CN112978172B

CN112978172B - Intelligent prescription dispensing system

Info

Publication number: CN112978172B
Application number: CN202110177459.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄仙; 张广喜; 朱加兵
Original assignee: Suzhou Iron Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Iron Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-09
Filing date: 2021-02-09
Publication date: 2022-11-25
Anticipated expiration: 2041-02-09
Also published as: CN112978172A

Abstract

The invention provides a medicine warehouse, wherein a vertical medicine conveying device, a horizontal medicine conveying device, a medicine distributing device and a plurality of medicine storing and distributing racks are arranged in the medicine warehouse; the vertical drug delivery device is used for delivering drug storage boxes in the vertical direction, conveying drug storage boxes filled with drugs to the horizontal drug delivery device, and receiving empty drug storage boxes from the horizontal drug delivery device; the horizontal medicine conveying device can place medicine storage boxes filled with medicines into the medicine storage and distribution rack and can convey empty medicine storage boxes in the medicine storage and distribution rack to the vertical medicine conveying device; the dispensing device is capable of receiving the medication from the plurality of storage racks and completing a dispensing operation. The medicine storage can automatically complete the operations of medicine entering, medicine storage and medicine distribution.

Description

Intelligent prescription dispensing system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of medicine storage, in particular to an intelligent prescription dispensing system.

Background

A hospital is generally provided with a smart prescription dispensing system, which is required to automatically receive a medicine put in by a user and automatically store the medicine in a predetermined area and then automatically dispense the medicine, in order to facilitate the use of the user. Therefore, it is necessary to design an intelligent prescription system having these functions.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an intelligent prescription dispensing system.

In order to achieve one of the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent prescription dispensing system, including a vertical drug delivery device, a horizontal drug delivery device, a dispensing device, and a plurality of drug storage and dispensing racks; the vertical drug delivery device is used for delivering drug storage boxes in the vertical direction, conveying drug storage boxes filled with drugs to the horizontal drug delivery device, and receiving empty drug storage boxes from the horizontal drug delivery device; the horizontal medicine conveying device can put medicine storage boxes filled with medicines into the medicine storage and distribution frame and can convey empty medicine storage boxes in the medicine storage and distribution frame to the vertical medicine conveying device; the dispensing device is capable of receiving the medication from the plurality of storage racks and completing a dispensing operation.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the medicine storage and dispensing rack comprises: the frame, the frame is provided with a plurality of medicine layers that store up in the upper and lower direction, and every medicine layer that stores up is provided with a plurality of clamping device that arrange into a row.

As a further improvement of one embodiment of the invention, the clamping device comprises a bottom plate, two vertical plates which are symmetrical left and right are arranged on the bottom plate, the two vertical plates extend along the front and back direction, and top beads are symmetrically arranged on the two vertical plates; a baffle is arranged on the bottom plate and positioned at the front sides of the two vertical plates; all the symmetry is provided with nest hole on the side about the medicine storage box, and when the medicine storage box was located between two risers, the bottom surface leaned on when the bottom plate just before the terminal surface leaned on the baffle, the ball-ejecting in two risers can block respectively in the nest hole of the side about the medicine storage box.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the vertical medication delivery device comprises: a plurality of upright posts, a car and a driving device; the driving device can drive the car along the vertical column moves up and down, a storage space used for storing the medicine storage box is arranged in the car, and an opening communicated with the external space and the storage space is formed in the outer side face of the car.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the cars is two, and the driving device is arranged at the top ends of the plurality of columns; the drive device includes: the hold-in range and be used for the drive the motor that the hold-in range is rotatory, the top of the different car of two tip difference fixed connection of hold-in range.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the horizontal medication delivery device includes: the medicine storage and dispensing rack is characterized in that first rails are arranged on one side of the medicine storage and dispensing rack, a first grabbing device is arranged on each first rail and can slide along the first rails, and the first grabbing devices can grab storage boxes from the medicine storage and dispensing rack and place the storage boxes into the medicine storage and dispensing rack; the second rail is in contact with one end part of each first rail, and a transport vehicle is arranged on the second rail and can slide along the second rail; when the transport vehicle moves to the end of any one of the first rails, the first gripping device in the first rail can grip the storage box in the transport vehicle or put the gripped storage box into the transport vehicle.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, a second gripping device is provided on the second rail, the second gripping device being slidable along the second rail, the second gripping device being capable of gripping the medicine storage box in the car into the transporting carriage or gripping the medicine storage box in the transporting carriage into the car.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the horizontal medication delivery device includes: the first conveyor belt device is arranged on one side of the medicine storage and dispensing rack, and the medicine boxes falling from any medicine storage box in the medicine storage and dispensing rack can fall on the first conveyor belt device; and each first conveyor belt device can drop to at least one second conveyor belt device when the medicine boxes drop, and the medicine boxes are conveyed to the outlet end of the second conveyor belt device.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the first conveyor device includes: the conveying belt structure comprises a plurality of conveying belts connected in series, wherein a gap is formed between a first end of the first conveying belt and a second end of the second conveying belt, a second conveying belt device is arranged right below the gap, and the first end of the first conveying belt is adjacent to the second end of the second conveying belt.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the medicine dispensing device further includes: the device comprises a third conveyor belt device, a fourth conveyor belt device and a basket moving device, wherein the third conveyor belt device and the fourth conveyor belt device can convey medicine baskets positioned thereon or keep the medicine baskets in a static state, the conveying direction of the third conveyor belt device is a first direction, the conveying direction of the fourth conveyor belt device is a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are opposite; the basket moving device can move medicine baskets between the third and fourth conveyor belt devices; the outlet ends of all the second conveyor belt devices are distributed along the conveying direction of the third conveyor belt device; when the medicine baskets on the third conveyor belt device are positioned below any outlet end, the medicine baskets can receive the medicines sent out by the outlet end; the control device is used for acquiring M medicine outlets corresponding to a first prescription to be processed when the first prescription to be processed is received, and the M medicine outlets are a1 st medicine outlet, a 2 nd medicine outlet and an Mth medicine outlet in sequence along a first feeding direction; then, controlling a third conveyor belt device to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through an I medicine outlet to an M medicine outlet and receive medicines; then, controlling the basket moving device to move the first medicine basket to the fourth conveying belt device and controlling the fourth conveying belt device to convey the first medicine basket along the second direction; then, the basket moving device is controlled to move the first medicine basket to the third conveying belt device, the position of the first medicine basket is located in front of the first medicine outlet along the first direction, and then the third conveying belt device is controlled to enable the first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the 1 st medicine outlet to the I-1 st medicine outlet and receive medicines; wherein M and I are both natural numbers, and I is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further includes: a plurality of fifth conveyor belt devices, one end of each fifth conveyor belt device is connected with the third conveyor belt device, the other end of each fifth conveyor belt device is connected with the dispensing window, and medicine baskets in the third conveyor belt devices can be moved into the fifth conveyor belt devices; the control device is further configured to: when a first prescription to be processed is received, acquiring a fifth conveyor belt device corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, wherein the connection position of the corresponding fifth conveyor belt device and the third conveyor belt device is positioned behind or at the same position as the I-1 medicine outlet in the first direction; the step of controlling the third conveyor belt device to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the first medicine outlet to the Mth medicine outlet and receive medicines specifically comprises the following steps: and controlling the third conveyor belt device to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the first medicine outlet I to the M medicine outlet, receive medicines, control the first medicine basket to continue moving, move the first medicine basket to a fifth conveyor belt device corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and then control the corresponding fifth conveyor belt device to move the first medicine basket to a medicine dispensing window.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the technical effects that: the embodiment of the invention provides an intelligent prescription medicine dispensing system, wherein a vertical medicine conveying device, a horizontal medicine conveying device, a medicine dispensing device and a plurality of medicine storage and dispensing racks are arranged on the intelligent prescription medicine dispensing system; the vertical drug delivery device is used for delivering the drug storage boxes in the vertical direction, conveying the drug storage boxes filled with drugs to the horizontal drug delivery device and receiving empty drug storage boxes from the horizontal drug delivery device; the horizontal medicine conveying device can place medicine storage boxes filled with medicines into the medicine storage and distribution rack and can convey empty medicine storage boxes in the medicine storage and distribution rack to the vertical medicine conveying device; the dispensing device is capable of receiving the medication from the plurality of storage racks and completing a dispensing operation. The intelligent prescription medicine dispensing system can automatically complete the operations of medicine entering, medicine storage and medicine dispensing.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an intelligent prescription system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2A is a schematic perspective view of a medicine storage and dispensing rack according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2B is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention including a drug storage box and a clamping device;

