KR20180123666A - Drug dispenser, drug dispensing program - Google Patents

Abstract

In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, a plurality of selection areas A2 for selecting each of the variable cassettes 22 are selected in the same arrangement as the arrangement of each of the variable cassettes 22 in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 The screen P1 is displayed and the selection operation of the selection area A2 on the selection screen P1 is received and the drug information of dispensing subject is displayed on the variable cassette 22 corresponding to the selection area A2 And the variable cassette 22 is driven in accordance with the drive condition set in advance in accordance with the drug information so that the medicine corresponding to the drug information by the variable cassette 22 can be dispensed.

Description

Drug dispenser, drug dispensing program

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing apparatus for automatically dispensing medicines from a plurality of medicine cassettes.

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a medicine dispensing apparatus is known which has a plurality of medicine cassettes in which predetermined types of medicines are contained, and automatically dispenses medicines contained in each of the medicament cassettes. There is also known a drug dispensing apparatus having a variable cassette capable of dispensing a drug of any kind by changing driving conditions in accordance with the shape of the medicine (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 5812228

Incidentally, in a medicine dispensing apparatus having a variable cassette capable of dispensing medicine of any kind, an operation for selecting a variable cassette to be dispensed from a plurality of variable cassettes may be performed by a user. Then, the user charges medicine to be dispensed to the variable cassette after the allocation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine dispensing apparatus and a medicine dispensing program capable of supporting use of a variable cassette.

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is a medicine dispensing apparatus having a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of dispensing any kind of medicines, and a plurality of selection areas for selecting each of the medicine cassettes are provided in the medicine dispensing apparatus A display processing unit for displaying a selection screen displayed in the same arrangement as the arrangement of each of the medicine cassettes; a reception processing unit for accepting the selection operation of the selection area on the selection screen; An allocation processing unit for allocating medicine information to be dispensed to the medicine cassette that is dispensed to the medicine cassette, and a controller for driving the medicine cassette according to a driving condition set in advance corresponding to the medicine information allocated by the allocation processing unit, And a drive processing unit for putting the medicine corresponding to the information into the dispensable state The.

A drug dispensing program according to the present invention is a program for causing a processor for controlling a medicine dispensing apparatus having a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of dispensing a medicine of any kind to be provided in a plurality of selection regions for selecting each of the medicine cassettes, A display step of displaying a selection screen displayed in the same arrangement as the arrangement of each of the medicine cassettes in the selection screen; a reception step of accepting the selection operation of the selection area in the selection screen; An allocating step of allocating medicine information to be dispensed to the medicine cassette corresponding to the selection area; and a control step of driving the medicine cassette according to a driving condition set in advance in accordance with the medicine information allocated by the allocating step, The cassette is moved to a state in which the medicine corresponding to the drug information can be dispensed. It is a medicine dispensing program for executing the tab.

According to the present invention, since each of the selection regions is displayed on the selection screen in the same arrangement as that of each of the medicine cassettes in the medicine dispensing apparatus, the user intuitively selects the desired variable from the plurality of variable cassettes You can select a cassette. Further, even after the drug information is allocated to the variable cassette, the variable cassette disposed at the position selected on the selection screen can be intuitively specified to charge the medicine corresponding to the drug information. Therefore, according to the medicine dispensing apparatus and the medicine dispensing program, it is possible to support the use of the variable cassette, for example, an effect such as improvement in working efficiency or suppression of an artificial mist can be obtained.

According to the present invention, a medicine dispensing device and a medicine dispensing program capable of supporting use of a variable cassette are provided.

1 is an external view of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view for explaining a configuration of a fixed cassette of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view for explaining the configuration of the variable cassette of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view for explaining the configuration of the variable cassette of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view for explaining a configuration of the variable cassette of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a perspective view for explaining a configuration of a mounting portion of the variable cassette of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram showing an example of distribution results of tablets in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram showing an example of allocation information used in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram showing an example of drive corresponding information used in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the procedure of the medicine dispensing process and the distribution control process executed in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
12 is an external view showing another example of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen displayed in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
14 is an external view showing another example of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the variable cassette of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a schematic view of the recovery unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
17 is a schematic view of the recovery unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a flowchart for explaining another example of the procedure of the medicine dispensing process and the distribution control process executed in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a schematic view of a recovery unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
20 is a schematic view of a recovery unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the present invention is provided for an understanding of the present invention. The following embodiments are illustrative of the present invention and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[First Embodiment]

First, a schematic configuration of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.

1 and 2, the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 includes a prescription control unit 1, a tablet supply unit 2, a medicine supply unit 3, a scattering unit 4, a distribution unit 5, a distribution control unit 6, a bar code reader 7, and the like.

The prescription control unit 1, the tablet supply unit 2, the liquid medicine supply unit 3, the spreading unit 4, the distribution unit 5 and the distribution control unit 6 are connected to the internal bus N1 Respectively. The prescription control unit 1 and the barcode reader 7 can communicate wirelessly according to a communication standard such as a wireless LAN or Bluetooth (registered trademark). The medicine dispensing apparatus 100 is controlled by the prescription control unit 1 and the distribution control unit 6 so that the tablet supply unit 2, the medicine supply unit 3, The medicine such as tablets and liquor supplied from the distribution unit 4 is distributed and distributed by the distribution unit 5 in the distribution unit such as the time of taking.

[Tablet Feeding Unit (2)]

The tablet supply unit (2)

A plurality of fixed cassettes 21 capable of dispensing predetermined types of tablets per unit (unit amount), and a plurality of fixed cassettes 21 capable of dispensing arbitrary kinds of tablets per unit (unit amount) (An example of a medicine cassette).

More specifically, in the example shown in Fig. 1, the fixed cassette 21 is provided with a total of 54 units of 6 vertical units and 9 horizontal units, and the variable cassettes 22 are installed in a total of 4 units of 1 vertical unit and 4 horizontal units . The tablet dispensable by the fixed cassette 21 and the variable cassette 22 includes various types of solid medicines such as a disk, a sphere, or a capsule.

It is also conceivable that the tablet supply unit 2 does not have the fixed cassette 21 and only a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 is another embodiment. Specifically, it is conceivable that the variable cassette 22 is installed instead of the fixed cassette 21. It is also conceivable that a plurality of stages of stacking shelves 20 are formed above the variable cassettes 22, in which the medicine for filling the variable cassettes 22 is stacked, as shown in Fig. In this case, the control unit 11 of the prescription control unit 1, which will be described later, can register the type of medicines to be loaded on the loading shelf 20, and in the monitor 13, 20 can be displayed in the same area as the loading place.

Each of the fixed cassettes 21 is detachably attached to each of the mounting portions 211 provided in the tablet supply unit 2. Each of the mounting portions 211 has a first driving portion 23 for driving the fixed cassette 21 individually. Each of the first driving units 23 includes a driving motor 231 and an RFID reader / writer 232. The driving motor 231 supplies a driving force to the driving mechanism of the fixed cassette 21. The RFID reader / writer 232 is information reading means for reading / writing information from / to an RFID tag (not shown) provided in the fixed cassette 21 by using a radio communication technology of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

The mounting position of the RFID tag (not shown) and the RFID reader / writer 232 is determined by the RFID reader / writer 232 in the state where the fixed cassette 21 is mounted on the mounting portion 211 It may be determined relatively within a range in which information can be read and written from an RFID tag (not shown).

The RFID tag (not shown) is a nonvolatile recording medium in which cassette identification information for identifying each of the fixed cassettes 21 is stored, and the cassette identification information is an initial setting of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 And is written by the above-described prescription control unit 1.

Each of the variable cassettes 22 is detachably attached to each of the mounting portions 221 provided in the tablet supply unit 2. The configuration in which each of the variable cassettes 22 can be pulled out to the mounting portion 221 can also be considered as another embodiment. Each of the mounting portions 221 includes a second driving portion 24 for driving the variable cassette 22 individually.

Each of the second driving units 24 includes driving motors 241 to 244 and an RFID reader / writer 245. The drive motors (241 to 244) supply driving force to the drive mechanism of the variable cassette (22). The RFID reader / writer 245 is an information reading means for reading / writing information from / to the RFID tag 26 (see FIG. 6) provided in the variable cassette 22 by using the wireless communication technology of RFID.

The mounting position of the RFID tag 26 and the RFID reader / writer 245 may be the same as that of the RFID tag writer 245 by the RFID reader / writer 245 in a state in which the variable cassette 22 is mounted on the mounting portion 221. [ It may be determined relatively within a range in which information can be read and written in the memory 26. More specifically, the RFID reader / writer 245 of each of the mounting portions 221 is placed in a positional relationship in which it can communicate only with the RFID tag 26 of the variable cassette 22 mounted on each of the mounting portions 221, It is conceivable that the RFID reader / writer 245 and the RFID tag 26 are disposed. That is, the RFID reader / writer 245 of the mounting portion 221 can not communicate with the RFID 26 of the variable cassette 22 mounted on the mounting portion 221 adjacent to the mounting portion 221 The RFID reader / writer 245 and the RFID tag 26 are disposed in a positional relationship. Further, an electromagnetic wave shielding member for shielding electromagnetic waves may be provided between each of the mounting portions 221.

The RFID tag 26 records cassette identification information for identifying each of the variable cassettes 22 and drug information allocated to the variable cassette 22 in a drug dispensing process (to be described later) And is a nonvolatile recording medium.

The drug information is information capable of identifying the type of tablets (medicine), for example, a drug name, a drug ID, a drug code, a JAN code, an RSS code, a QR code (registered trademark) and the like. Further, the JAN code and the RSS code are information of a numerical value or a character represented by a one-dimensional code (bar code, GS1 code), and the QR code (registered trademark) is numerical value or character information represented by a two-dimensional code.

Incidentally, the number of the variable cassettes 22 and the number of the mounting portions 221 need not coincide with each other. For example, the user can select any one of the variable cassettes 22 from the variable cassettes 22 that is larger than the number of the mounting portions 221 and mount the selected variable cassettes 22 on the mounting portion 221. In particular, it is conceivable to include a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 which can be mounted correspondingly to one mounting portion 221. This also applies to the fixed cassette 21 and the mounting portion 211.

[Fixed cassette (21)]

Here, an example of the fixed cassette 21 will be described with reference to FIG. The structure of the fixed cassette 21 described here is merely an example, and other structures may be used as long as they have similar functions. 3 is a view showing the cover member which covers the upper portion of the fixed cassette 21 is omitted.

For example, on the front surface of each of the fixed cassettes 21, drug information of the tablets contained in the fixed cassette 21 is stored in advance in advance in each of the fixed cassettes 21, .

3, the fixed cassette 21 includes a tablet accommodating portion 212 in which a plurality of tablets are accommodated and a tablet discharging portion 213 for individually discharging the tablets contained in the tablet accommodating portion 212, . The tablet discharging portion 213 is provided in a recess formed in a substantially central portion of the tablet accommodating portion 212 and tablets in the tablet accommodating portion 212 are sequentially lowered toward the tablet discharging portion 213 .

The tablet discharge unit 213 includes a rotor 214 rotatably supported by the housing of the fixed cassette 21 and an inner wall 214A covering the outer periphery of the rotor 214. [ The rotor 214 is connected to the drive motor 231 of the first drive unit 23 via a drive transmission system (not shown) such as various gears when the fixed cassette 21 is mounted on the mount 211 . A rib 215 and a rib 216 are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor 214 at predetermined intervals. Thereby, a gap 217 surrounded by the rib 215, the rib 216 and the inner wall 214A is intermittently formed on the outer periphery of the rotor 214. The width of the gap 217 is determined according to the kind of tablets predetermined as the tablets accommodated in the fixed cassette 21, and corresponds to the width of one period of the tablets.

A gap 218 is formed between the rib 215 and the rib 216 to extend over the entire outer circumferential surface of the rotor 214. The height of the upper end of each of the ribs 215 and the ribs 216 is determined according to the kind of tablets predetermined as the tablets to be accommodated in the fixed cassette 21. Specifically, the height of the upper end of the rib 215 shown in FIG. 3 corresponds to the height of three segments of the tablet, and three tablets are inserted into each of the gaps 217 of the rotor 213. The height of the upper end of the rib 216 corresponds to the height of one period of the tablet.

A discharge port 219 for discharging the tablet from the rotor 214 is formed in the inner wall 214A and a partition plate 220 inserted into the gap 218 is installed in the discharge port 219 . By this, in the outlet 219, the upper two tablets of the three-definition tablets inserted in the gap 217 are restricted by the partition plate 220 to fall, and only one of the following tablets is discharged. Therefore, in the fixed cassette 21, the rotor 214 is driven by the drive motor 231, whereby tablets contained in the tablet accommodating portion 212 are dispensed in units of one tablet.

[Variable cassette (22)]

Next, an example of the variable cassette 22 will be described with reference to Figs. 4 to 7. Fig. Further, the structure of the variable cassette 22 described here is merely an example, and other structures may be employed as long as it is possible to dispense the optional tablets one tablet at a time. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-535683 or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-115493 disclose another example of the variable cassette 22 described above.

