JP2003135565A - Medicine storage cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve safety and operability of medicine storage in a medicine storage cabinet allowing medicine to be taken out by unlocking a medicine takeout door by the input of a password and ID. SOLUTION: An electric lock 23 of a medicine takeout door is unlocked by inputting a password and a user's ID from a ten-key panel 8, and then a manual lock is operated with a key to open the medicine takeout door, thus doubling the lock. Operation mode information such as a medicine takeout mode, a medicine replenishment mode and a maintenance mode is included in the password, and the corresponding operation mode is started by the input of the password to set the prescribed mode operation at once, and an operable range is limited according to each operation mode to prevent lowering of security caused by useless operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine storage cabinet for storing medicines in hospitals, pharmacies and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a chemical storage cabinet of this type,
It is known that the door can be unlocked by inputting a password or ID, but in using it, not only taking out medicines but also supplementing medicines, printing output of usage history, updating passwords and IDs, etc. There are various maintenance works. On the other hand, since the strictness of storage and use management of medicines is required, the operating range of medicine storage cabinets is limited according to the handling departments such as hospital doctors and nurses, drug departments, management departments, etc. Is desirable.

[0003]

However, in the conventional medicine storage cabinet, only the password is entered or the I
The door can be opened immediately by inserting the D card, and there is a risk of being easily accessed by a third party when the ID card is picked up. In addition, once it is determined to be qualified by collating the password or the like, all operations are permitted to the same person. Therefore, there is a risk that the operation is performed more than necessary and the security is impaired.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to further enhance the safety of the chemical storage cabinet and also to improve the operability.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the medicine storage cabinet of the present invention has both an electric lock that is electrically unlocked and a manual lock that is manually unlocked. A main body having a main door on the front and a plurality of drawers for storing chemicals installed inside the main door,
An input unit used for inputting various data, a display unit for displaying various data, a printing unit for printing various data, an indicator lamp and a drawer detector provided in each of the drawers, and various data are stored. A storage unit and a control unit for controlling the entire unit are provided. When the password input from the input unit matches the registration number, the control unit sets the input unit to an operation mode corresponding to the password, and the operation mode Is the drug take-out mode, the user ID, patient ID, drug name and drug quantity are input, and the user ID is registered I.
When it coincides with D, the electric lock is unlocked to allow the main door to be opened by the unlocking operation of the manual lock, and the corresponding indicator lamp of the drawer is turned on or blinked, and the drawer is pulled out. When a pull-out signal is output from the pull-out detector, the use history data including the date and time of use and the user ID, patient ID, drug name, and drug quantity are stored in the storage unit and printed out by the print unit. After that, when the main door is closed, the electric lock and the manual lock are locked (claim 1).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the electric storage lock and the manual lock are doubly performed to lock the medicine storage cabinet, the door cannot be easily unlocked only by inputting a password or the like. Further, since the operation mode is specified by the entered password, the operation range is limited for each department in charge to which the password is assigned, and there is no risk that an operation other than that in charge is performed. In addition, since you can enter the predetermined operation mode immediately by entering the password, you do not have to select the operation mode.
The operation becomes simpler.

In the first aspect of the present invention, when the operation mode is the medicine replenishment mode, the control unit inputs the user ID, and when the user ID matches the registered ID, the main door can be opened. At the same time, the stock quantity of each drawer is set and input (claim 2).

In addition to the medicine take-out mode and the medicine replenishing mode, a use history print mode and a maintenance mode are provided. These use history print mode and maintenance mode can be started up only by inputting the password. (Claim 3)

In claim 1, the electric lock is preferably constructed so that it can be manually unlocked by an emergency key, whereby the electric lock can be manually unlocked even in an emergency such as a power failure. 4).

In claim 1, the main body has a maintenance door that is locked by a manually operated manual lock, the control unit is accommodated inside the maintenance door, and the input unit, display unit and The printing unit is preferably provided on the maintenance door (claim 5).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, if the storage unit is composed of a removable memory card, personal computer processing of the usage history data can be easily performed using this memory card, and a password or ID can be stored in the memory card. If it is recorded, those inputs can be omitted by inserting the memory card (claim 6).

In claim 1, if a communication unit for transmitting the usage history data stored in the storage unit to the LAN is provided, online processing of the usage history data becomes possible (Claim 7).

