JP2024040451A - A manual drug dispensing device, a support program for the manual drug dispensing device, and a recording medium that records the support program. - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a drug manual dispensing device that clearly indicates the type and amount of a drug to be put into each cell of a drug tray. A manual drug dispensing device 100 includes a light emitting section 42 that is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of cells 41 and can switch and display a plurality of colors. The work support screen displayed on the monitor 11 includes a cell image 111 in which a plurality of cells 41 are displayed in correspondence with the cell arrangement. In the cell image 111, the control unit 11 displays the cells into which the medicine is to be injected, in association with different colors depending on the timing of taking the medicine, and also displays the number of tablets to be injected into the cell. The control unit 11 displays an external image of the medicine to be distributed manually on the work support screen. The control unit 11 controls the light emitting unit 42 so that the light emitting unit 42 corresponding to the cell into which the predetermined drug is to be injected displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image 111 of the work support screen. Control. [Selection diagram] Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a device for manually dispensing drugs, and in particular, a manual drug dispensing device equipped with a function to support manual dispensing work, a support program for using this device, and a record recording this support program. Regarding media.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, drug packaging devices are known that can individually package (divide) prescribed drugs into single doses. According to the drug packaging device, only the necessary drugs are packaged according to the prescription at different timings, such as upon waking up, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, or before going to bed. It is also possible to print the patient's name and medication timing on each individual packaging material. This has the advantage of preventing you from forgetting to take your medicine or taking it by mistake.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In addition to a mechanism for automatically packaging solid medicines such as powder, granules, or capsules, conventional medicine packaging apparatuses also include systems that enable manual distribution. For example, Patent Document 1 listed below discloses an apparatus including a manual dispensing unit capable of dispensing medicines placed in a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix on a cell-by-cell basis.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2011-104077

In the manual drug dispensing device equipped with the above-mentioned manual dispensing unit, when a pharmacist performs manual dispensing, the type and amount of the drug to be put into each cell of the manual dispensing unit must be determined in order to prevent human error. It is desirable to have a function that provides easy-to-understand instructions.

In view of the above requirements, an object of the present invention is to provide a manual drug dispensing device having a function of supporting manual dispensing work in order to prevent human errors in the manual dispensing work.

To achieve the above objectives, the drug manual dispensing device disclosed below comprises:
A manual drug dispensing device comprising a tray divided into a plurality of cells and into which a drug is introduced into each of the plurality of cells,
The tray includes a light emitting unit that is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells and can switch and display a plurality of colors,
The manual drug dispensing device further includes a monitor that displays a work support screen based on prescription data, and a control unit that controls the monitor and the light emitting unit,
The work support screen includes a cell image area that displays a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray in accordance with the cell arrangement, and a drug image area that displays an external appearance image of the drug,
The control unit displays, in the cell image, a cell into which a predetermined drug is to be injected among the plurality of cells, in association with a different color depending on the timing of taking the drug, based on the prescription data. , displays the number of tablets to be put into the cell,
The control unit displays an appearance image of the medicine to be put into the tray in the medicine image area based on the prescription data,
The control unit controls the light emitting unit to display the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen, so that the light emitting unit corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be introduced displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. Controls the light emitting part.

According to the above configuration, the manual drug dispensing device can provide easy-to-understand instructions for the type and amount of drug to be put into each cell of the drug tray, and contributes to preventing human errors in manual dispensing work. can be provided.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a manual drug dispensing device according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional schematic configuration of the manual drug dispensing device. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a medicine tray included in the manual dispensing unit. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a medicine packaging sheet discharged from the packaging unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of prescription data. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an initial screen of a manual distribution work support screen displayed on the monitor of the prescription control unit at the start of manual distribution work. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selected drug corresponding screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the selected drug corresponding screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the manual distribution work support screen (selected medicine corresponding screen) displayed in the manual distribution work of the 2nd cycle. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the main operations of drug packaging processing. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the selected drug corresponding screen when the "repeat" process is selected. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the initial screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selected drug corresponding screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dosing timing correspondence screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a display when any drug is selected on the dosing period corresponding screen. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selected drug corresponding screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to a modified example of the second embodiment. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selected drug corresponding screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to a modified example of the second embodiment. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of main operations of drug packaging processing according to the third embodiment. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a sachet monitor screen according to the third embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of the LED assist screen according to the third embodiment. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of an unverified history registration screen according to the third embodiment.

The drug manual dispensing device according to the first configuration of the present invention includes:
a tray that is divided into a plurality of cells and into which a drug is put into each of the plurality of cells;
a light emitting unit provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells and capable of switching and displaying a plurality of colors;
a monitor that displays a work support screen based on prescription data;
comprising a control unit that controls the monitor and the light emitting unit,
The work support screen includes a cell image area that displays a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray in accordance with the cell arrangement, and a drug image area that displays an external appearance image of the drug,
The control unit displays, in the cell image, a cell into which a predetermined drug is to be injected among the plurality of cells, in association with a different color depending on the timing of taking the drug, based on the prescription data. , displays the number of tablets to be put into the cell,
The control unit displays an appearance image of the medicine to be put into the tray in the medicine image area based on the prescription data,
The control unit controls the light emitting unit to display the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen, so that the light emitting unit corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be introduced displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. Controls the light emitting part.

That is, in this first configuration, a work support screen is displayed on the monitor when performing the work of manually distributing medicine into a tray having a plurality of cells. This work support screen includes a cell image that schematically displays the plurality of cells of the tray in accordance with the cell arrangement. Further, in the cell image, the cell into which a predetermined drug is to be injected among the plurality of cells is displayed in a different color depending on the timing of taking the drug, and the number of tablets to be injected into the cell. is displayed. Further, the light emitting unit is controlled so that the light emitting unit corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be introduced displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. be done.

Thereby, the pharmacist only has to insert the number of tablets displayed in the cell image into the cells displayed in the same color by the light emitting part while looking at the color of the cell image on the work support screen. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent human errors such as when a pharmacist puts a drug into the wrong cell or puts the wrong number of tablets into the cell.

Furthermore, in the matter specifying the invention, "a light-emitting part corresponding to a cell in the tray into which the predetermined drug is to be introduced displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen" The "same color" does not necessarily have to be the completely same color chromatically, but may be within a range that can be recognized as almost the same color within the range that can be detected by human vision.

Further, in the first configuration, the control unit displays an external image of the medicine to be put into the tray in the medicine image area of the work support screen based on the prescription data. Thereby, the pharmacist can easily visually determine whether the medicine to be injected is correct by comparing the medicine on hand with the image displayed in the medicine image area. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent human error of injecting a drug different from the prescription.

The manual drug dispensing device according to the second configuration of the present invention has the following features in the first configuration:
The work support screen further includes a list of drugs included in the prescription data,
Under the control of the control unit, the number of tablets of each drug for each dosing period is displayed in the drug list with the same color as the color associated with the dosing period in the cell image.

According to this second configuration, in the list of drugs included in the prescription data, for each drug, the number of tablets for each dosing period is the same as the color used to represent each dosing period in the cell image. Displayed in color. Thereby, the pharmacist can easily confirm how many tablets should be placed in which square of the tray by referring to the display color of the tray and the display color of the cell image.

In addition, "the number of tablets for each dosing period is displayed in the same color (...)" mentioned above means that the background color of the area where the number of tablets is displayed is displayed in the same color, and the number of tablets is displayed in the same color. Displaying the frame of the displayed area in the same color, displaying the numbers representing the number of tablets in the same color, or tagging the area in which the number of tablets is displayed with the same color, and other It may include any display mode.

The third configuration of the present invention is a manual medicine distribution device in the second configuration, in which the work support screen further includes a dosage display area that, when any of the medicines on the list of medicines is selected, displays the number of tablets for each time period of the selected medicine in the same color as the color associated with that time period in the cell image.

According to this third configuration, in the dose display area, the number of tablets of the selected drug for each dosing period is displayed in the same color as the color associated with the dosing period in the cell image. Therefore, you can easily check how many tablets should be placed in which square of the tray.

The manual drug dispensing device according to a fourth configuration of the present invention is arranged such that in the second or third configuration, on the work support screen, from a state where one drug is selected on the list of drugs, another drug is selected on the list of drugs. is selected, the control unit switches the display mode for the one drug on the drug list to a display mode different from the display mode for unselected drugs.

According to the fourth configuration, in the list of drugs, it is possible to distinguish between drugs for which manual dispensing work has been completed and drugs for which manual dispensing work has not been completed, and the pharmacist can easily check the progress status of the work.

In the manual drug dispensing device according to a fifth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth configurations, the work support screen displays the type of tablets to be put into each of the plurality of cells of the tray. It further includes a sachet image area that displays the number and number of doses for each dosing period as an image. This "package image" is an image of hand-distributed medicine for one administration period (i.e., one sachet) that is put into each cell. It may be added and then subpackaged. Therefore, the hand-dispensed medicine displayed in the package image area and the medicine that is actually packaged do not necessarily match.

According to this fifth configuration, the type and number of tablets to be placed in each of the plurality of cells of the tray are displayed as images for each dosing period in the packaging image area of the work support screen. This has the advantage that inspection can be easily performed after manual distribution work is completed by comparing the number of tablets displayed in the package image area with the number of tablets in the cells of the tray. . Note that this image may be either an illustration image or a photographic image.

In the manual drug dispensing device according to a sixth configuration of the present invention, in the fifth configuration, when any one of the dosing timings is selected in the sachet image area, the control unit controls the In the cell image, a cell corresponding to the selected dosing period among the plurality of cells is displayed so as to be distinguishable from cells corresponding to other dosing periods.

According to this sixth configuration, by selecting one of the dosing times in the sachet image area, the cell corresponding to the selected dosing time is changed to another dosing time in the cell image of the work support screen. It is displayed so that it can be distinguished from the corresponding cell. This makes it easier to visually confirm the type and number of drugs to be administered at the desired time of administration.

In the manual drug dispensing device according to a seventh configuration of the present invention, in the fifth or sixth configuration, when one of the dosing timings is selected in the sachet image area, the control unit controls the operation support. In the cell image on the screen, the total number of tablets of the medicine prescribed for the selected time period is displayed in the cell corresponding to the selected time period among the plurality of cells.

