JP2018164724A5 - - Google Patents

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Medicine shelf device and medicine packaging unit

The present invention relates to a medicine rack device in which a tablet container containing tablets is installed and tablets are supplied to a device for packaging and sorting drugs. Further, the present invention relates to a drug packaging unit provided with such a drug rack device and a packaging device.

There is known a medicine rack device used in combination with a drug packaging device that wraps a drug such as a tablet or powder for each dose. This type of medicine rack can hold a plurality of tablet containers containing tablets, and supplies the tablets discharged from the tablet containers to the drug packaging device.
For example, as such a medicine shelf device, a medicine shelf device (tablet cassette shelf) disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known.

The tablet cassette shelf disclosed in Patent Document 1 forms a part of the drug packaging device, and is integrally formed with the portion for packaging the drug. A plurality of tablet cassettes (drug containers) containing tablets can be placed (attached) on the tablet cassette shelf, and the tablets in the tablet cassette can be supplied to the portion for packaging the drug.

Japanese Patent No. 4505199

By the way, in pharmacies that operate drug packaging devices, a large number of visitors may visit, and there is a demand for faster packaging operations.
However, the conventional medicine rack device has room for improvement from the viewpoint of performing the tablet feeding operation more quickly. That is, there is room for improvement from the viewpoint of efficiently carrying out the operation for drug packaging and the operation related thereto.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a medicine rack device capable of further speeding up the operation. Another object of the present invention is to provide a drug packaging unit equipped with a drug rack device and a packaging device.

One aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems is a medicine shelf device that discharges a desired number of tablets and supplies them to other devices, and includes a container attachment portion to which a plurality of tablet containers can be attached and a plurality of tablets. The tablet supply route is provided with a receiving portion for receiving the tablet supplied through the tablet supply route, and a tablet extrusion piece portion for pushing and moving the tablet received by the receiving portion. A container specifying operation for specifying the tablet container containing the tablet to be supplied to the receiving portion based on the data on the formulation, which forms a route for supplying the tablet supplied from the tablet container to the receiving portion. The drug shelf device is characterized in that the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion is changed according to the tablet supply route corresponding to the specified tablet container.
Further, a related aspect is a medicine shelf device that discharges a desired number of medicines and supplies them to other devices, and is a container mounting portion on which a plurality of tablet containers can be mounted and a tablet transport that transports tablets to a predetermined position. It has an apparatus and a plurality of tablet supply paths, and the tablet supply path forms a path for supplying tablets supplied from the corresponding tablet container to the tablet transfer device. A tablet specifying operation is performed to specify the tablet container containing the tablet to be supplied, which is provided with a tablet extrusion piece for pushing and moving the tablet, based on data on the formulation, and the tablet supply path corresponding to the specified tablet container is used. It is a medicine rack device characterized in that the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion is changed accordingly.

The term "tablet" as used herein includes not only a drug compressed into a certain shape but also a general solid preparation formed in the form of granules such as capsules, and the same applies to the following description.
According to this aspect, the operation of supplying tablets to the drug packaging device can be speeded up as compared with the case where the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece is set to a fixed position, which is preferable.

The above-mentioned aspect includes a tablet transport device for transporting tablets to a predetermined position, the tablet transport device includes a primary transport unit, and the primary transport unit is in a direction from the medicine rack device side to the other device side. It is a portion for transporting a tablet in a direction intersecting with, and has the receiving portion and the tablet extrusion piece portion, and the primary transport portion moves the tablet extrusion piece portion in the transport direction, and the tablet extrusion piece portion is moved. The tablet is pushed and moved by the tablet extrusion piece portion to be conveyed, and each of the tablet supply routes supplies the tablet to a different position of the receiving portion, and the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion is It is preferable to include a reference standby position on the upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extruded piece portion and a change standby position located on the downstream side of the reference standby position.
In other words, the tablet transport device includes a primary transport unit, and the primary transport unit is a portion that transports tablets in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine rack device side toward the other device side, and is supplied. It has a receiving portion for receiving the tablet and the tablet extrusion piece portion, and the primary transport portion moves the tablet extrusion piece portion in the transport direction and pushes and moves the tablet by the tablet extrusion piece portion to transport the tablet. Each of the tablet supply paths supplies tablets to different positions of the receiving portion, and the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion is on the upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extrusion piece portion. It is preferable to include the reference standby position of the above and the change standby position located on the downstream side of the reference standby position.

Further, the above-described aspect includes a tablet transport device for transporting tablets to a predetermined position, and the tablet transport device includes a primary transport unit and a secondary transport unit, and tablets supplied from the respective tablet containers. The primary transport unit is a portion that transports tablets in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine shelf device side to the other device side, and the secondary transport unit is a medicine shelf. The tablet is transported from the device side toward the other device side, and the operation of transporting the tablet in the primary transport unit and then in the secondary transport unit and the operation of transporting the tablet in the primary transport unit. It is preferable that each of the operations of transporting by the secondary transporting unit is possible without doing so.

According to this preferable aspect, even when a large number of tablet containers are installed, the tablet supply operation can be speeded up.
That is, in the conventional medicine rack device, if the portion where the tablet container is installed is enlarged in order to install a large number of tablet containers, the tablet container is arranged in various places in a wide range, and the tablet is placed in a predetermined position. There is a problem that it takes time to transport to.
On the other hand, according to the aspect, since there are a plurality of transport paths and the primary transport unit can be short-cut to transport, the time required for transport is short.

Further, in the above-mentioned aspect, it is preferable that the other device is a device for supplying the drug to the tray in which the storage recess for storing the drug is formed.

