JP2011098782A - Medicine bag injection device and medicine bag injection method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine bag injection device and a medicine bag injection method for medicine that is efficiently injected into a medicine bag. <P>SOLUTION: There are provided dispensing means 7 for dispensing medicine 8 and feeding the medicine into a medicine bag 1, a tray for storing the medicine bag 1 into which the medicine 8 is injected and medicine bag injection means for injecting the medicine bag 1 having the medicine 8 injected thereinto into the tray, wherein the tray is provided with a supporting plate for supporting the medicine bags 1 in sequence so as to fill them starting at one end of the tray 9 under an upright state in which their openings 1a are positioned up. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drug bag loading device and a drug bag loading method for loading drugs such as tablets, powders, and ampoules into a drug bag.

Conventionally, in a pharmacy such as a hospital, when a medicine according to a prescription is stored in a medicine bag for each patient or for each prescription, there is a method in which a pharmacist puts the dispensed medicine into a medicine bag in which a patient name, a prescription time, etc. are described. It has been adopted.

  However, according to the conventional method, there is a problem that it takes time and labor since the medicine is manually added.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a drug bag charging device and a drug bag charging method for efficiently loading a drug into a drug bag.

  The medicine bag charging device according to the present invention made to solve the above-described problem is a medicine bag dispensing device according to the first aspect, which dispenses a medicine and places the medicine into the medicine bag, and stores the medicine bag filled with the medicine. A tray and a medicine bag loading means for loading a medicine bag filled with a medicine into the tray are provided, and the tray supports the medicine bag in order from one end of the tray in an upright state with its opening portion facing up. A support plate is provided.

  Further, as described in claim 2, when the medicine is dispensed, the medicine is put into the medicine bag, and the medicine bag containing the medicine is stored in the tray, the medicine bag in the standing state with the opening portion on the top is provided. The medicine bag charging method may be characterized in that the support is provided so as to be packed sequentially from one end of the tray by a support plate provided on the tray.

  Thus, in the medicine bag charging device according to the present invention, as described in claim 1, since the support plate for supporting the medicine bags in order from one end of the tray is provided, the medicine bag falls down carelessly. It is possible to store a large number of medicine bags in the tray without excessive expansion.

  Further, in the medicine bag charging method according to the present invention, when storing in the tray, as described in claim 2, the support is provided such that it is packed in order from one end of the tray by a support plate provided on the tray. Become.

  According to the present invention, since the support plate is provided, a large number of medicine bags can be accommodated in the tray. Therefore, a medicine bag feeding device and a medicine bag feeding method for efficiently putting medicine into the medicine bag can be provided. it can.

It is a schematic explanatory perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the medicine bag injection | throwing-in apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows a tray.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a medicine bag in which the peripheral edges of two rectangular sheets are heat-sealed except for one side. In the medicine bag 1, one side that is not heat-sealed serves as an opening 1 a for injecting medicine.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a box-shaped storage part for storing a plurality of the medicine bags 1 with one surface thereof facing down, and 3 denotes a suction nozzle (corresponding to a first suction nozzle). The upper end of the storage portion 2 is released, and by bringing the suction nozzle 3 close to the medicine bag 1 stored in the storage portion 2, the medicine bag 1 is sucked by the suction nozzle 3 and the medicine bag 1 is stored in the storage portion. 2, the suction nozzle 3 serves as a medicine bag take-out means.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a printer as a printing device for printing patient data such as a patient name, a medicine name, and a prescription method on the medicine bag 1, and 6a and 6a denote a pair for sucking the surface of the medicine bag 1 printed by the printer 4, respectively. The suction nozzle (corresponding to the second suction nozzle) is shown. Further, the pair of suction nozzles 6 a, 6 a constitute a medicine bag opening means 6 for opening the opening 1 a of the medicine bag 1 by sucking the surface of the medicine bag 1.

  Since the medicine bag taking-out means is constituted by the first suction nozzle for sucking the medicine bag 1, and the medicine bag opening means is constituted by at least two second suction nozzles 6a, 6a for sucking the front surface and the back surface of the medicine bag 1. The manufacturing cost of the medicine bag opening means can be reduced, and the medicine bag opening means can be simply configured.

