JP2006109859A - Dispensing medicament put-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dispensing medicament put-out device permitting efficient and accurate storage and take-out of dispensing medicaments which can be aligned/stored and sucked/taken out, and also permitting counting of the stored medicaments. <P>SOLUTION: This dispensing medicament put-out device comprises a plurality of medicament cassettes 40, a support means 30 for holding the medicament cassettes 40 in the horizontal state and arranged in the front/rear direction, and a medicament take-out mechanism 50 with a suction member 53c for taking out the stored medicaments from an arbitrary medicament cassette by raising the suction member after slackly inserting the suction member into a notch 41a in a front plate 41 of each medicament cassette 40. Each medicament cassette 40 has the front plate 41 and a bottom plate 42 fixed to each other for aligning/storing PTP packaged medicaments 10, left and right side plates 43 and 44, and a built-in energizing member 45 for advancing the medicaments 10. The notch 41a is formed in the front plate 41 at the center or from the lower side to the upper side, and a flat-plate-shaped upper lid 46, whose front face side part 48 is open and whose front end can be moved upward/downward with the rear end as the center of oscillation, is disposed on the upper surface of the front plate 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing apparatus for dispensing which arranges and stores several kinds of medicines that can be pulled up by negative pressure suction in a horizontal direction and automatically dispenses a desired one. In addition, the present invention relates to a dispensing medicine dispensing device that can grasp the number of stored medicines for each cassette.
As such a preparation drug, a PTP-packed drug (PTP package) is typical, but it is formed into a plate-like body or a box-like body that can be pushed forward from a row in a state of being aligned horizontally. Alternatively, the upper and lower surfaces or at least one surface may be flat so as to be able to be adsorbed. If such a condition is satisfied, a medicine stored in a thin paper box or a plastic case is also applicable.

  2. Description of the Related Art Dispensing drug dispensing devices that dispense a wide variety of dispensing drugs have been provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This includes a large number of drug cassettes for storing a drug for dispensing, and a dispensing transport mechanism for taking out the drug from the drug cassette containing the desired drug for dispensing and transporting it to a predetermined position. The medicine dispensing device includes a friction member for taking out the medicine, and the friction member has a plurality of protrusions formed on a friction surface facing the medicine cassette, and the friction surface faces upward. Alternatively, it is driven to move diagonally upward. In this case, as long as there is a friction surface, it can be applied regardless of the fine form or hardness of the pharmaceutical agent for dispensing, so the application range is wide.

  In addition, there is also provided a dispensing drug dispensing device that sucks and dispenses various dispensing drugs (for example, see Patent Document 2). This includes a large number of medicine cassettes stored in a rotatable storage, and a take-out mechanism for sucking and taking out the medicine for dispensing from the medicine cassette that has come to the take-out position. Since the take-out mechanism is fixed and shared by a plurality of medicine cassettes in this way, a large number of medicine cassettes are simplified, and it is not necessary to lay intake pipes or the like in many directions.

  Furthermore, there is also provided a medicine storage device that can handle medicines in a single operation, return the medicines without disturbing the lineup, and further accurately grasp the storage status (see, for example, Patent Document 3). This comprises a large number of cassettes for storing and storing chemicals and support means for holding these cassettes side by side, and the cassette forms an inlet / outlet that can be pushed out in addition to extraction of the chemicals and directed toward the inlet / outlet The urging means for urging the stored chemicals is provided, and the supporting means is provided with a counting means for holding the cassette with the doorway exposed, and obtaining the number of stored chemicals in the cassette. As a result, the chemicals are taken into and out of the cassette directly by hand, and the chemicals in each cassette are automatically counted.

JP 2000-024083 A (first page) JP 2000-167023 A (first page) JP 2001-198190 A (first page)

  In such a conventional dispensing medicine dispensing device, in the case of the so-called friction take-out system in which the medicine is extracted from the medicine cassette by the friction member, the application range is widened. Sometimes it falls. Specifically, when the dispensing drug is a PTP packaging agent, the drug is flat on one side and suitable for adsorption, and can be stored in an aligned manner. The extraction method can extract the drug more quickly and accurately based on reliable adsorption and retention.

