JP3009843B2 - Drug flexible size packaging method and device, drug detection method and test information printing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for packaging flexible medicine in a medicine packaging apparatus.
The present invention relates to a drug detection method and a test information printing system .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a medicine packaging apparatus for packaging medicines using a heat-sealing packaging sheet, for example, as shown in FIG. I am packing.

The sealing device 3 comprises a pair of horizontal heating heat rollers 1 for heating the sheet 6 in the width direction, and a side edge heating of the sheet 6 disposed downstream of the horizontal heating heat roller 1. It consists of a pair of heat rollers 2 for vertical heating,
Each of the heat rollers 1 and 2 is rotatably supported by a bearing, and provided along with a hopper 7 in a transfer path of the sheet 6.

[0004] The heat rollers 1 and 2 of the sealing device 3 are connected to drive motors 4 and 4 via transmission mechanisms using gears.
5 and can be independently driven by the respective drive motors 4 and 5. Therefore, this sealing device 3
Respectively, separately drive the horizontal heating heat roller 1 and the vertical heating heat roller 2 to move the packaging sheet 6 in which the transfer path is folded in two in the length direction with the fold downward, When a medicine is supplied from the hopper 7 in one-pack increments between the folds of the moving sheet 6 based on the prescription information, the width direction and the side edge of the sheet 6 into which the medicine is supplied are respectively used for lateral heating. Sealing is performed by a heat roller 1 and a heat roller 2 for longitudinal heating.

At this time, such a sealing device 3
For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the horizontal heating heat roller 1 is composed of a horizontal heating surface 8 and a feeding surface 9, the cross-sectional shape of the horizontal heating surface 8 is fan-shaped, and the feeding surface 9 is formed linearly. By doing so, when the feeding surfaces 9 are opposed to each other, a gap through which the sheet 6 can pass is formed, so that it is possible to cope with a difference in the shape and amount of medicine to be packed.

That is, after the feeding surfaces 9 of the horizontal heating heat roller 1 are opposed to each other, the sheet 6 is appropriately transferred by the vertical heating heat roller 2 and then the horizontal heating heat roller 1 is transferred.
By performing the sealing with the lateral heating surfaces 8 facing each other, the sealing position in the sheet width direction can be changed, and the size of the package can be changed. A switch is provided, and the setting switch is adjusted by an operator. The rotation speed of the heat roller 1 for horizontal heating and the heat roller 2 for vertical heating and the heat roller 1 for horizontal heating are adjusted.
The size can be changed by adjusting the timing time when the feed surfaces 9 face each other.

Further, although not shown, a printer device is provided on the transfer path, and as shown in FIG. Prescription information such as the name of the packaged medicine and its quantity can also be printed.

[0008] On the other hand, a drug check operation to be performed on the medicine package A thus packaged, that is, an inspection for checking whether each package of the medicine package A is performed as prescribed. Since the medicine operation is complicated, one method for solving the problem is, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, if the size L of the medicine package A is constant, the weight of the sheet 6 is determined by the number of packages. Focusing on the fact that can be easily calculated, as shown in FIG. 15, the medicine package A prescribed for each patient is weighed with a scale B,
If the weight of the sheet 6 is subtracted from the measured value measured by the scale B, it becomes the prescription amount of the medicine. By comparing this value with the prescription, the inspection of a plurality of medicine packages A is performed collectively. The method is conventional.

[0009]

However, when the operator changes the size of the medicine package as described above, there are the following problems.

I. When the operator adjusts the size of the medicine package, the operator sees the medicine list of the prescription and adjusts the volume by relying on experience and intuition, so errors are large and waste is likely to occur.

Ii. In recent years, packaging does not package one kind of drug, but carries out the same packaging process in which the patient takes a drug, for example, a powdered medicine, a tablet, a capsule, etc., in one package at a time. Therefore, the type of medicine to be packaged may be different between the morning prescription and the daytime and nighttime prescription,
The size of the sachet has to be changed accordingly, but it is not possible to deal with it in detail.

Iii. If the size of the sachet is reduced, the printing of the instructions for taking the patient on the surface of the sachet may protrude, making the printing impossible, and failing to provide sufficient information to the patient.

Iv. If you change the size of the sachet, the weight of the sheet will be different for each sachet,
In other words, by keeping the size of the sheet constant and comparing the weight of the drug package measured by holding it with a scale to the prescription, it is possible to efficiently perform the drug detection of multiple drug packages at once. Method not available. There is such a problem.

Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to make it possible to change the size of a sachet according to the medicine to be prescribed, and a second object is to make it possible to perform printing appropriately. In addition, a third problem is to enable a conventional detection method to be performed even when the size of a sachet is changed.

[0015]

In order to solve the above-mentioned first problem, according to the present invention, the packaging sheet is moved in the length direction.
And move the medicine to the moving sheet based on the prescription information.
The agent is charged in 1-pack increments, and is placed in the seal device provided in the transfer path.
Therefore, the medicine flexible size packaging device that seals
Storage for storing in advance volume information for each type of drug
Means and body for each type of drug stored in the storage means
Based on the product information, the volume of drug for each packaged drug
Information is calculated from the prescription information, and the bag
Bag size setting means for setting the size,
The clearance factor that gives room to the bag size set in the column
A clear setting means for setting to be changeable;
Multiply the bag size by the above clearance coefficient to determine the size of the drug package.
The configuration provided with the selecting means was adopted.

In order to solve the second problem, according to the present invention, the packaging sheet is moved in the length direction,
1 minute package of medicine based on prescription information
The prescription information is input by a printer installed in the transfer path.
Prints data based on the
In drug Flexible sizes packing method of Le, the
When printing, the size of the package and the size of the bag
The print area required for the print data to be
If the package size is smaller than the printing area,
By changing the package size significantly,
In order to print without protruding the print data,
The method of controlling the size was adopted. At that time,
The wearing sheet is moved in the length direction, and the moving sheet is moved.
Drugs are loaded in 1-minute packages based on prescription information and transferred.
Based on prescription information by a printer installed on the route
Chemicals that print data and seal with a sealing device
Printing area of bag in flexible size packaging machine
Calculating means, the package size of the bag and the size to be printed on the bag.
Means for comparing the print area required by the print data
And the size of the package based on the result of the comparing means.
If it is smaller than the character area,
Configuration with control means for changing
You. At this time, the packaging sheet is moved in the length direction and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
And prescribe it by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Prints data based on sticky information and uses a sticker
In the flexible drug packaging method for sealing,
When performing the printing, the package packaging size, and the printed on the bag
Compare the print area with the print data that needs to be
If the package size is smaller than the printing area,
Character size including margins output as print data
Change and print without protruding print data on medicine packaging bag
Can be adopted. At that time,
And move the prescription on the moving sheet.
Based on the information, the medicine is charged in 1-minute packages and set in the transfer path.
Drug flexible seal that seals with a girder seal device
In IS packing apparatus, Printout of the packing size and pouch bag
Ratio to compare with the print area required by the print data to be changed
Comparison means and a sentence including margins output as print data.
Changing means for editing and changing the character size, and the changed printing
Configuration with output means for outputting data to a printer device
Can be adopted.

Further, in order to solve the first and second problems,
In the present invention, a printer provided in the transfer path and a bag
Requires the size of the package and the print data to be printed on the bag.
Comparing means for comparing the printing area with
Based on the result, the package size is smaller than the printing area
Control means for greatly changing the package size
That is, the configuration having the following was adopted.

In order to solve the third problem, according to the present invention, the packaging sheet is moved in the length direction,
1 minute package of medicine based on prescription information
The prescription information is input by a printer installed in the transfer path.
Prints data based on the
In the method of packaging medicine, the weight of the sheet of the medicine packaging
Was calculated from the amount of sheet used for packaging, and the calculated
The weight value is printed on the medicine package, and the divided medicine package is printed.
The bag is weighed, and the difference between the weighed value and the weight value is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
If it is inside, check that the medicine has been correctly packaged.
You can use the method of
To the moving sheet based on the prescription information
A printer installed in the transfer path
The device prints data based on the prescription information, and
Flexible size package sealed by a tool
In the packaging method, the weight of the drug packaging sheet is
Calculated from the used sheet amount, and the calculated weight value is
Printing on the medicine package, weighing the divided medicine packaging bag,
When the difference between the weighed value and the weight value is within a predetermined value
Says that the medicine is inspected as if the medicine has been correctly packaged.
A method can be adopted . In addition, the packaging sheet
Move in the length direction and place the prescription information on the moving sheet
The medicine was charged in 1-minute packages based on
Data printing based on prescription information by printer
Inspection information of the package to be performed and sealed by the sealing device
In the printing system, the package size of the bag and the printing on the bag
Compare the print area required by the print data to be processed
Comparison means, means for calculating the unit weight of the sheet to be used,
Print the unit weight calculation result of the used sheet
A configuration with output means for outputting as
The wearing sheet is moved in the length direction, and the moving sheet is moved.
Drugs are loaded in 1-minute packages based on prescription information and transferred.
Based on prescription information by a printer installed on the route
Chemicals that print data and seal with a sealing device
In the inspection information printing system for flexible packaging,
The package size of the bag and the print data to be printed on the bag
Comparing means for comparing the required printing area with
Output the calculation result of the unit weight of the sheet as print data
A configuration including output means can be employed.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
1 shows an embodiment of a sheet packaging device (hereinafter referred to as a packaging device) C of the pharmaceutical packaging device according to the pharmaceutical packaging method of the present invention.