FIG. 2C is a schematic perspective view of a clamping device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a vertical drug delivery device in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention including a horizontal delivery device and a dispensing device;

FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of area A in FIG. 4A;

FIG. 4C is an enlarged view of area B of FIG. 4A;

FIG. 4D is an enlarged view of area C in FIG. 4A;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, including a third conveyor means, a fourth conveyor means, and a basket transferring means;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication device in an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.

Terms such as "upper," "above," "lower," "below," and the like, used herein to denote relative spatial positions, are used for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. The spatially relative positional terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The embodiment of the invention provides an intelligent prescription dispensing system, which is shown as a figure 1:

the medicine storage and dispensing device comprises a vertical medicine conveying device 1, a horizontal medicine conveying device 2, a medicine dispensing device 3 and a plurality of medicine storage and dispensing racks 4; the vertical medication delivery device 1 is used for delivering the drug cartridges 42 in a vertical direction, and is capable of delivering drug cartridges 42 filled with drugs to the horizontal medication delivery device 2 and receiving empty drug cartridges 42 from the horizontal medication delivery device 2; the horizontal drug delivery device 2 can place the drug storage box 42 filled with the drug into the drug storage and delivery rack 4, and can transfer the empty drug storage box 42 in the drug storage and delivery rack 4 to the vertical drug delivery device 1; the dispensing device 3 is capable of receiving the medicines from the plurality of storage shelves 4 and completing a dispensing operation.

Here, in use, a drug cartridge filled with a drug may be put into the vertical drug delivery device 1, then the vertical drug delivery device 1 can transport the drug cartridge in the vertical direction, and deliver the drug cartridge to the horizontal drug delivery device 2, then the horizontal drug delivery device 2 puts the drug cartridge into the drug storage and dispensing rack 4, then, according to the received instruction, the drug in the drug cartridge in the drug storage and dispensing rack 4 may be delivered into the drug dispensing device 3, and the drug dispensing device 3 may finally complete the drug dispensing operation.

Furthermore, the drug in the drug reservoir will eventually be dispensed, after which the empty drug reservoir will be transferred by the horizontal drug delivery device 2 into the vertical drug delivery device 1 and then be discharged.

In this embodiment, the medicine storage and dispensing frame 4 includes: the frame 43 is provided with a plurality of medicine storage layers 431 in the up-down direction, and each medicine storage layer 431 is provided with a plurality of clamping devices 41 arranged in a row.

