawings, and is used only for the purpose of explaining and simplifying the present invention, and does not necessarily indicate or imply that such an apparatus or device has a specific orientation, or is configured and operated in a specific orientation, and is not to be understood as a limitation of the present invention. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, terms such as "attachment", "connection", and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, mechanical connection, electrical connection, internal communication between two devices, direct connection, or indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms according to the specific situation.

In FIG. 1, "FE" means the first end and "SE" means the second end.

As shown in FIG. 1, a drug delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
The system includes a first conveyor belt device 1, a second conveyor belt device 2 and a first basket moving device 4, the first and second conveyor belt devices can convey a medicine basket placed thereon or hold the medicine basket stationary, the conveying direction of the first conveyor belt device 1 is a first direction, the conveying direction of the second conveyor belt device 2 is a second direction, the first and second directions are opposite, the first basket moving device 4 can move the medicine basket between the first and second conveyor belt devices, where both the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second conveyor belt device 2 can convey the medicine basket along their conveying directions, and in order to improve work efficiency, at the same moment, multiple medicine baskets can be loaded on each of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second conveyor belt device 2, and some medicine baskets can be conveyed and other medicine baskets can be stationary.

As shown in FIG. 1, the first conveyor belt device 1 can convey the medicine basket along the first direction (i.e., the solid arrow in FIG. 1), i.e., from the first end to the second end, and the second conveyor belt device 2 can convey the medicine basket along the second direction (i.e., the dotted arrow in FIG. 1), i.e., from the second end to the first end, where the first position is in front of the second position in the first direction, and therefore the first conveyor belt device 1 can convey the medicine basket from the first position to the second position, and then the first basket moving device 4 moves the medicine basket at the second position of the first conveyor belt device 1 to the second position on the second conveyor belt device 2, and then the second conveyor belt device 2 can convey the medicine basket to the first position. As described above, the medicine basket can be moved in both directions based on the first conveyor belt device 1, the second conveyor belt device 2, and the first basket moving device 4.

Here, each of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second conveyor belt device 2 may be formed by connecting a plurality of transmission belts in series, and the plurality of first basket moving devices 4 are distributed along the extending direction of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second conveyor belt device 2, and the position of each of the first basket moving devices 41 is fixed. In addition, a track may be provided, which is arranged parallel to and opposite the first and second conveyor belt devices, and the first basket moving device 4 can move along the track, and at this time, the first basket moving device 4 is also multiple. Here, the first basket moving device 4 may be a robot hand, which can grab a medicine basket from one conveyor belt device and place it on another transmission belt device, or may be a conveyor belt, a lifting device, etc. (for example, one of the first and second conveyor belt devices is arranged on the other, and the lifting device can transport the medicine basket between the first and second conveyor belt devices).

A plurality of drug outlets are provided above the first conveyor belt device 1, and the plurality of drug outlets are distributed along the conveying direction of the first conveyor belt device 1. When a drug basket on the first conveyor belt device is positioned below any of the drug outlets, it can receive the drug discharged from the drug outlet. Here, in the drug warehouse, a plurality of drug storage shelves are provided, and a plurality of drugs are stored in each drug storage shelf. Each drug storage shelf is provided with one drug outlet, and the drugs stored in the drug storage shelves are discharged from this drug outlet.

The control device further includes a control device, which, when receiving a first prescription to be processed, obtains M drug outlets corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and along a first direction , the M drug outlets are in order as a first drug outlet, a second drug outlet, ..., an Mth drug outlet, then controls a first conveyor belt device 1 to pass an empty first drug basket in order from the Ith drug outlet to the Mth drug outlet to receive the drug, then controls a first basket moving device 4 to move the first drug basket to a second conveyor belt device 2, and controls a second conveyor belt device 2 to convey the first drug basket along the second direction, then controls a first basket moving device 4 to move the first drug basket to the first conveyor belt device 1 to position the first drug basket in front of the first drug outlet along the first direction, and then controls a first conveyor belt device 1 to pass the first drug basket in order from the first drug outlet to the I-1th drug outlet to receive the drug, where M and I are both natural numbers, and 2 ≦I≦M.

Here, in the first direction, the front refers to the direction of the tail of the solid arrow in Figure 1, and the rear refers to the direction of the head of the solid arrow in Figure 1, and in the second direction, the front refers to the direction of the tail of the dotted arrow in Figure 1, and the rear refers to the direction of the head of the dotted arrow in Figure 1.