4 to 6, the variable cassette 22 includes a tablet accommodating portion 222 in which a plurality of tablets are accommodated, a first rotator (not shown) that discharges tablets from the tablet accommodating portion 222 223, and a second rotating body 224. 4 to 6, the cover member covering the upper portion of the variable cassette 22 is omitted. Further, the variable cassette 22 may be capable of dispensing tablets for each predetermined unit amount. For example, the variable cassette 22 may be dispensed per dish instead of one unit.

The first rotating body 223 is a disk-like member constituting the bottom surface of the tablet accommodating portion 222. The rotating shaft of the first rotating body 223 is inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction, and the upper surface of the first rotating body 223 is inclined by the predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane. On the upper surface of the first rotating body 223, radial ribs 223A are formed at predetermined intervals. The first rotating body 223 is rotatably supported by the housing of the variable cassette 22 and is connected to the driving gear 223B shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The second rotating body 224 is a hollow annular member disposed in the periphery of the first rotating body 223 in a plan view and conveys the tablets of the tablet accommodating portion 222 to the discharge port 225 And is an example of a conveying member that is dispensed from the non-discharge port 225. The upper end of the first rotating body 223 is located on the same horizontal plane as the second rotating body 224. The second rotating body 224 is rotatably supported by the housing of the variable cassette 22, and the driving gear 224A shown in Fig. 6 is formed on the outer peripheral surface.

7, the mounting portion 221 includes a driving gear 221A connected to the driving gear 223B of the first rotating body 223 when the variable cassette 22 is mounted, And a driving gear 221B connected to the driving gear 224A of the second rotating body 224. The driving gear 221A is connected to the driving motor 241 of the second driving part 24 and the driving gear 221B is connected to the driving motor 242 of the second driving part 24 It is connected.

4 and 5, the variable cassette 22 has a height (height) disposed on the dispensing path of the tablet conveyed to the dispenser 225 by the second rotating body 224, A regulating member 226 and a width regulating member 227 are provided.

The height regulating member 226 regulates the size in the height direction of the tablet which can be conveyed to the discharge port 225 by the second rotating body 224 and the width regulating member 227 regulates, The size of the tablet in the width direction which can be conveyed to the discharge port 225 is regulated by the rotating body 224. Thus, in the variable cassette 22, the height h1 regulated by the height regulating member 226 and the width regulated by the width regulating member 227 among the tablets stacked on the second rotating body 224 only the tablets accommodated in w1 are discharged from the non-discharge port 225. Therefore, in the variable cassette 22, when the height h1 and the width w1 are equal to or larger than the height and width of one regiment of the tablets received in the tablet accommodating portion 222 and smaller than the height and width of at least two regulars, It is possible to dispense the tablets in units of one tablet. More specifically, in the variable cassette 22, when the center of gravity of the tablet exists on the second rotating body 224, the tablet may remain on the second rotating body 224, It is conceivable that the width w1 regulated by the width regulating member 227 is set to be larger than the width of one regiment of the tablets and smaller than the width of 1.5 regimens of the tablets.

The variable cassette 22 includes a height adjusting portion 226A for changing the height h1 regulated by the height regulating member 226 and a width regulating portion 226B regulating the width w1 regulated by the width regulating member 227 And a width adjusting unit 227A for changing the width. A pinion gear meshing with a rack (gear) formed on the inner peripheral surface of the long hole 227B formed in the width regulating member 227 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the width adjusting portion 227A.

The height adjusting portion 226A is rotatably supported by the housing of the variable cassette 22 and is connected to the driving gear 226B shown in Fig. The height adjusting portion 226A is rotationally driven to move the position of the lower end portion of the height regulating member 226 up and down to change the height h1 regulated by the height regulating member 226. [

The width adjuster 227A is rotatably supported by the housing of the variable cassette 22 and is connected to the drive gear 227C shown in Fig. The width adjusting section 227A changes the amount of projection of the width regulating member 227 toward the tablet accommodating section 222 side by the rotational driving of the driving gear 227C and the width regulating member 227A The width w1 to be regulated is changed. More specifically, the amount of projection of the width regulating member 227 toward the tablet accommodating portion 222 is adjusted by the rotation of the driving gear 227C so that the width adjusting portion 227A and the elongated hole 227B, respectively, R3 direction (see Fig. 4).

7, the mounting portion 221 includes a driving gear 221C connected to the driving gear 226B when the variable cassette 22 is mounted, and a driving gear 223C connected to the driving gear 227C (Not shown). The driving gear 221C is connected to the driving motor 243 of the second driving part 24 and the driving gear 221D is connected to the driving motor 244 of the second driving part 24 It is connected.

6 and 7, the variable cassette 22 and the mounting portion 221 include a driving gear 228A connected when the variable cassette 22 is mounted on the mounting portion 221, And a driving gear 228B. The driving gear 228A is connected to a not-shown elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering the first rotating body 223 in the vertical direction. The driving gear 228B is connected to a driving motor (not shown). Thus, when the driving motor is driven, a driving force is transmitted from the driving gear 228B to the driving gear 228A, so that the first rotating body 223 can be lifted and lowered by the lifting mechanism. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, it is possible to change the volume in the tablet accommodating portion 222 by moving the first rotating body 223 up and down, Can be arbitrarily adjusted. Therefore, the variable cassette 22 can be used in both applications where the amount of purified water to be accommodated is small and in which many purified water is accommodated.

In the variable cassette 22, when the first rotating body 223 is rotated in the rotating direction R1 (see FIGS. 4 and 5), the tablets of the tablet accommodating portion 222 are rotated in the first rotating body 223 to the second rotating body 224. 4 and 5), the tablets on the second rotating body 224 are separated from the discharge port 225 (see FIG. 4) by the variable cassette 22, .

However, tablets superimposed in the height direction among the tablets conveyed by the second rotator 224 are brought into contact with the height regulating member 226 and returned to the tablet accommodating unit 222. [ The tablets conveyed side by side in the width direction among the tablets conveyed by the second rotator 224 are brought into contact with the width regulating member 227 and returned to the tablet accommodating portion 222.

Thereby, in the variable cassette 22, the tablets of the size corresponding to the width h1 regulated by the height regulating portion 226 and the width w1 regulated by the width regulating member 227, And is conveyed to the discharge port 225 in a state in which one tablet is arranged in the circumferential direction on the two rotors 224. Therefore, in the variable cassette 22, the tablets contained in the tablet accommodating portion 222 can be dispensed in units of one tablet, so that the dispensed amount of the tablet can be controlled.

As described above, when the variable cassette 22 is used, since the height h1 regulated by the height regulating member 226 and the width w1 regulated by the width regulating member 227 can be changed, It is possible to dispense tablets of one kind in one unit.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, each of the variable cassettes 22 is provided with a display section 25 capable of changing display contents. Here, the display unit 25 is an electronic paper in which, when the display contents are written by energization, the display contents are maintained in the non-conductive state thereafter.

Concretely, each of the variable cassette 22 and the mounting portion 221 is provided with a contact type connector (not shown) to be connected when the variable cassette 22 is mounted on the mounting portion 221. The display portion 25 is connected to the connector on the side of the variable cassette 22 and the prescription control unit 1 is connected to the connector on the side of the mounting portion 221. [ When the variable cassette 22 is mounted on the mounting portion 221, the display portion 25 and the prescription control unit 1 are electrically connected by the connector. As a result, the prescription control unit 1 can change the display of each of the display portions 25. The display unit 25 is not limited to an electronic paper, but may be another display means such as a liquid crystal display. It is also conceivable that the display unit 25 is installed in the mounting portion 221 in which the variable cassette 22 is mounted corresponding to each of the variable cassettes 22. [

Each of the variable cassettes 22 is provided with an RFID tag 26 for storing various information as shown in Fig. The RFID tag 26 is a nonvolatile recording medium on which the storage information can be rewritten by the RFID reader writer 245. As described above, the cassette identification information of each of the variable cassettes 22 and the variable cassette And the drug information and the like allocated to each of the drugs 22. The RFID tag (26) is mounted on a control board provided on each of the variable cassettes (22), and the control board controls the operation of the variable cassette (22) in accordance with a control signal from the prescription control unit And has a function of changing the display of the display unit 25. [ In addition, the control board is provided with a power supply unit that supplies power to the control board through electric power supplied from the power storage unit such as a battery mounted on the control board, or power supplied when writing information on the RFID tag 26 An electric circuit for driving is mounted. It is also possible that each of the variable cassettes 22 has another recording medium such as an EEPROM in which the prescription control unit 1 can read and write information through the connector instead of the RFID tag 26 .

[Acid supply unit (3)]

1, the lyophilization supply unit 3 is provided with two charging units 31 and 32. The lyophilized charging reagent is supplied to each of the charging units 31 and 32 through the prescription control unit 1 to the distribution unit 5 in a distribution unit such as a dosing time set in advance.

Specifically, the liquid medicine supply unit 3 includes a dispenser for evenly spreading the liquid medicine put in the dispensing unit 31 on a master and scraping the liquid medicine at predetermined angles corresponding to the distribution unit, And a pair of dispensers for uniformly spreading the input acid on the master and scraping the same at a predetermined angle corresponding to the distribution unit. In addition, the lancet applied to the lancet supply unit 3 is measured by using a weighing apparatus in advance as the total amount of prescription drugs prescribed to the patient.

[Scattering unit (4)]

The spreading unit (4) includes: a spreading receptacle provided with a plurality of cells into which tablets are fed in a distribution unit such as a predetermined dosing time; and a plurality of tablets each of which dispenses the tablets contained in each of the cells to the distribution unit And has a scattering portion. In the scattering accommodation portion, a plurality of the cells are arranged in a matrix. It is conceivable that the dispensation portion can dispense the tablets accommodated in the compartment by separately opening and closing the bottom surface of the compartment of the dispensing container, for example. In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, the spreading unit 4 is used to dispense tablets, such as half-tablets, which are smaller than one piece of information, for example, and the description thereof is omitted here because it is well known in the art. Further, in the conventional drug dispensing apparatus 100, the spraying unit 4 is also used when dispensing any tablet not previously received in the fixed cassette 21, but in the drug dispensing apparatus 100, (22). Of course, it is also possible to use the scattering unit 4 to dispense any tablets that are not contained in the fixed cassette 21.

[Distribution Unit (5)]

The distribution unit 5 accommodates the medicines supplied from the tablet supply unit 2, the medicine supply unit 3 and the spreading unit 4 in a distribution area in a distribution unit such as a time of taking. For example, the distribution unit 5 is formed by packaging the medicine in the distribution unit by a transparent or semi-transparent rolled film sheet and sealing it by welding or the like. Thereby, the pharmacy sheet containing the medicine in the distribution unit is discharged from the distribution unit 5.

8 is a view showing an example of the fecal foam sheet 51 discharged from the distribution unit 5. As shown in Fig. 8, a plurality of distribution sheets 52 packed with a plurality of tablets are continuously formed in the above-mentioned distribution sheet 52, and between these distribution sheets 52, (Dashed lines) for easily separating each of the first and second openings 52 are formed. In the case where the prescription data includes a scab, the scabs supplied from the scab medicine supply unit 3 in the distribution unit 5 can also be distributed to the distribution paper 52. [ The distribution unit 5 is provided with a printing unit (not shown) for printing information on each of the distribution sheets 52. On the surface of each of the distribution sheets 52, , The prescription information such as the name of the patient, the taking time, the prescription drug, or the prescription amount can be printed.

[Distribution control unit (6)]

2, the distribution control unit 6 includes a control unit 61 and a storage unit 62. The distribution control unit 6 includes a tablet supply unit 2, a liquid medicine supply unit 3, (4), the distribution unit (5), and the like to execute the distribution operation in the medicine dispensing apparatus (100). Further, the distribution control unit 6 is built in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100.

The control unit 61 is a control unit having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and an EEPROM. The control unit 61 executes various processes in accordance with various programs pre-stored in the ROM, the EEPROM, or the storage unit such as the storage unit 62 by the CPU. Further, the RAM and the EEPROM are used as temporary storage memories (work areas) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 61 may be an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or a DSP.

The storage unit 62 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or SSD (solid state drive) for storing various data. Specifically, the storage section 62 stores in advance a first medicine dispensing program for causing a computer such as the control section 61 to execute distribution control processing (to the right of FIG. 11) described later. The first drug dispensing program is recorded on a computer readable recording medium such as a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory. The first drug dispensing program is read from the recording medium by a reading device such as a disk drive And is installed in the storage unit 12. The present invention can be grasped as an invention of the computer-readable recording medium recording the first drug dispensing program.

[Barcode reader (7)]

The bar code reader 7 is for reading a code for identifying a medicine and is provided with a JAN code, an RSS code, or a QR code (registration) registered in a tablet accommodating container (box, bottle, Trademark), for example, a portable terminal such as a PDA. Further, the bar code reader 7 may be a conventional well-known picking assisting device used for picking medicine by a pharmacist or the like. The picking assist device is used when a pharmacist or the like takes out the medicine from the medicine shelf according to the prescription and manually prepares it. For example, the picking auxiliary device reads out the medicine from the JAN code written in the accommodation container, .