In this embodiment, the clamping device 41 includes a bottom plate 411, two vertical plates 412 that are bilaterally symmetrical are disposed on the bottom plate 411, both the vertical plates 412 extend along the front-rear direction, and top beads 4121 are symmetrically disposed on both the vertical plates 412; a baffle 413 is arranged on the bottom plate 411 and positioned in front of the two risers 412; the left and right sides of the medicine storage box 42 are symmetrically provided with sockets, and when the medicine storage box 42 is located between two vertical plates 412, the bottom surface abuts against the bottom plate 411, and the front end surface abuts against the baffle 413, the top beads 4121 in the two vertical plates 412 can be respectively clamped into the sockets on the left and right sides of the medicine storage box 42.

Here, this medicine storage box 42 will be provided with a storage space, can have the medicine in this storage space, and when using, the manipulator only needs to snatch medicine storage box 42, puts medicine storage box 42 between two risers 412, lets the preceding terminal surface of medicine storage box 42 towards baffle 413, then along the direction push in from the back to the front, and it can be understood that, finally, this preceding terminal surface can support by the baffle 413, and at this moment, the top pearl 4121 in two risers 412 can block respectively in the nest hole of the left and right sides of medicine storage box 42. In addition, the top bead 4121 also has a limiting function, i.e., can effectively prevent the drug storage box 42 from sliding backwards, and can effectively prevent the drug storage box 42 from sliding out of the clamping device 41.

Here, the medicine storage box 42 is a square housing surrounded by a plurality of shell plates, a storage space is provided inside the housing, the storage space can be used for storing medicine boxes, a stack of medicine boxes can be placed in the storage space, and the medicine storage box 42 can also be provided with a medicine outlet, and the medicine boxes can slide out from the medicine outlet. Alternatively, a door may be provided on one of the shells of the medicine storage box 42 or the shell may be removed to form a medicine inlet, so that the medicine in the box can be put into the storage space, for example, the upper shell may be removed from the medicine storage box 42, and the upper shell may be used as a door.

Optionally, the medicine storage box 42 is a square housing, the shape of the storage space is also square, and the size of the horizontal cross section of the storage space is the same as that of the medicine storage box; or the size of the horizontal section of the medicine box can be larger than that of the horizontal section of the medicine box, and in this case, a plurality of partition plates can be arranged in the storage space, namely, when the horizontal section of the medicine box is larger, the distance between the partition plates is larger, and conversely, the distance between the partition plates is smaller.

In this embodiment, the vertical medication delivery device 1 comprises: a plurality of upright posts 11, a car 12 and a driving device 13; the driving device 13 can drive the car 12 to move up and down along the upright post 11, a storage space for storing the medicine storage box 42 is arranged in the car 12, and an outer side surface of the car 12 is provided with an opening communicated with the external space and the storage space.

Here, as shown in fig. 3, the number of the upright posts 11 may be plural, and all the upright posts extend in the vertical direction, the upright posts 11 may be formed by one section, or may be formed by connecting plural sections end to end, and the cross section of the section may be square. In addition, a plurality of cross bars 111 may be disposed between the columns 11, and both ends of each cross bar 111 are fixedly connected to different columns 11, so that a frame structure can be formed, and it can be understood that the frame structure can effectively improve the firmness of the columns 11.

Here, the car 12 moves up and down along the column 11, the car 12 and the column 11 are connected in a sliding or rolling manner, and a locking device may be provided between the car 12 and the column 11, which ensures that the car 12 can only move up and down along the column 11 and cannot be separated from the column 11, thereby improving the safety of the car 12.

In this embodiment, the number of the cars 12 is two, and the driving device 13 is disposed at the top ends of the plurality of columns 11; the drive device 13 includes: the synchronous belt 131 and the motor 132 for driving the synchronous belt 131 to rotate, two ends of the synchronous belt 131 are respectively fixedly connected to the tops of different cars 12.

Here, when the vertical medicine conveying apparatus is used for conveying medicine storage boxes, if a certain medicine storage and dispensing shelf 4 is at a high level, it can be understood that, at this time, the work of conveyance can be divided into two tasks: (1) The medicine storage box filled with the medicines is conveyed to a high level through the lift car 12; (2) Empty magazines from the upper level are sent to the floor by car 12. When motor 132 rotates, one car 12 ascends and the other car 12 descends, so that the two cars 12 can perform both tasks simultaneously.

As shown in fig. 3, a synchronous pulley is sleeved on a rotor of the motor 132, a plurality of third rollers 133 are disposed on both left and right sides of the motor 132, a surface of each third roller 133 abuts against a lower surface of the synchronous belt 131, a surface of each synchronous pulley abuts against an upper surface of the synchronous belt 131, and a highest point of a surface of the third pulley 133 is higher than a lowest point of the surface of each synchronous pulley, which can greatly improve a friction force between the synchronous pulley and the synchronous belt 131, and can effectively prevent a slip. As shown in fig. 1, both ends of the timing belt 131 are fixedly connected to the upper surfaces of the different cars 12.

Here, the wheel surface of the synchronous pulley may be uniformly provided with a plurality of pulley teeth, which may greatly improve the friction between the synchronous pulley and the synchronous belt 131; further, the upper surface of the timing belt 131 is a tooth surface that fits to the sheave surface of the timing pulley.

Optionally, a door body 14 is arranged on the plurality of columns 11, the door body 14 includes an upper vertical plate, a lower vertical plate and a driving device, the upper vertical plate is located right above the lower vertical plate, and the driving device can control the upper vertical plate and the lower vertical plate to approach or depart from each other; when the car 12 and the door 14 are at the same height, the opening can be opposite to the door 14.

