JP2013139314A - Blood collection pipe stocker device and vertical type tube dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve compact design and excellent portability, to enable easy installation on a cart, a desk or the like, to achieve an excellent emergency response in case of a disaster, and to enable the preparation of a blood collection pipe of a different type according to a blood collection instruction given by a doctor.SOLUTION: At the lower end side of a blood collection pipe stocker that has a vertical silo shape, a cutout roll with recessed grooves in the peripheral surface thereof is arranged. Blood collection pipes are cut out one by one, and dropped and supplied to a transport conveyor below a lower portion. Furthermore, the blood collection pipes are transferred to a conveyor that supplies the blood collection pipes to a printing and sticking device. After sticking a label on which the ID of a patient and other necessary items are printed to each of the blood collection pipes, the pipe is accommodated on a tray provided for each one of the patients. Since the entire configuration of the tube dispenser is compact, the tube dispenser can be sufficiently used in a medium or small hospital or an inpatient ward or a disaster site.

Description

  The present invention performs pre-preparation work of blood collection tubes in the blood collection step in the previous step of blood collection inspection, and is a silo-shaped blood collection tube that cuts and supplies blood collection tubes one by one from the lower surface side via a cutting roll A stocker is arranged side by side in the vertical direction, a different type of blood collection tube is selected from the blood collection tube stocker according to a blood collection instruction from a doctor, and a label printed with blood collection information such as a patient ID and the content of the blood collection instruction is attached, The present invention relates to a desktop vertical tube dispenser excellent in mobility, in which a blood collection tube after labeling can be accommodated in a tray for each patient, and a small blood collection tube can be surely cut out one by one.

In blood testing departments in hospitals, clinics, and other medical institutions, blood collection workers (such as nurses) collect blood from patients into blood collection tubes and transport them to the examination department. In blood tests, many types of blood collection tubes are prepared according to the blood test items, and usually, a plurality of types of tests are performed on one patient at the same time. Therefore, a plurality of types of blood collection tubes are automatically prepared by a blood collection tube preparation device for one patient. In the blood collection room, it is natural to handle a large number of patients, and each blood collection tube prepared by the blood collection tube preparation device is affixed with a label printed with a barcode such as patient information and blood collection test information. .
In addition, a blood collection reception slip on which a barcode such as a reception number is printed is issued to the patient at the time of blood collection reception. At the time of blood collection work, the contents of these labels and reception slips are read by an optical device such as a barcode reader so that the patient and blood collection tube are not mistakenly taken.

As a technique for automating such blood collection work and supporting the blood collection work, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. The technique of Patent Document 1 uses an endless belt driving device that is rotationally driven in a vertical direction (vertical direction). In this belt drive device, the belt width is set to be equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube, and has a caterpillar-shaped partition plate provided so as to protrude from the belt surface in the outer diameter direction. A single blood collection tube accommodating portion (stock portion) is provided between them, and a large number of blood collection tube accommodating portions are formed on one belt surface. In this case, one belt driving device is set to accommodate the same type of blood collection tube. A stocker mechanism using a belt driving device that accommodates the blood collection tube in such a caterpillar system is arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction so that a plurality of types of blood collection tubes can be handled.
Based on the blood collection order information from the doctor, the blood collection tubes necessary for the patient's blood collection are taken out from the corresponding blood collection tube stocker mechanism, and the information related to the patient's blood collection is printed on the label using the label printing / pasting means. The label is attached to the extracted blood collection tube. Then, the blood collection tube after labeling is transferred to the blood collection tube collection unit by the discharging means, and is stored in the tray for each patient by the blood collection tube collection unit.

In such a blood collection tube preparation device, there is a problem in that the size in the height direction becomes considerable due to the stocker mechanism portion being stacked one above the other, and the device itself is increased in size.
On the other hand, as a conventional method for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is a technique of a blood collection tube preparation apparatus as shown in Patent Document 2. The technique of this Patent Document 2 was previously filed by the present inventor, in which a test tube holding member is disposed along the belt between the reciprocating belts of one transport belt, and is placed under the cap of the test tube. The end face is supported by the test tube holding member and the upper end face of the forward feed belt. A feed belt feeds the test tube through the cap. If it is such a stocker, the apparatus which conveys a test tube can be comprised with one thing about one kind of test tube, and the number of conveyance apparatuses can be made into the minimum necessary. In addition, the width of one stocker is only a few centimeters, and even when multiple types of stockers are installed together to accommodate many types of test tubes, the overall width can be greatly reduced compared to the prior art. There is.

JP-A-2005-67660 Japanese Patent No. 4356096

  However, in the technique shown in Patent Document 2, the driving force of the conveyance belt is transmitted to the lower end surface of the blood collection tube placed on the upper end surface through the upper end surface of the forward conveyance belt, The other side of the lower end surface of the slider moves while sliding on the support rail. Therefore, if the frictional resistance is large between the support rail and the lower end surface of the cap, the frictional resistance is more than the driving force for conveying the blood collection tube transmitted from the upper end surface of the forward conveyance belt to the lower end surface of the blood collection cap. Is bigger. As a result, there is a problem that slip occurs between the lower end surface of the blood collection tube cap and the upper end surface of the conveyance belt, and the blood collection tube cannot be conveyed. This problem is conspicuous in a rubber cap blood collection tube having a large friction coefficient, and there is a problem that it cannot be conveyed at all.

In the conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, the support of the lower end surface of the blood collection cap is supported by one support rail, the other is supported by the upper end surface of the transport belt, and the transport belt is fed with the lower end surface of the cap. Directly transmitted by contact. Therefore, there is a problem of durability due to wear due to contact between the lower end surface of the cap and the end surface of the transport belt, and further, the transport belt is twisted and the cap of the blood collection tube is drawn into the belt and the blood collection tube falls. There was a fear.

Furthermore, there is a seal-like cap having an outer diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the blood collection tube. In this case, there is a margin of the width required to be placed on the end surface of the conveyor belt at the lower end of the cap. There was a problem that it was impossible to implement. Thus, in the stocker system that supports the lower end surface of the cap of the blood collection tube, it is impossible to transport the blood collection tube with a cap that is not large enough, and it is often seen and used especially in foreign blood collection tubes. It was an important problem that the types of blood collection tubes were greatly limited.
In addition, there was a serious problem that blood collection tubes without caps could not be used at all.

  Therefore, the present applicant is an apparatus that improves and eliminates the above-described problems, and is very compact and excellent in portability, and can be applied to small and medium-sized hospitals and hospitalized wards, as well as facilities that specialize in blood collection, It can be used just by placing it on the bedside, on the desk, or on a cart with mobility, etc., and it has excellent emergency response in the event of a disaster, etc., and surely one different type of blood collection tube according to the blood collection instruction from the doctor A tube dispenser that can be cut out and prepared one by one is provided.

  Thus, the means of claim 1 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above problems is a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side, and a plurality of horizontally placed blood collection tubes can be arranged. A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube, and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of the blood collection tubes stacked vertically, and a blood collection tube on the lower end side of the stocker body A plurality of silo-shaped blood collection tube stockers composed of cylindrical cutting rolls with concave grooves that can be accommodated on the peripheral surface are arranged side by side, and a series of sections are provided below each blood collection tube stocker. A transfer conveyor with a plate is disposed, a blood collection tube supply conveyor is disposed on the terminal end side of the transfer conveyor with partition plate in a direction orthogonal thereto, and a sample collection is performed on the terminal end side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor in a direction orthogonal thereto. Sly that can push out blood vessels And disposed over a vertical tube dispenser which is characterized in that in proximity to the sliders arranged printing-sticking apparatus labels.