Then, the information read by the bar code reader 7 is input from the bar code reader 7 to the prescription control unit 1 by wireless communication. By using the wireless communication in this way, it is possible to freely carry the bar code reader 7 to the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 or the medicine shelf, and to perform the filling operation for the variable cassette 22 at an arbitrary place It becomes possible. Of course, it is also conceivable that the bar code reader 7 is connected to the prescription control unit 1 by wire. In the case where a plurality of the medicine dispensing apparatuses 100 are installed in the pharmacy, the bar code readers 7 previously provided in each of the medicine dispensing apparatuses 100 are individually provided.

[Prescription control unit (1)]

The prescription control unit 1 is a computer that controls the drug dispensing apparatus 100 in a general manner. 1 and 2, the prescription control unit 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a monitor 13, an operation unit 14, a communication IF 15, and the like .

The control unit 11 is a control unit having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and an EEPROM. The control unit 11 executes various processes according to various programs stored in advance in the ROM, the EEPROM, or the storage unit such as the storage unit 12 by the CPU. The CPU is a processor that executes various processes, and the RAM and the EEPROM are used as temporary storage memories (work areas) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 11 may be an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or a DSP.

The storage unit 12 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or SSD (Solid State Drive) for storing various data. Specifically, the storage unit 12 stores in advance a second medicine dispensing program for causing the computer such as the control unit 11 or the like to execute a medicine dispensing process (to the left of FIG. 11) described later.

Specifically, the control unit 11 includes a display processing unit 111, a reception processing unit 112, and an allocation processing unit 113. [ The control unit 11 functions as the display processing unit 111, the reception processing unit 112 and the allocation processing unit 113 by executing various processes in accordance with the second medicine dispensing program.

11), the display processing unit 111 displays a plurality of selection regions for selecting each of the variable cassettes 22 in the drug dispensing apparatus 100 (see FIG. 11) It is possible to display a selection screen displayed in the same arrangement as that of each of the variable cassettes 22. The reception processing unit 112 can accept the selection operation of the selection area on the selection screen. Also, the reception processing unit 112 can accept an input operation of drug information to be dispensed. The allocation processing unit 113 can allocate drug information to be dispensed to the variable cassette 22 corresponding to the selection area received by the reception processing unit 112. [

The second drug dispensing program is recorded on a computer readable recording medium such as a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory, and is read from the recording medium by a reading device such as a disk drive And is installed in the storage unit 12. The present invention can be grasped as an invention of the computer-readable recording medium on which the second drug dispensing program is recorded. In the present embodiment, the first medicine dispensing program and the second medicine dispensing program are examples of a medicine dispensing program for causing the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 to execute various processes.

It is also conceivable that the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 does not have the distribution control unit 6 and the prescription control unit 1 also functions as the distribution control unit 6. [ Specifically, the storage unit 12 stores a drug dispensing program in which the first medicine dispensing program and the second medicine dispensing program are integrated, and the control unit 11 reads out, in accordance with the medicine dispensing program, It is conceivable to execute the chemical dispensing process and the distribution control process. The present invention can be grasped as an invention of the computer-readable recording medium recording the drug dispensing program.

The storage unit 12 also stores various databases such as, for example, a drug master, a patient master, a cassette master, and a pharmacy master. The control unit 11 is also capable of storing in the storage unit 12 the data stored in the storage unit 12 based on data read from a recording medium such as a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory by a reading device such as a disk drive It is possible to update the above-described various databases. Also, the control unit 11 can change the contents of the various databases in accordance with a user operation with respect to the operation unit 14.

The medicament master includes a drug ID, a drug code, a drug name, a JAN code (or an RSS code), a vial code, a classification (formulation: liquor, tablets, handmade, This includes information on each of the medicines, such as species (usually drugs, poisons, drugs, drugs, antipsychotics, remedies, etc.), formulation changes, The patient master includes information about the patient such as patient ID, name, sex, age, history, prescription drug history, family information, medical department, ward, and ward. The pharmacy master includes information about a pharmacy such as the name of the pharmacy, the name of the pharmacist, and the ID of the pharmacist. The cassette master is information indicating a correspondence relationship between the cassette identification information of each of the fixed cassettes 21 and the drug information assigned to each of the fixed cassettes 21. [ The cassette master is registered by the control section 11 in accordance with a user operation of the operation section 14 in the initial setting of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, for example.

The storing unit 12 stores driving information indicating the correspondence between the variable cassette 22 and the allocation information 121 indicating the allocation state of the drug information and the driving conditions of the drug information and the variable cassette 22 Corresponding information 122 is stored. The assignment information 121 and the drive correspondence information 122 are used in a medicine dispensing process to be described later executed by the control section 11. [

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the assignment information 121, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the drive correspondence information 122. In FIG.

As shown in Fig. 9, in the assignment information 121, drug IDs indicating the types of tablets currently assigned to the variable cassettes 22 are stored as drug information. Of course, drug information such as tablet name, drug code, JAN code (or RSS code) may be stored instead of the drug ID. Here, the cassette numbers " C1 " to " C4 " are previously set as the cassette identification information in the four variable cassettes 22 arranged in order from the left to the right in the tablet supply unit 2 . The cassette identification information is also stored in the RFID tag 26 of each of the variable cassettes 22. In the allocation information 121, the variable cassette 22 to which the current drug information is not allocated stores the fact that it is unallocated. More specifically, in the allocation information 121 shown in Fig. 9, drug information of drug ID "M1" is stored in cassette number "C1" of the variable cassette 22, drug information of drug ID " Drug information is assigned, and cassette numbers " C2 " and " C4 " indicate that drug information is not yet assigned. The data structure of the allocation information 121 shown in Fig. 9 is merely an example. The allocation information 121 is stored in the storage unit 12 as one item of the drug master, for example, . In this case, the cassette identification information of the variable cassette 22 assigned to the medicines corresponding to the medicines contained in the medicament master is stored.

Further, as shown in Fig. 10, the drive correspondence information 122 stores drive conditions previously set corresponding to each drug information. The drive conditions include a drive condition for preliminary driving conditions relating to the adjustment of the variable cassette 22 before the dispensation of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is started and a drive control for dispensing the tablet from the variable cassette 22 The condition during operation and the condition for stopping the operation relating to the drive control when stopping dispensation of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is included.

Specifically, in the example of the drive correspondence information 122 shown in Fig. 10, as the drive condition corresponding to each tablet whose weak ID is "M1", "M2", "M3", "M4" The height, the width of the dispensing path, the dispensing speed, the first slow down, the second slow down, and the reverse rotation operation. The driving condition is only one example. For example, when the variable cassette 22 dispenses tablets one by one by vibration, the vibration frequency or amplitude of the vibration is determined as the driving condition You can think of that.

The height of the dispensing path and the width of the dispensing path are examples of the pre-driving condition, and the tablets are dispensed from the dispenser 225 one by one by the second rotator 224 of the variable cassette 22 Is a value of the height h1 and the width w1 (see Fig. 5) set in advance as a possible value.

The dispensing speed is an example of the driving condition and is a rotational speed suitable for each drug information as the rotational speed of the second rotating body 224 when dispensing tablet from the variable cassette 22. [ For example, when the size of the tablet is small, when the rotational speed of the driving motor 242 is high, the tablet is liable to be excessively discharged during the period until the driving motor 242 stops. On the other hand, if the size of the tablet is large, the tablet is not discharged excessively until the driving motor 242 stops even if the rotation speed of the driving motor 242 is fast. Therefore, for example, it is conceivable that the dispensing speed of the tablet set as the driving condition, that is, the conveying speed of the tablet by the second rotating body 224 varies depending on the size of the tablet. Specifically, it is conceivable that the dispensing speed when the size of the tablet is large is set to a value which is faster than the dispensing speed when the size of the tablet is small. The dispensing speed is not limited to the form of [min / min] shown in FIG. 10, and may be set in the form of a rotational speed of the second rotating body 224 or a rotational speed of the driving motor 242 Or may be stored. It is also conceivable that not only the rotational speed of the second rotating body 224 but also the rotational speed of the first rotating body 223 is set as the driving condition.

The first slow down and the second slow down are examples of the condition at the time of stopping the operation and when the dispensation of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is stopped, the rotational speed of the second rotator 224 is gradually decreased And the execution timing of deceleration slowdown. The first slow down defines a timing for decelerating the rotational speed of the second rotator 224 to a first predetermined rotational speed. The second slow down defines a timing for decelerating the rotational speed of the second rotator 224 from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed that is slower. For example, when the tablet accommodated in the variable cassette 22 has a rounded shape and is easily rolled, the tablets may be rolled out after stopping the driving of the second rotating body 224. For this reason, for example, in the case of tablets of a shape that can be easily rolled such as a sphere, the start timing of each of the first slowdown and the second slowdown is set quickly. In this embodiment, the start timing of the first slow-down and the second slow-down is set by the remaining constants of the purified water dispensed from the variable cassette 22. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the tablet from being excessively dispensed when dispensing of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is stopped. On the other hand, since the start timing of the first slowdown and the timing of the second slowdown are set to be slow for a tablet having a shape difficult to roll when the driving of the second rotator 224 is stopped, The delay of the dispensing time is suppressed.

In the present embodiment, a case where the start timing of the first slow down and the second slow down is set as the drive stop condition is described. However, the deceleration of the rotational speed of the second rotating body 224 It is also conceivable that the degree is set as the condition for the above driving stop. For example, when the second rotating body 224 is suddenly stopped for a tablet having an easy-to-roll shape such as a spherical shape, there is a risk that the second rotating body 224 is rolled thereafter to be excessively discharged. For this reason, it is conceivable to set the deceleration to a small value, for example, for a tablet having a shape that can be easily rolled.

When the dispensation of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is stopped, the direction of conveying the tablet by the second rotating body 224 is reversed And the execution of the reverse rotation operation to switch to the reverse rotation operation. For example, only by stopping the driving of the second rotating body 224, the tablets remaining on the second rotating body 224 may be rolled up in a shape of a rollable shape, such as a spherical shape, For the tablet, the reverse rotation operation is set to " YES ". Thereby, it is possible to prevent the tablet from being excessively dispensed when dispensing of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is stopped. Further, for the tablets having a shape difficult to roll when the driving of the second rotating body 224 is stopped, the reverse rotation operation is set to " none ", and unnecessary reverse rotation operation is not performed.

The data structure of the drive correspondence information 122 shown in Fig. 10 is merely an example, and the drive condition determined in the drive correspondence information 122 may be, for example, one item of the drug master Or may be stored in the storage unit 12. [

10), the height of the dispensing route, the width of the dispensing route, the dispensing rate, the first slowdown, the first dispensing rate, and the second dispensing rate are set as the driving conditions corresponding to the drug information The second slow down and the reverse rotation operation are included in the first embodiment. On the other hand, the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 may use any one or a plurality of items of the height of the dispensing path, the width of the dispensing path, the dispensing speed, the first slow down, the second slow down, May be considered as another embodiment. That is, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, one or more of the pre-driving condition, the driving condition and the driving-stop condition may be set in advance as the driving condition corresponding to each drug information . Further, a plurality of conditions such as the pre-driving condition, the driving condition, and the driving stop condition are set in advance as the driving condition corresponding to each drug information, and in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, As the driving condition, it is also conceivable to select any one or a plurality of conditions such as the pre-driving condition, the driving condition, and the driving-stop condition.

The monitor 13 is a display means such as a liquid crystal monitor for displaying various information and an operation screen in accordance with a control instruction from the control unit 11. [ For example, the monitor 13 displays various information such as an input screen for prescription data, a selection screen for prescription data, and a selection screen for the variable cassette 22.

The operation unit 14 is an operation unit such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel for accepting a user operation, and inputs an operation signal corresponding to the user operation to the control unit 11. [ For example, the operation unit 14 may be configured to perform an operation of inputting prescription data on the input screen displayed on the monitor 13, a selection operation of prescription data on the selection screen, a manipulation of the variable cassette 22), and an operation of issuing prescribed data for requesting the start of distribution of the prescribed data.

The communication IF 15 is a communication interface for connecting the drug dispensing apparatus 100 to a communication network N3 such as a LAN and communicates with an upper level system such as the prescription input terminal 200 connected via the communication network N3 And executes data communication. The prescription input terminal 200 may be, for example, an electronic carte system disposed in a hospital or an elderly health facility, a dispensing management system disposed in a hospital or a pharmacy outside the hospital, and the like. The communication IF 15 also has a wireless communication interface such as a wireless communication card for performing wireless data communication with various wireless communication devices such as the barcode reader 7 and the like.

Then, the communication IF 15 acquires the prescription data from the prescription input terminal 200, and inputs the prescription data to the control unit 11. For example, the communication IF 15 monitors whether or not prescribed data is stored in a predetermined storage area of the storage means provided in the prescription input terminal 200, and if the prescribed data is stored in the predetermined storage area And reads out the prescribed data from the predetermined storage area when stored. Of course, the communication IF 15 may receive the prescription data transmitted from the prescription input terminal 200. [

[Drug Discharge Treatment and Distribution Control Processing]

11, a medicine dispensing process executed by the control unit 11 of the prescription control unit 1 and a process of dispensing a medicine performed by the control unit (not shown) of the distribution control unit 6 61 will be described. Here, the processing procedure (step) executed by the control unit 11 is referred to as a step S1, S2, ... , And the processing procedure (step) executed by the control unit 61 is referred to as steps S21, S22, ..., Quot; It is also conceivable that one of the control unit 11 and the control unit 61 executes a series of processes to obtain the same processing result as the processing result of the medicine dispensing process and the distribution control process.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S1)

First, in step S1, the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a request for issuing the prescription data. Specifically, the control unit 11 determines that a request for issuing the prescription data has been issued when an issuing operation for issuing previously registered prescription data has been made to the operating unit 14. [ The prescription data is acquired from an upper level system such as the prescription input terminal 200 or the like.