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 5 shows a medicine storage cabinet (hereinafter, simply referred to as “cabinet”).
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which the door is opened. In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the cabinet has a main door 2 and a maintenance door 3 on the front surface of the main body 1.
A plurality of (five in the illustrated case) drawers 4 (FIG. 6) for storing chemicals are installed inside the container. As will be described later, the main door 2 is locked by both an electric lock that is electrically unlocked and a manual lock that is manually unlocked, and the manual lock is unlocked on the front surface of the main door 2. A key hole 5 for a normal key is provided, and a key hole 6 for an emergency key for unlocking an electric lock in an emergency such as a power failure is provided below the key hole 5. Each drawer 4
Each of them is provided with an indicator light (LED) 7 for displaying the drawer 4 in which the corresponding medicine is stored when the medicine is taken out.

On the other hand, on the front surface of the maintenance door 3, there are provided a numeric keypad 8 as an input section for various data and a liquid crystal display 9 as a display section for various data. The printer 10 (FIG. 6) as a printing unit for various data is provided inside the maintenance door 3, and the outlet 11 of the print paper 10a is opened on the front surface of the maintenance door 3. The maintenance door 3 is locked by a manual lock, and 12 is its keyhole. Inside the maintenance door 3, a control unit 13 that controls the entire cabinet is installed. The maintenance door 3 is opened when the control unit 13 is inspected and repaired. The maintenance door 3 is opened as shown in FIG. 2, and the front plate 14 screwed further is removed and the control unit 13 is pulled out.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the main part of the main door 2 in a locked state, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the cabinet taken along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 7 and 8, the main body 1 has
Two upper and lower lock plates 15 are rotatably attached with screw pins 16 (FIG. 8) as fulcrums, and the main door 2 has its back plate 2a.
At the lower edge of the square window 17 (Fig. 7) opened in the
Are locked by engaging via notches 18 (FIG. 8). Then, the unlocking is performed by lifting the lock plate 15 in the clockwise direction in FIG. 8 and disengaging the lock plate 15 from the back plate 2a. Here, in FIG. 7, inside the main door 2, there is provided a slider 20 which is slidably guided up and down by an elongated hole 19, and an L bend portion 20a at the upper end thereof.
Is close to the lower surface of the lock plate 15 in the locked state. A lock cam 21, which is rotated by a normal key (not shown), is provided on the back side of the keyhole 5, and a pin 21a at the tip thereof is inserted into a U-shaped notch 20b of the slider 20.

Further, in FIG. 7, a solenoid 23 as an electric lock is provided inside the main door 2, and the solenoid 23 attracts the plunger 23a in the right direction in FIG. 7 by an unlock signal. A lock fitting 24 made of an L-bending plate is coupled to the tip of the plunger 23a, and the lock fitting 24 is biased by a return spring 25 mounted on the plunger 23a so that the tip of the lock fitting 24 has an L-bending portion 20c of the slider 20.
It is fitted in a lock hole (not shown) formed in the. Further, on the back side of the key hole 6, there is provided a lock cam 26 which is rotated by an unillustrated emergency key, and the claw 26a thereof is positioned in the vicinity thereof so as to be engageable with the lock fitting 24. In FIG. 8, the upper and lower lock plates 15 are linked so as to interlock with each other via a connecting rod 27, and are biased counterclockwise by a return spring (not shown). The lock cams 21 and 26 are urged counterclockwise in FIG. 7 by a return spring (not shown).

In FIGS. 7 and 8, the main door 2 is locked by a lock plate 15, and the slider 20 is a lock fitting 2.
The upper slide is locked by 4. Now
When the solenoid 23 is excited by the unlock signal, the solenoid 23 attracts the plunger 23a to the right in FIG. As a result, the lock fitting 24 is pulled out from the slider 20, and the slider 20 is unlocked. Therefore,
When a normal key is inserted into the keyhole 5 and the lock cam 21 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 7, the slider 20 is moved to the pin 21a.
Be lifted through. As a result, the upper lock plate 15 is lifted via the L-bent portion 20a of the slider 20 and is rotated clockwise in FIG. At that time, the connecting rod 27
The lower lock plate 15 which is interlocked with the rotary member also rotates at the same time. As a result, the main door 2 is unlocked and can be opened.

In the locked state of FIG. 7, the lower lock plate 15 pushes down the actuator 28 against the return spring (not shown), but after the solenoid 23 is excited,
As described above, when the lock plate 15 is lifted, the actuator 28 is rotated clockwise by the action of the return spring to switch the unlocking detector 29 including a photo sensor. As a result, the solenoid 23 is demagnetized, the lock fitting 24 is pushed leftward in FIG. 7 by the action of the return spring 25, and abuts against the L bent portion 20c of the slider 20. After that, when the normal key is pulled out from the key hole 5 and the slider 20 returns to the position shown in the figure, the lock fitting 24 is fitted into the lock hole of the slider 20 and locks the slider 20 again. After that, when the main door 2 is closed, the lock plate 15 rides over the back plate 2a via the inclined surface 15a (FIG. 8) and engages with the back plate 2a again via the notch 18 by the action of the return spring.