Here, in actual use, each pharmacy is equipped with a pharmacy management system, which stores drug information in each drug storage shelf (including at least information such as drug type, number of drugs stored, and storage location for all drugs stored in each drug storage shelf). The pharmacy is usually provided with multiple drug dispensing windows, and a worker is stationed at each window. The worker receives a prescription (e.g., the patient hands the prescription receipt to the worker or the system automatically dispenses), which includes multiple drug types and a corresponding number for each drug type. When the worker inputs the prescription information into the pharmacy management system (e.g., inputs the prescription number or reads the prescription number with a card reader arranged at the drug dispensing window), the pharmacy management system obtains information such as the multiple drug types included in the prescription and the corresponding number for each drug type, and then, after processing with a preset algorithm, obtains information such as which drug storage shelf to take the drug from, the drug types of the multiple drugs that need to be discharged from each drug storage shelf, and the corresponding number for each drug, and then discharges the related drugs from the corresponding drug outlets. Therefore, along the first direction, the M drug outlets are denoted as the first drug outlet, the second drug outlet, ..., the Mth drug outlet. The medicine basket passes through M medicine outlets and receives medicine from each outlet. The medicine basket filled with medicine is then transported to the medicine distribution window, where an operator removes the medicine from the medicine basket, packages it, and hands it over to the patient.

Here, if all the drug baskets strictly pass through the first drug outlet first, then the second drug outlet, ..., and finally pass through the Mth drug outlet, if a certain drug outlet (for example, the I-1th drug outlet) is congested, all the drug baskets that need to pass through this drug outlet must wait for a certain time, which will greatly reduce the efficiency of the drug delivery system. In this case, one drug basket is first transported to a certain drug outlet (for example, the Ith drug outlet) on the rear side of the I-1th drug outlet, and the drug discharge operation of the subsequent drug outlets is performed in sequence (passing in sequence from the Ith drug outlet to the Mth drug outlet), and then the second transport belt device 2 transports the drug basket (the drug basket has completed the drug discharge operation from the Ith drug outlet to the Mth drug outlet) to a position in front of the first drug outlet, and then the drug discharge operation from the first drug outlet to the I-1th drug outlet is completed. As described above, the efficiency of the drug delivery system is greatly improved, there is high orderliness, and there is a low possibility of error.

Optionally, when a filled medicine basket is delivered to the medicine dispensing window, the worker or patient may be prompted to retrieve the medicine, for example by an audio announcement or by displaying prescription-related information on a display device.

Here, a plurality of detectors are arranged on each of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second conveyor belt device 2, and each medicine basket is provided with a storage device for storing the unique identification code of the medicine basket. When the medicine basket passes through these detectors, the detector can read the unique identification code from the storage device, and the medicine basket can be accurately identified and information such as the location of the medicine basket can be obtained. At the same time, a correspondence between the unique identification code and the prescription can be established. For example, the detector can be a two-dimensional code scanning device, and a two-dimensional code is printed on the outer surface of the medicine basket, and the unique identification code of the medicine basket is stored in the two-dimensional code, and the detector can be connected to a device that supports NFC (Near Field Communication).
The medicine basket may be provided with an NFC communication device, and a unique identification code of the medicine basket is stored in the NFC communication device.

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the conveying directions of the first and second conveyor belt devices do not have to be linear.

In this embodiment, each of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second conveyor belt device 2 has a first end and a second end provided opposite to each other, the first direction is from the first end to the second end, the second direction is from the second end to the first end, and a dispensing window is provided at the second end of the first conveyor belt device 1;
When the control device determines that the first prescription to be processed contains a dispensed drug, it controls the first conveying belt device to move the first drug basket through the Mth drug outlet to receive the drug, and then, when it detects that the first drug basket is positioned at the second end of the second conveying belt device, it controls the second conveying belt device to convey the first drug basket and controls the first basket moving device to move the first drug basket to the first conveying belt device to position the first drug basket in front of or at the same position as the first drug outlet along the first direction, and then controls the first drug basket to pass the first drug basket in sequence from the first drug outlet to the I-1th drug outlet to receive the drug.

Here, selectively, the first end of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the first end of the second conveyor belt device 2 are located at the same position, and the second end of the first conveyor belt device 1 and the second end of the second conveyor belt device 2 are located at the same position.

