JP2018114281A - Medicine put-out device, powder weighing device, and medicine dispensing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To develop a medicine put-out device capable of automatically cleaning an inner side.SOLUTION: A medicine put-out device takes out a predetermined amount of a powdered medicine from a medicine container, divides the medicine into a predetermined number, and individually packages and discharges the medicine. The device includes container transfer means 28. A predetermined medicine container is taken out from a container storage device by the container transfer means 28 so as to be placed on each container placement device. A medicine is discharged from the medicine container and put into a medicine throwing groove of each distribution tray. The powder medicine thrown into the distribution tray is scraped from the medicine throwing groove by a scraping device so as to fall onto a medicine packaging area. The container transfer means 28 includes a cleaning tool 61.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing device, and more particularly to a medicine dispensing device provided with a distribution tray for dispensing powder.

  The present invention also relates to a powder weighing device capable of weighing a predetermined amount of powder. The present invention also relates to a medicine packaging system for packaging powder medicines for each dose.

In large hospitals and large-scale pharmacies, drug dispensing devices having a powder dispensing function have been introduced. The conventional medicine dispensing device has a structure as disclosed in Patent Document 1, and is a combination of a distribution tray and a powder feeder.
The pharmacist operates the device in accordance with a doctor's prescription to divide the powder using the conventional medicine dispensing device. That is, the pharmacist confirms the doctor's prescription and takes out the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powder from the medicine shelf. Then, the total weight of the specific powder prescribed using a balance such as a balance is measured.

Then, the weighed powder is put into the charging hopper of the powder feeder, and the trough of the powder feeder is vibrated. Further, the distribution tray is rotated at a constant rotation speed.
The powder charged in the charging hopper falls on the trough of the powder feeder, and when the trough vibrates, the powder slowly moves to the tip side and falls into the groove of the distribution tray.

On the other hand, since the distribution tray rotates at a predetermined speed, the powder falling from the trough is evenly distributed in the grooves of the distribution tray.
When the powder falls on the distribution tray, the rotation of the distribution tray is once stopped. Thereafter, the disc of the scraping device is dropped into the groove of the distribution tray. Thereafter, the distribution tray is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of distributions, and the powder is collected on the front side of the disk by a predetermined angle. Then, the disk is rotated, and the powder for a predetermined angle is scraped out of the distribution tray by the scraper and put into the packaging hopper. The powdered medicine dropped from the packaging hopper is packaged by a packaging device.

Here, the present applicant has developed a medicine dispensing apparatus that automates the work of taking out a medicine bottle containing a desired powder from the medicine shelf and the work of dispensing a predetermined amount of powder from the medicine bottle, and disclosed in Patent Document 2 .
The medicine dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes a container storage unit that stores a plurality of medicine containers, and a robot (container moving means). There is a container mounting device around the distribution tray. The container mounting device has a function of vibrating the drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container and a function of monitoring the weight of the drug container.
In the medicine dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2, a medicine container filled with powder that matches a doctor's prescription is selected from the medicine containers stored in the container storage unit, and the medicine container is taken out by a robot and placed on the container placement device. Put.
The container mounting device is vibrated to discharge the powder from the drug container, monitor the weight of the drug container, and indirectly monitor the weight of the powder discharged from the drug container.
When a predetermined amount of powder is discharged from the drug container, the scraping device is driven to scrape the powder out of the distribution tray and package with the packaging device.

  Patent Documents 3 and 4 disclose a V-type drug packaging device.

JP 2000-85703 A WO2015 / 076266 A1 JP-A-9-104402 JP-A-10-258111

Since the medicine dispensing device is a device that handles medicine taken by a patient, it is not allowed to have dust or other dust inside. In addition, it is not allowed that other drugs are mixed into the drug that should be taken. Specifically, the medicine for the previously performed packaging operation remains in the distribution tray, and the previous medicine is not allowed to be mixed into the medicine to be packaged this time.
Here, the medicine dispensing apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 incorporates a robot, takes out a medicine container by the robot, and places the medicine container on the container placing apparatus.
Since the robot moves automatically, it is dangerous when an operator approaches. Therefore, the medicine dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is entirely covered with a housing, and machinery including a robot is built in the housing. Therefore, it is difficult for workers to reach the distribution tray and its surroundings. Therefore, the medicine dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is difficult to clean.

  An object of the present invention is to improve a medicine dispensing apparatus according to the prior art and to develop a medicine dispensing apparatus capable of automatically cleaning the inside.

  An aspect for solving the above-described problem is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a drug container, divides it into a predetermined number, and further individually wraps and discharges the container. There are a medicine division area and a medicine packaging area. A container storage device for installing and storing a plurality of medicine containers is provided in the container arrangement area, and a medicine insertion groove is provided in the medicine division area and is rotated by power. A distribution tray, a scraping device that scrapes the powder loaded in the distribution tray from the drug loading groove, and a container mounting device that places the drug container and acts on the drug container to discharge the drug from the drug container are provided. In the medicine dispensing device provided, the container moving means is provided, and the container moving means takes out a predetermined medicine container from the container storage device in the container arrangement area and places it on the container placing apparatus in the medicine dividing area, The medicine is discharged and put into the medicine feeding groove of the distribution tray, and the powder medicine put into the distribution dish by the scraping device is scraped out from the medicine feeding groove and dropped to the medicine packaging area side, and the medicine container which has been discharged is stored in the container. The medicine dispensing device can be returned to the container storage device in the container arrangement region by the moving means, and the container moving means is provided with a dust collecting means and / or a cleaning tool.

  In the above-described aspect, it is desirable that the container moving means includes dust collecting means, and the dust collecting means is moved by the container moving means to collect dust floating in the air or drug powder.

  In the above-described aspect, it is preferable that the container moving means has dust collecting means, and the inside of the medicine dispensing device can be cleaned by the dust collecting means.

  In each of the above-described aspects, the container moving means can hold the cleaning tool, and the container moving means can be operated to bring the cleaning tool into contact with the internal device, thereby cleaning the inside of the medicine dispensing device. It is desirable to be.

  In each aspect described above, the container mounting device vibrates the medicine container, and the medicine container has a medicine discharge portion for discharging the medicine inside and a medicine filling port for filling the medicine inside. desirable.

  In each of the above aspects, the container mounting device vibrates the drug container, the drug container has a drug discharge unit that discharges the drug inside, and a drug filling port that fills the drug inside, Based on the posture of the state where the medicine container is installed on the container mounting device, the medicine filling port is located above the medicine discharge part, and is inside the medicine container, and the height of the medicine filling port and the medicine discharge It is desirable that a sieve portion is provided at a height position between the portions.

  In each of the above embodiments, there is a solid medicine feeder that contains a solid medicine and discharges a desired number of solid medicines, and there is a medicine inlet that leads to the medicine packaging area, and the solid medicine is fed from the solid medicine feeder to the medicine inlet. It is desirable that it can be input.

  In each of the above-described aspects, a solid medicine feeder having a plurality of solid medicine feeders that contain a solid medicine and discharge a desired number of solid medicines, the solid medicine feeder being disposed at a predetermined position, and connected to a medicine packaging area is provided. There is a solid medicine moving means to move the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder, and the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder can be moved by the solid medicine moving means and put into the medicine inlet It is desirable that

  In each of the above-described aspects, it has a container placement device for loading a distribution dish that acts on the medicine container to discharge the medicine from the medicine container and put it into the medicine loading groove of the distribution dish. It is possible to discharge the medicine from the medicine container one by one using a placement apparatus, or separately using a container placement apparatus dedicated for minority distribution and using the container placement apparatus dedicated for minority distribution. Is desirable.

  A desirable powder weighing device is a powder weighing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a drug container, a drug discharging means that acts on the drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container, and the powder discharged from the drug container. Receiving the temporary container and the weighing means, placing the temporary container on the weighing means, monitoring the amount of powder discharged from the drug container with the weighing means, and removing the desired amount of powder from the drug container by the drug discharge means The powder weighing device is characterized in that the powder is poured into a temporary container.

