CN113692356A - Medicine packaging device, packaging bag, and method for writing information into packaging material - Google Patents

Medicine packaging device, packaging bag, and method for writing information into packaging material Download PDF

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CN113692356A
CN113692356A CN202080028546.1A CN202080028546A CN113692356A CN 113692356 A CN113692356 A CN 113692356A CN 202080028546 A CN202080028546 A CN 202080028546A CN 113692356 A CN113692356 A CN 113692356A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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Abstract

It is possible to easily visually confirm character information representing information in characters and to reliably read encoded information representing information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code. The packaging device is provided with: a packaging unit that forms a packaging bag (21) containing a medicine (100) from a long sheet-like packaging material; and an information writing unit that writes information (110) associated with the medicine (100) into the packaging material. The information (110) associated with the medicament (100) includes text information (111) that represents the information (110) in text and encoded information (120) that represents the information (110) in a two-dimensional code. The information writing unit writes character information (111) in mirror characters that are left-right inverted, and writes encoded information (120) in such a manner that the characters are not left-right inverted.

Description

Medicine packaging device, packaging bag, and method for writing information into packaging material
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a medicine dispensing and packaging apparatus, a dispensing and packaging bag, and a method of writing information into a packaging material.
Background
Japanese patent laying-open No. 9-286418 (patent document 1) discloses a medicine packing machine that stores required medicines in a plurality of packing bags formed in a row on a packing sheet in order of taking medicine according to a prescription, and prints taking data on the stored medicines on the packing bags.
Documents of the prior art
Patent document
Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 9-286418
Disclosure of Invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
Characters and bar codes representing information related to stored medicines may be printed on a pouch containing the medicines. A user, for example, a pharmacist using the medicine dispensing and packaging apparatus can visually recognize characters printed on the dispensing bag and the medicine contained in the dispensing bag and confirm whether or not the medicine is accurately contained in the dispensing bag. A supplier who supplies a medicine to a patient, for example, a nurse, can confirm that the medicine to be administered to the patient is appropriate by reading the barcode printed on the packaging bag.
Thus, what is required is: characters printed on the sachets can be easily confirmed, and the bar codes printed on the sachets can be reliably read.
The present disclosure provides a medicine packing apparatus that writes information related to a medicine into a packaging material so that text information representing the information in text can be easily visually confirmed and encoded information representing the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code can be reliably read, a packing bag in which information related to the medicine is written, and a method of writing information related to the medicine into a packaging material.
Means for solving the problems
According to the present disclosure, there is provided a medicine dispensing and packaging device including: a packaging unit that forms a packaging bag containing a medicine from a long sheet-like packaging material; and an information writing section that writes information associated with the medicine into the packaging material. The information associated with the medicament includes textual information that represents the information in text and coded information that represents the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code. The information writing section writes character information in mirror characters formed by left-right inversion, and writes encoded information in a manner that the characters are not left-right inverted.
In the medicine dispensing package described above, the character information includes the name and the number of the medicines stored in the dispensing package.
In the medicine dispensing package described above, the code information is arranged so as to overlap the monochrome background.
According to the present disclosure, a sachet containing a medicament is provided. Information associated with the medicine is written in the sub-pouch. The information associated with the medicament includes textual information that represents the information in text and coded information that represents the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code. The character information is written in a mirror character mode of left-right turning, and the coding information is written in a mode of not left-right turning.
According to the present disclosure, there is provided a method of writing information associated with a medicine contained in a sub-bag formed from a long sheet-like packing material into the packing material. The information associated with the medicament includes textual information that represents the information in text and coded information that represents the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code. The method comprises the following steps: generating basic data in which character information that is not reversed right and left and code information that is reversed right and left are laid out; generating flip data in which the basic data is flipped left and right; and a step of writing the roll-over data into the packaging material.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION
According to the medicine packaging device of the present disclosure, the character information written in the packaging material can be easily visually confirmed, and the code information written in the packaging material can be reliably read.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a packaging device according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the medicine supplying section and the storage section forming section in the packaging device shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printing portion in the packaging device shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the packaging apparatus according to the embodiment.
Fig. 5 is a view of the front side of the packet bag in which information has been written.
Fig. 6 is a view of the pouch with information written therein, viewed from the back side.
Fig. 7 is a diagram of a pouch in which another example of information has been written, as viewed from the front side.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for writing information into the packaging material.
Fig. 9 is a diagram schematically showing basic data.
Fig. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the roll data.
Fig. 11 is a perspective view schematically showing a process of writing inversion data into a packaging material.
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding portions, and the description thereof will not be repeated.