Another aspect of the present invention is a drug packaging unit provided with a packaging device and the above-mentioned drug shelf device, which has a display device for displaying various information, and the container mounting portion is individually provided. It has a plurality of individual installation parts where the tablet container is installed, and based on the data on the formulation, the tablet to be used that is likely to be used for a specified period and the tablet container for storing the tablet are specified. It is feasible, the display device is capable of displaying a recommended container presentation screen, and the recommended container presentation screen includes at least an installation status display unit indicating the installation status of the tablet container in the container mounting portion. In the installation status display unit, the container mounting portion is schematically shown, and the individual installation portion in which the tablet container for storing the tablet specified in the tablet prediction operation to be used is not installed is highlighted. It is a drug packaging unit characterized by this.

According to this aspect, it is possible to store (attach) the tablet container, which is likely to be used, in the container attachment portion in advance before performing the packaging operation, and the work (attachment work) is easy. Can be achieved. Then, by preferentially storing the frequently used tablets in the container mounting portion from the tablet container, it becomes possible to automatically supply the majority of the tablets used in the packaging operation to the drug packaging device. The number of operations of manually supplying the tablets to the drug packaging device can be reduced. As a result, the speed of the packaging operation can be increased.

In this aspect, the recommended container presentation screen further includes a planned tablet display unit that displays a list of tablets specified in the used tablet prediction operation, and the installation status display unit and the planned tablet display unit are simultaneously displayed. It is a screen to be visually displayed, and it is more preferable that the tablet not contained in the tablet container installed in the container mounting portion is highlighted in the scheduled tablet display unit.

Further, in this aspect, it is preferable that the packaging device is a device that supplies the drug to the tray in which the storage recess for storing the drug is formed.
Yet another aspect of the present invention is a medicine rack device for discharging a desired number of tablets from a tablet container containing tablets and supplying the tablets to other devices, which comprises a plurality of tablet supply routes and the tablet supply route. The tablet supply route includes a receiving portion for receiving the tablets supplied through the above, and a tablet extrusion piece portion for pushing and moving the tablets received by the receiving portion, and the tablet supply route receives the tablets supplied from the tablet container. A path for supplying to the stop portion is formed, and a position on the upstream side of the drop position of the tablet supplied from the tablet supply path located on the most upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extrusion piece is used as a reference position. Then, based on the data on the prescription, a container specifying operation for specifying the tablet container containing the tablet to be supplied to the receiving portion is performed, and based on the result of the container specifying operation, downstream from the reference position. It is a medicine rack device characterized in that the position on the side is a standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a drug shelf device capable of further speeding up the operation when transporting a drug to a predetermined position, and a drug packaging unit.

It is a perspective view which shows the packaging device with medicine shelves which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the packing device with a medicine shelf of FIG. 1, and shows the medicine packaging device schematically and transparently. It is a conceptual diagram which shows typically how the tablet moves inside the cassette shelf when the tablet is supplied from the tablet cassette shelf of FIG. 2 to the drug packaging apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the tablet feeding device of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of the one-sided tablet receiving part of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode that the rotating plate part rotates inside the one-sided tablet receiving part of FIG. 4, (a) shows the state which the lower side of the tablet introduction space is blocked by the rotating plate part, and (a) b) shows a state in which the lower side of the tablet introduction space is open. It is a perspective view which shows the lateral transport part, and the part of the wall-like part located in the upper front is omitted. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of the lateral transport part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the internal structure of the drop path forming part and its periphery of FIG. 4, and is the figure which omits the wall-like part located on the front side of the drop path forming part, and is the figure (a) Shows the appearance from different directions. It is sectional drawing which shows the main part of the internal structure of a tablet extrusion part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which the tablet is conveyed in the tablet extrusion part, (a) shows the state which the tablet transfer apparatus takes a 1st standby posture, (b) is the state of (a), the whole tablet transfer apparatus The state of moving to the tablet carry-out port side is shown, and (c) shows the state of moving only the transport body part from the state of (b) to the tablet carry-out port side. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically while partially passing through the upper part of the tablet cassette shelf of FIG. 2 seen from the back side, and (a) and (b) are the appearance that the tablet extrusion piece part is waiting at a different position. Is shown. It is a figure which shows the recommended cassette screen. It is a figure which shows the screen for data adjustment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. The following embodiments are examples embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these examples. Further, the front-back, up-down, and left-right directions will be described with reference to the posture shown in FIG. 1 unless otherwise specified.

As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf (drug packaging unit) of the present embodiment includes a drug packaging device 2 (packaging device, other equipment) and a tablet cassette shelf 350 (medicine packaging device). It has. Then, these drug packaging devices 2 and the tablet cassette shelf 350 are integrally attached to each other.

The drug packaging device 2 includes a packaging unit 5 and a monitor (display device, hereinafter also referred to as an operation display unit) (not shown).
The drug packaging device 2 packages the prescribed tablets for each dose in a so-called blister pack type tray (for example, a tray having storage recesses divided into squares by 7 rows and 4 columns). That is, the drug wrapping device 2 sorts and supplies tablets for each dose to each of the storage recesses formed in the tray in a square shape, and puts a lid sheet (lid portion) on the open surface of the tray. It is a device that wraps tablets by sticking them.

The drug packaging device 2 is capable of an automatic packaging operation for automatically packaging tablets supplied from the tablet cassette shelf 350. Further, the tablets not stored in the tablet container 360 (details will be described later) stored in the tablet cassette shelf 350 are supplementarily and manually supplied (so-called manual packaging), and then the tablets are manually packaged in a tray. The wrapping operation is possible.
The operation of attaching the lid sheet may be manually performed by the operator.

The packaging portion 5 has a drawer portion 5a that can be pushed in and pulled out from the stored state. Then, the tray containing the tablets can be taken out from the packaging portion 5.

The operation display unit is a so-called touch panel, and is formed by combining a display device such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input device such as a touch pad.

