KR20220090958A - Pharmaceutical cartridge drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a structure and an operating method of a medicament cartridge drying apparatus, and more particularly, to a housing for preventing the liquid from being discharged to the outside; Cartridge containing the medicine; a cradle to which the cartridge is fixed; a cradle for accommodating the plurality of cradles; and a rotating shaft connected to the holding unit to rotate and dry the cartridge, and shorten the drying time by drying through centrifugal force, while simultaneously discharging the residual drug powder to increase the cleaning power.

Description

Pharmaceutical cartridge drying device {Pharmaceutical cartridge drying device}

The present invention relates to a structure and an operating method of a medicament cartridge drying apparatus, and more particularly, to a medicament cartridge drying apparatus for drying a medicament cartridge using centrifugal force and a drying method of the medicament cartridge.

After the division of labor in the 2000s, prescriptions from hospitals and clinics began to flow to pharmacies, and pharmacists in pharmacies prepared and sold drugs, but various problems have been raised in these drug dispensing methods.

In particular, most pharmacies are suspicious of drug contamination when dispensing in a closed dispensing room, and when dispensing manually, they are dispensed in an unsanitary environment and by several people. There is a problem that it is difficult to provide accurate information.

To solve this problem, ATC (Automatic Tablet Counting), an automatic drug dispensing machine that used to be exclusive to large general hospital pharmacies and door-to-door pharmacies, is changing from manual dispensing to automated.

Through this technology, small and medium pharmacies also use automated devices to meet social needs, thereby preventing prescription errors and increasing consumer satisfaction by dispensing in a sanitary environment. However, these automatic drug dispensing machines also have various problems.

Drugs that are not encapsulated may be mixed with other drugs as they are smeared on the storage cartridge or supply tube little by little. .

In addition, even after washing the cartridge, when drying the cartridge using a simple high-temperature heating method or a dehumidifying method, the cartridge has a three-dimensional configuration rather than a flat surface, so that the cartridge is not exposed to a heat source for drying. There is a high probability that the corners or corners where the cleaning solution collects will not be dried accurately, and the risk of fire caused by heat sources and high power consumption cause a burden in drying the cartridge.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2003-0066591 (published on August 09, 2003)

It is an object of the present invention to provide a drug cartridge drying apparatus for removing the cleaning solution remaining inside the cartridge after washing the drug cartridge in a field using an automatic drug dispensing machine such as a pharmacy.

The pharmaceutical cartridge drying apparatus in the present invention for solving the above-described problems is a housing for preventing the liquid from being discharged to the outside; Cartridge containing the medicine; a cradle to which the cartridge is fixed; a cradle for accommodating the plurality of cradles; and a rotating shaft connected to the holder to rotate and dry the cartridge.

In addition, the housing may further include a plurality of draining grooves positioned perpendicular to the bottom surface inside the housing.

In addition, the housing may further include a pedestal at the lower end of the mounting unit having a preset inclination from the center to the outside for preventing the liquid from falling to the lower end of the housing and guiding it to flow into the drain groove.

In addition, the housing further comprises a discharge port to discharge the liquid generated during drying to the outside of the medicament cartridge drying device on the bottom surface, the bottom surface may have a preset inclination such that the discharge port is located at the lowest position .

In addition, the cartridge may be mounted on the holder after being mounted on the holder.

In addition, the cartridge rotates a plurality of teeth and the medicament control gear for discharging the medicament inside the cartridge by a preset number; a drug outlet for supplying the drug discharged from the drug supply gear to the outside; And the lower end of the medicament supply gear is a protective jig for protecting the external moisture from entering the inside; may include.

In addition, the mounting portion may be configured in a polygonal shape so that the holder can be fixed in close contact.

In addition, a motor for rotating the rotating shaft is further provided, and the motor may be directly connected to the rotating shaft or connected using a gear.

The drug cartridge drying apparatus of the present invention as described above can significantly shorten the drying time compared to the conventional drying method using a heat source by performing drying through centrifugal force.

In addition, it is possible to increase the cleaning power of the medicament cartridge by discharging the residual medicament powder that may remain in the medicament cartridge by rotation to the outside.

In addition, all of the residual cleaning solution remaining after cleaning the cartridge can be removed, so that it can be used immediately after cleaning.