  On the other hand, in the case of the adsorption extraction method, conventionally, dispensing drugs are stacked vertically and the uppermost one is adsorbed and lifted. For this reason, since it is necessary to secure a moving space for the adsorbing member above the medicine cassette, it is difficult to arrange the medicine cassette densely, and it cannot be said that the medicine storage efficiency is sufficient. Therefore, it is an important issue to improve the apparatus so that the medicine can be stored and taken out efficiently based on the property that the medicines for dispensing can be stored in a line and adsorbed and taken out.

For this purpose, it is conceivable to arrange the medicines for dispensing in a horizontal direction and advance the medicines, and then act the adsorbing member from the front of the medicine cassette. Of these, it is also important to ensure that only the first drug is removed and the subsequent drug stays in the drug cassette, and it is a further problem to easily realize it.
Furthermore, it is important to accurately grasp the storage status, and for this purpose, a counting means for obtaining the number of stored medicines for dispensing in the medicine cassette is provided as in the medicine storage device described above.

  However, in the case of automatic dispensing of the PTP packaging agent, it is less urgent than using it in an operating room, and many are cheaper than injections and few are expensive. There are few strict restrictions such as expiration date. For this reason, if the detection member of the counting means is fixedly attached to the support portion such as a shelf as in the conventional device, the device cost is too high even if the storage state can be accurately grasped. It is also required to increase expandability so that detection members and the like can be added or reduced easily and inexpensively.

  Therefore, based on the characteristic that the medicines for dispensing can be stored in a line and adsorbed and taken out, the equipment has been improved so that the medicine can be stored and taken out efficiently and accurately, and simple counting can be performed based on the improved form. Increasing the expandability of the means is a technical challenge.

  The dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention (Solution means 1) was devised to solve such a problem, and includes a plurality of the following medicine cassettes, a support means, and a take-out mechanism. . That is, the drug cassette has a front plate, a bottom plate, and left and right side plates fixed to each other for aligning and storing PTP-packed drugs or drugs equivalent thereto, and a biasing member for advancing the drugs. Is built in, and a flat top cover is provided on the upper surface. The upper cover can move up and down the front end with the rear end as a swing center, and at least the front side portion of the upper surface is released. The detection member of the counting means for obtaining the number of stored medicines is attached to the upper lid, and a notch is formed in the front plate, and this notch extends from the upper side of the front plate to the center or the upper side. To the lower side and the upper side is connected to the open portion of the upper surface. The support means holds these medicine cassettes in a horizontally placed state extending in the front-rear direction and holds them side by side. Furthermore, the take-out mechanism has an adsorbing member that can be loosely inserted into the notch, and after the adsorbing member is loosely inserted into the notch, the adsorbing member is raised together with the drive unit or the like, or separately. The stored medicine is taken out from any of them.

  The dispensing drug dispensing device of the present invention is (Solution means 2), which is the dispensing drug dispensing device of Solution 1, wherein the upper lid is detachable from the drug cassette. To do.

  Further, the dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention (Solution means 3) is the dispensing medicine dispensing apparatus of the above solving means 1 and 2, wherein a front / rear position adjusting mechanism for moving the upper lid back and forth is provided in the medicine cassette. It is characterized by being.

  In such a dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention (Solution 1), since the medicine cassette is held in a horizontal state, a dispensing medicine that can be adsorbed and taken out, such as a PTP packaging agent, is stored in the medicine cassette. When replenished, the medicines are aligned and stored in the horizontal direction. At this time, the medicines are aligned with the adsorption target surface in front. Then, these stored medicines are packed in front by the urging member in the medicine cassette, and the top surface of the medicine to be adsorbed contacts the front plate of the medicine cassette.

  In this state, when the dispensing drug is to be dispensed, the suction member moves to the front of the corresponding drug cassette by the automatic operation of the take-out mechanism, enters the notch on the front plate, and becomes the leading dispensing drug. By sucking and then ascending, the leading drug is extracted from the front edge of the upper surface of the drug cassette. Further, the subsequent medicine is advanced by the urging member in the medicine cassette, so that the next extraction is possible.

In this way, the medicine for dispensing is aligned and stored in the horizontal direction and advanced, and the suction member is made to act from the front of the medicine cassette, so that the suction member is completely moved above the medicine cassette. The space need not be secured, and the arrangement state of the medicine cassettes can be made dense accordingly, and the medicine storage efficiency is improved. In addition, since the medicine extraction system is an adsorption extraction system, it is possible to quickly and accurately extract the medicine based on the reliable adsorption holding.
Therefore, a dispensing drug dispensing device that can efficiently store and remove the drug is realized.

