JP2006305099A - Drug housing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drug housing apparatus having a plurality of authentication means and automatically recording information of the kinds and quantities of drugs taken out by each patient to facilitate drug management. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus is provided with: a plurality of cells 1 for housing the drugs; a first door 2 covering all the cells and having a locking mechanism; second doors 3 covering the individual cells of all the cells and having a locking mechanism; a control part 13 for controlling the locking mechanisms of the first and second doors; a first authentication means for authenticating a person handling the drugs with an ID number; a second authentication means for authenticating the physical features of the person handling the drugs; and a display part 15 for displaying data of a patient to be administered with the drugs and drug data. When the first and second authentications are OK, the first door 2 is opened, and the drug data and the patient data are displayed on the display part 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine storage device for storing and managing a plurality of types of medicines in hospitals, etc., storing constant placement medicines and medicines for emergency response, taking out them as needed, and managing the taken out information The present invention relates to an improvement of a medicine storage device.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a conventional medicine storage device that stores conventional medicines and takes them out as needed, and is excellent in security that cannot be opened unless the operator's authentication is made. .

  In FIG. 7, the medicine storage device 100 includes a number of storage boxes 22 in which ampoules 4 and medicines 5 are placed. A lamp 23 is attached to the front surface of the storage box 22, and an electronic lock (not shown) is attached so that the storage box 22 cannot be pulled out freely from the pharmaceutical storage device 100.

  In addition to the fingerprint authentication device 21, the barcode reader 24, the printer 25, and the PC 17, the medicine storage device 100 is also connected to the computer 12 at the hospital center.

  As an actual operation method, a medical examination record by a doctor is recorded in the computer 12 at the hospital center. A prescription (not shown) that describes the type and quantity of the medicine 5 to be prescribed to the patient is also recorded there.

  In the step of taking out the medicine 5, the operator connects to the computer 12 at the hospital center with the PC 17 to take out the patient's prescription data, and prints out the prescription with the printer 25. A bar code is displayed on the prescription, and patient information and drug 5 information are entered in the bar code.

  The handler first places his / her finger on the fingerprint authentication device 21 to read the fingerprint. The fingerprint data of the handler registered in advance in the PC 17 is authenticated, and it is determined whether or not it is correct as the handler. If the fingerprint authentication is OK, when the barcode of the prescription is read by the barcode reader 24, the electronic lock of the storage box 22 containing the medicine 5 of the medicine storage device 100 is unlocked, and the storage box 22 When the lamp 23 provided on the front of the lamp is turned on, the operator is informed of the position of the storage box 22 containing the ampoule 4 and the medicine 5.

The operator takes out the medicine 5 from the storage box 22 containing the medicine 5 and confirms whether it is properly prescribed by comparing with the prescription. (Patent Document 1)
JP 2002-282342 A

  When taking out medicines from the medicine storage devices in hospital wards, ICU, etc. Provided is a medicine storage device that can be automatically recorded, has high security, and can easily perform medicine management.

In order to solve the conventional problems, the medicine storage device of the present invention is
A plurality of cells for storing medicines;
A first door having a locking mechanism that covers all the cells;
A second door having a locking mechanism that covers individual cells of the plurality of cells;
A control unit for controlling the locking mechanism of the first and second doors;
A first authenticating means for authenticating a person handling the medicine with an ID number;
A second authenticating means for authenticating the physical characteristics of the person handling the medicine;
A display unit for displaying patient data and drug data to be administered with the drug;
With
If the first and second authentications are OK, the first door is opened, and the drug data and patient data are displayed on the display unit.

  According to the medicine storage device of the present invention, authentication of a person who performs an operation of taking out medicine is performed by using personal physical characteristics, information on medicines provided to a patient is automatically recorded, and complicated. It saves the trouble of inventory management, has high security, and can easily manage medicines.

