JP2001163445A - Housing cassette of liquid medicine containing vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide vessel housing cassettes capable of cooling and storing a large number of liquid medicine containing vessels and capable of mechanically selecting and taking out the stored specific vessels. SOLUTION: Plural cassettes 13 are installed on both sides of a drawer unit 2 arranged in a device body 1 to be housed in the cassettes 13 in a state of vertically arranging liquid medicine containing vessels A. Delivery rollers 21 for successively dropping the liquid medicine containing vessels A are arranged in a lower part of the respective cassettes 13 to drop and deliver the housed liquid medicine containing vessels one by one.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage cassette for a container containing a drug solution used for storing and supplying a container for holding a drug solution such as an injection solution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an injection is given to a patient in a hospital or the like, a doctor prepares an injection note designating an injection liquid to be administered, and a pharmacist uses a storage shelf in a pharmacy based on the contents of the injection note. A method has been adopted in which a required chemical solution container is selected from the above and the like, and each of the medical solution containers is transported to a nurse center and a treatment room.

[0003] However, in the above method, there is a problem that the accuracy of the selection and the workability are poor because the pharmacist needs to manually select the drug solution container while reading the injection note.

[0004] Further, since each chemical solution container is usually packed in a predetermined amount for each type and stored, it takes time and effort to take out the same, and the storage space tends to be large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a cassette for storing a container with a chemical solution, which can store a large number of medical solution containers in a small space and can mechanically and efficiently remove the container from the storage portion. The purpose is.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an ampule storage case for storing a plurality of ampoules horizontally stacked vertically, and one ampule at one end of the case. And a payout roller for receiving and paying out the ampoule from the storage case, wherein a passage for paying out each ampule from the storage case is extended by rotation of the payout roller so as to pass or block and pay out, so as to be a storage cassette for a container with a drug solution. .

[0007]

According to the present invention, a plurality of types of containers each containing a drug solution are stored in each of the container storage portions, and the drug solution container specified by the injection note is dispensed from the storage portion. Transported to and taken out. At this time, the side wall of the storage case serves as a guide member for the operation of sending out the ampule, so that the ampule can be sent out smoothly. In addition, by providing a guide rib in the case, the constriction of the container containing the chemical solution is guided in a linear direction, whereby the ampule can be fed more smoothly by guiding the ampule in a fixed direction.

[0008] The dispensing roller comprises a semicircular roller,
As this roller rotates, its notch is slightly before (above) the phase position facing the dispensing passage of the ampule.
One ampoule is received at the position, and the ampule is dispensed downward by the rotation of the notch. At this time, the dispensing passage of the ampule is enlarged or dispensed due to the phase position where either the cutout portion or the outer peripheral portion of the roller faces the passage.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the apparatus main body 1 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and a hollow housing portion 3 for housing the drawer unit 2 is provided inside the upper part thereof. The front surface of the unit housing portion 3 is divided into a plurality of openings 5 by a partition plate 4, and the drawer units 2 are slidably attached to the respective openings 5.

The drawer unit 2 comprises a front plate 6 for covering the opening 5 and a hollow holding frame 7 extending rearward from the front plate 6, and a guide attached to the apparatus body 1 on the upper and lower surfaces of the holding frame 7. Rollers 8 and 9 are in contact with each other, and the guide unit 8 and 9 guide the drawer unit 2 out of the opening 5 in the front-rear direction.

Further, on the upper part of both sides of the holding frame 7,
Cassette support plates 10 and 11 projecting in the left-right direction are attached. A plurality of grooves 1 are provided on the lower surface of each of the cassette support plates 10 and 11 along the slide direction of the drawer unit.
2 are formed, and a container storage cassette 13 is attached to each groove 12 thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, each of the container storage cassettes 13 includes a storage case 14 for storing a container A containing a chemical solution in a vertically aligned state, and a cap fitted to an upper end of the case 14. 15 and the cap 1
5 is slidably fitted into each dovetail groove 12 of the support plates 10 and 11.