  A desirable powder weighing device includes a drug discharging means that acts on a drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container, a temporary container that receives the powder discharged from the drug container, a weighing means, and a temporary container that transports the temporary container. It has a transport means, places the temporary container on the weighing means, monitors the amount of powder discharged from the drug container with the weighing means, and discharges the desired amount of powder from the drug container by the drug discharge means to the temporary container. The powder weighing device is characterized in that the powder is charged and the temporary container is moved by the temporary container conveying means.

  In each aspect of the powder weighing device described above, the drug container has a powder storage part for storing the powder and a powder discharge part for discharging the powder, and there is a part or all of the drug discharge means in the drug container, It is desirable to take out the powder from the powder discharge unit by driving the drug discharge means within the drug container.

  In each aspect of the above-described powder weighing device, it is preferable that the medicine discharging means has an external force applying means for applying an external force to the medicine container, and the medicine discharging means applies an external force to the medicine container to discharge the medicine.

  In each aspect of the powder weighing device described above, the drug container has a powder storage part for storing the powder and a powder discharge part for discharging the powder, and the drug discharge means is a vibration means for vibrating the drug container installation part. Preferably, the weight measuring means indirectly monitors the weight of the powder transferred to the temporary container from the change in weight of the drug container.

  A desirable powder weighing device includes a drug discharging device that acts on a drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container, a temporary container that receives the powder discharged from the drug container, a measuring instrument, and a temporary container that transports the temporary container. It has transport means, places the temporary container on the measuring instrument, monitors the amount of powder discharged from the drug container with the measuring instrument, and discharges the desired amount of powder from the drug container by the drug discharging device. The powder weighing device is characterized in that the powder is charged and the temporary container is moved by the temporary container conveying means.

  Another aspect includes the above-described powder weighing device and a medicine packaging device that divides the medicine into a desired number and wraps the medicine separately, and manually or automatically the medicine packaging device in the temporary container. It is a medicine packaging system characterized in that it can be put into a container.

  According to the medicine dispensing device of the present invention, the inside can be automatically cleaned. Therefore, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from being mixed in the medicine package.

It is a perspective view of the medicine delivery device concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which permeate | transmits and shows the housing | casing of the main body apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the container moving apparatus shown by FIG. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the chemical | medical agent division area | region of FIG. It is a perspective view of the chemical | medical agent container and container mounting apparatus which are employ | adopted with the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus of FIG. 1, and shows the state by which the chemical | medical agent container was mounted in the container mounting apparatus. It is sectional drawing of the chemical | medical agent container shown in FIG. 5, (a) shows the state which the cover member opened, (b) shows the state which the cover member closed. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a container moving apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows another example of a container moving apparatus. It is sectional drawing of an example of a chemical | medical agent container. The right figure of (a) is a schematic representation of the AA cross section of the drug container of FIG. 6 (a), the left figure is a view thereof, and the right figure of (b) and (c). A figure is a schematic diagram equivalent to an AA section of a medicine container of other embodiments, and a left figure is the arrow line view. It is further another embodiment of a medicine container, (a) shows the state where a lid member was opened, (b) shows the state where a lid member was closed, and (c) conceptually shows the medicine discharge part on the left side. (D) is a side view conceptually showing the right side medicine discharge part. It is explanatory drawing which displayed the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus of other embodiment of this invention typically planarly. It is a perspective view of the solid medicine feeder which discharges a solid medicine. It is a disassembled perspective view of the solid medicine feeder of FIG. It is a perspective view of a handmade device. It is the perspective view which showed typically the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus of other embodiment. It is sectional drawing of a powder feeder. It is the perspective view which showed typically the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus of other embodiment. It is the perspective view which showed typically the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus of other embodiment. It is a perspective view of the medicine packaging system of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the medicine packaging system of other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the medicine packaging system of other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the medicine packaging system of other embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be further described below.
The medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is based on a medicine dispensing apparatus for which the applicant has applied for a patent in the past, and various improvements are added thereto.
Prior to the description of the added improvements, the basic configuration of the medicine dispensing device 1 will be described.
The medicine dispensing device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 10 constituting the main body and an operation display unit 3 as shown in FIG.
The medicine dispensing device 1 contains a large number of medicine containers 4. Each medicine container 4 is filled with powdered medicine. The medicine dispensing device 1 operates the operation display unit 3 to select a desired medicine container 4, automatically take out and measure the powder contained in the medicine container 4, divide it into a predetermined number, and package it. Device.

  The medicine dispensing device 1 has various devices built in a housing 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the inside of the housing 10 is divided into a container arrangement area 12, a medicine division area 13, and a medicine packaging area 14.

As shown in FIG. 1, a door portion 16 is provided in a portion forming the outer wall surface of the container arrangement region 12 of the housing 10.
The door portion 16 is a container insertion / removal port for taking the medicine container 4 into / out of the housing 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, a container storage unit 23 that holds the drug container 4 is provided in the container arrangement region 12 of the housing 10.
The container storage unit 23 includes a drum member 25 installed in an upright posture. The drum member 25 is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction.

  A plurality of container setting portions are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drum member 25, and the drug container 4 is held by the container setting portions.

  A container moving means 28 is provided in an area from the container arrangement area 12 to the medicine division area 13. The container moving means 28 is a kind of robot, and has a structure including an arm unit 30 and an elevating mechanism 31, and the arm unit 30 can be moved in the vertical direction by the elevating mechanism 31. That is, the container moving means 28 is a kind of robot, and includes an arm portion 30 that is a robot arm.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the arm unit 30 includes a basic arm member 45 attached to the lifting platform 43 of the lifting mechanism 31, an intermediate arm member 46 attached to the distal end side of the basic arm member 45, and an intermediate arm member 46 has a structure including a hand portion 47 attached to the front end side of 46.

The basic arm member 45 is attached to the lifting platform 43 via a vertical shaft (not shown), and can be rotated in the horizontal direction around the lifting platform 43.
The intermediate arm member 46 is also attached to the distal end of the basic arm member 45 via a vertical shaft (not shown), and can be rotated in the horizontal direction around the distal end of the basic arm member 45.

The hand portion 47 is roughly composed of a trunk portion 48 and a container holding portion 55, which are integrally attached via a mounting bracket 56.
The trunk 48 is attached to the distal end of the intermediate arm member 46 via a vertical shaft (not shown), and can pivot in the horizontal direction around the distal end of the intermediate arm member 46.

  The container holding part 55 includes an electromagnet (not shown) for adsorbing the drug container 4.

In the medicine division region 13, as shown in FIG. 4, in a space located on the rear side of the front door 34 (see FIG. 1), a distribution tray 35, a container placing device (medicine discharging means) 36, and a scraper. A dispensing device 37, a cleaning device 38, a medicine inlet 39, and a camera member (imaging device) 40 are provided.
In the medicine division area 13, a device for dividing the medicine into a desired number by a distribution dish system is arranged.
In the present embodiment, two distribution trays 35 are installed in parallel in the medicine division region 13.
The number of distribution trays 35 is not limited and may be one, but it is desirable to have a plurality of distribution trays 35.

  A container mounting device 36, a scraping device 37, and a cleaning device 38 are provided around each distribution tray 35. Specifically, three container placement devices 36, one scraping device 37, and one cleaning device 38 are associated with one distribution tray 35.

  The scraping device 37 is constituted by a scraping mechanism 27 provided at the tip of the scraping arm 26 with the scraping arm 26. The scraping mechanism 27 includes a disk-shaped scraping plate 57 that rotates by power and a scraping plate 58.

  In the vicinity of the distribution tray 35 and between the two distribution trays 35, a medicine inlet 39 for supplying powder to the medicine packaging region 14 one by one is provided. In FIGS. 2 and 3, the lid 17 is provided at the medicine inlet 39. A lid 17 is provided. The lid 17 is automatically opened when the medicine is introduced into the medicine insertion port 39.

  The distribution tray 35 is provided with a medicine introduction groove 32 that is continuous in an annular shape. The distribution tray 35 can be rotated by a rotation mechanism (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the container mounting device 36 includes a vibration table 50 and weight measuring means (measuring means) 52. The vibration table 50 is provided with vibration means 51, and the vibration table 50 vibrates when the vibration means 51 is energized.

  The vibration table 50 is provided with a container holding means for holding the drug container 4. In this embodiment, a magnet (electromagnet not shown) is adopted as the container holding means.