< construction of packaging device 1 >
Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a packaging device 1 according to an embodiment.
The packaging apparatus 1 is used for packaging an object to be packaged. The object to be packaged is a drug, specifically, a solid drug. Examples of solid pharmaceutical preparations include tablets, pills, and capsules. The object to be packaged is not limited to a solid drug. The object to be packaged may be a medicine in the form of powder or granule. Examples of the powder-like drug include powder and granules. The object to be packaged may be a semi-solid drug or a liquid drug.
The packaging device 1 is a medicine packaging device for packaging medicines based on prescriptions. The prescription is delivered to the patient by a physician. The prescription is recorded with patient information and medicine information. The patient information includes the name and age of the patient. The medicament information includes the name, dosage, usage and dosage of the medicament. In order to package (subpackage) medicines in 1 dose based on such prescription, the packaging apparatus 1 is used.
The packaging device 1 includes a packaging material conveying unit 8. The packaging material conveying unit 8 applies a driving force to the packaging material 2 to convey the packaging material 2. The packing material 2 is in the form of a long sheet. The packing material 2 is conveyed in the longitudinal direction of the packing material 2. The packaging material 2 is fed from a packaging material roll 3. The packaging material roll 3 is formed by winding the packaging material 2 into a roll shape. The arrow in fig. 1 indicates the conveying direction DR of the packaging material 2. Hereinafter, the conveying direction DR of the packaging material 2 is simply referred to as "conveying direction DR". The upstream in the conveying direction DR (the side closer to the web 3 of packaging material) is referred to as "upstream". Downstream in the transport direction DR (the side remote from the web 3 of packaging material) is referred to as "downstream".
The packaging device 1 further includes a printing unit 4, a medicine supply unit 5, and a storage unit forming unit 6. The printing unit 4, the medicine supply unit 5, and the housing unit forming unit 6 are arranged in this order from the upstream to the downstream in the transport direction DR. The printing unit 4 prints predetermined information on the wrapping material 2 conveyed by the wrapping material conveying unit 8, and writes the information on the wrapping material 2. The predetermined information is information associated with a medicament. The printing unit 4 corresponds to an information writing unit in the embodiment.
The medicine feeder 5 feeds the medicine to the packaging material 2 conveyed by the packaging material conveyor 8. The medication is given in 1 dose based on the prescription. The storage section forming section 6 forms a storage section using the packaging material 2 conveyed by the packaging material conveying section 8. The medicine is stored in the storage portion. The storage section forming section 6 forms a package in which a packaging target object is stored by thermally welding the packaging material 2 after the medicine is supplied from the medicine supply section 5. The package in the embodiment is a sub-bag in which a medicine is stored. A storage portion is formed inside the sachet.
The packaging device 1 further includes a tear line forming portion 7. The easy-tear line forming portion 7 is provided in the storage portion forming portion 6. The easy-tear line forming portion 7 forms an easy-tear line extending in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction DR in the packaging material 2 conveyed by the packaging material conveying portion 8. The tear line is formed by a plurality of fine holes arranged continuously in the short side direction of the packaging material 2.
In the packaging device 1, the packaging portion 9 is composed of the storage portion forming portion 6, the easy-tear line forming portion 7, and the packaging material conveying portion 8.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the medicine feeder 5 and the storage unit forming unit 6 in the packaging device 1 shown in fig. 1.
At the medicine supply position where the medicine supply unit 5 supplies the medicine 100 to the packaging material 2, the packaging material 2 is folded in two along the center line of the packaging material 2 in the short side direction. The packaging material 2 includes a1 st sheet 2X and a2 nd sheet 2Y opposed to each other, and the 1 st sheet 2X and the 2 nd sheet 2Y are connected by a short-side direction center portion 2b of the packaging material 2. The 1 st panel 2X includes a short-side direction edge portion 2a1 of the packaging material 2. The 2 nd sheet 2Y includes a short-side direction edge portion 2a2 of the packaging material 2. The lateral edge portions 2a1, 2a2 of the packaging material 2 are located above the lateral center portion 2b of the packaging material 2 and are spaced apart from each other. Thus, an opening 2c facing upward is formed in the packaging material 2.
The packing material 2 may be folded in half in advance. In this case, the double-folded packaging material 2 is fed from the packaging material roll 3 in which the packaging material 2 folded in two in advance is wound into a roll shape.
Alternatively, the packaging material 2 may be folded in half in the middle of the conveyance path. In this case, the wrapping material 2 is wound in a roll shape without being folded in two. From the thus produced packaging material roll 3, the packaging material 2 is fed out. The mechanism for folding the packaging material 2 in two is provided upstream of the medicine supply position. The packaging material 2 fed from the packaging material roll 3 is folded in half at a position upstream of the medicine feeding position.