  In addition, each of the medicine cassettes has a flat top lid. By pressing the top of the subsequent dispensing medicine except for the top with this top lid, the disorder of the alignment state is suppressed and the top dispensing medicine is the medicine. It is possible to reliably prevent the subsequent dispensing medicine from being taken away when it is extracted from the cassette. In addition, the upper lid can move up and down with the rear end as the center of swinging, so that it does not interfere with drug replenishment, and it is simple to press the subsequent drug by its own weight. . Therefore, a medicine dispensing apparatus for dispensing that can efficiently and accurately store and remove medicine is realized.

Furthermore, since the detection member of the counting means for obtaining the number of stored medicines is attached to the upper lid, the detection member of the counting means can be increased or reduced by replacing the upper lid. The top lid is cheaper than the whole medicine cassette and its supporting member, and the replacement of the top lid is easier than the whole medicine cassette and its supporting member. Therefore, it is possible to easily and inexpensively increase or reduce the detection member of the counting means. it can.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily realize a dispensing medicine dispensing apparatus having a counting means that can efficiently and accurately store and take out medicines and is highly expandable.

Further, in the dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention (solution means 2), the upper cover to which the detection member of the counting means is attached is detachable, so that the detection member of the counting means can be replaced with the replacement of the upper cover. This is extremely easy and inexpensive.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily realize a dispensing medicine dispensing apparatus having counting means that can efficiently and accurately store and take out medicines and is extremely rich in expandability.

Further, in the dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention (Solution means 3), the upper lid can be moved back and forth by providing a front / rear position adjusting mechanism, so that the upper lid can be moved according to the thickness of the dispensing medicine. By properly adjusting the tip position, the top of the first dispensing drug can be surely released in the drug cassette, and at the same time, the subsequent dispensing drug can be reliably pressed from above. .
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily realize a dispensing drug dispensing device having a counting means that can efficiently and accurately store and remove a drug regardless of the thickness and has high expandability.

About such a chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing of this invention, the specific form for implementing this is demonstrated by the following Examples 1-2.
The first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 embodies all the above-described solving means 1 to 3 (claims 1 to 3 at the beginning of the application), and the second embodiment shown in FIG. It is a modification.
In these drawings, for the sake of simplicity, fasteners such as bolts, couplings such as hinges, drive sources such as electric motors, transmission members such as timing belts, detailed electric circuits such as motor drivers, controllers, etc. The detailed electronic circuit and the like are not shown in the figure, and those necessary for the explanation of the invention and related ones are mainly shown.

  About the Example 1 of the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawings. FIG. 1 shows the structure of a PTP dispensing device 20 (dispensing drug dispensing device), where (a) is a front view of the whole with the front door removed, and (b) is the whole of the place where the medicine dispensing mechanism 50 is also removed. The front view, (c) is a right side view of the XY moving portion 53 of the medicine take-out mechanism 50 and a vertical right side view of the medicine cassette 40, (d) is a perspective view of the medicine cassette 40, and is a complete state from left to right The state without the upper lid 46 and the state of only the fixing plates 41 to 44, (e) is a perspective view of the medicine storage state, from left to right, the complete state, the state without the upper lid 46, and only the PTP packaging material 10 It is a state.

  FIG. 2 shows a structural example of the front / rear position adjustment mechanism of the upper lid 46, and (a) to (c) are vertical right side views of the medicine cassette 40. Further, FIG. 3 shows a main part structure of the medicine take-out mechanism 50, and (a) to (c) are right side views of the XY moving unit 53. FIG. 4 shows the structure of the main part of the counting means 60, where (a) is a right side view of the medicine take-out mechanism 50 and a vertical right side view of the medicine storage section, and (b) and (c) are medicine cassettes 40. FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the control unit 22 and the like.

  The dispensing medicine dispensing device 20 (see FIGS. 1A and 1B) has a large portion on the back side and the back side in the housing 21 as a medicine storage, and the medicine storage portion has a support. A plurality of shelves 30 as means are provided, and a plurality of medicine cassettes 40 for storing and storing the PTP packaging material 10 are held side by side on each shelf 30. The shelf 30 includes, for example, a square member 31 that is provided horizontally and extends to the left and right, and a plate member 32 that is disposed thereon at an appropriate interval and extends in the front-rear direction. By being attached to and detached from the plate member 32 from above, the medicine cassette 40 is held in a horizontally placed state extending in the front-rear direction.