At this time, the same reference numerals are given to the members described in the conventional example, and the detailed description will be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the packaging apparatus C has a configuration in which a sheet feeding unit 10, a printer 11, a triangular folding plate 12, a hopper 7, and a sealing device 3 are arranged in this order on a sheet transfer path. And the sealing device 3 and the printer 11
Is connected to a medicine master computer 14 via a control device 13.

The paper supply unit 10 is composed of a holder for supporting the rolled sheet 6 horizontally with respect to the transfer path, and the sheet 6 is transferred to the printer 11 in parallel with the transfer path by the holder.

In the printer 11, a print head is arranged below the sheet 6 in parallel with the width direction of the sheet 6,
Printing can be performed on the sheet 6 being transported, and the printed sheet is folded in two by the triangular folding plate 12 and transported below the hopper 7.

Although not shown, the hopper 7 is connected to a discharge device such as a tablet, a powdered medicine or an ampoule of the medicine packaging apparatus main body. It can be discharged in between.

The sealing device 3 is the same as that of the conventional example shown in FIG. 12, and includes a pair of horizontal heating heat rollers 1 provided in the sheet 6 transfer path for heating in the sheet width direction.
It comprises a pair of vertical heating heat rollers 2 for heating the sheet side edges, and the horizontal heating heat roller 1 has a fan-shaped horizontal heating surface 8 and a linearly formed feed surface 9. I have.

The rollers 1 and 2 are connected to respective drive motors 4 and 5 via a transmission mechanism using gears.
Sensors 15 and 16 are provided on the rotation shaft of the transmission mechanism connected to the motors 4 and 5.

The sensors 15 and 16 comprise a position sensor 15 provided on the rotating shaft of the heat roller 1 for horizontal heating and a rotating sensor 16 provided on the rotating shaft of the heat roller 2 for vertical heating. The output of the sensors 15 and 16 is
3 is connected.

For this reason, the control device 13 detects on which surface the pair of lateral heating heat rollers 1 face each other based on the output of the position sensor 15, and enables the rotation sensor 16 to detect the transfer amount of the sheet 6. Each sensor 1
The size of the medicine package A can be changed by 5 and 16 outputs.

That is, the control device 13 rotates the vertical heating heat roller 2 with the feeding surfaces 9 of the horizontal heating heat roller 1 facing each other, and then connects the horizontal heating surfaces 8 of the horizontal heating heat roller 1 with each other. By performing the seal facing each other,
The transport amount of the sheet 6 until the sealing is performed is appropriately adjusted to change the size of the medicine package A.

At this time, a perforation blade 17 is provided on the horizontal heating surface 8 of the horizontal heating heat roller 1 so that a perforation is formed in the sealed medicine packaging A.

As described above, in the packaging apparatus C, the sheet feeding unit 10, the printer 11, the triangular folding plate 12,
By disposing the hopper 7 and the sealing device 3, it is possible to form the medicine package A having the required printing on the surface.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printer 11 is
The arrangement of the printer 11 has been described above, but the arrangement of the printer 11 is not limited to this order. For example, the printer 11 is arranged between the triangular folding plate 12 and the sealing device 3 as shown in FIG. You may do so.

On the other hand, the medicine master computer 14 is a computer having an input keyboard, a display, and a memory device 18 in which the volume information of medicines is stored in a database. When data based on a prescription such as is input, the volume of each medicine package A is calculated based on the prescription information, and the calculated data and print data such as a patient name, a prescription medicine name and the like are controlled by the control device. 13.