In this embodiment, the horizontal medication delivery device 2 includes: a first rail 23A is arranged at one side of the medicine storage and dispensing frame 4, a first gripping device 23A1 is arranged on each first rail 23A, the first gripping device 23A1 can slide along the first rail 23A, the first gripping device 23A1 can grip the storage box 42 from the medicine storage and dispensing frame 4 and can place the storage box 42 into the medicine storage and dispensing frame 4; a second rail 23B, the second rail 23B being in contact with one end of all the first rails 23A, a transport vehicle 23B1 being provided on the second rail 23B, the transport vehicle 23B1 being slidable along the second rail 23B; when the transporting carriage 23B1 moves to the end of any one of the first rails 23A, the first gripper 23A1 in the first rail 23A can grip the storage box 42 in the transporting carriage 23B1, or put the gripped storage box 42 into the transporting carriage 23B 1. Here, as shown in fig. 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D, the first rail 23A extends from one end portion of the medicine dispensing stand 4 to the other end portion, and when the storage box 42 is inserted, the first grasping means 23A1 first grasps a storage box 42 filled with medicine and then moves to one side of the predetermined grasping means, and then the storage box 42 can be inserted into the predetermined grasping means and then releases the storage box 42. Similarly, when the storage box 42 is removed, the first gripper 23A1 first moves to one side of the predetermined gripping device, then grips one storage box 42 from the gripping device, and is removed, then moves along the first rail 23A, and is transported away.

Here, the first gripping means 23A1 is movable to one side of any drug storage cabinet and is able to access any gripping means in each storage level in that drug storage cabinet.

Here, the second rail 23B is in contact with one end of all the first rails 23A, and the term "contact" herein should not be interpreted narrowly as a connection, and its specific meaning can be interpreted as: for the first track 23A, there is an area in the second track 23B corresponding to the end of the first track 23A, and when the transport vehicle 23B1 moves to the area (to the end of the first track 23A), the first gripper 23A1 can grip the storage box 42 in the transport vehicle 23B 1. As shown in fig. 4C, a plurality of storage boxes 42 may be provided on the transport vehicle 23B 1.

Here, in actual use, the carriage 23B1 slides on the second rail 23B, and it is understood that the storage cassette 42 filled with the medicine may be placed on the carriage 23B1, and the medicine cassette is finally delivered to the preset medicine dispensing shelf 4. Likewise, the empty storage box 42 will eventually be placed on the transport cart 23B 1.

Optionally, each medicine storage and dispensing frame 4 may be correspondingly provided with a first track 23A; meanwhile, the two medicine storage and dispensing racks 4 can share one first rail 23A. Similarly, the second rails 23B may be provided on both right and left end portions of the first rail 23A, or, as shown in fig. 1 and 4A, only one second rail 23B may be provided on one end portion, and the second rail 23B may extend in the front-rear direction. A plurality of transport vehicles 23B1 may be provided on the second track 23B, each transport vehicle 23B1 operates independently, and each first gripper device 23A1 also operates independently, which can be understood to greatly improve the work efficiency.

In this embodiment, a second gripping device 23B2 is provided on the second rail 23B, the second gripping device 23B2 can slide along the second rail 23B, and the second gripping device 23B2 can grip the medicine storage box 42 in the car 12 into the transport vehicle 23B1 or the medicine storage box 42 in the transport vehicle 23B1 into the car 12.

In this embodiment, the horizontal medication delivery device 2 includes: the first conveyor belt device 2A is arranged on one side of the medicine storage and dispensing rack 4, and any medicine box falling from any medicine storage box 42 in the medicine storage and dispensing rack 4 can fall onto the first conveyor belt device 2A; and a plurality of second conveyor belt devices 2B, wherein when the medicine boxes fall off from each first conveyor belt device 2A, each first conveyor belt device 2A can fall onto at least one second conveyor belt device 2B and is conveyed to the outlet end of the second conveyor belt device 2B.

Here, as shown in fig. 4A, the first belt conveyor 2A extends from one end of the medicine storage and dispensing frame 4 to the other end along the arrangement direction of the plurality of holding devices 41. When a dose is to be taken, the magazine 42 in which the dose is located is fed out of the magazine containing the dose, which then falls onto the first conveyor means 2A, then onto the fourth conveyor means 52B, is transported to the outlet end and then is fed into the basket.

In this embodiment, the first belt conveyor 2A includes: the conveying belt device comprises a plurality of conveying belts 2A1 which are connected in series, wherein a gap is formed between a first end part of the first conveying belt and a second end part of the second conveying belt, a second conveying belt device 2B is arranged right below the gap, and the first end part of the first conveying belt is adjacent to the second end part of the second conveying belt.

Here, when a cartridge drops on one conveyor belt 2A1, the conveyor belt 2A1 rotates and the cartridge moves in the direction in which it is fed into the gap, eventually drops out of the gap and into the second conveyor belt arrangement 2B, it being understood that the size of the gap needs to be larger than the size of the cartridge in order for the cartridge to drop out of the gap. Alternatively, the second conveyor belt device 2B may be composed of several conveyor belts that are adjacent end to end. The first track 23A, the second track 23B and the first conveyor means 2A are all located on the same horizontal plane, and the second conveyor means 2B is located lower than the first conveyor means 2A. For each drug storage and dispensing rack 4, the first track 23A and the first conveyor means 2A are located on different sides thereof. It will be appreciated that this effectively reduces the area occupied by the intelligent prescription system.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the medicine dispensing device 3 further includes: a third conveyor belt device 51, a fourth conveyor belt device 52 and a basket moving device 54, wherein the third and fourth conveyor belt devices can convey the medicine baskets positioned thereon or keep the medicine baskets in a static state, the conveying direction of the third conveyor belt device 51 is a first direction, the conveying direction of the fourth conveyor belt device 52 is a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are opposite; the basket moving device 54 can move the medicine baskets between the third and fourth conveyor belt devices; here, the third conveyor means 51 and the fourth conveyor means 52 are both capable of conveying baskets in their conveying direction, and in order to improve the efficiency of operation, a plurality of baskets may be placed on both the third conveyor means 51 and the fourth conveyor means 52 at the same time, and some baskets are being conveyed and some are in a stationary state.