  A medicine take-out mechanism 50 is provided in the front portion of the housing 21, and a tray transport section 24 (below the medicine container in the figure) and an electrical equipment section (above the medicine container in the figure) are provided so as not to interfere with the operation thereof. It is secured. The electrical unit is provided with a control unit 22 (electronic control circuit), a negative pressure suction source 23 (pneumatic circuit), and the like. The negative pressure suction source 23 includes a negative pressure generating pump, a switching valve, and the like, and supplies a negative pressure suction force through a flexible tube (not shown). The control unit 22 includes, for example, a microprocessor system and performs operation control of the negative pressure suction source 23, the medicine take-out mechanism 50, and the tray transport unit 24. The tray transport unit 24 is composed of, for example, a belt conveyor unit, and carries in an empty tray 25 and also carries out the tray 25 containing the collected PTP packaging material 10 taken out from the medicine cassette 40.

  The medicine cassette 40 (see FIGS. 1C to 1E) includes a front plate 41, a bottom plate 42, a left side plate 43, and a right side plate 44 for storing the PTP packaging material 10 in a line in the front-rear direction. It has. These are made of, for example, sheet metal or resin, and are processed by punching or injection molding, and are fixed to each other by integral molding or by bending or bonding to surround the storage space for the alignment chemicals. A notch 41 a is formed in the front plate 41 among the fixing members 41 to 44. The notch 41a is formed to extend at least from the upper side of the front plate 41 to the center portion so as to expose a part of the adsorbable surface of the PTP packaging material 10 and allow the adsorbing member 53c described later to be loosely inserted. In this example, the front plate 41 reaches the lower side from the upper side. Of the fixing members 41 to 44, the bottom plate 42 is engaged with the plate member 32 so that the medicine cassette 40 can be freely attached to and detached from the shelf 30 and further naturally and appropriately positioned and held in association with the mounting. It comes to be worn.

  Further, the medicine cassette 40 incorporates an urging mechanism 45 for advancing the aligned and stored PTP packaging material 10 toward the front plate 41. The biasing mechanism 45 moves a movable member (biasing member) from the rear end portion to the front end portion in the storage space for the aligned medicines. During the movement, the rear and rear tails of the stored medicines are substantially constant. For example, it is embodied by a mechanism incorporating a spring that is connected to the front plate 41 and developed along the bottom plate 42 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Further, the medicine cassette 40 is provided with a plate-like upper lid 46 made of resin, for example, in order to lightly hold the second and subsequent subsequent medicines except the top of the aligned and stored PTP packaging material 10 from above. Yes. A back plate 47 is erected on the rear end portion of the bottom plate 42 so that the upper lid 46 can move up and down around the rear end portion as a swing center. The end portions are connected, and the connecting portion, that is, the node is a smooth joint such as a pin joint that can be freely attached and detached.

  In the illustrated example, an engaging element 46a protruding from the rear end of the upper lid 46 is inserted from above into a slit-like engaging groove 47a formed by cutting the upper end of the back plate 47 so as to be loosely fitted. ing. The connecting portion is provided with a suitable stopper for maintaining the engaged state while ensuring the play necessary for swinging. The retainer prevents the slip in the front-rear direction but does not restrict the vertical direction, so that it can be easily removed by lifting the upper lid 46.

  Since the upper lid 46 is shorter than the bottom plate 42 (see FIG. 2A) and the front end does not reach the front plate 41, the front side portion of the upper surface of the medicine cassette 40 is released. The upper surface release portion 48 is secured to enable the PTP packaging material 10 adsorbed by the adsorbing member 53c described later to be pulled out from the drug cassette 40, and is cut out at the upper side of the front plate 41. It is connected with. Since the thickness of the PTP packaging material 10 varies depending on the drug type, the drug cassette 40 is provided with a front / rear position adjustment mechanism for moving the upper lid 46 back and forth in order to adapt the width in the front / rear direction of the upper surface release portion 48 to the thickness. . The front-rear position adjusting mechanism can change the protruding length of the engaging element 46a by screwing or the like (see FIG. 2B), or loosen the fixing tool 47b to change the standing position of the back plate 47 (FIG. 2). (See (c)).