The medicine feeder 5 includes a feeder main body, not shown, and a hopper 51. The supply unit main body supplies the medicine 100. The hopper 51 guides the medicine 100 supplied from the supply unit main body to the packaging material 2. The hopper 51 has a medicine inlet 52 at its tip for introducing the medicine 100 into the packaging material 2. The medicine inlet 52 enters the inside of the folded packaging material 2 and is disposed between the 1 st sheet 2X and the 2 nd sheet 2Y. The medicine 100 supplied from the supply portion main body is guided by the hopper 51, passes through the opening 2c of the packing material 2, and enters the inside of the packing material 2 folded in two.
The housing section forming section 6 includes a heating member 61, a support member 62, and a pressurizing motor 65. A heater 61a (see fig. 4 discussed later) is built in the heating member 61. The support member 62 is a member that supports the heating member 61. Heating member 61 and support member 62 are disposed opposite to each other so as to sandwich packaging material 2. The pressing motor 65 drives the heating member 61 and the supporting member 62. Heating member 61 and support member 62 driven by pressing motor 65 press packaging material 2 from both sides or separate packaging material 2.
The heating member 61 and the supporting member 62 are each substantially T-shaped. The heating member 61 and the supporting member 62 have a long-side direction portion 63 and a short-side direction portion 64, respectively. The longitudinal portion 63 constitutes a horizontal bar portion of a T shape, and extends in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2. The longitudinal direction portion 63 extends in the conveyance direction DR. The short-side direction portion 64 constitutes a T-shaped longitudinal bar portion extending in the short-side direction of the packaging material 2. The short-side direction portion 64 extends in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction DR. The longitudinal portion 63 of the heating member 61 and the longitudinal portion 63 of the support member 62 are disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the packaging material 2. The short-side direction portion 64 of the heating member 61 and the short-side direction portion 64 of the support member 62 are disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the packaging material 2.
In the housing portion forming portion 6, the heating member 61 is heated by the heater 61 a. In this state, heating member 61 and support member 62 press packaging material 2 from both sides. This forms the longitudinal direction welded portion 23 and the short direction welded portion 24 in the packaging material 2. The longitudinal direction fusion-bonded portion 23 is formed by thermally fusing a part of the packaging material 2 sandwiched between the longitudinal direction portion 63 of the heated member 61 and the longitudinal direction portion 63 of the support member 62. The longitudinal direction weld 23 closes the opening 2c of the packaging material 2.
The short-side direction weld 24 is formed by heat-welding a part of the packaging material 2 sandwiched between the short-side direction portion 64 of the heated member 61 and the short-side direction portion 64 of the support member 62. The short-side direction weld 24 divides the inside of the packaging material 2 into a downstream side and an upstream side.
Thus, the packaging material 2 is divided by the fold of the folded packaging material 2, the longitudinal direction welded portion 23, and the two short direction welded portions 24 aligned in the conveying direction DR, and the packages 21 are formed.
The short-side direction weld 24 forms a boundary of packages 21 adjacent in the longitudinal direction of packaging material 2. A storage portion 22 is formed inside the package 21, and the medicine 100 is stored in the storage portion 22. The storage portion forming portion 6 packages the medicine as the object to be packaged in a packaging amount.
The easy-tear line forming portion 7 is provided to the short-side direction portion 64 of the support member 62. The easy-tear line forming portion 7 is located at the widthwise central portion of the short-side direction portion 64 of the support member 62. The easy-tear line forming portion 7 extends in the short side direction of the packaging material 2.
The tear line forming portion 7 is pressed against the packaging material 2 when the heating member 61 and the support member 62 press the packaging material 2 from both sides. The cutting edge of the tear line forming portion 7 protrudes from the support member 62 and penetrates the packaging material 2 in the thickness direction, thereby forming the tear line 25 in the packaging material 2. The tear line forming portion 7 is driven by the pressing motor 65 to move relative to the support member 62, similarly to the heating member 61 and the support member 62. The easy-tear line 25 is formed in the widthwise central portion of the short-side direction weld 24. Adjacent packages 21 are easily separated by tearing wrapper 2 along tear line 25.
The tear line forming portion 7 may not be provided to the support member 62. For example, the tear line forming portion 7 disposed downstream of the storage portion forming portion 6 may be configured such that the tear line 25 is formed at the widthwise central portion of the short-side direction welded portion 24 that has been formed.