  The weight measuring means (discharge amount detecting means) 52 measures the weight of the medicine container 4 directly or indirectly.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to place the medicine container 4 on the container placing device 36, vibrate the medicine container 4, and discharge the powder contained in the medicine container 4 to the distribution tray 35. The weight measuring means 52 can detect the change in the weight of the drug container 4 that accompanies the discharge of the powder. In the present embodiment, the weight measuring unit 52 functions as a discharge amount detecting unit, and the discharge amount of the powder is detected by the change in the weight of the drug container 4.

The medicine packaging area 14 is provided with a known medicine packaging device 53 and printing means.
The medicine packaging device 53 is a machine for packaging medicine one by one, and is formed by a sheet supply device and a sealing device. That is, the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is formed into a bag shape to create a sachet, and the powder supplied from the drug dividing region 13 is sealed by the sealing device for each dose with the created sachet. Packaging.
The printing means is a machine for printing predetermined information on the packaging bag.

The medicine container 4 is a container having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and can accommodate powder medicine inside. The medicine container 4 includes a container body 6 and a lid 190 as shown in FIGS. The lid 190 can be removed from the container body 6. In the present embodiment, the lid 190 is removed from the container main body 6 so that one end side of the container main body 6 is greatly opened and filled with powdered medicine.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, the lid 190 can be opened to partially open. The internal powder can be discharged from the opening 188 formed by opening the lid 190.
In addition, iron plates 182 and 183 are attached to the medicine container 4 on two different surfaces, respectively. The iron plate 183 provided on one surface is a part for adsorbing the magnet of the arm unit 30 when the drug container 4 is held by the arm unit 30. Further, the iron plate 182 provided on the other surface is a portion for adsorbing the electromagnet 41 of the container mounting device 36 when it is installed in the container mounting device 36 described later.

Next, the basic operation of the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of this embodiment will be described.
The medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is capable of performing a packaging operation in which information on a prescription is input and the powder is packaged for each dose based on the information.

  That is, the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 is configured to store the medicine container 4 in the container storage section 23, to take out the medicine container 4 from the container storage section 23, to move the taken medicine container 4 to the vicinity of the distribution tray 35, and to the medicine container. The operation of placing 4 on the container mounting device 36, the operation of putting a predetermined amount of medicine into the distribution tray 35, the operation of supplying the medicine from the distribution tray 35 to the medicine packaging device 53 one by one, and the medicine container 4 as a container The operation of returning to the storage unit 23 is automatically performed. These operations are operations controlled by a control unit (not shown).

  As a preparation stage, the medicine container 4 is filled with powdered medicine, and some of them are attached to the container storage part 23 in the container arrangement region 12.

  In the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, information related to the prescription is input, and the packaging work is automatically executed based on the information.

That is, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the medicine container 4 filled with the necessary powder is selected based on the information on the prescription, and the necessary medicine container 4 is loaded from the container storage section 23 into the container mounting by the container moving means 28. It is transported to the placement device 36.
The drug container 4 is held by the electromagnet 41 built in the vibration table 50.
Subsequently, a current having a constant frequency is applied to the vibration means 51 to generate vibration, and the vibration table 50 is vibrated by this vibration.
Further, the distribution tray 35 is rotated before and after the start of vibration.

Before and after the start of vibration, the weight of the drug container 4 is measured by the weight measuring means 52. The weight of the medicine container 4 is obtained by subtracting a certain value from the weight detected by the weight measuring means 52. More specifically, the weight of the medicine container 4 is obtained by subtracting the weight of the member above the weight measuring means 52 of the container mounting device 36 from the detected weight of the weight measuring means 52.
The weight of the drug container 4 immediately after installation on the vibration table 50 is stored as the original weight G. The weight of the medicine container 4 is constantly monitored. That is, the current weight of the medicine container 4 is monitored as the current weight g.

  When the vibration table 50 starts to vibrate, the medicine container 4 vibrates. Here, in the present embodiment, the drug container 4 is firmly joined to the vibration table 50 by the electromagnet 41 and has a high degree of close contact with the vibration table 50, so that the drug container 4 has the same frequency as the vibration table 50. Vibrate. As a result, the powder stored in the medicine container 4 slowly moves toward the opening 188 side, is discharged from the opening 188 and falls.

That the powder is falling is confirmed by a decrease in the weight of the drug container 4. Further, the discharge amount of the powder is detected by the weight measuring means 52. That is, in the present embodiment, the current weight (current weight g) of the drug container 4 is continuously monitored by the weight measuring means 52 even when the powder falls from the opening 188 of the drug container 4. Then, the original weight G of the drug container 4 immediately after installation on the vibration table 50 is compared with the current weight g, and the amount H (G minus g) of the powder is constantly calculated.
Then, when the total amount H of the powder drops reaches a desired weight, the vibration of the shaking table 50 is stopped.
That is, when the current weight g of the medicine container 4 measured by the weight measuring means 52 is reduced by a desired weight with respect to the original weight G before the vibration start measured by the weight measuring means 52, the vibration of the shaking table 50 is stopped. .

Thereafter, the rotation of the distribution tray 35 is stopped. Then, the scraping arm 26 of the scraping device 37 is swung, the tip end side is lowered, the scraping mechanism 27 is lowered, and the disc-shaped scraping plate 57 of the scraping mechanism 27 is placed in the medicine feeding groove of the distribution tray 35. 32.
Further, the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of distributions and scraped to the scraping plate 57. Subsequently, the scraping plate 57 is rotated, the drug is scooped up by the scraping plate 58 and discharged from the distribution tray 35, and the drug is loaded into the drug loading port 39.
The drug charged into the drug loading port 39 drops a powder loading hopper (not shown), is carried to the drug packaging device 53, and is packed by the drug packaging device 53.
This operation is sequentially repeated, all the medicines in the distribution tray 35 are discharged, and each medicine is packed by the medicine packaging device 53.
In parallel with this, the container moving means 28 is activated, and the medicine container 4 is returned to the drum member 25 of the container storage unit 23.

Next, the improvements added to the basic configuration will be described.
An object of the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is to develop a medicine dispensing apparatus capable of automatically cleaning the inside.
The container moving means 28 of the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is a kind of robot, and includes an arm unit 30 and an elevating mechanism 31.
And in this embodiment, the nozzle part 60 of a dust collector is attached to the arm part 30 like FIG. The dust collector is a known vacuum cleaner, and the main body is not shown.
In the present embodiment, the dust collector is operating while the arm unit 30 is operating. The arm unit 30 moves in the space in the housing 10 when moving the medicine container 4. Therefore, the nozzle part 60 moves in the housing | casing 10, and inhales the dust which floats in the air, and the fine powder of a chemical | medical agent.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent dust and other medicines from falling on the distribution tray 35.

In the present embodiment, the cleaning tool 61 can be held by the hand portion 47 of the container moving means 28 as shown in FIG. Although the cleaning instrument 61 is not limited, For example, a brush, a wiping cloth, etc. can be considered. A blower can also be employed for the cleaning device 61.
In FIG. 8, a brush is employed as the cleaning tool 61. Moreover, you may hold | maintain only a small vacuum cleaner or the nozzle part of a vacuum cleaner with the hand part 47. FIG.
These cleaning instruments 61 are stored at predetermined positions in the housing 10. If necessary, the container moving means 28 moves to receive the cleaning tool 61, and holds the cleaning tool 61 by, for example, a magnet (not shown).

Then, for example, the cleaning instrument 61 is pressed against the distribution dish 35 and rubbed to clean the distribution dish 35.
It is also possible to sequentially perform cleaning by replacing the cleaning tool 61.
For example, first, a brush is held as the cleaning instrument 61, the distribution tray 35 is rubbed, and the medicine stuck to the distribution tray 35 is scraped off. Subsequently, the cleaning tool 61 is replaced with a vacuum cleaner, and dust and chemicals remaining on the surface of the distribution tray 35 are sucked out. Finally, the cleaning tool 61 is replaced with a wiping cloth, and the distribution tray 35 is boiled and adsorbed on the dust remaining on the surface or the wiping cloth.
Of course, the scraped dust or the like may be sucked simultaneously with rubbing the distribution tray 35 with a brush. For example, the nozzle part 60 may be attached to the vicinity of the holding part of the cleaning tool 61 and the shavings may be sucked by the nozzle part 60 while rubbing the distribution tray 35 with a brush.