According to the seventh configuration, by selecting one of the dosing times in the package image area, the total number of drug tablets to be dispensed for the desired dosing time can be more easily confirmed visually. I can do it.

A manual drug dispensing device according to an eighth configuration of the present invention, in the seventh configuration,
When one of the dosing times is selected in the sachet image area,
If none of the prescribed drugs for the relevant dosing period is selected, the control unit selects a cell corresponding to the selected dosing period from among the plurality of cells in the cell image on the work support screen. , displays the total number of tablets of the drug prescribed for the relevant dosing period;
If any of the drugs prescribed for the relevant dosing period is selected, the control unit selects a cell corresponding to the selected dosing period among the plurality of cells in the cell image on the work support screen. , displaying the number of tablets of the selected drug.

According to the eighth configuration, when one of the dosing times is selected in the sachet image area, if none of the drugs prescribed for that dosing time is selected, the input for that dosing time is selected. The total number of drug tablets can be easily confirmed visually. On the other hand, if one of the prescribed drugs is selected for the time of administration, the number of tablets of the drug at the time of administration can be easily confirmed visually. Therefore, human errors such as erroneously determining the number of drugs to be injected can be more reliably prevented.

A drug manual dispensing device according to a ninth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to eighth configurations, includes:
a standby cell provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells;
further comprising an opening/closing control unit that controls opening and closing of an opening between the plurality of cells and the standby cell,
The opening/closing control section controls opening of the opening when the next medicine is selected after the manual distribution work for one medicine is completed.

According to this ninth configuration, in a configuration provided with a standby cell, when the next medication is selected after the manual dispensing work for one medication is completed, the opening/closing control section controls the manual distribution operation. The medicine is discharged from the cells of the tray to the standby cells. Therefore, each time the manual distribution work for one drug is completed, it is possible to inspect one type of drug at a time.

A drug manual dispensing device according to a tenth configuration of the present invention includes, in the fifth configuration,
a standby cell provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells;
further comprising an opening/closing control unit that controls opening and closing of an opening between the plurality of cells and the standby cell,
When the opening/closing control unit controls opening of the opening after the manual dispensing operation for at least one drug is completed, the control unit displays an image corresponding to the at least one drug in the sachet image area. is not displayed.

According to this tenth configuration, in a configuration provided with a standby cell, after the manual dispensing work for at least one drug is completed, the drug is transferred from the cell of the manual dispensing tray to the standby cell under the control of the opening/closing control section. When the drugs are discharged, the images corresponding to those drugs are no longer displayed in the package image area. Therefore, it is possible to prevent human errors such as erroneously re-distributing medicines that have already been manually distributed.

A manual drug dispensing device according to an eleventh configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to tenth configurations, includes:
further comprising a packaging unit that packages the medicine loaded into each of the plurality of cells into individual medicine packages,
If the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, the control unit creates a plurality of work support screens based on the prescription data,
The control unit switches from one work support screen to the next work support screen among the plurality of work support screens, and performs packaging processing by the packaging unit after the one work support screen is displayed. after receiving instructions to start.

According to the eleventh configuration, unless there is an instruction to start packaging processing by the packaging unit, switching from one work support screen to the next work support screen cannot be performed. Therefore, since the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, when manual dispensing work is performed in multiple cycles, the cells into which the medicine was put in during the manual dispensing work in one cycle are On the other hand, it is possible to prevent human errors such as erroneously injecting the medicine for the next cycle.

A manual drug dispensing device according to a twelfth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to eleventh configurations, includes:
There is a continuous mode in which a medicine pack sheet is formed so that medicine packs with the same dosing time on each day are consecutively arranged, and a repetition mode in which a medicine pack sheet is formed in such a way that medicine packs for one day are lined up in the order of the dosing time. further comprising a selection means for selecting one;
The control unit selects the repetition mode based on the prescription data so that in the cell image, if the continuous mode is selected, cells with the same dosing period are consecutively assigned for the number of prescription days. In this case, the number of tablets to be loaded into the cell where a predetermined drug is to be loaded among the plurality of cells is displayed so that one day's worth of doses are assigned repeatedly for the number of prescription days.

According to this twelfth configuration, there is a continuous mode in which the medicine pack sheet is formed so that medicine packs with the same dosing time on each dosing day are consecutively arranged, and a medicine pack sheet in which the medicine packs for one day are arranged in the order of the dosing time. It is possible to switch to a repeat mode in which a sheet is formed, and depending on the selection of the mode, the control unit selects the number of tablets to be injected into a cell into which a predetermined drug is to be injected into the cell among a plurality of cells. Display. This effectively prevents human error caused by pharmacists injecting drugs into the wrong cell or injecting the wrong number of tablets, even in configurations that can switch between continuous mode and repetitive mode. can do.

In the manual drug dispensing device according to a thirteenth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to twelfth configurations, the control section determines the external dimensions of the medication to be put into the tray based on the prescription data. is displayed in the drug image area together with the appearance image.

According to the thirteenth configuration, the external dimensions of the drug to be hand-distributed are displayed together with the external dimensions of the drug in the drug image area, so that manual dispensing work can be performed while checking not only the external image but also the external dimensions. I can do it. Therefore, human error such as injecting the wrong medicine can be more effectively prevented.

A drug manual dispensing device according to a fourteenth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to thirteenth configurations, further comprises code acquisition means for acquiring a code for identifying the drug from the container or package of the drug,
When a code is acquired from a drug container or packaging by the code acquisition means, the control unit determines whether the drug matches any of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. Performs a matching process to determine the
The control unit does not enable the subsequent processing of the manual distribution process to be started unless the verification process has been completed for all of the drugs included in the prescription data that are targeted for manual distribution.

According to the fourteenth configuration, for all of the drugs included in the prescription data that are targeted for manual distribution, whether or not the drugs picked up from the storage match the drugs in the prescription data. If the matching process is not completed, subsequent processing of the manual distribution process cannot be started. Thereby, dispensing errors can be effectively prevented.

A manual drug dispensing device according to a fifteenth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to thirteenth configurations, further comprises code acquisition means for acquiring a code for identifying the drug from the container or package of the drug,
When a code is acquired from a drug container or packaging by the code acquisition means, the control unit determines whether the drug matches any of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. Performs a matching process to determine the
The control unit determines whether the verification process has been completed for all of the medicines included in the prescription data that are targeted for manual distribution, or whether the verification process has been skipped according to a predetermined procedure. If it is not registered, subsequent processing of manual distribution processing cannot be started.

According to the fifteenth configuration, for all of the drugs included in the prescription data that are targeted for manual distribution, whether or not the drugs picked up from the storage match the drugs in the prescription data. Unless the verification process has been completed or the fact that the verification process has been skipped according to a predetermined procedure is registered, the subsequent process of the manual distribution process cannot be started. Thereby, dispensing errors can be effectively prevented.

The support program according to an embodiment of the present invention is
A drug hand that is divided into a plurality of cells and includes a tray into which a drug is put into each of the plurality of cells, and a light emitting section that is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells and can switch and display a plurality of colors. A support program for supporting the task of putting medicine into the tray when using a spreading device, the program comprising:
to the computer,
Based on the prescription data, in a cell image schematically displaying the plurality of cells of the tray corresponding to the cell arrangement, the cell into which a predetermined drug is to be injected among the plurality of cells is selected, and the timing of taking the drug is determined. a process of displaying each tablet in a different color and displaying the number of tablets to be inserted into the cell on a monitor;
Displaying an external image of the medicine to be put into the tray on the monitor based on the prescription data;
Controlling the light emitting unit so that the light emitting unit corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be introduced displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. It includes an instruction to execute the process.

By running this support program on a computer, the pharmacist can check the color of the cell image on the work support screen and calculate the number of cells displayed in the cell image for cells that are displayed in the same color by the light emitting part. It becomes possible to insert tablets. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent human errors such as when a pharmacist puts a drug into the wrong cell or puts the wrong number of tablets into the cell.

Also, based on the prescription data, an external image of the medicine to be placed in the tray is displayed on the monitor. Thereby, the pharmacist can easily visually determine whether the medicine to be injected is correct by comparing the medicine on hand with the image displayed on the monitor. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent human error of injecting a drug different from the prescription.

The present invention can also be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium that stores the above-mentioned support program.

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Identical or corresponding parts in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and their description will not be repeated. Note that, in order to make the explanation easier to understand, in the drawings referred to below, the configuration is shown in a simplified or schematic manner, and some structural members are omitted. Furthermore, the dimensional ratios between the constituent members shown in each figure do not necessarily represent the actual dimensional ratios.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an external view of a medicine packaging device 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic functional configuration of the drug packaging device. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drug packaging device 100 includes a prescription control unit 1, a tablet supply unit 2, a powder supply unit 3, a manual dispensing unit 4, a packaging unit 5, and a barcode reader 6 (as shown in FIG. (not shown). The prescription control unit 1 , the tablet supply unit 2 , the powder supply unit 3 , the manual dispensing unit 4 and the dispensing unit 5 are interconnected by an internal bus 7 .

First, with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, we will outline the configuration and operation of the prescription control unit 1, tablet supply unit 2, powder supply unit 3, manual dispensing unit 4, packaging unit 5, and barcode reader 6. I will explain about it.

[Prescription control unit 1]
The prescription control unit 1 reads prescription data, displays an operation screen, and receives instructions from an operator (pharmacist). That is, the prescription control unit 1 functions as an input/output interface for operating the medicine packaging device 100. For this reason, the prescription control unit 1 includes a control section 11, a storage section 12, a monitor 13, an input device 14, a communication IF 15, and the like.

The monitor 13 can be realized with any display. The input device 14 can be realized by a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like. The input device 14 may be configured to accept voice input. Further, the prescription control unit 1 may be equipped with a speaker so as to be able to output audio. The prescription control unit 1 may be configured as a built-in unit of the drug packaging device 100, or may be realized as hardware separate from the drug packaging device 100, such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or a PDA terminal. good. When the prescription control unit 1 is configured separately from the medicine packaging device 100, communication between the prescription control unit 1 and the medicine packaging device 100 may be either wired or wireless.