Here, in the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf, a control device (not shown) such as a substrate is built in both or one of the medicine packaging device 2 and the tablet cassette shelf 350.
Then, the external device (mobile phone, PC (personal computer), tablet PC, other dispensing device) and the built-in control device are made capable of transmitting and receiving data (signals) to each other via a communication network. This makes it possible to build a drug provision business support system.
The above-mentioned control device and the mobile phone, PC, tablet-type PC, etc. of the above-mentioned device include arithmetic means composed of an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU, and information storage means composed of a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk. It has a structure provided. Further, the structure is provided with a signal transmitting / receiving means composed of an interface circuit or the like for transmitting / receiving data (signal) to / from the outside.

From this, for example, when data on prescription is input on an external PC, data on prescription for use in the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf (hereinafter, simply referred to as prescription data) is created, and based on this prescription data. It is possible to execute various operations (details will be described later) of the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf.

This prescription data may be created by a user of the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf, such as a pharmacist, by directly inputting data on the prescription into the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf.

The prescription data may also include information about the patient being given the drug, information identifying the prescribed drug, information about the date the drug was provided, information about the number of days taken, and information about when to take the drug. .. Further, the information may be formed by associating these information.
Further, the above-mentioned information about the patient may include data such as a patient ID, a patient name represented by Chinese characters or kana characters, a date of birth, an address, and a telephone number.
In addition, the above-mentioned information for identifying the prescribed drug includes the drug ID, the drug name, the information for specifying the tablet container 360 to be stored (cassette Nо, container ID, etc.), the administration start date (dispensing date), and the number of administration days. , Dosage (use amount), number of packages provided, and other data may be included. In addition, data for identifying the provider of the drug (institution name, facility name, department name, etc., for example, medical institution name, clinical department name, etc.) may be included.
Further, based on the prescription, information for specifying whether or not the packaging operation has already been performed by the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf may be included.
The above-mentioned information regarding the timing of administration is information for specifying whether to take the provided drug in the morning, noon, or night.

The packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf or the storage means of the external device may store information on the inventory amount (tablet storage amount) of each tablet container 360 that can be held in the container attachment portion 361. That is, the inventory amount may be calculated and stored based on the prescription data each time the packaging operation is performed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tablet cassette shelf 350 includes a container mounting portion 361 for holding a plurality of tablet containers 360, and a tablet feeding device 362 (tablet transporting device) located below the container mounting portion 361. It has a structure.
The tablet cassette shelf 350 of the present embodiment holds different types (two types) of tablet containers 360.
The tablet container 360 includes a storage unit for storing tablets and a rotor (not shown), and the stored tablets can be discharged one by one to the tablet drop path 660 (see FIG. 12 to be described in detail later). ..
In the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf, a part of the front side of the tablet supply device 362 is inserted into a connecting port (not shown) formed on the back side of the medicine packaging device 2. Further, the front end side of the tablet extrusion path 484 (detailed later) of the tablet supply device 362 is arranged inside the drug packaging device 2. That is, the tablets discharged from the tablet extrusion path 484 are supplied to the drug packaging device 2.

Then, when the tablets are supplied from the tablet cassette shelf 350 to the drug packaging device 2, the tablets dropped from the tablet container 360 are introduced into the tablet supply device 362 located on the lower side. Then, after being carried to the tablet extrusion path 484 inside the tablet supply device 362, it is extruded from the tablet extrusion path 484.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the tablet supply device 362 is roughly classified into a tablet receiving portion 365 (introduction portion) located on the upper side and two left and right lateral transport portions 366 located on the lower side thereof. It is configured to include (primary transport section) and drop path forming section 367 (path forming section). Then, on the lower side of the drop path forming portion 367, there is a tablet extrusion portion 368 (secondary transport portion).
Here, when the tablets are supplied to the drug packaging device 2, the tablets contained in the tablet container 360 are discharged to the tablet drop path 660 and fall from the tablet drop path 660 to the tablet receiving portion 365. Then, after the tablet is temporarily retained inside the tablet receiving portion 365, the tablet falls downward from the tablet receiving portion 365. That is, the tablet receiving portion 365 has a damper-like portion (rotating plate portion 384 described later), and when this portion rotates, the tablet that has fallen from above is received and stored. It is possible to switch the state in which the tablet is dropped downward.
At this time, the tablet is introduced into the lateral transport unit 366 or the drop path forming unit 367 according to the storage position (the drop position when the tablet is dropped from the tablet drop path 660) inside the tablet receiving unit 365. At this time, the tablet introduced into the lateral transport unit 366 is horizontally transported (pushed and moved) to reach the drop path forming unit 367. Then, the tablet that has passed through the drop path forming portion 367 is introduced into the tablet extrusion portion 368, and is extruded and conveyed from the back side to the front side (from the tablet cassette shelf 350 side to the drug packaging device 2 side) by the tablet extrusion portion 368.
That is, the tablet supply device 362 has a plurality of tablet movement routes (transport routes), and when the tablets are moved to a fixed position inside, the tablets can be moved by an appropriate route.
Hereinafter, the tablet supply device 362 will be described in detail.

The tablet supply device 362 includes a tablet receiving portion 365 (introduction portion) having a horizontally extended shape, a lateral transport portion 366 (primary transport portion) having a horizontally extending shape, and a tablet extrusion unit having a vertically extending shape. It has a three-stage stacking structure in which 368 (secondary transport unit) are vertically stacked (see FIG. 4).
The uppermost tablet receiving portion 365 is a portion for receiving a tablet that has fallen from above, and is a portion that functions as a tablet introducing portion in the entire tablet supply device 362.
The tablet receiving portion 365 includes a one-sided tablet receiving portion 365a located on one end side in the left-right direction (width direction of the tablet cassette shelf 350) and a other-side tablet receiving portion 365b located on the other end side. ..