The storage case 14 has a container outlet 16 at the lower end, and is divided into two halves 14a and 14b with a fulcrum shaft 17 inserted above the outlet 16 as a fulcrum. And one of the case halves 14a
The spacer 18 is housed in the housing. This spacer 18
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, various thicknesses are prepared according to the shape and dimensions of the medical solution container A so that the medical solution containers A having different sizes can be aligned without looseness. And a rib 19 for guiding the constricted portion of the container A containing the chemical solution.

A cam roller 21 for dispensing containers is attached to a fulcrum shaft 17 inside the storage case 14, and a fulcrum shaft 1 is mounted inside the holding frame 7 of the drawer unit 2.
The drive motor 22 is attached to correspond to the position 7. A drive shaft 23 of the motor 22 projects outward from a hole 24 provided in the holding frame 7, while an end of the fulcrum shaft 17 has an engagement hole 2 for detachably fitting the tip of the drive shaft 23.
5 are formed. In the above structure, the cam roller 21
When the cam roller 21 is rotated in a fixed direction while the drive shaft 22 of the motor 22 is engaged with the engagement hole 25 as shown in FIG.
The containers A containing the chemicals stored in the cassette 13 are sequentially dropped from the payout port 16.

As shown in FIG. 8, a part of the peripheral surface of the cam roller 21 is formed as a concave surface 26, and the peripheral surface portion other than the concave surface 26 is formed as a cylindrical surface 27. During the passage, the lower surface of the chemical liquid container A is passed downward, and during the passage, the cylindrical surface 27 stops the next chemical liquid container A from dropping, and the chemical liquid container A is rotated every rotation of the cam roller 21. It pays out one at a time.

Each motor 22 for driving each cam roller 21 is connected to a control device 28 such as a microcomputer having an operation panel 29 as shown in FIG. This control device 28
The type name of the medicine container A stored in the cassette 13 to which each motor 22 is connected, the patient's name, the contents of the injection note such as the dosage, etc. are stored as data, and control signals and the like based on the stored contents are stored. A function is provided such that a specific motor 22 is selected and operated by a key operation on the operation panel 29, and a required chemical liquid container A is dispensed.

4 and 6, a stopper pin 30 is mounted on the side of the drawer unit 2, and a pin hole 31 into which the stopper pin 30 is fitted is formed on the side of the cassette 13. A positioning ball 33 which is engaged with the groove 32 of the stopper pin 30 by a spring force is attached to the pin hole 31. As shown in FIG. 5, positioning balls 35 that engage with recesses 34 provided on the upper surface of the cap 15 of the cassette 13 are attached to the support plates 10 and 11 of the drawer unit 2. , 35, the cassette 13 is positioned at a fixed position.

On the other hand, below the unit accommodating section 3 in the apparatus main body 1, there is provided a transport means 36 for transporting the container A containing the chemical solution discharged from each cassette 13 to the outside of the apparatus. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the transport means 36 includes a belt conveyor 37 in the front-rear direction disposed below the payout port 16 of each cassette 13, and a left-right direction connected to an end of each belt conveyor 37. Belt conveyor 38
At the connection between the two conveyors 37 and 38, there is provided a buffer member 39 such as a sponge for reducing the impact when the chemical liquid container A falls. Conveying means 36 having the above structure
Then, when the containers A containing the liquid medicines are discharged from the cassettes 13, the belt conveyor 37 in the front-rear direction conveys them to the belt conveyor 38 in the left-right direction, and then the belt conveyor 38 is attached to the side surface of the apparatus main body 1. The container A containing the liquid medicine is transported to the receiving box 40.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a detector 41, such as a photoelectric sensor or a proximity switch, for detecting the drop of the chemical solution container A is provided below the payout port 16 of each cassette 13.
The detection of the fall of the container with the chemical liquid is detected by the signal of the detector 41, and the operation of each of the belt conveyors 37 and 38 is controlled based on the detection.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, a printing device 42 for dumping a data sheet B into the receiving box 40 is provided above the receiving box 40 of the transport means 36.
The printing device 42 is connected to the control device 28 described above, and by taking out the container A with the medical solution, the name of the medical solution of the container with the medical solution, the name of the patient, the injection amount such as the dose, and the like stored in the control device 28 are stored. The contents described are printed on a sheet, and the sheet is sent out to the receiving box 40.

