EP3716932A1 - Device and method for producing a pill organiser - Google Patents
Device and method for producing a pill organiserInfo
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- EP3716932A1 EP3716932A1 EP18815270.6A EP18815270A EP3716932A1 EP 3716932 A1 EP3716932 A1 EP 3716932A1 EP 18815270 A EP18815270 A EP 18815270A EP 3716932 A1 EP3716932 A1 EP 3716932A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for preparing a pill organizer comprising a plurality of receptacles for receiving at least one drug, called a pill, in a divided solid non-pulverulent dosage form (that is to say in the solid state). and divided into particles of sufficient size to allow both their handling individually and their enteral administration individually, for example selected from the group consisting of tablets, tablets, capsules, capsules, pills, lozenges, sugar-coated tablets as opposed to a mass solid, compact or pulverulent state such as pastes, ointments, blocks, powders, etc.), wherein at least one pill is placed in at least one pillbox housing according to fill data.
- a medical prescription for a therapeutic treatment of a patient The invention also relates to a method for preparing a pillbox.
- drugs in a non-pulverulent divided solid dosage form may be dispensed by a nursing staff to the patient according to a medical prescription.
- This medical prescription indicates in particular the dosage, the frequency of taking medication and the duration of treatment.
- the pills to be dispensed are generally prepared upstream of the distribution by being collected in a package, called pill box, comprising a plurality of pill receiving compartments. This preparation step is usually done manually by a caregiver.
- At least one pill is placed in at least one compartment of the pillbox according to a medical prescription of a single patient. More particularly, the pill organizer may be a daily pill or a weekly pillbox for example.
- all the pills placed in the same compartment are identical, that is to say they present the same dosage form, the same dosage, the same active substance, the same size ...
- the preparation stage is meticulous and requires concentration and gestural accuracy of the caregiver when placing the pills manually in the compartments of the pillbox.
- the preparation step is even more meticulous when the compartments of a pillbox are small and close to each other, as is the case of a multi-compartmented detachable cell pill as described for example, FR 2913333.
- pills are not placed in the right homes. Indeed, it is possible that in case of fatigue and / or carelessness of the caregiver, the latter may inadvertently place a pill in a bad housing or mistaken pill to place. In addition, it is possible that a pill bounces, when placed on a wall of a housing or on another pill, in a bad housing. However, a misplacement of pills in the pillbox can lead to administrative errors, which should absolutely be avoided.
- Devices are also known to facilitate the manual filling of the pill dispensers by the nursing staff from loose pills (see for example FR2942132).
- US 8915051 discloses a device for preparing a pill organizer comprising a press for collectively pushing all the housing of a wafer of pills of the same size as the pill pillar, each housing of the wafer being connected by an inclined chute to a compartment of the pill organizer .
- the caregiver must prepare the wafer of pills beforehand so that only the housing of the wafer corresponding to a compartment to be filled comprises a pill.
- Such a device therefore does not correctly solve the aforementioned technical problem and can not be used with wafers having a different format of the pill to fill.
- US 7637079 discloses a pillar filling plant in which the pill containers to be filled are moved longitudinally in a first direction, and blister strips wound in a coil are unwound transversely over the pilluliers, a series of pistons emptying the housing of these strips selectively in the different compartments of the pilluliers. This device can not be used with pill pads either. It is also particularly complex and expensive.
- the invention aims to overcome all of these disadvantages by providing a device and a method for preparing a pillbox that are simple, inexpensive, effectively facilitate the filling of a pillbox by the caregiver from platelets identical pills in the form of blisters, and are compatible with all formats, all types, all mechanical characteristics and all forms of such platelets pills.
- the invention also aims to provide such a device and such a preparation method that are compatible with the economic constraints of a practical operation in the context of pharmacies associated with health care institutions (medical-social institutions such as retirement homes, homes). for people with disabilities, health centers (eg thalassotherapy), sanatorium, hospitals, clinics ).