The control device 13 has a microcomputer, and controls the packaging device C as a part of the control of the entire medicine packaging device (not shown). Based on the data of the prescription information, the printer 11 is controlled to print on the sheet 6 in the same manner as described in the conventional example shown in FIG. Thereafter, the sealing device 3 is controlled in accordance with the volume of the medicine, and the medicine packaging A is formed. At this time, the heat roller 1 for horizontal heating and the heat roller 2 for vertical heating are controlled,
The feeding amount of the sheet 6 is controlled to form a medicine package A having a size corresponding to the medicine volume and print data.

In this embodiment, the volume information is a measurement of the volume of the minimum prescription unit of each drug. For example, in the case of a tablet, the volume information is a volume per tablet. In the case of a volume of 0.1 mg and an ampoule, data of one volume is used.

Incidentally, this volume information may be calculated from the density and the weight of the medicine, for example, in the case of powdered medicines or tablets, if the density is known.

This embodiment is configured as described above. Next, the packaging method according to claims 1 to 3 will be described with reference to the flowcharts in FIGS.

In this method, first, prior to the packaging of the medicine, volume information about the medicine that can be packaged by the medicine packaging apparatus is registered in the database of the memory device 18 of the medicine master computer 14.

At the time of packing, when the patient name written on the prescription and the name and quantity of the medicine prescribed for the patient are input to the medicine master computer 14, the medicine master computer 14 receives the input prescription data. Starts the process as shown in FIG. 4 ("process" is omitted from "process 100" and "process" is omitted), and after setting the packaging size (200), sends the data to the control device 13 (30).
0), the control device 13 performs a packaging and printing process (400) with the transmitted data.

That is, the packaging size setting process (20
0) is performed to calculate the size of each medicine package A prescribed for each patient in each sachet, and the calculated data is stored in the control device 1
3, and after the printing process and the packaging process (300) are executed, the processes (200, 300) are repeated until the prescription data is lost (400, 500).

The package size setting process (200) performed by the medicine master computer 14 is, as shown in FIG. 4, a package size calculation process based on volume data (210).
And package size change processing by print data allocation (26
0).

As shown in FIG. 5, the package size calculation process (210) based on the volume data is a volume data read process (220) and a package volume calculation process (230) using the read volume data. These processes are performed for each package of the medicine package A of each prescription.

Therefore, in this process, first, 0 is substituted for a variable V for obtaining the volume of each package, and initialization is performed (221).

Next, the prescription data is read, and the name of the prescribed drug and its quantity are read (222). At this time, in this embodiment, the volume data is formatted in the volume per unit as described above. In (223) to (227), by checking the unit, it is possible to calculate the volume data of the packaged medicine described later.

In this connection, in the case of this embodiment, in order to provide versatility, a flowchart is configured so that tablets, powdered medicines, and liquid medicines can be dealt with. However, the present invention is not limited to this. What is necessary is just to correspond to the medicine to pack.

Thus, the volume data reading process (22)
When 0) is completed, the volume data is read from the database based on the read data, and a packaged volume calculation process (230) is executed.

In the calculation process (230), for example, the read-out unit volume data of the medicine is multiplied by the unit quantity checked previously, so that the calculation can be easily performed.

When the packaged volume for one drug can be calculated in this way, as described in the conventional example, it is determined whether or not a plurality of drugs are included in the same package (240). ), If the drug is included (24
0), the prescription data is read (222) by repeating the reading process of the volume data (220), and the volume data is read repeatedly (231) to calculate the packaged volume, and the calculated volume is processed (232). To calculate the drug volume in one package of the drug package A, and calculate the vertical seal position (241).

That is, calculation of the vertical seal position (241)
Is a position at which a rear vertical seal is formed with respect to the sheet 6 as shown in FIG. 2, and the calculation is performed, for example, as shown in Expression (1), for each drug in one package of the drug package A. If the total volume of the prescription medicine obtained by adding the volumes is reduced by the effective width of the folded packaging sheet, the position can be calculated.

Vertical seal position = total volume of prescription drug (mm ³ ) × 1.3 / effective width of sheet 6 (mm) (1) Here, constants 1 to the power of the numerator of equation (1) Numeral 3 is a coefficient for giving a margin to the packaging, and its value can be appropriately changed.

When the vertical seal position for one package of the medicine package A is calculated in this way, the data is stored (242), and the above processing is repeated until the prescription for one patient is completed (243). When the vertical seal positions for all the prescriptions of one patient are calculated and the calculated data can be stored, this processing is terminated (244), and the packaging size is changed based on the print data shown in FIG. Is executed (260), and the size of the medicine package A is determined.

