EP3648729A1 - Cassette de stockage et de distribution de produits non gazeux et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents
Cassette de stockage et de distribution de produits non gazeux et procédé de fabricationInfo
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- EP3648729A1 EP3648729A1 EP18733625.0A EP18733625A EP3648729A1 EP 3648729 A1 EP3648729 A1 EP 3648729A1 EP 18733625 A EP18733625 A EP 18733625A EP 3648729 A1 EP3648729 A1 EP 3648729A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a device in the form of a cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products, in particular solid products in the form of at least one particle-in particular products intended to be administered to a human or animal being such as medicaments and / or foods and / or food supplements and a method of making such a cassette.
- US 5,176,285 discloses a drug dispensing device from a plurality of cassettes.
- Each cassette comprises a housing, a wheel provided with a plurality of radial partitions and a visual registration disc of certain compartments of the cassette.
- the housing is formed of a polygonal plate supporting a cylindrical side wall of revolution and having an axial recess of viewing the locating disc.
- the wheel is mounted in the housing to cooperate with the plate and the side wall of the housing to form a plurality of peripheral drug storage compartments.
- the wheel is rotatable relative to the housing so that it can be rotated by a rotating shaft of the drug dispensing device.
- the casing, the wheel and the register disk each have a radial slot allowing the passage of the rotary shaft and the introduction of the cassette in the drug dispensing device, the radial slot formed in the side wall of the housing also forming an outlet port of the drugs contained in each compartment successively aligned with the radial slot during the rotation of the wheel.
- the cassette of US 5,176,285 also includes a peripheral member for locking the wheel relative to the housing.
- the peripheral locking member is formed of a pivoting tab held elastically in the locking position when the cassette is in place in the drug dispensing device and the lid of the device is folded down.
- Such a peripheral locking member is problematic. It is accessible to any user of the drug dispensing device. Simple handling of the cassette and exerting pressure on the swivel tongue may result in improper release of the wheel from the housing and rotation of the wheel in the housing. A compartment of the cassette is then placed opposite the outlet orifice. This results in an equally inappropriate release of a drug.
- the cassette of US 5,176,285 is therefore not secure.
- the inappropriate release of the wheel relative to the housing and the rotation of the wheel in the housing also causes an angular offset between the radial slot of the housing and the radial slots of the wheel and the locating disk so that the setting in place of the cassette in the drug dispenser device is prevented.
- the dispensing to the patient of the drugs of one of the cassettes is impossible and the taking of drugs is incomplete. This incomplete intake of drugs is at best ineffective at worst dangerous to the health of the patient.
- the cassette and the dispensing device are not secured.
- the radial slots formed in the housing, the wheel, and the registration disk decrease the torsional mechanical strength of the cassette, particularly when the radial slots formed in the housing, the wheel, and the registration disk are aligned. This results in a risk of dissociation of the casing and the wheel leading to an uncontrolled release of drugs and a loss of drugs.
- the cassette of US 5,176,285 does not have sufficient mechanical strength to allow handling of the cassette by untrained persons who are aware of such manipulation. The cassette is not secure.
- each radial wall of the cassette wheel of US 5,176,285 comprises a pad disjoint pads of adjacent radial partitions, the pads forming pairs of wedges of the register disk.
- each compartment of the cassette is not perfectly sealed towards the axis of rotation of the wheel, so that the storage of drugs is not secure.
- the cassette of US 5,176,285 does not allow the secure storage and distribution of medicines - especially pills and / or small seals.
- US2002 / 166791 Also known from US2002 / 166791 is a rotating dispenser of pills.
- This rotary distributor includes an axial lock accessible to any user. Such an accessible axial lock is problematic since it allows an inappropriate release of a pill.
- the rotary distributor of US2002 / 166791 is therefore not secure either.
- the invention aims to overcome these disadvantages.
- the aim of the invention is generally to provide a cassette for the secure storage and controlled dispensing of non-purely gaseous products, in particular solid products in the form of at least one particle-in particular products intended to be administered to a human or animal being such as drugs and / or foods and / or dietary supplements.
- the invention also aims at providing such a cassette adapted to be placed in a programmable and secure dispensing device of such products to at least one user (human being or animal).
- the invention also aims at providing such a cassette that is reusable.
- the invention also aims at providing such a cassette which has a mechanical strength - in particular a shock resistance and / or a mechanical resistance to crushing - sufficient to allow its transport by any means of transport and home delivery without deterioration neither opening of the cassette and without untimely release of the products which it contains during this transport.
- the invention also aims to propose such a cassette that is ergonomic.
- the invention also aims to provide such a cassette that allows to directly view its filling state.
- the invention also aims at providing such a cassette that can be manufactured simply and at low cost, without heavy and expensive industrial equipment.
- the invention aims in particular to provide such a cassette, of which almost all of the component parts can be obtained in additive manufacturing, by three-dimensional printing.
- the invention also aims at providing such a cassette more particularly adapted to contain medicaments for therapeutic or preventive treatment of a pathology affecting at least one patient (human or animal) -including a single patient-.
- the invention also aims to propose such a cassette making it possible to contribute to the maintenance of a patient at home during a medicinal treatment, while ensuring safe storage and distribution of medicinal products, as well as monitoring the effective taking medication by this patient.
- the invention aims in particular to provide such a cassette whose assembly with a dispensing device is facilitated.
- the invention also aims and in particular to provide such a cassette to optimize the space available in the cassette to accommodate non-purely gaseous products.