The packing material conveying unit 8 includes a pair of conveying rollers 81 and a packing material conveying motor 82. The pair of conveying rollers 81 are disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the packaging material 2. The packing material conveying motor 82 rotationally drives a pair of conveying rollers 81. The packing material 2 is conveyed by rotationally driving a pair of conveying rollers 81 by a packing material conveying motor 82.
In the wrapping unit 9 (fig. 1), the wrapping material conveying unit 8 intermittently conveys the wrapping material 2. When the conveyance of packaging material 2 is stopped, heating member 61 and support member 62 press packaging material 2 from both sides. At this time, the easy-tear line forming portion 7 is pressed against the packaging material 2. Thus, in the packaging material 2, the longitudinal direction fusion-bonded portions 23 are formed so as to be continuous in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2, the short direction fusion-bonded portions 24 are formed at a constant interval in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2, and the easy-tear lines 25 are formed at a constant interval in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2. In this manner, a plurality of packages 21 are formed in the longitudinal direction of packaging material 2.
The wrapper 21 is a portion between the short-side direction welded portions 24 adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2, and is a portion between the tear lines 25 adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2. The short-side direction weld 24 serves as a boundary between packages 21 adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material 2. The short-side direction portion 64 of the heating member 61 and the short-side direction portion 64 of the supporting member 62 function as a boundary forming portion that forms a boundary of the packages 21 aligned in the conveying direction DR.
The length between the widthwise central portions of the short-side direction welded portions 24 adjacent to each other in the conveying direction DR is referred to as the width W of the packaged object 21 in the conveying direction DR. Width W represents the length between adjacent easy-tear lines 25 in the longitudinal direction of packaging material 2.
< constitution of printing part 4 >
Fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the printing portion 4 in the packaging device 1 shown in fig. 1.
The printing unit 4 uses the thermal head 41 as a print head to thermally transfer the ink of the ink ribbon 45 to the wrapping material 2.
The printing unit 4 includes a thermal head 41 and a platen roller 44. The thermal head 41 has a plurality of heat generating elements. The embossing roller 44 supports the packaging material 2. The thermal head 41 and the platen roller 44 are disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the ink ribbon 45 and the packaging material 2.
The printing portion 4 also has a head contact and separation motor 42 and a head moving motor 43. The head contact and separation motor 42 reciprocates the thermal head 41 in the thickness direction (the vertical direction in fig. 3) of the packaging material 2, and moves the thermal head 41 to the pressure contact position and the separation position. The pressure contact position is a position where the thermal head 41 is pressed against the platen roller 44 via the ink ribbon 45 and the packaging material 2. The isolation position is a position where the thermal head 41 is separated from the platen roller 44. A head moving motor 43 as a head moving section reciprocates the thermal head 41 and the platen roller 44 in the conveying direction DR (the left-right direction in fig. 3) of the packaging material 2.
The printing portion 4 also has a ribbon supply shaft 46, a ribbon take-up shaft 47, guide rollers 48, 49, and a ribbon feed motor 47 a. The ink ribbon supply shaft 46 supplies the ink ribbon 45. The ribbon take-up shaft 47 takes up the ink ribbon 45. The guide rollers 48 and 49 are provided between the ribbon supply shaft 46 and the ribbon take-up shaft 47, and guide the ink ribbon 45. The ribbon feed motor 47a rotationally drives the ribbon take-up shaft 47.
The ink ribbon 45 is conveyed in the longitudinal direction of the ink ribbon 45 from the ribbon supply shaft 46 toward the ribbon take-up shaft 47 by the ribbon feed motor 47a rotationally driving the ribbon take-up shaft 47. The conveyance direction of the ink ribbon 45 and the conveyance direction DR of the packaging material 2 are parallel to each other, and both directions are the left and right directions in fig. 3.
In the printing section 4, the thermal head 41 is moved to the pressure contact position. In this state, the thermal head is moved along the conveying path of the packaging material 2. At this time, the plurality of heat generating elements of the thermal head are selectively caused to generate heat. Thus, predetermined information related to the medicine 100 as the packaging target is printed on the packaging material 2 in a packaging amount using the ink ribbon 45.
< Electrical construction of packaging device 1 >
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the packaging apparatus 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, the packaging apparatus 1 includes an operation unit 91 and an overall control unit 90.
The operation unit 91 is operated by an operator who operates the packaging device 1. The operator operates the operation unit 91 to input information necessary for the wrapping operation of the wrapping apparatus 1 to the overall control unit 90. The information required for the packaging operation of the packaging device 1 includes prescription data based on prescription and various setting information. The setting information includes the size of the width W of the packaged object 21, the print content, and the like. Information necessary for the packaging operation of the packaging device 1 may be input to the overall control unit 90 from an external computer.