As shown in FIG. 4, the one-sided tablet receiving portion 365a is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped portion extending in the left-right direction, and three tablet introduction spaces 370 (storage spaces) are formed.
Specifically, three tablet introduction spaces 370a, 370b, and 370c are provided so as to be arranged in parallel at intervals, and a connecting member arranging portion 371 and a partition member 372 are located between them. That is, the three tablet introduction spaces 370 are formed into a plurality of spaces by dividing the space extending in the left-right direction by the connecting member arranging portion 371 and the partition member 372.
The connecting member arranging portion 371 is a space for arranging various members. The partition member 372 is a member in which a flat plate-shaped top plate portion located on the upper side and two standing plate-shaped portions located at both ends in the left-right direction are integrally formed.
Each of the three tablet introduction spaces 370 is a space that communicates with the outside at the upper and lower sides, and has an opening surface that serves as a tablet introduction port on the upper side. Then, by rotating the rotating plate portion 384 (movable receiving member) shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to switch between a state in which the lower side is closed and a state in which the lower side is open to the outside.

The one-sided tablet receiving portion 365a (see FIG. 4) has a structure including a motor 378, a power transmission portion 379, and a rotation swing conversion portion 380 as members arranged inside the tablet receiving portion 365a (see FIG. 4), as shown in FIG. It has become. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the structure includes a first shaft 381, a shaft joint member 382, a second shaft 383, two rotating plate portions 384, and a rotation regulating mechanism 385.
The tablet receiving portion 365a on one side has a structure in which the rotating plate portion 384 swings when the motor 378 operates and the shaft of the motor 378 continues to rotate to one side around the axis (circumferential direction). That is, the structure is such that the rotating plate portion 384 can be swung without rotating the motor 378 in the reverse direction.
For this reason, in the one-sided tablet receiving portion 365a, as shown in FIG. 6, the tablet receiving posture in which the lower side of the tablet introduction space 370 is closed by the rotating plate portion 384 (see FIG. 6A). It is possible to switch between the tablet discharge posture (see FIG. 6B). In the tablet discharge posture, the lower side of the tablet introduction space 370 is in a state of communicating with the space on the lower side.
That is, the portion located below the tablet introduction space 370 and connected to the outside serves as a discharge port for discharging the tablet to the outside.

The one-sided tablet receiving portion 365a stands by in the tablet receiving posture and receives the tablet falling from the tablet container 360 (see FIG. 2 and the like). Then, by shifting to the tablet discharge posture with the tablets arranged inside the tablet introduction space 370, the tablets are further supplied to the lower side (lateral transport portion 366, drop path forming portion 367, see FIG. 4). In other words, the tablets are temporarily stored inside the tablet introduction space 370 and then supplied downward.
Here, as shown in FIG. 6A, the rotating plate portion 384 has a portion that becomes an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane and has a downward slope toward the front side in the tablet receiving posture. Have. This portion is located above the portion serving as the tablet discharge port, and is a portion that receives the tablet supplied to the one-sided tablet receiving portion 365a. That is, the tablet that has fallen on the rotating plate portion 384 slides down on the inclined surface as it is, and is in a state of being collected on the lower side.
Of the three tablet introduction spaces 370, the tablets introduced into the two predetermined tablet introduction spaces 370a and 370b are supplied to one of the lateral transport portions 366 in the intermediate stage and pushed laterally to form a drop path. It is supplied to section 367 and introduced into the tablet extrusion section 368 (secondary transport section) at the bottom.
The tablet introduced into the other tablet introduction space 370c falls directly to the drop path forming portion 367 without passing through the lateral transport portion 366 in the intermediate stage, and falls into the tablet extrusion portion 368 (secondary transport portion) in the lowermost stage. be introduced.
Since the tablet receiving portion 365b on the other side has the same basic structure as the tablet receiving portion 365a on the one side, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The tablet introduced into the tablet receiving portion 365b on the other side is supplied to the lateral transport portion 366 on the other side.

Subsequently, the lateral transport unit 366 in the intermediate stage will be described. Two lateral transport portions 366 are linearly arranged in the intermediate stage.
Since the two lateral transport portions 366 have the same structure, only one of them will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the lateral transport portion 366 has a structure including a drug receiving groove portion 410 (receiving portion), a wheel traveling portion 411, a guide arranging portion 412, and a lower box portion 413. ing.
More specifically, the wheel traveling portion 411, the drug receiving groove portion 410, and the guide arranging portion 412 are arranged in parallel in order from the front of the drawing, and these are integrally formed. The lower box portion 413 is arranged at a position on the lower side thereof.

The drug receiving groove portion 410 is a portion into which the tablet dropped from the tablet receiving portion 365 is introduced, and is a groove-shaped portion recessed downward, and has a substantially square cross-sectional shape and extends in the left-right direction. It forms a space.
A tablet discharge port 418, which is an opening portion that communicates inside and outside, is formed at an end portion (the end portion on the front side in FIG. 7) located on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the drug receiving groove portion 410. The end portion on which the tablet discharge port portion 418 is formed is an end portion (see FIG. 4 and the like) located on the center side in the left-right direction of the tablet supply device 362. Two lateral transport portions 366 are linearly arranged in the intermediate stage, and the tablet discharge port portion 418 is located on the opposite portion of the two lateral transport portions 366.

As shown in FIG. 7, a tablet extruded piece portion 438 is arranged in the drug receiving groove portion 410. The tablet extruded piece portion 438 is arranged inside the drug receiving groove portion 410 and moves along the longitudinal direction of the drug receiving groove portion 410.
The mechanism for moving the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is as shown in FIG. 8, which includes a linear guide member 452 composed of a rail member 453 and a slider 454, a belt mechanism 446 traveling by a motor 445, and a wheel portion 451. ing.
The tablet extruded piece portion 438 is connected to the slider 454 of the linear guide member 452, and has a degree of freedom only in the linear direction. Further, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is indirectly connected to the belt of the belt mechanism 446 via another member, and linearly moves in the drug receiving groove portion 410 according to the running of the belt. The wheel portion 451 supports the load of the tablet extruded piece portion 438.