Although the nozzle part of the vacuum cleaner was illustrated as one of the cleaning instruments 61, the shape of the nozzle is arbitrary, and a long one or a cross section of the distribution tray 35 can be considered. Alternatively, a plurality of nozzles having different shapes may be built in the housing 10 and necessary nozzles may be selected and held by the hand unit 47.
Furthermore, you may clean by inserting the nozzle and brush of a cleaner into the clearance gap between container mounting apparatuses 36. FIG.

  In the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the container moving means 28 has dust collecting means, and the inside of the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 can be cleaned with the dust collecting means.

  Further, in the medicine dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment, the container moving means 28 can hold the cleaning tool 61, the container moving means 28 is operated, and the cleaning tool 61 is brought into contact with the internal device, whereby the medicine dispensing device The inside of 1 can be cleaned.

In the above-described embodiment, the arm unit 30 is provided with the nozzle unit 60 and the external dust collector and the nozzle unit 60 are connected. However, the nozzle unit 60 is connected to the blower and blown from the nozzle unit 60 to discharge the medicine. The inside of 1 may be cleaned. In this configuration, the nozzle unit 60 functions as a cleaning tool (a part of the blower).
The dust collecting nozzle and the blower connecting nozzle may be provided separately, and the dust rising from the dust collecting nozzle may be collected while blowing the dust with the blower nozzle.
Further, a blower may be provided outside, and the nozzle unit 60 may be connected so as to be switchable between both the suction side and the discharge side of the blower.
According to this configuration, the nozzle unit 60 is first connected to the discharge side of the blower and blown from the nozzle unit 60, dust and the like in the medicine dispensing device 1 are scattered, and then the nozzle unit 60 is connected to the suction side of the blower and the nozzle Air is sucked from the unit 60 to collect dust flying in the medicine dispensing device 1.

Moreover, in this embodiment, the device made into the subject to prevent that the adhesion | attachment and lump of the medicine in the medicine container 4 are made is made | formed.
That is, in the present embodiment, the vibration generator 62 is attached to the mounting bracket 56 that connects the hand portion 47 and the arm portion 30 of the container moving means 28. The vibration generator 62 is preferably one that generates ultrasonic vibrations.
The vibration generator 62 functions while the drug container 4 moves the drug container 4 from the container storage unit 23 to the vicinity of the distribution dish 35 by the container moving means 28.
While the medicine container 4 moves, the medicine container 4 is vibrated by ultrasonic vibration, and the medicine in the medicine container 4 is loosened.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a container moving means 28, and the container moving means 28 takes out a predetermined medicine container 4 from the container storage section 23 in the container arrangement area 12 and places the container placement apparatus 36 in the medicine division area. The medicine is discharged from the medicine container 4 and placed in the medicine loading groove 32 of the distribution tray 35, and the powder loaded in the distribution tray 35 is scraped out from the medicine loading groove 32 by the scraping device 37 to be a medicine packaging region. It is possible to return the medicine container 4 that has been dropped to the 14 side and finished being discharged to the container storage unit 23 in the container arrangement region 12 by the container moving means 28, and the container moving means 28 has a vibration generator 62, The container 4 can be vibrated to loosen the medicine in the medicine container 4.

Further, the medicine dispensing device according to the prior art has no means for confirming whether or not the medicine is evenly distributed in the medicine feeding groove 32 of the distribution tray 35. Therefore, even if there is a drug lump in the drug container 4 or the distribution of the drug in the drug insertion groove 32 may be unbalanced due to the cause of the vibration of the container mounting device 36 being unbalanced, Could not be detected.
In the present embodiment, a device is devised to confirm whether or not the medicine is evenly distributed in the medicine feeding groove 32 of the distribution tray 35.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the medicine dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment, a distance measuring sensor 65 is provided on the medicine insertion groove 32 of the distribution tray 35.
Here, the distance measuring sensor 65 measures the position of the measuring object, for example, measures the distance between the distance measuring sensor 65 and the measuring object.
In the present embodiment, the distance measuring sensor 65 is on the medicine feeding groove 32 of the distribution tray 35 and measures the distance between the distance measuring sensor 65 and the surface of the medicine feeding groove 32.
For this reason, if a medicine is put in the medicine feeding groove 32, the distance between the position of the medicine and the distance measuring sensor 65 is measured.

  In the present embodiment, the state of the medicine is monitored by the distance measuring sensor 65 while rotating the distribution tray 35. If there is a variation in the height of the drug, an alarm is issued.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has a distance measuring sensor 65 that detects the position of the surface of the distribution tray 35, and detects the height of the powder charged in the distribution tray 35 with the distance measuring sensor 65. .

Further, the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the prior art has no means for confirming whether or not the medicine put into the distribution tray 35 is the medicine that is truly desired. Therefore, there is a concern that the wrong medicine is provided to the patient when the wrong medicine is filled in the medicine container 4 by some mistake.
In the present embodiment, a device is devised to confirm whether or not the medicine put into the distribution tray 35 is the medicine that is really desired.

In the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the spectroscope 66 is provided in the vicinity of the distribution dish 35, and the electromagnetic wave emitted by the powder charged in the distribution dish 35 is detected by the spectroscope 66. It is possible to confirm the type of powder that was put in
If the spectroscope 66 spectrally analyzes the electromagnetic wave emitted by the drug, the drug can be roughly identified. In the present embodiment, the medicine is specified from the electromagnetic wave emitted from the medicine put into the distribution tray 35 and compared with the prescribed medicine. If the two are different, an alarm is issued.

In this embodiment, a camera member (photographing device) 40 is provided as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, it has an imaging device which images the inside of the medicine dispensing device 1, and the inside of the medicine dispensing device 1 is imaged and recorded automatically and regularly by the imaging device.

Next, a modified example of the medicine container will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the drug container 4 is composed of a container main body 6 and a lid 190. The lid 190 is removed and one end side of the container main body 6 is greatly opened to be filled with powdered medicine.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, the lid 190 is opened to open a part thereof, and the powdered powder inside is discharged.
The above-mentioned medicine container 4 is filled with medicine by removing the left lid 190 in FIG. 6, and the medicine is discharged from the same left lid 190 and put into the distribution tray 35.
Since the medicine container 4 described above inputs medicine from one side and discharges medicine from the same side, the old medicine may remain in the back of the container body 6 in some cases.
That is, since the medicine container 4 has the same medicine filling path and dispensing path, the medicine can not be first-in-first-out unless the medicine is completely dispensed.

In this embodiment, a first-in first-out medicine can be obtained by dividing the medicine filling route and the dispensing route, and a device is devised to prevent old medicine from remaining.
Moreover, in this embodiment, the device made into the subject to shake off the fixed chemical | medical agent is made | formed.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a modified medicine container 70.
In addition, the same number is attached | subjected to the member similar to the chemical | medical agent container 4 of previous embodiment.
Also about the medicine container 70 of this embodiment. A container body 71 and a lid 190 are included. The shape and structure of the lid 190 are the same as in the above-described embodiment.
The container main body 71 of the medicine container 70 of the present embodiment has a medicine discharge opening 73 to which a lid 190 is attached and a medicine filling port 72 used when filling the medicine.

The medicine container 70 is installed on the container mounting device 36 in a vertical posture.
The medicine discharge opening 73 is located in the lower part in the height direction with respect to the posture mounted on the container mounting device 36, and is open to one side surface side.
On the other hand, the medicine filling port 72 is at the top in the height direction with respect to the posture mounted on the container mounting device 36, and is open to the top surface. A lid member 75 is attached to the medicine filling port 72.

A sieve portion 76 is provided inside the container body 71. In the present embodiment, the position of the sieve portion 76 in the height direction is between the medicine discharge opening 73 and the medicine filling port 72.
The sieve portion 76 is a plate or wall provided with a large number of small openings such as meshes and lattices.