  The medicine take-out mechanism 50 (see FIGS. 1A, 1C, and 3) guides the vertical guide 51 in order to take out stored medicine from any one of a large number of medicine cassettes 40 arranged vertically and horizontally. The horizontal axis guide 52 is moved in the vertical direction and the vertical direction, and the XY movement unit 53 is moved in the horizontal direction and the horizontal direction by the guide of the horizontal axis guide 52, whereby the XY movement unit 53 responsible for taking out each individual drug is performed. Is placed in front of the drug cassette 40 to be removed. In the example shown in the figure, the receiving box 54 that accepts the taken out medicine and holds it for a while is also moved vertically and horizontally along with the XY moving unit 53, but instead of or in addition to it, the taken out medicine Alternatively, a belt conveyor or the like that horizontally conveys the toner may be provided in the horizontal axis guide 52 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  On the surface of the XY moving unit 53 that faces the drug cassette 40 (see FIG. 1C), an arm 53a that can be moved back and forth and lifted is provided, and an adsorbing member 53c is attached to the head 53b at the tip of the arm 53a. A negative pressure suction force is supplied from the negative pressure suction source 23 to the suction member 53c. The adsorbing member 53c is made of a soft member having a suction port, a soft porous pad, or the like, and sucks a flat surface when a negative pressure suction force is supplied (see Patent Document 2). The XY moving unit 53 (see FIG. 3) extends the arm 53a so that the adsorbing member 53c is placed in front of the drug cassette 40 in order to take out the PTP packaging material 10 from the opposite drug cassette 40 (see FIG. 3A). The board 41 is loosely inserted into the notch 41a (see FIG. 3B), and then the suction member 53c is raised together with the arm 53a (see FIG. 3C), and the arm 53a is further contracted and lowered. .

  In addition, the PTP dispensing apparatus 20 is also provided with a counting means 60 for automatically obtaining the number of stored PTP packaging agents 10 (the number of stored drugs) in the drug cassette 40 (see FIGS. 1C and 4). However, of the counting means 60, the detection member 61 and the wireless communication device 62 are attached to the upper lid 46 of the medicine cassette 40. These 61 and 62 are attached only to some medicine cassettes 40 to be automatically counted, and are not attached to medicine cassettes 40 that are not counted. The detection members 61 are arranged in the front-rear direction at a pitch equal to or smaller than the thickness of the PTP packaging material 10 with respect to the upper surface of the upper lid 46, and the wireless communication device 62 is arranged on the upper surface of the rear end portion of the upper lid 46. Implemented. In the medicine cassette 40 to be counted, a detection element 45 a corresponding to the detection member 61 is also attached to the upper end of the urging mechanism 45 and the like. For example, when a Hall element is employed for the detection member 61, a small piece of permanent magnet is employed for the detected element 45a (see Patent Document 3).

  The wireless communication device 62 employs a known wireless communication circuit and an information processing circuit that are the same as or similar to those incorporated in a non-contact type IC card or the like. In addition to receiving power supply by the coupling, the sensing state of the detection member 61 to the detected element 45a is collected and transmitted to the repeater 63. The repeater 63 incorporates a known wireless communication circuit and information processing circuit that are the same as or similar to those incorporated in a non-contact type IC card reader or the like. The repeater 63 is detachably attached to the connector 22d, and the connector 22d is distributed in the rear part of the medicine cassette 40 where the medicine cassette 40 is attached (see FIG. 4A), and the connector 22d. Since both are connected to the control unit 22 by the internal LAN 22c, the repeater 63 is attached to the connector 22d, and the medicine cassette 40 with the wireless communication device 62 is placed in front of the connector (see FIG. 4C). ), The sensitive state of the detection member 61 is collected by the controller 22 at any time.

  The control unit 22 (see FIG. 5) is installed with a dispensing control program, a dispensing data input program, etc., for example, in order to perform automatic dispensing control based on prescription data or derived dispensing data. In order to automatically count the number, for example, a counting program is also installed. By executing the dispensing control program, operation control of the negative pressure suction source 23 that supplies a negative pressure suction force to the suction member 53c of the medicine take-out mechanism 50, and XY Operation control of the drive unit 55 of the medicine take-out mechanism 50 that moves the moving unit 53 vertically and horizontally to be positioned in front of an arbitrary medicine cassette 40 and operation control of the tray transport unit 24 that loads and unloads the tray 25 are performed. It has become.