- the invention therefore relates to a device for preparing a pill box comprising a plurality of compartments for receiving at least one drug, called a pill, in a divided solid non-pulverulent dosage form, from at least one tablet of pills under in the form of a blister, this device comprising:
- a table for receiving a wafer of identical pills in the form of a blister having a plurality of housings each containing a pill, said table being fixed with respect to the frame and having a light for the passage of a pill,
- an ejection pusher guided relative to the frame so as to be placed in a raised position in which it allows the passage of a plate on the table under the pusher and in a lowered position in which it pushes a housing of a pill plate resting on the table, this housing being placed above and facing said passage lumen, whereby this housing opens towards said passage lumen, the pill is extracted and falls through said light of passage,
- a motorized actuation device referred to as a pusher actuator, capable of driving the ejection pusher alternately in displacement between said raised and lowered positions
- o having a lower end having transverse dimensions less than or equal to those of a compartment of a pillbox to fill, o adapted to allow the displacement of a pill in the chute between said passage lumen and said lower end, a receiving frame of a pill box to be filled, this reception frame being mounted movable horizontally relative to the frame under said lower end of the chute such that each compartment of a pill box received in this frame can be placed opposite this lower end to be able to receive a pill delivered by the chute,
- a motorized device called a frame actuator, for positioning and moving the receiving frame
- a control unit connected to G push actuator and G frame actuator to control the operation.
- a device comprises a single ejection pusher driven alternately relative to the frame, and which is used by an operator to facilitate the extraction of the pills of the housing of each wafer, and their distribution in the various compartments of the pill organizer.
- the ejection pusher is movable only between its raised position and its lowered position facing the passage light, the latter being fixed in relation to the frame, and vice versa.
- the ejection pusher nor the passage lumen are moved relative to the frame to extract a pill from a housing of a wafer or to come opposite a compartment of the pill organizer.
- the pill plate is placed on the receiving table, moved on it and held in place during the extraction of a pill, manually by the operator.
- the device according to the invention is not entirely automatic. On the other hand, it considerably simplifies the filling operations of pill dispensers by pharmacists from platelets of identical pills in the form of blisters. It also ensures perfect traceability of these operations and strict compliance with hygiene conditions.
- a device according to the invention may, in some embodiments, be characterized by all or some of the following features: -
- the chute is adapted to allow movement of a pill at least by gravity in the chute between said passage hole and said lower end; alternatively the device according to the invention comprises means accelerating the movement of the pill in the chute and / or to unlock a pill possibly blocked in the lower end of the chute, for example in the form of at least one nozzle of injection of pressurized air into the chute towards its lower end and / or a vibrating motorized device capable of imparting vibrations to the lower end of the chute;
- It comprises a device for projecting a visual cue over the passage light
- this counting device comprises at least one device for counting the pills passing through the chute, this counting device being adapted to deliver a counting signal to the control unit; in particular, it comprises a device for counting the pills delivered by said passage lumen and / or a device for counting the pills opening out from the lower end of the chute;
- control unit is adapted to control the stopping of the pusher actuator (and therefore to stop the movements of the ejection pusher) when the number of pills passed in the trough, as counted by at least one device counting, is equal to a predetermined number of pills to be delivered into the pillbox from the same plate,
- At least one counting device is an optical counting device
- this imaging device adapted to produce an image of each compartment of a pillbox placed under the lower end of the chute; this imaging device can be adapted to produce an image before and / or after each distribution of a pill in the compartment;
- the ejection pusher is formed of a releasable insert insert at a free end of a rod of a jack; such a removable liner makes it possible to adapt the shape, the dimensions, the nature, the mechanical characteristics of the pusher in according to those of the wafer and / or each housing of the wafer and / or each pill;
- the ejection pusher is at a free end of a rod of a jack driven in vertical translations relative to a cylinder body rigidly fixed to the frame;
- the pill organizer comprising a plurality of adjacent bowls molded in a sheet of polymeric material, the receiving frame comprises a hollow bottom rigid plate having cells adapted to each receive at least one bowl of a pillar superimposed on the lower plate; the lower plate also has a shape and dimensions (that is to say a format) corresponding to those of the pill pillar;