In the present embodiment, the medicine is filled from the medicine filling port 72 provided in the upper part. And the container main body 71 is shaken as needed. Alternatively, mechanical vibration is applied. As a result, the filled medicine passes through the sieving portion 76 and the lump is eliminated.
When the medicine dropped to the lower part is attached to the container mounting device 36 and is vibrated, it proceeds horizontally toward the medicine discharge opening 73 side of the lid 190 and is discharged from the medicine discharge opening 73.

The container main body 71 of the present embodiment is a vertical container and is discharged from the previously loaded powder.
Further, since the sieve portion 76 is provided inside the container main body 71, the fixed drug can be pulverized and discharged by the mesh and the dropped impact and vibration.

  Moreover, since the container main body 71 is a vertical type, the outer shape of the container moving means 28 and the medicine dispensing device 1 can be reduced.

Next, another modified example of the medicine container will be described.
The above-described medicine container 4 has an opening 188 in the container body by opening the lid 190, and the medicine is discharged from the opening 188.
In the medicine container 4 described above, the size and shape of the opening for discharging the medicine are fixed and cannot be changed.
Further, the route to the opening 188 in the medicine container 4 is also fixed and cannot be changed.

However, the optimum opening diameter and opening shape vary depending on the amount of medicine discharged and the nature of the medicine. Similarly, the cross-sectional shape and planar shape of the path leading to the opening 188 also differ depending on the properties of the medicine.
In this embodiment, the device which makes the subject to change the shape of the chemical | medical agent discharge part (opening 188) which discharge | releases a chemical | medical agent is made | formed.

The appearance shape of the medicine container 80 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the medicine container 4 shown in FIG.
In the medicine container 80 of this embodiment, the shape changing members 81 and 82 can be inserted into the medicine discharge section (opening 188), and the shape of the opening 188 can be changed.

The right figure of Fig.10 (a) represents typically the AA cross section of the chemical | medical agent container 4 of FIG. 6, and the left figure is the arrow line view.
In the medicine container 4, the shape of the medicine discharge part (opening 188) is a rectangle with a low height. Further, the cross-sectional shape of the route leading to the opening 188 is not much different from the shape of the medicine discharge part (opening 188). The planar shape of the path leading to the opening 188 is a rectangle extending over the entire width inside the drug container 4.

The drug container 80 according to the present embodiment is obtained by inserting the shape changing members 81 and 82 into the opening 188.
Here, a medicine container 80 a shown in FIG. 10B is configured by mounting a rectangular parallelepiped shape changing member 81 on both side walls inside the medicine container 4.
In the medicine container 80a, the opening 188 is small. The shape of the opening 188 is a rectangle close to a square.

A medicine container 80 b shown in FIG. 10C is obtained by mounting right-angle trapezoidal shape changing members 82 on both side walls inside the medicine container 4.
In the medicine container 80b, the opening 188 is small. The shape of the opening 188 is reversed, isosceles trapezoidal, and has an inclined surface on the side.
Further, the cross-sectional shape of the route leading to the opening 188 is not much different from the shape of the medicine discharge part (opening 188).

  The medicine container 80 has a medicine discharge section (opening 188) for discharging the medicine inside, and the container placement device 36 vibrates the medicine container 80 to move the medicine in the medicine container 80, and the medicine discharge section. The size of the medicine discharge section and / or the width of the path to the medicine discharge section in the medicine container 80 can be changed.

  The medicine container 80 has a medicine discharge part (opening 188) for discharging the medicine inside, and the container mounting device 36 vibrates the medicine container 80 to move the medicine in the medicine container 80, thereby discharging the medicine. The medicine is discharged from the part, and the shape of the medicine discharge part and / or the cross-sectional shape of the route to the medicine discharge part in the medicine container 80 can be changed.

Each of the drug containers 4, 70, 80 described above has only one drug discharge part (opening 188), but may have a plurality of drug discharge parts.
A drug container 140 shown in FIG. 11 has lids 190 at both ends of the container main body 6 and drug discharge portions (openings 188 a and 188 b) on both sides of the container main body 6.
The two medicine discharge portions (openings 188a and 188b) have different opening sizes, and differ in the amount of medicine that can pass in a given time.
That is, the medicine discharge part (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing has a smaller opening area than the medicine discharge part (opening 188a) on the left side of the drawing.
Therefore, the amount of medicine that can pass through the medicine discharge section (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing in a certain time is smaller than the other.
Not only the area of the opening but also the shape of the opening may be changed.

Further, the path to the medicine discharge part (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing is inclined upward toward the opening 188b.
Therefore, when the medicine moves in the medicine container 140 toward the opening 188b, the resistance applied to the medicine is large.
The drug discharge part (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing is used when a small amount of drug is discharged.

The drug container 140 of this embodiment has a plurality of drug discharge portions (openings 188a, 188b) for discharging the internal drug.
In addition, there are medicine discharge sections with different opening areas and / or opening shapes. The medicine moves through the medicine container 140 and reaches the medicine discharge section, and there is a medicine discharge section with different resistance applied to the medicine before reaching the medicine discharge section.

In the embodiment described above, only the powder is sent to the medicine packaging region 14 and only the powder is packaged one by one. However, a solid medicine such as a tablet or a capsule may be packaged together with the powder.
Hereinafter, this configuration will be described. In the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 described above, a medicine insertion port 39 through which powder medicine scraped out from the distribution tray 35 is introduced into the medicine packaging region 14 is provided.
The medicine dispensing device 85 according to the present embodiment includes a solid medicine feeder 86 that discharges a solid medicine around the medicine inlet 39.
FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a layout of the medicine division area of the medicine dispensing device 85 of the present embodiment.
The medicine dispensing device 85 also has two distribution trays 35, and a medicine insertion port 39 is provided between them.

Three solid drug feeders 86 are provided in the vicinity of the drug inlet 39.
Here, the solid medicine feeder 86 is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-144207, and is a device that dispenses solid medicine such as tablets and capsules one by one.
The solid medicine feeder 86 employed in the present embodiment is a known one, and the external shape is as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14, the solid medicine feeder 86 is composed of a medicine cassette 87 for storing a large number of tablets and a support base 88 on which the medicine cassette is mounted. The medicine cassette 87 is detachable from the support base 88.
The medicine cassette 87 has a housing portion 90 provided with a medicine housing space for housing a large number of tablets, and a rotor 91 is housed in the housing portion 90. A medicine accommodating groove is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor 91, and a plurality of pocket portions are formed in a space between the inner wall of the accommodating portion 90. The plurality of pocket portions have a function of flowing and holding the tablets accommodated in the accommodating portion 90. The medicine storage groove is a groove whose top and bottom are open. The pocket portion is a space in which the opening portion of the drug containing groove is sealed by the inner wall of the containing portion, and the top and bottom are open.
A rotor gear is attached to the rotation shaft of the rotor 91. Further, the container 90 is formed with a drug discharge port at a position where it can communicate with a drug storage groove provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor 91.

On the other hand, a motor 93 such as a geared motor is accommodated in the support base 88, and a drive gear 92 is mounted on the rotation shaft of this motor. The support base 88 has a drive unit that drives the rotor 91 in the medicine cassette 87.
When the motor 93 accommodated in the support base 88 is driven, a rotational force is transmitted from the drive gear 92 to the rotor gear, and the rotor 91 rotates. Then, as the rotor 91 rotates, the tablet in the container is stirred, and the tablet enters the pocket.

  Then, the rotor 91 further rotates and the pocket portion sequentially reaches the medicine discharge port, and the tablets held in the pocket portion are sequentially discharged from the drug discharge port.

In the present embodiment, three solid medicine feeders 86 are provided in the vicinity of the medicine inlet 39. More precisely, three support bases 88 of the solid medicine feeder 86 are fixed in the vicinity of the medicine inlet 39.
As described above, the solid medicine feeder 86 includes the medicine cassette 87 and the support base 88, and the medicine cassette 87 is detachable from the support base 88. In the present embodiment, only the support base 88 is fixed in the vicinity of the medicine inlet 39, and the necessary medicine cassette 87 is mounted on the support base 88.
The medicine cassette 87 is housed in the container placement region 12 in the housing 10 as in the case of the medicine container 4, and is held by the container moving means 28 as needed and transported to the vicinity of the medicine inlet 39 for support. Mounted on the base 88.