For this reason, the tablet can be extruded by moving the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 inside the drug receiving groove portion 410.
That is, the tablet extruded piece portion 438 is made to stand by at one end side of the drug receiving groove portion 410 in the longitudinal direction and at a position away from the tablet discharge port portion 418, and the drug receiving portion 365 described above waits. The tablet is supplied (dropped) to the inner space of the groove 410.
After that, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is moved along the longitudinal direction of the drug receiving groove portion 410 to the vicinity of the tablet discharge port portion 418, and the tablet is pushed out from the tablet discharge port 418.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 9, the drop path forming portion 367 is a portion located on the lower side of one tablet introduction space 370c. The drop path forming portion 367 has a vertical hole shape, and a first drop control plate 460 (regulatory member) and a second drop control plate 461 (regulatory member, see FIG. 9) are arranged therein.

As shown in FIG. 9, the first drop control plate 460 is formed by two pair of control plate pieces 460a and 460b.
The upper surfaces of the two regulation plate pieces 460a and 460b are inclined surfaces having a downward slope toward the center side in the left-right direction. The tablet introduction port 480a of the tablet extrusion portion 368 is located on the lower side between the lower ends of the inclined surface. That is, in the portion where a part of the two regulation plate pieces 460a and 460b is closest to each other, a gap communicating between the upper side and the lower side is formed between the two regulation plate pieces 460a and 460b, and the lower side of this gap is formed. The tablet introduction port 480a is located at.
The shape of the second drop control plate 461 is substantially the same as that of the first drop control plate 460.

The space adjacent to the upper side of the tablet introduction port 480a is surrounded by two standing plate-shaped portions of the drop path forming portion 367, two regulation plate pieces 461a, and a regulation plate piece 461b.
As shown in FIG. 10, the tablet extrusion section 368 at the bottom stage includes an introduction port forming section 470 and an extrusion path forming section 473. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the tablet transport device 474 for transporting the supplied tablets is provided inside the extrusion path forming portion 473.

As shown in FIG. 10, the introduction port forming portion 470 is a member attached to the upper side of the extrusion path forming portion 473, and a first tablet supply hole 480 penetrating the inside in the vertical direction is formed. The opening portion located above the first tablet supply hole 480 is a portion serving as an introduction port (tablet introduction port 480a) when the tablet is supplied to the tablet extrusion section 368.
In the extrusion path forming portion 473, a tablet extrusion path 484, which is a space extending in the front-rear direction, is formed inside.
The tablet extrusion path 484 has a tablet carry-out port 484a, which is an opening portion that communicates inside and outside on the front end side.
A tablet transfer device 474 is built in the extrusion path forming unit 473.
As shown in FIG. 10, the tablet transport device 474 has a structure including an upper pedestal portion 490 and a transport body portion 491 located on the lower side thereof. The transport body unit 491 linearly moves in the tablet extrusion path 484 by a driving device (not shown).
The upper pedestal portion 490 engages with the transport body portion 491 by an engaging portion (not shown), and moves linearly following the transport body portion 491 up to a certain position, but engages the two from a certain position onward. The upper pedestal portion 490 stops at that position, and only the transport body portion 491 travels.
The upper pedestal portion 490 has a structure in which the upper pedestal portion 490 is constantly pressed forward by a power source (not shown), and the transport body portion 491 is connected to a drive device (conveyor body power unit) (not shown). There is.

The upper pedestal portion 490 is formed with a tablet drop hole 510 which is a through hole penetrating in the vertical direction on the front side.
The transport body portion 491 is a portion for transporting tablets, and as shown in FIG. 10, a storage hole 520 penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface is formed in a part thereof.

Subsequently, the tablet transport operation by the tablet extrusion unit 368 of the present embodiment will be described.
The tablet extrusion unit 368 can execute the first transport operation of transporting one dose of tablets and the second transport operation of transporting a plurality of tablets supplied for each dose each time. ..
In the first transport operation, as shown in FIG. 11A, the tablet transport device 474 stands by in the first standby posture in which both the upper pedestal portion 490 and the transport body portion 491 are located on the rear side. In this first standby posture, the first tablet supply hole 480, the tablet drop hole 510, and the storage hole 520 form a series of communication holes.

When a tablet is introduced into the tablet introduction port 480a while the tablet transfer device 474 is in the first standby posture, the tablet falls inside the communication hole and is inside the storage hole 520 and is a tablet extrusion path. The tablet is placed at a position above the bottom plate portion of the 484.
Then, in the first standby posture, the transport body portion 491 is moved forward by operating a motor (not shown) from the state in which the tablet is stored in the storage position. At this time, the upper pedestal portion 490 also moves forward with the movement of the transport body portion 491.

When the upper pedestal portion 490 and the transport body portion 491 are moved forward while maintaining the contact state, the upper pedestal portion 490 is in the state of being positioned on the frontmost side within the movable range (FIG. 11 (FIG. 11). b) etc.). After that, only the transport body portion 491 moves further to the front side, and the transport body portion 491 is separated from the upper pedestal portion 490 to the front side.
Then, as the transport body portion 491 moves to the front side, the front side portion of the transport body portion 491 is positioned further forward than the tablet carry-out outlet portion 484a (see FIG. 11C). At this time, the entire area of the lower opening of the storage hole 520 is located on the front side of the bottom plate portion of the extrusion path forming portion 473. From this, the tablet located inside the storage hole 520 falls downward, and the tablet is supplied from the tablet extrusion unit 368 to the drug packaging device 2.