The operation unit 91 generates print data to be printed on the packaging material 2 by the printing unit 4 based on the inputted prescription data. The operation unit 91 inputs the generated print data to the overall control unit 90. The entire control unit 90 may generate print data, or print data generated externally may be input to the operation unit 91.
The overall control unit 90 controls the overall operation of the packaging apparatus 1 based on information required for the packaging operation of the packaging apparatus 1. The overall control unit 90 controls the medicine supply unit 5, the packaging unit 9, and the printing unit 4.
The overall controller 90 sends a control signal to the medicine feeder 5 to instruct the medicine feeder 5 to supply the kinds and the number of medicines 100. The overall control unit 90 sends a control signal to the packing unit 9 so that the width W of the packed objects 21 in the conveying direction DR becomes a predetermined value. The width W may be a value input through the operation unit 91, or may be a value set by the overall control unit 90 based on the type and number of the medicines 100.
The packing unit 9 has a packing control unit 96. The wrapping control section 96 controls the heater 61a, the pressing motor 65, and the wrapping material conveying motor 82 based on a control signal from the overall control section 90. These heater 61a, pressing motor 65, and packaging material conveying motor 82 are appropriately driven and stopped, whereby packaging of packaging material 2 is performed.
The overall control section 90 transmits a control signal to the printing section 4 based on the print data generated by the operation section 91 to execute printing on the packaging material 2. The printing unit 4 includes a printing control unit 94. The print control section 94 controls the thermal head 41, the head contact-and-separation motor 42, the head movement motor 43, and the ribbon feed motor 47a based on a control signal from the overall control section 90. The heat generating elements possessed by the thermal head 41, the head contact-separation motor 42, the head moving motor 43, and the ribbon feed motor 47a are appropriately driven and stopped, so that information associated with the medicine 100 is printed on the packaging material 2.
< subpackaging bag >
Fig. 5 is a view of the front side of the packet bag in which information has been written. Fig. 6 is a view of the pouch with information written therein, viewed from the back side. The package 21 shown in fig. 5 and 6 is a sub-bag in which a predetermined type and number of medicines are stored.
The package 21 has a1 st panel 21X (fig. 5) and a2 nd panel 21Y (fig. 6). Wrapper 21 is formed by tearing and separating wrapper 2 shown in figure 2 along adjacent tear lines 25. The 1 st panel 21X is a part of the 1 st panel 2X shown in fig. 2. The 2 nd bag sheet 21Y is a part of the 2 nd sheet 2Y shown in fig. 2.
One of the two-folded portions of the packaging material 2 constitutes a1 st bag piece 21X, and the other of the two-folded portions constitutes a2 nd bag piece 21Y. The edge portions of the 1 st sheet 21X and the 2 nd sheet 21Y arranged to overlap each other are heat-welded, whereby a housing portion 22 (fig. 2) is formed between the 1 st sheet 21X and the 2 nd sheet 21Y. The storage section 22 stores therein a medicine 100.
The 1 st sheet 21X is printed with information 110. The information 110 is information related to the medicine 100 stored in the package 21. The information 110 includes text information 111 representing information in text and encoded information 120 representing information in a two-dimensional code. The character information 111 includes a patient name 112 of the drug 100 to be administered, a drug name 113 stored in the package 21, and the number 114 of the drugs 100 stored in the package 21.
When a plurality of medicines 100 are stored in the package 21, the character information 111 may include a plurality of medicine names 113 and a plurality of numbers 114. The character information 111 may include other information such as identification information of a ward and a bed of the patient to be admitted, and a date and time when the medicine 100 should be taken.
The coded information 120 includes information relating to the patient administering the medicament 100. Coded information 120 shown in fig. 5 is a matrix two-dimensional code in which information is represented in a vertical and horizontal mosaic form with white and black cells, but is not limited to this example. The encoded information 120 may be a stacked two-dimensional code having a structure in which one-dimensional codes are stacked vertically. The encoded information 120 may be a color code in which color information is arranged in a certain pattern. The encoded information 120 is not limited to a two-dimensional code, and may be a one-dimensional code such as a barcode.
As shown in fig. 5, the character information 111 is printed as mirror characters which are inverted left and right. On the other hand, the encoded information 120 is printed without being turned left or right.
A single color background 27 is printed on the 1 st pouch sheet 21X using, for example, a gravure printing process. The background 27 is typically white. The character information 111 and the code information 120 are arranged so as to overlap the background 27. The background 27 may be printed on the packaging material 2 in advance. In this case, the packaging material roll 3 (fig. 1) is formed by winding the packaging material 2 on which the background 27 is printed in advance. Therefore, in the printing section 4 (fig. 3), the character information 111 and the code information 120 are printed in the area where the background 27 is printed in advance.