That is, in the packaging size changing process (260) based on the print data, the printing format of the medicine package A, that is, the number of prints per line for the medicine package A is the effective width of the medicine package A (this form). In the case of, because the printing is performed in the width direction), the medicine packaging A previously calculated from the volume data in the determined printing format is used.
Compare whether print data can be printed in the size of
If printing is not possible, the vertical seal position is changed to increase the size of the medicine package A.

Therefore, in the process (260), the print area (the number of lines) is calculated by dividing the number of characters of the print data by the possible number of prints per line in the process (270) (273), and the calculated area is processed. In (274), a comparison is made with the vertical seal position based on the volume data. As a result of the comparison, if the print area is larger, the vertical seal position is increased to increase the packing size (280), and the print area is larger. If smaller, the next process (281) is executed without changing the size while keeping the vertical seal position determined by the volume data.

Here, the change in size will be described. The change in size includes, for example, a space between lines for printing as shown in FIG. 8 and provides a margin for printing so as to make it easier to see. The change width may be set in advance.

In this embodiment, the character size is determined in the process (271), and the process (27) is performed according to the determination result.
The size factor of the character can be changed by changing the size coefficient of 3) in the process (272).

When the change of the package size according to the print data for one package is completed in this way, the data is saved (281), and the above processing is repeated until the prescription for one patient is completed (282). The size of drug package A for all packages is determined (290). When the size can be determined, the medicine master computer 14 sends the data of the vertical seal position, which is the data of the package size, and the print data to the control device 13 (300).

When the data of the vertical seal position and the print data are input, the control device 13 executes the packaging process and the printing process (400). This packaging process and printing process (40
7) As shown in FIG. 7, first, the heat roller 1 for horizontal heating and the heat roller 2 for vertical heating are operated for a predetermined time to feed the sheet 6 onto the transfer path (410), and the sheet 6 is packaged as a medicine. Set so that you can.

Next, the distance counter and the time counter prepared in advance by the internal register are reset (4).
20) The data of the vertical seal position and the print data sent from the medicine master computer 14 are read (43).
0), the medicine is packaged (440).

That is, the rotation sensor 16 is a distance counter.
The detection signal from the hopper 7 is counted, the vertical seal position is detected from the transport amount of the sheet 6, the timing of the calculation and printing of the seal position is set, and the discharge of the medicine from the hopper 7 is controlled by a timer counter.

That is, when the data is read (43)
0), the feeding surfaces 9 of the horizontal heating heat roller 1 are opposed to each other by the position sensor 15, and the vertical heating roller 2 is activated to start printing (441). When the distance counter detects that the leading end of the printed sheet 6 has reached the vertical sealing position L1 (442), the horizontal heating surfaces 8 of the horizontal heating heat rollers 1 are opposed to each other by the position sensor 15, and the vertical sealing is performed. To seal the front of the drug package A,
The longitudinal heating roller 2 is stopped (443), the stop is continued until the time counter times out (445), and the medicine is discharged from the hopper 7 during the stop period (44).
4). When the time counter expires and the medicine is discharged, the feeding surfaces 9 of the horizontal heating heat roller 1 are opposed to each other, and the vertical heating heat roller is operated (440),
While transferring the sheet 6, the side edges are sealed. At this time, the transfer amount of the sheet 6 is detected by the rotation sensor 16, and the sheet 6 is transferred until the detected transfer amount matches the vertical seal position L2 behind B (447). And
Sealing is performed with the lateral heating surfaces 8 of the lateral heating heat roller 1 facing each other (448).

When one package is thus completed, the above process is repeated for each package of the drug package A (45).
0), the above processing is performed for all the prescriptions (460). FIG.
Fig. 2 shows one form of the completed drug package A.

As described above, according to this method, the size of the medicine package A can be changed according to the prescribed medicine, so that the waste of the sheet 6 can be prevented. In addition, at this time, the size of the medicine package A can be changed according to the print data, so that information on the prescription can be kept intact at the time of printing.

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment.

In this embodiment, the medicine master computer 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes that a plurality of vertical sheet positions corresponding to the volume data of the medicine are stored in the memory device 18 '. As described in the first embodiment, the vertical sheet position is obtained by using the equation (1). The vertical sheet position is selected from the data of the vertical sheet position capable of storing one packet of medicine stored in the memory device 18 'instead of being calculated by the calculated operation, and the packaging is performed. is there.

