JP2008132232A - Solution dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solution dispenser which enables a solution to be protected against contamination, human errors to be eliminated, and medicine preparation errors to be prevented, and work to be simplified by dispensing the solution to patient vessels, and to provide managing identification codes given to the patient's vessels. <P>SOLUTION: The solution dispenser has a solution vessel tray placement section 18 on which a solution vessel tray 17 capable of arranging and storing a plurality of solution vessels storing a solution is placed, a patient's vessel tray placement section 14 on which a patient vessel tray 13 capable of arranging and storing a plurality of patient's vessels, and a dispensation mechanism section 22 having a dispensation nozzle 21 sucking any solutions of the solution vessels and dispensing the solutions to the patient's vessels and has a control means to control labels so as to output by reading identification codes attached to the patient vessels by an identification code reading means and making a recording means record the codes, moving the patient's vessels to which the solutions are dispensed to a taking-out position and taking out the patient's vessels and making the reading means read the identification codes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a solution dispensing device, and in particular, automatically dispensing a solution into a container for a patient, automatically performing dilution with purified water as necessary, and further performing automatic stirring with high reproducibility and accuracy, The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing apparatus that eliminates human errors and prevents dispensing errors and simplifies operations.

In order to dispense a liquid medicine into a patient container in the prior art, a predetermined liquid medicine is injected into a container to be delivered to a patient having a memory, or a predetermined amount is injected into a container using a spoid with a memory. It was done manually.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005- 211540 (page 3 in FIG. 2)

However, as described in the prior art, when the liquid agent is manually injected into the patient container, there is a problem that the injection operation is quite troublesome and a human error such as an error in quantity occurs.
Therefore, in order to inject a desired liquid agent into a patient container, there is a problem that must be solved in a liquid agent dispensing device that can automatically inject and accurately measure the amount.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the liquid agent dispensing device of the present invention is configured as follows.

(1) The liquid medicine dispensing device can accommodate a plurality of liquid container tray mounting portions for placing a liquid medicine container tray that can accommodate a plurality of liquid medicine containers containing a desired liquid medicine, and a plurality of patient containers. A patient container tray mounting section for mounting a patient container tray and a liquid container arranged in the liquid container tray, and inhaling the liquid medicine stored in the liquid medicine container, A dispensing mechanism having a dispensing nozzle that selects any of the patient containers arranged in a container tray and discharges and dispenses the inhaled liquid agent, and the patient container When the liquid agent is discharged and dispensed, the identification code attached to the patient container is read by the identification code reading means, and the data of the read identification code is recorded on the recording means, and the liquid agent is discharged. The dispensed patient container is moved to the removal position. , By reading the identification code in read means retrieves the patient's vessel, is that having a control means for controlling to output the label.
(2) In the liquid container tray, an identification code is assigned to a storage position for storing the liquid drug container, and an identification code is also given in advance to the liquid drug container, and both of these identification codes are read by reading means. (1) The liquid agent dispensing device according to (1), further comprising a liquid agent container control unit that controls the liquid agent container so as to specify an accommodation position.
(3) The liquid medicine dispensing apparatus according to (1), wherein the liquid medicine container includes a container in which dilution water is accommodated.

  As in the present invention, the liquid agent is automatically dispensed into a patient container using a dispensing nozzle, and managed by the identification code given to the patient container, thereby preventing contamination of the drug, Human errors can be eliminated, dispensing errors can be prevented, and work can be simplified.

  Embodiments of a liquid dispensing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the liquid dispensing device according to the present invention is configured such that a reception PC (hereinafter referred to as a “recesecon”) 11 for managing a patient's reception is linked to a PC 12 for management of the apparatus with a LAN cable. The patient solution described in the Recekon 11 is automatically dispensed from a container containing various solutions into a patient container, and is automatically diluted with purified water as necessary, and automatic stirring is performed with good reproducibility. By doing accurately, human error is eliminated, dispensing errors are prevented, and work is simplified.

  A specific configuration of the liquid dispensing device is shown. A patient container tray mounting portion 14 for mounting a patient container tray 13 capable of accommodating a plurality of patient containers 15 arranged therein, and a desired liquid agent Select one of the liquid agent container tray mounting portion 18 for mounting the liquid agent container tray 17 that can accommodate a plurality of liquid agent containers 16 accommodated therein, and the liquid agent container 16 arranged in the liquid agent container tray 17. Dispensing nozzle 21 for inhaling the liquid stored in liquid container 16, selecting one of patient containers 15 arranged in patient container tray 13, and discharging and dispensing the inhaled liquid A configuration including a dispensing mechanism unit 22 provided, a cleaning station 23 for cleaning the dispensing nozzle 21, a barcode reader 24 provided on the side wall surface, and a label output unit 25 also provided on the side wall surface. It has become.