As shown in fig. 5, the third conveyor means 51 is capable of conveying baskets in a first direction (i.e. the solid arrows in fig. 1), i.e. from the first end to the second end; the fourth conveyor means 52 is capable of conveying baskets of medicine in a second direction (i.e. the dashed arrow in fig. 1), i.e. from the second end to the first end, where the first position is in front of the second position in the first direction, so that on the third conveyor means 51 a basket of medicine can be conveyed from the first position to the second position, after which a basket of medicine located on the second position of the third conveyor means 51 is moved by the basket moving means 54 to the second position on the fourth conveyor means 52, after which the fourth conveyor means 52 can convey the basket of medicine to the first position. In summary, the medicine baskets can be moved bidirectionally based on the third conveyor means 51, the fourth conveyor means 52 and the basket moving means 54. Here, the third conveyor belt device 51 and the fourth conveyor belt device 52 can be formed by connecting a plurality of transmission belts in series; the number of the basket transfer devices 54 can be multiple, and the basket transfer devices are distributed along the extending direction of the third conveyor belt device 51 and the fourth conveyor belt device 52, and the position of each basket transfer device 541 is fixed. Further, a single rail may be provided, which is parallel to and opposed to the third and fourth conveyor means, and the basket transfer means 54 may be movable along the rail, and in this case, the number of the basket transfer means 54 may be plural. Here, the basket transfer device 54 may be a robot that can pick a medicine basket from one conveyor means and then put it on another conveyor means, or may be a conveyor, a lifting device, etc. (for example, the third and fourth conveyor means are positioned one above the other, and the lifting device can transfer the medicine basket between the third and fourth conveyor means).

In this embodiment, the outlet ends of all the second conveyor means are distributed along the conveying direction of the third conveyor means 51; when a medicine basket on the third conveyor belt device 51 is positioned below any outlet end, the medicine basket can receive the medicine sent out from the outlet end; here, the outlet end may be located higher than the third conveyor means 51 and a vertical conduit may be provided at the outlet end along which the medicine falling from the outlet end may fall into a basket on the third conveyor means 51.

The control device is used for acquiring M medicine outlets corresponding to a first prescription to be processed when the first prescription to be processed is received, and the M medicine outlets are a1 st medicine outlet, a 2 nd medicine outlet and an Mth medicine outlet in sequence along a first feeding direction; then, controlling the third conveyor belt device 51 to sequentially pass an empty first medicine basket from the first medicine outlet to the Mth medicine outlet and receive the medicines; then, controlling the basket moving device 54 to move the first medicine basket to the fourth conveying belt device 52 and controlling the fourth conveying belt device 52 to convey the first medicine basket along the second direction; then, the basket moving device 54 is controlled to move the first medicine basket to the third conveying belt device 51, the position of the first medicine basket is located in front of the first medicine outlet along the first direction, and then the third conveying belt device 51 is controlled to enable the first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the 1 st medicine outlet to the I-1 st medicine outlet and receive medicines; wherein M and I are both natural numbers, and I is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M.

Here, in the first direction, the front refers to the direction of the arrow tail of the solid arrow in fig. 5, and the rear refers to the direction of the arrow of the solid arrow in fig. 5; in the second direction, front refers to the direction of the arrow tail of the dashed arrow in fig. 5, and rear refers to the direction of the arrow of the dashed arrow in fig. 5. Here, in actual use, in each pharmacy, a pharmacy management system is provided, and the pharmacy management system stores the drug information in each drug storage and delivery rack (at least, the information of the drug type, the storage quantity, the storage position and the like of all the drugs stored in each drug storage and delivery rack). In the pharmacy, there are usually several dispensing windows, and a staff member will work there, and the staff member will get a prescription (for example, the patient will give the staff a prescription slip, or the system will automatically distribute, etc.), and the prescription will include several drug types, and the corresponding amount for each drug type; then, the staff will input the information of the prescription to the pharmacy management system (for example, input the prescription number, or a card reader is arranged at the dispensing window and can read the prescription number), so that the pharmacy management system can obtain the information that the prescription includes a plurality of medicine types and the number corresponding to each medicine type; then, through the processing of a preset algorithm, information such as the types of a plurality of medicines to be sent by each medicine storage and dispensing frame, the corresponding quantity of each medicine and the like can be obtained, and then the related medicines are needed to be sent out from the corresponding medicine outlets, so that the M medicine outlets can be sequentially marked as the 1 st medicine outlet, the 2 nd medicine outlet, the. The medicine basket passes through the M medicine outlets, and each medicine outlet receives the medicine, so that the medicine basket filled with the medicine can be sent to the medicine dispensing window, and the worker takes the medicine out of the medicine basket and packs the medicine to a patient. Here, if all the medicine baskets strictly pass through the 1 st medicine outlet first, then pass through the 2 nd medicine outlet in a right order, and finally pass through the M-th medicine outlet, it can be understood that if a certain medicine outlet (for example, the I-1 st medicine outlet) is busy, so that the medicine baskets which need to pass through the medicine outlet need to wait for a period of time, the efficiency of the medicine conveying system is greatly reduced, at this time, part of the medicine baskets can be conveyed to a certain medicine outlet (for example, the I-th medicine outlet) behind the I-1 st medicine outlet first, and the medicine outlet operations of the following medicine outlets (the I-th medicine outlet to the M-th medicine outlet) are sequentially performed, and then the medicine baskets (the medicine baskets have completed the medicine outlet operations from the I-th medicine outlet to the M-th medicine outlet) are conveyed to the position in front of the 1 st medicine outlet by the fourth conveying belt device 52, and then the medicine baskets (the medicine baskets have completed the medicine outlet operations from the I-th medicine outlet to the I-1 st medicine outlet), so that the efficiency of the medicine conveying system can be greatly improved, and errors are not easily occur. Optionally, when the medicine basket filled with the medicines is sent to the medicine dispensing window, the staff or the patient can be reminded to take the medicines, for example, the staff or the patient can be reminded to take the medicines by voice broadcast or display related information of the prescription through a display device. Here, each of the third conveyor means 51 and the fourth conveyor means 52 is provided with a plurality of detectors, a storage means is provided in each medicine basket, a unique identification code of the medicine basket is stored in the storage means, and when the medicine basket passes through the detectors, the detectors can read the unique identification code from the storage means, so that the medicine basket can be accurately identified, information such as the position where the medicine basket is located can be accurately obtained, and a corresponding relationship between the unique identification code and a prescription can be established. For example, the detector is a two-dimensional code scanning device, a two-dimensional code can be sprayed on the outer surface of the medicine basket, and the unique identification code of the medicine basket is stored in the two-dimensional code; the detector is an NFC (Near Field Communication) reading device, and an NFC Communication device may be disposed in the medicine basket, and the NFC Communication device stores a unique identification code of the medicine basket. Here, as shown in fig. 1, the conveying direction of the first and second conveyor means may not be straight.