1 is a view showing the overall structure of a medicament cartridge drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a view showing the housing structure of the medicament cartridge drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a structure in which the housing of the medicament cartridge drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is removed.
Figure 4 is a view showing the structure of the cartridge to be dried in the medicament cartridge drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can apply various transformations and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the specific embodiments of the present invention, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Spatially relative terms below (below, beneath, lower), above (above, upper), etc. will be used to easily describe the correlation between one component and other components, as shown in the drawings. can Spatially relative terms should be understood as terms including different directions of components when used in addition to the directions shown in the drawings. For example, when a component shown in the drawing is turned over, a component described as below (below, beneath) other components may be placed above (above, upper) other components. Accordingly, the example term below may include both downward and upward directions. Components may also be oriented in other orientations, and thus spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

As used in the present invention, the expression indicating a part such as “part” or “part” means a device in which the component may include a specific function, software that may include a specific function, or a device that may include a specific function. And it means that it can represent a combination of software, but it is not necessarily limited to the expressed function, which is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and a person with ordinary knowledge in the field to which the present invention belongs If it is, various modifications and variations are possible from these base materials.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and not only the claims to be described later but also all of the claims and equivalents or equivalent modifications will be said to belong to the scope of the spirit of the present invention. .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail with respect to the medicament cartridge cleaning apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention as follows.

1 is a view showing the overall structure of a medicament cartridge drying apparatus (hereinafter, drying apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The medicament cartridge drying device may include a housing 110 , a cartridge 120 , a cradle 130 , a cradle 140 , and a rotation shaft 150 .

The housing 110 is located outside the drying apparatus, and it is possible to prevent the water discharged from the cartridge 120 from being discharged to the outside of the drying apparatus when the drying apparatus is rotated.

Although the drawing discloses a structure in which the upper portion of the housing 110 is open, this is for better understanding and may be a closed structure in which the upper portion is closed with a cover in an actual drying apparatus.

The cover may have a structure in which only the cover is opened because the coupling part is located on one side of the housing 110, or is integrally formed with the housing 110 to open the entire housing 110 at once to expose the inside of the drying device to the outside. lock can be configured.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, in the case of an opening and closing type, a handle is located on the upper part of the cover or on the opposite side to the fastening part to help opening and closing.

In addition, in the case of a structure in which the entire housing 110 is opened at once, the handle is positioned at a position facing the center of the housing 110 to help open and close the housing 110 .

The housing 110 is not limited in any structure as long as it has a structure for mounting the cartridge in the drying apparatus, and any structure is not limited as long as the cartridge can be mounted in the drying apparatus in an openable or fixed type.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the housing 110 may further include a groove 111 for efficiently collecting the cleaning solution discharged while the cartridge 120 rotates.

The groove 111 is positioned up to a predetermined height perpendicular to the floor as shown in the drawing, so that the cleaning solution may fall to a predetermined position, but may be configured in a diagonal shape in the same direction as the rotation direction of the rotation shaft 150, (111) may be configured in any shape as long as it can induce the water of the upper to flow to the lower.

In addition, the housing 110 may further include an outlet 112 .

The discharge port 112 may discharge the cleaning liquid collected at the lower end of the housing 110 along the groove 111 in which the cleaning liquid discharged while the cartridge 120 rotates to the outside.

The outlet 112 may further include a filter, and through the filter, it is possible to prevent the environment from being contaminated by chemicals that may remain in the washing solution.

In addition, the outlet 112 may extend through the hose to induce the washing solution discharged to the outside to flow to a predetermined area. It can be configured to be usable even indoors without drainage facilities.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the housing 110 may further include a drip tray 113 .

The drip tray 113 may serve to collect the washing liquid discharged while the cartridge 120 rotates.

The drip tray 113 may be configured flat on the bottom surface, but the groove 112 is the lowest so that the cleaning solution can be better collected into the groove 112, and the slope is increased as the distance from the groove 112 increases. It may be configured in the form of

The cartridge 120 is a cartridge 120 used in an automatic medicine dispensing machine and may be configured in a preset structure according to the size of the automatic medicine dispensing machine.

In one embodiment of the present invention, although a conventional cartridge 120 structure is disclosed, the present invention is not limited thereto and any standard can be used as long as it is a cartridge used in an automatic medicine manufacturing machine.

Cartridge 120 in one embodiment of the present invention may be configured to include a medicament control gear 121, a protection jig 122 and a medicament outlet (123).

4, a handle is disposed on the front portion to facilitate movement of the cartridge 120 on the outside of the cartridge 120, and the upper or lower portion of the handle has a cartridge so as to easily distinguish drugs. It may include a name tag capable of recording or affixing the name of the drug stored in 120 .

The medicament control gear 121 may discharge medicaments as many as the number set by the user. The drug control gear 121 has a trapezoidal shape, and the lower end is configured in a sawtooth shape to perform left and right rotation.

The medicament control gear 121 rotates to the left or right and can discharge the medicament located between the teeth to the medicament outlet 123, and typically the medicament control gear 121 and the drug outlet 123 are discharged one by one. It has a size and shape so that it can be changed, but it is not limited thereto, and it can be replaced or adjusted in size as needed.