Subsequently, the second transfer operation will be described, but the same detailed description as the first transfer operation described above will be omitted.
Also in the second transport operation, the tablet transport device 474 stands by in the first standby posture, and after the first tablet to be supplied is stored inside the storage hole 520, the transport is started. Then, the vehicle is conveyed in the same procedure as described above, and as shown in FIG. 11B, the upper pedestal portion 490 is moved to the frontmost position.

Then, in the same manner as described above, the upper pedestal portion 490 stops moving forward, and only the transport body portion 491 moves forward. At this time, in the second transport operation, the two packages to be continuously transported are transported. Eye tablets (not shown) will be supplied to the tablet inlet 480a.
Specifically, the transport body unit 491 moves to the front side in the same manner as described above, and transports the tablet of the first packet supplied in advance to the front side. That is, the front portion of the transport body portion 491 moves to a state where it is located further forward than the tablet carry-out port portion 484a (see FIG. 11C), and the first tablet is supplied to the drug packaging device 2. ..
After that, the transport body portion 491 is moved to the rear side and brought into contact with the upper pedestal portion 490 from the front side, so that the transport body portion 491 and the upper pedestal portion 490 are in contact with each other again (FIG. FIG. 11 (b)).

While the transport body unit 491 carries the first tablet, the second tablet supplied to the tablet introduction port 480a is above the rear portion of the receiving plate portion 500, which is a part of the upper pedestal portion 490. Will fall to. That is, the second package of tablets is supplied during the single transfer operation of the transport body portion 491 (the operation of moving only the transport body portion 491 forward and contacting the upper pedestal portion 490 again). It becomes.
Then, after the transport body portion 491 comes into contact with the upper pedestal portion 490 again and then moves further to the rear side, the upper pedestal portion 490 pressed to the rear side by the transport body portion 491 also moves to the rear side. To do. That is, the transport body portion 491 and the upper pedestal portion 490 move to the rear side while maintaining the contact state.

As a result, the receiving plate portion 500 also moves to the rear side, so that the second tablet supplied on the receiving plate portion 500 until the tablet transport device 474 takes the first standby posture. Falles downward.
That is, the second tablet, which is on the inner lower end side of the first tablet supply hole 480 and is supplied on the receiving plate portion 500, has a tablet drop hole due to the movement of the receiving plate portion 500 to the rear side. It is introduced into the upper opening portion of 510. Then, it falls downward from the first tablet supply hole 480.
Then, by the same procedure as described above, the second tablet stored inside the storage hole 520 is conveyed in the first standby posture. In addition, when the third and subsequent tablets are supplied, that is, when the subsequent tablets are supplied, they are sequentially conveyed in the same procedure.

As described above, the tablet supplied to the one-sided tablet receiving unit 365a is supplied to the tablet extrusion unit 368 via the lateral transport unit 366 and the drop path forming unit 367, and passes through the lateral transport unit 366. Instead, it may be supplied to the tablet extrusion section 368 via the drop path forming section 367. That is, the tablets are supplied to the tablet extrusion section 368 via different transport routes depending on the introduction position of the tablets.
Therefore, when the tablet extrusion unit 368 performs the transfer operation, depending on the content of the prescription data, the tablets that do not pass through the lateral transfer unit 366 are supplied to the tablet extrusion unit 368 and then pass through the lateral transfer unit 366. Waits until the tablet is supplied to the tablet extrusion section 368, and the transfer operation is performed.
On the other hand, when all the tablets do not pass through the lateral transport unit 366, after the tablets are supplied to the tablet extrusion unit 368, such a standby operation is not performed and the transport operation is performed.

By the way, in the tablet extrusion section 368, as described above, the tablet transfer device 474 is linearly moved in a state where the tablets are arranged inside the storage hole 520 to transport the tablets (see FIG. 10).
Here, when the tablet transport device 474 is moved forward (on the right side in FIG. 10) and the tablets are transported to the drug packaging device 2, it is preferable to move the tablet transport device 474 at a high speed and then at a low speed. .. That is, in order to reliably stop the tablet transport device 474 at the specified position, the speed of the tablet transport device 474 (the speed of the tablet transport device 474 that has moved by a predetermined distance) after a predetermined time has passed from the start of movement is set to be lower than that at the start of movement. It is preferable to do so.

Furthermore, it is preferable to temporarily transmit a stop signal to a drive device (motor or the like) that drives the tablet transfer device 474.
Specifically, when the tablet transport device 474 is moved to the front side, an operation of temporarily stopping the drive device during the movement is performed. At this time, since the tablet transfer device 474 moves as it is due to inertia, the drive device is driven again at a lower output (so that the tablet transfer device 474 moves at a lower speed) until the tablet transfer device 474 completely stops. Perform the operation. This makes it possible to bring the tablet transport device 474 to the deceleration state faster than in the case of simply reducing the output of the drive device while the tablet transport device 474 is moving.

Here, as a characteristic operation of the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf of the present embodiment, when tablets supplied from the inside of the tablet container 360 are transported by the lateral transport unit 366, the tablets are extruded by the lateral transport unit 366. It is possible to appropriately change the standby position of one part 438.
First, prior to the description of this operation, an operation of making the tablet extrusion piece 438 stand by at a reference standby position (detailed later) will be described.

Here, in the upper portion of the container mounting portion 361, as shown in FIG. 2, the tablet containers 360 are arranged and stored in a matrix. Specifically, 11 rows of tablet containers 360 formed by arranging 6 tablet containers 360 in the vertical direction are formed, and the rows of the tablet containers 360 are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction.

As shown in FIG. 12, 11 tablet drop paths 660 (tablet supply paths) corresponding to the rows of the respective tablet containers 360 are formed on the back surface side of the container mounting portion 361. That is, the same number of tablet drop paths 660 as the number of rows of the tablet container 360 are formed.
Each tablet drop path 660 forms a space that is surrounded by a peripheral wall and extends in the vertical direction, and corresponds to a different row of tablet containers 360. Then, a route for dropping the tablets supplied from one or more tablet containers 360 belonging to the row of the corresponding tablet containers 360 is formed.