The control unit 11 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, EEPROM (all not shown), and the like. The control unit 11 causes the CPU to execute various programs stored in advance in the ROM, the EEPROM, the storage unit 12, or the like. Note that the RAM and the EEPROM are used as temporary storage memory (work area) when the CPU executes various processes. Note that the control unit 11 may be an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or a DSP.

The storage unit 12 is a hard disk device, an SSD (Solid State Drive), or the like. The storage unit 12 stores in advance a program for causing the CPU of the control unit 11 to execute a drug packaging process (see the flowchart in FIG. 10), which will be described later.

Note that the program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD, DVD, or semiconductor memory, and is read from the recording medium by a reading device such as a disk drive (not shown) and installed in the storage unit 12. be done. The present invention can also be regarded as an invention of the computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded.

The storage unit 12 also stores various databases such as a pharmaceutical master, a patient master, a cassette master, and a pharmacy master. Note that the control unit 11 reads the various databases stored in the storage unit 12 based on data read from a recording medium such as a CD, DVD, or semiconductor memory by a reading device such as a disk drive (not shown). It is possible to update. Further, the control unit 11 can also change the contents of the various databases according to user operations on the operation unit 14.

The drug master includes the drug ID, drug code, drug name, JAN code (or RSS code), drug bottle code, category (dosage form: powder, tablet, solution, topical drug, etc.), and tablet size (height). Information on each drug is included, such as specific gravity, drug type (common drug, poisonous drug, narcotic, powerful drug, antipsychotic, therapeutic drug, etc.), combination changes, excipients, and precautions. Further, the medicine master may include an image of a tablet. In this embodiment, it is assumed that both a photographic image and an illustration image are registered as tablet images, but only one of the photographic image and the illustration image may be registered. The patient master includes information regarding the patient, such as patient ID, name, gender, age, past medical history, prescription drug history, family information, department, ward, and hospital room. The pharmacy master includes information regarding the pharmacy, such as the pharmacy name, the pharmacist's name, and the pharmacist's ID.

The cassette master is information indicating the correspondence between cassette identification information given to each tablet cassette of the tablet supply unit 2, which will be described later, and drug information about the drugs stored in each cassette. The information on the cassette master is registered by the control unit 11 in response to a user operation on the operation unit 14, for example, at the time of initial setting of the medicine packaging device 100.

A manual spreading work support screen is displayed on the monitor 13 under the control of the control unit 11 based on the prescription data. The manual dispensing work support screen allows pharmacists to use the manual dispensing unit 4 to perform manual dispensing work, by selecting which drug to use in which cell among the multiple cells (described later) of the manual dispensing unit 4. Displays in an easy-to-understand manner whether the tablet should be inserted.

The operation unit 14 is an operation means such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel that accepts user operations, and inputs operation signals corresponding to user operations to the control unit 11. The communication IF 15 is a communication interface for connecting the drug packaging device 100 to an external prescription input terminal 200 via a communication network. The communication IF 15 performs data communication with a host system such as the prescription input terminal 200. The prescription input terminal 200 is, for example, an electronic medical record system placed in a hospital or a health facility for the elderly, or a dispensing management system placed in a pharmacy inside or outside the hospital. The communication IF 15 also includes a wireless communication interface such as a wireless communication card that performs wireless data communication with various wireless communication devices such as the barcode reader 6.

The communication IF 15 acquires prescription data from the prescription input terminal 200 and inputs the acquired prescription data to the control unit 11. For example, the communication IF 15 monitors whether prescription data is stored in a predetermined storage area of a storage means provided in the prescription input terminal 200, and when prescription data is stored in the predetermined storage area, , reads the prescription data from the predetermined storage area. The communication IF 15 may receive prescription data transmitted from the prescription input terminal 200.

[Tablet supply unit 2]
The tablet supply unit 2 is configured to accommodate tablet cassettes 21 and 22. The tablet cassette 21 is capable of dispensing a required amount of tablets of a predetermined specific type one tablet (unit amount) at a time. The tablet cassette 22 is different from the tablet cassette 21 dedicated to a specific type of tablet in that it can be filled with any tablet as needed, but like the tablet cassette 21, it can hold one tablet. You can pay out only the required amount (unit amount). That is, the tablet supply unit 2 is used to automatically or semi-automatically package tablets. In addition, even if it is a tablet, there are medicines for which the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 cannot be used, or medicines for which the use of the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 is inefficient or unsuitable, when the manual dispensing unit 4 described later is used. It is divided and packaged.

For example, an RFID tag (not shown) is attached to each of the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 in order to store cassette identification information for identifying each cassette, drug information for specifying the stored drug, and the like. The tablet supply unit 2 is provided with a tag reader for reading the RFID tags of the tablet cassettes 21 and 22, and selects the cassette containing the target tablet from the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 according to the prescription data. The selected cassette is transported within the tablet supply unit 2 to a tablet dispensing section (not shown) by a motor mechanism or the like, and tablets are dispensed in required amounts according to the prescription data. Note that the configuration for transporting the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 within the tablet supply unit 2 will not be described in detail here. The tablets dispensed from the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 are sent from the tablet dispensing section to the dispensing unit 5 one by one, where they are divided and packaged.

In addition, instead of transporting the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 to the tablet dispensing unit, the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 do not move, and only the tablets dispensed according to the prescription data are delivered in single doses (i.e., in individual packaging units). ) and may be sent to the packaging unit 5.

[Powder medicine supply unit 3]
As shown in FIG. 1, the powder supply unit 3 includes two input parts 31 and 32 for inputting powders. When the pharmacist weighs the total amount of prescribed powder medicine and puts it in from the input units 31 and 32, the powder medicine supply unit 3 equally divides it into sachet units (one dose) according to the prescription data and sends it to the sachet unit. Send it to 5. Thereby, in the packaging unit 5, the powder medicine is packaged into single dose portions. Note that the configuration by which the powder medicine supply unit 3 divides the prescribed powder medicine into packet units will not be described in detail here. Although FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration in which two input sections 31 and 32 are provided in the powder medicine supply unit 3, the number of input sections is arbitrary.

[Hand-spreading unit 4]
The manual dispensing unit 4 is used by pharmacists to manually handle tablets that are not suitable for management in the tablet cassettes 21 and 22, for example, because they require special management such as storage in a cool place, or because they are prescribed infrequently. Used for distributing into individual packages during work. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the medicine tray included in the manual distribution unit 4. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the medicine tray of the manual dispensing unit 4 includes a plurality of cells 41 divided into a matrix. A drug for one dose is put into one cell 41 by a pharmacist.

In the manual spreading unit 4 illustrated in FIG. 3, a total of 48 cells 41 are provided in six rows and eight columns. Hereinafter, reference numerals 4101 to 4148 will be used to distinguish and explain each cell 41. Note that in FIG. 3, only some of the reference numerals 4101 to 4148 are shown for simplification of illustration. In this embodiment, the number of cells 41 in the medicine tray is 48, but the number of cells is not limited to this example and is arbitrary.

When the pharmacist completes the hand dispensing of the medicine into the cells 41 according to the prescription data, it is up to the other pharmacist or the hand dispensing staff to check whether the medicine has been dispensed correctly according to the usage and dosage specified in the prescription data. It will be inspected by the pharmacist himself.

The bottom surface of each cell 41 is configured to be opened and closed individually. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the manual spreading unit 4 includes a cell opening/closing control section 44 to individually control opening and closing of the bottom surfaces of the cells 41. The cell opening/closing control section 44 works in conjunction with the packaging processing control section 51 of the packaging unit 5. When the bottom of the cell 41 is opened, the drug in the cell 41 is delivered to the packaging unit 5. The opening and closing of the bottom of the cell 41 and the operation of the packaging unit 5 are linked. That is, after the inspection is completed, when the pharmacist operates the start button to start the packaging process, the bottoms of the cells 41 are opened one by one, and the medicines in the cells 41 are sequentially delivered to the packaging unit 5. . The drug sent to the packaging unit 5 is divided into individual cells in the packaging unit 5, as will be explained later. As a result, the medicines put into the cell 41 for one dose are individually packaged in the packaging unit 5.

In the manual spreading unit 4, as shown in FIG. 3, an LED 42 is embedded in one side of the frame of each cell 41. The LED 42 can switch and display multiple colors. In order to control the display color of the LED 42, the manual spreading unit 4 is equipped with an LED control section 43, as shown in FIG. The LED control section 43 receives instructions from the control section 11 of the prescription control unit 1 and controls the emitted color of the LED 42 of the manual dispensing unit 4 . The control of the emitted light color of the LED 42 by the LED control section 43 will be described in detail later.

[Saving unit 5]
The packaging unit 5 packages medicines delivered from the tablet supply unit 2, the powder supply unit 3, and the manual distribution unit 4. Packaging paper is made of paper, cellophane, or the like, and is used to seal and package drugs into individual dosages by thermocompression bonding.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a medicine package sheet 501 discharged from the packaging unit 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the medicine package sheet 501 is formed into a series of medicine packages 502 each containing a single dose of medicine. Perforations 503 are formed between the medicine packages 502, and the medicine packages 502 can be individually separated along the perforations 503. Although the example in FIG. 4 shows a state in which only tablets are packaged, it is also possible to package only powdered medicines. It is also possible to enclose tablets and powders in the same medicine package. Although not shown in FIG. 4, various information such as the patient's name, face photo, drug name, usage/dose, etc. can be printed on the surface of the medicine package 502.

In the drug packaging device 100, the order of the drug packages 502 on the drug package sheet 501 can be selected from two types: "continuous" and "repetitive". When "continuous" is selected, the medicine package sheet 501 is formed so that the medicine packages 502 of the same dosing period are consecutive. When "repeat" is selected, the medicine pack sheet 501 is formed so that the medicine packs 502 for one day are arranged in the order of dosing time. For example, if 5 days' worth of medication is prescribed for three types of dosing timings: "after breakfast,""afterlunch," and "after dinner," if "continuous" is selected, the drug package 502 for "after breakfast" is prescribed. 5 consecutive medicine packages 502, followed by 5 consecutive "after lunch" medicine packages 502, and then 5 consecutive "after dinner" medicine packages 502.
A medicine package sheet 501 is formed in a continuous state. On the other hand, when "repeat" is selected, the medicine package sheet 501 is formed in the order in which the sets of "after breakfast,""afterlunch," and "after dinner" are repeated for five days. The pharmacist can specify from the prescription control unit 1 whether to select "continuous" or "repetitive".