The medicine cassette 87 may be mounted on the support base 88 by the user's hand.
For example, the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 has a front door 34 as shown in FIG. The user may manually open the front door 34, insert the medicine cassette 87 into the medicine dispensing apparatus 1 from the outside, and mount the medicine cassette 87 on the support base 88.
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the front door 34 has a small door 33, so that a medicine cassette 87 may be inserted from the small door 33 and attached to the support base 88.

It is desirable that an information storage member such as an RFID is provided in the medicine cassette 87 and information on medicines stored in the medicine cassette 87 is stored in the information storage member.
Further, reading means for reading information from the information storage member is provided on the support base 88 or in the vicinity thereof, and the prescription information and the information of the attached medicine cassette 87 are collated. And when both differ, it is desirable to perform some kind of notification.

In order to improve workability and safety, it is also recommended that the front door 34 or the small door 33 be an automatic door that opens and closes by power.
For example, when the prescription information input to the medicine dispensing device 1 includes a medicine to be supplied from the medicine cassette 87, the front door 34 or one of the small doors 33 is automatically opened. A display lamp (not shown) of any of the support bases 88 is turned on to indicate the support base 88 on which the medicine cassette 87 is to be placed.
A pharmacist or the like inserts the necessary medicine cassette 87 into the apparatus from the front door 34 or the small door 33 and installs it on the designated support base 88.
The medicine dispensing device 1 automatically reads information from the information storage member of the installed medicine cassette 87 and collates the prescription information with the information of the attached medicine cassette 87.
If the attached medicine cassette 87 matches the prescription information, the operation display unit 3 displays, for example, characters and symbols meaning “set complete”.
Then, the opened front door 34 and small door 33 are automatically closed.

Also in the medicine dispensing device 85 of the present embodiment, after the powder is put into the distribution tray 35, the powder is scraped from the distribution tray 35 by the scraping device 37 one by one, and the medicine is put into the medicine inlet 39. At this time, the solid medicine feeder 86 is activated, the patient discharges the solid medicine to be taken at the same time as the powder, and puts the medicine into the medicine inlet 39.
A single dose of powder and solid drug are packaged in the same bag.

  The medicine dispensing device 85 of this embodiment has a solid medicine feeder 86 that contains a solid medicine and discharges a desired number of solid medicines, and has a medicine inlet 39 for injecting medicine on the medicine packaging region 14 side. It is possible to feed a solid medicine into the medicine inlet 39 from the solid medicine feeder 86.

  In addition, a large number of solid medicine feeders 86 in which the medicine cassette 87 and the support base 88 are combined are arranged at positions away from the distribution tray 35, and transported between the medicine cassette 87 and the medicine insertion port 39 by a basket, slope, conveyor, robot, or the like The solid medicines connected by the means and discharged from the solid medicine feeder 86 may be put into the medicine loading port 39 using the transport means. In this case, the medicine inlet 39 may be different from the medicine inlet 39 for feeding powder.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus of the present embodiment has a plurality of solid medicine feeders 86 that contain a solid medicine and discharge a desired number of solid medicines, and the solid medicine feeder 86 is disposed at a predetermined position, and is a medicine packaging region. There is a medicine inlet 39 for injecting medicine on the 14 side, there is a solid medicine moving means for moving the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder 86, and the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder 86 is solid medicine moving means. It is possible to move the medicine and insert it into the medicine inlet 39.

The above-described medicine dispensing device 85 automatically counts solid medicine and puts it into the medicine inlet 39. For example, a dispensing device called a handing device 130 as shown in FIG. 15 is used. Also good.
The hand-rolling device 130 has a hand-made scissors member 131, and a splitter 132 is provided therebelow. The hand-operated scissors member 131 has a large number of divided scissors 133 that are square-shaped in front view and open to the top surface side, and each of the split scissors members 131 is opened by opening a shutter (not shown) provided at the bottom. The medicine accommodated in the basket 133 can be dispensed to the lower divider 132 side.

  The divider 132 has a large number of divided gavel 135 that are partitioned in a grid shape like the divided gavel 133. A shutter is also provided for the division gavel 135 of the divider 132.

The user pours the solid medicine into the hand-made scissors member 131 for each dose. Then, the shutter provided at the lower part of the hand-made scissors member 131 is opened, and all the solid medicine is transferred to the divider 132 side.
Then, the shutters of the divider 132 are opened one by one, and the solid medicine is put into the medicine feeding port 39 through a hopper and a transport mechanism (not shown).

  Moreover, you may use together the tablet delivery apparatus independent from the above-mentioned chemical | medical agent delivery apparatuses 1 and 85. FIG. For example, a medicine packaging device (hereinafter referred to as another medicine packaging device) as disclosed in JP 2007-246114 A is used in combination with the medicine dispensing devices 1 and 85. In addition, the other medicine packaging device disclosed in JP 2007-246114 A has a function of automatically counting and packaging solid medicine. Moreover, this medicine packaging apparatus can also package powder medicine.

For example, when the control device of the medicine dispensing device 1 or 85 receives the prescription and it is determined that the prescription cannot be satisfied by the medicine dispensing device 1 or 85 alone because the prescription contains a tablet, the solid medicine dedicated portion The contents of the prescription are automatically transmitted to the packaging device, and tablets and the like are packaged by the solid medicine dedicated packaging device.
In addition, when the usage state of the medicine dispensing devices 1 and 85 is crowded and the patient waiting time is long, for example, or when the medicine dispensing devices 1 and 85 are out of order, the medicine dispensing devices 1 and 85 are used. It is also conceivable that the unprocessed prescriptions waiting from the unprocessed prescription list stored in the control device 1,85 can be canceled by the user's manual operation.
When the execution of the prescription is canceled by a manual operation, the medicine dispensing apparatuses 1 and 85 are changed to a state in which the user can select another medicine dispensing apparatus or a packaging machine owned by the user. The user determines a medicine dispensing device and a packaging machine and causes an unprocessed prescription to be executed by the selected packaging machine.

The drug dispensing devices 1 and 85 described above, in principle, process the prescriptions received by the device in the order in which they are received and wrap the drugs one by one. In the case of having sex, the drugs may be packaged in order of priority.
Further, in the medicine dispensing devices 1 and 85 described above, for example, when 18 doses are prescribed, the 18 doses are continuously packaged, but only a few doses are exceptionally packed into the drug containers 4, 80. May be directly fed into the drug inlet 39.

That is, when there is a problem with a part of the packaging result (foreign matter contamination, printing failure, etc.) or when the bag is torn, there are cases where it is desired to repackage several packages.
Here, when dispensing powder, in principle, it is necessary to distribute the medicine after distributing the medicine to the distribution tray 35. Therefore, even if you want to re-packaging by interruption, you must wait until the distribution tray 35 is empty. It was.
Therefore, if the medicine container 4, 80 can be put directly into the medicine inlet 39, the medicine can be packaged even when the distribution tray 35 is in use.
In this case, the medicine containers 4, 80 are placed on the container placement device 36 and vibrated, and the medicines are separated from the medicine containers 4, 80 for each dose and discharged into the medicine inlet 39.
It is desirable to install the container mounting device 36 at a position where only one can be used for interrupt packaging of a small number of packages, and the drug can be directly discharged from the drug containers 4 and 80 to the drug inlet 39.

In the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the container mounting device 36 is mounted at a position where only one medicine can be dispensed directly from the medicine containers 4, 80 to the medicine packaging area 14 for interruption packaging of a few packages.
In the case of urgent minority packaging, even if the dispensing tray 35 is in use, it can be packaged while being measured directly from the container mounting device 36.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment acts on the medicine containers 4, 80 to discharge the medicine from the medicine containers 4, 80, and places the medicine into the medicine loading groove 32 of the distribution dish 35. And a container mounting device 36 for dispensing trays is used, or a container mounting device 36 dedicated for minority distribution is separately provided and the container mounting device 36 dedicated for minority distribution is used, and the drug container 4 , 80, the medicine can be discharged for each dose.