Here, drug dispensing broadly refers to prescription dispensing (dispensing based on a prescription), non-prescription dispensing (dispensing without a prescription, for example non-prescription drugs are sold at social pharmacies), and pharmaceutical technical services such as drug information services included therein. In general, it includes processes such as receiving a prescription, considering the prescription, formulating the prescription (including different contents such as obtaining drugs, sub-packaging, and creating temporary prescription drugs), packaging, checking, distributing drugs, and providing instructions on how to use the drugs. In a narrow sense, drug dispensing refers to "the operation of dispensing drugs specially prepared for patients based on a doctor's prescription, with instructions on how to use and dosage." In a broad sense, it is understood as the operational unit of drug dispensing, in which provisional prescription drugs (as opposed to fixed prescription drugs for hospital drugs) are prepared in the step of formulating a prescription, and as described above, the drugs that need to be dispensed are the above-mentioned dispensed drugs.

Here, the dispensed medicines often need to be processed manually by the doctor, in which case the first conveying belt device 1 conveys the first medicine basket to the dispensing window, the doctor takes the first medicine basket and puts the dispensed medicine into the first medicine basket, and then places the first medicine basket on the second end of the second conveying belt device 2, and then the second conveying belt device 2 conveys the first medicine basket in the direction of the first end, and finally, the first basket moving device 4 moves the first medicine basket to the first conveying belt device 1, and along the conveying direction of the first conveying belt device 1, the position of the first medicine basket is located in front of or at the same position as the first medicine outlet.

Here, a sensor is provided at the second end of the second conveyor belt device 2, and this sensor can detect whether the first medicine basket is placed at the second end. Similarly, a sensor is provided at the second end of the first conveyor belt device 1, and this sensor can detect whether the first medicine basket is being conveyed to the second end. Furthermore, a presentation device is provided at the second end of the first conveyor belt device 1, and when it detects that the first medicine basket is being conveyed to the second end, this presentation device presents related information about the dispensed medicine via voice or a display screen.

In this embodiment, the first basket moving device 4 is a plurality of devices, which are distributed along the extending direction of the first and second conveyor belt devices. Along the first direction, at least one first basket moving device 4 is located in front of or at the same position as the frontmost drug outlet, and at least one first basket moving device 4 is located behind or at the same position as the rearmost drug outlet;
The above "controlling the first basket moving device 4 to move the first medicine basket to the second conveyor belt device 2" specifically includes controlling the first conveyor belt device 1 to move the first medicine basket to the position of the first basket moving device, and then controlling the first basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the second conveyor belt device 2, wherein in the first direction, the first basket moving device is located at the rear of or at the same position as the Mth medicine outlet, and wherein, after the first medicine basket receives the medicine discharged from the Mth medicine outlet, the first medicine basket is continuously transported backward until it reaches the basket evacuation position, or, after the first medicine basket receives the medicine discharged from the Mth medicine outlet, the first medicine basket is not continuously transported backward, and the position at this time is the basket evacuation position.

The above "controlling the first basket moving device 4 to move the first medicine basket to the first conveyor belt device 1, and along the first direction, the position of the first medicine basket is located in front of the first medicine outlet" specifically includes controlling the second conveyor belt device 2 to move the first medicine basket to the position of the second basket moving device, and then controlling the second basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the first conveyor belt device 1, and in the first direction, the second conveyor belt device is located in front of or at the same position as the first medicine outlet.

Optionally, the first basket moving device 4 may be a vertical lifting device, and the first and second conveyor belt devices are formed by connecting a plurality of conveyor belts in series, and a steering device is disposed at the connection of the two conveyor belts. The height of the first conveyor belt device 1 is higher than the height of the second conveyor belt device 2, and the top end of this vertical lifting device is connected to the first conveyor belt device 1 and the bottom end is connected to the second conveyor belt device 2. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that each of the first and second conveyor belt devices is provided with two adjacent conveyor belts, i.e., the first and second conveyor belts, and both ends of the steering device are connected to the first and second conveyor belts, respectively. This steering device specifically has the following functions. (1) The steering device can receive the medicine basket conveyed from the first conveyor belt, and then the steering device can convey the medicine basket to the second conveyor belt. (2) The steering device can receive the medicine basket conveyed from the second conveyor belt, and then the steering device can convey the medicine basket to the first conveyor belt. (3) In the first conveyor belt device 1, the steering device receives the medicine basket transported from the first conveyor belt or the second conveyor belt, and then the steering device transports the medicine basket to the vertical lifting device, which then moves downward to transport the medicine basket to the steering device in the second conveyor belt device 2, thereby completing the operation of moving the basket from the first conveyor belt device 1 to the second conveyor belt device 2. (4) In the second conveyor belt device 2, the steering device receives the medicine basket transported from the first conveyor belt or the second conveyor belt, and then the steering device transports the medicine basket to the vertical lifting device, which then moves upward to transport the medicine basket to the steering device in the first conveyor belt device 1, thereby completing the operation of moving the basket from the second conveyor belt device 2 to the first conveyor belt device 1.