  Here, in this embodiment, it is assumed that patient data is processed on a patient-by-patient basis, and accordingly, the medicine 8 set for each patient is put in the medicine bag 1.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes a chute as a discharging means (dispensing means) for discharging and discharging a medicine 8 such as a tablet, powder, ampoule, etc. for each patient, for example.

  Further, a computer (not shown) for controlling the suction nozzle 2, storing patient data and transmitting patient data to the printer 4, controlling the medicine bag opening means 6, and dispensing timing of the medicine 8 from the chute 7. ) Is provided.

  Thus, the storage part 2 for storing the medicine bag, the suction nozzle 3 for taking out the medicine bag from the storage part 2, the printer 4 for printing the medicine bag on the medicine bag 1, and the suction nozzles 6a, 6a for opening the opening part 1a of the medicine bag 1. And the chute 7 for discharging the medicine 8 and the computer constitute a medicine bag charging device according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, 9 indicates a tray provided as a tray mounting position below the suction nozzles 6a, 6a, and serves as a storage unit for storing the medicine bag 1 containing the medicine 8, and 10 indicates that the medicine bag 1 may fall down. The support plate is shown as a support means for supporting the medicine bag 1 and filling the space between the medicine bags so that the opening 1a can be kept upright.

  The number of medicines 8 to be dispensed is calculated by the computer based on the patient data input in advance to the computer, and the number of medicine bags 1 stored in the tray 9 is determined for each tray 9 based on the number of withdrawals. Calculated.

  Next, a method for using the medicine bag charging device configured as described above will be described.

  First, the suction nozzle 3 is lowered from the upper part of the storage part 2 in which a plurality of medicine bags 1, 1... Are stored in advance, and the medicine bag 1 positioned at the uppermost part of the storage part 2 is sucked onto the suction nozzle 3.

  The suction nozzle 3 is moved in a state where the medicine bag 1 is attracted to the suction nozzle 3, and the medicine bag 1 is supplied to the printer 4. Then, patient data such as a patient name, a drug name, and a prescription method, which are input in advance to a computer or the like, are sent to the printer 4, which prints out the patient data on the surface of the medicine bag 1.

  The medicine bag 1 that has been printed and dispensed is conveyed to the vicinity of the chute 7 from which the drug 8 is dispensed by a conveying means (not shown) such as a roller.

  In the vicinity of the chute 7, suction nozzles 6a, 6a are installed, and when the medicine bag 1 is detected, suction is started. At that time, the suction nozzles 6a, 6a are located at a predetermined distance from both surfaces of the medicine bag 1, and the suction nozzles 6a, 6a perform suction to open the opening 1a of the medicine bag 1 to open. To do.

  The medicine 8 collected and set in advance for one prescription or one patient is dispensed from the chute 7 into the opening 1a thus opened.

  Furthermore, the medicine bag 1 loaded with the medicine 8 is transferred to a tray 9 shown in FIG. 2 provided at a tray placement position below the suction nozzles 6a and 6a. In the tray 9, the medicine bag 1 conveyed is erected with the opening 1a facing up, and the medicine bag 1 is supported by the support plate 10 so as to be packed in order from one end portion 9a of the tray.

  By supporting the medicine bag 1 with the support plate 10 in this manner, a large number of medicine bags 1 can be stored in the tray 9 without the medicine bag 1 being inadvertently collapsed or excessively expanded.

  Here, the number of medicines 8 dispensed from the chute 7 is input as computer data in advance to the computer, and the number of medicine bags 1 that can be stored in one tray 9 is calculated by the computer from the accumulated number. Yes.

  When the loading of the medicine 8 into the medicine bag 1 is repeated up to the number that can be stored in the tray 9 calculated by the computer, the tray 9 is transferred to a predetermined position, for example, the stocker of the tray 9, and is empty instead. The operation of transferring the tray 9 to the tray mounting position and storing it in the tray 9 by the number of medicine bags 1 calculated from the next patient data by the computer is repeated until there is no patient data input to the computer. As described above, the medicine bag feeding device includes medicine bag feeding means for loading the medicine bag 1 into the tray 9 based on the number calculated by the computer.