- the receiving frame comprises a plate mounted horizontally movable relative to the frame, the plate having a shape and dimensions corresponding to those of said lower plate so that the plate can receive the bottom plate, the plate being adapted to be able to move horizontally. and positioning the lower plate precisely horizontally relative to the frame, the lower plate being separable from the plate; in particular, in certain advantageous embodiments, the plate has peripheral flanks at its periphery arranged to come into contact with the edges of the plate inserted between these flanks, so that the bottom plate is adjusted in position horizontally precisely with respect to the plate. ; at least one fixing flange may be provided for fixing the lower plate to the platen; nothing prevents alternatively that said plate and said lower plate is formed of a single plate;
- the reception frame comprises a rigid upper plate having through-lights, each light having a shape and dimensions adapted to be able to come above and opposite at least one compartment of a pillbox placed in the receiving frame under the upper plate; such a top plate allows on the one hand to maintain perfectly and precisely in position both horizontally and vertically the pillbox relative to the frame, including during the movements of the receiving frame; preferably, each plate light upper has a shape and dimensions exactly corresponding to that of a compartment pillbox; there may be provided means for horizontally holding the upper plate relative to the lower plate and / or means for vertically holding the upper plate relative to the lower plate and / or at least one upper plate fixing flange. at the bottom plate and / or the plate;
- the receiving frame is arranged relative to the chute so that the upper plate has a flat horizontal top surface extending immediately below the lower end of the chute;
- the upper face of the upper plate extends at a distance of between 0.1 mm and 2 mm below the lower end of the chute;
- the control unit is adapted to control the pusher actuator so as to drive the ejection pusher in alternative translations at a predetermined frequency; said predetermined frequency is preferably adjustable;
- the control unit is adapted to control the frame actuator in horizontal displacement while the pusher actuator moves the ejection pusher to the raised position.
- the control unit of a device according to the invention can be associated with a computer system (for example as described by FR2942132) comprising software assisting the operator in the use of the device, and comprising in particular a screen and a database comprising recorded data representative of the identification of a patient corresponding to the pill to be filled and / or prescriptions for a plurality of patients and / or identification of each wafer of pills used.
- the device according to the invention may advantageously comprise an optical code reader carried by each pill and / or by each plate and / or by the human operator using the device.
- the invention also extends to a method implemented with a device according to the invention. It therefore also relates to a method of preparing a pillbox comprising a plurality of receiving compartments of at least one drug, said pill, in a divided non-pulverulent solid dosage form, wherein
- a pill dispenser is placed in the receiving frame of a preparation device according to the invention.
- a platelet of identical pills is chosen in the form of a blister having a plurality of housings each containing a pill,
- this wafer is placed on the receiving table of the preparation device while the ejection pusher is in the raised position, a housing of the wafer being placed above and opposite the passing light,
- the wafer is held in place on the reception table while the ejector pusher is moved to the lowered position
- the plate is moved to be able to present another housing of this plate above and facing the passage light, or place another plate on the reception table .
- the invention also relates to a device and a method for preparing a pill pillar characterized, in combination or not, by all or some of the characteristics mentioned above or below.
- the various characteristics mentioned above or below must not be considered as closely or inextricably linked together, 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 .
- Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the following non-limiting description of some of its possible embodiments and which refers to the appended figures in which:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic external perspective view of a device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the device of FIG. 1 represented with the lid open for loading / unloading a pillbox;
- FIG. 3 is a partial schematic perspective view of a device according to the invention, the covering and most of the frame having been omitted for purposes of illustration,
- FIG. 4 is a partial schematic side view of the device of FIG. 3,
- FIG. 5 is a partial schematic view in vertical section of the distribution column of a device according to the invention.