In this embodiment, the system further includes a plurality of empty cage storage devices 5 distributed along the extension direction of the first conveyor belt device 1, and along the first direction, at least one empty cage storage device 5 is located in front of or at the same position as the frontmost drug outlet, and the "controlling the first conveyor belt device 1 to pass one empty first drug basket from the I drug outlet to the M drug outlet to receive the drug" specifically refers to taking out an empty first drug basket from the first empty cage storage device, placing the first drug basket on the first conveyor belt device 1, and controlling the first conveyor belt device 1 to sequentially pass the first drug basket from the I drug outlet to the M drug outlet to receive the drug, and the first empty cage storage device is located in front of or at the same position as the I drug outlet. Here, at each drug distribution window, after an operator packages the drugs in the drug basket and hands it over to a patient, the empty basket is placed in the empty cage storage device 5.

In this embodiment, the device further includes a plurality of third conveyor belt devices 3, one end of the third conveyor belt device 3 is connected to the first conveyor belt device 1 and the other end is connected to the medicine distribution window, and the medicine basket in the first conveyor belt device 1 can move into the third conveyor belt device 3, and the control device is further used to obtain the third conveyor belt device 3 corresponding to the first prescription to be processed when the first prescription to be processed is received, and in the first direction, the connection part of the corresponding third conveyor belt device 3 and the first conveyor belt device 1 is located behind or at the same position as the I-1 medicine outlet,
The above "controlling the first conveyor belt device 1 to pass one empty first medicine basket in sequence from the Ith medicine exit to the Mth medicine exit to receive medicine" specifically includes controlling the first conveyor belt device 1 to pass one empty first medicine basket in sequence from the Ith medicine exit to the Mth medicine exit to receive medicine, controlling the first medicine basket to move continuously, moving the first medicine basket to the third conveyor belt device 3 corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and then controlling the corresponding third conveyor belt device 3 to move the first medicine basket to the medicine dispensing window.

Here, in practice, an operator sits next to the medicine distribution window, and when a medicine basket filled with medicine is transported to the medicine distribution window by the third conveyor belt device 3, the operator picks up the medicine basket, packages the medicine therein, and distributes it to the patient. Therefore, it is necessary that the corresponding connection part between the third conveyor belt device 3 and the first conveyor belt device 1 is located behind or at the same position as the I-1 medicine outlet.

In this embodiment, the second cage moving device is provided at the connection portion between the third conveyor belt device 3 and the first conveyor belt device 1,
The above "moving the first medicine basket to the third conveyor belt device 3 corresponding to the first prescription to be processed" specifically includes controlling the second basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the third conveyor belt device 3 corresponding to the first prescription to be processed. Here, the second basket moving device may be a robot hand or the like, and the first conveyor belt device 1 may be formed by connecting a plurality of conveyor belts in series, and a steering device is provided at the connection part of the two conveyor belts, and the steering device is further connected to one end of the third conveyor belt device 3, so that when the medicine basket is located on the steering device, the steering device can transport the medicine basket to one end of the third conveyor belt device 3, that is, the steering device is the third conveyor belt device 3.

In this embodiment, the number of the drug outlets, the first basket moving device 4, the second basket moving device and the third conveyor belt device 3 are the same and correspond one-to-one, and in the first direction, the first basket moving device 4, the second basket moving device and the third conveyor belt device 3 which correspond one-to-one are located at the same position.

In this embodiment, one empty basket storage device 5 is provided below the third conveyor belt device 3. Here, after an operator dispenses medicine through the medicine dispensing window, the empty medicine basket can be placed directly into the empty basket storage device 5 below the third conveyor belt device 3, which is convenient to use.

In this embodiment, the empty basket storage device 5 is a conveyor belt, and one end of the conveyor belt is connected to the corresponding first basket moving device 4.