  The means of claim 2 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above problem is that the cutting roll of the blood collection tube stocker in front of the blood collection tube supply conveyor drops and supplies the cut blood collection tube directly to the blood collection tube supply conveyor. 2. The vertical tube dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the cutting roll of another blood collection tube stocker is supplied to the transfer conveyor with a partition plate by dropping.

  The means of claim 3 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above problem is that a plurality of blood collection tube stockers are arranged horizontally and a plurality of rows are arranged vertically, and are respectively partitioned below the column of blood collection tube stockers. It is a vertical type tube dispenser as described in any one of the said Claim 1 or 2 with which the transfer conveyor with a board is arrange | positioned.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention adopts the means of claim 4 in which each blood collection tube stocker is unitized with a stocker body, a cutting roll, and a driving motor for the cutting roll so that it can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body. The vertical tube dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the vertical tube dispenser is attached.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the blood collection tube can be replenished by simply putting it in the state in which it is laid down (sideways) from the opening on the upper surface side of the stocker body, the replenishment operation is very simple. The stocker body has a depth dimension that allows multiple rows of horizontally-collected blood collection tubes to be arranged, has a width dimension that is equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tubes, and is high enough to accommodate multiple blood collection tubes. Have dimensions. Therefore, it is possible to stock an arbitrary number of blood collection tubes of about 30 or more in one stocker body. Even if the stockers that stock these numbers are arranged in two horizontal rows, arranged in four vertical rows as shown in FIGS. It is possible to finish to an extremely compact outer dimension of depth 540 mm × width 500 mm × height 450 mm.
On the lower end side of the stocker body, there is disposed a cutting roll that can cut out the blood collection tubes one by one by rotating. The cutting roll has a groove formed on the peripheral surface, and the blood collection tubes enter the groove one by one, thereby cutting out one by one.

  In the apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of stockers having the above-described configuration are arranged side by side. A series of transfer conveyors with partition plates are arranged below each of the blood collection tube stockers, and a blood collection tube supply conveyor is provided on the terminal end side of the transfer conveyor with partition plates in a direction orthogonal thereto. The blood collection tubes cut out from each stocker are transferred from the transfer conveyor with partition plates to the blood collection tube supply conveyor, and are supplied to the label printing / pasting device by a slider disposed on the terminal side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor. A label on which necessary information such as a patient ID is printed is automatically attached to a blood collection tube. The blood collection tube after labeling is accommodated in a tray, and blood collection tubes for one patient are automatically prepared.

  In the invention of claim 2, the cutting roll of the blood collection tube stocker in the foreground near the blood collection tube supply conveyor drops and supplies the cut blood collection tube directly to the blood collection tube supply conveyor, and the extraction roll of another blood collection tube stocker The position of the stocker is set so as to drop and supply to the transfer conveyor with partition plates. Thereby, the first blood collection tube stocker in front can be drawn toward the front side of the apparatus main body, and the depth dimension of the entire apparatus can be shortened.

  In the invention of claim 3, the blood collection tube stockers are arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction, a plurality of rows are arranged in the vertical direction, and a transfer conveyor with a partition plate is disposed below the vertical group of blood collection tube stockers. Yes. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a tube dispenser that can handle a wide range of tube types from 4 tube types to 12 tube types or more.

  In the invention of claim 4, each blood collection tube stocker is unitized with a stocker body, a cutting roll, and a driving motor for the cutting roll, and is detachably attached to the apparatus main body. With such a configuration, repair and maintenance can be performed by taking out the stocker alone, which is very convenient.

It is a top view which shows the whole tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the whole state of the state which removed the tube dispenser upper cover which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a left view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a right view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

The configuration of the present invention will be described below based on the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings. First, the layout of the devices and mechanisms constituting the tube dispenser will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 show the entire tube dispenser. FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a plan view with an upper cover removed, FIG. 3 is a left side view, and FIG. 4 is a right side view. 5 is a front view.
As shown in the plan view of FIG. 1, the tube dispenser A is provided with a mounting portion B of a plurality of blood collection stockers 1 occupying an area on the left half. In this embodiment, a total of eight stockers 1 in two horizontal rows and four vertical rows are arranged in a unit system, and the units of the stocker 1 can be freely attached to and detached from the mounting portion B on the apparatus main body 2 side. I am trying to put it on. As best shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the unit comprises a stocker body 3, a cutting roll 4, an auxiliary roll 5 for assisting and ensuring the cutting operation, and a motor 6 for driving these rolls. And can be removed as a unit. Therefore, replacement and repair of the blood collection tube stocker 1 can be performed by a one-touch method with one unit as a unit, and maintenance / replacement repair work at a remote location can be performed by sending back only the unit alone. In addition, by preparing a substitute for a single unit in advance, it is possible to perform blood collection work without stopping the blood collection work.

Further, on the right side of the stocker mounting part B, an installation part C for label printing / sticking means is provided inside the apparatus main body.
And, below the blood collection tube discharge portion of each stocker 1 of the stocker mounting portion B, an installation portion D of a transfer conveyor 8 with partition plates for transferring the blood collection tubes 7 cut out from each stocker 1 is provided. Below that, an electronic equipment room E for installing a power supply unit, a CPU, an electronic board and the like is provided. In this embodiment, the transfer conveyor 8 with partition plates is provided with two stockers in two horizontal rows, so that two units are installed, and two blood collection tubes 1 cut out from each of the vertical blood collection tube stockers 1 are provided. The platform conveyors 8 can receive each of them.
Further, on the end side (right side in FIG. 3) of the two partition plate-equipped transfer conveyors 8, a blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 extending from the left end side to the right end side of the apparatus body 2 in a direction orthogonal to these conveyors 8. The installation part F is provided. A slider 11 is provided on the terminal side of the supply conveyor 9 (on the right side in FIG. 2) for pushing the supplied blood collection tube 7 to the printing / sticking means 10 and supplying it.

In addition, on the upper surface of the front door 12 on the front side of the apparatus main body 2, an installation portion G of the setting state display portion 14 that displays the state of the switch 13 and each mechanism is provided.
Furthermore, a pop-up touch panel monitor 15 is provided on the upper surface of the right half of the apparatus main body 2 (upper part of the installation part C of the printing / sticking means 10). The touch panel monitor 15 serves as an input unit and a monitor of a computer (CPU) built in the electronic device installation room E, and has a size of about 8 inches. On the touch panel monitor 15, for example, an initial operation screen, a main screen, a detailed status screen, a maintenance menu screen, and the like are displayed. Also, through relay software installed on the CPU, hospital information systems HIS (Hospital Information System) and laboratory information systems LIS (Laboratory) of medical institutions such as hospitals
The communication status when communicating with the Information System), patient information acquired from systems such as HIS and LIS, blood collection instruction information, and the like are displayed.

Further, as shown in the front view of FIG. 5, a tray 16 mounting portion H is provided on the front side of the printing / sticking means installation portion C so that label information on which patient information, blood collection test information, etc. are printed is attached. The later blood collection tube is accommodated in a tray 16 prepared for each patient. An optical sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the tray 16 is disposed on the tray mounting portion H. The sensor may be of a type in which light emitted from the light projecting sensor is detected by a light receiving sensor or a reflection type light projecting / receiving sensor.