[Barcode reader 6]
The barcode reader 6 reads codes that identify medicines, and reads JAN codes, RSS codes, etc. written on tablet containers (boxes, bottles, etc.) installed in drug cabinets of pharmacies, PTP sheets, etc. Alternatively, it is a code reading means for reading a QR code (registered trademark), and is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a PDA. Note that the barcode reader 6 may be a conventionally known auxiliary device used by, for example, a pharmacist or the like when taking out medicines from storage. The auxiliary device is used when a pharmacist or the like takes out a drug from a medicine shelf and manually dispenses it according to a prescription. Verify with data.

Information read by the barcode reader 6 is input from the barcode reader 6 to the prescription control unit 1 via wireless communication. By using wireless communication in this way, the barcode reader 6 can be freely carried to the medicine packaging device 100 or a medicine cabinet, and the work of loading tablets into the tablet cassette 22 can also be performed at any location. becomes. Of course, it is also conceivable that the barcode reader 6 is connected to the prescription control unit 1 by wire. Note that when a plurality of drug packaging devices 100 are provided in a pharmacy, a barcode reader 6 associated with each drug packaging device 100 in advance is individually provided.

[Manual seeding work support screen]
Next, a description will be given of the functions provided in the drug packaging device 100 to support manual distribution work. In the drug packaging device 100, when manual dispensing work is performed, the prescription control unit 1 and the manual dispensing unit 4 work together to display a manual dispensing work support screen on the monitor 13 of the prescription control unit 1. In the spreading unit 4, the LED 42 lights up in order to guide which medicine should be put into which cell 41 of the medicine tray.

Note that the following description will be made assuming that prescription data having the contents shown in FIG. 5 has been input to the medicine packaging device 100. The prescription data shown in FIG. 5 prescribes four types of drugs to be taken four times a day. Further, here, it is assumed that a 15-day supply is prescribed. Therefore, the total number of medicine packages 502 to be packaged according to this prescription data is 60. Since the number of cells 41 in the manual dispensing unit 4 is 48, which is smaller than the number of medicine packages 502 to be divided, two cycles of manual dispensing work are required in this case. That is, the control unit 11 controls the prescription control unit 1 so that 48 medicine packets are packaged using 48 cells in the first cycle, and the remaining 12 medicine packets are packaged in the second cycle. , manual distribution unit 4, and packaging unit 5 are interlocked. Further, in the following description, it is assumed that "continuous" is selected as the order of the medicine packages 502 on the medicine package sheet 501. Note that the specific numerical values shown here (type of drug, number of dosing periods, number of prescription days, number of cells, etc.) do not limit the present invention, and can be changed as appropriate.

FIG. 6 is an initial screen 110 of the manual distribution work support screen displayed on the monitor 13 of the prescription control unit 1 at the start of the manual distribution work. This initial screen 110 is displayed on the monitor 13 by the control unit 11, for example, when the control unit 11 detects that the prescription data obtained from the prescription input terminal 200 includes a drug that requires manual dispensing. Ru.

As shown in FIG. 6, the manual distribution work support screen includes a cell image area 111, a drug list area 112, a drug image area 113, and a dose display area 114. Cell image area 1
11 is a schematic representation of a plurality of cells 41 of the medicine tray of the manual dispensing unit 4, corresponding to the actual cell arrangement. That is, in the cell image area 111, the same number (48) of cell parts 111c01 to 111c48 as the cells 41 of the manual dispensing unit 4 are arranged in the same number of rows and columns (6 rows x 8 column). In FIG. 6, only some of the reference numerals of the cell portions 111c01 to 111c48 are shown for simplification of illustration. In the manual spreading work support screen, the cell portion 111c01 of the cell image area corresponds to the cell 4101 of the manual spreading unit 4. Similarly, the cell portions 111c02 to 111c48 correspond to the cells 4102 to 4148 of the manual spreading unit 4.

In the initial screen 110, the cell portions 111c01 to 111c48 of the cell image area 111 are all displayed in the same color (for example, white, etc.), and nothing is displayed in each cell. Furthermore, on the initial screen 110, nothing is displayed in the drug image area 113.

In the initial screen 110, the dose display area 114 displays only the dosing time based on the prescription data. Here, each of the four times a day is indicated in the dose display area 114 as "minute 1 upon waking up," "minute 2 after breakfast," "minute 3 after lunch," and "minute 4 after dinner." ing. Further, in the dose display area 114, the background color of the portion where "1 minute" is written is purple. Similarly, the background color of the portion written with "minute 2" is yellow, the background color of the portion written with "minute 3" is blue, and the background color of the portion written with "minute 4" is red. Note that the maximum number of doses (minutes) per day is 8 in this example, and the dose display area 114 is configured to be able to display "minute 1" to "minute 8". In the prescription data shown in FIG. 5, the dosing period is 4 times, so nothing is displayed in the "minute 5" to "minute 8" columns. Note that the color to be used as the background color for each of "minute 1" to "minute 8" can be set in advance and registered in the storage unit 12.

Note that in FIG. 6, for convenience, colors are expressed by the direction of hatching lines. That is, in FIG. 6, purple is expressed as a hatching area with diagonal lines going downward to the right, yellow is expressed as a hatching area with diagonal lines going upward to the right, blue is a hatching area with horizontal lines, and red is expressed as a hatching area with vertical lines. expressing.

The drug list area 112 includes a drug name column 112a, a total amount column 112b, a tablet-shaped image column 112c, and a cell pattern column 112d for each drug included in the prescription data. The drug name of each drug is extracted from the prescription data and displayed in the drug name column 112a. In the total amount column 112b, the total number of tablets for each drug for one day is extracted from the prescription data and displayed. The tablet-shaped image column 112c displays a tablet-shaped image of each drug. The image data of this tablet-shaped image can be obtained from the drug master in the storage unit 12. The cell pattern column 112d is divided by dosing period, and the number of tablets for each dosing period is displayed. In the cell pattern field 112d, the background color of the area displaying the number of tablets for each dosing period is associated with the same color as the background color of the portions labeled "minute 1" to "minute 4" in the dose display area 114. . As will be described in detail later, the background color of the fractions ("minute 1" to "minute 4") in the dose display area 114 and the background color for each dosing period in the cell pattern column 112d of the drug list area 112 are manually adjusted. It is matched with the emitted light color of LED42 of the spreading tray 4.

The pharmacist takes out the drugs displayed in the drug list area 112 from a storage or the like in advance. When a pharmacist reads a barcode attached to a drug container or the like using a barcode reader 6, the barcode information read by the barcode reader 6 is transmitted to the prescription control unit 1. Based on the data read here, the control section 11 of the prescription control unit 1 determines whether the drug in the container read by the barcode reader 6 matches any of the drugs on the prescription data.

When it is confirmed that they match, the control unit 11 switches the manual distribution work support screen from the initial screen 110 to the selected drug corresponding screen 120. FIG. 7 is an example of the selected drug corresponding screen 120, and in the initial screen 110 of FIG. 6, the drug "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" displayed on the second line from the top of the drug list area 112 is selected. This is the later screen. In the selected drug corresponding screen 120, in the drug list area 112, the background of the row of the selected drug is displayed in a different color from other rows to indicate that the drug is selected. For example, the example in FIG. 7 schematically shows a state in which "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg" in the second row from the top of the drug list area 112 is selected. Note that the display mode that allows the selected drug to be identified in the drug list area 112 is not limited to the mode in which the background colors are different in this way, and may be any display mode.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the selected drug corresponding screen 120, an image of the selected drug “bbbb OD tablet 15 mg” is displayed in the drug image area 113. The image displayed in the drug image area 113 may be any image that represents the appearance of the drug. That is, the image displayed in the drug image area 113 may be an illustration image of the drug or a photographic image obtained by photographing the actual drug. The illustration images and photographic images of drugs are registered in the drug master of the storage unit 12, as described above. In the case of an illustration image, it is preferable that the characteristic shape of the drug is expressed so that the drug can be distinguished from other drugs. Examples of the characteristic shape of a drug include capsule/tablet distinction, presence or absence of score lines, stamping, and the like. In this embodiment, both the illustration image and the photographic image are registered in the drug master of the storage unit 12, and it is possible to select which of the illustration image and the photographic image to display. In the example of FIG. 7, a photographic image is selectively displayed, but it can be switched to an illustration image by clicking or touching the "Illustration" tab in the drug image area 113.

Note that when a drug is selected on the selected drug corresponding screen 120, the control unit 11 acquires an image of the selected drug by checking the drug master in the storage unit 12. At this time, if the control unit 11 determines that the illustration image and photographic image of the selected drug are not registered in the drug master of the storage unit 12, for example, “No drug image is registered in the drug master.” '' is preferably output to the drug image area 113 or the like. Such a situation may occur, for example, at a time when information about a new drug has not yet been reflected in the drug master in the storage unit 12.

The image displayed in the drug image area 113 preferably also includes the size (diameter and thickness) of the tablet, as shown in FIG. The tablet size can be acquired from the drug master in the storage unit 12. In this way, by displaying the image of the selected drug, preferably together with the tablet size, in the drug image area 113, the pharmacist can easily visually check whether the drug to be dispensed by hand matches the prescription. It can be confirmed.

Furthermore, when a drug is selected, the control unit 11 displays the dose of the selected drug for each intake period in the dose display area 114 based on the prescription data. In the example in Figure 7, the dose of the selected drug "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" is 1 tablet "minute 2 after breakfast", 1 tablet "minute 3 after lunch", and 1 tablet "minute 4 after dinner". Something is displayed.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, on the selected drug corresponding screen 120, each of the cell portions 111c01 to 111c48 of the cell-selected drug "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" image area 111 indicates the timing of taking the selected drug. Accordingly, the control unit 11 performs control based on the prescription data so that the cells 41 of the manual dispensing unit 4 are displayed in the same color. In other words, in the case of "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg", as shown in Figure 5, 0 tablets are taken "when you wake up," 1 tablet is taken "after breakfast," 1 tablet is taken "after lunch," and 1 tablet is taken "after dinner." The prescription data specifies that the drug should be taken.