The above is the normal operation, but when the solenoid 23 cannot be driven due to a power failure or the like, the keyhole 6
An emergency key (not shown) is inserted and the lock cam 26 is rotated clockwise in FIG. As a result, the claw 26a abuts on the L bent portion of the lock fitting 24, but when the lock cam 26 is further rotated, the lock fitting 24 is pulled out from the slider 20 and the slider 20 can be slid upward. Therefore, the main door 2 can be unlocked even in an emergency such as a power failure by performing the above-described operation with the normal key while maintaining this state.

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the cabinet. The cabinet is controlled by a control unit 13 having a clock function, and the control unit 13 has the above-mentioned indicator lamp (LED).
7, input unit (numeric keypad) 8, display unit (liquid crystal display) 9,
Printing unit (printer) 10, electric lock (solenoid) 23,
Drawer detector 2 for detecting that the drawer 4 has been pulled out
2, an unlocking detector 29, and a storage unit 30 for storing various data input from the ten-key pad 8 are connected. The drawer detector 22 is composed of a photo sensor, and an actuator is provided so as to contact the back surface of each drawer 4, as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view of the numeric keypad 8.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the control operation of the controller 13 in the medicine take-out mode. In the standby state, the liquid crystal display 9 displays the password input screen. Therefore, when the user (doctor or nurse) inputs the password (S1), the control unit 13 determines whether or not the reception is possible based on the registration data (S2), and if the password is a legitimate password, the operation mode corresponding to the password. To switch to the next input screen, here the user ID input screen. In this way, the password contains the operation mode information,
In this case, the password for the doctor and the nurse is assigned with the medicine take-out mode. In addition to the medicine take-out mode, the operation modes include a medicine replenishment mode for inputting inventory settings for each drawer 4 when replenishing the medicine, a usage history print mode for printing out the usage history, time data and master data (the medicine name of each drawer 4). Registration mode), a maintenance mode for checking the operation of the ten-key pad 8 and the liquid crystal display 9, and the like, and an individual password is set for each, and the operable range changes depending on the password.

Now, in FIG. 3, when the user ID is input (S3), it is determined whether the registered ID matches the registered ID (S4), and if they match, the patient ID is input (S5). Although the input of the patient ID is indispensable for taking out the medicine, it is used as usage history data and is not checked against the registration data. In addition, in the medicine taking-out mode, three inputs of a password, a user ID, and a patient ID are required, but in the medicine replenishing mode, the patient I
It is not necessary to input D, and in the usage history print mode and maintenance mode, that is, in the operation mode in which the main door 2 does not need to be opened, only the password need be input. After the patient ID is input, the display screen switches to the delivery quantity input screen. This screen displays a medicine name and a quantity input field for each drawer number (1 to 5), and the necessary quantity of medicine is input while scrolling with the arrow (↑, ↓) keys in the ten-key pad 8 (S6). When the quantity is input, the control unit 13 checks whether the quantity is within the stock quantity. If the quantity is exceeded, the quantity input NG screen is displayed for, for example, 3 seconds, and then the quantity quantity input screen is displayed again to prompt correction (S7). ). The C key is used to cancel the input, and the B key is used to backspace.

When the enter (*) key is pressed after the quantity input is completed (S8), the solenoid 23 is excited to unlock the main door 2 (S9), and then the door open is displayed on the liquid crystal display 9. At the same time, the indicator light 7 of the relevant drawer 4 is blinked (S10). When the lock by the solenoid 23 is released, the main door 2 is opened by unlocking the manual lock by the above-mentioned normal key. Therefore, the drawer detector 22
If the drawer 4 is pulled out, that is, the medicine is taken out from the operation signal of (S11), and the medicine is taken out, the user I
D, the patient ID, the drug name, and the drug quantity are stored in the storage unit 30 together with the date and time of use, and at the same time, the stock quantity of the drawer 4 is rewritten (S12). After that, when the removal of the medicine is completed and the main door 2 is closed, it is confirmed from the switching signal of the unlock detector 29 by the actuator 28 being pushed again by the lock plate 24 (S13), and the printer 10 detects this time. The utilization history data of is printed out (S14), and the standby state is restored.