- the invention also aims in particular at providing such a cassette for storing and dispensing at least one unitary catch -particularly a plurality of unitary taps-of medicaments, that is, a set of medicaments intended to be delivered to a patient (human or animal) at one time for the purpose of taking it by the patient at a given time, the unit dose of medicaments being in accordance with a medical prescription established for the treatment of at least one pathology affecting this patient. It may be a separate set of drugs consisting of drugs of different dosage forms and / or comprising distinct active substances and / or dosages of different active substances.
- a unit dose of drugs may also comprise a plurality of identical drugs, that is to say comprising a plurality of drugs comprising the same active substance (s), with the same dosage of the drug. active substance (s) and under the same form (s) galenic (s).
- the invention relates to a device or cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products - in particular solid products in the form of at least one particle, in particular products intended to be administered to a human being or animal such as medicaments and / or foods and / or food supplements - comprising:
- a drum in particular a rigid drum, guided in rotation with respect to the casing along an axis of rotation passing through the center of the drum;
- a blocking device adapted to be able to:
- the locking device comprises at least one pusher arranged with respect to the axial passage so that it can be moved:
- the invention therefore relates to a device forming a storage cassette and dispensing non-purely gaseous products.
- the invention is particularly applicable to products intended to be consumed - especially ingested - by humans or animals according to a predetermined or determinable product catch sequence and for which the control of the administration and / or the traceability of products must be ensured (s).
- These may be products (medicines) formulated for medical use (at man) or for veterinary use (in animals). It can also be food products, such as dry foods (croquettes) for animal feed. It can be food supplements, such as vitamins, trace elements for food or feed. It may also include products whose traceability must be ensured, such as narcotics - especially products listed in one of the tables of the 1961 Convention on Narcotic Drugs - for their medical and / or veterinary use.
- the invention applies to products which are not purely gaseous, that is to say for products in a purely solid state or for products in a purely liquid state or for products in an intermediate state to a solid state and to a liquid state (paste).
- the invention applies to products of which a part is in the solid state and a part is in the liquid state.
- a cassette according to the invention has a locking device opposing the rotation of the drum in the housing when no unlocking member is introduced into the axial passage, the locking device extending inside the housing. cassette.
- the locking device hidden inside the cassette is hardly accessible to anyone handling the cassette so that the handling of the locking device and the accidental rotation of the drum by this person are unlikely or impossible.
- the locking device remains in the locking position of the drum relative to the housing, so that the rotation of the drum relative to the housing is prevented and that the Products can not be unintentionally released outside the cassette.
- involuntary rotation of the drum is difficult or impossible.
- the storage of the products in the cassette according to the invention is therefore secure.
- the invention therefore relates to a secure cassette for storing and dispensing products.
- the locking device When the cassette is mounted in a dispensing device and a release member of this dispensing device is introduced into the axial passage and moves the pusher to said unlocking position, the locking device is in said rotational position allowing rotation of the drum relative to the housing.
- Drive means (of the dispensing device) rotating the drum relative to the housing cause the drum to rotate relative to the housing, whereby products are delivered.
- delivery of products contained in a compartment of the cassette is obtained only during the rotation of the drum relative to the housing, said rotation being perfectly controlled by the training means.
- the distribution of the products from the cassette according to the invention is therefore also perfectly secure.
- the locking device is arranged in the cassette so as to be placed in said rotation position exclusively and under the sole effect of an introduction of a release member in the axial passage to said unlocking position of the pusher, whereby the locking device is in the rotational position.
- Any type of locking device may be used as soon as it comprises at least one pusher arranged with respect to the axial passage so as to be displaceable by a release member introduced into the axial passage to a position of the pusher, known as unlocking position, wherein the locking device is in said rotational position.
- the locking device comprises an elastic return device of the pusher at a position of the pusher distinct from said unlocking position in which the locking device is in said locking position.
- the locking device in said locking position and the drum can not be moved in rotation by compared to the crankcase.
- the axial passage of access to the locking device is dimensioned to prevent any inadvertent manipulation of the locking device so that the rotation of the drum relative to the housing is prevented and the products are securely held in the cassette according to the invention .
- each pusher is interposed between the casing and the drum, each pusher being:
- the pusher is mounted free in axial translation with respect to the casing and the drum, resiliently biased in contact with the drum:
- the locking device may be a brake adapted to oppose the rotation of the drum relative to the housing by friction.
- the locking device is a friction brake.
- the pusher has an axial end face resiliently biased in contact with the drum in rotation locking position of the drum relative to the housing.
- the axial end face of the pusher may be smooth or rough, the locking in rotation of the drum by the pusher being obtained by static friction braking forces between the drum and the axial end face of the pusher resiliently biased to its position. blockage in contact with the drum.
- the axial end face of the pusher has one or more structure (s) in relief -notance a plurality of ribs and radial grooves- complementary to one or more structure (s) in relief -particularly a plurality of ribs and radial grooves- of the drum, the relief structures being adapted to block without relative sliding the rotating drum relative to the pusher and the housing when the pusher is resiliently biased to the locking position in contact with the drum.
- the pusher is:
- the pusher elastically biased in said blocking position of the locking device can be moved overcompression of the spring in said unlocking position under the effect of said assembly.
- Any type of suitable spring can be interposed between the housing and the pusher. It may be a spring selected from the group consisting of cylindrical compression springs (spiral spring), conical springs of compression and compression springs with rectangular section blades (single or double volute springs). At least one spring may be a spring made of metallic material, in particular steel. At least one spring may also be a spring made of a polymer material, especially an elastomer. At least one spring may also be a composite material spring. Any other variant is possible. According to this embodiment of the invention, the spring is fitted with respect to the coefficient of static friction of the pusher with respect to the drum.