Furthermore, on the back side of the apparatus main body 2, as an interface with a built-in computer, a plug-in throttle such as a wireless board or an external connection device board, an R232C terminal, a voice input / output terminal, a connection with a FAX, and other external devices A USB port, a LAN connection port, and a plurality of power terminals that can handle various power sources such as foreign countries are provided.

  Next, each device and mechanism constituting the tube dispenser A will be described individually. First, the blood collection tube stocker 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a plan view of the stocker 1, FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof, and FIG. 5 is a front view thereof. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 2, the blood collection tube stocker 1 of this embodiment forms a rectangular housing (stocker body 3) by bending a thin metal plate such as stainless steel, aluminum alloy, or steel plate. Yes. The stocker body 3 has upper and lower surfaces as opening surfaces, the upper opening surface is an inlet for a blood collection tube 7, and a cutting roll 4 is disposed on the lower opening surface. On the outer peripheral surface of the cutting roll 4, a concave groove 17 is provided for dropping and storing the blood collection tube 7 at an opposing position. In addition, an inclined bottom plate 18 is disposed between the cutting roll 4 and the inner surface of one of the casings so that the blood collection tube 7 can easily enter the concave groove 17 of the cutting roll 4.

Further, an auxiliary roll 5 having a small diameter is disposed on the top of the cutting roll 4. The auxiliary roll 5 rotates in the opposite direction to the cutting roll 4, and sticks to the blood collection tube of the concave groove 17 when the blood collection tubes are to be cut out like a rubber cap blood collection tube. The blood collection tube is pushed back to the opposite side and separated, and only the blood collection tube that has entered the concave groove 17 can be surely cut out. A motor 6 for driving the cutting roll 4 and the auxiliary roll 5 is disposed in the lower space of the inclined bottom plate 18.
Furthermore, a curved guide plate 3a is provided in the stocker body above the auxiliary roll so as to guide it into the concave groove 17 so that it is easy to enter the groove 17 as the introduced blood collection tube approaches the cutting roll 4. .

The transfer conveyor 8 with partition plates disposed below each stocker 1 is provided with partition plates 19 provided upright from the conveyor at predetermined intervals and cut out from the cutting roll 4 of each stocker 1. The blood collection tube 7 is transported to the position of the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 while being accommodated between the partition plates 19. A sensor 20 that detects the presence or absence of the blood collection tube 7 is disposed on the end side of the transfer conveyor 8. This is to prevent the blood collection tube 7 from being supplied to the printing / paste means 10 side in a state where the printing / paste operation is not completed.
The cutting roll 4 of the front blood collection tube stocker 1 near the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 positions the entire position of the stocker 1 so that the cut blood collection tube 7 is directly dropped and supplied to the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. Arranged to be close to the front side. Accordingly, the first blood collection tube stocker in front of the half of the depth dimension of the stocker 1 can be drawn toward the front side of the apparatus main body, and the depth dimension of the entire apparatus can be shortened. Further, in the foremost blood collection tube stocker 1, the cutting roll 4 does not start the cutting operation unless a label sticking completion signal is output from the printing / sticking device.

On the end side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9, an arrival detection plate 21 for the blood collection tube 7 is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the arrival detection plate 21 stands by in a slanted posture as shown in FIG. 5. When the blood collection tube 7 is fed, the arrival detection plate 21 is pressed by this and is in a vertically downward state. 7 stop position is determined. The arrival detection plate 21 is shielded from irradiation light from a detection sensor (not shown) composed of a light emitter / receiver such as an infrared sensor or a photo sensor in an inclined standby state, and from the light projector in a vertically downward state where the blood collection tube 7 has arrived. The irradiated light is received by a light receiver.
Further, on the side surface portion of the stop position of the blood collection tube 7, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a slider 11 for cutting out the blood collection tube 7 that reciprocates in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. The blood collection tube 7 is pushed out from the conveyor 9 and is dropped and supplied to the sticking position of the label sticking device.

  In addition, a direction detection means for detecting the direction of the blood collection tube 7 is provided immediately before the arrival detection plate 21 (not shown). This is so that when the cap of the blood collection tube is mistakenly brought into contact with the arrival detection plate 21 and stopped, the irradiation light from the projector is blocked by the cap so that the direction of the blood collection tube 7 can be detected. It is a thing. A signal for detecting the direction of the blood collection tube 7 is output to the label printing device 22 so that the label printing direction is either forward or reverse depending on the direction of the blood collection tube 7.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the label sticking device 23 includes a label supply roll 24 stuck on a continuous release paper and a take-up roll 25 for taking up the release paper. The label fed from the supply roll 24 and the release paper are folded back and moved at an acute angle, so that only the strong label (more elastic than the release paper and less likely to break) is peeled from the release paper. The label goes straight and is supplied to the sticking device 23 side, and only the remaining release paper after that is taken up by the take-up roll 25. A printing device 22 for printing patient information or the like on the label is disposed on the upstream side of the peeling portion. Information to be printed is acquired from a database or a hard disk by connecting to a computer such as a higher-level medical system or a computer terminal of a doctor through an interface of a computer (CPU) incorporated in the control unit of the tube dispenser. Has been made. Further, a sticking device 23 including a driving roller 26, a supporting roller 27, and a pressure roller 28 that can be moved forward and backward is disposed in the traveling direction of the label peeled from the release paper. Furthermore, a placing portion H for the tray 16 is provided obliquely below the sticking device 23.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a hand-attached label printer 29 is disposed above the label attaching device 23 and the printing device 22. In the case of a special blood collection tube that is not stocked in the present apparatus, the printer 29 only prints a label and attaches the label manually.

  Next, the operation | movement aspect of the tube dispenser A comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated. First, different types of blood collection tubes 7 are introduced into the stocker through the opening of each stocker 1 provided on the upper surface of the apparatus body 2. The direction of the blood collection tube 7 may be arbitrary. In such a state, the power switch of the apparatus main body 2 is turned on, the CPU of the built-in computer is operated to make the control software function, and the patient who collects blood from a computer such as a higher-level HIS or LIS or a doctor's computer terminal is collected. Obtain blood collection information. Information obtained from the host is displayed on the touch panel monitor 15.

The control unit determines the type of blood collection tube to be selected based on the obtained information, drives the drive motor 6 of the blood collection tube stocker 1 in which the corresponding type of blood collection tube 7 is stocked, and causes the cutting roll 4 to move. The auxiliary roll 5 is rotated counterclockwise by rotating clockwise in FIG. By driving these rolls 4 and 5, the blood collection tube 7 enters and is accommodated in the concave groove 17 of the cutting roll 4. Even if there is a blood collection tube 7 in which the cap is attached to the blood collection tube 7 that has entered the concave groove 17, the blood collection tube 7 is pushed back by the auxiliary roll 5, and what is the blood collection tube 7 in the concave groove 17? Completely separated. Then, when the cutting roll 4 further rotates in the clockwise direction, the concave groove 17 eventually becomes downward, and the blood collection tube 7 accommodated in the groove 17 is dropped and supplied by the own weight between the partition plates 19 of the lower transfer conveyor 8. . And it is conveyed to the right side of FIG. 3 by the transfer conveyor 8, contacts with a stopper, stops, and it can detect that the blood collection tube 7 has been supplied by the sensor 20 on the end side.