More specifically, for example, the row of tablet containers 360 located on the far right (see FIG. 2) corresponds to the tablet drop path 660k located on the far right (leftmost in FIG. 12). Then, the tablets supplied from the tablet container 360 belonging to the rightmost column are supplied to the tablet supply device 362 via the tablet drop path 660k located on the rightmost side regardless of which tablet container 360 is supplied. .. Similarly, the rows of tablet containers 360 located second from the right correspond to the tablet drop path 660j located second from the right, and so on, respectively, in a one-to-one correspondence.

The tablet drop paths 660b and 660j located at both ends in the left-right direction are provided with drop control portions 662 that regulate the movement direction of the tablets that fall inside.
The fall control portion 662 is a plate-shaped member that is attached in an inclined posture, and its upper surface is an inclined surface that becomes a downward slope from the end side to the center side in the left-right direction. The upper end portion of the upper surface of the drop restricting portion 662 is arranged at a position from the end portion in the left-right direction. That is, the drop control unit 662 is an internal space of the tablet drop paths 660b and 660j or a space located below (the space located below in FIG. 12), and extends so as to diagonally cross the space where the tablet falls. There is.
From this, when the tablet that has fallen on the tablet drop paths 660b and 660j falls on the drop control portion 662, the moving direction is changed and the tablet falls to a position closer to the center in the left-right direction.

Then, the tablet introduced into the tablet supply device 362 via the tablet drop path 660f located at the center is supplied to the tablet extrusion section 368 (not shown in FIG. 12) via the drop path forming section 367.
On the other hand, the tablet introduced into the tablet supply device 362 via any one of a plurality of tablet drop paths 660 (tablet drop path 660a to tablet drop path 660e) located on one side in the left-right direction from the central tablet drop path 660f. Is introduced into one of the lateral transport portions 366.
Further, the tablet introduced into the tablet supply device 362 via any one of a plurality of tablet drop paths 660 (tablet drop path 660 g to tablet drop path 660 k) located on the opposite side in the left-right direction from the central tablet drop path 660f , Is introduced into the other lateral transport unit 366.

Here, in the lateral transport portion 366, as described above, after the tablet has fallen to any position of the drug receiving groove portion 410, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is moved from the end side to the center side in the left-right direction. Push and move each tablet that falls to different positions in the left-right direction (see FIG. 7). That is, the tablets are conveyed by pressing each tablet toward the drop path forming portion 367 side.

When performing this operation, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is located at a position where the tablet is supplied from the tablet drop path 660 (tablet drop path 660a or tablet drop path 660k) located on the end side in the left-right direction. Further, it stands by at a position further away from the end side in the left-right direction.
Specifically, in the lateral transport portion 366 located on one end side in the left-right direction (right side in FIG. 12), from the drop position of the tablet supplied from the tablet drop path 660a located on the one end side in the left-right direction. Also, the position on one end side in the left-right direction is set as the reference standby position.
Then, after the tablet is dropped while the tablet extruded piece 438 is waiting at the reference standby position, the tablet extruded piece 438 is moved to the center side in the left-right direction, and the tablet can be pressed.
The lateral transport portion 366 located on the other end side (left side in FIG. 12) in the left-right direction has the same basic structure as the lateral transport portion 366 located on the one end side. Is omitted.

Further, in the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf (tablet cassette shelf 350) of the present embodiment, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is made to stand by at a position different from the reference standby position by operating based on the prescription data, and then the tablet. The operation of pressing is possible.

Specifically, in the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf of the present embodiment, when the operation of supplying tablets to the medicine packaging device 2 is started, the container specifying operation of specifying the tablet container 360 containing the tablets to be supplied is started. To carry out.
That is, based on the prescription data and the data stored in the RFID tag attached to each tablet container 360, the tablet container 360 containing the tablets supplied from the plurality of tablet containers 360 arranged in parallel in a matrix is provided. Identify. Further, it is specified at which position of the container mounting portion 361 the tablet container 360 in which the supplied tablet is stored is arranged.

In the present embodiment, information (drug name, type, etc.) for identifying the drug to be contained is stored in the RFID tag attached to each tablet container 360. Then, the control device of the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf can identify which tablet is stored in each tablet container 360 stored in the container mounting portion 361 by referring to the information of the RFID tag. ing.
Here, the information stored in the RFID may be referred to by the control device before the start of the container identification operation and may be stored in the storage means of the control device. In this case, the container identification operation may be performed based on the prescription data and the data stored in the control device. In addition, when creating prescription data, the information stored in the RFID is referred to, and the prescribed tablet (tablet name, etc.) is associated with the information that identifies the tablet container 360 in which the tablet is stored, and both of them are combined. Prescription data including may be created. In this case, the container specifying operation may be performed with reference only to the prescription data.

Further, based on the result of the container specifying operation, the tablet dropping path 660 used when supplying the tablet to the tablet feeding device 362 is specified, and further, whether or not to use the lateral transport unit 366 is specified. That is, whether or not to use the lateral transport unit 366, and if so, which lateral transport unit 366 to use is specified. That is, it is specified whether to use both of the two lateral transport units 366, or if it is one of them, which lateral transport unit 366 is to be used.