No information 110 is printed on the 2 nd sheet 21Y. No background 27 is printed on the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y. The information 110 and the background 27 are printed only on the 1 st sheet 21X out of the 1 st sheet 21X and the 2 nd sheet 21Y constituting the packaged material 21, and are not printed on the 2 nd sheet 21Y.
The 2 nd bag piece 21Y is configured to be able to visually recognize the storage portion 22 and the 1 st bag piece 21X inside the package 21. Typically, the 2 nd bag piece 21Y is formed of a transparent material such as cellophane. The medicine 100 stored in the storage section 22 and the character information 111 and the code information 120 printed on the 1 st bag sheet 21X can be visually recognized through the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y. Thus, fig. 6 shows the medicine 100 and the information 110 seen through the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y.
The character information 111 printed in mirror characters on the 1 st bag sheet 21X can be read as normal characters without being left-right reversed when viewed from the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y side. The medicine 100, the medicine name 113, and the number 114 can be easily visually recognized by viewing the package 21 from the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y side. On the other hand, since the coded information 120 is normally arranged without being turned right and left when the package 21 is viewed from the 1 st bag 21X side, it can be appropriately read from the 1 st bag 21X side by using a code reader.
Fig. 7 is a diagram of a pouch in which another example of information has been written, as viewed from the front side. In the packaged article 21 shown in fig. 7, the character information 111 is arranged upside down as compared with fig. 5. Therefore, the character information 111 shown in fig. 7 is printed in a state where normal characters are turned upside down. In contrast, the encoded information 120 shown in fig. 7 is arranged at the same position as the position where the encoded information is arranged when the entire information 110 shown in fig. 5 is inverted upside down, but the encoded information 120 itself is not inverted upside down. Therefore, fig. 5 and 7 show the same encoded information 120 in which only the arrangement is changed.
As yet another example, the information 110 may be configured upside down as a whole, as compared with fig. 5. That is, the information 110 may be rotated by 180 ° as a whole as compared with fig. 5. In addition, the information 110 may be rotated 90 ° to the right or 90 ° to the left as a whole, as compared with fig. 5.
< method of printing information 110 >
A method of printing the information 110 shown in fig. 5 and 6 on the packaging material 2 will be described below. Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for writing information into the packaging material 2.
As shown in fig. 8, first, in step S1, basic data 200B is generated. Fig. 9 is a diagram schematically showing the basic data 200B. The basic data 200B is generated by the operation unit 91 based on the prescription data input to the operation unit 91 (fig. 4).
The basic data 200B includes text information 211 corresponding to the text information 111 printed on the packaging material 2 and code information 220 corresponding to the code information 120 printed on the packaging material 2. The character information 211 and the code information 220 constitute print data 210.
The print data 210 includes information related to the medicine 100 as the packaging target. The character information 211 includes patient name data 212 indicating the name of the patient to whom the medicine 100 is administered, medicine name data 213 indicating the name of the medicine 100 stored in the package 21, and quantity data 214 indicating the number of the medicines 100 stored in the package 21. The coded information 220 includes information relating to the patient administering the medicament 100.
The character information 211 shown in fig. 9 is a normal character without being left-right reversed. On the other hand, the encoded information 220 is left-right flipped. The basic data 200B is generated by laying out the character information 211 that is not inverted left and right and the code information 220 that is inverted left and right at appropriate positions.
Returning to fig. 8, next, in step S2, the roll-over data 200R is generated. Fig. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the roll data 200R. The roll data 200R is generated by turning the base data 200B shown in fig. 9 left and right as a whole. Therefore, in the reverse data 200R, the character information 211 is a mirror character that is reversed left and right. On the other hand, the encoded information 220 is in a normal arrangement without being inverted left and right in the inverted data 200R.
Next, in step S3, the reverse data 200R is printed and attached to the packaging material 2. Fig. 11 is a perspective view schematically showing a process of writing the reverse data 200R into the packaging material 2. The printing unit 4 (fig. 3) prints the reverse data 200R on the wrapping material 2 while the conveyance of the wrapping material 2 by the wrapping material conveying unit 8 is stopped. In the packaging material 2, a background 27 is printed in advance on the 1 st sheet 2X (fig. 2), and the reverse data 200R is printed on the background 27 in an overlapping manner. As a result, the packaging material 2 shown in fig. 11 is produced, on which the character information 111 and the code information 120 are printed so as to overlap the background 27.
Then, the process ends ("end" of fig. 8).