Therefore, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual spreading unit 4 to display the LEDs 42 of cells 4116 to 4130 corresponding to the 15 days "after breakfast" in yellow. Further, in the cell image area 111, the control unit 11 displays the frames of the cell portions 111c16 to 111c30 corresponding to the cells 4116 to 4130 in yellow. Further, the control unit 11 displays the number of tablets to be inserted into the cells 4116 to 4130, “1”, within the frames of the cell units 111c16 to 111c30.

Similarly, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual spreading unit 4 to display the LEDs 42 of cells 4131 to 4145 corresponding to 15 days of “after lunch” in blue. Further, in the cell image area 111, the control unit 11 displays the frames of the cell portions 111c31 to 111c45 corresponding to the cells 4131 to 4145 in blue. Further, the control unit 11 displays the number of tablets to be inserted into the cells 4131 to 4145, “1”, within the frames of the cell units 111c31 to 111c45.

Similarly, the control section 11 sends an instruction to the LED control section 43 of the hand-spreading unit 4 to display the LEDs 42 of cells 4146 to 4148 corresponding to three days of "after dinner" in red. Further, in the cell image area 111, the control unit 11 displays the frames of the cell portions 111c46 to 111c48 corresponding to the cells 4146 to 4148 in red. Further, the control unit 11 displays the number of tablets to be inserted into the cells 4146 to 4148, “1”, within the frames of the cell units 111c46 to 111c48.

On the other hand, cells 4101 to 4115 corresponding to 15 days of "when you wake up" are not subject to injection of the selected drug "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg". Therefore, in the cell image area 111, the control unit 11 displays the cell portions 111c01 to 111c15 corresponding to these cells in a dark color such as black or gray. Note that at this time, it is preferable to turn off the LEDs for cells 4101 to 4115 that are not subject to injection.

In this manner, in the selected drug corresponding screen 120, in the cell image area 111, the frame of the cell portion 111c corresponding to the cell 41 into which the selected drug "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" is to be inserted indicates the corresponding dosing period. Displayed in the color that represents. This color is the same as the display color of the LED 42 of the corresponding cell 41. In addition, the selected drug corresponding screen 120 also displays the number of tablets to be inserted into each cell. Thereby, the pharmacist only has to put the number of selected drugs specified on the selected drug corresponding screen 120 into the cells 41 displayed in the same color while looking at the selected drug corresponding screen 120. Therefore, it is possible to perform the work while visually confirming how many tablets should be put into which cell among the plurality of cells 41, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of dispensing errors.

In this way, when the injection of "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg" into the necessary cells 41 among the 48 cells 41 is completed, the pharmacist can fill the bars of other drug containers among the drugs taken out from the storage. The code is read with a barcode reader 6. As a result, another drug is selected, and a screen corresponding to the selected drug is displayed for the selected drug.

For example, FIG. 8 shows the selected drug corresponding screen 130 that is displayed after the drug "aaaa capsule 0.75 μg" displayed in the first line of the drug list area 112 is selected. As shown in Figure 5, this "aaaa capsule 0.75 μg" is 1 tablet "when you wake up," 0 tablets "after breakfast," 0 tablets "after lunch," and 0 tablets "after dinner." It is specified in the prescription data to be taken.

Therefore, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual spreading unit 4 to display the LEDs 42 of the cells 4101 to 4115 corresponding to the 15 days "at the time of waking up" in purple. Further, in the cell image area 111, the control unit 11 displays the frames of the cell portions 111c01 to 111c15 corresponding to the cells 4101 to 4115 in purple. Further, the control unit 11 displays the number of tablets to be inserted into the cells 4101 to 4115, “1”, within the frames of the cell units 111c01 to 111c15.

On the other hand, regarding cells 4116 to 4130 corresponding to 15 days of "after breakfast", cells 4131 to 4145 corresponding to 15 days of "after lunch", and cells 4146 to 4148 corresponding to 3 days of "after dinner" is not subject to the injection of the selective drug "aaaa capsule 0.75 μg". Therefore, the control unit 11 displays the cell portions 111c16 to 111c48 corresponding to these cells in the cell image area 111 in a dark color such as black or gray.

In addition, on the selected drug corresponding screen 130, for "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" which has been added earlier, the control unit 11 grays out (darkly displays) the row of this drug in the drug list area 112. . In this way, by displaying drugs for which manual dispensing work has been completed grayed out in the drug list area 112, pharmacists can easily distinguish between drugs for which manual dispensing work has been completed and those for which manual dispensing work has not been completed. be able to.

When the manual dispensing of all four types of drugs included in the prescription data is completed by the same procedure as above, an inspection is performed by another pharmacist or the pharmacist himself/herself who performed the manual dispensing. Inspection is a procedure to confirm that the drug is being dispensed as prescribed. When the inspection is completed, the pharmacist presses the packaging start button to start packaging processing by the packaging unit 5. This packaging start button may be incorporated into the manual distribution work support screen on the monitor 13, or may be provided on the operation panel of the drug packaging device 100.

When this packaging start button is pressed, the control unit 11 enables the second cycle manual distribution work support screen to be displayed on the monitor 13. That is, before the packaging start button is pressed, it is impossible to change the screen to the manual distribution work support screen for the second cycle. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the second cycle drug from being erroneously injected into the first cycle drug. Furthermore, after one cycle of manual spreading work is completed, the packaging start button is pressed, and the next cycle's manual spreading work support screen is displayed, the screen cannot be transitioned to the previous manual spreading work support screen. It becomes. Thereby, for example, it is possible to prevent the drug for the first cycle from being erroneously injected while the manual distributing work for the first cycle is completed and the manual distributing work for the second cycle is being performed.

Furthermore, when the sachet start button is pressed, the bottoms of the cells 4101 to 4148 of the manual dispensing unit 4 are opened in this order, as described above, so that the drugs in the cells 4101 to 4148 are transferred to the sachet unit 5. The medicine packets are sent out one by one and packaged in the packaging unit 5.

When the packaging process of the 48 medicine packets 502 is started in the packaging unit 5, the packaging process control section of the packaging unit 5 sends a signal to the control unit indicating that the first cycle packaging process has started. Send to 11. Upon receiving this signal, the control unit 11 displays a manual spreading work support screen for the second cycle on the monitor 13 based on the prescription data. In other words, by hand-spreading in the first cycle, a total of 48 seeds were spread for 15 days "when you wake up," 15 days "after breakfast," 15 days "after lunch," and 3 days "after dinner." Since the medicine packets 502 have been divided, the remaining 12 days' worth of "after dinner" medicines are put into the cell 41 by the second cycle of manual distributing work.

FIG. 9 shows a manual distribution work support screen (selected drug compatible screen 140) displayed on the monitor 13 during the second cycle of manual distribution work. In FIG. 9, similarly to FIG. 7, "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" is selected. The selected drug compatible screen 140 when "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg" is selected in the second cycle manual distribution operation is similar to the selected drug compatible screen 120 shown in FIG. 7, except for the display of the cell image area 111. be. In the cell image area 111 of the selected drug corresponding screen 140, the frames of the cell portions 111c01 to 111c12 are displayed in red corresponding to "after dinner", and "1" is displayed as the number of tablets to be inserted. In addition, in the selected drug corresponding screen 140 in FIG. 9, a message "2/2 is being spread" is displayed at the bottom left of the screen, indicating that the manual spreading work is in the second cycle. On the other hand, on the selected drug corresponding screen 120 in FIG. 7, a message "This is the 1/2th time to spread." indicating that the manual spreading work is in the first cycle is displayed. This allows the pharmacist to accurately grasp the progress of the manual distribution work.

Here, the flow of the drug packaging process controlled by the control unit 11 will be described with reference to FIG. 10. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the main operations of drug packaging processing.
As shown in FIG. 10, upon acquiring the prescription data (step S1), the control unit 11 displays the initial screen 110 of the manual spreading work support screen on the monitor 13 based on the acquired prescription data (step S2). .

When the control unit 11 acquires the barcode information of the drug container read by the barcode reader 6 (step S3), the drug indicated by this barcode information matches the drug included in the prescription data. It is determined whether or not to do so (step S4). If it is determined in step S4 that they do not match, an error is notified. If it is determined that they match in step S4, the control unit 11 assumes that the drug indicated by the barcode information has been selected and displays a selected drug corresponding screen for that drug on the monitor 13 (step S5). Further, in step S5, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual dispensing unit 4, and sets the LED 42 of the cell 41 into which the selected drug is to be injected in a color determined for each dosing period. Display. In addition, in the selected drug corresponding screen, as described above, the cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111 is displayed in the same color as the display color of the LED 42 of the corresponding cell 41. Further, on the selected drug corresponding screen, as described above, in the cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111, the number of tablets to be inserted into the corresponding cell 41 is displayed.

After that, the control of the control unit 11 returns to step S3, and the above processing is repeated.

Further, in step S3, when the control unit 11 detects that the packaging start button has been pressed, the control unit 11 instructs the packaging unit 5 to start packaging processing (step S6 ). Then, the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is manual spreading work for the next cycle based on the prescription data (step S7), and if there is manual spreading work for the next cycle, the next cycle A manual spreading work support screen corresponding to 1 is displayed on the monitor 13 (step S8), and the process returns to step S3. If there is no manual spreading work for the next cycle in step S7, the process ends.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the control section 11 of the prescription control unit 1 causes the LED 42 of the cell 41 of the manual dispensing unit 4 to display a different color for each dosing period, and displays the manual dispensing work support screen on the monitor 13. A cell image area 111 corresponding to the actual arrangement of the cells 41 is displayed within the cell image area 111, and in this cell image area 111, a cell portion 111c into which the drug is to be introduced is displayed in the same color as the corresponding cell 41. Thereby, when prescribing a plurality of drugs, it is possible to work while confirming which cell among the plurality of cells 41 each drug should be put into.

Further, the control unit 11 displays, in each cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111, the number of tablets to be inserted into the corresponding cell 41. This makes it possible to easily and reliably confirm the number of tablets to be inserted into each cell 41.