In this embodiment, the control device further receives the second prescription to be processed, and when it is determined that the second prescription to be processed corresponds only to the only drug outlet, and the only drug outlet corresponds one-to-one with the third conveyor belt device 3 corresponding to the second prescription to be processed, obtains the first basket moving device 4, the second basket moving device, and the empty basket storage device 5 corresponding to the only drug outlet, controls the corresponding first basket moving device 4 to obtain one empty second drug basket from the corresponding empty basket storage device 5, places the second drug basket under the only drug outlet to receive the drug, and then controls the second basket moving device to move the second drug basket to the corresponding third conveyor belt device 3, and then controls the corresponding third conveyor belt device 3 to move the second drug basket to the drug dispensing window. Here, it is understood that in daily use, the first and second conveyor belt devices are usually quite busy, and when the drug according to one prescription only needs to be obtained from one drug outlet, the first and second conveyor belt devices may not be used, which can greatly improve efficiency.

In the case shown in FIG. 1, the drug outlet, the first basket moving device 4, the second basket moving device, the third conveyor belt device 3 and the empty basket storage device 5 are all 8, and the drug dispensing window is also 8. The first conveyor belt device 1, the second conveyor belt device 2, the drug outlet, the first basket moving device 4, the second basket moving device, the third conveyor belt device 3 and the empty basket storage device 5 operate independently of each other, and for cooperation, these components may communicate with each other based on, for example, an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) mechanism.

Although this specification has been described in the order of the embodiments, each embodiment does not include only one independent technical solution, and the description method of the specification is used for the purpose of clarity only. Those skilled in the art should understand the specification as a whole, and those skilled in the art can also combine the technical solutions in each embodiment to form other embodiments.

The above is a detailed description of possible embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the spirit of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims (9)