- a device as shown in the figures comprises a frame 11 comprising in particular a working plane 12 forming a base resting on the ground, a box 13 carried by the work plane 12 and having a horizontal upper wall 14 surmounted by a press 15 of the gooseneck type.
- the press 15 comprises a lower table 16 fixed relative to the frame 11 and having a passage 17 of a pill.
- the press 15 also comprises a bracket 18 secured to the frame 11 and carrying, above the table 16, a jack 19 having a body 20 rigidly fixed to the bracket 18 and an actuating rod 21 extending vertically above light 17 passing through the lower table 16.
- the rod 21 of the cylinder 19 carries, at its lower free end, an ejection pusher liner 22 and is movable relative to the body 20 in vertical translations downwardly and upwardly so that the pusher 22 can be placed in a raised position in which it allows the passage of a wafer 23 of pills on the table 16 under the pusher 22; and in a lowered position in which the pusher 22 pushes a housing of a wafer 23 of pills resting on the table 16, this housing being placed above and facing said passage lumen, whereby this housing opens towards said passage light 17 the pill is extracted and falls through said lumen 17 passage.
- the jack 19 is positioned relative to the table 16 through the bracket 18 so that the pusher 22 ejection comes in lowered position opposite the passage 17 in the center of the latter.
- the table 16, the passageway light 17, and the lowered position of the ejection pusher 22 are fixed with respect to the frame 11.
- the jack 19 can be of any kind: it can be a hydraulic cylinder, pneumatic, electric, electromagnetic ...
- the pusher 22 ejection can be formed of a piece of synthetic polymeric material, for example rubber , of shapes, dimensions, mechanical characteristics appropriate to allow effective extraction of a pill from the housing of a wafer by pushing towards the lumen 17 of passage the upper flexible wall of the wafer delimiting the housing containing the pill, until to cause the rupture of the lower flexible wall of the plate defining the housing, the opening of the latter and the extraction of the pill out of the housing.
- the lining forming this ejection pusher 22 is removable relative to the rod 21, so that it can be disassembled and replaced by another lining forming a pusher having different characteristics, the operator being able to adapt the pusher 22 ejection in particular depending on the shape and / or dimensions and / or nature and / or mechanical characteristics of the wafer and / or pills and / or the housing of the wafer.
- the lining forming the ejector pusher 22 is a part incorporating a tapped thread of a thread formed at the end of the rod 21 of the jack 19. It may be for example a finger or rubber screwed to the end of the rod 21. Any other removable mechanical assembly device may be envisaged alternatively or in combination.
- the upper wall 14 of the box 13 has an anterior portion 24 articulated by hinges 25 so as to be lifted to give access to the interior of the box 13 for loading into the device according to the invention of a pillbox 28 to filling or unloading a solid pillbox out of the device according to the invention.
- the casing 13 contains for this purpose a frame 26 for receiving a pill box to be filled, and a motorized mechanism 27 controlling the horizontal position and the horizontal displacements of the frame 26 relative to the frame 11.
- a distribution column 29 is fixed rigidly to the frame 11 under the table 16.
- This column 29 comprises a chute 30 extending under the light 17 of the table 16 downwards to a lower end 31 of the chute 30 having transverse dimensions less than or equal to those of a compartment 40 of a pillbox in which a pill must be dispensed.
- this chute 30 is in two parts: an upper part 30a extending under the table 16 and the passage opening 17, and a lower conical portion 30b extending the upper part 30a downwards until at its lower end 31 located immediately above a lumen 57 formed in a lower plate 44 of the distribution column 29.
- the distribution column 29 has in particular a horizontal bottom plane face 32 of the lower plate 44.
- the light 57 formed in this lower plate 44, from which each pill is delivered into the pillbox 28, also has transverse dimensions less than or equal to those of a compartment 40 of a pillbox in which a pill is to be dispensed.