In this embodiment, the method further includes: a plurality of fifth conveyor belt devices 53, one end of each fifth conveyor belt device 53 is connected with the third conveyor belt device 51, the other end of each fifth conveyor belt device 53 is connected with the dispensing window, and medicine baskets in the third conveyor belt device 51 can be moved into the fifth conveyor belt devices 53; the control device is further configured to: when a first prescription to be processed is received, acquiring a fifth conveyor belt device 53 corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, wherein the connection position of the corresponding fifth conveyor belt device 53 and the third conveyor belt device 51 is positioned behind or at the same position as the I-1 medicine outlet in the first direction;

the step of controlling the third conveyor belt device 51 to sequentially pass an empty first medicine basket from the first medicine outlet to the mth medicine outlet and receive medicines includes: and controlling the third conveyor belt device 51 to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the first medicine outlet I to the M medicine outlet, receive medicines, control the first medicine basket to continue moving, move the first medicine basket to the fifth conveyor belt device 53 corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and then control the corresponding fifth conveyor belt device 53 to move the first medicine basket to the medicine dispensing window.

Here, as shown in fig. 5, a sixth conveyor belt device 55 is further provided below each fifth conveyor belt device 53, the sixth conveyor belt device 55 is used for conveying an empty basket to the basket moving device 54, in fig. 5, the fifth conveyor belt device 53, the sixth conveyor belt device 55 and the basket moving device 54 are in one-to-one correspondence, and a plurality of first basket turning devices are provided on the third conveyor belt device 51, one side of each first basket turning device is connected with the basket moving device 54, the other opposite side is connected with the fifth conveyor belt device 53, and on the first basket turning devices are an outlet end of the second conveyor belt device 2B, that is, when a basket stays on the first basket turning device, a medicine box dropped from the outlet end can be received, and the basket can also be conveyed to the fifth conveyor belt device 53. The fourth conveyor means 52 has a second basket diverting means connected on one side to the basket moving means 54 and on the opposite side to the sixth conveyor means 55, the second basket diverting means being adapted to receive baskets from the sixth conveyor means 55 and to transfer them to the fourth conveyor means 52. The other ends of the fifth conveyor means 53 and the sixth conveyor means 55 are dispensing windows.

Here, in actual use, there is usually a staff member at the dispensing window, and the staff member works as follows: empty baskets are loaded onto the sixth conveyor means 55 and the filled baskets are moved along the fifth conveyor means 53 to the dispensing window, whereupon the dispensing operation is completed by the operator. It can be understood that, in order to distinguish different medicine baskets, each medicine basket needs to be correspondingly provided with a unique medicine basket identifier, based on which the control device can obtain prescription information and the like corresponding to the medicine basket, and in addition, for each medicine dispensing window, a unique window identifier needs to be provided, and it can be understood that, a wireless communication module and a storage module need to be provided for the medicine basket, and the storage module is used for storing the window identifier of the corresponding medicine dispensing window, that is, after a worker puts an empty medicine basket into the sixth conveyor belt device 55, the window identifier of the medicine dispensing window needs to be written into the storage module in the high medicine basket through the wireless communication device. At this time, a wireless communication device may be disposed in the sixth conveyor belt device 55, as shown in fig. 6, the wireless communication device includes a card reader/writer 61, a data clearing device 62 and a data verification device 63, during the transmission process, a medicine basket (provided with a wireless communication module, a storage module and the like in the medicine basket) first passes through the data clearing device 62, the data clearing device 62 can clear the window identifier in the storage module of the medicine basket, then the medicine basket passes through the card reader/writer 61, the card reader/writer 61 writes the corresponding window identifier into the storage module in the medicine basket, then the medicine basket passes through the data verification device 63, the data verification device 63 reads the window identifier in the storage module of the medicine basket, then when the window identifier is judged to be equal to the corresponding window identifier, the medicine basket is continuously conveyed along the conveying direction thereof, otherwise, the sixth conveyor belt device 55 rotates in the reverse direction, and then the above steps are repeated.