When there is no standby blood collection tube in the slider 11 portion, the transfer conveyor 8 drops and supplies the blood collection tube 7 detected on the end side 20 to the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. If there is a waiting blood collection tube in the slider 11 portion, the blood collection tube 7 is held at this position to wait. In the case of the frontmost blood collection tube stocker 1, the blood collection tube 7 cut out directly onto the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 is dropped and supplied. It is set not to do.

  The blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 conveys the dropped blood collection tube 7 in the right direction in FIGS. 2 and 5. The blood collection tube 7 comes to contact with the arrival detection plate 21 at the end of the conveyor and presses the arrival detection plate 21, and the arrival detection plate 21 is swung from a tilted posture to a vertically downward posture and stopped. At this stop position, a direction detection sensor for the blood collection tube 7 (not shown) detects the cap of the blood collection tube 7. When the cap is detected, it means that the cap has been transported with the head in the opposite direction, and since the direction is opposite, a signal notifying the printing device 22 of the direction is output.

Further, the arrival detection plate 21 is pressed and urged in a vertically downward posture, whereby arrival detection means such as a light projecting / receiving sensor works to detect that the blood collection tube 7 has been supplied. In response to this arrival detection signal, the slider 11 that reciprocates in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the supply conveyor 9 starts to operate, pushes the arrived blood collection tube 7 in the lateral direction, and drops it to the receiving portion side of the label sticking device 23. And supply. In the affixing device 23, the pressure roller 28 is in the retracted position, and advances when receiving the blood collection tube 7. The blood collection tube 7 is pressed and urged toward the drive roller 26 and the support roller 27 to take the drive force of the drive roller 26. It transmits to the blood vessel 7 and rotates the blood collection tube 7 in the circumferential direction.

On the other hand, the label printing device 22 prints necessary items of blood collection information such as a patient ID, examination items, blood collection type, blood collection amount and the like obtained from a host computer and a doctor's computer terminal on a label fed from the supply roller 24. . The contents to be printed are displayed on the touch monitor 15 and can be confirmed by the operator. As shown in FIG. 4, the label after printing is folded and moved at an acute angle, so that only the strong label moves straight and is naturally peeled off from the release paper. Then, the peeled label enters between the drive roller 26 and the outer peripheral surface of the blood collection tube 7 and is wound up, and is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the blood collection tube 7. After the label is applied, the blood collection tube 7 is released from the application portion and falls due to its own weight when the pressure roller 28 moves backward and returns obliquely downward (lower left in FIG. 4), and is accommodated in the tray 16.

  Thus, preparation for one blood collection tube of one tube type is completed. Thereafter, if there is another required blood collection tube, the stocker 1 of that tube type is driven, and the above operation is sequentially repeated to accommodate the blood collection tube 4 in the tray 16. In this way, when preparation of blood collection tubes for all tube types requested by information from the host computer and doctor's computer terminal is completed, preparation of blood collection tubes for blood collection for one patient is completed. It will be. Thereafter, other patient blood collection tubes may be prepared in the same manner.

  Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to the front view of FIG. In this embodiment, the electronic device room E of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is provided with a printer 29 and a label roll for manual attachment, and a tray 16 is provided on the lower left side of the apparatus main body. Yes. And the conveyor 30 for conveying the blood-collecting blood vessel 7 after label sticking from the right side of FIG. Accordingly, the tray 16 accommodates both the hand-labeled label and the blood collection tube 7 after label attachment. Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS.

By the way, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A suitable change is possible. For example, the touch panel monitor 15 is a pop-up type of about 8 inches, but is not limited thereto, and an arm type external monitor of about 19 inches can be attached. In this case, the touch panel monitor may be of a type incorporating a computer (CPU).
Furthermore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the space area located below the touch panel monitor 15 may be an electronic device room such as a power supply device, a computer, and an electronic board.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Blood collection tube stocker 2 ... Apparatus main body 3 ... Stocker main body 4 ... Cutting roll 5 ... Auxiliary roll 6 ... Drive motor 7 ... Blood collection tube 8 ... Transfer conveyor 9 with a partition plate ... Blood collection tube supply conveyor 10 ... Printing and sticking means 11 ... Slider 15 ... Touch panel monitor A ... Tube dispenser B ... Stocker installation part C ... Printing / pasting means installation part D ... Transfer conveyor installation part D
E ... Electronic equipment room F ... Supply conveyor installation part G ... Display means installation part H ... Tray placement part

The present invention performs pre-preparation work of blood collection tubes in the blood collection step in the previous step of blood collection inspection, and is a silo-shaped blood collection tube that cuts and supplies blood collection tubes one by one from the lower surface side via a cutting roll Using the blood collection tube stocker device in which the stockers alone are arranged side by side, and the blood collection tube stocker device, different types of blood collection tubes are selected from the blood collection tube stocker according to the blood collection instruction from the doctor. Mobility that can be cut out one by one with a small and simple structure that can attach a label printed with blood collection information such as blood collection instructions, and can store the blood collection tube after labeling in a tray for each patient It is related with the desktop type vertical tube dispenser which is excellent.

In blood testing departments in hospitals, clinics, and other medical institutions, blood collection workers (such as nurses) collect blood from patients into blood collection tubes and transport them to the examination department. In blood tests, many types of blood collection tubes are prepared according to the blood test items, and usually, a plurality of types of tests are performed on one patient at the same time. Therefore, a plurality of types of blood collection tubes are automatically prepared by a blood collection tube preparation device for one patient. In the blood collection room, it is natural to handle a large number of patients, and each blood collection tube prepared by the blood collection tube preparation device is affixed with a label printed with a barcode such as patient information and blood collection test information. .
In addition, a blood collection reception slip on which a barcode such as a reception number is printed is issued to the patient at the time of blood collection reception. At the time of blood collection work, the contents of these labels and reception slips are read by an optical device such as a barcode reader so that the patient and blood collection tube are not mistakenly taken.

As a technique for automating such blood collection work and supporting the blood collection work, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. The technique of Patent Document 1 uses an endless belt driving device that is rotationally driven in a vertical direction (vertical direction). In this belt drive device, the belt width is set to be equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube, and has a caterpillar-shaped partition plate provided so as to protrude from the belt surface in the outer diameter direction. A single blood collection tube accommodating portion (stock portion) is provided between them, and a large number of blood collection tube accommodating portions are formed on one belt surface. In this case, one belt driving device is set to accommodate the same type of blood collection tube. A stocker mechanism using a belt driving device that accommodates the blood collection tube in such a caterpillar system is arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction so that a plurality of types of blood collection tubes can be handled.
Based on the blood collection order information from the doctor, the blood collection tubes necessary for the patient's blood collection are taken out from the corresponding blood collection tube stocker mechanism, and the information related to the patient's blood collection is printed on the label using the label printing / pasting means. The label is attached to the extracted blood collection tube. Then, the blood collection tube after labeling is transferred to the blood collection tube collection unit by the discharging means, and is stored in the tray for each patient by the blood collection tube collection unit.

In such a blood collection tube preparation device, there is a problem in that the size in the height direction becomes considerable due to the stocker mechanism portion being stacked one above the other, and the device itself is increased in size.
On the other hand, as a conventional method for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is a technique of a blood collection tube preparation apparatus as shown in Patent Document 2. The technique of this Patent Document 2 was previously filed by the present inventor, in which a test tube holding member is disposed along the belt between the reciprocating belts of one transport belt, and is placed under the cap of the test tube. The end face is supported by the test tube holding member and the upper end face of the forward feed belt. A feed belt feeds the test tube through the cap. If it is such a stocker, the apparatus which conveys a test tube can be comprised with one thing about one kind of test tube, and the number of conveyance apparatuses can be made into the minimum necessary. In addition, the width of one stocker is only a few centimeters, and even when multiple types of stockers are installed together to accommodate many types of test tubes, the overall width can be greatly reduced compared to the prior art. There is.