- the pusher is resiliently biased to the locking position of the locking device by a single axial spring.
- the spring is chosen and dimensioned to be able to be kept in compression between the housing and the pusher and maintain the pusher in said locking position of the locking device when the device for driving the drum in rotation relative to the housing is not mounted and to be able to be overcompressed by the rotational drive device and maintain the pusher in said unlocking position during mounting of the rotational drive device.
- the locking device may be formed in one piece acting as a pusher and a locking member. It may also be formed of a plurality of assembled parts to form the pusher and the locking member. None also prevents the locking device comprises a plurality of springs.
- the blocking device may also be an abutting contact locking member, said abutting contact locking being not capable of being surpassed without rupture, the locking device being in said locking position.
- the locking device is adapted to lock by locking without possibility of unlocking without breaking, the drum rotated relative to the housing when the locking device is in said locking position.
- the locking device is adapted to lock by contact of stop members in abutment.
- the blocking device form a lock preventing, when the locking device is in the locking position, any rotation of the drum relative to the housing, except to cause a rupture of at least one locking member in rotation.
- the locking device comprises at least one locking member forming a locking stop in contact with at least one lug so that when the locking device is in said locking position.
- a rotational force applied in rotation on the drum or on the housing does not cause the relative rotation of the drum relative to the housing, the application of an increased intensity force that can only lead to deterioration of at least one lug and / or a stop.
- the locking device comprises at least two stops, each stop being adapted to cooperate with at least one lug and block the drum in rotation relative to the housing in each of the two directions of rotation of the drum relative to the casing.
- the locking device comprises at least one lug-in particular a single lug-and at least one recess -particularly a single recess- arranged to be able to cooperate with each other -particularly with each other. other- in axial translation, the pin being dimensioned to be inserted into such a recess and block the drum in rotation relative to the housing in each of the two directions of rotation of the drum relative to the housing when the locking device is in said blocking position.
- the drum has a unique rotational locking position relative to the drum.
- the locking device may comprise at least one lug -in particular a single lug- and a plurality of recesses arranged to cooperate with each other. with the others, each lug being positioned and dimensioned to be insertable into a recess of the plurality of recesses and to lock the drum in rotation relative to the housing when the locking device is in said locking position.
- each recess is positioned to allow locking of the drum relative to the housing in a predetermined position by the position of the lug and recesses.
- the locking device may comprise at least one lug-in particular a single lug-and a number of recesses corresponding to the number of compartments of the cassette.
- the brake has an axial end extending facing the drum and having at least one lug protruding from the axial end and arranged to cooperate in axial translation with at least a recess of the drum and to be inserted into such a recess and block-by contact of at least one lug with at least one recess- the drum rotated relative to the housing when the locking device is in said locking position.
- the locking device has an axial end extending facing the drum and having at least one recess of the drum arranged to cooperate in axial translation with at least one lug protruding from the drum and to receive such a lug and lock the drum in rotation relative to the housing when the locking device is in said locking position.
- At least one lug of the axial end and at least one recess of the drum or at least one lug of the drum and at least one recess of the axial end cooperate to block (Without possibility of unblocking without breaking) the rotational drum by snapping, each lug being biased and resiliently held in a recess of the drum by the spring when the locking device is in said locking position.
- the recesses form bores -traversants or non-regularly distributed around the axis of rotation of the drum, each recess -notance each bore- being arranged to be able to receive a lug of the locking device and allow a locking -by contact in abutment of the lug with the bore- in rotation of the drum in a predetermined angular position relative to the housing.
- the recesses of the plurality of recesses are adjacent so that each lug cooperates with a recess in each angular position for locking the drum in rotation relative to the housing.
- the locking device comprises at least one lug and at least one recess
- the locking is ensured by interlocking the lug (s) in the recess (s). (s).
- the axial end of the pusher has a single lug arranged to cooperate with a recess of the drum.
- the drum has a plurality of recesses -in particular recesses forming bores crossing or not regularly distributed around the axis of rotation of the drum, each recess -particularly each bore-being arranged to receive the pin and allow locking rotation of the drum in a predetermined angular position about the axis of rotation relative to the housing.
- Each bore is dimensioned to be able to receive a lug and to lock the drum in rotation with respect to the casing, the drum being maintained in a predetermined position by the position of the recesses, this predetermined and blocked position not allowing the untimely release of drugs during treatment. extraction of the cassette from the dispensing device.
- the axial end of the pusher has a plurality of pins regularly distributed, in particular two lugs diametrically opposite with respect to the axis of rotation of the drum, each pin being arranged for to be able to cooperate with a recess - in particular with a bore - of the drum.
- the housing has a pusher guide structure in translation parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum.
- Any guide structure of the pusher in translation parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum is possible.
- this guide structure is also adapted to lock the pusher in rotation relative to the housing, whereby the rotation of the pusher relative to the housing is prevented.
- said guide structure may be formed of a sleeve having in transverse cross-section orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the drum, a non-symmetrical shape of revolution, for example polygonal, its faces being adapted to be able to:
- the pusher having a conjugate shape of said guide structure and non-symmetrical revolution.
- the pusher is locked in rotation relative to the housing by keying.