In addition, the medicine baskets are conveyed along the preset direction by the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth conveyor belt devices, the control device needs to acquire the position information of the medicine baskets in real time, so that a plurality of wireless communication devices can be fixedly arranged in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth conveyor belt devices, and it can be understood that when a medicine basket moves to be at the same position with a certain wireless communication device, the wireless communication device can read the medicine basket identifier of the medicine basket, and then the position information of the medicine basket (namely the position information of the wireless communication device) can be acquired. In addition, the control device also needs to distinguish each wireless communication device, so that each wireless communication device also needs to be correspondingly provided with a unique sensor identifier. As shown in fig. 6, the wireless communication device includes a card reader 61, a data clearing device 62 and a data verification device 63, during the transmission process, a medicine basket (provided with a wireless communication module, a storage module and the like) first passes through the data clearing device 62, the data clearing device 62 can clear an indicator (the indicator can be used for indicating whether the medicine basket is read or written by the corresponding card reader 61 or not) in the storage module of the medicine basket, the indicator can be a sensor identifier of the wireless communication device or can be a flag bit directly), then, the medicine basket passes through the card reader 61, the card reader 61 reads the medicine basket identifier in the medicine basket and sends the medicine basket identifier to the control device, then, the indicator in the storage module of the medicine basket is modified to be read, then the medicine basket passes through the data verification device 63, the data verification device 63 reads the indicator in the storage module of the medicine basket, when the indicator indicates that the indicator is read (for example, the card reader 61 writes the corresponding sensor identifier into the storage module, the data verification device 63 reads the sensor identifier in the storage module and when the sensor identifier is equal to the sensor identifier of the wireless communication device, the indicator indicates that the indicator is read), the medicine basket is continuously conveyed along the conveying direction of the medicine basket, otherwise, the first conveyor belt device, the second conveyor belt device, the third conveyor belt device, the fourth conveyor belt device, the fifth conveyor belt device and the sixth conveyor belt device rotate reversely, and then the steps are repeated.

Here, when a medicine basket is located on the sixth conveyor belt device 55, at this time, if the medicine basket is conveyed to the corresponding first medicine basket turning device, at this time, it is necessary to first judge whether the corresponding first and second medicine basket turning devices are in an idle state,

when the medicine baskets are in the idle state, the first medicine basket steering device and the second medicine basket steering device are changed into the busy state, then the sixth conveying belt device 55 is controlled to convey the medicine baskets to the second medicine basket steering device, then the medicine baskets are conveyed to the first medicine basket steering device through the basket moving device 54, and then the first medicine basket steering device and the second medicine basket steering device are changed into the idle state.

If the second basket turning device is in a busy state, the process is stopped;

if the first medicine basket steering device is in a busy state, but the second medicine basket steering device is in an idle state, the second medicine basket steering device is modified into the busy state, then the sixth conveying belt device 55 is controlled to convey the medicine baskets to the second medicine basket steering device, then the first medicine basket steering device is waited to be converted into the idle state, then the first medicine basket steering device is modified into the busy state, then the medicine baskets are conveyed to the first medicine basket steering device through the basket moving device 54, and then the first medicine basket steering device and the second medicine basket steering device are modified into the idle state.

As shown in fig. 5, the third conveyor belt device 51 and the fourth conveyor belt device 52 may be composed of a plurality of conveyor belts, and a first and a second basket turning device are disposed behind adjacent conveyor belts, and when a basket is to be transferred from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt (the first and the second conveyor belts are adjacent), firstly, after the basket needs to be read by the wireless communication device in the first conveyor belt, then, when the basket turning device between the first and the second conveyor belts is determined to be in an idle state and no basket exists in the second conveyor belt, the basket can be transferred to the basket turning device firstly and then transferred to the second conveyor belt.

It should be understood that although the specification describes embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity purposes only, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the specification as a whole may be appropriately combined to form other embodiments as will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is merely a detailed description of possible embodiments of the present invention, and it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent prescription dispensing system, which is characterized in that:

the device comprises a vertical drug delivery device (1), a horizontal drug delivery device (2), a drug delivery device (3) and a plurality of drug storage and delivery racks (4);

the vertical drug delivery device (1) is used for delivering drug storage boxes (42) in the vertical direction, and can deliver drug storage boxes (42) filled with drugs to the horizontal drug delivery device (2) and receive empty drug storage boxes (42) from the horizontal drug delivery device (2);

the horizontal medicine conveying device (2) can place medicine storage boxes (42) filled with medicines into the medicine storage and dispensing rack (4) and can convey empty medicine storage boxes (42) in the medicine storage and dispensing rack (4) to the vertical medicine conveying device (1);

the dispensing device (3) is capable of receiving the medicines from the storage racks (4) and completing the dispensing operation;

the medicine storage and dispensing frame (4) comprises: the drug storage device comprises a frame (43), wherein a plurality of drug storage layers (431) are arranged on the frame (43) in the vertical direction, and a plurality of clamping devices (41) arranged in a row are arranged on each drug storage layer (431);

the clamping device (41) comprises a bottom plate (411), two vertical plates (412) which are symmetrical left and right are arranged on the bottom plate (411), the two vertical plates (412) extend along the front-back direction, and top beads (4121) are symmetrically arranged on the two vertical plates (412); a baffle (413) is arranged on the bottom plate (411) and positioned on the front side of the two vertical plates (412); all the symmetrical nest holes that are provided with on the side of controlling of drug storage box (42), when drug storage box (42) are located between two riser (412), the bottom surface supports and leans on bottom plate (411) and preceding terminal surface to support and lean on baffle (413), and top pearl (4121) in two riser (412) can block respectively in the nest hole of the side of controlling of drug storage box (42).

2. The intelligent prescription drug system according to claim 1, characterized in that the vertical drug delivery device (1) comprises:

a plurality of upright posts (11), a car (12) and a driving device (13);

drive arrangement (13) can drive car (12) are along vertical column (11) is the up-and-down motion, be provided with the storage space that is used for depositing drug storage box (42) in car (12), an lateral surface of car (12) is provided with the opening that communicates exterior space and storage space.