In the above example, an injection solution container such as an ampoule or a vial is shown as the container A containing the drug solution. However, a container having another shape can be similarly stored.

This embodiment has the above-described structure, and its operation will be described below. First, in order to store the container A containing the drug solution, the drawer unit 2 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 1 and each container storage cassette 13 is removed from the unit 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the cap 15 of the cassette 13 is removed to divide the storage case 14 and the container A containing the chemical is stored along the spacer 18 inside the case. In this case, by arranging the case half 14a and the spacer 18 in the horizontal direction and storing the chemical liquid container A, even if the chemical liquid container is made of glass, it can be stably stored without being damaged.

When the container A containing the drug solution is stored in each cassette 13, the cassette 13 is attached to the drawer unit 2,
The drawer unit 2 is pushed into the apparatus main body 1.

The controller 28 stores in advance the type (name of the chemical) of the medical solution container A stored in each cassette 13 in association with each cassette 13 or each motor 22.

In this state, when the chemicals and the quantity are designated by operating the keys of the operation panel 29, the motor 22 of the cassette 13 for accommodating the designated chemicals container is operated, and the container A with the chemicals is designated. The quantity is paid out.

As described above, the container A containing the drug solution is
From the transport means 3 by the signal of the detector 41
The belt conveyors 37 and 38 of No. 6 operate to transport the container A containing the chemical solution to the receiving box 40.

Thereafter, by operating the operation panel 29 in order according to the contents of the injection note, the required container A
Are sequentially paid out of the cassette 13 and collected in the receiving box 40.

When the container A containing the chemical is collected in the receiving box 40, a data sheet B describing the patient name and the like corresponding to the collected container is sent from the printing apparatus 42 to the receiving box 4.
It is stamped on 0. For this reason, according to the description content of the data sheet B, the transport destination of the container A containing the drug solution to the nurse center or the treatment room, the patient name, the dose, and the like can be confirmed.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment. In this example, an air cooling device 43 is connected to the back of the unit housing 3 for housing the drawer unit 2 of the apparatus main body 1. The air cooling device 43 is provided at a lower portion of the device main body 1.
A condenser 44, a cooling fan 45, and a compressor 46 are installed, and an evaporator (heat exchanger) 48 and a fan 49 are provided in a duct 47 communicating with the back of the unit housing 3. The air inside the unit housing 3 is cooled and circulated by the action of the fan 48 and the fan 49.

By cooling the inside of the unit housing section 3 as described above, the container containing the chemical liquid stored in the drawer unit 2 can be refrigerated, and the chemical liquid that needs to be refrigerated can be stored for a long period of time.

In the above embodiment, a partition plate 4 is provided at the opening 5 of each unit storage section 3 in order to refrigerate the container containing the chemical solution, and each unit storage section 3 is sealed with the drawer unit 2 stored therein. However, in the case of storing a medicine-containing container that does not need to be refrigerated, the partition plate 4 may be removed, and the unit housing portions 3 may be connected in a lateral direction.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the containers with the chemicals are stored in the storage portion in an aligned manner, and the containers with the chemicals are dispensed one by one from the storage portion and dropped out. It is possible to selectively sort and take out, and it is possible to improve sorting accuracy and workability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing the inside of the apparatus main body.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a partially longitudinal front view showing, in an enlarged manner, a mounting portion of the container storage cassette;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the above.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a control structure according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 illustrates the operation of a cam roller.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a receiving box and a printing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 2 Drawer unit 13 Container storage cassette 16 Discharge port 18 Spacer 20 Discharge means 21 Cam roller 22 Drive motor 36 Conveying means 37, 38 Belt conveyor 42 Printing device 43 Air cooling device A Chemical liquid container B Data sheet

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[Submission date] November 1, 2000 (200.11.
1)

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An ampule storage case for storing a plurality of ampules horizontally stacked vertically and storing them, and a dispensing roller for receiving and dispensing one ampule one at a time at one end of the case. A storage cassette for a container with a chemical liquid, which is configured so that a passage for discharging a liquid is widened by rotation of a discharge roller to pass or block and discharge.