- the pusher is locked in rotation relative to the housing by keying between at least one longitudinal groove of the pusher or said guide structure and at least one rib longitudinal conjugate of said guide structure or respectively of the pusher.
- Said guide structure may comprise splines conjugated to splines of the pusher.
- said guide structure forms a cylindrical sleeve of revolution with the exception of at least one longitudinal hollow groove cooperating with at least one longitudinal rib in projection of the pusher and blocking the pusher in rotation relative to the housing.
- the sleeve makes it possible to guide the pusher in axial translation relative to the casing to the drum, and;
- the longitudinal recessed groove cooperating with the longitudinal rib projecting from the pusher allows the locking of the pusher in rotation relative to the housing.
- said guide structure forms a cylindrical sleeve of revolution with the exception of at least one projecting longitudinal rib cooperating with at least one longitudinal recessed groove of the pusher and blocking the pusher in rotation relative to the housing.
- the pusher being hollow and having a cylindrical internal face of revolution along the axis of rotation of the drum, at least one rib extends longitudinally projecting on said inner face of the drum. pusher so as to cooperate with at least one longitudinal groove recessed guide sleeve and guide the pusher in axial translation.
- the pusher is cylindrical of revolution and has an inner face adapted to cooperate with an outer face of the guide sleeve itself cylindrical of revolution.
- the pusher is hollow and adapted to receive the axial spring.
- the pusher is hollow and adapted to receive the guide sleeve.
- the "male" guide sleeve cooperates with the "female” pusher.
- the pusher has an outer face cooperating with an inner face of said cylindrical guide section, the "male” pusher cooperating with the sleeve of "female” guidance.
- the casing having a plurality of coaxial sleeves adapted to cooperate with two faces (inner and outer) of the hollow pusher.
- the casing comprises at least one cylinder of revolution forming at least one guide wall in rotation along the axis of rotation of the drum relative to the housing, the drum having at least one cylinder of revolution forming at least one wall adapted to cooperate with at least one wall of the cylinder of revolution of the casing, said guide walls of the housing and the drum being cylindrical in revolution, coaxial with the axis of rotation of the drum and cooperating with each other to guide the drum in rotation relative to the housing.
- the walls of the guide rolls of the drum and the housing cooperating with each other are adjusted to limit the play required for this rotation. None prevents however to provide to interpose at least one bearing between the cylinder of the housing and the drum cylinder.
- the cylinder of revolution (forming a guide wall) of the casing has an internal face oriented towards the axis of rotation of the drum and cooperating with an outer face of the cylinder revolution (forming a guide wall) of the drum for guiding the drum in rotation relative to the housing.
- nothing prevents the guide wall forming the drum has an inner face oriented towards the axis of rotation of the drum and cooperating with an outer face of the guide wall forming the housing for guiding the drum in rotation relative to the housing.
- the drum is formed of at least one disc supporting a plurality of radial partitions extending:
- the drum comprises two parallel discs held apart from one another by radial partitions.
- the casing has an orifice, called a passage orifice, adapted to allow the passage of products contained in a product storage compartment out of the cassette.
- the housing has a single passage opening.
- the housing comprises a bottom -partement a plane bottom and a peripheral wall substantially orthogonal to the bottom and cylindrical of revolution relative to the axis of rotation of the drum, said orifice passage is formed in the peripheral wall.
- the dimensions of said passage opening are chosen according to the number and angular dimensions of the compartments of the cassette and the number and dimensions of the products to be dispensed.
- the drum comprises a sealing sector of said passage orifice adapted to be able to extend opposite said passage orifice and to obstruct said passage orifice -particularly when the locking device is in the blocking position and that the cassette is not assembled with a dispensing device.
- a sealing sector is unsuitable for receiving and dispensing non-purely gaseous products so that its positioning opposite said product orifice opposes the exit of products contained in other compartments when the cassette is not assembled with a dispensing device and that the locking device is in the blocking position.
- Such a sealing sector prevents any untimely release of products outside the cassette according to the invention.
- Such a sealing sector makes it possible to determine an initial position of the drum in the casing during the assembly of the cassette with the dispensing device and to ensure that the distribution of products begins with the distribution of a first intake of products contained in a compartment adjacent to the sealing sector in the direction of rotation of the drum relative to the housing.
- Such a sealing sector may be formed by filling the space separating two adjacent radial partitions by means of a solid material. It may also include a peripheral partition extending between two adjacent radial partitions.
- the drum has an axial recess adapted to be able to receive a rotary shaft of the device for driving the drum in rotation relative to the housing and to be able to place the locking device particularly the pusher of the locking device in said rotational position.
- the axial recess may have any shape allowing the passage of the rotary shaft, the rotation of the drum relative to the housing when the rotary shaft is rotated and the displacement of the locking device in the rotational position under the effect of mounting the rotary shaft.
- the axial recess may be circular in shape and have two radially opposite receiving slots of a rotary shaft of transverse cross-section complementary to the two slots.
- a cassette according to the invention forms twenty-one product storage compartments-notably drugs-regularly distributed angularly in the cassette.
- a cassette is adapted to be able to distribute twenty-one doses of products - in particular twenty-one unit doses of drugs.
- It may be a weekly dispensing cassette of medicine (s) for dispensing, for example three unit doses of drugs per day for seven days, each of three unit doses of drug (s) corresponding to a setting time during the day.
- s dispensing cassette of medicine
- a cassette according to the invention is flexible in use.
