JPH05270502A - Device for storing powdered medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate bringing out any powdered medicine container from among a number of powdered medicine containers. CONSTITUTION:There are provided a number of powdered medicine containers 1, 1,... and a means 3 for moving any one powdered medicine container 1 separately from the others. This constitution is designed to bring from among a number of powdered medicine containers 1, 1,... any one powdered medicine container 1 to a position 2 for dispensation by being moved separately from the others without the need of the pharmacist's manual handling.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a powdered medicine storage device which stores various kinds of powdered medicine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are many kinds of powdered medicines handled in hospital pharmacies, etc., but these powdered medicines are separately stored in a storage container called an apparatus bottle, and further, in a dispensation table. Many are arranged side by side on a plurality of shelves. When dispensing any kind of powdered medicine contained in such a large number of device bottles to administer it to a patient based on a doctor's prescription, first, place the device bottle of the powdered medicine indicated on the prescription on the shelf of the dispensation table. Must be taken from.

[0003]

However, the only clue to identify the individual device bottles is generally only the display content of the label attached to the device bottles, and moreover, the labels on the racks of the dispensing table. Not only are the device bottles lined up left and right, but it is normal for other device bottles to be placed in the back of the device bottle placed in the foreground, so all the devices lined up on the shelf of the dispensing table It is extremely difficult for the pharmacist to check the label of the bottle from the front, and therefore, the work of taking out the required device bottle from the large number of device bottles is a great burden for the pharmacist. It was

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional ones and to provide a powder medicine storage device capable of taking out an arbitrary powder medicine storage container from a large number of powder storage containers. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a large number of powder medicine containers and means for individually moving any powder medicine container.

[0006]

According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned means, any powder medicine container among a large number of powder medicine containers can be individually moved to the take-out position without the manual work of the pharmacist. Becomes

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a powder medicine storage device according to the present invention. The powder medicine storage devices are arranged in a line along the left-right direction (left-right arrangement, that is, X-axis arrangement). .. and a moving means 3 for individually moving any powdered medicine container 1 to bring it to the take-out position 2. FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the powdered medicine storage device according to the present invention. This powdered medicine storage device has a large number of powdered medicines arranged in a line along the vertical direction (upper and lower arrangement, that is, Y-axis arrangement). Container 1, 1, ...
And any powdered medicine container 1 is individually moved to take out position 2
And moving means 3 for bringing the same to. FIG. 3 shows still another embodiment of the powder medicine storage device according to the present invention. This powder medicine storage device is arranged in a row along the front-rear direction (front-back arrangement, that is, Z-axis arrangement). .. and a moving means 3 for individually moving any of the powder medicine containers 1 to bring them to the take-out position 2. In each of the powder medicine storage devices of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, each powder medicine storage container 1 includes a stock portion 4 for stocking the powder medicine and a discharge portion 5 for discharging the stocked powder medicine little by little.
It consists of and. The discharge unit 5 can be appropriately configured, but can be realized by, for example, combining rotation and stop of a screw provided in the discharge path and opening and closing of a shutter provided at the outlet. it can.
The moving means 3 moves between the powder medicine storage containers 1, 1, ... Adjacent to the powder medicine storage containers 1, 1 ,.
From the above, it is configured as a handling device 7 for individually moving an arbitrary powder medicine container 1, and the handling device 7 brings the individually moved powder medicine container 1 to the ejection position 2. At the take-out position 2, a drive device 8 for operating the discharge portion 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to this position, and a weighing device 9 for weighing the powder medicine discharged from the discharge portion 5 by the operation of the drive device 8. Is preferably provided, and it is preferable that the drive device 8 stops the operation of the discharge part 5 when the measured value of the weighing device 9 reaches a predetermined required amount. The controller 10 controls the operation of each part related to the individual movement of the powder medicine container 1, that is, the designation of the powder medicine container 1 to be individually moved by the operation of the handling device 7 and the execution thereof. That is, the handling device 7 handles the powdered medicine container 1 designated by the control device 10 from among the powdered medicine containers 1, 1, ..., And individually moves it to the take-out position 2, while moving it to the take-out position 2. It is configured to handle the unnecessary powder medicine container 1 and return it to the original position. As such a handling device 7, an appropriate one can be used,
Detailed description of the configuration will be omitted.
Further, as the control device 10, an appropriate device utilizing a computer control system can be used, and therefore, a detailed description of its configuration will be omitted. For example, the content of a prescription issued by a doctor is input. If configured as a part of an appropriate dispensing system, it becomes possible to more smoothly carry out the flow of the entire pharmacy business from the necessary dispensing of the powdered medicine to the administration to the patient. Further, the control device 10 also controls the operation of each part related to the taken out powder medicine container 1, that is, the determination of the discharge amount of the powder medicine to be discharged by the operation of the drive device 8 and the weighing device 9 and its execution. Is preferred.