The protection jig 122 is located at the bottom of the medicament control gear 141, and can perform position fixing of the medicament control gear and state detection of the gear. The sensor (not shown) may be located in a form surrounding the drug control gear 121 or on one side of the drug control gear 121, and detects the rotation of the gear or the jamming of the drug, thereby causing the failure of the drug control gear 121 can prevent

The holder 130 rotates together by the rotation of the rotation shaft 150 and rotates the cartridge 120 to discharge the cleaning solution inside the cartridge 120 to the outside.

The holder 130 has a polygonal structure so that two or more cartridges 120 can be mounted, and one cartridge 120 can be mounted on each side of the polygon. Two or more cartridges 120 may also be mounted.

The holder 130 is detachable from the rotation shaft 150 as needed for washing when it is contaminated, and for this purpose, a cover is further included on the top of the holder 130 so that the rotation shaft 150 is not exposed to the outside. can do.

Alternatively, the rotation shaft 150 may be configured in a structure in which the upper portion of the cradle 130 is sealed so that it is not exposed to the outside.

In addition, the cradle 130 is in close contact with the rotating shaft 150 to receive the rotational force of the rotating shaft 150 , the rotating shaft 150 and the cradle 130 include a spiral-shaped groove, a nut and a bolt. may be of the form.

Although not shown in the drawings, the cradle 130 may further include a shield (not shown) at the edge between each side to prevent damage to the cartridge 120 .

The shield (not shown) is caused by a collision between the cartridges 120 due to minute vibrations generated while the cartridge 120 is rotated by the rotation of the holder 130 or tilting in the rotational direction, or by inclination in one direction. In order to prevent shape deformation, etc., for the protection of the cartridge 120, it may be configured in the form of a triangle or a trapezoid whose thickness increases from the inside to the outside.

In addition, the shielding film (not shown) may be made of a material having elastic force such as rubber or silicon or a material through which a cleaning solution such as a sponge or mesh material passes in order to prevent damage to the cartridge 120, and the cartridge ( 120), any material that can absorb the impact can be used.

The cradle 140 is positioned on each side of the cradle 130 , and may be configured to be fixed to the cradle 130 by connecting the cartridge 120 .

The mounting unit 140 may be made of an elastic material to prevent damage to the cartridge 120 , and may include a support for fixing the cartridge 120 .

As a method of fixing the cartridge 120 to the holder 140, various methods such as a support type, an attachment type, a fixed type, a close contact type, and a compression type can be used. However, it is not limited thereto, and if the cartridge 120 is fixed to the cradle 130 through the cradle 140 , there is no limitation thereto.

Although not shown in the drawing, the outer surface of the cradle 140 may be configured in a concave-convex shape to match the size of the upper portion of the cartridge 120 and may be combined, and when the cradle 140 is formed with this configuration , In order to increase the compression force between the cartridge 120 and the holder 140 and at the same time prevent damage to the cartridge 120, a portion in contact with the cartridge 140 may further include a physical material having elastic force, such as rubber. .

Alternatively, the holding unit 140 is configured in a physical structure using tongs, a suction plate, etc. to fix the cartridge 120, and even in this case, the tongs, the suction plate and the cartridge 120 are identical to the configuration of the concave-convex shape. Damage to the cartridge 120 can be prevented by using a material having elastic force, such as rubber or silicone, at the contact portion.

The rotating shaft 150 is fixed with the holder 130, and the holder 130 is rotated by the rotation of the rotating shaft 150, and the cleaning solution of the cartridge 120 can be rotated to fly in the direction of the housing 110 by the rotational force. have.

Although not shown in the drawing, a motor (not shown) is positioned at the lower end of the rotating shaft 150 , and the rotating shaft 150 may rotate by using the rotational force of the motor (not shown).

The motor (not shown) and the rotating shaft 150 may be directly connected, but the ratio between the speed of the motor (not shown) and the speed of the rotating shaft 150 is adjusted according to the control of the controller (not shown) using one or more gears. can

In one embodiment of the present invention, in order to protect the cartridge 120, the motor (not shown) temporarily rotates at the highest speed after sequentially increasing the rotation speed of the rotating shaft 150, and then stops by decelerating at a constant acceleration. A servomotor may be used to perform the operation, but any power device capable of transmitting rotational force to the rotating shaft 150 may be used.

2 and 3 , in an embodiment of the present invention, the drying apparatus may include a pedestal 160 .

The pedestal 160 may be located at the lower end of the mounting unit 130 , and may prevent the washing liquid flowing down from the cartridge 120 from flowing to the lower part of the drying device such as a motor (not shown).

The pedestal 160 may be configured to have a predetermined inclination from the rotation shaft 150 toward the housing 110 so that the washing liquid flowing from the cartridge 120 flows to the drip tray 113 .

The pedestal 160 may have a trapezoidal cross-section, but may also be configured in the form of a thin plate depending on the standard and size of the drying apparatus.

Although not shown in the drawings, a drying apparatus controller (not shown) may be included on one side of the drying apparatus.