- the drum has twenty-two through holes regularly distributed in a ring around the axis of rotation of the drum, each bore being arranged to allow rotation locking of the drum in a predetermined position relative to the housing of so that the extraction of the cassette out of the dispensing device of products - especially drug (s) - inevitably leads to rotation locking of the drum relative to the housing and avoids the loss of products-especially drug (s).
- the casing and the drum of a cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products according to the invention are manufactured by any suitable manufacturing method. They can advantageously be each manufactured in one piece and / or in a single material.
- the housing, the drum and the pusher are formed of a polymer material.
- the polymer material is selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic materials and thermosetting materials.
- the casing, the drum and the pusher are each formed of a material (identical or different) selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) - especially Natural ABS, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene modified with reduced butadiene content (M-ABS), polylactic acid (PLA), polyamides (PA), polycarbonates (PC), polyethylenes (PE), polypropylenes (PP), polyoxymethylenes (POMs), and poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET).
- the casing, the drum and the pusher are formed of different materials.
- the housing, the drum and the pusher are formed of the same material.
- At least one of the housing, the drum and the pusher is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of transparent materials and translucent materials.
- at least one of the housing, the drum and the pusher is formed of a colored material.
- the casing and the drum are formed of natural acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (natural ABS) and the pusher is formed of polyoxymethylenes (POM).
- the casing, the drum and the pusher are formed by plastic injection molding (injection molding).
- the cassette according to the invention comprises at least one identifier.
- at least one identifier is capable of being detected and read by an identifier reader of a dispenser device to which the cassette is associated.
- the cassette according to the invention comprises at least one identifier comprising at least one component chosen from the group formed:
- optically readable code components including bar codes and two-dimensional codes, such as QR codes (datamatrix matrix codes) -;
- a two-dimensional code type identifier QR in the case of a two-dimensional code type identifier QR, it is placed on the cassette so that it can be detected and read by a non-contact reader of the dispensing device to which the cassette is associated, in particular by an optical reader (for example comprising a CCD sensor).
- a two-dimensional code type identifier QR comprises at least one item chosen from the group formed by programming data from a product distributor-in particular of drugs-with which the storage and distribution cassette is associated. It can be the date and time of a first intake of products - especially drugs -, the number of doses per day, the duration (constant or variable) of the interval separating two successive doses, the date and time of each taking of the products - particularly drugs - associated with each storage and distribution compartment.
- a two-dimensional QR code type identifier comprises at least one item chosen from the group formed by data relating to the identification of the person (s) or animal (animals) to which (s) the products - especially the drugs - are intended
- At least one identifier is formed of a chip (chip) RFID.
- a microcircuit can be integrated in a housing of the cassette or carried by a label adhered to an outer wall of the latter.
- at least one identifier comprises at least one electronic chip-in particular an integrated circuit-comprising at least one memory in which at least a portion of identification data is stored.
- At least one identifier comprises at least one datum chosen from the group formed:
- - individual cassette identification data representative of at least one characteristic of the cassette (for example, representative of a unique identification code (numerical or alphanumeric code) of the cassette, a date of manufacture of the cassette, a date of last fill of the cassette, a number and the history of fills of the cassette and a number and history of previous uses of the cassette).
- Individual identification data of the cassette makes it possible to identify a cassette individually, especially among a plurality of other cassettes of the same nature. Such individual identification data make it possible to guarantee the traceability of this single cassette; - Identification data of a category of cassettes compatible with a dispensing device of non-purely gaseous products - especially drugs - and to which the cassette belongs.
- Identification data of a category of cassettes identify a cassette as belonging to the group of cassettes designed and adapted to be introduced into a specific device distributor products.
- This category of cassette is defined for example by the number of compartments.
- the identifier may be for example an identification code (numeric or alphanumeric code) of a unique serial number identifying a category of cassettes in the manufacture.
- identification data of a category of cassettes help to ensure the traceability of the cassette;
- data relating to the identity of at least one recipient of products-in particular drugs for example data relating to the identity of at least one patient
- the identification data of the cassette can be selected from the group consisting of individual identification data of the cassette and of identification data of a category of cassettes to which the cassette belongs.
- each cassette is identified by identification data of a category of cassettes to which the cassette belongs and / or by individual identification data of the cassette.
- a cassette may be empty, that is to say, be free of products.
- Such an empty cassette according to the invention may be a cassette as used for filling with products or after its use and distribution products.
- a cassette according to the invention can contain products - especially drugs -. After filling, at least one-each-compartment contains products-especially drugs.
- each compartment of the cassette according to the invention contains products -particularly a unit dose of drugs, each unit dose of drugs being formed of one or more drugs-.
- the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a cassette according to the invention.
- the invention therefore also relates to a method for manufacturing a cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products, in particular solid products in the form of at least one particle, in particular products intended to be administered to a human being. or animal such as drugs and / or foods and / or food supplements-, comprising:
- a drum in particular a rigid drum, guided in rotation with respect to the casing along an axis of rotation passing through the center of the drum;
- a blocking device adapted to be able to:
- the cassette having an axial passage extending along the axis of rotation of the drum, and;
- the locking device comprising at least one pusher arranged with respect to the axial passage so that it can be moved: . by a release member introduced into the axial passage;
- the housing and the drum are manufactured by additive manufacturing (three-dimensional printing) and the housing, the drum and the blocking device are assembled so as to form the cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products, in particular solid products in the form of at least one particle, especially products intended to be administered to a human or animal such as drugs and / or food and / or food supplements-.
- the casing, the drum and the pusher of a cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products according to the invention may be manufactured separately by an additive manufacturing process, in particular by depositing a suitable material by printing. three-dimensional or by plastic injection (injection molding).