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  However, in the technique shown in Patent Document 2, the driving force of the conveyance belt is transmitted to the lower end surface of the blood collection tube placed on the upper end surface through the upper end surface of the forward conveyance belt, The other side of the lower end surface of the slider moves while sliding on the support rail. Therefore, if the frictional resistance is large between the support rail and the lower end surface of the cap, the frictional resistance is more than the driving force for conveying the blood collection tube transmitted from the upper end surface of the forward conveyance belt to the lower end surface of the blood collection cap. Is bigger. As a result, there is a problem that slip occurs between the lower end surface of the blood collection tube cap and the upper end surface of the conveyance belt, and the blood collection tube cannot be conveyed. This problem is conspicuous in a rubber cap blood collection tube having a large friction coefficient, and there is a problem that it cannot be conveyed at all.

In the conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, the support of the lower end surface of the blood collection cap is supported by one support rail, the other is supported by the upper end surface of the transport belt, and the transport belt is fed with the lower end surface of the cap. Directly transmitted by contact. Therefore, there is a problem of durability due to wear due to contact between the lower end surface of the cap and the end surface of the transport belt, and further, the transport belt is twisted and the cap of the blood collection tube is drawn into the belt and the blood collection tube falls. There was a fear.

Furthermore, there is a seal-like cap having an outer diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the blood collection tube. In this case, there is a margin of the width required to be placed on the end surface of the conveyor belt at the lower end of the cap. There was a problem that it was impossible to implement. Thus, in the stocker system that supports the lower end surface of the cap of the blood collection tube, it is impossible to transport the blood collection tube with a cap that is not large enough, and it is often seen and used especially in foreign blood collection tubes. It was an important problem that the types of blood collection tubes were greatly limited.
In addition, there was a serious problem that blood collection tubes without caps could not be used at all.

Therefore, the present applicant is an apparatus that improves and eliminates the above-described problems, and is very compact and excellent in portability, and can be applied to small and medium-sized hospitals and hospitalized wards, as well as facilities that specialize in blood collection, It can be used just by placing it on the bedside, on the desk, or on a cart with mobility, etc., and it has excellent emergency response in the event of a disaster, etc., and surely one different type of blood collection tube according to the blood collection instruction from the doctor It is intended to provide a blood collection tube stocker device that can be cut and prepared one by one and a tube dispenser using the same.

Thus, the means of claim 1 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above problems is a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side, and a plurality of horizontally placed blood collection tubes can be arranged. A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube, and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of the blood collection tubes stacked vertically, and a blood collection tube on the lower end side of the stocker body It is composed of a cylindrical cut roll formed with a concave groove that can be accommodated on the peripheral surface, and an auxiliary roll that is arranged above the cut roll and rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cut roll, A blood-collecting-stocker device comprising a plurality of silo-shaped blood-collecting stockers arranged in a column.

The means of claim 2 adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem has a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side, and a plurality of rows of horizontally-positioned blood collection tubes can be arranged, A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of blood collection tubes stacked vertically and a blood collection tube being housed on the lower end side of the stocker body It is composed of a cylindrical cutting roll having a concave groove formed on the peripheral surface, and an auxiliary roll that is disposed above the cutting roll and rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cutting roll, forming a silo shape A plurality of single blood collection tube stockers are arranged side by side in a column, and a plurality of these blood collection tube stocker groups in the column are arranged side by side in a row .

The means of claim 3 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned problem has a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side, and a plurality of rows of horizontally-positioned blood collection tubes can be arranged, A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of blood collection tubes stacked vertically and a blood collection tube being housed on the lower end side of the stocker body It is composed of a cylindrical cutting roll having a concave groove formed on the peripheral surface, and an auxiliary roll that is disposed above the cutting roll and rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cutting roll , forming a silo shape the single blood collection tube stocker plurality arranged in tandem, a series of partition plate with the transfer conveyor is disposed over the lower column of the blood collection tube stocker, orthogonal to the end side of the partition plate with the transfer conveyor Supply blood collection tube in direction And a slider that can push out the blood collection tube in a direction perpendicular to the end of the blood collection tube supply conveyor, and a label printing / pasting device disposed near the slider a vertical tube dispenser according to claim.

The means of claim 4 adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem has a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side and a plurality of rows of horizontally-positioned blood collection tubes can be arranged, A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of blood collection tubes stacked vertically and a blood collection tube being housed on the lower end side of the stocker body It is composed of a cylindrical cutting roll having a concave groove formed on the peripheral surface, and an auxiliary roll that is disposed above the cutting roll and rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cutting roll, forming a silo shape A plurality of single blood collection tube stockers are arranged side by side, and a plurality of these blood collection tube stocker groups are arranged side by side, and a series of transfer conveyors with partition plates are provided below the blood collection tube stockers in each column. For each column The blood collection tube supply conveyor is disposed in the direction perpendicular to the end of the transfer conveyor with partition plates, and the blood collection tube is pushed out in the direction orthogonal to the termination side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor. The vertical tube dispenser is characterized in that a slider capable of printing is disposed, and a label printing / applying device is disposed in the vicinity of the slider.

The means of claim 5 adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem has a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side and a plurality of rows of horizontally-positioned blood collection tubes can be arranged, A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of blood collection tubes stacked vertically and a blood collection tube being housed on the lower end side of the stocker body It is composed of a cylindrical cutting roll having a concave groove formed on the peripheral surface, and an auxiliary roll that is disposed above the cutting roll and rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cutting roll, forming a silo shape A plurality of single blood collection tube stockers are arranged side by side, a series of transfer conveyors with partition plates are arranged below each of the blood collection tube stockers in the column, and the transfer conveyors with partition plates are arranged on the end side of the transfer conveyors. Blood collection tubes in the orthogonal direction A conveyor is provided, a slider that can push out the blood collection tube in a direction perpendicular to the end of the blood collection tube supply conveyor is provided, and a label printing / pasting device is provided in the vicinity of the slider, A manually-pasted label printing device is disposed in a lower space of the blood-collecting tube stocker, and a label-printed blood-collecting tube discharged from the label printing / pasting device is manually pasted on the lower side of the blood-collecting tube transfer conveyor. A post-attachment blood collection tube transfer conveyor that is folded and transferred to the apparatus side is disposed, and a tray mounting portion is provided facing the label discharge side of the manually attached label printing device and the terminal side of the post-applied blood collection tube transfer conveyor. Is a vertical tube dispenser characterized by

The means of claim 6 adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem has a depth dimension in which a rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side and a plurality of rows of horizontally-positioned blood collection tubes can be arranged, A stocker body having a width dimension equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tube and having a height dimension capable of accommodating a plurality of blood collection tubes stacked vertically and a blood collection tube being housed on the lower end side of the stocker body It is composed of a cylindrical cutting roll having a concave groove formed on the peripheral surface, and an auxiliary roll that is disposed above the cutting roll and rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cutting roll, forming a silo shape A plurality of single blood collection tube stockers are arranged side by side, and a plurality of these blood collection tube stocker groups are arranged side by side, and a series of transfer conveyors with partition plates are provided below the blood collection tube stockers in each column. For each column The blood collection tube supply conveyor is disposed in the direction perpendicular to the end of the transfer conveyor with partition plates, and the blood collection tube is pushed out in the direction orthogonal to the termination side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor. A label printing / applying device in the vicinity of the slider, a hand-attached label printing device in the lower space of the blood collection tube stocker, and below the blood collection tube transfer conveyor A post-sticking blood collection tube transfer conveyor that folds and transfers the post-labeling blood collection tube discharged from the label printing / sticking device to the side of the hand-bonded label printing device, A vertical tube dispenser having a tray mounting portion facing a discharge side and a terminal side of a post-pasting blood collection tube transfer conveyor.