In this method, since only the data of the vertical sheet position at which the medicine can be stored is selected from a plurality of predetermined vertical sheet positions, multiplication / subtraction for obtaining the vertical sheet position is performed. Since there is no need to do so, there is an effect that the processing can be speeded up.

In this embodiment, the description has been made of the case where the volume information is stored in the medicine master computer 14. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the volume information may be stored in the control device 13. It may be.
In this case, the above-described method can be performed using the medicine packaging apparatus alone.

Incidentally, in the above-described drug packaging method, it is not possible to perform a drug detection by measurement. That is, if the size of each package of the drug package A is constant as in the related art, the weight of the sheet 6 can be easily calculated by the number of packages, so that the drug package A prescribed for each patient can be obtained. If the weight of the sheet 6 is subtracted from the weighed value with the scale B, the prescription amount of the medicine is obtained, and if this value is compared with the prescription, the inspection of a plurality of medicine packages can be easily performed at once. In FIG. 8, such a method cannot be used because the size of each package of the drug package A is different.

Therefore, a third embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In this drug detection method, the weight of the sheet 6 used for the medicine package A is calculated from the amount of the sheet used for the medicine package A, and the calculated weight is printed on the medicine package A as prescription information. The printed weight is compared with a weighed value obtained when the package is weighed, and the medicine is detected based on the comparison result.

That is, in the first embodiment, for example, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, calculation is performed by a package size calculation process (210) based on volume data and a package size change process (260) by print data allocation. Since the calculated vertical seal position, that is, the sheet amount for each package of the medicine package A is calculated, the calculated sheet amount is added to calculate the total amount of the sheets 6 used for the medicine package. The calculated total amount of the sheet 6 can be calculated by the medicine master computer 14 if the unit weight of the sheet 6 is obtained in advance. Also, the total weight of the prescribed drug is
Since it can be calculated from the prescription information, the weight of the sheet 6 and the total weight of the prescription medicines, or the value obtained by adding the sheet weight and the total medicine amount is printed on the medicine package A as the prescription information. This printing is performed by the packaging and printing process (40) described in FIG.
0).

In this embodiment, the prescription content display section 2 is formed separately from the package portion in which the medicine is packaged.
As shown in FIG. 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, an empty packet 20 may be provided in front of the drug packet A containing the drug, and printing may be performed on the empty packet 20.

By doing so, at the time of drug detection, FIG.
By simply performing the drug detection according to the process (500) of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1, it is possible to easily and collectively perform the drug detection of a plurality of drug packages.

That is, in this process (500), first, the printed value is visually checked to see if there is any digit or unit error (510). If there is an error, it is checked whether the error is within the margin. (511), and if it is out of the margin, the erroneous medicine package A is excluded as NG processing (540). On the other hand, if there is no mistake,
Weighed (520), and the measured value is compared with the printed value (525). Then, at this time, if there is a difference between the weighed value and the printed value, it is compared whether the difference is within the allowable margin (530). Excluded as processing (540). On the other hand, if it is within the margin, the processing is terminated assuming that the medicine has been correctly packaged (550).

As described above, in this drug detection method, the weight of the used sheet 6 is printed on the medicine package A, and the printed weight can be compared with the measured value. In addition, the inspection of the drug package A can be performed efficiently and collectively.

Incidentally, the "cut" described in the prescription content display section of FIG. 10 indicates the weight of the medicine package for one day's prescription, and the total weight means the prescribed medicine package. It is a representation of the total weight of A.

In addition, this drug detection method can be used even for the same size of drug package, and in such a case, it is not necessary to look at the prescription at the time of drug detection, so that it There is also an effect that a detection error can be prevented and the efficiency of the detection can be improved.

Since the present invention is configured as described above and can control the size of the medicine package , the type of medicine and the medicine can be controlled without the operator having to look at the medicine list of the prescription and make adjustments based on experience or intuition. It is possible to produce a medicine package of an optimal size that is finely adapted to the amount and the encapsulation process, so that no waste of sheets occurs.

In addition, it is possible to clearly print out, for example, a precautionary note for taking the patient on the surface of the package without protruding. Therefore, sufficient information can be provided to the patient.