The inside of the housing 10 of the medicine dispensing device is desirably adjusted so that the temperature and humidity are in a certain range.
Specifically, it is desirable to provide a heater, a cooler, a humidifier, and a dehumidifier, and adjust the temperature and humidity to be in a certain range.
That is, it is recommended to have a humidity adjusting means and maintain the internal humidity within a certain range.

  As described above, the conventional medicine dispensing device is a combination of a distribution tray and a powder feeder as disclosed in Patent Document 1, or a V 枡 as disclosed in Patent Documents 3 and 4. The method is adopted. When using an old medicine dispensing device, the pharmacist checks the doctor's prescription, removes the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powder from the medicine shelf, and uses a scale such as a balance to prescribe a specific powder. It was necessary to weigh out the total weight. As described above, the conventional medicine dispensing device is troublesome because it is necessary to manually perform the operation of measuring the powder.

The aspect regarding the powder weighing device described below addresses this problem, and proposes a new powder weighing device and aims to simplify the packaging operation.
An aspect relating to the medicine packaging system proposes a medicine packaging system in which a new powder weighing device and a conventional medicine packaging device are combined.

In any of the drug dispensing devices of the above-described embodiments, the drug container 4 (or other types of drug containers is the same hereinafter) is held and moved by the container moving means 28. The medicine discharged from 4 may be discharged by the moving means.
FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 that realizes this configuration.
The medicine dispensing apparatus 100 includes an array shelf 101, and a plurality of pairs of powder discharge units 105 in which the medicine container 4 and the container placement device 36 are paired are installed on the array shelf 101.
A measuring instrument (measuring means) 102 is installed in the vicinity of the array shelf 101. A temporary container 107 is placed on the weighing instrument 102. The temporary container 107 has a dish shape, for example.

The medicine dispensing device 100 also has a distribution tray 35 and a medicine inlet 39, as in the previous embodiment.
The medicine dispensing apparatus 100 also has a robot 106.
In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, a powder feeder 201 is installed in the vicinity of the distribution tray 35. As shown in FIG. 17, the powder feeder 201 includes an input hopper 205 and a powder feeder 206.
The powder feeder 206 is provided with two piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 under the trough 210 and vibrates the trough 210.

In the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the container placement device 36 in the arrangement shelf 101 is activated according to the prescription, and the medicine is discharged from the medicine container 4. The discharged medicine falls into the temporary container 107 by a bag not shown.
The amount of the medicine discharged from the medicine container 4 is monitored by both the container mounting device 36 and the measuring instrument 102. When a predetermined amount of powder falls into the temporary container 107, the container mounting device 36 stops.
Then, the temporary container 107 is carried to the vicinity of the charging hopper 205 of the powder feeder 201 by the robot 106, and the powder in the temporary container 107 is charged into the charging hopper 205.
Thereafter, the piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 of the powder feeder 206 are activated to vibrate the trough 210. As a result, the powder slowly moves to the tip side of the trough 210 and is rectified. Finally, the powder that moves at the top reaches the tip of the trough 210, and the powder that moves at the top falls to the distribution tray 35 from the tip of the trough 210.
The subsequent operation is the same as in the previous embodiment.
A conveyor or the like can be used instead of the robot 106.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes a powder feeder 201 that gradually drops powder in the vicinity of the distribution dish 35, and a medicine discharge device (container placement) that discharges the medicine from the medicine container 4 by acting on the medicine container 4. Device 36), a temporary container 107 for receiving the drug discharged from the drug container 4, and a temporary container transfer means (robot 106) for transferring the temporary container 107 to the powder feeder 201. Is discharged from the medicine container, the powder is put into the temporary container 107, the temporary container 107 is moved to the powder feeder 201 by the temporary container conveying means, and the powder is put into the distribution tray 35 from the powder feeder 201.

Further, like the medicine dispensing device 120 shown in FIG. 18, a plurality of powder discharge units 105 in which the medicine container 4 and the container placement device 36 are paired are arranged on the distribution tray 35 in a plurality of stages in a radial manner. Things are also conceivable.
In the medicine dispensing device 120, the container placement device 36 in the arrangement shelf 101 is activated according to the prescription, and the medicine is discharged from the medicine container 4. The discharged medicine falls onto the distribution tray 35 by a wrinkle (not shown).
The subsequent operation is the same as in the previous embodiment.

  Further, these modified examples will be described. A medicine dispensing device 121 shown in FIG. 19 is a device in which a container mounting device (medicine discharging means) 36 is installed in the vicinity of a measuring instrument (measuring means) 102. The container mounting device 36 employed in the present embodiment is basically the same as that shown in FIG. 5 described above, but the weight measuring means (measuring means) 52 is not essential.

In the present embodiment, the medicine container 4 is arranged in the array shelf 101. In the present embodiment, the robot 106 functions as a medicine container transport unit that transports the medicine containers 4 from the arrangement shelf 101 to the container placement device 36.
In the present embodiment, the necessary medicine containers 4 are taken out from the array shelf 101 by the robot 106 and installed in the container placing device (medicine discharging means) 36.
Then, the container mounting device 36 is activated and the medicine is discharged from the medicine container 4. The discharged medicine falls directly into the temporary container 107.
The amount of the medicine discharged from the medicine container 4 is monitored by the measuring instrument 102. When a predetermined amount of powder falls into the temporary container 107, the container mounting device 36 stops.

The medicine dispensing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 16 and the medicine dispensing apparatus 121 shown in FIG. 19 have a function of weighing medicines, a function of dividing medicines, and a function of individually packaging medicines.
Of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 16 and the medicine dispensing apparatus 121 shown in FIG. 19, it is also possible to produce only the part of the function of weighing medicine alone.
That is, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 16, the powder weighing device 500 is configured by the array shelf 101, the measuring instrument (measuring means) 102, and the powder discharge unit 105 in the array shelf 101.
Further, in the medicine dispensing apparatus 121 shown in FIG. 19, the array shelf 101, the measuring instrument (measuring means) 102, the robot (medicine container transporting means) 106, and the container mounting device (medicine) disposed in the vicinity of the measuring instrument 102. The discharging means) 36 constitutes the powder weighing device 501.

  FIG. 20 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a medicine packaging system 122 using the powder weighing devices 500 and 501. In FIG. 20, the powder weighing device 500 shown in FIG. 16 is shown as a representative, but the powder weighing device 501 shown in FIG. 19 may be used instead. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 21 and the subsequent drawings, any one of the powder weighing devices 500 and 501 is illustrated, but which one is adopted is arbitrary.

The medicine packaging system 122 includes a powder weighing device 500, a weighing dish moving conveyor (temporary container transport means) 103, and a medicine packaging device 125. The medicine packaging device 125 employs a distribution dish system.
The weighing dish moving conveyor 103 is a conveying device provided between the powder weighing device 500 and the medicine packaging device 125, and a weighing plate reversing device (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the medicine packaging device 125.
The drug packaging device 125 includes a powder distribution device (drug dividing unit) 902 and a drug packaging device (drug packaging unit) 903.
The powder distribution device 902 has a hopper (medicine charging unit) 905 for charging powder, and divides the powder charged in the hopper 905 into a predetermined number.
The medicine packaging device 903 individually packages the divided powders.
As described above, the powder weighing device 500 takes out the powder from the drug container 4 by the drug discharging means and transfers it to the temporary container 107. The weight of the powder transferred to the temporary container 107 is directly measured by the measuring instrument 102 as the weight measuring means. And a medicine discharge control means for executing an operation of transferring a predetermined amount of powder to the temporary container 107.
Then, the temporary container 107 to which a predetermined amount of powder has been transferred is conveyed to the vicinity of the medicine packaging device 125 by the weighing dish moving conveyor 103, and the temporary container 107 is placed in an inclined posture by a weighing dish inversion device (not shown). Powder is charged into the charging unit 905. The medicine is divided into a predetermined number by the medicine packaging device 125 and individually packaged.

FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram showing another example of a medicine packaging system using powder weighing devices 500 and 501.
A drug packaging system 123 shown in FIG. 21 includes a powder weighing device (drug weighing means) 501, a weighing dish moving conveyor (temporary container conveying means) 103, and a drug packaging device 126. The medicine packaging device 126 employs the V-type method.
The V-type drug packaging apparatus has a V-shaped (long powder input portion) 930 that is elongated in the horizontal direction. A plurality of divided containers 931 are arranged below the V-shaped container.
In the V-type medicine packaging device, the powder for multiple doses is weighed, and the powder for multiple doses is put into the V-930. After that, spread the powder evenly with a spatula. Then, the shutter provided at the lower part of the V ３０ 930 is opened, and the powder in the V 枡 930 is put into the lower divided container 931. And the powder medicine in each division | segmentation container 931 is packaged separately.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing an example of another medicine packaging system 301 using the powder weighing device 500 or the powder weighing device 501.
The medicine packaging system 301 of the present embodiment includes a powder weighing device 500, a medicine packaging device 305, and a weighing dish moving device (temporary container transport means) 306.
The medicine packaging apparatus 305 is a known distribution dish type medicine packaging apparatus.

  The weighing pan moving device 306 is a known robot. The weighing pan moving device 306 functions as a temporary container moving means for taking out the temporary container 107 from a temporary container storage shelf (not shown) and placing it on the measuring instrument 102, and transports the temporary container 107 from the measuring instrument 102 to the medicine packaging device 305. It functions as a temporary container conveying means.

In the embodiment described above, a distribution dish type medicine packaging apparatus is employed as the medicine packaging apparatus 305, but the form of the medicine packaging apparatus is arbitrary. FIG. 23 is a perspective view in the case where a V-type drug packaging device 307 is employed as the drug packaging device.
It is also possible to move the temporary container 107 taken out from the weight measuring means 22 by the weighing pan moving device 306 to the V-shaped type drug packaging device 307 and tilt the temporary container 107 into the V-shaped portion 308 to put powdered medicine. is there. Thereafter, the powder in the vaginal can be manually leveled, or a method of automatically leveling the powder may be employed.

In the embodiment described above, the container mounting device 36 is employed as the medicine discharging means, and the medicine container 4 is vibrated to take out the powder. In the present embodiment, the container placement device 36 serving as the medicine discharge means is an external force applying means that applies an external force to the medicine container 4 to vibrate, and the external medicine is sprayed from the medicine container 4 by vibration caused by the external force applied to the medicine container 4. Are to be discharged.
As other medicine discharging means, a method of putting an instrument into the medicine container 4 and scraping out the powder, or a method of incorporating a spiral conveyor or the like in the medicine container and driving the spiral conveyor or the like from the outside can be considered.
For example, there are a scraping member and a spiral conveyor as a part of the medicine discharging means, and the scraping member and the spiral conveyor are in the medicine container. The powder is discharged from the powder discharge unit by driving the scraping member and the spiral conveyor in the drug container by external force applying means such as a motor provided outside.
A motor may be built in the medicine container. A motor may be externally attached to the medicine container. The medicine may be discharged from the medicine container using air pressure or wind.

  Further, a method is also conceivable in which a spiral groove serving as a part of the drug discharge means is provided on the inner surface of the drug container, and the drug container is rotated by the external force applying means to discharge the powder.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,85 Drug delivery apparatus 4,70,80,140 Drug container 10 Housing | casing 12 Container arrangement | positioning area | region 13 Drug division | segmentation area | region 14 Drug packaging area | region 28 Container moving means 30 Arm part 32 Drug insertion groove 35 Distribution tray 36 Container mounting apparatus ( Drug discharge means)
39 Drug inlet 40 Camera member (imaging device)
47 Hand unit 50 Shaking table 52 Weight measuring means (measuring means)
53 Drug packaging device 60 Nozzle part 61 Cleaning tool 62 Vibration generator 65 Distance sensor 66 Spectrometer 81, 82 Shape change member 86 Solid drug feeder 102 Meter (measuring means)
103 Weighing pan moving conveyor (Temporary container transport means)
107 Temporary Containers 122, 123, 301 Drug Packaging System 500, 501 Powder Weighing Device

Claims (11)

A drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a drug container, divides it into a predetermined number, and further wraps and discharges it separately.
There are container placement area, medicine division area, medicine packaging area,
A container storage device for installing and storing a plurality of drug containers is provided in the container arrangement area,
In the medicine dividing region, a medicine feeding groove is provided and is rotated by power, a scraping device for scraping the powder medicine put into the medicine feeding dish from the medicine feeding groove, and a medicine container are placed on the medicine container. In the medicine dispensing device provided with a container mounting device that acts to discharge the medicine from the medicine container,
A container moving means is provided, and a predetermined medicine container is taken out from the container storage device in the container arrangement area by the container moving means and placed on the container placing apparatus in the medicine dividing area, and the medicine is discharged from the medicine container. Put it into the medicine loading groove, scrape the powder put into the distribution tray by the scraping device and drop it to the medicine packaging area side,
The discharged medicine container can be returned to the container storage device in the container arrangement area by the container moving means,
The medicine dispensing device, wherein the container moving means is provided with a dust collecting means and / or a cleaning tool.   2. The medicine dispensing according to claim 1, wherein the container moving means has dust collecting means, and the dust collecting means is moved by the container moving means to collect dust and drug powder floating in the air. apparatus. The container mounting device vibrates the drug container,
The medicine container has a medicine discharge part for discharging the medicine inside, and a medicine filling port for filling the medicine inside,
Based on the posture of the state where the medicine container is installed on the container mounting device, the medicine filling port is located above the medicine discharge part, and is inside the medicine container, and the height of the medicine filling port and the medicine discharge The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a sieve portion is provided at a height position between the portions. It has a container mounting device for loading a distribution dish that acts on the drug container to discharge the drug from the drug container and is loaded into the drug loading groove of the distribution tray, and uses the container mounting device for loading the distribution dish, Alternatively, a container placement device dedicated to minority distribution is separately provided, and the container placement device dedicated to minority distribution is used, so that the medicine can be discharged from the medicine container one by one. The medicine dispensing device according to any one of 1 to 3.
A powder weighing device for taking out a predetermined amount of powder from a drug container,
A drug discharging means for acting on the drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container, a temporary container for receiving the powder discharged from the drug container, and a weighing means;
Place the temporary container on the weighing means,
Monitor the amount of powder discharged from the drug container with the measuring means,
A powder weighing apparatus characterized in that a desired amount of powder is discharged from a drug container by a drug discharging means and the powder is charged into a temporary container. A drug discharging means for acting on the drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container; a temporary container for receiving the powder discharged from the drug container; a weighing means; and a temporary container transport means for transporting the temporary container;
Place the temporary container on the weighing means,
Monitor the amount of powder discharged from the drug container with the measuring means,

A powder weighing apparatus characterized in that a desired amount of powder is discharged from a drug container by a drug discharge means, the powder is put into a temporary container, and the temporary container is moved by a temporary container transport means. The drug container has a powder storage part for storing powder and a powder discharge part for discharging powder.
7. The powder weighing unit according to claim 5 or 6, wherein a part or all of the medicine discharging means is in the medicine container, and the medicine is taken out from the powder discharging part by driving the medicine discharging means in the medicine container. apparatus.   8. The powder medicine according to claim 5, wherein the medicine discharge means has an external force applying means for applying an external force to the medicine container, and the medicine discharge means applies an external force to the medicine container to discharge the powder medicine. Weighing device. The drug container has a powder storage part for storing powder and a powder discharge part for discharging powder.
The medicine discharging means is a vibrating means for vibrating the medicine container installation part, and the weight measuring means is for indirectly monitoring the weight of the powder transferred to the temporary container from the weight change of the medicine container. A powder weighing device according to any one of claims 5 to 8. A drug discharging device that acts on the drug container to discharge the powder from the drug container; a temporary container that receives the powder discharged from the drug container; a measuring instrument; and a temporary container transport means for transporting the temporary container,
Place the temporary container on the weighing instrument,
Monitor the amount of powder discharged from the drug container with a meter.
Discharge the desired amount of powder from the drug container with the drug discharge device and put the powder into the temporary container.
A powder weighing device, wherein the temporary container is moved by the temporary container conveying means.   A powder weighing device according to any one of claims 5 to 10, and a medicine packaging device for dividing the medicine into a desired number and individually packaging the medicine, and manually or automatically dispensing the medicine in the temporary container. A medicine packaging system characterized in that it can be put into a packaging apparatus.

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