- a pill falling by gravity in the chute 30 and arriving at the lower end 31 of the chute 30 necessarily in the slot 57 of the lower plate 44, and, consequently, in the compartment 40 underlying the pill.
- the reception frame 26 comprises a plate 33 whose horizontal position and displacements are controlled by the mechanism 27.
- This plate 33 has a shape and dimensions corresponding to those of a pillbox 28 to be filled, in particular rectangular in the example represent.
- the platinum 33 presents a rectangular horizontal bottom 34 and four lateral flanks 35 extending vertically upwards at the corners of the bottom 34.
- the reception frame 26 also advantageously comprises a rigid lower plate 36 and a rigid top plate 37 between which the pillbox 28 is trapped and held.
- Each pillbox 28 comprises a plurality of adjacent cups 41 molded in a hollow sheet of polymeric material, in particular thermoplastic material.
- each bowl 41 may correspond to a compartment 40 of the pill box 28.
- each bowl 41 corresponds to several compartments 28, a partitioning being formed in the bowl to separate the different compartments from each other in this same bowl.
- the lower plate 36 has a plurality of cells 39 of shapes and dimensions conjugate to those of the cups 41 of a pillbox 28. More particularly, each cell 39 may be adapted to receive at least one bowl 41 of a pill organizer. Preferably, each cell 39 of the lower plate 36 is adapted to receive a single bowl 41 of each pillar 28. However, nothing prevents alternatively on the one hand to be able to use several forms and models of pillbox 28 different from other part of grouping different cups 41 of the pillbox 28 in the same cell 39, if the pillbox 28 is itself rigid enough to ensure proper movement and precise positioning of each compartment 40 under the lower end 31 of the chute 30. Each Cell 39 of the lower plate 36 must be high enough to accommodate the cuvettes 41 of each pillbox 28. Preferably, the cells 39 are formed by lights passing through the thickness of the lower plate 36. Different models of lower plates 36 can be provided to receive different models of pill organizers.
- the upper plate 37 also has lumens 42 crossing its thickness, each lumen 42 corresponding to the dimensions and shapes of a compartment 40 of a pillbox 28. Different plate models 37 may also be provided to match different models of pillboxes. In practice, the upper plate 37 may be identical to the lower plate 36.
- the plates 36, 37 have dimensions and a shape corresponding to those of the plate 33, so that they can be placed on the horizontal bottom 34, inserted between the lateral flanks 35. In doing so, they are perfectly integral with the platinum 33 during its movements horizontally, and the upper plate 37 has a horizontal upper face 38 whose vertical position is precisely determined and invariable.
- the plates 36, 37 are for example rigid synthetic material for example selected from metal alloys and rigid polymeric materials, for example from polycarbonate, PMMA, styrenic polymers such as SAN.
- the upper face 38 of the upper plate 37 extends immediately below but at a distance from the lower face 32 of the distribution column 29 with a small vertical clearance formed between these two faces 38, 32.
- This vertical clearance is particularly inferior to the smallest size of the pills that can be used with a device according to the invention. In practice, this game is for example between 0.1 mm and 2 mm.
- the mechanism 27 may be formed of any robotic mechanism for controlling the position and displacements of the receiving frame 26 in the horizontal plane under the column 29 so as to allow precise positioning of each compartment of the pillbox 28 under the lower end 31 chute 30 to allow feeding of this compartment by a pill discharged by the press 15 in the chute 30.
- this mechanism 27 comprises a cross member 45 forming a guide rail of a carriage 46 carrying the plate 33 of the frame 26 receiving, this carriage 46 can be moved along the crossbar 45 through a motor and a toothed belt.
- the cross member 45 is itself guided in translation in a horizontal direction orthogonal to its main direction by two lower rails 47 guiding the carriages 48 of the crosspiece 45, these carriages 48 being able to be moved in synchronism along the rails 47 by means of motors 49 and timing belts.