Here, if there is no issuance request of the prescribed data ("NO" side of S1), the control unit 11 causes the process to proceed to the step S11. On the other hand, if the control unit 11 determines that there is a request for issuing the prescribed data ("YES" side of S1), the control unit 11 causes the process to proceed to step S2. When the control unit 11 receives the prescription data from an upper level system such as the prescription input terminal 200 or the like, it is determined that there is a request to issue the prescription data without requiring the issuing operation, May be considered as another embodiment.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S2)

Subsequently, in step S2, the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is the fixed cassette 21 corresponding to all the drug information inputted as the drug information indicating the purification of the object to be dispensed, based on the prescribed data. Specifically, based on the cassette master stored in the storage unit 12, the control unit 11 determines whether or not tablets that are not present in the respective fixed cassettes 21 are included in the prescription data as prescription drugs do. The cassette master is configured to read drug information (not shown) read from an RFID tag (not shown) provided in each of the fixed cassettes 21 by a reading device such as the RFID reader / writer 232 provided in each of the mounting portions 211 Is updated by the control unit (11). The control unit 11 displays an editing screen for editing the cassette master on the monitor 13 and updates the cassette master in accordance with a user operation of the operation unit 14 on the editing screen It is also possible.

If it is determined that there is no fixed cassette 21 corresponding to the dispensing subject drug information ("NO" side of S2), that is, the prescription medicine contained in the prescription data is stored in the fixed cassette 21 The control unit 11 causes the process to proceed to step S3.

On the other hand, when it is determined that there is the fixed cassette 21 corresponding to all dispensing subject drug information ("YES" side of S2), that is, all types of tablets contained in the prescription data as prescription drugs are transferred to the fixed cassette 21, the control section 11 causes the process to proceed to step S7. In this case, in step S7, a similar distribution operation start request is transmitted to the control unit 61 using each of the fixed cassettes 21, and the control unit 61 executes the distribution operation Is executed.

In the configuration in which the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 does not include the fixed cassette 21, the processing of step S2 may be omitted and the control section 11 may issue a request for issuing the prescription data in step S1 It is possible to move the process to step S3.

It is also conceivable that the non-allocated drug information previously set as the drug information not to be assigned to the variable cassette 22 is stored in the storage section 12. [ If the control unit 11 does not have the fixed cassette 21 corresponding to the drug information to be dispensed and the dispensing subject drug information corresponds to the dispensed drug information, It is conceivable to display on the monitor 13 that the distribution unit 4 should be used without performing allocation to the cassette 22. [ For example, if tablets having a high possibility of adhering colored powder in the variable cassette 22 are set as the non-allocated drug information, then the colored powder is fed to the tablets accommodated in the variable cassette 22 And the like can be prevented. It is also conceivable to display, on the monitor 13, the fact that drugs and the like in which the dispensation of the variable cassette 22 is not appropriate should use the dispersing unit 4 as well. In addition, the control unit 11 may determine whether or not the dispensing subject drug information corresponds to the dispensing drug information, without determining whether the fixed cassette 21 corresponding to the dispensing subject drug information exists or not Judgment can also be considered as another embodiment. In this case, the control unit 11 must use the scattering unit 4 without performing assignment to the variable cassette 22 when the drug information of the dispensing subject corresponds to the non-allocated drug information It is also possible to display the effect on the monitor 13 as another embodiment.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S3)

In step S3, the control unit 11 transmits drug information in which the corresponding fixed cassette 21 does not exist among drug dispensing subject information inputted by the prescribed data to the unassigned variable cassette 22 . If the prescription data includes a plurality of pieces of drug information in which the corresponding fixed cassette 21 does not exist, the control unit 11 assigns the variable cassettes 22 to each of the drug information .

Specifically, the control unit 11 executes processing for specifying the variable cassette 22 that is currently capable of being communicated (controllable) among the variable cassettes 22, respectively. For example, the control unit 11 may be configured to transmit the variable cassette 22 that has succeeded in reading information from the RFID tag 26 by the RFID reader / writer 245 in the variable cassette 22 .

The control unit 11 determines whether or not the current drug information is allocated to each of the currently available variable cassettes 22 based on the allocation information 121 (see FIG. 9) And assigns drug information of the object to the variable cassette 22 to which it is not allocated. At this time, when the control unit 11 determines the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated, the control unit 11 updates the content of the allocation information 121 according to the allocation result. The variable cassette 22 allocated to the drug information can communicate with the control unit 11 and information on the electronic paper 25 can be written by the control unit 11. [ Further, the control unit 11 may make each of the variable cassettes 22 an assignment target candidate without judging the communication availability of each of the variable cassettes 22.

Here, it is conceivable that a plurality of candidates for the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated exist. In this case, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the drug information is allocated, for example, based on a preset priority among the variable cassettes 22, and judges whether or not the drug cassette 22 ) Of the drug information. The control unit 11 determines whether or not the drug information is allocated in order of decreasing frequency of use of the variable cassette 22 so that the use frequency of each of the variable cassettes 22 is equalized, It is also conceivable to assign the drug information to the variable cassette 22 determined to be unassigned. The control unit 11 may be configured such that the drug information allocated immediately before each of the variable cassettes 22 is the drug information whose drug information is the same as the current drug information to be allocated or whose tablet size is close, Can be considered. If the unassigned variable cassette 22 is not present, the control unit 11 notifies the user of the fact by displaying the indication on the monitor 13.

The control unit 11 controls the RFID reader writer 245 in step S3 so that the RFID tag 26 of each of the variable cassettes 22 to which the drug information is allocated is supplied with the variable cassette And records the drug information allocated to the drug information (22). At this time, the control unit 11, based on the prescription data, various kinds of information such as dispensation amount of the tablet indicated by the medicine information, patient name, assignment date and time, name of the pharmacist in charge and identification information of prescription, You can also think of recording.

On the other hand, it is also possible to consider that the medicine information is not recorded in the RFID tag 26 of the variable cassette 22 as another embodiment. Specifically, it can be considered that the cassette identification information is previously recorded in the RFID tag 26, and the RFID reader writer 245 is an RFID reader capable of only reading information. Also in this case, the control unit 11 may store the drug information allocated to the variable cassette 22 on the basis of the cassette identification information read out from the RFID tag 26 and the allocation information (see FIG. 9) It is possible to recognize.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S11)

On the other hand, when the issuance request of the prescription data is not made, the control section 11 judges whether or not the request operation for starting the manual input of the prescription data using the operation section 14 has been performed . For example, the control unit 11 determines that the request operation has been performed when the prescription input start key displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13 is operated. If it is determined that the request operation has been performed (S11: YES), the process proceeds to step S12. If it is determined that the request operation has not been performed (NO at S11), the process returns to step S1 Loses.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S12)

In step S12, the control unit 11 causes the monitor 13 to display an input screen for inputting the prescription data, and accepts the input of the prescription data according to a user operation on the operation unit 14 . This reception processing is executed by the reception processing unit 112 of the control unit 11. [

The content of the prescription data input here includes one drug information to be dispensed, the capacity and usage of the drug information, and the like. That is, in steps S12 to S15, processing is performed individually for each drug information. Further, the drug information may be read by the bar code reader 7 from the tablet container or the PTP sheet. When the prescribed data is input, the process proceeds to step S13.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S13)

In step S13, the control unit 11 causes the monitor 13 to display a cassette 21 used for dispensing medicines to be dispensed from the plurality of fixed cassettes 21 and the variable cassette 22, A selection screen P1 for selecting the selection screen P1 is displayed. This display processing is executed by the display processing unit 111. [ 13 is a diagram showing an example of the selection screen P1.

In the selection screen P1 shown in Fig. 13, in the same arrangement as the arrangement of the fixed cassette 21 and the variable cassette 22 when the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 is viewed from the front, the fixed cassette 21, The specific area A1 corresponding to each of the variable cassettes 22 and the selection area A2 corresponding to each of the variable cassettes 22 are displayed. Specifically, a total of 54 pieces of the specific area A1 corresponding to the fixed cassette 21 are displayed in a total of 6 pieces by 9 pieces, and the selection area A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 is arranged at a position 1 x Four in total of four are displayed. The selection area A2 is larger in size than the specific area A1. In each of the specific areas A1, drug information such as the name of the medicine contained in the fixed cassette 21 corresponding to each of the specific areas A1 is displayed. The control unit 11 may display information for identifying the current drug to be assigned, such as the drug name of the drug corresponding to the drug information input in step S12, on the selection screen P1.

Incidentally, the number of the specified area A1 and the selected area A2 displayed on the selection screen P1 in Fig. 13 is the maximum display number. For example, if the display of the specific region A1 and the selection region A2 corresponding to the mounting portion 211 and the mounting portion 221 on which the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is not mounted is omitted do. It is also conceivable that a specific design such as a display frame is displayed instead of the specific area A1 or the selection area A2 even when the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is not mounted. That is, the specific area A1 and the selected area A2 may be displayed in the same arrangement as the arrangement of the mounting part 211 and the mounting part 221, respectively. In this case, the control unit 11 controls the operation of the fixing unit such that the specific region A1 corresponding to the mounting portion 211 or the mounting portion 221 on which the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is not mounted, As for A2, it is conceivable that the medicine information is not displayed and the selection operation is not accepted.

The control unit 11 displays the surrounding line L1 around the selection area A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 on the selection screen P1 to display the selection line A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 The area A2 and the specific area A1 corresponding to the fixed cassette 21 are distinguishably displayed. It should be noted that the mode in which the variable cassette 22 (selection area A2) and the fixed cassette 21 (specific area A1) can be identified is not limited to the surrounding line L1, As shown in FIG. Information for identifying either the variable cassette 22 or the fixed cassette 21 may be displayed in association with the selection area A2 and the specific area A1. It is also possible to determine whether the cassette type is the variable cassette 22 or the fixed cassette 21 in the individual display area corresponding to the variable cassette 22 and the fixed cassette 21 in the selection screen P1 May be displayed.

However, in the selection screen P1, the specific area A1 corresponding to the fixed cassette 21 is not displayed, and only the selection area A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 may be displayed. That is, when the prescription data is manually input, the variable cassette 22 may be selected. Also, the control unit 11 may display the first display state in which both the selection region A2 and the specific region A1 are displayed on the selection screen P1, and the second display state in which only the selection region A2 is displayed, It may be switchable. The control unit 11 displays both the selection area A2 and the specific area A1 when the fixed cassette 21 in which medicine of the drug information inputted in step S12 is dispensable exists, If there is no fixed cassette 21 to which drug of the drug information inputted in step S12 can be dispensed, it is also conceivable to display only the selected area A2. It is also conceivable that the control section 11 omits the steps S13 to S15 when there is the fixed cassette 21 to which medicine of the drug information inputted in the step S12 can be dispensed. That is, when there is the fixed cassette 21 capable of dispensing medicine corresponding to the medicine information inputted in the step S12, the fixed cassette 21 may be automatically selected as a cassette used for dispensing the medicine . In this case, it is also conceivable that the control section 11 accepts selection of any of the variable cassettes 22 by a user operation, and assigns the drug information to the selected variable cassette 22.

When there is the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 to which medicine of the drug information inputted in the step S12 can be dispensed, the control unit 11 determines that the fixed cassette 21 It is conceivable that the specific area A1 or the selection area A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is highlighted and displayed. For example, it is conceivable to change the character color or background color of the specific area A1 or the selection area A2 corresponding to the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 to a predetermined red color or the like. Thereby, the user can easily grasp whether or not the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 to which the medicine corresponding to the medicine information can be dispensed exists. The aspect of the emphasis display is not limited to the upper part of the display color as long as it can be distinguished from the other fixed cassettes 21 or the variable cassettes 22. [

Further, the control unit 11 displays an allocation state indicating the allocation state of drug information, etc., in each of the selection regions A2 in each of the selection regions A2. Specifically, " unassigned " is displayed in the selection area A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is not allocated. Further, the fact that the drug information is not allocated because the selection area A2 is blank may be displayed. It is also conceivable that the state of the selected area A2 is displayed identifiably by the color such as blue for the allocated area and red for the unassigned area. Further, the drug name corresponding to the assigned drug information is displayed in the selection area A2 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated, whereby the fact that the drug information has already been allocated and the allocation The type of medicine is displayed. Of course, the selection area A2 corresponding to the allotted variable cassette 22 may be marked as " allocated ".

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S14)

In step S14, the control unit 11 receives the selection operation of the selection area A2 or the specific area A1 on the selection screen P1. This reception processing is executed by the reception processing unit 112. [ Specifically, when the operation section 14 is a touch panel provided on the monitor 13, the control section 11 controls the touch operation of the selection area A2 or the specific area A1 in the monitor 13 As a selection operation of the selection area A2. When the operation unit 14 is a mouse, the control unit 11 controls the pointer movement and click operation of the mouse with respect to the selection area A2 or the specific area A1 in the monitor 13, Or as a selection operation of the specific area A1. Further, in the selection screen P1, not only the variable cassette 22 to which drug information is currently unassigned, but also the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is already assigned can be selected. On the other hand, it is also conceivable as another embodiment that only the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is unassigned can be selected.