The means of claim 7 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned problem is that, in each column, the cutting roll of the blood collecting tube stocker in the foreground near the blood collecting tube supply conveyor is configured such that the cut blood collecting tube is directly connected to the blood collecting tube supply conveyor. The vertical tube dispenser according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the cut-out roll of another blood collection tube stocker is dropped and supplied to a transfer conveyor with a partition plate.

The means of claim 8 adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above problems is that each blood collection tube stocker comprises a stocker body, a cutting roll, an auxiliary roll, and a driving motor for the auxiliary roll and the cutting roll. 8. The vertical tube dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the vertical tube dispenser is detachably attached to the apparatus main body.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the blood collection tube can be replenished by simply putting it in the state in which it is laid down (sideways) from the opening on the upper surface side of the stocker body, the replenishment operation is very simple. The stocker body has a depth dimension that allows multiple rows of horizontally-collected blood collection tubes to be arranged, has a width dimension that is equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tubes, and is high enough to accommodate multiple blood collection tubes. Have dimensions. Therefore, it is possible to stock an arbitrary number of blood collection tubes of about 30 or more in one stocker body. Even if the stockers that stock these numbers are arranged in two horizontal rows, arranged in four vertical rows as shown in FIGS. It is possible to finish to an extremely compact outer dimension of depth 540 mm × width 500 mm × height 450 mm.

  On the lower end side of the stocker body, there is disposed a cutting roll that can cut out the blood collection tubes one by one by rotating. The cutting roll has a groove formed on the peripheral surface, and the blood collection tubes enter the groove one by one, thereby cutting out one by one.

An auxiliary roll that rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cutting roll is disposed above the cutting roll. When the auxiliary roll reversely rotates, the blood collection tubes, such as rubber cap blood collection tubes, are to be cut out, and the blood collection tube attached to the blood collection tube that has entered the concave groove of the extraction roll is on the opposite side. It works to make it possible to cut out only the blood collection tube that has been pushed into the groove and separated into the concave groove.

The invention according to claim 2 is such that several series of stocker groups are arranged in the horizontal direction.

A third aspect of the invention is that a plurality of transfer plates with partition plates are arranged below the blood collection tube stocker group according to claim 1 arranged in parallel in a column, and A blood collection tube supply conveyor is disposed on the end side in a direction perpendicular to the end. The blood collection tubes cut out from each stocker are transferred from the transfer conveyor with partition plates to the blood collection tube supply conveyor while lying on the side, and are labeled with a slider disposed on the terminal end side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor. A label on which necessary information such as a patient ID is printed is automatically attached to a blood collection tube. The blood collection tube after labeling is accommodated in a tray, and blood collection tubes for one patient are automatically prepared.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a blood collection tube stocker device in which a plurality of vertical stocker groups are provided in a row, and the other configuration is the same as that of the third aspect.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the third aspect of the present invention, a manually attached label printing device is disposed in a lower space of the blood collection tube stocker, and the label is printed / pasted on the lower side of the blood collection tube transfer conveyor. A post-applying blood-collecting tube transfer conveyor for returning the blood-collecting blood tube after label sticking discharged from the apparatus to the hand-applied label printing device side; A tray mounting portion is provided facing the end side.
In this invention, there exists an advantage that the downward space of the blood-collecting-tube stocker apparatus can be utilized as installation space of a hand-pasted label printing apparatus.

In addition to the invention of claim 5, the invention of claim 6 is provided by providing a plurality of column stocker groups in a row.

In the invention according to claim 7 , the cutting roll of the blood collection tube stocker in the foreground near the blood collection tube supply conveyor drops and supplies the cut blood collection tube directly to the blood collection tube supply conveyor, and the extraction roll of another blood collection tube stocker The position of the stocker is set so as to drop and supply to the transfer conveyor with partition plates. Thereby, the first blood collection tube stocker in front can be drawn toward the front side of the apparatus main body, and the depth dimension of the entire apparatus can be shortened.

According to the invention of claim 8 , each blood collection tube stocker is unitized with a stocker body, a cutting roll, an auxiliary roll, a cutting roll and a driving motor for the cutting roll , and is detachably attached to the apparatus main body. ing. With such a configuration, repair and maintenance can be performed by taking out the stocker alone, which is very convenient.

It is a top view which shows the whole tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the whole state of the state which removed the tube dispenser upper cover which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a left view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a right view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows each mechanism part of the tube dispenser which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

The configuration of the present invention will be described below based on the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings. First, the layout of the devices and mechanisms constituting the tube dispenser will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 show the entire tube dispenser. FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a plan view with an upper cover removed, FIG. 3 is a left side view, and FIG. 4 is a right side view. 5 is a front view.
As shown in the plan view of FIG. 1, the tube dispenser A is provided with a mounting portion B of a plurality of blood collection stockers 1 occupying an area on the left half. In this embodiment, a total of eight stockers 1 in two horizontal rows and four vertical rows are arranged in a unit system, and the units of the stocker 1 can be freely attached to and detached from the mounting portion B on the apparatus main body 2 side. I am trying to put it on. As best shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the unit comprises a stocker body 3, a cutting roll 4, an auxiliary roll 5 for assisting and ensuring the cutting operation, and a motor 6 for driving these rolls. And can be removed as a unit. Therefore, replacement and repair of the blood collection tube stocker 1 can be performed by a one-touch method with one unit as a unit, and maintenance / replacement repair work at a remote location can be performed by sending back only the unit alone. In addition, by preparing a substitute for a single unit in advance, it is possible to perform blood collection work without stopping the blood collection work.

Further, on the right side of the stocker mounting part B, an installation part C for label printing / sticking means is provided inside the apparatus main body.
And, below the blood collection tube discharge portion of each stocker 1 of the stocker mounting portion B, an installation portion D of a transfer conveyor 8 with partition plates for transferring the blood collection tubes 7 cut out from each stocker 1 is provided. Below that, an electronic equipment room E for installing a power supply unit, a CPU, an electronic board and the like is provided. In this embodiment, the transfer conveyor 8 with partition plates is provided with two stockers in two horizontal rows, so that two units are installed, and two blood collection tubes 1 cut out from each of the vertical blood collection tube stockers 1 are provided. The platform conveyors 8 can receive each of them.
Further, on the end side (right side in FIG. 3) of the two partition plate-equipped transfer conveyors 8, a blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 extending from the left end side to the right end side of the apparatus body 2 in a direction orthogonal to these conveyors 8. The installation part F is provided. A slider 11 is provided on the terminal side of the supply conveyor 9 (on the right side in FIG. 2) for pushing the supplied blood collection tube 7 to the printing / sticking means 10 and supplying it.