3. The intelligent prescription system according to claim 2, characterized in that:

the number of the cars (12) is two, and the driving devices (13) are arranged at the top ends of the plurality of upright posts (11);

the drive device (13) comprises: synchronous belt (131) and be used for driving motor (132) that synchronous belt (131) are rotatory, the top of the different car (12) of two tip difference fixed connection of synchronous belt (131).

4. The intelligent prescription-dispensing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the horizontal drug delivery device (2) comprises:

a first rail (23A) is arranged on one side of the medicine storage and dispensing rack (4), a first grabbing device (23A 1) is arranged on each first rail (23A), the first grabbing devices (23A 1) can slide along the first rails (23A), the first grabbing devices (23A 1) can grab storage boxes (42) from the medicine storage and dispensing rack (4) and can place the storage boxes (42) into the medicine storage and dispensing rack (4);

a second rail (23B), the second rail (23B) being in contact with one end of all the first rails (23A), a transport vehicle (23B 1) being provided on the second rail (23B), the transport vehicle (23B 1) being slidable along the second rail (23B); when the transport vehicle (23B 1) moves to the end of any one of the first rails (23A), the first grasping device (23A 1) in the first rail (23A) can grasp the storage box (42) in the transport vehicle (23B 1), or put the grasped storage box (42) in the transport vehicle (23B 1).

5. The intelligent prescription system according to claim 4, wherein:

a second gripping device (23B 2) is arranged on the second rail (23B), the second gripping device (23B 2) can slide along the second rail (23B), and the second gripping device (23B 2) can grip the medicine storage box (42) in the car (12) into the transport vehicle (23B 1) or grip the medicine storage box (42) in the transport vehicle (23B 1) into the car (12).

6. The intelligent prescription drug system according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal drug delivery device (2) comprises:

the medicine storage and dispensing device comprises a first conveyor belt device (2A) arranged on one side of a medicine storage and dispensing rack (4), and medicine boxes falling from any medicine storage box (42) in the medicine storage and dispensing rack (4) can fall onto the first conveyor belt device (2A); and a plurality of second conveyor belt devices (2B), wherein when the medicine boxes fall off from each first conveyor belt device (2A), the medicine boxes can fall on at least one second conveyor belt device (2B) and are conveyed to the outlet end of the second conveyor belt device (2B).

7. The system for intelligent prescription of drugs according to claim 6, characterized in that said first conveyor means (2A) comprise:

the conveying belt structure comprises a plurality of conveying belts (2A 1) connected in series, wherein a gap is formed between a first end portion of the first conveying belt and a second end portion of the second conveying belt, a second conveying belt device (2B) is arranged right below the gap, and the first end portion of the first conveying belt is adjacent to the second end portion of the second conveying belt.

8. The intelligent prescription drug-dispensing system according to claim 7, wherein the drug-dispensing device (3) further comprises:

a third conveyor belt device (51), a fourth conveyor belt device (52) and a basket moving device (54), wherein the third and fourth conveyor belt devices can convey the medicine baskets positioned thereon or keep the medicine baskets in a static state, the conveying direction of the third conveyor belt device (51) is a first direction, the conveying direction of the fourth conveyor belt device (52) is a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are opposite; the basket moving device (54) can move the medicine baskets between the third and fourth conveyor belt devices;

the outlet ends of all the second conveyor means are distributed along the conveying direction of the third conveyor means (51); when the medicine basket on the third conveyor belt device (51) is positioned below any outlet end, the medicine basket can receive the medicine sent out from the outlet end;

the control device is used for acquiring M medicine outlets corresponding to a first prescription to be processed when the first prescription to be processed is received, and the M medicine outlets are a1 st medicine outlet, a 2 nd medicine outlet and an Mth medicine outlet in sequence along a first feeding direction; then, controlling a third conveyor belt device (51) to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through an I medicine outlet to an M medicine outlet and receive medicines; then, controlling a basket moving device (54) to move the first medicine basket to a fourth conveying belt device (52) and controlling the fourth conveying belt device (52) to convey the first medicine basket along a second direction; then, controlling a basket moving device (54) to move the first medicine basket to a third conveying belt device (51), wherein the position of the first medicine basket is positioned in front of the first medicine outlet along the first direction, and then controlling the third conveying belt device (51) to enable the first medicine basket to sequentially pass through a first medicine outlet to an I-1 medicine outlet and receive medicines; wherein M and I are both natural numbers, and I is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M.

9. The intelligent prescription system of claim 8, further comprising: a plurality of fifth conveying belt devices (53), one end of each fifth conveying belt device (53) is connected with the third conveying belt device (51), the other end of each fifth conveying belt device is connected with a dispensing window, and medicine baskets in the third conveying belt devices (51) can be moved into the fifth conveying belt devices (53); the control device is further configured to: when a first prescription to be processed is received, acquiring a fifth conveyor belt device (53) corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, wherein the connection position of the corresponding fifth conveyor belt device (53) and the third conveyor belt device (51) is positioned behind or at the same position as the medicine outlet I-1 in the first direction;

the step of controlling the third conveyor belt device (51) to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the first medicine outlet to the Mth medicine outlet and receive medicines specifically comprises the following steps: and controlling the third conveying belt device (51) to enable an empty first medicine basket to sequentially pass through the first medicine outlet to the Mth medicine outlet, receive medicines, control the first medicine basket to continue moving, move the first medicine basket to a fifth conveying belt device (53) corresponding to the first prescription to be processed, and then control the corresponding fifth conveying belt device (53) to move the first medicine basket to a medicine dispensing window.