  Embodiments of a medicine storage device of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view of a medicine storage device 100 used in Example 1 of the present invention as viewed from the front side.
The medicine storage device 100 is a device for storing a drug ampule 4 and a medicine 5 which are constant placement medicines for emergency response in nurse stations, ICUs and the like of hospital wards. There are a plurality of cells 1 for storing the battery once. In FIG. 1, the ampule 4 is shown in a state of entering the cell 1, and the medicine 5 is shown in a state of being taken out from the cell 1.

  A first door 2 having a lock function is installed so as to cover all the cells 1, and a second door 3 having a lock mechanism is installed in each cell 1. Both the first door 2 and the second door 3 are made of a transparent material so that the ampule 4 or the medicine 5 contained in the cell 1 can be visually confirmed. In addition, the name plate 6 can be attached so that it can be easily confirmed which ampule 4 or medicine 5 is contained in each cell 1. When the ampule 4 or the chemical 5 in the cell 1 is changed, the nameplate 6 can be replaced to cope with it.

  An actual operation method of the medicine storage device 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

FIG. 2 shows a connection relationship between the medicine storage device 100 and its peripheral devices, and FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the operation of the medicine storage device 100. FIG. 4 shows the lighting state of the display lamp 14 of the medicine storage device 100, and FIG. 5 shows the structure of a cell for storing the medicine in the medicine storage device 100 at an angle. These show the optical sensor 31 for recognizing the shape of the cell and the extraction of chemicals in each cell.

  When an ampoule 4 or drug 5 of constant placement medicine is urgently needed in a hospital ward or ICU, the nurse 10 belonging to the ward or ICU always has his own IC card. 11 is prepared. The IC card 11 has a photograph of the nurse 10 and a name and affiliation written on the surface of the IC card 11 and is usually used as a name tag hanging from the neck.

  The nurse 10 goes to the nurse station of the ward, the medicine storage device 100 installed in the ICU, and reads the IC card 11 with the IC card reader 8 installed in front of the medicine storage device 100. Here, an example using the IC card 11 will be described, but instead of the IC card 11, a magnetic card is used instead of the IC card reader 8 installed in the medicine storage device 100. The method of reading the magnetic card may be used.

  The medicine storage device 100 installed in the nurse station of the ward is provided with a control unit 13 therein, and the name and ID number of the nurse 10 working in the ward and ICU are stored in advance.

  Before the ampule 4 and medicine 5 are taken out, the medicine storage device 100 is in a standby state in step S0. In the first step S1, the IC card 11 is read by the IC card reader 8, and the control unit 13 is caused to read the IC card 11. If it matches the stored ID of the nurse 10, the corresponding part (in this case, blue) of the display lamp 14 on the front surface of the medicine storage device 100 is lit, and the operator ID confirmation in step S 2 is performed. The state of the display lamp 14 at this time is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the display lamp 14 indicates the operating state of the medicine storage device 100, and the color of each meaning lamp is changed so that the nurse 10 can easily understand. That is, the operating state can be easily confirmed by displaying the authentication state of the handler (nurse 10) and the open / closed state of the door by changing the color of the lamp. The blue display in FIG. 4A indicates that the authentication of the handler (nurse 10) by the IC card is OK, and the authentication of the IC card is completed when the blue display is turned on.

  Next, in step S3, authentication is performed using the physical characteristics of the nurse 10 who performs the handling. The explanation here is based on authentication using the fingerprint of the finger of the nurse 10, but other physical features (static biometric features) such as the retina of the eyeball, the vein pattern of the back of the hand, and the handprint are used. Is also possible. When the step of confirming the handler ID in step S <b> 2 is completed, the nurse 10 places a finger of his / her hand, for example, a forefinger on the personal authentication device 9. If it does so, authentication with the fingerprint of the person registered in the handler previously memorize | stored in the control part 13 of the pharmaceutical storage apparatus 100 will be performed, and if authentication is OK, the handler ID confirmation of step S4 can be performed, The corresponding part (in this case, green) of the display lamp 14 is lit. The state of the display lamp 14 in this state is shown in FIG. In this case, the display lamp (blue) indicating the previous step (S2) is also lit at the same time.