- the manufacturing method is chosen according to the nature of the selected material.
- a suitable material is selected to meet the standards and regulations concerning the storage and distribution of the products concerned.
- the housing, the drum and the pusher of a product storage and dispensing cassette according to the invention can be manufactured separately by an additive manufacturing process, in particular by 3D printing by melt deposition.
- the casing and the drum are assembled by any appropriate means.
- the casing and the drum comprising complementary assembly members, for example of the key / lock type, the casing, the locking device and the drum are assembled so as to form the cassette for storing and dispensing non-standard products.
- the housing may comprise at least two radial tongues adapted to cooperate with at least two peripheral slots of the drum and for:
- the closing sector extends opposite the passage opening of the casing.
- the invention also relates to a cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products obtained by such a manufacturing method.
- the invention also relates to a cassette for storing and dispensing non-purely gaseous products, in particular solid products in the form of at least one particle, in particular products intended to be administered to a human or animal being, such as medicaments and and / or food and / or food supplements-, a method of manufacturing such a cassette and a cassette for storing and dispensing such non-purely gaseous products obtained by such a manufacturing method characterized, in combination or not, by all or some of the features mentioned above or below.
- the invention may relate to only one of those structural or functional features, or only some of these structural or functional features, or only part of one of these structural or functional features, or any grouping, combination or juxtaposition of all or part of these structural or functional features .
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a drug storage and dispensing cassette according to the invention, free of drugs;
- FIG. 2 is a separate perspective view of the view shown in Figure 1 of a particular element of a storage cassette and dispensing drug (s) according to the invention
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view along a radial plane passing through said passage opening of the casing of a storage cassette and of dispensing medicament (s) according to the invention in the rotation locking position of the drum relative to the housing;
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view along a radial plane passing through said casing passage opening of a storage cassette and dispensing drug (s) according to the invention in the drum rotational position relative to the housing, and;
- FIG. 5 is a side view in transparency of a storage cassette and dispensing drug (s) according to the invention containing drugs.
- a cassette 1 for storing and dispensing medicine (s) shown in an exploded view in FIG. 1 comprises a rigid housing 2, a blocking device 5, an identifier 31 and a rigid drum 3, having an axis 8 of rotation passing through the center of the drum 3.
- the cassette 1 for storing and dispensing drug (s) shown in Figure 1 is free of drugs.
- the drum 3 is formed of a substantially plane rigid disc 23 forming a support of twenty two radial partitions 21 extending from one of the two main faces of the disc 23 and orthogonal to the disc 23. Of course, nothing prevents that the drum 3 has a different number of radial partitions 21 so as to adapt the number of doses of drugs to the dosage of a medical prescription.
- the radial partitions 21 extend radially outwardly of the drum 3 over only a portion of the radius of the disc 23 from a cylindrical wall 22 of revolution with respect to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3.
- the partitions 21 radial and cylindrical wall 22 of revolution have the same height in the direction parallel to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3.
- the radial partitions 21 and the cylindrical wall 22 of revolution are mounted integral with the disc 23 and contribute at least partially to the rigidity of the drum 3.
- Each radial partition 21 has a quadrilateral shape, the quadrilateral may be a square or a rectangle.
- the drum 3 has a main face opposite to the main face formed of the plane disc 23, defined by the radial partitions 21 and the cylindrical wall 22 of substantially plane revolution and orthogonal to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 so that this main face cooperates with a substantially plane bottom 20 of the casing 2 to form the storage compartments 4 and dispensing drug (s).
- the drum 3 forms with the housing 2 a sector, said sector 29 shutter, closed and unfit to receive and deliver drugs.
- Said plugging sector 29 is adapted to be able to extend opposite an orifice, said passage orifice 25, peripheral of the casing 2 and to obstruct said passage opening 25 when all the compartments 4 for storing and dispensing medicinal products.
- cassette 1 contain drugs and that the cassette 1 is not positioned in a drug dispensing device (s). Said sealing sector 29 thus makes it possible to mitigate the risk of loss of medication (s), in particular during the transport of the cassette 1 between its filling point and its place of use by a patient.
- the housing comprises at least one cylinder of revolution forming at least one rotational guide wall along the axis of rotation of the drum relative to the housing, the drum having at least one cylinder of revolution forming at least one wall adapted to cooperate with least one wall of the cylinder of revolution of the casing, said walls of the casing and the drum being cylindrical of revolution, coaxial with the axis of rotation of the drum and cooperating with each other to guide the drum in rotation relative to the housing
- the drum 3 also has a cylinder 18 of revolution forming a wall 37 for guiding the drum 3 in rotation with respect to the casing 2.
- the cylinder 18 of revolution is integral with the disc 23 and cylindrical in revolution along the axis 3 of rotation of the drum 3.
- the cylinder 18 of revolution, the radial partitions 21 and the cylindrical wall 22 of revolution have the same dimension in the direction extending parallel to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 so that the main face of the drum 3, opposed to the main face formed of the disk 23 plane, defined by the radial partitions 21, by the cylindrical wall 22 of substantially flat revolution and orthogonal to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 and the cylinder 18 of revolution cooperates with the substantially planar bottom 20 of the casing 2 to form the compartments 4 for storing and dispensing drug (s) sealed to drugs.
- the drum 3 also has an axial passage 7 sized to be able to receive in axial translation a drive device for the drum 3 in rotation with respect to the casing 2.