In addition, on the upper surface of the front door 12 on the front side of the apparatus main body 2, an installation portion G of the setting state display portion 14 that displays the state of the switch 13 and each mechanism is provided.
Furthermore, a pop-up touch panel monitor 15 is provided on the upper surface of the right half of the apparatus main body 2 (upper part of the installation part C of the printing / sticking means 10). The touch panel monitor 15 serves as an input unit and a monitor of a computer (CPU) built in the electronic device installation room E, and has a size of about 8 inches. On the touch panel monitor 15, for example, an initial operation screen, a main screen, a detailed status screen, a maintenance menu screen, and the like are displayed. Also, through relay software installed on the CPU, hospital information systems HIS (Hospital Information System) and laboratory information systems LIS (Laboratory) of medical institutions such as hospitals
The communication status when communicating with the Information System), patient information acquired from systems such as HIS and LIS, blood collection instruction information, and the like are displayed.

Further, as shown in the front view of FIG. 5, a tray 16 mounting portion H is provided on the front side of the printing / sticking means installation portion C so that label information on which patient information, blood collection test information, etc. are printed is attached. The later blood collection tube is accommodated in a tray 16 prepared for each patient. An optical sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the tray 16 is disposed on the tray mounting portion H. The sensor may be of a type in which light emitted from the light projecting sensor is detected by a light receiving sensor or a reflection type light projecting / receiving sensor.

Furthermore, on the back side of the apparatus main body 2, as an interface with a built-in computer, a plug-in throttle such as a wireless board or an external connection device board, an R232C terminal, a voice input / output terminal, a connection with a FAX, and other external devices A USB port, a LAN connection port, and a plurality of power terminals that can handle various power sources such as foreign countries are provided.

  Next, each device and mechanism constituting the tube dispenser A will be described individually. First, the blood collection tube stocker 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a plan view of the stocker 1, FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof, and FIG. 5 is a front view thereof. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 2, the blood collection tube stocker 1 of this embodiment forms a rectangular housing (stocker body 3) by bending a thin metal plate such as stainless steel, aluminum alloy, or steel plate. Yes. The stocker body 3 has upper and lower surfaces as opening surfaces, the upper opening surface is an inlet for a blood collection tube 7, and a cutting roll 4 is disposed on the lower opening surface. On the outer peripheral surface of the cutting roll 4, a concave groove 17 is provided for dropping and storing the blood collection tube 7 at an opposing position. In addition, an inclined bottom plate 18 is disposed between the cutting roll 4 and the inner surface of one of the casings so that the blood collection tube 7 can easily enter the concave groove 17 of the cutting roll 4.

Further, an auxiliary roll 5 having a small diameter is disposed on the top of the cutting roll 4. The auxiliary roll 5 rotates in the opposite direction to the cutting roll 4, and sticks to the blood collection tube of the concave groove 17 when the blood collection tubes are to be cut out like a rubber cap blood collection tube. The blood collection tube is pushed back to the opposite side and separated, and only the blood collection tube that has entered the concave groove 17 can be surely cut out. A motor 6 for driving the cutting roll 4 and the auxiliary roll 5 is disposed in the lower space of the inclined bottom plate 18.
Furthermore, a curved guide plate 3a is provided in the stocker body above the auxiliary roll so as to guide it into the concave groove 17 so that it is easy to enter the groove 17 as the introduced blood collection tube approaches the cutting roll 4. .

The transfer conveyor 8 with partition plates disposed below each stocker 1 is provided with partition plates 19 provided upright from the conveyor at predetermined intervals and cut out from the cutting roll 4 of each stocker 1. The blood collection tube 7 is transported to the position of the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 while being accommodated between the partition plates 19. A sensor 20 that detects the presence or absence of the blood collection tube 7 is disposed on the end side of the transfer conveyor 8. This is to prevent the blood collection tube 7 from being supplied to the printing / paste means 10 side in a state where the printing / paste operation is not completed.
The cutting roll 4 of the front blood collection tube stocker 1 near the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 positions the entire position of the stocker 1 so that the cut blood collection tube 7 is directly dropped and supplied to the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. Arranged to be close to the front side. Accordingly, the first blood collection tube stocker in front of the half of the depth dimension of the stocker 1 can be drawn toward the front side of the apparatus main body, and the depth dimension of the entire apparatus can be shortened. Further, in the foremost blood collection tube stocker 1, the cutting roll 4 does not start the cutting operation unless a label sticking completion signal is output from the printing / sticking device.

On the end side of the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9, an arrival detection plate 21 for the blood collection tube 7 is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the arrival detection plate 21 stands by in a slanted posture as shown in FIG. 5. When the blood collection tube 7 is fed, the arrival detection plate 21 is pressed by this and is in a vertically downward state. 7 stop position is determined. The arrival detection plate 21 is shielded from irradiation light from a detection sensor (not shown) composed of a light emitter / receiver such as an infrared sensor or a photo sensor in an inclined standby state, and from the light projector in a vertically downward state where the blood collection tube 7 has arrived. The irradiated light is received by a light receiver.
Further, on the side surface portion of the stop position of the blood collection tube 7, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a slider 11 for cutting out the blood collection tube 7 that reciprocates in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. The blood collection tube 7 is pushed out from the conveyor 9 and is dropped and supplied to the sticking position of the label sticking device.

  In addition, a direction detection means for detecting the direction of the blood collection tube 7 is provided immediately before the arrival detection plate 21 (not shown). This is so that when the cap of the blood collection tube is mistakenly brought into contact with the arrival detection plate 21 and stopped, the irradiation light from the projector is blocked by the cap so that the direction of the blood collection tube 7 can be detected. It is a thing. A signal for detecting the direction of the blood collection tube 7 is output to the label printing device 22 so that the label printing direction is either forward or reverse depending on the direction of the blood collection tube 7.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the label sticking device 23 includes a label supply roll 24 stuck on a continuous release paper and a take-up roll 25 for taking up the release paper. The label fed from the supply roll 24 and the release paper are folded back and moved at an acute angle, so that only the strong label (more elastic than the release paper and less likely to break) is peeled from the release paper. The label goes straight and is supplied to the sticking device 23 side, and only the remaining release paper after that is taken up by the take-up roll 25. A printing device 22 for printing patient information or the like on the label is disposed on the upstream side of the peeling portion. Information to be printed is acquired from a database or a hard disk by connecting to a computer such as a higher-level medical system or a computer terminal of a doctor through an interface of a computer (CPU) incorporated in the control unit of the tube dispenser. Has been made. Further, a sticking device 23 including a driving roller 26, a supporting roller 27, and a pressure roller 28 that can be moved forward and backward is disposed in the traveling direction of the label peeled from the release paper. Furthermore, a placing portion H for the tray 16 is provided obliquely below the sticking device 23.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a hand-attached label printer 29 is disposed above the label attaching device 23 and the printing device 22. In the case of a special blood collection tube that is not stocked in the present apparatus, the printer 29 only prints a label and attaches the label manually.

  Next, the operation | movement aspect of the tube dispenser A comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated. First, different types of blood collection tubes 7 are introduced into the stocker through the opening of each stocker 1 provided on the upper surface of the apparatus body 2. The direction of the blood collection tube 7 may be arbitrary. In such a state, the power switch of the apparatus main body 2 is turned on, the CPU of the built-in computer is operated to make the control software function, and the patient who collects blood from a computer such as a higher-level HIS or LIS or a doctor's computer terminal is collected. Obtain blood collection information. Information obtained from the host is displayed on the touch panel monitor 15.