  The shape of the display lamp 14 is precisely an ellipse, but is shown here as a circle for the sake of explanation. A white circle indicates that the lamp is turned off, and a black circle indicates that the lamp is turned on. The colors of the lamps are blue, green, yellow, orange and red, and the two upper and lower lamps have a common color and are lit in common. The reason for this is that even when one lamp is burned out, the other lamp can check the state. That is, the lamps of the same color are in a parallel circuit.

  In step S5, the touch panel display 15 for displaying the name of the patient, the ampule 4 and the name of the medicine 5 is turned on. Further, in the next step S6, a signal for unlocking the lock of the first door 2 covering all the cells 1 is issued, and the operator can open the first door. In some cases, S1 and S2 can be set to start from S3 without performing S1 and S2. The state of the display lamp 14 in this state is shown in FIG.

  In the event of an emergency such as a power failure, the UPS power supply operates. In this case, a red display lamp is lit as shown in FIG.

  Next, the display unit 15 is turned on, and patient information and drug information are displayed on the display unit 15. By touching a desired part of the touch panel type display unit 15, the corresponding patient name and emergency response are displayed. An ampule 4 and a medicine 5 of a certain constant arrangement medicine are selected. The name of the patient admitted to the ward is not shown, but is admitted from the computer 12 at the hospital center that is always connected to the medicine storage device 100 by a wired line (for example, LAN cable) or a wireless line (for example, PHS method). Patient data is constantly updated.

  In step S7, a list of patient names admitted to the ward and ICU corresponding to the display unit 15 is displayed, and the corresponding patient name is selected. The selection here means that the patient name is selected by the operator (nurse 10) touching the patient name on the display unit 15 which is a touch panel type.

  That is, when a patient name is selected in step S7, a list of ampoules 4 and drugs 5 contained in the medicine storage device 100 is displayed on the display unit 15 in step S8. In step S9, the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 to be provided to the patient are selected. That is, the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 displayed on the touch panel display unit 15 are touched by the operator (nurse 10) and the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 are selected.

  In step 10, when the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 are selected, the unlocking signal of the lock mechanism of the second door 3 of the cell 1 containing the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 is issued from the control unit 13, and in this state, Since the locking mechanism of both the first door 2 and the second door 3 is unlocked, the handler (nurse 10) takes out the ampoule 4 and medicine 5 from the cell 1. When the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 are selected and taken out, the cell 1 is provided in the cell 1 so that the operator (nurse 10) can easily recognize the cell 1 containing the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 in step 11. The LED of the cell lamp 33 is turned on (flashes) and stored in the control unit 13 as extracted data such as extracted drug information. The display lamp 14 in this state, that is, the state in which the cell lamp 33 is lit (flashing) is in a state as shown in FIG.

  In other words, each cell 1 includes an optical sensor 31, so that the control unit 13 of the medicine storage device 100 can recognize whether or not the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 are contained. Then, when the ampule 4 and medicine 5 are taken out, it is recognized that the sensor has been taken out, and the information that the LED is turned on (flashing) and taken out is stored in the control unit 13.

  At this time, in step S12, the control unit 13 stores not only the ampoule 4 and the medicine 5 that have been taken out, but also the time for taking out the handler (nurse 10), the medicine, and the like. Then, it is determined that the medicine is not taken out for a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) after the second door is closed. If there is no medicine, the display unit is turned off and the taking-out operation is finished.

  In a single take-out of the ampule 4 and the medicine 5, only the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 contained in one cell can be taken out. When two or more ampoules 4 and medicines 5 are taken out, the patient name, ampules 4 and medicines 5 must be selected again. That is, it is to start again from S7.

The control unit 13 of the medicine storage device 100 includes a handler name (nurse 10), an operation time, a patient name,
The names and quantities of the ampules 4 and medicines 5 taken out are stored, and can be confirmed by other PCs (not shown) connected to the computer 12 at the hospital center as necessary. The taken-out data stored in the control unit 13 is transmitted to the computer 12 at the hospital center every preset time.