- the axial passage 7 is generally circular in shape and of a diameter of less than average value of the diameter of a user's finger.
- the axial passage 7 comprises a radial slot adapted to cooperate with a rotary shaft of a rotary drive device, the rotary shaft being of generally cylindrical shape of revolution and having two opposite radial fins ensuring the drive in rotation. rotation of the drum 3.
- the drum also has a ring 14 surrounding the axial passage 7 and extending substantially in the plane of the disc 23 or in a plane parallel to the plane of the disc 23 and close to the plane of the disc 23.
- the ring 14 has on its face facing the casing 2 a plurality of recesses 13 adapted to cooperate with at least one lug 12 projecting from a pusher 9 of the locking device 5 and lock by locking the rotation of the drum 3 relative to the casing 2.
- Each recess 13 has a shape complementary to the shape of the lugs 12 so as to receive a lug of the pusher 9 and block the drum 3 in rotation relative to the housing 2 when the brake is in the locking position.
- Each recess 13 may have a bore 13 through or not the crown 14, the (the) lug (s) 12 having a shape complementary to these bores 13.
- the ring 14 may have a single bore 13 positioned so as to allow the drum 3 to be locked in rotation in a position such that said sealing sector 29 extends opposite said orifice 25 for passing the housing 2.
- the ring 14 has a number of bores 13 equal to number of compartments (storage compartments 4 and sector 29 3.
- the cassette 1 comprising 21 drug storage compartments 4 and a sealing sector 29, the ring 14 has 22 bores 13.
- the bores 13 are regularly distributed radially on the ring 14 so that each of the bores 13 allows the locking of the rotation of the drum 3 in any of the positions in which a compartment 4 for storing medicine (s) extends opposite said orifice 25 for passage of the casing 2.
- the axial passage 7 is limited by a border 28 able to guide in axial translation a rotary shaft of a device for rotating the drum 3 and also to limit access to the passage 7 axial and push 9 by any unauthorized user.
- the edge 28 has two notches 27 diametrically opposed positioned to receive two blades of the rotary shaft and allow a rotational drive of the drum 3 relative to the housing 2 under the effect of the rotation of the rotary shaft.
- a cassette 1 for storing and dispensing medicine (s) shown in FIG. 1 also comprises a casing 2 whose general shape is defined by a rigid bottom 20 and by a rigid peripheral wall 24 of cylindrical shape of revolution.
- the housing 2 is sized to receive the drum 3 and form in the chamber 6 for storing drugs, the plurality of drug storage and dispensing compartments (s).
- the housing 2 also has a keying element 26 for positioning the housing 2 and the cassette 1 in a display basket and loading of said cassette 1 in a drug dispensing device.
- the polarizer 26 has in cross section orthogonal to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 a polygonal shape adapted to prevent the rotation of the housing 2 and the cassette 1 in the presentation basket during the rotation of the drum 3 relative 2.
- the key 26 has an extension 39 adapted to cooperate with the presentation basket so as to allow only one orientation of the cassette 1 in the presentation basket such as the face of the drum 3 and the passage 7 axial direction are directed towards the unblocking the dispensing device.
- the casing 2 forms a cylinder 19 of revolution for guiding the drum 3 in rotation relative to the casing 2.
- the cylinder 19 of revolution forming the casing 2 is integral with the bottom 20 and cylindrical of revolution along the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3
- the housing 2 has a plurality of reinforcements 32 for maintaining the rigidity of the cylinder 19 of revolution relative to the casing 2.
- the cylinder 19 of revolution, the reinforcements 32 and the peripheral wall 24 contribute to the reinforcement of the rigidity and the mechanical strength of the housing 2 and the cassette 1.
- the cylinder 19 of revolution has an inner face extending facing the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 forming a guide wall 36 adapted to cooperate with an outer face of the cylinder 18 of revolution of the drum 3 forming a wall 37 for guiding the drum 3 in rotation with respect to the casing 2.
- the wall 36 for guiding the cylinder 19 of revolution forming the casing 2 and the wall 37 of Guiding the cylinder 18 of revolution of the drum 3 are dimensioned and adapted to facilitate the rotation of the drum 3 relative to the housing 2 and guide this rotation.
- the casing 2 also has a structure for guiding a pusher 9 in translation parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum and blocking the pusher 9 in rotation relative to the casing 2 forming a generally cylindrical sleeve 15 of revolution with respect to the 8 axis of rotation of the drum 3.
- the generally cylindrical sleeve 15 of revolution has a groove 16 longitudinally recessed extending parallel to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3.
- the peripheral wall 24 of the casing 2 has a free edge comprising two opposite radial tongues 41 arranged to be able to cooperate with two peripheral notches 40 of the disk 23 of the drum 3.
- the peripheral peripheral notches 40 of the radial tongues 41 are positioned to be able to receive each a tongue 41 radial and allow the establishment of the drum 3, the pusher 9 and the spring 10 in the housing 2 and their assembly in a first relative angular position of the housing 2 and the drum 3 and prevent disassembly in a second angular position (Separate from the first angular position) relative to the housing 2 and the drum 3 in which each radial tongue 41 is not facing a notch 40 device.
- the cassette 1 for storing and dispensing drugs shown in FIG. 1 also comprises a blocking device 5 formed of a compression spring 10 and a pusher 9 resiliently biased by the compression spring 10 in the rotational locking position of the drum 3 relative to the housing 2.