- the device according to the invention also comprises a control unit adapted in particular for controlling the various motorized actuators of the device according to the invention: the jack 19 actuating the pusher 22, the mechanism 27 controlling the movement of the receiving frame 26 and the pillbox 28
- This control unit is formed of a computer system at least partially incorporated in the distribution column 29, and comprises a man / machine interface such as a screen and a keyboard.
- the control unit comprises an electronic power and signal acquisition card incorporated in the distribution column 29, connected to a computer 56 located outside the box 13, and on which is executed a computer program for configuring and controlling the device according to the invention.
- the computer 56 is advantageously adapted to display the number of pills dispensed in the pill pillar and / or the number of pills remaining to be dispensed to feed this pill.
- the dispensing column 29 also comprises at least one device for counting the pills passing in the chute 30.
- the dispensing column 29 comprises a first device 51, 52 for counting the pills dispensed in a pillbox , this counting device 51, 52 being formed of a light source 51 emitting a horizontal light beam under the lower end 31 of the trough 30, and a photocell 52 arranged to capture this light beam.
- the distribution column 29 also comprises a second device 58, 59 of counting pills opening out of the light 17 passing through the table 16 of the press.
- This counting device 58, 59 comprises a light source 58 emitting a horizontal light beam under the passage 17 of the table 16, and a photocell 59 arranged to capture this light beam.
- a pill emerges from the light 17 passing through the table 16, it cuts the light beam, the photocell 59 delivering a count signal to the control unit.
- the device according to the invention includes both the pills that are delivered by the press 15 in the chute 30, and the pills that are delivered by the chute 30 in a pillbox.
- a camera 53 connected to the control unit, is also advantageously incorporated in the distribution column 29 to produce images of each compartment 40 of a pill box placed under the lower end 31 of the chute 30, before and / or after receiving a pill, on order from the control unit.
- the camera 53 is placed in the upper opening is based on the lower portion 30b of the trough 30 above the lower end 31 of the lower portion 30b of the trough 30 and has its objective downward towards the end 31 of the chute 30, so as to allow visualization of the underlying compartment 40.
- Each image made by this camera 53 is recorded by the control unit.
- the chute 30 is inclined to guide the fall of the pills under the effect of gravity from the passage 17 of the light of the table 16 to the lower end 31.
- a nozzle 55 for injecting air under pressure is also provided inside the lower part 30b to blow a jet of air under pressure in the chute towards the lower end 31 allowing accelerate the descent of the pills and / or prevent the blockage of pills in this lower end 31 and / or unblock any pills that would be trapped in that lower end 31.
- a nozzle 55 is connected to a source of compressed air (not shown) which can be formed of a compressed air network or a simple bottle of compressed air.
- this nozzle 55 is fed intermittently with compressed air, periodically, according to a fixed predetermined period, or on the contrary on command of the control unit according to the signal delivered by the photocell 52 (if the latter detects the presence of a pill in the lower end 31 for a predetermined duration) and / or according to the images made by the camera 53 showing the presence of a pill blocked in the lower end 31.
- the nozzle 55 can also be activated by manual control of the operator.
- a vibrating motorized device adapted to impart horizontal and / or vertical vibrations-especially mainly horizontal-to the chute 30 - in particular to its conical bottom portion 30b - at least at its end. 31, so as to prevent any blockage of a pill in this lower end 31, or to unblock a pill that would eventually become blocked.
- a light source 43 is fixed to the frame 11 above the table 16 so as to project a luminous visual cue, for example a cross, to and above the light 17 for passage of the table 16.
- a visual cue facilitates the precise manual positioning by the operator of the wafer 23 of pills on the table 16.
- this visual cue can be adapted to facilitate a direct manual supply of medication by the operator in the passageway light, especially when the pillbox must contain fractions of breakable pills.