In the drug dispensing apparatus 100, the control unit 11 assigns drug information of the same medicine as the medicine corresponding to any of the plurality of fixed cassettes 21 to the variable cassette 22, It is also possible to set it as a cassette. In this case, the medicine is first dispensed from any one of the fixed cassette 21 and the variable cassette 22 in advance. It is also possible that the control section 11 assigns the same drug information to a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 according to a user operation and sets the plurality of variable cassettes 22 as a parent cassette. In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, it is also conceivable that a plurality of the fixed cassettes 21 to which the same medicine can be dispensed are arranged as a parent cassette. In this case, among the plurality of fixed cassettes 21, It is conceivable that the medicine is dispensed firstly or the fixed cassette 21 is switched in order as a prescription unit and the medicine is dispensed.

In the present embodiment, when the input operation of the chemical information of the dispensing object is accepted in the step S12 before the selection of the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is accepted in the step S14 However, it is also conceivable as another embodiment that, after the selection of the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is accepted, the input operation of the dispensing subject drug information is accepted.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S15)

In step S15, when the variable cassette 22 is selected in step S14, the control unit 11 assigns the drug information input in step S12 to the variable cassette 22 selected in step S14 , The process proceeds to step S16. Here, this assignment processing is executed by the assignment processing unit 113. [ Specifically, the control unit 11 updates the contents of the allocation information 121 to correspond to the drug information and the variable cassette 22. For example, when different drug information is already assigned to the variable cassette 22, the drug information input in step S12 is allocated instead of the drug information. When the fixed cassette 21 is selected in step S14, the step S15 is omitted.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S16)

In step S16, the control unit 11 determines whether or not a request operation for ending the manual input of the prescribed data has been performed. For example, the control unit 11 determines that the request operation has been performed when the prescription input end key displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13 is operated. Here, if it is determined that the request operation has been performed (S16: YES), the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, if the request operation is not performed and the prescription input continuation key displayed on the display screen of the monitor 13 is operated (S16: " NO "), the process returns to the step S12 The same processing is repeatedly executed. Thereby, it is possible to input the prescription data and assign the variable cassette 22 to a plurality of drug information.

In the present embodiment, the case where the processes of steps S12 to S16 are repeatedly executed in accordance with the number of drug information has been described as an example. However, in step S12, the prescription data on a plurality of drug information It can be considered as another embodiment. In this case, the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 corresponding to each drug information is selected on the selection screen P1. Specifically, the control unit 11 displays a list of the plurality of drug information together with the selection screen P1 to select the drug information to be allocated, and to select the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette It is conceivable that the selection of the selection button 22 is alternately accepted. In particular, in the list of the plurality of pieces of drug information, the control unit 11 determines that the drug information in which the fixed cassette 21 capable of dispensing the medicine corresponding to the drug information exists and the drug information in which the fixed cassette 21 is present It is conceivable to display the drug information which needs to be allocated to the variable cassette 22 in a distinguishable manner. For example, in the list of drug information, it can be considered that the display color or background color of the drug information is changed depending on whether or not the allocation of the variable cassette 22 is required. Further, for the plurality of drug information, the drug information to be allocated is displayed on the selection screen P1 in order, and the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 for assigning the drug information by the user May be selected.

The control unit 11 may be able to assign the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 to the other drug information not inputted in the step S12 on the selection screen P1 . For example, the control unit 11 displays a drug addition button on the selection screen P1, and when the drug addition button is selected by the user, an additional drug information input field for inputting drug information, capacity and usage . When the user selects the specific area A1 or the selection area A2 for selecting the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 in a state where these pieces of information are input, The drug information inputted in the drug information input field is allocated to the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 corresponding to the specific region A1 or the selection region A2 selected on the selection screen P1. Then, the medicine corresponding to the medicine information input in the additional medicine information input box is distributed according to the capacity and usage input in the additional medicine information input field. Thereby, the user can continuously execute a plurality of drug information input operations and a selection operation of the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 in a state in which the selection screen P1 is displayed. In addition, in consideration of the case where drug information or the like is erroneously entered in the step S12, the controller 11 may correct the drug information and the like that have been inputted while the selection screen P1 is displayed.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S4)

In step S4, the control unit 11 specifies a driving condition corresponding to the medicine information to be dispensed on the basis of the driving correspondence information 122 (see Fig. 10), and the driving condition and the medicine information And transmits the cassette identification information of the assigned variable cassette 22 to the control unit 61. [ Thereby, the control section (61) drives the variable cassette (22) according to the driving condition. By executing the process of step S4 in this way, the control section 11 when driving the variable cassette 22 in accordance with the driving condition may be grasped as a drive processing section.

The control unit 11 displays on the monitor 13 cassette identification information of each of the variable cassettes 22 and setting contents of the driving conditions corresponding to the variable cassettes 22, 14 may be changed in accordance with the user's operation on the driving conditions. The control section (61) is notified of the contents of the change of the drive condition from the control section (11). Thereby, it is possible to change the driving condition of the variable cassette 22 when dispensing tablet from the variable cassette 22 by an arbitrary operation input of the user. Further, the user can confirm the setting contents of the driving condition corresponding to the drug information of the dispensing subject by referring to the monitor 13.

If the drive condition corresponding to the drug information is not stored in the drive correspondence information 122 in the step S4, the control section 11 sets the drive condition according to the user operation It is conceivable that the process proceeds to step S5. Thus, tablets corresponding to the drug information not stored in the drive correspondence information 122 can be dispensed using the variable cassette 22.

In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, it is conceivable that each of the mounting portions 221 is provided with a cassette lock portion capable of locking the respective variable cassettes 22, respectively. For example, the cassette lock portion includes a driving portion such as a solenoid or a motor, and a restricting portion that is driven by the driving portion to restrict separation of the variable cassette 22. [ Here, an example of the attachment / detachment control of the variable cassette 22 when the cassette lock portion is provided on the mounting portion 221 will be described. The control unit 61 controls the drive unit of the cassette lock unit of each of the mounting units 221 based on a control instruction from the control unit 11 to determine whether or not each of the variable cassettes 22 is locked . Specifically, when drug information is assigned to the variable cassette 22 in step S3 or step S15, the control unit 11 transmits a lock instruction of the variable cassette 22 to the control unit 61 do. Thereby, the control section 61 drives the cassette lock section of the mounting section 221 on which the variable cassette 22 to which the medicine information is allocated is mounted, thereby restricting the separation of the variable cassette 22. The transmission of the drive condition in step S4 may also serve as the lock instruction. Thereafter, when a specific operation for specifying the variable cassette 22 to be a medicine replenishing object is performed, the control section 11 transmits to the control section 61 an unlock instruction of the variable cassette 22 . Thereby, the control unit 61 drives the cassette lock part of the mounting part 221 to which the variable cassette 22 to which the inputted drug information is allocated is loaded, and the limitation of the separation of the variable cassette 22 Lt; / RTI > That is, when the variable cassette 22 to be a medicine replenishing object is selected, the variable cassette 22 can be separated, and medicine can be replenished to the variable cassette 22. According to this configuration, it is possible to freely attach and detach the variable cassette 22 to which the chemical information is not allocated, while suppressing the replenishment of the wrong chemical to the variable cassette 22 to which the chemical information is allocated It becomes. It should be noted that the specific operation may be such that drug information indicating the same medicine as the drug information assigned to the variable cassette 22 is read by the barcode reader 7 or that the drug information is read by the operation unit 14 And the like. When a predetermined operation unit such as an operation button is provided corresponding to each of the mounting units 221 and an operation such as a long press operation is performed on the predetermined operation unit, the control unit 61 controls the mounting unit 221 of the variable cassette 22 may be unlocked.

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S21)

On the other hand, in the distribution control unit 6, the control unit 61 determines whether or not the drive condition is received from the control unit 11 in step S21. If the drive condition is received (YES at S21), the control unit 61 proceeds to step S22. If the drive condition is not received (NO at S21) ), The process proceeds to step S23. The control unit 61 stores the drive condition received from the control unit 11 in the storage unit 62 in association with the cassette identification information of the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is assigned .

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S22)

In step S22, the control unit 61 drives the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated according to the drive condition, and dispenses medicine corresponding to the drug information from the variable cassette 22 State. Specifically, the variable cassette 22 corresponding to the cassette identification information received together with the driving condition is driven in accordance with the pre-driving condition among the driving conditions, and the height of the dispensing path and the width of the dispensing path are set to Change it. In this way, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, when the driving condition includes the pre-driving condition, the controller 61 controls the variable cassette 100 according to the pre-driving condition (the height and width of the dispensing path) (22), and thereafter dispenses the tablets from the variable cassette (22) (S24).

More specifically, the control unit 61 controls the height adjusting unit 226A and the width adjusting unit 227A according to the driving conditions to change the type of tablets dispensable in units of one unit from the variable cassette 22 And changes to the tablets indicated by the medicine information allocated in step S3 or S15. The control unit 61 drives the driving motor 233 and the driving motor 234 to return the position of the height regulating member 226 and the width regulating member 227 to the initial state. The control unit 61 drives the height adjusting unit 226A by the driving motor 233 and adjusts the height h1 regulated by the height regulating member 226 of the variable cassette 22, To the height of the dispensing path determined in the driving condition. The control unit 61 drives the width adjusting unit 227A by the driving motor 234 to adjust the width w1 of the variable cassette 22 regulated by the width regulating member 227, To the width of the dispensing path determined in the driving condition. Of course, if the current state of the height regulating member 226 and the width regulating member 227 is detectable, the controller 61 controls the drive motor 233 and the drive motor 233 based on the detection result, (234).

When the height h1 and the width w1 of the dispensing path are changed in accordance with the driving conditions as described above, it is possible to dispense the tablets indicated by the medicine information allocated in the step S3 or S15 in the variable cassette 22 in units of one unit So that the dispensed amount of the tablet becomes controllable. Here, the control unit 61 at the time of executing the process of the step S22 (drive control step) is an example of the drive processing unit.

It is also conceivable that the variable cassette 22 is not mounted on the mounting portion 221 when the medicine information is assigned to the variable cassette 22. [ In this case, in step S22, the variable cassette 22 can not be driven in accordance with the pre-drive condition. Thus, the control section 61 stores flag information indicating whether or not the variable cassette 22 of the drive condition received from the control section 11 is reflected in the storage section 62, and updates the flag information at any time. The control unit 61 refers to the flag information at the start of the distribution operation in step S24 to be described later and reflects the driving condition to the variable cassette 22 used in the distribution operation The variable cassette 22 is driven in accordance with the pre-drive condition to change the height h1 and the width w1 of the dispensing path.

It is also possible to manually operate the height adjusting section 226A and the width adjusting section 227A of the variable cassette 22 so that the height h1 and the width w1 of the dispensing path The present invention is not limited thereto. In this case, after adjusting the height h1 and the width w1 of the dispensing path of the variable cassette 22, the user mounts the variable cassette 22 to the mounting portion 221 of the tablet supply unit 2 . It is also conceivable that the height adjusting section 226A and the width adjusting section 227A are configurable to be operated by a turning operation using a tool such as a driver.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S5)

Subsequently, in step S5, the control section 11 causes the display section 25 of the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated in step S3 or S15 to display the drug information . That is, the control unit 11 displays the drug information allocation status for each of the variable cassettes 22 in each of the variable cassettes 22.

For example, the control unit 11 extracts information of a predetermined display item from the prescription data, and causes the display unit 25 to display the information. Specifically, the drug name (approx. ID), dispensation amount and JAN code (bar code) of tablets assigned to the variable cassette 22 are displayed on the display unit 25. In addition, various information such as the patient name, the assignment date and time, or the person in charge of assignment may be displayed on the display unit 25.

Since the display unit 25 is an electronic paper, even if the variable cassette 22 is detached from the mounting unit 221 after the medicine information is displayed in step S5, the display state of the display unit 25 is maintained do. Therefore, the user can confirm the drug information to be input to the variable cassette 22 by the display of the display unit 25, for example, even if the variable cassette 22 is moved by a medicine rack or the like. Therefore, an artificial mistake of the user at the time of tablet insertion into the variable cassette 22 can be suppressed. The control unit 11 may also be configured to remove the variable cassette 22 from the locking mechanism provided in the mounting portion 221 until the medicine information is displayed on the display unit 25 of the variable cassette 22, May be prohibited. The control unit 11 determines that the adjustment of the height of the dispensing path and the dispensing path width in the variable cassette 22 according to the pre-driving condition of the variable cassette 22 is completed It is also conceivable to execute the step (5).