The controller (not shown) may include a setting unit and a display unit.

The setting unit may control an operation of the drying apparatus, and the display unit may display a state of the drying apparatus.

The state of the drying apparatus includes an operation state, a failure state, an operation progress state, and the like, and may include all information related to the operation of the drying apparatus.

The setting unit and the display unit may be configured using a single touch display, the setting unit may be configured as a button or a touch type switch, and the display unit may be configured using a lamp.

Hereinafter, an operation sequence of the drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the drying apparatus operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cartridge 120 may be mounted on the mounting unit 130 .

As a method of mounting the cartridge 120 in the holder 130, a method of binding the cartridge 120 to the holder 140 after removing the housing 110, and after opening and closing the upper portion of the housing 110, the holder ( 130) is separated from the drying device, and the cartridge 120 is attached to the holder 140, and then the holder 130 is inserted into the rotation shaft 150 again, and the holder 140 is separated from the holder 130. After that, various methods such as mounting the cartridge 120 and mounting on the holder 130 can be used, and if the cartridge 120 can be mounted on the holder 130 through the holder 140, all methods can be utilized. can

An operation of the drying device may be performed through a setting unit (not shown).

When the operation command is applied, the motor (not shown) operates under the control of the controller (not shown) and rotates the rotating shaft 150, and when the mounting unit 130 rotates according to the rotation of the rotating shaft 150, the mounting unit ( The cartridge 120 connected to 130 rotates and the residual cleaning solution in the cartridge 120 flies toward the wall surface of the housing 110 by centrifugal force, so that the cleaning solution in the cartridge 120 can be removed.

The operation state of the drying apparatus may be checked through the display unit in the setting unit (not shown).

When the drying operation is completed, the motor (not shown) may sequentially lower the speed to stop the rotation of the cartridge 120 , and when the rotation is stopped, the cartridge 120 may be removed to complete the drying operation.

As seen in the embodiment of the present invention, the drug cartridge drying apparatus of the present invention can remove all residual washing solution remaining after washing through centrifugal force based on rotation, and can shorten the drying time by drying in a short time. have.

In addition, it is possible to increase the cleaning power of the cartridge by rotating by centrifugal force and discharging the residual drug powder that may remain in the cartridge to the outside.

Features, structures, effects, etc. described in the above-described embodiments are included in at least one embodiment of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to one embodiment. Furthermore, features, structures, effects, etc. illustrated in each embodiment can be combined or modified for other embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiments belong.

Accordingly, the contents related to such combinations and modifications should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, although the embodiments have been described above, these are merely examples and do not limit the present invention, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains are exemplified above in a range that does not depart from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment. It can be seen that various modifications and applications that have not been made are possible. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments may be implemented by modification. And differences related to these modifications and applications should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims.

110: housing
111: home
112: outlet
113: drip tray
120: cartridge
121: pharmaceutical adjustment gear
122: protection jig
123: drug outlet
130: mounting portion
140: cradle
150: axis of rotation

Claims (8)

a housing that prevents the cleaning solution from being discharged to the outside;
Cartridge containing the medicine;
a cradle to which the cartridge is fixed;
a cradle for accommodating the plurality of cradles; and
a rotating shaft connected to the holder and rotating to dry the cartridge;
A medicament cartridge drying device comprising a. According to claim 1,
The housing is
Pharmaceutical cartridge drying apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises a plurality of grooves through which the cleaning solution can flow inside the housing wall surface. According to claim 1,
The housing is
Pharmaceutical cartridge drying apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises a pedestal having a predetermined inclination from the center to the outside in order to prevent the washing liquid from falling to the bottom of the housing at the lower end of the mounting portion. According to claim 1,
The housing is
It further includes a discharge port on the bottom surface to discharge the washing liquid generated during drying to the outside of the chemical cartridge drying device,
The lower surface is a pharmaceutical cartridge drying device, characterized in that it has a preset inclination so that the outlet is located at the lowest position. According to claim 1,
the cartridge is
After being mounted on the cradle, the medicament cartridge drying device, characterized in that it is mounted on the cradle. According to claim 1,
the cartridge is
A pharmaceutical control gear that rotates a plurality of teeth and discharges the medication inside the cartridge by a preset number;
a drug outlet for supplying the drug discharged from the drug supply gear to the outside; and
The lower end of the drug supply gear is a protective jig to protect the external moisture from flowing into the inside;
Pharmaceutical cartridge drying device, characterized in that consisting of. According to claim 1,
The holding part
Pharmaceutical cartridge drying device, characterized in that the polygonal shape so that the holder can be fixed in close contact. According to claim 1,
Further comprising a motor for rotating the rotating shaft, wherein the motor is directly connected to the rotating shaft or drug cartridge drying apparatus, characterized in that connected using a gear.

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