< action and Effect >
Next, the operation and effects of the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in fig. 1, the packaging device 1 of the present embodiment includes a packaging unit 9 and a printing unit 4. As shown in fig. 2, the packaging unit 9 forms a package 21 containing the medicine 100 from the packaging material 2. The printing unit 4 prints information related to the medicine on the packaging material 2. As shown in fig. 5, the information associated with the medicine 100 includes text information 111 representing the information in text and code information 120 representing the information in a two-dimensional code. The character information 111 is printed as mirror characters by left-right turning. The coded information 120 is printed without being flipped left or right.
When confirming whether or not the package 21 has accurately stored the medicine 100, the pharmacist visually observes the character information 111 printed on the package 21 and also visually observes the medicine 100 stored in the package 21. The package 21 has a1 st sheet 21X and a2 nd sheet 21Y, and the 1 st sheet 21X is printed with character information 111.
In order to visually recognize the medicine 100, it is preferable that the character information 111 is not overlapped with the medicine 100 and is a visual obstacle in the case of visually recognizing the medicine 100 from the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y side where the character information 111 is not printed. In the case of viewing the medicine 100 from the 2 nd bag piece 21Y side, if the character information 111 must be viewed from the 1 st bag piece 21X side, the pharmacist repeats the operation of turning over the package 21 a plurality of times. Therefore, the work of checking whether or not the medicine 100 is accurately stored in the package 21 becomes troublesome.
By making the character information 111 printed on the 1 st bag sheet 21X mirror characters which are inverted left and right, the character information 111 can be regarded as regular characters which are not inverted left and right when the character information 111 is viewed from the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y side. By configuring such that the character information 111 can be easily read when viewed from the 2 nd bag piece 21Y side, the medicine 100 and the character information 111 actually stored can be easily collated with each other while viewing the package 21 from the 2 nd bag piece 21Y side. Since the package 21 does not need to be turned over, it is possible to easily perform the operation of checking whether or not the medicine 100 is accurately contained.
The 1 st bag sheet 21X is additionally printed with code information 120. When the coded information 120 printed on the 1 st sheet 21X is read from the 2 nd sheet 21Y side, the medicine 100 contained in the package 21 is overlapped with the coded information 120 to be an obstacle to reading, or reflection occurs in the 2 nd sheet 21Y, and therefore, the coded information 120 may not be read smoothly. For reading the coded information 120, it is preferable to read from the 1 st bag sheet 21X side.
Since the code information 120 is printed on the 1 st bag piece 21X without being turned right or left, the code information 120 can be easily and reliably read from the 1 st bag piece 21X side. A nurse who supplies the medicine 100 to the patient can prevent the wrong medicine from being given to the patient by checking the code information 120 printed on the packing material 21 and the barcode attached to the bracelet worn on the patient.
By configuring such that both the character information 111 and the code information 120 are printed on the 1 st bag piece 21X and not printed on the 2 nd bag piece 21Y, the necessary information 110 can be appropriately printed on the packaging material 2 in a configuration in which the thermal head 41 is disposed only on one side of the packaging material 2 as shown in fig. 3. Thus, the structure of the apparatus of the printing section 4 can be simplified.
As shown in fig. 7, the character information 111 may be printed on the packaging material 2 as a character in which the mirror characters turned right and left are further turned upside down. The arrangement and orientation of the character information 111 can be appropriately adjusted so that the character information 111 is more easily visible when the packaged item 21 after the sub-packaging is completed is taken out from the packaging apparatus 1. On the other hand, in fig. 7, the encoded information 120 is not inverted left or right, nor is it inverted up or down. This ensures a structure in which the code information 120 can be easily read from the 1 st sheet 21X side of the packaged article 21.
As shown in fig. 5, the character information 111 includes the names 113 and the numbers 114 of the medicines stored in the packages 21. The pharmacist can easily confirm whether or not the medicine 100 is accurately stored by comparing the medicine 100 actually stored in the package 21 with the medicine name 113 and the number 114.
As shown in fig. 5, a background 27 is additionally printed on the 1 st bag sheet 21X. The coded information 120 is arranged to overlap the monochrome background 27. When the package 21 is viewed from the 1 st bag piece 21X side, the medicine 100 and the 2 nd bag piece 21Y in the package 21 are not visible from the background 27. The coded information 120 can be reliably read without being hindered by the medicine 100 or the matter present on the 2 nd bag sheet 21Y side from being read. By printing only the 1 st bag piece 21X out of the 1 st and 2 nd bag pieces 21X and 21Y with the background 27 and making the 2 nd bag piece 21Y transparent, the medicine 100 stored in the package 21 can be visually recognized reliably from the 2 nd bag piece 21Y side.