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S6)

Thereafter, in step S6, the control unit 11 determines whether or not a charging completion operation indicating that charging of the tablets to the variable cassette 22 has been completed has been performed with respect to the operation unit 14. [ Specifically, when the drug information is assigned to the variable cassette 22 in the step S3 or S15 and the drug information is displayed on the display unit 25 of the variable cassette 22, 22) from the tablet supply unit (2). Then, the user puts a necessary purified tablet into the variable cassette 22 while referring to the prescription corresponding to the prescription data or the medicine information displayed on the display unit 25, to the variable cassette 22. Thereafter, the user mounts the variable cassette 22 to the tablet supply unit 2, and performs the filling completion operation with respect to the operation unit 14. [ For example, the filling completion operation is an operation of pressing a filling completion operation button provided on the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, an operation of mounting the variable cassette 22 on the mounting section 221, and the like. When a plurality of drug information is allocated to the plurality of variable cassettes 22 in the step S3 or S15, the flow advances to the step S6 to determine whether or not the tablets for all the variable cassettes 22 corresponding to the drug information It is determined whether or not a charging complete operation has been performed.

Here, the control unit 11 waits in step S6 for a while until the charging completion operation is performed (" NO " side of S6). On the other hand, if it is determined that the charging complete operation has been performed ("YES" at S6), the control section 11 causes the process to proceed to step S7.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S7)

In step S7, the control unit 11 transmits to the control unit 61 a request to start distribution operation based on the prescription data. In addition, in the step S7, when the distribution operation start request operation by the user is performed, the distribution operation start request may be transmitted to the control unit 61. [ The distribution operation start request is an example of a dispense start request.

Particularly, among the tablets indicated by the medicine information included in the prescription data as the dispensing object, the control section 11 performs the distribution operation of tablets not present in the fixed cassette 21, for example, Request.

The control unit 11 reads the cassette identification information of the variable cassette 22 from the RFID tag 26 of the variable cassette 22 mounted on each of the mounting portions 221, ) Of the variable cassette (22). The user can specify each of the variable cassettes 22 to any of the mounting portions 221 because the controller 11 can specify the variable cassette 22 mounted on each of the mounting portions 221. [ It is possible to mount it. For example, in step S3 or S15, a plurality of drug information is assigned to a plurality of the variable cassettes 22, and after each of the variable cassettes 22 is separated, The control unit 11 can determine the mounting unit 221 on which the variable cassettes 22 are mounted.

The control unit 11 determines each of the variable cassettes 22 containing the tablets indicated by the drug information among the variable cassettes 22 based on the allocation information 121 based on the prescription data do. Thereafter, the control unit 11 determines, for each drug information indicated in the prescription data, the cassette identification information of the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated, the cassette identification information of the variable cassette 22 to which the variable cassette 22 is attached, To the control unit 61, information necessary for the distribution operation such as identification information of the tablet 221 and dispensation amount of tablets.

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S23)

On the other hand, in the distribution control unit 6, the control unit 61 determines whether or not there is a request to start the distribution operation from the control unit 11 in step S23. Here, when the distribution operation start request is received (" YES " in S23), the control unit 61 shifts the process to step S24, and while the distribution operation start request is not received Quot; NO " side of S23), the process proceeds to step S24.

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S24)

In step S24, the control unit 61 dispenses necessary medicines by the tablet supply unit 2, the drug absorption supply unit 3, and the spraying unit 4 in accordance with the request to start the distribution operation , And the distribution unit 5 distributes distribution units such as a dosing period or the like. Here, the control unit 61 when executing such processing is an example of the dispensing execution unit. Since the control of the liquid medicine supply unit 3, the dispersion unit 4 and the distribution unit 5 is the same as that of the conventional art, description thereof is omitted here, and the dispensing of the tablet by the tablet supply unit 2 Only the operation is explained.

The controller 61 controls the tablet supply unit 2 to be driven when the tablet is dispensed from the variable cassette 22 in accordance with the drive condition corresponding to the drug information allocated in step S3 or S15 The rotation speed of the driving motor 242 of the second driving unit 24 is changed. That is, the rotational speed of the second rotating body 224 when the tablet is dispensed from the variable cassette 22 is changed, and the dispensing speed of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is changed according to the type of the tablet Is changed.

Specifically, the control unit 61 drives the drive motor 241 and the drive motor 242 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 to which drug information to be dispensed is assigned, 223 and the second rotating body 224 are rotated to discharge the tablet. At this time, the control unit 61 drives the driving motor 242 in accordance with the dispensing speed determined as the driving condition corresponding to the medicine information in the driving correspondence information 122. [ Thereby, in the variable cassette 22, the dispensing rate of the tablet by the second rotating body 224 is changed at a speed suitable for the tablet. In this way, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, when the driving condition includes the driving condition, the control unit 61 controls the variable cassette 22 according to the driving condition (dispensing speed) The tablets are dispensed from the variable cassette 22. [

It is also conceivable to change only the dispensing speed of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 if the variable cassette 22 is configured not to include the height regulating member 226 and the width regulating member 227 . The driving speed of the driving motor 241 may be constant or may be changed depending on the type of tablet. In the distribution operation, the number of tablets discharged from the variable cassette 22 is counted by a counter having an optical sensor (not shown) provided at the discharge port 225 of the variable cassette 22, And is inputted to the control unit 61 as drain water. Thereby, the control section 61 controls the drive of the variable cassette 22 based on the discharge water inputted from the counter, and dispenses only the predetermined dispensed amount (prescription amount) from the variable cassette 22.

In addition, the control unit (61) may control the drive correspondence information (122) based on the set values of the first slowdown and the second slowdown determined as the drive condition corresponding to the drug information 22 to stop the dispensing of the tablet. Here, the control unit 11 at the time of executing such processing is an example of the drive processing unit. As described above, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, when the drive stop condition is included in the drive condition, the control unit 61, when the dispensing of the prescribed amount set in the prescription data is completed, The driving of the variable cassette 22 is stopped in accordance with the first slow down and the second slow down which are conditions at the time of the driving stop.

Concretely, it is assumed that the first slow down is set to " 6 " in the drive correspondence information 122, and the second slow down is set to " 1 ". In this case, the control unit 61 uses the optical sensor (not shown) provided in the non-discharge port 225 to calculate the remaining constant of the dispensed amount based on the constant counted by the counter as " 6 " The rotation speed of the driving motor 242 is reduced to the first rotation speed. Thereafter, the control section 61 uses the optical sensor (not shown) provided in the non-discharge port 225 to calculate the remaining constant of the dispensed amount based on the constant counted by the counter as " 1 " The rotation speed of the drive motor 242 is further reduced to the second rotation speed. Thereby, when the tablets which are easy to roll on the second rotating body 224 are loaded, the tablets are prevented from being excessively discharged from the discharge port 225.

The controller 61 may be configured to determine whether or not dispensing of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is possible based on the presence or absence of the reverse rotation operation determined as the drive condition corresponding to the drug information in the drive correspondence information 122. [ And executes the stop control. Here, the control unit 11 at the time of executing such processing is an example of the drive processing unit. As described above, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, when the drive stop condition is included in the drive condition, the control unit 61, when the dispensing of the prescribed amount set in the prescription data is completed, The driving of the variable cassette 22 is stopped after the variable cassette 22 is driven in accordance with the presence or absence of the reverse rotation, which is a condition for stopping the driving.

Specifically, when the reverse rotation operation is set to " YES " in the drive correspondence information 122, the control unit 61, when stopping the dispensing of the tablet from the variable cassette 22, A reverse rotation operation for switching the conveying direction of the state by the two rotors 224 is reversed. For example, when the constant counted by the counter reaches the dispenser using the optical sensor (not shown) installed in the dispenser 225, the control unit 61 controls the drive motor (242) by a predetermined time. Thereby, when the tablets which are easy to roll on the second rotating body 224 are loaded, the tablets are prevented from being excessively discharged from the discharge port 225. In addition, a configuration may be adopted in which the opening / closing shutter is provided in the non-discharge port 225 and the opening / closing shutter is closed when the constant counted by the counter reaches the discharge amount.

On the other hand, when the reversing operation is set to " absent " in the drive correspondence information 122, when the control unit 61 stops dispensing the tablet from the variable cassette 22, The rotation operation is not performed. Further, the timing for starting the reverse rotation operation may be when the constant counted by the counter reaches a predetermined small number of predetermined values from the dispensation amount. When the reverse rotation operation is started at such timing, the predetermined number corresponding to each drug information may be stored in the drive correspondence information 122 in advance. Thus, for example, the counter-rotation operation can be started before the constant counted by the counter reaches the dispensing amount, thereby preventing excessive dispensing of the tablet from the dispenser 225. It is also conceivable to start the reverse rotation operation each time one tablet is dispensed after the integer counted by the counter reaches a value smaller than the dispensed amount by the predetermined number.

In the present embodiment, in step S4, the height h1 of the height regulating member 226 and the width w1 of the width regulating member 227 in the variable cassette 22 are changed in accordance with the driving conditions As an example. On the other hand, the control unit 61 may execute the height h1 of the height regulating member 226 and the width w1 of the width regulating member 227 just before the start of the distribution operation in step S7, . That is, the pre-driving condition for the variable cassette 22 may be reflected at any timing until the distribution operation starts.

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S25)

Thereafter, when the distribution operation in step S24 is completed, the control section 61 sends a notification of the completion of the distribution operation to the control section 11 in a succeeding step S25.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S8)

On the other hand, in the prescription control unit 1, the control unit 11 prepares and waits for notification of completion of the distribution operation from the control unit 61 ("NO" side of S8). Upon receiving the completion notification of the distribution operation (" YES " in S8), the control section 11 causes the process to proceed to step S9.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S9)

In step S9, the control section 11 displays on the display section 25 of the variable cassette 22 that the dispensation has been completed, indicating that the dispensation has been completed. For example, in the step S9, it is conceivable that a character of " dispensed " is displayed on the display unit 25, or the display of the medicine information on the display unit 25 is erased.

As described above, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, the user can also apply the tablets to any of the tablets not previously accommodated in each of the fixed cassettes 21 to the variable cassette 22 It is possible to dispense the tablet automatically. Therefore, as compared with the case where tablets are injected into each of the chambers of the scattering unit 4 as in the prior art, the burden on the user is reduced, and the mistake by the user is prevented.

Furthermore, since the plurality of variable cassettes 22 are provided in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, it is possible to assign different drug information to each of the variable cassettes 22. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, even when a plurality of tablets that are not included in the fixed cassette 21 are included in the prescription data as a dispensing object, the distribution operation based on the prescription data is performed on a plurality of the variable cassettes (22). In addition, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, it is also possible to execute the distribution operation based on a plurality of the prescription data continuously using a plurality of the variable cassettes 22. [

[Second Embodiment]

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the same components as those of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals.

A tablet may remain in the variable cassette 22 after the dispensation of necessary tablets to use the variable cassette 22 in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 is completed and a user such as a pharmacist may collect the tablets, Or the like. In this embodiment, the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A capable of easily recovering the tablet from the variable cassette 22 will be described.

Here, Fig. 14 is an external view showing an example of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A according to the present embodiment. 14, the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A according to the present embodiment is characterized by including a recovery unit 8 disposed below the tablet supply unit 2, Is different from the drug dispensing apparatus (100).

The recovery unit 8 is provided with a plurality of recovery ports 71 corresponding to the respective mounting portions 221 and a loading portion 73 for loading the medicine receiving portion 73 for receiving the tablet dispensed from the recovery port 71 (72). In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A, tablets contained in the variable cassettes 22 mounted on the respective mounting portions 221 can be dispensed from the collection port 71. [ The medicine receiving portion 73 is a container for holding a tablet, such as a medicine vial, medicament, or a medicament.

More specifically, as shown in Fig. 14, each of the collection ports 71 is disposed directly below the corresponding collection port 221 of the collection port 71. In addition, as shown in Fig. Thus, by arranging the collection port 71 and the mounting portion 221 in the vertical direction, the user can easily grasp the correspondence relationship between the collection port 71 and the mounting portion 221.

15 to 17 are schematic diagrams for explaining an example of the structure of the collection unit 8. Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a main part configuration of a connection portion of the discharge port 225 of the variable cassette 22 and the collection unit 8. Fig. 16 is a schematic diagram showing a side cross- And Fig. 17 is a schematic diagram showing the recovery unit 8 in the XVIII-XVII direction in Fig. 17, a wall portion 710 (see Fig. 16) provided on the back surface side of the mounting portion 221 in the tablet supply unit 2 is omitted.

15 to 17, the recovery unit 8 includes a first path 711, a second path 712, and a path switching unit 713. The first path 711 and the second path 712 are connected to the discharge port 225 of the variable cassette 22 by being connected to the mounting portion 221 by the variable cassette 22, do. Further, a relay path may be provided between the first path 711 and the second path 712 and the non-discharge port 225 to connect them.

The first path 711 is a path for guiding the tablet dispensed from the dispenser 225 of the variable cassette 22 toward the distribution unit 5. The second path 712 is a path for leading the tablet dispensed from the discharge port 225 of the variable cassette 22 to the collection port 71. The path switching unit 713 is capable of switching between the first path 711 and the second path 712 the source of the tablet discharged from the discharge port 225 of the variable cassette 22. [ For example, the path switching unit 713 is a plate member driven by a driving source such as a solenoid or a motor, and the driving of the path switching unit 713 is controlled by the control unit 61.