Further, it is possible to precisely cope with the kind, amount and enclosing process of the medicine, and to perform printing clearly, and
At that time, it is possible to prevent the sheet from being wasted.

[0081] For example, even if the size of the drug packaging is different, it is possible to carry out test drug of multiple drug packaging at a time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another aspect of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the medicine package according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a medicine package according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 13 is a front view of a conventional medicine packaging.

FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory view for explaining a conventional example.

FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory view for explaining a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 3 seal device 6 sheet 7 hopper 11 printer 18 memory device A medicine package B scale

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Claims (10)

(57) [Claims] (1) moving a packaging sheet in a length direction;
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
Flexible size packaging method to seal the medicine
Te, is printed when performing the printing, the packing size of the bag, the bag
Compare the print area with the print data that needs to be
If the package size is smaller than the printing area,
By changing the package size greatly,
In order to print without protruding the print data,
How to control the size of the package
Law . 2. The packaging sheet is moved lengthwise, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
Flexible size packaging method to seal the medicine
Te, is printed when performing the printing, the packing size of the bag, the bag
Compare the print area with the print data that needs to be
If the package size is smaller than the printing area,
Character size including margins output as print data
Change and print without protruding print data on medicine packaging bag
Drug flexible size packaging method . 3. The packaging sheet is moved in the length direction, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
In the packaging method for medicines, the weight of the sheet of the medicine packaging is determined by the amount of the sheet used for packaging.
Calculated and print the calculated weight value on the medicine package
Weighing the packaged medicine packaging bag, and
If the difference from the weight value is within the specified value,
A drug detection method for drugs that can be detected as having been packaged. 4. The packaging sheet is moved in the length direction, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
Flexible size packaging method to seal and seal
Te, sheet weight or using the weight of the sheet of drug packaging in the packing
Calculated and print the calculated weight value on the medicine package
Weighing the packaged medicine packaging bag, and
If the difference from the weight value is within the specified value,
A drug detection method for drugs that can be detected as having been packaged. 5. The packaging sheet is moved in the length direction, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and the seal is installed in the transfer path.
Storage means for pre-storing volume information for each type of drug in the flexible size packaging device
And the volume information for each type of drug stored in the storage means.
Information on the volume of the drug per package based on the information
Is calculated from the above prescription information, and the bag size for each one-minute package
Bag size setting means for setting
Change the clearance factor that gives room to the set bag size
A margin setting means for setting possible, and the set bag
Multiply the size by the above clearance coefficient to select the size of the drug package
Drug flexible characterized by comprising means for performing
Size packaging equipment. 6. The packaging sheet is moved in the length direction, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
Flexible size packaging device to seal
Te, a print area calculation unit of the bag, and packing size of the bag the bag
To the print area that requires print data to be printed on
Comparing means for comparing, and packaging based on a result of the comparing means.
If the size is smaller than the print area,
It is characterized by having control means to change the package size greatly.
Flexible size packaging device. 7. A printer provided in the transfer path, and a bag.
Requires the size of the package and the print data to be printed on the bag.
Comparing means for comparing the printing area with
Based on the result, the package size is smaller than the printing area
Control means for greatly changing the package size
6. The flexible package for medicine according to claim 5, comprising:
apparatus. 8. The packaging sheet is moved in the length direction, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
Flexible size packaging device to seal
The size of the bag and the print data to be printed on the bag.
Comparing means for comparing a print area to be printed, and print data and
And edit the text size including margins etc. output by
Changing means, and the changed print data to a printer device.
Flexible size packaging for medicine with output means
apparatus. 9. A wrapping sheet is moved in a length direction, and
Packs medicine on a moving sheet based on prescription information
Minutes are charged, and processed by the printer installed in the transfer path.
Data printing based on the sticky note information is performed, and the sticker
Inspection information printing system for medicine packaging
The size of the package and the print data to be printed on the bag
Comparing means for comparing the required printing area with
Means for calculating the unit weight of the sheet to be used;
To output the unit weight calculation result of the unit as print data
An inspection information printing system characterized by comprising means. 10. A sheet for packaging is moved in a length direction,
1 minute on the moving sheet based on prescription information
Inject by package and use the printer installed in the transfer path
Performs data printing based on prescription information, and
Printing of inspection information of flexible medicine package
In the system, the bag packaging size and the print data to be printed on the bag are
Comparing means for comparing the required printing area with
Output the calculation result of the unit weight of the sheet as print data
Inspection information printing system with output means.