The system includes a first conveyor belt device (1), a second conveyor belt device (2) and a first basket moving device (4), both of which can convey a medicine basket placed thereon or hold the medicine basket stationary, the conveying direction of the first conveyor belt device (1) is a first direction and the conveying direction of the second conveyor belt device (2) is a second direction, the first and second directions being opposite to each other, and the first basket moving device (4) can move the medicine basket between the first and second conveyor belt devices;
A plurality of drug outlets are provided above the first conveyor belt device (1), the plurality of drug outlets are distributed along the conveying direction of the first conveyor belt device (1), and when the drug basket on the first conveyor belt device (1) is located below any of the drug outlets, it can receive the drug discharged from the drug outlet;
The control device further includes a control device, which, when receiving a first prescription to be processed, obtains M drug outlets corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and along a first direction, the M drug outlets are sequentially arranged as a first drug outlet, a second drug outlet, ... , M-th drug outlet, then controlling the first conveyor belt device (1) to pass one empty first drug basket from the I-th drug outlet to the M-th drug outlet in sequence to receive the drug, then controlling the first basket moving device (4) to move the first drug basket to the second conveyor belt device (2), controlling the second conveyor belt device (2) to transport the first drug basket along the second direction, then controlling the first basket moving device (4) to move the first drug basket to the first conveyor belt device (1) to position the first drug basket in front of the first drug outlet along the first direction, then controlling the first conveyor belt device (1) to pass the first drug basket from the first drug outlet to the I-1-th drug outlet in sequence to receive the drug, where M and I are both natural numbers, and 2≦I≦M ,
Furthermore, both the first conveyor belt device (1) and the second conveyor belt device (2)
a first end and a second end provided opposite to each other, the first direction being from the first end to the second end, the second direction being from the second end to the first end, and a dispensing window being provided at the second end of the first conveyor belt device (1);
A drug transport system characterized in that, when the control device determines that the first prescription to be processed includes a dispensed drug, it controls the first conveyor belt device (1) to move the first drug basket through the M drug outlet to receive the drug, and then, when it detects that the first drug basket is positioned at the second end of the second conveyor belt device (2), it controls the second conveyor belt device (2) to transport the first drug basket, controls the first basket moving device (4) to move the first drug basket to the first conveyor belt device (1) to position the first drug basket in front of or at the same position as the first drug outlet along the first direction, and then controls the first drug basket to pass the first drug basket in sequence from the first drug outlet to the I-1 drug outlet to receive the drug . The plurality of first basket moving devices (4) are distributed along the extending direction of the first and second conveyor belt devices, and along the first direction, at least one of the first basket moving devices (4) is located in front of or at the same position as the frontmost drug outlet, and at least one of the first basket moving devices (4) is located behind or at the same position as the rearmost drug outlet;
The phrase "controlling the first basket moving device (4) to move the first medicine basket to the second conveyor belt device (2)" specifically includes controlling the first conveyor belt device (1) to move the first medicine basket to the position of the first basket moving device, and then controlling the first basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the second conveyor belt device (2), and in the first direction, the first basket moving device is located at the rear of the M medicine outlet or at the same position as the M medicine outlet,
The drug delivery system described in claim 1, characterized in that the phrase "controlling the first basket moving device (4) to move the first medicine basket to the first conveyor belt device (1), and along the first direction, the position of the first medicine basket is located in front of the first medicine outlet" specifically includes controlling the second conveyor belt device (2) to move the first medicine basket to the position of the second basket moving device, and then controlling the second basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the first conveyor belt device (1), and in the first direction, the second conveyor belt device is located in front of or at the same position as the first medicine outlet. The method further includes a plurality of empty cage storage devices (5) distributed along the extension direction of the first conveyor belt device (1), and at least one of the empty cage storage devices (5) is located in front of or at the same position as a frontmost drug outlet along the first direction,
The drug transport system described in claim 1, characterized in that the "controlling the first conveying belt device (1) to pass one empty first drug basket sequentially from drug outlet I to drug outlet M to receive the drug" specifically means removing an empty first drug basket from a first empty basket storage device, placing the first drug basket on the first conveying belt device (1), and controlling the first conveying belt device (1) to pass the first drug basket sequentially from drug outlet I to drug outlet M to receive the drug, and the first empty basket storage device is located in front of or at the same position as drug outlet I. The system further includes a plurality of third conveyor belt devices (3), one end of each of the third conveyor belt devices (3) being connected to the first conveyor belt device (1) and the other end being connected to a medicine distribution window, so that the medicine basket in the first conveyor belt device (1) can be moved into the third conveyor belt device (3);
The control device is further used to obtain the third conveyor belt device (3) corresponding to the first prescription to be processed when the first prescription to be processed is received, and in the first direction, a connection portion of the corresponding third conveyor belt device (3) and the first conveyor belt device (1) is located behind or at the same position as the I-1 drug outlet;
The drug delivery system described in claim 3, characterized in that the phrase "controlling the first conveying belt device (1) to pass one empty first drug basket from the I drug outlet to the M drug outlet in sequence to receive the drug" specifically includes controlling the first conveying belt device (1) to pass one empty first drug basket from the I drug outlet to the M drug outlet to receive the drug, controlling the first drug basket to move continuously, moving the first drug basket to the third conveying belt device (3) corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and then controlling the corresponding third conveying belt device ( 3 ) to move the first drug basket to the drug dispensing window. The apparatus further includes a second cage moving device provided at a connection portion between the third conveyor belt device (3) and the first conveyor belt device (1),
The drug delivery system described in claim 4, characterized in that the "moving the first drug basket to the third conveyor belt device (3) corresponding to the first prescription to be processed" specifically includes controlling the second basket moving device to move the first drug basket to the third conveyor belt device ( 3 ) corresponding to the first prescription to be processed. The number of the drug outlets, the first basket moving device (4), the second basket moving device and the third conveyor belt device (3) are the same and correspond one-to-one;
The drug delivery system according to claim 5, characterized in that in the first direction, the first basket moving device (4), the second basket moving device and the third conveyor belt device (3), which correspond one-to-one, are located at the same position. 7. The medicine delivery system according to claim 6 , wherein one of the empty cage storage devices (5) is provided below the third conveyor belt device (3). The medicine delivery system according to claim 7 , characterized in that the empty basket storage device (5) is a conveyor belt, one end of which is connected to the corresponding first basket moving device (4). The control device further controls the following: when receiving a second prescription to be processed, if it is determined that the second prescription to be processed corresponds only to a single drug outlet and that the single drug outlet corresponds one-to-one with the third conveyor belt device (3) corresponding to the second prescription to be processed, the control device acquires the first basket moving device (4), the second basket moving device and the empty basket storage device (5) corresponding to the single drug outlet, controls the corresponding first basket moving device (4) to acquire one empty second drug basket from the corresponding empty basket storage device (5), places the second drug basket below the only drug outlet to receive the drug, and then controls the second basket moving device to move the second drug basket to the corresponding third conveyor belt device (3), and then controls the corresponding third conveyor belt device (3) to move the second drug basket to the drug distribution window. The drug delivery system of claim 8 ,

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