Furthermore, the control unit 11 displays an image of the drug to be manually spread in the drug image area 113 in the manual spreading work support screen. Thereby, it is possible to more reliably check the medicine to be put into the cell 41 and the medicine taken out from the storage.

In the above specific example, the explanation has been given on the assumption that "Continuous" is selected as the order of the medicine packages 502 on the medicine package sheet 501. On the other hand, if "repeat" is selected as the order of the medicine packages 502 on the medicine package sheet 501, for example, the display mode of the cell image area 111 on the selected drug corresponding screen 120 shown in FIG. The result is as shown in FIG.

[Second embodiment]
A second embodiment of the invention will be described below. Note that components having the same functions as those described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the control unit 11 displays a package image on the manual distribution work support screen. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a mode in which a sachet image area 211 is displayed on the initial screen 210 of the manual distribution work support screen according to the present embodiment. The description will be given on the assumption that the prescription data in the second embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 5 in the first embodiment.

Similar to the initial screen 110 described in the first embodiment, this initial screen 210 is a screen that the control unit 11 displays on the monitor 13 based on prescription data when prescription data is input. Further, on the initial screen 210, similarly to the initial screen 110, no medicine has been selected yet.

As shown in FIG. 12, in the package image area 211 of the initial screen 210, a frame is provided for each dosing period, and within each frame, the total number of drugs to be dispensed for each dosing period is indicated by an image of the drug. It is to be displayed. In the example of FIG. 12, a total of 2 tablets are prescribed: 1 tablet of ``aaaa capsule 0.75 μg'' and 1 tablet of ``dddd soft capsule 200 mg'' for ``when you wake up'', so in the package image area 211 `` Illustration images of these tablets are displayed in the column 211a "When I wake up." Also, after breakfast, a total of 3 tablets are prescribed: 1 tablet of bbbb OD tablet 15 mg, 1 tablet of cccc tablet 2.5 mg, and 1 tablet of dddd soft capsule 200 mg. Illustration images of these tablets are displayed in the “after breakfast” column 211b of the package image area 211. The same applies to the "after lunch" column 211c and the "after dinner" column 211d in the package image area 211.

The illustration image of the tablet displayed in the packaged image area 211 can be acquired by the control unit 11 from the drug master of the storage unit 12 based on the prescription data. Note that although an example is shown here in which an illustration image is displayed in the package image area 211, a photographic image of the drug may be displayed instead of the illustration image. For tablets that are prescribed in units of 0.5 tablets or 0.25 tablets, an image (illustration image or photographic image) showing how the tablets are divided into 0.5 tablets or 0.25 tablets should be used as described above. It is preferable to use it by registering it in the drug master in advance.

Furthermore, when the number of doses is large, the display contents within the package image area 211 are scrolled by clicking or touching the scroll button 211e displayed on the right side of the package image area 211 in FIG. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 12, prescriptions for four doses are displayed, but if the medication timing is five or more times, by clicking the scroll button 211e, you can click the medication timing (not displayed in FIG. 12). For example, prescription details (such as "before bedtime") can be displayed.

In addition, if the number of tablets prescribed for each drug is too large to display in its entirety, a scroll button may be provided in each frame of the columns 211a to 211d in the package image area 211. It may also be possible to scroll the displayed contents within the screen.

In this way, by displaying the total number of medicines to be put into the cell 41 at each dosing time in the package image area 211 using the medicine image, there is an advantage that visual inspection becomes easier.

Further, when any drug is selected from the state where the initial screen 210 is displayed, the control unit 11 switches the display to a selected drug corresponding screen 220 as shown in FIG. 13. In the example of FIG. 13, "bbbb OD tablet 15mg" is selected. In the selected drug corresponding screen 220, as shown in FIG. 13, an image of only the selected drug "bbbb OD tablet 15 mg" is displayed in the package image area 211 for each dosing period. This makes it possible to easily check how many tablets should be put into each cell for each dosing period while selecting one of the drugs and distributing it manually.

Note that when the "deselect" button 220a displayed at the bottom right of the selected drug compatible screen 220 shown in FIG. 13 is clicked or touched, the control unit 11 changes the display on the monitor 13 to the initial state shown in FIG. Return to screen 210. This allows the pharmacist to confirm the completion of manual distribution at any time.

In addition, when returning from the selected drug compatible screen 220 to the initial screen 210, the control unit 11 displays images of drugs for which manual distributing work has already been completed in a grayed out manner in the packaged image area 211. You may also do this. This allows the pharmacist to easily check the progress of the hand-dispensing work, since the drugs for which manual dispensing has been completed and those for which the dispensing has not yet been completed are displayed in a distinguishable manner.

In the above specific example, an illustration image of a tablet is displayed in the packaging image area 211, but if a photographic image of a tablet is registered in the drug master of the storage unit 12, a photographic image of a tablet is displayed in place of the illustration image. Photographic images may also be used.

Further, in the initial screen 210 shown in FIG. 12, when no drug is selected in the drug list area 112, any one of the dosing times is selected by a touch operation on the columns 211a to 211d in the sachet image area 211. Then, the control unit 11 may display a dosing period correspondence screen 230 that displays information on the drug corresponding to the selected dosing period, as shown in FIG. 14.

In the dosing period correspondence screen 230, in the cell image area 111, only the cell portion 111c corresponding to the cell into which the medicine corresponding to the selected dosing period is to be injected is displayed in color. In addition, the total number of tablets of the medicine prescribed for the relevant dosing period is displayed in the colored cell portion 111c. Note that only one of the colored display of the cell corresponding to the selected dosing period and the display of the total number of tablets may be performed.

For example, the dosing timing corresponding screen 230 shown in FIG. 14 is a screen when the "When you wake up" column 211a is selected by touch operation on the initial screen 210 shown in FIG. 12. In the example of FIG. 14, in the sachet image area 211, a thick frame surrounding the selected "When you wake up" column 211a indicates that this dosing time has been selected. However, the display mode is not limited to this, and for example, only the selected "When you wake up" column 211a may be highlighted in a conspicuous color, or the unselected dosing timing columns 211b to 211d may be displayed in a non-selected manner. It may be grayed out so that it is clear that it has been selected.

In the example shown in FIG. 14, in the cell image area 111, the frames of the cell parts 111c01 to 111c15 into which the medicine for "waking up" is to be injected are displayed in color (for example, purple). In order to be distinguishable from this, the other cell parts 111c16 to 111c48 are displayed in a dark color such as black or gray.

Furthermore, in the example shown in FIG. 14, the drugs prescribed for the selected "when you wake up" are a total of two tablets, one tablet of "aaaa capsule 0.75 μg" and one tablet of "dddd soft capsule 200 mg." Therefore, in the cell portions 111c01 to 111c15 into which the medicine for "when you wake up" is to be inserted, "2", which is the total number of tablets of the medicine prescribed for "when you wake up", is displayed.

Note that in the drug list area 112, it is preferable that drugs that are not prescribed at the selected dosing period be displayed in gray out as shown in FIG.

In this way, if you want to check the prescription (type and total number of tablets) for each dosing period after completing manual distributing work or during manual distributing work, you can select any drug in the drug list area 112. Simply select the desired dosing time in the sachet image area 211 with a touch operation.

In addition, when any drug is selected in the drug list area 112 on the dosing period corresponding screen 230, the display of the cell portions 111c01 to 111c15 in the cell image area 111 is switched, and only the number of tablets to be administered of the selected drug is displayed. It is preferable to do so. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 15, "aaaa capsule 0.75 μg" is selected in the drug list area 112 among the drugs prescribed for "when you wake up", so this drug is stored in the cell parts 111c01 to 111c15. "1", which is the number of prescriptions, is displayed. This makes it possible to easily visually confirm the number of prescriptions for a particular drug for each dosing period after the manual distributing work is completed or during the manual distributing work.

In addition, when any drug is selected in the drug list area 112 on the dosing period corresponding screen 230, only the image of the selected drug is highlighted in the package image area 211, or the image of the selected drug is displayed as highlighted. The image of the drug may be displayed in gray.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the package image area 211 is displayed on the manual dispensing work support screen, which shows the total number of tablets to be prescribed for each dosing period as an image. Thereby, by manually distributing the tablets while looking at the image in the sachet image area 211, it is possible to easily visually confirm the type and number of tablets to be dispensed for each dosing period. Another advantage is that inspection after manual spreading work is completed is easy.

Furthermore, when one of the dosing times is selected by a touch operation on the sachet image area 211, only the cell portion corresponding to the selected dosing time is displayed in color in the cell image area, and a prescription for the dosing time is displayed. The total number of tablets to be taken is displayed in the cell section. Thereby, the pharmacist who performs manual dispensing work can easily confirm how many tablets should be administered to which cell for each dosing period.

Moreover, it is also possible to modify and implement the second embodiment as follows.

[Modified example]
In a modification of the second embodiment, when any drug is selected from the drug list area 112 while the initial screen 210 (see FIG. 12) is displayed, the control unit 11 selects a drug as shown in FIG. The display is switched to a selected drug compatible screen 220 like this. That is, when "bbbb OD tablets 15mg" is selected while the initial screen 210 shown in FIG. Among the drugs, only the image of the selected drug "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg" is highlighted in the package image area 211 (the part marked 211H in FIG. 16). In addition, in FIG. 16, the highlighted area (211H) in the packaging image area 211 is represented by hatching, but in the actual screen, the background color of the area is changed to a conspicuous color such as yellow. Highlighting is performed by displaying in .

Therefore, according to the selected drug corresponding screen 220 in FIG. 16, it is possible to confirm the type and number of drugs to be prescribed for each of the timings of taking medication upon waking up, after direct meals, after lunch, and after dinner. At the same time, the type and number of drugs that are currently being hand-distributed is highlighted, so you can check the progress of the work and visually check the type and number of tablets that should be injected during the current hand-dispensing process. can be easily checked.

In this modification, when the pharmacist selects a drug to be manually distributed from the drug list area 112 and uses the barcode reader 6 to read the barcode attached to the container of the drug, the control unit 11 If the drug selected in the drug list area 112 matches the drug read by the barcode reader 6, a check mark is added to the image of the drug in the package image area 211, as shown in FIG. and display it.