- the pusher 9 is of cylindrical shape of revolution and hollow. It has an internal face 33 itself symmetrical with respect to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 is adapted to cooperate with an outer face of the sleeve 15 of the housing 2 and to be guided in axial translation by the sleeve 15.
- the pusher 9 has on its inner face 33 a longitudinal protruding rib 17 dimensioned to cooperate with the longitudinal groove 16 of the sleeve 15. Thus the pusher 9 is locked in rotation relative to the sleeve 15 and relative to the housing 2.
- the pusher 9 of Figure 1 shown in Figure 2 in perspective at a different angle of view of Figure 1 has an end 1 1 axial provided with 2 lugs 12 projecting from the end 1 1 axial.
- the lugs 12 protruding from the pusher 9 extend, when the locking device 5 is in said locking position, each in a bore 13 of the ring 14. In said locking position, the pusher 9 is locked in rotation relative to the section 15 and cylindrical integral with the housing 2 and the drum 3 is locked in rotation by the lugs 12 projecting from the pusher 9.
- a cassette 1 for storing and dispensing medicine (s) according to the invention comprises an identifier 31 affixed to an external face of the cassette 1.
- the identifier 31 is affixed by gluing to the external element acting as polarizer 26.
- Such an identifier 31 is positioned so that it can be read by any reading means of a drug dispensing device with which cassette 1 for storing and dispensing drug (s) according to the invention is associated.
- It may be an identifier 31 comprising at least one component with an optical reading code, in particular a bar code or a two-dimensional code of the QR code type.
- the peripheral wall 24, the cylinder 19 of revolution and the guide 15 of the pusher 9 forming the housing 2, the cylindrical wall 22, the cylinder 18 of revolution, the disc 23 and the crown 14 of bores 13 forming the drum 3 as well as the pusher 9, are generally of cylindrical shape of revolution along the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3.
- FIG. 3 A sectional view along a radial plane passing through said passage 25 of the casing 2 of a cassette 1 according to the invention in a rotational locking position of the drum 3 relative to the casing 2 along the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 is shown in Figure 3.
- the drugs are not shown.
- the housing 2 forms a bottom 20 and an orthogonal peripheral wall 24 at the bottom 20.
- the housing 2 also forms a cylinder 19 of orthogonal revolution at the bottom 20 and a sleeve 15 for guiding the pusher 9, the cylinder 19 of revolution and the sleeve 15. being cylindrical with a revolution axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum 3.
- the sleeve 15 has an outer face 35 for guiding in axial translation along the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3.
- the cylinder 19 of revolution has a face internal forming by 36 for guiding rotation of the drum 3 cooperating for this rotation with an outer face forming wall 37 for guiding the cylinder 18 of revolution of the drum 3.
- the pusher 9 is resiliently biased by the compression spring 10 in the rotational locking position of the drum 3 with respect to the casing 2, the lugs 12 protruding formed at the axial end 1 1 of the pusher 9 each extending in a bore 13 of the crown 14 of the drum 3.
- the axial passage 7 is limited laterally by an edge 28 capable of guiding in axial translation a rotary shaft of a device for rotating the drum 3 and also limiting access to the passage 7 axial and the pusher 9 by any unauthorized user.
- the edge 28 has two notches 27 diametrically opposed positioned to receive two wings of a rotating shaft of a device for driving the drum 3 relative to the housing 2 and cooperate with these fins to drive the rotating drum under the effect of the rotation of the rotary shaft and the simultaneous movement of the pusher 9 in the unlocking position and allow a rotation drive of the drum 3 relative to the housing 2 under the effect of the rotation of the rotary shaft.
- the pusher 9 can be displaced in axial translation along the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 against the compression spring 10 by a rotary shaft of a rotation drive device when the cassette 1 is placed in the position of distribution of drugs in a device adapted for such distribution.
- the lugs 12 projecting from the pusher 9 no longer extend in the bores 13 of the ring 14 of the drum 3 and do not block the drum 3 in rotation with respect to the casing 2.
- the drum 3 can then be rotated by the rotary shaft of the rotation drive device.
- FIG. 4 A sectional view along a radial plane passing through said passage 25 of the housing 2 of a cassette 1 for storing and dispensing medicine (s) according to the invention in the rotational position of the drum 3 relative to the housing 2 according to the axis 8 of rotation of the drum 3 is shown in Figure 4.
- the pusher 9 is moved against the compression spring 10 in the rotational position of the drum 3 relative to the housing 2 , the lugs 12 projecting formed at the end 1 1 axial pusher 9 does not cooperate with the bore 13 of the ring 14 of the drum 3, whereby the drum 3 is not locked in rotation relative to the housing.
- a cassette 1 for storing and dispensing drugs is shown in side view in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 5 only shows the face of the drum 3, with the drugs 38 appearing in transparency through the disc 23 of the drum 3.
- Each medicine storage compartment 4 has a volume of the order of 15 cm 3 adapted to contain the medications 38 of taking medication from a poly-medical patient.
- the cassette 1 for storing and dispensing medicine (s) has a central axial passage 7 opening on the face of the disk 23 so that the axial passage 7 is accessible in reception of a rotation shaft of a drive device. 3.
- the axial passage 7 is surrounded by a ring 14 with bores 13 adapted to receive lugs projecting from the pusher 9.
- the invention can be the subject of numerous variants and applications.
- the design and design of the cassette - in particular the number, the size of the compartments and their medicinal contents -, the shape and dimensions of the casing and the drum, the shape and the dimensions of the radial separation partitions of the compartments are subject to infinities of variants not departing from the subject of the invention.
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