The PC 17 connected to the hospital center computer 12 can retrieve and process the data stored in the control unit 13 and sent to the hospital center computer 12. 4. It is possible to calculate the insurance points for medicine 5.

  The first door and the second door have a structure that cannot be stopped while being opened due to the door structure, that is, a structure that automatically closes when the handling nurse 10 opens the door and releases the hand. It has become. This mechanism is based on security, and when the first door 2 and the second door 3 are all closed and the touch panel is not touched at all for one minute or longer, the display unit This is a system that automatically turns off the power of the nurse 10, and the nurse 10 needs to start again from S1 (or S3).

  As for the second door 3, when the second door 3 of the corresponding cell 1 is opened and the desired ampoule 4 and medicine 5 are taken out, the optical sensor 31 recognizes that the second door 3 has been taken out. The door 3 of 2 will be in the closed state. At this time, the corresponding second door 3 is locked. As a matter of course, the second door 3 of the cell 1 other than the above is also in an unlocked state because the authentication operation is not performed.

  As for the first door 2, the first door 2 is closed with the second door 3 locked as described above, and the nurse 10 displays for a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute or more). When the touch panel of the unit 15 is not touched at all, the system recognizes that the operation is finished and automatically turns off the power of the display unit 15. When the display unit 15 is turned off, the first door 2 is locked.

  That is, the first door 2 is locked when it is closed, but it is locked by a relay when the display unit 15 is turned on by a relay (not shown) connected in series to the power line of the display unit 15. When the power of the display unit 15 is turned off, no current flows through the relay and the lock is applied. That is, in the steady state (the state where no current flows), if the first door 2 is closed, the lock is applied, and when the current is flowing, the relay is prevented from being locked. Easy to understand.

  Contraindication information regarding the administration of ampoule 4 and medicine 5 to a patient is confirmed by connecting to an electronic medical record on a computer 12 in a hospital center with a PC 17 installed in the vicinity of the medicine storage device 13. ing. The easy-to-understand information about contraindications here refers to drugs that should not be administered to patients. In addition, in the case of a drug in which the number of administrations of a certain drug is limited to once a day, it is not contraindicated if it is once a day, but it is contraindicated if administered more than once a day. After confirming contraindication information on the PC 17, the nurse 10 starts from S1 (or S3).

  In the event of an emergency, for example, when a fingerprint cannot be authenticated during a power failure, the system performs as follows. In preparation for a power failure, the medicine storage device 100 has a UPS power supply (not shown). When the medicine storage device 100 detects a power failure, it automatically supplies power from the UPS power supply. At the same time, the UPS operation lamp of the display lamp 14 is turned on, so that the nurse 10 is in the UPS operation. Can be informed. When the UPS operation lamp is lit, the nurse 10 investigates whether the power supply of the entire hospital is out of power or whether the power supply line (outlet) of the medicine storage device 100 is disconnected. Become. The state of the display lamp 14 in this state is shown in FIG.

  Further, when the UPS power is turned off at the time of a power failure or the like, the power of the display unit 15 is automatically turned off, so that the first door 2 is locked. In this way, in case of a power failure (when the UPS power is turned off) and when fingerprint authentication cannot be performed, the medicine container 100 has an emergency keyhole 18 and is managed by the nurse on duty. By operating with the omitted emergency key, the first and second door locking mechanisms are mechanically unlocked, the first and second doors are manually opened freely, and the desired ampoule 4, The structure is such that the chemical 5 can be taken out.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 5, the cell 1 in which the ampule 4 and the medicine 5 enter has a structure inclined within a range of 5 ° to 35 ° from the vertical direction. That is, the lower side portion of the cell 1 protrudes from the upper side portion to prevent the ampoule 4 and the medicine 5 from falling over the second door.