Further, through the execution of the dispensing data input program, the operation input means attached to the apparatus and the touch panel 22b as a display means, and the external communication means 22a connected to an external so-called prescription ordering system / prescription order entry system, Dispensing data that specifies the type and number of agents is entered.
Further, by executing the counting program, the sensing state of the detection member 61 arranged in the upper lid 46 of the medicine cassette 40 to the detected element 45a is transmitted from the wireless communication device 62 through the relay device 63, the connector 22d, and the internal LAN 22c. Thus, the number of stored PTP packaging materials 10 is calculated by a known calculation or the like (see Patent Document 3).

  The use mode and operation of the PTP dispensing device 20 (dispensing medicine dispensing device) of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. 4A and 4B show the expansion procedure of the counting means 60, where FIG. 4A is a right side view of the medicine take-out mechanism 50 and a longitudinal right side view of the medicine storage section, and FIGS. 4B and 4C are longitudinal views of the medicine cassette 40. It is a right view. 6A is a perspective view of the PTP packaging agent 10, and FIG. 6B is a vertical right side view of the drug cassette 40 in which the PTP packaging agent 10 is stored in an aligned manner. 7A to 7D are a right side view of the XY moving unit 53 of the medicine take-out mechanism 50 and a vertical right side view of the medicine cassette 40, respectively.

  When the PTP dispensing device 20 is installed (see FIG. 4), first, the medicine cassette 40 to be counted is fitted with the upper cover 46 with the detection member 61 and the wireless communication device 62, and the urging mechanism 45 is further subjected to the detection target. 45a is attached and a relay 63 is attached to the connector 22d at the rear of the place where the medicine cassette 40 is attached (see FIGS. 4A and 4C). On the other hand, a simple upper lid 46 without the detection member 61 or the wireless communication device 62 is attached to the medicine cassette 40 that is not counted, and the repeater 63 is connected from the connector 22d at the rear of the place where the medicine cassette 40 is attached. It is removed (see FIGS. 4A and 4B).

A typical shape of the PTP packaging material 10 is a square plate shape in which one side is flat and the other side is arranged with projections for storing medicines (see FIG. 6A). Has a width of several tens of millimeters, a length of several hundreds of tens of millimeters, and a thickness of several millimeters, and a typical weight / mass of the PTP packaging material 10 is several tens to several hundreds tens of mg.
When the parameter values necessary for calculating the number of storage such as the thickness of the PTP packaging material 10 scheduled to be stored for each medicine cassette 40 to be counted and the arrangement pitch of the detection members 61 are aligned and set in the control unit 22, a desired PTP is obtained. Preparations for automatically counting the number of packages 10 stored are made.

Further, the empty cassette 40 is removed from the shelf 30 by the replenishing operator and manually replenished with the PTP packaging material 10 (see FIG. 6B). The replenishment operator further removes the upper lid 46 to bring the upper surface of the drug cassette 40 into the fully open state, and retracts the urging mechanism 45 to store the PTP packaging materials 10 in a line from the open upper surface. The flat surface suitable for adsorption | suction among the both surfaces of the packaging material 10 is made into the front side, and the chemical | medical agent storage protrusion arrangement | positioning surface which is not suitable for adsorption | suction is made into the back side.
When the storage is completed, the upper lid 46 is returned, and if necessary, the width of the upper surface release portion 48 in the medicine cassette 40 is also adjusted.

When such a replenishment operation is performed on each of the medicine cassettes 40, preparations for dispensing various PTP packaging agents 10 are also made, so that the dispensing medicine dispensing apparatus 20 is operated in an automatic mode.
Then, the storing number of the PTP packaging agents 10 aligned and stored in the drug cassette 40 to be counted is obtained by the counting means 60.
In this state, when prescription data or derived dispensing data is input to the control unit 22 via the external communication means 22a or the touch panel 22b (not shown), the dispensing drug dispensing device 20 controls the control unit 22 based on the input data. Automatic dispensing of prescription drugs is performed as follows.