This check mark continues to be displayed without disappearing even after another drug is selected in the drug list area 112. Therefore, if the manual dispensing work is correctly performed for all the medicines included in the prescription data, check marks should be added to all the medicines when the work is completed. This makes it easy to visually check whether there are any prescription omissions.

[Third embodiment]
The medicine packaging device according to the third embodiment is the medicine packaging device of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, with enhanced functions related to barcode verification of hand-distributed medicines. That is, the medicine packaging device according to the third embodiment has a "verification required mode" in which packaging cannot be started unless barcode verification has been completed for all hand-dispensed medicines included in the prescription data. are doing. The operation of the drug packaging device according to this embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation when the operation mode is the verification required mode in the drug packaging device according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 18, in the medicine packaging device according to the third embodiment, when the control unit 11 acquires the barcode information of the medicine container read by the barcode reader 6 (step S13), It is determined whether the drug indicated by this barcode information matches the drug included in the prescription data (step S14). If it is determined in step S14 that they do not match, an error is notified. If it is determined in step S14 that they match, the control unit 11 assumes that the drug indicated by the barcode information has been selected and displays a selected drug corresponding screen for that drug on the monitor 13 (step S15). Further, in step S15, the control section 11 sends an instruction to the LED control section 43 of the manual dispensing unit 4, and turns on the LED of the cell 41 into which the selected drug is to be introduced.
42 displays a color determined for each dosing period. In addition, in the selected drug corresponding screen, as described above, the cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111 is displayed in the same color as the display color of the LED 42 of the corresponding cell 41. Further, on the selected drug corresponding screen, as described above, in the cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111, the number of tablets to be inserted into the corresponding cell 41 is displayed.

Next, the control unit 11 determines whether the barcode verification process in step S14 has been completed for all of the hand-dispensing drugs included in the prescription order for the current manual dispensing operation (step S16). If the barcode verification process has been completed for all hand-distributed medicines, the control unit 11 activates the packaging start button (step S17). This packaging start button may be incorporated into the manual distribution work support screen on the monitor 13, or may be provided on the operation panel of the drug packaging device 100. In the drug packaging device of the third embodiment, when the mandatory verification mode is selected, the operation on the packaging start button is not accepted unless the control unit 11 activates the packaging start button in step S17. do not have.

Then, in step S18, if the control unit 11 detects that the packaging start button has been pressed, the control unit 11 instructs the packaging unit 5 to start packaging processing (step S19). ). Then, the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is manual spreading work for the next cycle based on the prescription data (step S20), and if there is manual spreading work for the next cycle, the next cycle A manual spreading work support screen corresponding to 1 is displayed on the monitor 13 (step S21), and the process returns to step S13. If there is no manual spreading work for the next cycle in step S20, the process ends. The processing in steps S19 to S21 is the same as steps S6 to S8 in FIG.

In this way, dispensing errors can be effectively prevented by not activating the package start button until it is confirmed that barcode verification has been performed for all hand-dispensed drugs included in the prescription data. .

Note that even in the above-mentioned mandatory verification mode, the barcode verification process may be skipped by taking a predetermined procedure of recording a log in which the barcode verification process was not performed. In this case, the date and time, prescription ID, unverified drug, and user ID of the pharmacist who performed the operation are recorded in the storage unit 12 of the drug packaging device as log data.

An example of this predetermined procedure will be described below. For example, if the prescription data includes a hand-dispensable drug, a package monitor screen as shown in FIG. 19 is displayed, for example. Here, when the pharmacist selects the drug name column for hand-dispensing drugs (in the example of FIG. 19, it is assumed that the drug name column 301 of "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg" displayed at the top is selected). ), the display screen of the monitor 13 changes to an LED assist screen as shown in FIG. 20, for example. Note that if a plurality of hand-dispensing drugs are displayed on the packaging monitor screen, the pharmacist can select any drug name column.

On the LED assist screen 300 (see FIG. 20) that is displayed next, a drug list area 112 is displayed, and an image of the selected hand-dispensing drug "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg" is displayed in a drug image area 113. . Further, in the cell image area 111, the cells 41 into which the hand-distributed medicine is to be placed are displayed in different colors, and the number of tablets to be placed in each cell is displayed. This point is as explained in the first and second embodiments. Note that in FIG. 20, the LED assist screen 300 includes the package image area 211 described in the second embodiment, but a display mode may be adopted in which the package image area 211 is not included.

Further, a verification skip button 220b is displayed on the LED assist screen 300 shown in FIG. 20. It also includes a "verification required mode" display field 220c indicating that the system is operating in the verification required mode.

If the pharmacist wishes to skip the barcode verification process for the hand-dispensed drug "bbbb OD tablets 15 mg", the pharmacist presses the verification skip button 220b. Then, the display screen of the monitor 13 changes to an unverified history registration screen as shown in FIG. On the unverified history registration screen, a message asking whether to skip the barcode verification process is displayed along with the name of the drug for which the pharmacist pressed the verification skip button 220b. On this unverified history registration screen, the pharmacist enters his or her user ID in the user name input field 311 and presses the OK button 312 to execute the barcode verification process for the drug displayed on the unverified history registration screen. You can leave a log indicating that it was skipped. That is, through the above procedure, the date and time when the OK button 312 was pressed, the drug name for which the barcode verification process was skipped, the prescription ID that specifies the prescription data, and the user that specifies the pharmacist are stored in the storage unit 12 of the drug packaging device. The ID is recorded as a log.

Note that it is also possible to register in advance in the drug packaging device whether or not each pharmacist has the authority to skip the barcode verification process. In this case, the presence or absence of the authority to skip the barcode matching process may be registered in the storage unit 12 for each user ID. Then, when the OK button 312 is pressed, it is checked whether the user ID entered in the user name input field 311 has permission to skip the barcode verification process, and if the user ID does not have permission, an error message is displayed. All you have to do is output .

If the barcode verification process can be skipped in this way, the process in step S16 in the flowchart of FIG. What is necessary is to change the process to check whether a log indicating that the barcode matching process was skipped is left in the storage unit 12.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the barcode verification process is completed or a log indicating that the barcode verification process was skipped is stored in the storage for all hand-dispensed drugs included in the prescription data. Packaging cannot be started unless either of the following conditions is met: This makes it possible to effectively prevent dispensing errors.

In the above specific example, the barcode verification process is completed for all hand-dispensed drugs included in the prescription data, or a log indicating that the barcode verification process was skipped is left in the storage unit 12. Packaging processing is illustrated as an example of the subsequent processing that is continued after either of the following conditions is met, that is, after the normal completion of the manual distribution work is confirmed. However, the subsequent processing is not limited to the packaging processing, and may be any other processing.

[Other embodiments]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been specifically described above, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the aspects described above, and various changes are possible.

For example, in the above embodiment, a mode in which the present invention is implemented as a drug packaging device including the tablet supply unit 2, the powder supply unit 3, and the packaging unit 5 has been described. However, among the above-mentioned components, at least one of the tablet supply unit 2, powder supply unit 3, and packaging unit 5 can be omitted. As the simplest configuration, it is also possible to implement the present invention as a manual drug dispensing device that does not include a tablet supply unit, a powder supply unit, or a packaging unit and performs only manual dispensing.

Moreover, although the configuration in which the drug master is stored in the storage section 12 of the prescription control unit 1 has been illustrated, a configuration in which the drug master located outside the device can be accessed via a communication IF, an external network, etc. is also possible.

Further, in the above embodiment, a barcode reader 6 is provided as a means for reading a code for identifying a medicine from a tablet container, a PTP sheet, etc., and based on the information of the read barcode, the hand-dispensing medicine is determined according to the prescription data. An example of a configuration that verifies whether or not there is a match is illustrated. However, the carrier for the code that identifies a drug is not limited to a barcode, and the means for reading it is not limited to a barcode reader either. A code that identifies a drug can be attached to a drug container, etc. using any carrier that can be read electrically, magnetically, or optically, and the means for reading this can be appropriate depending on the characteristics of the code. It should be designed to

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the inspection is performed and the packaging is started after one cycle of manual distributing work is completed, that is, after all the drugs to be packaged have been spread in the cells of the tray. I gave an example. However, it is also possible to have a configuration in which standby cells are provided below each of the cells 41 of the manual spreading unit 4, and to perform the following control. That is, an inspection is performed every time one type of drug is dispensed, and when the pharmacist selects the next drug to be manually dispensed after the inspection is completed, the cell opening/closing control unit 44 controls the selection of multiple cells. Open the bottom of 41. As a result, the medicines spread within the cell 41 are sent one type at a time to the standby cell each time an inspection is completed. When the start button for starting the packaging process is operated after one cycle of manual distributing of the medicine is completed, the medicine in the standby space is sent to the packaging unit 5. According to this configuration and control, it becomes easy to inspect each type of medicine to be distributed by hand.

In addition, in the configuration provided with the standby cell as described above, an inspection is performed every time at least one type of medicine is dispensed, and after the inspection is completed, the cell opening/closing control unit 44 is activated to open and close a plurality of cells according to a prescribed operation by the pharmacist. The bottom surface of the cell 41 may be opened. Here, the "predetermined operation" is, for example, an operation of a cell open/close button or the like. In this configuration, after the tablets that have been manually distributed in the cells 41 are sent to the standby cell, the control unit 11 prevents the image of the drug selected so far from being displayed in the packaged image area 211. According to this configuration, no image is displayed in the package image area 211 for drugs that have been manually distributed and inspected. In other words, only images of drugs necessary for subsequent manual distribution work are displayed in the package image area 211. This makes visual confirmation easier during manual spreading work.

Note that the drug list area 112 and dose display area 114 disclosed in the above embodiment are not essential. For example, in the embodiment described above, a configuration in which drugs are selected in the drug list area 112 is illustrated. However, the medicine list area 112 may be omitted, and the medicine may be selected by reading a barcode from a medicine container or the like using the barcode reader 6.

Further, in the above embodiment, the tray of the manual spreading unit is provided with a light-emitting section that is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells and can switch and display a plurality of colors, and the tray is made to correspond to the color of the light-emitting section. , exemplified a configuration in which the colors of the cell part of the cell image area of the manual spreading work support screen are switched and displayed. However, this light emitting section may be omitted, and the display of changing colors of the cell section on the hand-spreading work support screen may also be omitted.