  And as shown in FIG. 6, in order to make it easy to take out the medicine from the cell 1, each cell 1 has a structure in which the central part is wider than the upper end and the lower end part. 4. When taking out the medicine 5 from the cell 1, the structure is made to be easy to take out because the central part is wide.

  As described above, by performing the operation of taking out the ampoule 4 and the medicine 5 in this way, it is possible to prevent other than the nurse 10 from taking it out illegally. Recording this will also provide proof of handling in the event of an accident.

  The information on the patient name and the extracted ampule 4 and medicine 5 are stored in the control unit 13 and transmitted to the computer 12 at the hospital center, so the information is taken out by the PC 17 connected to the computer 12 at the hospital center. By calculating, the insurance points to be claimed for each patient can be easily calculated. In addition, since the nurse 10 does not take the process of counting or inputting information on the ampoule 4 and medicine 5 used as the basis for calculating the insurance points, accurate and safe drug management can be performed.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in a medicine storage device that is placed in a hospital ward, ICU, or the like and stores a constant placement medicine that is a medicine for emergency response.

1 is an overall view of a medicine storage device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The figure showing the connection relation of the pharmaceutical storage apparatus and peripheral device in Example 1 of this invention The flowchart showing operation | movement of the pharmaceutical storage apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. The figure for demonstrating the lighting state of the display lamp of the pharmaceutical storage apparatus in Example 1 of this invention The figure for demonstrating the structure of the cell which stores the pharmaceutical of the pharmaceutical storage apparatus in Example 1 of this invention incliningly The figure which shows the shape and optical sensor of the cell which accommodates the pharmaceutical of the pharmaceutical storage apparatus in Example 1 of this invention Diagram showing conventional medicine storage device and surrounding area

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 cell 2 1st door 3 2nd door 4 Ampoule 5 Chemicals 6 Name plate 7 LAN cable 8 IC card reader 9 Personal authentication device 10 Nurse 11 IC card 12 Hospital center computer 13 Control unit 14 Indicator lamp 15 Display unit 17 PC
18 Emergency Keyhole 21 Fingerprint Authentication Device 22 Storage Box 23 Lamp 24 Barcode Reader 25 Printer 31 Optical Sensor 32 Cell Tilt θ
33 Cell lamp

Claims (9)

A plurality of cells for storing medicines;
A first door having a locking mechanism that covers all the cells;
A second door having a locking mechanism that covers individual cells of the plurality of cells;
A control unit for controlling the locking mechanism of the first and second doors;
A first authenticating means for authenticating a person handling the medicine with an ID number;
A second authenticating means for authenticating the physical characteristics of the person handling the medicine;
A display unit for displaying patient data and drug data to be administered with the drug;
With
If the first and second authentications are OK, the first door is opened, and the medicine data and patient data are displayed on the display unit. The medicine storage apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one medicine is stored in the cell, and only one medicine is taken out in one take-out of the medicine from the cell. The medicine storage device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit has a communication function with a hospital center computer, and the medicine data and patient data are updated and stored from the center computer. When the patient name displayed on the display unit is selected, the drug information in the cell is displayed, and when the drug is selected, the second door containing the drug opens, and the drug is taken out from the cell. The medicine storage device according to claim 1, wherein the patient name and medicine information are stored in a control unit. The medicine storage device according to claim 1, wherein when a patient name displayed on the display unit is selected, a display lamp of a cell containing a medicine corresponding to the patient is turned on. The medicine storage device according to claim 3, wherein the data stored in the control unit is sent to the center computer. 2. The medicine storage device according to claim 1, wherein each cell has a wider central portion than an upper end and a lower end portion in order to facilitate taking out of the medicine. The medicine storage device according to claim 1, wherein the cell is inclined in a range of 5 degrees to 35 degrees with respect to a vertical direction, and a lower side portion of the cell protrudes from an upper side portion. 2. The medicine storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a display lamp for displaying authentication states of the first and second authentication means.

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