Specifically, the control section 61 requests execution of collection processing for dispensing the tablets contained in each of the variable cassettes 22 from the collection port 71 in accordance with a user operation on the operation section 14 And executes the collection process when receiving from the control section (11). 18 is a flowchart showing another example of the medicine dispensing process and the distribution control process executed in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A. The description of the same processing as that described in the first embodiment is omitted.

(The side of the prescription control unit 1: step S31)

After the execution of the step S9, in the subsequent step S31, the control section 11 accepts an operation input indicating whether or not the collection process for collecting the tablets from the variable cassette 22 used in the distribution operation is necessary. Specifically, the operation input of whether or not the recovery process is required is performed for each of the variable cassettes 22 currently used or for a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 currently used. (S31: " YES "), the process proceeds to step S32. If the recovery operation is not required (S31: NO) , And terminates the medicine dispensing process.

The control unit 11 may be configured to execute the recovery process for each of the variable cassettes 22 in accordance with a user operation on the operation unit 14 at an arbitrary timing different from that at the time of execution of the medicine dispensing process It may be possible to transmit a request to the control section 61. [ It is also conceivable that the control section 11 omits the processing in steps S31 to S32 when the variable cassette 22 is not used in the distribution operation. When the variable cassette 22 is used in the distribution operation, the control unit 11 does not accept an operation input indicating whether or not the collection process is required in the step S31, and executes the next step S32 You can.

(On the side of the prescription control unit 1: step S32)

In step S32, the control unit 11 transmits to the control unit 61 a request to execute the collection process. Thereby, the recovery process is executed by the control unit 61. [ That is, in the medicine dispensing process, the control unit 61 executes the recovery process after completing the dispensing of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 following the distribution operation of the tablet by the distribution unit 5 It is possible to do.

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S26)

In step S26, the control unit 61 determines whether or not there is a request to execute the collection process in step S26. If the control unit 61 receives the collection process execution request from the control unit 11 (" YES " side), the process proceeds to step S27. On the other hand, when the control unit 11 has not received the execution request for the collection process ("NO" side of S26), the process returns to the step S21.

(Distribution control unit 6 side: step S27)

In step S27, the control section 61 executes a recovery process for recovering the tablet from the variable cassette 22. [ Specifically, the control unit 61 controls the path switching unit 713 so that the discharge source of the tablet dispensed from the variable cassette 22 is returned from the distribution unit 5 to the collection port 71 And drives the first rotating body 223 and the second rotating body 224 of the variable cassette 22 to dispense the tablet from the variable cassette 22 only for a predetermined time. Here, the control unit 61 when executing the recovery processing is an example of the recovery processing unit.

When the collection port 71 is opened, it is necessary to set the medicine storage portion 73 below the collection port 71 before the tablet is dispensed from the collection port 71 , The work procedure is limited. On the other hand, the recovery unit 8 is provided with a discharge switching unit 72 capable of switching between a state of storing the medicine dispensed from the variable cassette 22 to the recovery tool 71 and a state of being able to discharge the medicine from the recovery tool 71, (720).

19, the discharge switching portion 720 includes an opening / closing portion 714 capable of opening / closing the collection opening 71, a spring (not shown) for urging the opening / closing portion 714 in a direction to close the opening / closing portion 714 And a pressing portion 715. Thereby, when dispensing of the tablet from the variable cassette 22 is performed in a state where the collection port 71 is closed by the opening / closing unit 714, the tablet is stored in the collection port 71 . Thereafter, when the medicine accommodating portion 73 is disposed below the recovery port 71 and the opening / closing portion 714 is opened, the recovery port 71 is opened and the tablet can be discharged, The tablet is dropped from the medicine container 71 into the medicine receiving portion 73 and is received. 19 and 20, a part of the opening edge portion of the medicine accommodating portion 73 or the like of the medicine accommodating portion 73 is moved to the opening / closing portion 714, respectively. The opening / closing unit 714 can be opened / closed by a solenoid or a driving unit such as a motor, so that the control unit 11 can open / close the opening / closing unit 714 according to a user operation. In addition, the discharge switching portion 720 may not include the pressing portion 715, and the opening / closing portion 714 may be manually opened / closed.

As described above, the variable cassette 22 is provided with the display unit 25 such as an electronic paper, and the display unit 25 is provided with the variable cassette 22, as the drug information assigned to the variable cassette 22, Drug name and the like are displayed. In addition, the variable cassette 22 and the collection ports 71 corresponding to the variable cassette 22 are arranged in the vertical direction. Therefore, a user such as a pharmacist can easily confirm that the medicine matches with the display portion 25 of the variable cassette 22 and the medicine accommodating portion 73 set below the variable cassette 22 The recovery of the tablets to the wrong medicine storage portion 73 can be suppressed. It is also conceivable that an image forming apparatus such as a printer or a label printing apparatus is installed in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A, or that the image forming apparatus is communicably connected. In this case, the control unit 11 uses the image forming apparatus to record the information such as the number of tablets, medicines information, and the date and time of the collection operation as information on the number of tablets of the tablets using the tablets 71, Or may be printed on a sheet. An RFID reader or the like capable of reading and writing information from / to the storage medium of the medicine storage unit (73) is provided in the medicine storage unit (73) Lighter may be provided. In this case, it is also conceivable that the control section (11) stores the information on the collection record in the storage medium of the medicine storage section (73).

If the medicine stored in the variable cassette 22 is a drug or a poison, based on the medicine information assigned to the variable cassette 22, the indication is displayed on the display unit 25 I can think. Thus, when the tablets are recovered from the variable cassette 22, it is possible to more reliably recognize that the tablets are poison or poison, and it is possible to reduce the risk of performing the collection operation without knowing that the tablets are poison or poison .

As described in the present embodiment, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A, the collection ports 71 are individually formed corresponding to the respective mounting portions 221, and the tablets of the variable cassettes 22 are individually The operation of dividing the tablets dispensed from the collection port 71 is omitted. On the contrary, it is also conceivable that one of the collection ports 71 is formed corresponding to the mounting portion 221 of at least two variable cassettes 22. That is, it is conceivable that the tablets supplied from the plurality of mounting portions 221 are discharged from the common collecting port 71 through the common second path 712. In this case, it is possible to simultaneously dispense tablets from a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 at one of the collection ports 71, but there are cases where a plurality of types of tablets are mixed unintentionally. Therefore, the control unit 11 determines whether the dispensation from each of the variable cassettes 22 is carried out individually or simultaneously from the plurality of variable cassettes 22, according to the selection operation of the variable cassette 22 It is possible to consider what can be selected to be executed. As a result, the user can collect the tablets for each variable cassette 22, collect the tablets from the plurality of variable cassettes 22, and improve the convenience. In addition, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A, since the first path 711 and the second path 712 can be switched for each variable cassette 22, (Not shown) of the test dispensation process, while executing test dispensing processing for testing whether or not the tablets can be discharged from the variable cassette 22 by dispensing tablets to the dispenser 71, It is also possible to do.

[Other functions]

Hereinafter, various functions of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 or the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A will be described. It should be noted that various functions described herein may be functions provided by the drug dispensing apparatus 100 or the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A and may be a function specified by the control unit 61 instead of the control unit 11, Or may be a function embodied by cooperation between the control unit 11 and the control unit 61.

[Automatic determination of remaining medicine]

In the above-described step S31, the case where the necessity of the collection process is determined according to the user operation has been described. On the other hand, it is conceivable that the control unit 11 is equipped with a residual medicine automatic judgment function for judging the presence or absence of a residual medicine in the variable cassette 22. [

For example, an optical sensor or the like for detecting a medicine in the variable cassette 22 is provided in the variable cassette 22, and the control unit 11 controls the variable cassette 22 based on the detection result by the optical sensor. It is conceivable to judge the presence or absence of the medicine in the container 22.

In addition, after the dispensing operation of the medicine from the variable cassette 22 is completed, when the upside and the downside of the variable cassette 22 are inverted (inverted), the remaining medicine in the variable cassette 22 is taken out It is possible to judge that Thus, the variable cassette 22 includes an acceleration sensor capable of detecting the operation of the variable cassette 22, a control unit for controlling the acceleration sensor, and a secondary battery for driving the acceleration sensor and the control unit It is conceivable that a power supply circuit is provided. In addition, a configuration of a part or all of the control unit, the power supply circuit, and the like may be common to the control board on which the RFID tag 26 mounted on the variable cassette 22 is mounted.

The control unit determines whether or not the vertical cassette 22 has been subjected to a medicine dispensing operation with respect to the variable cassette 22 based on the detection result of the acceleration sensor, The weak flag is recorded in the nonvolatile storage unit such as EEPROM (registered trademark) in the control unit. Thereby, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A, the control section 11 reads the remaining medicine flag stored in the storage section of the variable cassette 22, Or not. It is also conceivable that the remaining medicine flag is stored in the RFID tag 26. [

In this way, when the control unit 11 is equipped with the automatic residual medicine determination function, the control unit 11 can display whether or not the remaining medicine is present in the variable cassette 22 for each variable cassette 22 I can think. For example, the presence or absence of the remaining medicine may be displayed on the display unit 25 of the variable cassette 22. Thereby, the user can easily grasp the presence or absence of the residual medicine in each of the variable cassettes 22, and judge whether or not the collection process is necessary.

The control unit 11 allows the operation input of whether or not the recovery process is necessary to be accepted when the residual medicine is present in the variable cassette 22 in the step S31, It may be considered that the operation input for determining whether or not the recovery process is required is not accepted. For example, when there is a medicine remaining in the variable cassette 22 in step S31, the control unit 11 displays a message on the monitor 13 to inquire whether or not the recovery process is necessary You can think of doing. Also in this case, the user can easily grasp the presence or absence of the residual medicine in each of the variable cassettes 22, and judge whether or not the collection process for the variable cassette 22 is necessary.

[Refinement Noon Judging Function]

It is conceivable that the medicine dispensing apparatus 100A is provided with a camera capable of photographing tablets dispensed from the variable cassette 22. [ Specifically, the camera may be provided at a position at which the tablets accommodated in the tablet accommodating portion 222 of the variable cassette 22 can be photographed, or at a position where the tablets accommodated in the tablet accommodating portion 222 of the variable cassette 22 can be picked up by the second rotator 224 of the variable cassette 22. [ Is disposed at a position where the tablets can be photographed for each tablet on the dispensing path that is conveyed to the discharge port (225).

Then, the control unit 11 judges whether or not the image data (still image or moving image) photographed by the camera and the registered image of each type of tablet registered in the drug master have been received from the variable cassette 22 Determine the suitability of the dispensed tablet. The contrast between the photographed image and the registered image is performed based on the shape, color, size, engraved characters, or printed characters of the tablet. For example, when the shape, color, and size of tablets match, it is determined to be appropriate, and when it is determined that the tablet character or the print character coincides with each other, it is determined that the tablet is appropriate. If the tablet dispensed from the variable cassette 22 is incorrect, the control unit 11 stops the dispensing operation from the variable cassette 22 and performs a notification process such as a predetermined error message do. It is also conceivable that the information of the purification can not be accurately grasped in the photographing of the tablets accommodated in the tablet accommodating portion 222 or the tablets being conveyed in the second rotator 224. For this reason, the control section 11 determines that the shape, color, and size of the tablets are appropriate when, for example, the engraving characters or the characters do not coincide with each other, Even when the characters do not coincide with each other, it can be considered that the character string or the print character is determined to be appropriate when they match each other.

As a configuration capable of determining the noon of the tablet after dispensing the tablet, it is also conceivable that the tablets after being discharged from the dispenser 225 are photographed and checked. On the other hand, according to the purified noon determining function, since the tablet is photographed and checked at a position up to the outflow port 225, it is possible to confirm the noon of the tablet before dispensing the purified tablet.

[Parallel release function]

The control unit 11 assigns one kind of drug information to a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 and simultaneously uses each of the variable cassettes 22 to execute a parallel dispensing function And the like. As a result, it is possible to dispense tablets in parallel from the variable cassette 22, to dispense the tablets efficiently, and to shorten dispensing time of medicines.

Specifically, when the drug information included in the prescription data is allocated to the variable cassette 22 in step S3 or S15, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the total number of tablets corresponding to the drug information When the predetermined constant is exceeded, the drug information is assigned to the plurality of variable cassettes (22). If the product of the volume per tablet of the tablet registered in the drug master or the like and the total dispensation amount of the tablet based on the prescription data corresponding to the drug information exceeds a predetermined value set in advance , It is also conceivable to assign the drug information to a plurality of the variable cassettes 22.

The control unit 11 causes the control unit 61 of the distribution control unit 6 to execute a process for discharging the tablets in parallel using a plurality of the variable cassettes 22. [ Thereby, it is possible to shorten the time required for dispensing the tablet when the number of the purified water is large. In addition, when the number of purified water is small, the allocation of drug information to a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 is prevented, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of unnecessary operations for replenishing the plurality of variable cassettes 22 with tablets. Furthermore, since the user may desire even when the number of purified water is small, the control unit 11 may be able to assign the drug information to a plurality of the variable cassettes 22 according to a user operation.

In addition, even when the tablet 11 is contained in the fixed cassette 21, when the total number of tablet dispensations exceeds a preset predetermined number based on the prescription data, the control unit 11 stores the medicine information corresponding to the tablet To the variable cassette 22 can be considered. The controller 11 controls the distribution controller 6 to perform processing for discharging the tablets in parallel using a plurality of cassettes including the fixed cassette 21 and the variable cassette 22, (61). Thus, when there is a large amount of purified water dispensed even in the tablet cassette 21, it is possible to shorten the usable time of dispensing the tablet using the variable cassette 22.