Further, in the third embodiment, as a modification of the first or second embodiment, the manual dispensing unit 4 is provided with an LED 42 for each cell 41, and the cell image area 111, drug image area 113, etc. are monitored. Based on the configuration shown in 13, a configuration in which the packaging start button cannot be operated until the barcode verification process is completed is illustrated. However, the LED 42 of the manual dispensing unit 4, the cell image area 111, the drug image area 113, etc. displayed on the monitor 13 are not essential components for the third embodiment. That is, regarding the third embodiment, any drug packaging device that performs hand-distributing work is equipped with a means for reading a code for identifying a drug from a container, a PTP sheet, etc. of a hand-distributed drug, and the information of the read code is used. If the verification process is not completed for all hand-dispensing medicines included in the prescription data, or if the verification process is not completed according to a predetermined procedure, One invention can be understood as an apparatus that cannot start subsequent processing such as packaging unless a record of skipping is left.

For example, a configuration including the following elements (Appendixes 1 and 2) can be understood as the invention disclosed in the present application.

[Additional note 1]
A manual drug dispensing device comprising a tray divided into a plurality of cells and into which drugs are placed into each of the plurality of cells, a monitor that displays a work support screen based on prescription data, and a control unit that controls the monitor. A device,
The work support screen includes a cell image area that displays a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray in accordance with the cell arrangement, and a drug image area that displays an external appearance image of the drug,
The control unit displays, in the cell image, the number of tablets to be injected into a cell into which a predetermined drug is to be injected among the plurality of cells, based on the prescription data;
The control unit is a manual drug dispensing device, wherein the control unit displays an external image of a drug to be put into the tray in the drug image area based on the prescription data.

According to the invention according to Supplementary Note 1 above, on the work support screen, a cell image that schematically represents a plurality of cells of a tray in correspondence with the cell arrangement is a cell image that displays the number of drug tablets to be put into each of a plurality of cells. is displayed along with an external image of the drug. This can effectively prevent human errors such as putting a medicine into the wrong cell or putting the wrong number of tablets into the cell.

[Additional note 2]
A manual drug dispensing device comprising a tray divided into a plurality of cells and into which drugs are placed into each of the plurality of cells, a monitor that displays a work support screen based on prescription data, and a control unit that controls the monitor. A device,
There is a continuous mode in which a medicine pack sheet is formed so that medicine packs with the same dosing time on each day are consecutively arranged, and a repetition mode in which a medicine pack sheet is formed in such a way that medicine packs for one day are lined up in the order of the dosing time. further comprising a selection means for selecting one;
The work support screen includes a cell image area that displays a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray in accordance with the cell arrangement, and a drug image area that displays an external appearance image of the drug,
The control unit selects the repetition mode based on the prescription data so that in the cell image, if the continuous mode is selected, cells with the same dosing period are consecutively assigned for the number of prescription days. In such a case, the number of tablets to be loaded into a cell in which a predetermined drug is to be loaded among the plurality of cells is displayed so that the daily dose timing is assigned repeatedly for the number of prescription days;
The control unit is a manual drug dispensing device, wherein the control unit displays an external image of a drug to be put into the tray in the drug image area based on the prescription data.

According to the invention according to Supplementary Note 2 above, on the work support screen, a cell image that schematically represents a plurality of cells of a tray in correspondence with the cell arrangement is a cell image that displays the number of drug tablets to be put into each of a plurality of cells. is displayed along with an external image of the drug. Furthermore, depending on the selection using the selection means, there is a continuous mode in which a medicine pack sheet is formed so that medicine packs with the same dosing time on each dosing day are consecutively arranged, and a continuous mode in which medicine packs for one day are arranged in the order of the dosing time. The work support screen displays which drug and how many tablets should be injected into each of the plurality of cells, corresponding to each repetition mode in which a drug package sheet is formed. This can effectively prevent human errors such as putting a medicine into the wrong cell or putting the wrong number of tablets into the cell.

[Additional note 3]
Further comprising a monitor that displays a work support screen based on the prescription data, and a code acquisition means that acquires a code for identifying the drug from the container or packaging of the drug,
When a code is acquired from a drug container or packaging by the code acquisition means, the control unit determines whether the drug matches any of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. Performs a matching process to determine the
The control unit is configured to perform a manual drug dispensing process that does not enable subsequent processing of the manual dispensing process to be started unless the collation process is completed for all of the drugs included in the prescription data that are targeted for manual dispensing. Device.

In the configuration of this appendix 3,
Further comprising code acquisition means for acquiring a code for identifying the drug from the container or packaging of the drug,
When a code is acquired from a drug container or packaging by the code acquisition means, the control unit determines whether the drug matches any of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. Performs a matching process to determine the
The control unit determines whether the verification process has been completed for all of the medicines included in the prescription data that are targeted for manual distribution, or whether the verification process has been skipped according to a predetermined procedure. If it is not registered, the configuration may be such that the subsequent process of the manual distribution process cannot be started.

Part or all of the processes described in each of the above embodiments may be realized by a program. In this case, part or all of each process is performed by a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, processor, etc. in the computer. Programs for performing each process are stored in a storage device such as a hard disk or ROM, and are executed in the ROM or read out to the RAM. The storage device (storage medium) is a non-temporary tangible device, such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like.

Each process described in each of the above embodiments may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software (including cases where it is realized together with an OS (operating system), middleware, or a predetermined library). . Furthermore, it may be realized by mixed processing of software and hardware. Note that when the display processing of the display device according to the above embodiment is implemented by hardware, it goes without saying that it is necessary to adjust the timing for performing each processing. In the above embodiment, for convenience of explanation, details of timing adjustment of various signals that occur in actual hardware design are omitted.

1... Prescription control unit 2... Tablet supply unit 3... Powder supply unit 4... Manual dispensing unit 5... Packaging unit 6... Barcode reader 11... Control section 12... Storage section 13... Monitor 14... Input device 15... Communication IF
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43...LED control unit 44...Cell opening/closing control unit 110, 210...Initial screen 111...Cell image area 112...Drug list area 113...Drug image area 114...Dose display area 120, 130, 220...Selected drug corresponding screen 211...Minutes Hull image area

Claims (7)

a tray that is divided into a plurality of cells and into which a drug is put into each of the plurality of cells;
monitor and
a control unit;
and a packaging unit that packages the medicine loaded into each of the plurality of cells into medicine packets,
The control unit determines, based on prescription data, a cell in the tray into which a drug is to be introduced, in a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of cells of the tray. create a work support screen that identifiably represents a cell corresponding to and display it on the monitor;
If the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, the control unit creates a plurality of work support screens based on the prescription data; When the first work support screen among the work support screens is displayed and the control unit receives a signal for starting the packaging process by the packaging unit, a second work of injecting drugs into the plurality of cells is performed. A manual drug dispensing device that allows switching to the support screen. a tray that is divided into a plurality of cells and into which a drug is put into each of the plurality of cells;
monitor and
a control unit;
and a packaging unit that packages the medicine loaded into each of the plurality of cells into medicine packets,
The control unit determines, based on prescription data, a cell in the tray into which a drug is to be introduced, in a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of cells of the tray. create a work support screen that identifiably represents a cell corresponding to and display it on the monitor;
If the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, the control unit creates a plurality of work support screens based on the prescription data; Among the work support screens, switching from the first work support screen to the second work support screen is performed after the first work support screen is displayed, and then the packaging unit starts packaging processing. possible after receiving instructions,
The control unit is configured to disable screen transition from the second work support screen to the first work support screen after receiving the instruction. a continuous mode in which a medicine package sheet is formed so that medicine packages with the same dosing timing on each dosing day are consecutive;
Further comprising a selection means for selecting either a repeat mode in which a medicine package sheet is formed such that medicine packages for one day are arranged in order of dosing time,
Based on the prescription data, when the continuous mode is selected, cells with the same dosing period are allocated consecutively for the number of prescription days, and when the repeat mode is selected, cells for one day are allocated. The drug manual dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the work support screen is created and displayed on the monitor so that the dosing timing is assigned repeatedly for the number of prescription days. Further comprising code acquisition means for acquiring a code for identifying the drug from the container or packaging of the drug,
When a code is acquired from a drug container or package by the code acquisition means, the control unit determines whether or not the drug matches any of the drugs included in the prescription data, based on the acquired code. The manual drug dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which performs a verification process for determining. 5. The manual drug dispensing device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit does not enable subsequent processing of the manual dispensing process to be started unless the verification process for the prescription data is completed. A hand-dispensing medicine dispenser comprising: a tray divided into a plurality of cells, into which medicine is placed into each of the plurality of cells; and a packaging unit, which divides the medicine into medicine packets into medicine packets, which are placed into each of the plurality of cells. A support program for supporting the task of putting medicine into the tray when using the device, the program comprising:
to the computer,
Based on the prescription data, in a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray, corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the drug is to be introduced, in accordance with the arrangement of the plurality of cells of the tray. Contains instructions to create a work support screen that identifiably represents the information and execute the process to display it on the monitor,
If the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, a plurality of work support screens are created based on the prescription data, and the first work support screen among the plurality of work support screens is When the screen is displayed and the control unit receives a signal for starting the packaging process by the packaging unit, it is possible to switch to a second work support screen for injecting drugs into the plurality of cells. program. A hand-dispensing medicine dispenser comprising: a tray divided into a plurality of cells, into which medicine is placed into each of the plurality of cells; and a packaging unit, which divides the medicine into medicine packets into medicine packets, which are placed into each of the plurality of cells. A support program for supporting the task of putting medicine into the tray when using the device, the program comprising:
to the computer,
Based on the prescription data, in a cell image schematically representing the plurality of cells of the tray, corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the drug is to be introduced, in accordance with the arrangement of the plurality of cells of the tray. Contains instructions to create a work support screen that identifiably represents the information and execute the process to display it on the monitor,
If the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, a plurality of work support screens are created based on the prescription data, and the first work support screen among the plurality of work support screens is Switching from the screen to the second work support screen is possible after the first work support screen is displayed and after receiving an instruction to start packaging processing by the packaging unit, and the instruction is A support program that disables screen transition from the second work support screen to the first work support screen after acceptance.

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