Next, the operation of the powder medicine storage device configured as described above will be described. First, the control device 10 designates the powder medicine container 1 to be taken out at the take-out position 2. Then, the handling device 7 handles the designated powder medicine container 1 and individually moves it to the extraction position 2. Therefore, it is not necessary for the pharmacist to select the powder medicine container 1 required for dispensing from a large number of powder medicine containers 1, 1, ..., And the powder medicine container 1 brought to the ejection position 2 by the handling device 7. By just using 1 as it is, the necessary dispensing work can be performed. further,
If the drive device 8 and the weighing device 9 are provided at the take-out position 2, the discharge portion 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to the take-out position 2 is provided.
When the drive device 8 is actuated, and the discharge amount of the powdered medicine discharged from the discharge part 5 reaches a necessary amount that is predetermined as the weighing value of the weighing device 9, the drive device 8 causes the discharge part 5 to operate. It will be stopped. Therefore, not only bringing the required powdered medicine container 1 to the extraction position 2 but also discharging the required amount of powdered medicine from the powdered medicine container 1 is automatically performed without requiring the manual work of the pharmacist. Becomes Then, the powder medicine container 1 for which the predetermined dispensing operation has been completed is handled again by the operation of the handling device 7 in the opposite direction and returned to the original position.

In the above embodiment, each powder medicine container 1
Is configured as shown in FIG. 4, but is not limited to this. Further, in the above embodiment, a large number of powder medicine containers 1,
1, are arranged side by side in a row along the left-right direction as shown in FIG. 1 (left-right arrangement, that is, X-axis arrangement), or as shown in FIG. Place them side-by-side (top-bottom arrangement, that is, Y-axis arrangement), or
As shown in FIG. 3, they are arranged side by side in one row along the front-rear direction (front-rear arrangement, that is, Z-axis arrangement), but the invention is not limited to this, and for example, a combination arrangement of left-right arrangement and upper-lower arrangement (XY arrangement) ), A combined arrangement of a vertical arrangement and a front-rear arrangement (YZ arrangement) or a combined arrangement of a front-rear arrangement and a left-right arrangement (ZX arrangement), and further, a combined arrangement of a left-right arrangement, a vertical arrangement and a front-rear arrangement. (XYZ arrangement) is also possible. Further, although the moving means 3 is configured as the handling device 7 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the drive device 8 for operating the discharge portion 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to this position at the extraction position 2 and the powder discharged from the discharge portion 5 by the operation of the drive device 8 are provided. Although the weighing device 9 for weighing is provided, the present invention is not limited to this, and even when the drive device 8 is provided, for example, it can be provided for each powder medicine container 1, 1 ,. Even when the weighing device 9 is provided, it can be attached to the handling device 7, for example. Further, the extraction position 2 is not limited to one location corresponding to one powder medicine container 1. Furthermore, each powder medicine container 1,
In order to perform the powder medicine replenishment work on 1, ...

[0010]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
Among the many powder medicine containers, any powder medicine container can be individually moved to the take-out position without requiring the manual operation of the pharmacist, so that the pharmacist needs the powder medicine container for dispensing. It is not necessary to select from a large number of powdered medicine containers, and the necessary dispensing work can be performed simply by using the powdered medicine container that has been brought to the ejection position, thus significantly reducing the burden on the pharmacist. It has an excellent effect that it can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of a powder medicine storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the powder medicine storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing still another embodiment of the powder medicine storage device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Powder medicine container 2: Extraction position 3: Moving means 4: Stock part 5: Discharge part 7: Handling device 8: Drive device 9: Weighing device 10: Control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A powder medicine storage device comprising a plurality of powder medicine containers and means for individually moving an arbitrary powder medicine container.