  That is, the XY moving part 53 of the medicine take-out mechanism 50 moves up and down, left and right, and comes in front of the medicine cassette 40 in which the PTP packaging material 10 to be dispensed is stored. Then (see FIG. 7A), the suction member 53c enters the notch 41a, and a negative pressure suction force is supplied to the suction member 53c, so that the leading PTP packaging material 10 in the medicine cassette 40 is applied to the suction member 53c. Adsorbed. Then, the adsorbing member 53c rises (see FIG. 7B), and the leading PTP packaging material 10 is pulled out from the upper surface release portion 48, and the adsorbing member 53c returns to the XY moving portion 53 side (FIG. 7C). Reference) The leading PTP packaging 10 is completely removed from the drug cassette 40.

  When the first PTP packaging agent 10 is removed, the aligned and stored PTP packaging agents 10 are pushed forward by the urging mechanism 45 in the medicine cassette 40, and the second PTP packaging agent 10 comes first. Thus, the third and subsequent PTP packaging agents 10 are also moved up in order. Further, at that time, the detection member 61 that is sensitive to the detected element 45a is different in accordance with the urging mechanism 45 moving forward by one sheet of the PTP packaging material. Then, the change in the sensitive state is detected by the control unit 22 via the wireless communication device 62, the relay device 63, and the internal LAN 22c, and thereby the count result value indicating the number of PTP packaging materials 10 stored in the corresponding drug cassette 40 is obtained. Reduced by one.

Further (see FIG. 7D), the suction member 53c is lowered and the supply of the negative pressure suction force is stopped. If it does so, the PTP packaging agent 10 will leave | separate from the adsorption | suction member 53c, will fall naturally, and will be thrown into the receiving box 54. FIG.
Thus, in this PTP dispensing device 20, the medicine take-out mechanism 50 allows the suction member 53c to be loosely inserted into the notch 41a of the front plate 41 of the medicine cassette 40 and then lifted up, so that any one of the many medicine cassettes 40 can be selected. PTP packaging material 10 is efficiently removed from the product.

In addition, since the PTP packaging material 10 is taken out in this way, the gap between the drug cassette 40 and the shelf 30 directly above should be slightly wider than the width of the PTP packaging material 10, so that the entire suction member 53c and the head 53b Therefore, it is not necessary to widen the rack 30 so that it can be loosely inserted.
Then, the PTP packaging agent 10 whose agent type and number are specified by the dispensing data or the like is successively taken out from the corresponding medicine cassette 40, collected in the receiving box 54, and then transferred from the receiving box 54 to the tray 25. It is loaded and carried out by the tray transport unit 24.

  Thus, the automatic dispensing is performed for the counting target drug cassette 40 while automatically counting and the non-counting target drug cassette 40 is counted, but the counting target drug cassette is activated after the PTP dispensing device 20 is operated. When you want to increase 40, you can easily expand. That is, a simple upper lid 46 is removed from the medicine cassette 40 that is not counted but is added to the counted subject (see FIG. 4B), and instead an upper lid with a detection member 61 and a wireless communication device 62. 46 is mounted, and the relay 63 is mounted on the connector 22d behind the mounting location of the medicine cassette 40 (see FIG. 4C). Furthermore, by attaching the detection element 45a and setting necessary parameters, the counting range / management range of the number of stored medicines can be expanded easily and at low cost.

The PTP dispensing device 70 (dispensing drug dispensing device) of the present invention whose longitudinal right side view is shown in FIG. 8 is different from the PTP dispensing device 20 of Example 1 described above in that the vertical axis guide 51 and the drug cassette 40 are different. That is, the vertical alignment of the front ends is tilted.
The inclination is several degrees to several tens of degrees from the vertical with the lower side in front and the upper side in back, and the front door 71 and the medicine storage are provided to secure a corresponding movement space for the XY moving unit 53. The space between the parts is slightly widened back and forth.

  In this case, with respect to the upper and lower drug cassettes 40, the upper surface release portion 48 of the lower drug cassette 40 is surely in front of the front end of the upper drug cassette 40. Even if the gap with the upper drug cassette 40 is narrower than the width of the PTP packaging material 10, there is no inconvenience in taking out the drug, and only a small amount necessary for attaching and detaching the drug cassette 40 is sufficient. The storage efficiency can be further increased by further narrowing the width.