As shown in fig. 8, the method of printing information related to the medicine 100 on the packaging material 2 according to the present embodiment includes a step S1 of generating the base data 200B, a step S2 of generating the reversed data 200R, and a step of printing the reversed data 200R on the packaging material 2. As shown in fig. 9, the basic data 200B is obtained by laying out character information 211 that is not inverted left and right and code information 220 that is inverted left and right. As shown in fig. 10, the inverted data 200R is obtained by inverting the base data 200B left and right.
By printing in this manner, it is possible to reliably realize the mirror character printing in which the character information 111 is left-right turned, and the packing material 21 shown in fig. 5 in which the code information 120 is printed without left-right turning. When the inverted data 200R is generated by inverting only the character information 111 right and left, the character information 111 inverted right and left may overlap the encoded information 120, which makes the operation complicated. By generating the inverted data 200R by inverting the entire base data 200B left and right, the character information 111 and the code information 120 can be reliably arranged in a predetermined layout without overlapping the character information 111 and the code information 120.
In the description of the embodiments above, the following examples are described: as shown in fig. 5, both the character information 111 and the code information 120 are printed so as to overlap the background 27. The code information 120 is desirably arranged so as to overlap the monochrome background 27 in order to be easily readable. On the other hand, the character information 111 may not necessarily be arranged to overlap the background 27. Therefore, a part or the whole of the character information 111 may be printed at a position not overlapping the background 27.
In the description of the embodiment, the following example is described with reference to fig. 4: the ink is thermally transferred to the packaging material 2 by using the thermal head 41, and information 110 related to the medicine 100 is printed on the packaging material 2. The information 110 is not limited to being printed on the packaging material 2 by printing by thermal transfer, and may be printed on the packaging material 2 by any other printing method. Alternatively, the information 110 may be written in the packaging material 2 in a form other than printing.
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the embodiments disclosed herein, but are to be considered as illustrative in all respects. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims rather than the description above, and is intended to include meanings equivalent to the claims and all modifications within the claims.
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1. A packaging device; 2. a packaging material; 2X, the 1 st slice; 2Y, the 2 nd slice; 2a1, 2a2, widthwise edge; 2b, a short-side direction central part; 2c, opening; 3. a roll of packaging material; 4. a printing section; 5. a supply section; 6. a receiving part forming part; 7. an easy-tear line forming portion; 8. a packaging material conveying section; 9. a packaging part; 21. packaging; 21X, No. 1 pouch sheet; 21Y, No. 2 bag sheet; 22. a storage section; 23. a long-side direction fusion part; 24. a short-side direction weld; 25. an easily torn line; 27. a background; 41. a thermal head; 51. a hopper; 52. a throwing port; 81. a conveying roller; 82. a packaging material conveying motor; 90. an overall control unit; 91. an operation section; 94. a printing control section; 96. a packaging control unit; 100. a medicament; 110. information; 111. 211, character information; 112. the name of the patient; 113. the name of the medicament; 114. the number of the particles; 120. 220, encoding information; 200B, basic data; 200R, turning over data; 210. printing data; 212. patient name data; 213. drug name data; 214. (ii) quantity data; DR, direction of transport.

Claims (5)

1. A medicine packaging device is provided with:
a packaging unit that forms a packaging bag containing a medicine from a long sheet-like packaging material; and
an information writing section that writes information associated with the medicine into the packaging material,
the information associated with the medicament includes textual information representing the information in text and coded information representing the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code,
the information writing part writes the character information in a mirror character formed by left-right turning, and writes the coded information in a mode of not left-right turning.
2. The medication sub-packaging apparatus according to claim 1,
the written information includes the name and number of the medicine contained in the sub-packaging bag.
3. The medication sub-packaging device according to claim 1 or 2,
the encoded information is arranged to overlap with a monochrome background.
4. A sub-packaging bag for containing medicine,
information associated with the medicine is written in the sub-packet,
the information associated with the medicament includes textual information representing the information in text and coded information representing the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code,
the character information is written in a mirror character mode formed by left-right turning, and the coding information is written in a mode of not left-right turning.
5. A method of writing information into a packaging material, the method being a method of writing information associated with a medicine contained in a sub-bag formed of a long sheet-like packaging material into the packaging material, wherein,
the information associated with the medicament includes textual information representing the information in text and coded information representing the information in a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code,
the method comprises the following steps:
generating basic data in which the character information that is not reversed right and left and the code information that is reversed right and left are laid out;
generating flip data in which the basic data is flipped left and right; and
a step of writing the roll-over data into the packaging material.
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