The patient container tray 13 stores the large, medium, and small patient containers 15 shown in FIG. 4 in a line in an aligned state, and a label with a barcode 26 stamped on the bottom of each container. It is pasted. This patient container tray 13 can be replaced for each tray, and can be replaced by removing it from the patient container tray mounting portion 14. At this time, although not shown in the figure, the connection part provided in the patient container tray 13 is detachable from the connection part provided in the mounting part 14.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, this patient container tray 13 is provided with a pressure part 27 that places a plurality of patient containers 15 in a row and always presses from the rear part. The gate 29 is provided so as not to move to the section 28, and the gate 29 is opened and closed in conjunction with the dispensing operation in the dispensing mechanism section 22.
Further, when the container has not been moved to the container take-out portion 28, it is stopped at a predetermined position by the gate 29, and is stuck to the bottom of the container by a barcode reader 31 provided at the bottom thereof. The operation of reading the bar code (identification code) 26 described on the label is performed.

The liquid agent container tray 17 stores a plurality of liquid agent containers 16 containing various liquid agents in an aligned manner. The liquid container tray 17 can be removed for each tray, and is removed when the liquid agent is exchanged. At that time, a connection portion and a connection portion of a mounting portion (not shown) are detachably connected.
A bar code 32 is assigned in advance to the position where the liquid container 16 is stored, and the position is managed by the apparatus management PC 12.

In addition, the liquid container 16 for various liquids has a bar code 33 attached by a pharmaceutical manufacturer. When this is read, both the barcode 32 at the storage position (mass) of the liquid container tray 17 to which the liquid container 16 is to be set are collated by the software of the device management PC 12, and the operator makes a mistake The warning is issued to prevent errors caused by drug transfer.
As described above, a storage position that is set in advance is set as a position for storing the container 16 containing various liquid agents, and the dispensing nozzle 21 moves to the liquid agent container 16 that is stored in the predetermined position. Will be dispensed.
In addition to storing the liquid container 16 containing various liquid agents, a container at a specific position is provided with a dilution container 16A that stores water for dilution. A container is also available.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, a sterilization container 16B containing sterilizing water for sterilizing the dispensing nozzle is disposed.

  The dispensing mechanism unit 22 controls the dispensing nozzle 21 so that it can stand by at the upper position of the container, and moves the dispensing nozzle 21 in the X / Y-axis direction by the X / Y-axis mechanism to reach the upper position of the container. When the movement reaches the upper position of a predetermined container, the dispensing nozzle 21 is controlled to be lowered and dispensed by suction or discharge. When this operation is completed, the dispensing nozzle 21 is raised and the X / Y axis is controlled. It is controlled to move in a direction to a predetermined position.

  The cleaning station 23 is hygienically managed by preparing a container containing purified water and performing cleaning with purified water each time the dispensing nozzle 21 performs a dispensing operation. Thereby, contamination of the medicine (mixing of the medicine that should not be mixed) can be prevented by dispensing with high accuracy.

  The operation of the liquid dispensing apparatus having such a configuration will be described below with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  First, the liquid agent container tray 17 in which a plurality of liquid agent containers 16 are accommodated is placed on the liquid agent container tray mounting portion 18 (step ST11). At this time, in the apparatus management PC 12, the manufacturer of each liquid agent and the product name and chemical name of the liquid agent are registered as data, and the type name assigned to each storage position can also be registered.

  Next, the barcode (identification code) 32 attached to the position where the liquid agent container 16 is accommodated is read, and the barcode (identification code) 33 attached to the liquid agent container 16 accommodated at the position is read. Is also read (step ST12).

  The device management PC 12 compares the data of both barcodes 32 and 33 and confirms whether or not the predetermined liquid agent container 16 is accommodated at a predetermined position (step ST13).

  If there is a discrepancy in step ST13, a warning is given that the predetermined liquid container is not stored at a predetermined position, thereby pointing out an error in the storage position of the liquid container 16 (steps ST14 and ST15).

  Next, when the comparison of both matches in step ST14, it compares with the barcode of the position accommodated about all the liquid container 16 (step ST16).

  The patient container tray 13 storing a plurality of patient containers 15 is placed on the patient container tray placing portion 18 (step ST17). Patient containers 15 divided into large, medium, and small are aligned on the patient container tray 13, and a barcode 26 is attached to the bottom of each container 15.

  Thus, the setting of the patient container 15 and the setting of the liquid container 16 are completed, and then a dispensing operation is performed using the dispensing nozzle 21. At the start of dispensing, the disinfectant in one of the liquid container 16 is inhaled, and the liquid contact part of the dispensing mechanism is disinfected (step ST18).