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In the above-described embodiment, the dispensed PTP packaging material 10 is accommodated in the tray 25 and is carried out by the tray conveying unit 24. However, the tray conveying unit 24 is not essential and may be omitted. Alternatively, the tray transport unit 24 may be double-tracked, or a tray storage unit, a dispensing instruction print printer, or the like may be provided.
Further, in order to clearly indicate to the replenishing operator the mounting destination of the medicine cassette 40 to be attached or detached for replenishment, a visible identification mark may be attached to the medicine cassette 40 and the front end of the plate 32 of the shelf 30. May be read by a bar code reader or the like and checked by the control unit 22.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the number of stored PTP packaging materials 10 is automatically counted for the drug cassette 40 to be counted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the results of automatic counting are used for various purposes such as data collection and management. It may be used. For example, the counting result may be transmitted to a host controller or the like at any time, or medicine inventory management or automatic ordering may be performed based on the counting result. You may make it notify an operator that it is near.

About Example 1 of the present invention, the structure of a medicine dispensing device for dispensing is shown, (a) is an overall front view where the front door is removed, (b) is an overall front view where the medicine removal mechanism is also removed, (C) is a right side view of the XY moving part of the medicine take-out mechanism and a vertical right side view of the medicine cassette, and (d) is a perspective view of the medicine cassette, which is fixed from left to right and without a top cover. (E) is a perspective view of a medicine storage state, and is a complete state from left to right, a state without an upper lid, and a state of only a PTP packaging material. The structural example of the front-and-rear position adjustment mechanism of an upper cover is shown, and (a) to (c) are all vertical right side views of a medicine cassette. The principal part structure of a chemical | medical agent extraction mechanism is shown, (a)-(c) all are the right view of an XY moving part. The principal part structure of a counting means is shown, (a) is a right side view of a medicine take-out mechanism and a longitudinal right side view of a medicine storage part, and (b) and (c) are longitudinal right side views of a medicine cassette. It is a block diagram of a control part etc. The use state and the operation state are shown, (a) is a perspective view of a PTP packaging agent, and (b) is a vertical right side view of a medicine cassette in which PTP packaging agents are aligned and stored. (A)-(d) are all the right view of the XY moving part of a chemical | medical agent extraction mechanism, and the vertical right side view of a chemical | medical agent cassette. It is a vertical right side view which shows the structure of the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing about Example 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... PTP packaging agent (pharmaceutical for dispensing),
20 ... PTP dispensing device (dispensing drug dispensing device),
21 ... Case, 22 ... Control unit, 22a ... External communication means,
22b ... Touch panel, 22c ... Internal LAN, 22d ... Connector,
23 ... Negative pressure suction source, 24 ... Tray transport section, 25 ... Tray,
30 ... Shelves (support means), 31 ... Square, 32 ... Plate,
40 ... drug cassette, 41 ... front plate, 41a ... notch, 42 ... bottom plate,
43 ... left side plate, 44 ... right side plate, 45 ... biasing mechanism, 45a ... detected element,
46 ... upper lid, 46a ... engagement element, 47 ... back plate, 47a ... engagement groove,
47b ... fixing tool, 48 ... upper surface release part,
50 ... Drug extraction mechanism, 51 ... Vertical guide, 52 ... Horizontal guide,
53 ... XY moving part, 53a ... arm, 53b ... head,
53c ... adsorption member, 54 ... receiving box, 55 ... drive unit,
60 ... counting means, 61 ... detection member, 62 ... wireless communicator, 63 ... repeater,
70 ... PTP dispensing device (dispensing drug dispensing device), 71 ... front door

Claims (3)

  There is a built-in biasing member that has a front plate, a bottom plate, and left and right side plates that are fixed to each other to accommodate and store the medicines that are packed in PTP or the equivalent medicines. A notch that extends to the lower side is formed, and a flat top cover that can move the front end up and down with the rear end as the center of swing is provided on the upper surface in a state that releases the front side portion. A plurality of medicine cassettes provided with detection members for the counting means to be obtained; support means for holding the medicine cassettes in a horizontally placed state extending in the front-and-rear direction; and an adsorbing member; And a dispensing mechanism for taking out a stored medicine from an arbitrary one of the medicine cassettes by raising the medicine cassette.   The drug dispensing device for dispensing according to claim 1, wherein the upper lid is detachable.   The dispensing medicine dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a front-rear position adjusting mechanism for moving the upper lid back and forth is provided.

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