The control unit determines the type of blood collection tube to be selected based on the obtained information, drives the drive motor 6 of the blood collection tube stocker 1 in which the corresponding type of blood collection tube 7 is stocked, and causes the cutting roll 4 to move. The auxiliary roll 5 is rotated counterclockwise by rotating clockwise in FIG. By driving these rolls 4 and 5, the blood collection tube 7 enters and is accommodated in the concave groove 17 of the cutting roll 4. Even if there is a blood collection tube 7 in which the cap is attached to the blood collection tube 7 that has entered the concave groove 17, the blood collection tube 7 is pushed back by the auxiliary roll 5, and what is the blood collection tube 7 in the concave groove 17? Completely separated. Then, when the cutting roll 4 further rotates in the clockwise direction, the concave groove 17 eventually becomes downward, and the blood collection tube 7 accommodated in the groove 17 is dropped and supplied by the own weight between the partition plates 19 of the lower transfer conveyor 8. . And it is conveyed to the right side of FIG. 3 by the transfer conveyor 8, contacts with a stopper, stops, and it can detect that the blood collection tube 7 has been supplied by the sensor 20 on the end side.

When there is no standby blood collection tube in the slider 11 portion, the transfer conveyor 8 drops and supplies the blood collection tube 7 detected on the end side 20 to the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. If there is a waiting blood collection tube in the slider 11 portion, the blood collection tube 7 is held at this position to wait. In the case of the frontmost blood collection tube stocker 1, the blood collection tube 7 cut out directly onto the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 is dropped and supplied. It is set not to do.

  The blood collection tube supply conveyor 9 conveys the dropped blood collection tube 7 in the right direction in FIGS. 2 and 5. The blood collection tube 7 comes to contact with the arrival detection plate 21 at the end of the conveyor and presses the arrival detection plate 21, and the arrival detection plate 21 is swung from a tilted posture to a vertically downward posture and stopped. At this stop position, a direction detection sensor for the blood collection tube 7 (not shown) detects the cap of the blood collection tube 7. When the cap is detected, it means that the cap has been transported with the head in the opposite direction, and since the direction is opposite, a signal notifying the printing device 22 of the direction is output.

Further, the arrival detection plate 21 is pressed and urged in a vertically downward posture, whereby arrival detection means such as a light projecting / receiving sensor works to detect that the blood collection tube 7 has been supplied. In response to this arrival detection signal, the slider 11 that reciprocates in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the supply conveyor 9 starts to operate, pushes the arrived blood collection tube 7 in the lateral direction, and drops it to the receiving portion side of the label sticking device 23. And supply. In the affixing device 23, the pressure roller 28 is in the retracted position, and advances when receiving the blood collection tube 7. The blood collection tube 7 is pressed and urged toward the drive roller 26 and the support roller 27 to take the drive force of the drive roller 26. It transmits to the blood vessel 7 and rotates the blood collection tube 7 in the circumferential direction.

On the other hand, the label printing device 22 prints necessary items of blood collection information such as a patient ID, examination items, blood collection type, blood collection amount and the like obtained from a host computer and a doctor's computer terminal on a label fed from the supply roller 24. . The contents to be printed are displayed on the touch monitor 15 and can be confirmed by the operator. As shown in FIG. 4, the label after printing is folded and moved at an acute angle, so that only the strong label moves straight and is naturally peeled off from the release paper. Then, the peeled label enters between the drive roller 26 and the outer peripheral surface of the blood collection tube 7 and is wound up, and is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the blood collection tube 7. After the label is applied, the blood collection tube 7 is released from the application portion and falls due to its own weight when the pressure roller 28 moves backward and returns obliquely downward (lower left in FIG. 4), and is accommodated in the tray 16.

  Thus, preparation for one blood collection tube of one tube type is completed. Thereafter, if there is another required blood collection tube, the stocker 1 of that tube type is driven, and the above operation is sequentially repeated to accommodate the blood collection tube 4 in the tray 16. In this way, when preparation of blood collection tubes for all tube types requested by information from the host computer and doctor's computer terminal is completed, preparation of blood collection tubes for blood collection for one patient is completed. It will be. Thereafter, other patient blood collection tubes may be prepared in the same manner.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to the front view of FIG. In this embodiment, the electronic device room E of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is provided with a printer 29 and a label roll for manual attachment, and a tray 16 is provided on the lower left side of the apparatus main body. Yes. A post-applying blood collection tube transfer conveyor 30 for transporting the post-labeling blood collection tube 7 from the right side to the left side of FIG. 6 is disposed below the blood collection tube supply conveyor 9. Accordingly, the tray 16 accommodates both the hand-labeled label and the blood collection tube 7 after label attachment. Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS.

By the way, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A suitable change is possible. For example, the touch panel monitor 15 is a pop-up type of about 8 inches, but is not limited thereto, and an arm type external monitor of about 19 inches can be attached. In this case, the touch panel monitor may be of a type incorporating a computer (CPU).
Furthermore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the space area located below the touch panel monitor 15 may be an electronic device room such as a power supply device, a computer, and an electronic board.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Blood collection tube stocker 2 ... Apparatus main body 3 ... Stocker main body 4 ... Cutting roll 5 ... Auxiliary roll 6 ... Drive motor 7 ... Blood collection tube 8 ... Transfer conveyor 9 with a partition plate ... Blood collection tube supply conveyor 10 ... Printing and sticking means 11 ... Slider 15 ... Touch panel monitor A ... Tube dispenser B ... Stocker installation part C ... Printing / pasting means installation part D ... Transfer conveyor installation part D
E ... Electronic equipment room F ... Supply conveyor installation part G ... Display means installation part H ... Tray placement part

Claims (4)

  A rectangular opening is formed on the upper surface side, it has a depth dimension that allows multiple rows of horizontally-collected blood collection tubes to be arranged, has a width dimension that is equal to or greater than the length of the blood collection tubes, and a plurality of blood collection tubes A stocker body having a height dimension that can be accommodated in a stacked manner, and a cylindrical cut-out roll in which a concave groove capable of accommodating a blood collection tube is formed on the peripheral surface at the lower end side of the stocker body A plurality of silo-shaped blood collection tube stockers are arranged side by side, a series of transfer conveyors with partition plates are arranged below each of the blood collection tube stockers, and orthogonal to the end side of the transfer conveyor with partition plates A blood collection tube supply conveyor is disposed in the direction, and a slider that can push out the blood collection tube in a direction orthogonal to the end of the blood collection tube supply conveyor is disposed, and a label printing / pasting device in the vicinity of the slider Arranged Vertical tube dispenser which is characterized and.   The cutting roll of the blood collection tube stocker in front of the blood collection tube supply conveyor drops and supplies the cut blood collection tube directly to the blood collection tube supply conveyor, and the extraction roll of the other blood collection tube stocker drops and supplies it to the transfer conveyor with partition plates The vertical tube dispenser according to claim 1, which is a thing.   The blood collection tube stocker is arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction, a plurality of rows are arranged in the vertical direction, and a transfer conveyor with a partition plate is arranged below each of the vertical blood collection tube stocker groups. The vertical tube dispenser according to one. 4. The longitudinal direction according to claim 1, wherein each blood collection tube stocker has a stocker body, a cutting roll, and a driving motor for the cutting roll as a unit and is detachably attached to the apparatus main body. 5. Type tube dispenser.

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