  When disinfection of the liquid contact part including the dispensing nozzle 21 of the dispensing mechanism is completed, the dispensing nozzle 21 is moved to a predetermined liquid container 16 and a predetermined amount of liquid is sucked (step ST19).

  The dispensing nozzle 21 that has completed the inhalation selects the patient container 15 accommodated in the patient container tray 13 and dispenses the barcode 26 of the selected patient container 15 in order to dispense and dispense (step). ST20).

  The dispensing nozzle 21 moves to the upper position of the patient container 15 that has read the barcode 26, descends, and dispenses the discharged liquid into the patient container 15 (step ST21).

  Dispensing / dispensing nozzle 21 returns to the home position, moves to the position of cleaning station 23, and cleans dispensing nozzle 21 (step ST22). This cleaning is performed every time the dispensing operation is performed. Thereby, the dispensing nozzle 21 can be kept clean.

Next, it is confirmed whether or not dilution is necessary (step ST23).
When dilution is necessary in step ST23, the dispensing nozzle 21 moves to a predetermined dilution container 16A in the liquid agent container 16 and sucks a dilution liquid (for example, water). Thereafter, the dilution liquid is discharged and dispensed into the patient container 15 to be diluted (step ST24).

  The dispensed patient container 15 is pushed out by opening the gate 29, and then the gate 29 is closed so that the next patient container 15 is in a standby state at a position where the barcode 26 is read (step ST25). .

The patient container 15 pushed out by the container take-out unit 28 is taken out, and the barcode 26 attached to the bottom of the patient container 15 is read to print and output the label from the label output unit 25 (step ST26). ).
Thus, at the time of providing to the patient, a label printed out of the patient name and other necessary items is affixed to the patient container 15 so that there is no mistake in attaching the contents of the patient container 15 and the label. It is managed on the device management PC 12 side to prevent errors due to incorrect labeling and to record a series of work information.

  The patient container 15 handed to the patient is completed by applying the printed label to the patient container 15 (step ST27).

In the PC, the manufacturer of each liquid agent and the product name and chemical name of the liquid agent are registered as data, and the type name assigned to each storage position can also be registered. It also has an inventory management function that calculates the amount of liquid used each time and notifies the operator in advance of a color notice. At the same time, the expiration date of the liquid agent can be input, so that it has a medicine management function.
Note that the barcode may be replaced with an IC tag in the future.

  The liquid agent is automatically dispensed into the patient's container using the dispensing nozzle, and managed by the identification code (bar code) given to the patient's container, preventing contamination of the drug and human Provided is a liquid dispensing apparatus that eliminates mistakes, prevents dispensing errors, and simplifies operations.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the liquid agent dispensing apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the liquid agent dispensing apparatus similarly. It is explanatory drawing which showed the container tray for patients similarly. It is explanatory drawing which showed the container for patients same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which showed the movement of the patient container of a patient container tray. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the liquid agent dispensing apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the liquid agent dispensing apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11 Receipt PC
12 Device management PC
13 Patient container tray 14 Patient container tray mounting section 15 Patient container 16 Liquid container 16A Dilution container 16B Sterilization container 17 Liquid container tray 18 Liquid container tray mounting section 21 Dispensing nozzle 22 Dispensing mechanism section 23 Cleaning Station 24 Bar code reader 25 Label output part 26 Bar code 27 Pressure part 28 Container take-out part 29 Gate 31 Bar code reader 32 Bar code 33 Bar code.

Claims (3)

A liquid container tray mounting portion for mounting a liquid container tray capable of storing a plurality of liquid container containing a desired liquid agent; and
A patient container tray mounting section for mounting a patient container tray capable of accommodating a plurality of patient containers;
Select any of the liquid containers arranged in the liquid container tray, inhale the liquid contained in the liquid container, and select any of the patient containers arranged in the patient container tray A dispensing mechanism having a dispensing nozzle for discharging and dispensing the sucked liquid;
Have
When discharging and dispensing the liquid agent to the patient container, the identification code attached to the patient container is read by the identification code reading means, and the data of the read identification code is recorded by the recording means, and the liquid agent And a control means for controlling to output a label by moving the patient container dispensed by discharging the patient container to the take-out position, taking out the patient container and reading the identification code by the reading means. A liquid medicine dispensing device characterized by   The liquid container tray is provided with an identification code at a storage position for storing the liquid container, and an identification code is preliminarily assigned to the liquid container. The liquid agent dispensing device according to claim 1, further comprising a liquid agent container control unit that performs control so as to specify an accommodation position of the liquid agent container.   The liquid dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid container includes a container in which dilution water is stored.

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