FIG. 4 shows a flow chart of the main part of an embodiment using a contactless card. The ID is read by holding the contactless card over the cabinet (S101), the ID is determined (S102), and the password can be input (S1). Since the subsequent steps are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, their illustration is omitted. In this embodiment, the ID of the contactless card can be provided with additional information, and in that case, the operation mode information included in the password can be transferred to the contactless card.

According to the above-described embodiment, since the password includes the operation mode information, the cabinet is immediately put in the desired operation mode by inputting the password, the operation is performed easily and quickly, and the operation is performed by the password. Since the range that can be set is defined, the operation more than necessary is restricted according to the user, and the safety degree of the chemical storage becomes higher accordingly. Further, in order to open the main door 2, in addition to unlocking the electric lock (solenoid) 23, a manual unlocking operation is required, so that the safety degree of chemical storage is further enhanced. In addition, since the patient ID is input in the drug take-out mode, the input check becomes more strict, and
The usage history data will be more accurate. On the other hand, even if the electric lock 23 cannot be unlocked due to a power failure or the like, the main door 2 can be opened manually by the emergency key.
It is also possible to respond in an emergency.

Although the storage unit 30 is fixed to the control unit 13 in the above embodiment, the storage unit 30 is fixed.
If you configure the with a removable memory card (RAM card), you can easily process the stored data by inserting the memory card, and by recording the password and user ID on the memory card, It becomes possible to omit the input with the ten keys 8. Further, if the cabinet is provided with a communication unit for transmitting the usage history data stored in the storage unit 30 to the LAN, online processing of the usage history data becomes possible.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the password includes the operation mode information, and the main door is locked by the double lock of the electric lock and the manual lock. And the operability is significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of a medicine storage cabinet showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the numeric keypad in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation in a medicine taking-out mode of the medicine storage cabinet of FIG.

4 is a main part flowchart showing different control operations in a medicine taking-out mode of the medicine storage cabinet of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the medicine storage cabinet of FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a perspective view showing a state in which a main door and a maintenance door of the medicine storage cabinet of FIG. 5 are opened.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the main part of the main door in FIG.

8 is a sectional view of the main part of the cabinet taken along the line VIII-VIII in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cabinet body 2 Main door 3 maintenance door 4 drawer 5 Key hole for normal key 6 Key hole for emergency key 7 Indicator light 8 numeric keypad 9 Liquid crystal display 10 Printer 22 Drawer detector 23 Electric lock

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kozo Matsushima             1-1 Tanabe Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa             Within Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2E250 AA14 BB05 BB08 BB29 BB41                       CC15 CC16 CC25 CC27 DD01                       EE04 FF06 FF13 FF28 FF36                       GG02 GG12

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A main door which is locked by both an electric lock that is electrically unlocked and a manual lock that is manually unlocked is provided on the front surface, and medicines are stored inside the main door. A main body in which a plurality of drawers are installed, an input section used for inputting various data, a display section for displaying various data, a printing section for printing various data, an indicator lamp provided for each drawer, and A drawer detector, a storage unit for storing various data, and a control unit for controlling the whole are provided. When the password input from the input unit matches the registration number, the control unit sets the input unit to the password. When the operation mode is the drug take-out mode, the user ID, the patient ID, the drug name and the drug quantity are input, and when the user ID matches the registered ID,
The electric lock is unlocked to enable the main door to be opened by the unlocking operation of the manual lock, and the indicator light of the corresponding drawer is turned on or blinked, and the drawer is pulled out to detect the drawer. When the withdrawal signal is output from the storage unit, the storage unit stores the use date and time and the use history data including the user ID, the patient ID, the drug name, and the drug quantity, and the print unit prints and outputs the data. A medicine storage cabinet, wherein the electric lock and the manual lock are locked when the main door is closed. 2. When the operation mode is a chemical replenishment mode,
2. The control unit causes a user ID to be input, and when the user ID matches a registration ID, the main door can be opened and the stock quantity of each drawer is set and input. The listed chemical storage cabinet. 3. A use history print mode and a maintenance mode are provided in addition to the medicine take-out mode and the medicine replenishment mode, and these use history print mode and maintenance mode can be started up only by inputting the password. The chemical storage cabinet according to claim 2. 4. The medicine storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the electric lock can be manually unlocked by an emergency key. 5. The main body has a maintenance door that is locked by a manually operated manual lock, the control unit is housed inside the maintenance door, and the input unit, the display unit, and the printing unit are The chemical storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the chemical storage cabinet is provided on the maintenance door. 6. The medicine storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit comprises a removable memory card. 7. The medicine storage cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit for transmitting the usage history data stored in the storage unit to a LAN.