[Refining coefficient function]

It is conceivable that the control section 11 is provided with a refining coefficient function for counting the number of tablets contained in the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22. [ Specifically, when the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 is designated by the user operation and execution of the counting process of the purified water is requested, the control unit 11 causes the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 21 And causes the control section (61) to execute counting processing of the tablets contained in the tablet (22).

Then, the control unit 61 executes a distribution operation for counting the number of purified water in the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 in question. In this distribution operation, tablets accommodated in the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 are accommodated in one or a plurality of distribution sheets 52 for each preset allowable number. The permissible number may be a number set in advance as the number of purified water that can be accommodated in the distribution sheet 52, and may be set for each kind of the tablet.

The control unit 61 controls the number of tablets dispensed from the variable cassette 22 to be larger than the number of tablets dispensed from the variable cassette 22 in the distribution operation by an optical sensor (not shown) provided in the discharge port 225 of the variable cassette 22, It is possible to count by a counter having The purified water counted by the control unit 61 is notified from the control unit 61 to the control unit 11 and displayed on the monitor 13 by the control unit 11, for example. The control unit 61 may display the purified water stored in the variable cassette 22 on the display unit 25 of the variable cassette 22. [

As described above, according to the refining coefficient function, the purified water contained in the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 can be counted. For example, the user can count the purified water without touching the tablets . When the tablet contained in the distribution sheet 52 is used as it is, the tablet is returned from the distribution sheet 52 to the fixed cassette 21 or the variable cassette 22 by a user such as a pharmacist.

[Distributed function]

It is conceivable that the control unit 11 is equipped with a distributed use function capable of uniformly adjusting the frequency or allocation count of drug information for each of the variable cassettes 22. [ Specifically, when the medicine information is allocated to each of the variable cassettes 22, the control unit 11 stores the history information such as the allocation date and time, the classification type, and the dispensation number in the storage unit 12. The control unit 11 determines whether or not the frequency of use of the variable cassette 22 in the preset period of time is low, based on the history information stored in the storage unit 12, The variable cassette 22 is preferentially selected and drug information is allocated. In addition, the control unit 11 may preferentially select the variable cassette 22 to which the cumulative number of cumulative drug information is allocated among the variable cassettes 22, and allocate the drug information in step S3. The control unit 11 determines whether the frequency of use of the variable cassette 22 in the preset period is low or not based on the history information stored in the storage unit 12 Alternatively, drug information may be allocated by preferentially selecting the variable cassette 22 to which the cumulative number of drug information is allocated.

[Abnormal installation notification function]

It is conceivable that the control section 11 is provided with an abnormal mounting judging function capable of judging the adequacy of the correspondence relationship between the variable cassette 22 and the mounting section 221. [

As described in the first embodiment, the object to which the drug information is allocated in the step S15 is limited to the variable cassette 22 mounted on the mounting portion 221. [ Here, the control unit 11 stores correspondence information that associates the identification information of the variable cassette 22 to which the drug information is allocated and the identification information of the mounting unit 221 on which the variable cassette 22 is mounted, And store it in the storage unit 12.

Thereafter, the control section (11) determines an abnormality in the correspondence relationship between the medicine cassette and the mounting section based on the corresponding information. Specifically, the control unit 11 determines that there is an abnormality when the variable cassette 22, which is different from the variable cassette 22 corresponding to the mounting portion 221, is attached to the mounting portion 221. [ Then, when the abnormality is detected, the control unit 11 executes, for example, an error notification process or prohibits a distribution operation using the variable cassette 22. [

When the distribution operation using the variable cassette 22 is completed, the control unit 11 cancels the corresponding information on the variable cassette 22 and cancels the correspondence to the mounting unit 221. Any arbitrary variable cassette 22 may be mounted on the mounting portion 221 of the mounting portion 221 whose correspondence with the variable cassette 22 is not specified.

Thus, only the variable cassette 22 to which the medicine information is allocated can be attached to each of the mounting portions 221. Therefore, after the variable cassette 22 mounted on the mounting portion 221 is separated and the tablets are filled in the variable cassette 22, the variable cassette 22 is mounted on the other mounting portion 221 . Further, the variable cassette 22 to be used in the distribution operation to be executed later than the distribution operation to be executed in the future is mounted on the mounting portion 221 in advance, so that the variable cassette 22, It is possible to prevent a situation in which it can not be mounted.

[Appendix 1]

A drug dispensing apparatus comprising a plurality of drug cassettes capable of dispensing a drug of any kind,

A display processor for displaying a selection screen in which a plurality of selection areas for selecting each of the medicine cassettes are displayed in the same arrangement as that of each of the medicine cassettes in the medicine dispensing apparatus;

An acceptance processing section for accepting the selection operation of the selection region on the selection screen,

An allocation processing unit that allocates medicine information to be dispensed to the medicine cassette corresponding to the selection area accepted by the reception processing unit;

A drive processing unit for driving the medicine cassette in accordance with a drive condition set in advance corresponding to the medicine information allocated by the allocation processing unit and for putting the medicine cassette in a state capable of dispensing medicine corresponding to the medicine information

And dispensing the medicine.

[Note 2]

Wherein the display processing unit displays the allocation status of each of the medicine cassettes in the selection screen or the medicine cassette,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to appendix 1.

[Note 3]

A plurality of medicament-specific cassettes capable of dispensing a predetermined kind of medicines,

Wherein the display processing unit displays on the selection screen a selection region corresponding to each of the medicine cassettes and a specific region corresponding to each of the medicine specific cassettes from the medicine cassette and the medicine specific cassette in the medicine dispensing apparatus To be displayed in the same array as the array,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to appendix 1 or 2.

[Note 4]

Wherein the display processing unit is capable of switching a first display state in which both the selection region and the specific region are displayed on the selection screen and a second display state in which only the selection region is displayed,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to note 3,

[Note 5]

Wherein the display processing unit displays the selected area and the specified area in an identifiable manner,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to appendix 3 or 4.

[Note 6]

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of notes 1 to 5, wherein the reception processing section receives an input operation of drug information of the dispensing subject after the selection operation is received.

[Note 7]

Wherein the acceptance processing unit accepts an input operation of drug information of the dispensing subject before the selection operation is accepted.

[Note 8]

A plurality of medicament-specific cassettes capable of dispensing a predetermined kind of medicines,

Wherein the display processing unit emphasizes the drug-specific cassette on the selection screen when the medicine-specific cassette capable of dispensing medicine corresponding to the dispensing subject drug information exists

Display,

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to note 7,

[Note 9]

And a dispensing execution unit for dispensing a medicine corresponding to the medicine information using the medicine cassette corresponding to the medicine information in accordance with a dispensing start request including the medicine information allocated to the medicine cassette in the dispensing object,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to any one of Notes 1 to 8.

[Note 10]

A distribution unit that distributes medicines dispensed from the medicine cassette;

A recovery unit for discharging medicines dispensed from the medicine cassette to the outside,

And a path switching unit for switching a supply source of the medicine dispensed from the medicine cassette to a first path leading to the distribution unit and a second path leading to the collection port

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 9,

[Appendix 11]

Wherein the recovery port is disposed directly below a mounting portion on which the medicine cassette is mounted,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to note 10,

[Note 12]

And a collection processing unit for performing collection processing for switching the supply source of the medicine to the second path by the path switching unit and driving the medicine cassette,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to appendix 10 or 11.

[Note 13]

Wherein the collection processing unit is configured to perform the collection process after the dispensing of the medicine from the medicine cassette due to the distribution operation of the medicine by the distribution unit,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to note 12,

[Note 14]

And a discharge switching portion capable of switching between a state of storing the medicine dispensed to the collection receptacle from the medicine cassette and a state of being able to be discharged from the collection receptacle,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13.

[Appendix 15]

The allocation processing unit,

Wherein the identification information of the medicine cassette to which the medicine information is allocated and the identification of the mounting portion on which the medicine cassette is mounted are allocated to the medicine cassette mounted on any of the plurality of mounting portions on which the medicine cassette is mounted, Storing correspondence information in which information is associated with each other, and judging whether a correspondence relationship between the medicine cassette and the mounting section is appropriate based on the correspondence information,

The drug dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

[Appendix 16]

A processor for controlling a medicine dispensing apparatus having a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of dispensing any kind of medicine,

A display step of displaying a selection screen in which a plurality of selection areas for selecting each of the medicine cassettes are displayed in the same arrangement as that of each of the medicine cassettes in the medicine dispensing apparatus;

An accepting step of accepting a selection operation of the selection area on the selection screen;

An allocation step of allocating drug information to be dispensed to the medicine cassette corresponding to the selection area received in the reception step;

A driving step of driving the medicine cassette in accordance with a drive condition set in advance in accordance with the medicine information assigned by the allocating step so that the medicine corresponding to the medicine information can be dispensed

A drug dispensing program to run.

Claims (16)

A drug dispensing apparatus comprising a plurality of drug cassettes capable of dispensing a drug of any kind,
A display processor for displaying a selection screen in which a plurality of selection areas for selecting each of the medicine cassettes are displayed in the same arrangement as that of each of the medicine cassettes in the medicine dispensing apparatus;
An acceptance processing section for accepting the selection operation of the selection region on the selection screen,
An allocation processing unit that allocates medicine information to be dispensed to the medicine cassette corresponding to the selection area accepted by the reception processing unit;
A drive processing unit for driving the medicine cassette in accordance with a drive condition set in advance corresponding to the medicine information allocated by the allocation processing unit and for putting the medicine cassette in a state capable of dispensing medicine corresponding to the medicine information
And dispensing the medicine. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays, on the selection screen or the medicine cassette,
Drug dispenser. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a plurality of drug-specific cassettes capable of dispensing a predetermined kind of medicine;
Wherein the display processing unit displays on the selection screen a selection region corresponding to each of the medicine cassettes and a specific region corresponding to each of the medicine specific cassettes from the medicine cassette and the medicine specific cassette in the medicine dispensing apparatus To be displayed in the same array as the array,
Drug dispenser. 4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the display processing unit is operable to switch between a first display state in which both the selection region and the specific region are displayed on the selection screen and a second display state in which only the selection region is displayed,
Drug dispenser. The display device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the display processing unit displays the selected area and the specified area in an identifiable manner,
Drug dispenser. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reception processing section accepts an input operation of the drug information of the dispensing subject after the selection operation is accepted. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reception processing section accepts an input operation of the dispensing subject drug information before the selection operation is accepted. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: a plurality of medicine specific cassettes capable of dispensing a predetermined kind of medicine,
Wherein the display processing unit emphasizes and displays the medicine specific cassette on the selection screen when the medicine specific cassette capable of dispensing medicine corresponding to the medicine information to be dispensed exists,
Drug dispenser. 9. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, in accordance with a dispensing start request including the medicine information allocated to the medicine cassette in the dispensing object, And a dispensing execution unit for dispensing medicines corresponding to the medicine,
Drug dispenser. 10. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising: a distribution unit for distributing medicines dispensed from the medicine cassette;
A recovery unit for discharging medicines dispensed from the medicine cassette to the outside,
A path switching unit for switching a supply source of the medicine dispensed from the medicine cassette to a first path leading to the distribution unit and a second path leading to the collection port,
And a drug dispensing device. The medicine cassette according to claim 10, wherein the recovery port is disposed directly below a mounting portion on which the medicine cassette is mounted,
Drug dispenser. 12. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, further comprising: a collection processing unit for performing collection processing for switching the supply source of the medicine to the second path by the path switching unit and driving the medicine cassette,
Drug dispenser. 13. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the collection processing unit is configured to perform the collection process after the dispensing of the medicine from the medicine cassette following the distribution operation of the medicine by the distribution unit,
Drug dispenser. 14. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13, further comprising a discharge switching portion capable of switching between a state of storing the medicine dispensed to the collection receptacle from the medicine cassette and a state of being able to be discharged from the collection receptacle,
Drug dispenser. 15. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
Wherein the identification information of the medicine cassette to which the medicine information is allocated and the identification of the mounting portion on which the medicine cassette is mounted are allocated to the medicine cassette mounted on any of the plurality of mounting portions on which the medicine cassette is mounted, Storing correspondence information in which information is associated with each other, and judging whether a correspondence relationship between the medicine cassette and the mounting section is appropriate based on the correspondence information,
Drug dispenser. A processor for controlling a medicine dispensing apparatus having a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of dispensing any kind of medicine,
A display step of displaying a selection screen in which a plurality of selection areas for selecting each of the medicine cassettes are displayed in the same arrangement as that of each of the medicine cassettes in the medicine dispensing apparatus;
An accepting step of accepting a selection operation of the selection area on the selection screen;
An allocation step of allocating drug information to be dispensed to the medicine cassette corresponding to the selection area received in the reception step;
A driving step of driving the medicine cassette in accordance with a drive condition set in advance corresponding to the medicine information assigned by the allocating step and making the medicine cassette into a state in which the medicine corresponding to the medicine information can be dispensed,
A drug dispensing program.

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