  As described above, in the medicine bag charging device according to the present invention, the medicine bag 1 stored in the storage unit 2 is taken out by the medicine bag taking out means, the medicine bag 1 is opened, and the medicine 8 is taken out from the dispensing means 7. Since the medicine bag opening means 6 to be introduced is provided, if the medicine bag 1 is stored in the storage portion 2, a predetermined amount of the medicine 8 can be stored in the medicine bag 1 without relying on human hands.

  Further, since the patient data is printed on the surface of the medicine bag by the printer, the patient data can be confirmed very easily even when auditing is performed.

  Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the patient data previously input and stored in the computer or the like is sent to the printer 4, and the timing at which the medicine 8 dispensed from the chute 7 is dispensed is controlled. The process of storing the medicine can be performed continuously without human intervention.

  In addition, since the number of medicine bags 1 that can be stored in the tray 9 is calculated from the number of medicines that are a part of patient data, the number of medicine bags 1 that are stored for each tray 9 is increased or decreased according to the amount of medicine, Therefore, there is no fear that the medicine bag 1 cannot be fully contained in the tray 9, and there is an effect that all the medicine bags 1 can be securely stored.

  In the above-described embodiment, the medicine bag opening means is composed of two suction nozzles. However, the number of suction nozzles is not limited to two, and three or more if sufficient to open the medicine bag. There may be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the suction nozzle is used as the medicine bag taking-out means and the medicine bag opening means. However, the medicine bag taking-out means and the medicine bag opening means are not limited to this. For example, the medicine bag taking-out means is formed by a roller, The opening means may be formed by an air nozzle or the like that blows out air from the opening, but by configuring it with a suction nozzle, the medicine bag taking out means and the medicine bag opening means can be formed with a very simple and simple structure. it can.

  Moreover, after opening a medicine bag by a medicine bag opening means and putting a medicine, it seals the medicine bag comprised from the heat seal device etc. which seals over a part of opening part of a medicine bag, or the whole opening part. Sealing means may be provided.

  Thus, by providing the sealing means for sealing over a part of the opening of the medicine bag or over the entire opening, it is possible to prevent the medicine from spilling out of the medicine bag.

  Further, when the sealing means is provided, when it is determined from the patient data that the medicine bag contains only the medicine set in advance, the sealing means is driven, and the medicine set in advance from the patient data. In addition, when it is determined that a rare drug or the like is manually input at the time of an audit or the like, the sealing means is driven to seal a part of the opening of the medicine bag, for example, near the center, or the sealing means It is preferable that control means for controlling the sealing means to be selected based on patient data is provided so that the medicine bag can be sealed in accordance with the medicine to be charged.

  In the above embodiment, the patient data is all data for one patient, and therefore the medicine to be put into the medicine bag is for each patient. However, the patient data is not limited to this, for example, data for each Rp. Also good.

  In addition, the medicine bags stored in one tray are classified by patient data, ward, and clinical department, which are sorted by rearranging patient data input to the computer by patient, ward, or clinical department. Or may be simply in chronological order in which patient data is input.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Medicine bag, 1a ... Opening part, 2 ... Storage part, 3 ... Suction nozzle (medicine bag taking-out means), 4 ... Printer, 6 ... Medicine bag opening means, 6a ... Suction nozzle, 7 ... Chute (discharge means), 8 ... Drug , 9 ... Tray (storage part), 9a ... End, 10 ... Support plate

Claims (2)

A dispensing means (7) for dispensing the medicine (8) and putting the medicine into the medicine bag (1);
A tray (9) for storing a medicine bag (1) filled with the medicine (8);
A medicine bag loading means for loading the medicine bag (1) loaded with the medicine (8) into the tray (9),
In the tray (9), a support plate (10) for supporting the medicine bag (1) so as to be packed in order from one end (9a) of the tray (9) in an upright state with the opening (1a) on top. A medicine bag charging device characterized in that is provided.   When the medicine (8) is dispensed, the medicine is put into the medicine bag (1), and the medicine bag (1) containing the medicine (8) is stored in the tray (9), the opening (1a) The medicine bag (1) that has been erected is supported by the support plate (10) provided on the tray (9) so as to be packed in order from one end (9a) of the tray (9). Input method.

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