- the light source 43 can be adapted to project a visual cue that can take several colors, for example green to indicate to the operator that he can manually drop a drug in the passageway light 17, the pusher 22 ejection being held fixed in the raised position; and red in color to indicate to the operator to wait before manually depositing medication into the lumen 17, the device controlling and counting the dispensing of the previous drug.
- the light source 43 is connected to and controlled by the control unit. None does not prevent alternatively to provide for the control of manual feeding a light source distinct from that 43 projecting a visual cue for positioning the wafer 23 of pills on the table 16. It may be for example colored LEDs placed under the light 17 of passage.
- the device according to the invention also advantageously comprises a reader 54 of optical codes (in particular bar codes) connected to the control unit.
- optical codes in particular bar codes
- the preparation method used with such a device according to the invention may be subject to various variants.
- the control unit drives the pusher 22 for ejection in alternative translations according to a fixed predetermined frequency, for example between 0.5 Hz and 5 Hz, in particular of the order of 1 Hz.
- the operator starts the device, for example through the computer 56, which triggers the actuation of the pusher 22 ejection.
- the control unit then controls the positioning and movement of the receiving frame 26 and the pillbox 28 that it contains so as to fill the different compartments 40 of this pillbox 28 with pills.
- the operator takes a new plate 23 of pills, and enters with the reader 54 the bar code of this plate, whose characteristics are recorded in G control unit, or in any case, accessible by this last, for example via the Internet.
- G unit of control places a first compartment 40 to receive at least one pill of the wafer 23 under the lower end 31 of the chute 30.
- the operator positions a housing of the wafer 23 opposite the visual cue on the table 16 when the pusher 22 ejection is in the raised position.
- the ejection pusher 22 is moved to the lowered position, it withdraws the pill from this housing, the pill falls into the chute 30, is counted by the photoelectric cell 52 and is delivered in the compartment 40.
- the mechanism 27 is controlled by the control unit to be moved, when the pusher 22 goes up vertically, so as to move the frame 26 of reception and the pill organizer 28 to position another compartment 40 to receive identical pills under the lower end 31 of the chute 30.
- control unit is adapted to control the stopping of actuating cylinder 19 of pusher 22 when the number of pills passed in chute 30, as determined by counting device 51, 52 is equal to a number predetermined manner of pills to be delivered in the pill organizer from this same plate 23. In this way, the operator is warned that it is necessary to change the plate 23 or the pillbox 28 is full.
- This predetermined number corresponds to the number of pills of the wafer 23 if this number is less than the number of such pills still to be delivered in the pillbox 28, or corresponds to the number of pills remaining to be delivered in the pill pillar 28 if the latter is less than the number total pills of the wafer 23.
- an image is made by the camera 53 and stored in the computer 56. In this way, it ensures the traceability of the proper implementation of the method .
- control unit may be adapted to control the movements of the ejector pusher 22 and the frame 26 of receiving in an optimized manner according to the signals delivered by the device 51, 52 counting.
- control unit may be adapted to trigger upward and upward reciprocating movements of the pusher 22 at a first default frequency value; to detect the passage of a pill in the chute 30; for, on detecting the passage of a pill chute 30, trigger a rise of the pusher 22 upwards and, if necessary, a displacement of the frame 26 of reception, this triggering can be achieved after the lapse of a delay time predetermined.
- the receiving frame 26 When the pill box 28 is completely filled with pills, the receiving frame 26 is placed in the loading / unloading position in the box 13, the operator being able to lift the cover 24 to extract the plates 36, 37 from the plate 33, and to continue the manufacturing steps of the pillbox: control of filling by imaging and / or visual inspection; printing and gluing of upper labels on each compartment (preferably collectively by printing and gluing a sheet of labels covering the entire pill box) ...
- the invention can be the subject of many variants and applications other than those described above.
- the structural and / or functional characteristics of the various embodiments described above may be wholly or partly the subject of any different juxtaposition or any different combination.
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