Further, when the lateral transport unit 366 is used, among the tablet drop paths 660 for supplying tablets to the lateral transport unit 366 to be used, the tablet drop path 660 located on the end side in the left-right direction is also specified. To. In other words, the tablet drop path 660 located on the most upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extruded piece portion 438 is specified.
Specifically, for example, in the lateral transport portion 366 located on the right side of FIG. 12, the right end side is the upstream side in the moving direction in the pushing operation of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438, and the left end side is the downstream side. That is, the tablet drop path 660a located on the most upstream side becomes the tablet drop path 660 located on the end side in the left-right direction.
On the contrary, in the other lateral transport portion 366 located on the left side of FIG. 12, the left end side is the upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438, and the right end side is the downstream side. That is, the tablet drop path 660k located on the most upstream side becomes the tablet drop path 660 located on the end side in the left-right direction. That is, on both sides of the drop path forming portion 367, the moving direction of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 in the pushing operation is opposite, and the falling path forming portion 367 side on which the tablet is extruded is the downstream side in the moving direction.

Then, a standby position determination operation for determining the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is performed based on the above specific result.
For example, as shown in FIG. 12A, if tablets are supplied from the tablet drop path 660a located on the end side in the left-right direction to the lateral transport portion 366, the reference standby position is the standby of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438. It becomes the position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12B, the tablet is not supplied from the tablet drop path 660a located on the most end side in the left-right direction, and the tablet drop path 660c, 660e is farther to the center side in the left-right direction. When supplying tablets from, the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece 438 is changed.
That is, among the tablet drop paths 660 for passing the tablets supplied to the lateral transport section 366, the tablet drop path 660c located on the end side in the left-right direction (upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438) is specified. To. Then, the position which is the end side in the left-right direction from the specified tablet drop path 660c and the center side in the left-right direction from the reference waiting position is the waiting position (change waiting position) of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438.
That is, it is determined whether or not the tablet is supplied from the tablet drop path 660a located on the most end side in the left-right direction, and the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is determined based on the determination result. .. Then, after the tablet extruded piece 438 is made to stand by at the determined standby position, the operation of pushing and moving the tablet is performed.

Here, in the above-mentioned operation of determining the standby position, a plurality of change standby positions may be set.
For example, the change standby position may be a position slightly closer to the end side in the left-right direction than each of the tablet drop path 660b to the tablet drop path 660e. In this case, when the tablet drop path 660 for passing the tablet supplied to the lateral transport section 366, which is located on the end side in the left-right direction, is the most upstream side flow path, it is left and right of the most upstream side flow path. The position slightly on the end side in the direction is set as the change standby position. That is, when the tablet drop path 660e located on the most central side in the left-right direction is the most upstream side flow path, the change standby position is set to be slightly on the end side in the left-right direction with respect to the tablet drop path 660e. Similarly, when the tablet drop path 660d located second from the center side in the left-right direction is the most upstream side flow path, the end side slightly in the left-right direction from the tablet drop path 660d becomes the change standby position, and the third and subsequent paths. The same applies to.

On the other hand, only one change standby position may be set.
For example, the change waiting position may be a position on the end side in the left-right direction with respect to the specific tablet drop path 660c. In this case, the most upstream side flow path is the specific tablet drop path 660c, and the tablet drop path 660 located on the left-right side of the specific tablet drop path 660c (tablet drop path 660d, 660e). If, the tablet extrusion piece 438 stands by at the change waiting position. On the other hand, when the most upstream side flow path is the tablet drop path 660 (tablet drop path 660a, 660b) located on the end side in the left-right direction from the tablet drop path 660c, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is the reference standby position. Wait at.

In this way, only one change standby position may be set, or a plurality of change standby positions may be set. That is, when the tablet falls between the reference standby position and the change standby position located on the end side in the left-right direction from the reference standby position, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 may be made to stand by at the reference standby position. When the tablet falls to the downstream side of the specific change waiting position, the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 is moved to the change waiting position located on the most downstream side of the change waiting positions located on the upstream side of the tablet drop position. You just have to wait.
Further, in the above example, the example in which the drop control section 662 is provided in the tablet drop paths 660b and 660j has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the drop control section 662 may be appropriately provided in another tablet drop path 660. That is, the drop control section 662 may be provided on any tablet drop path 660, and the drop control section 662 may not be provided on any tablet drop path 660. The change standby position may be a position on the upstream side of the vicinity of the lowermost end of the drop regulation unit 662. The tablet receiving portion 365 may be partitioned based on the position where the drop restricting portion 662 is provided. That is, the position where the connecting member arranging portion 371 and the partition member 372 are formed may be a position deviated in the left-right direction from the position on the upper side in the vertical direction of the drop restricting portion 662.

Further, the tablet transport operation accompanied by the standby position determination operation described above may be performed based on the information regarding the dosing time of the prescription data.
For example, among the drugs prescribed for a predetermined patient, the drug to be taken in the morning, the drug to be taken in the daytime, and the drug to be taken in the evening are sequentially packaged by the medicine shelf-equipped packaging device 1. When carrying out, a tablet transporting operation accompanied by a standby position determining operation may be carried out in each packaging operation. That is, the tablet transport operation accompanied by the standby position determining operation may be performed each time the tablet packaging operation is performed.

On the contrary, when a packaging operation is performed for each prescription prescribed for a plurality of patients, such as packaging a drug prescribed for one patient and packaging a drug prescribed for another patient. , The standby position determination operation may be performed only once in the operation for one prescription.
That is, when performing a plurality of packaging operations, such as when the drugs to be taken in the morning, noon, and night are separately packaged in the operation for one prescription, the drugs are packaged in a plurality of packaging operations. The above-mentioned operation of identifying the most upstream side flow path is carried out for all tablets. Then, the standby position of the tablet extruded piece portion 438 is determined based on the specified most upstream side flow path. Then, when the packaging operation is sequentially performed, the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 before the extrusion operation can be set to the same position determined in each operation. That is, the standby position determination operation may be performed for a plurality of packaging operations, and the tablet transfer operation may be performed a plurality of times based on the result of the standby position determination operation performed in advance.

As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to make the tablet extrusion piece 438 stand by at a standby position selected from a reference standby position and one or more change standby positions based on the result of the container specifying operation. ..

By the way, as described above, the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf can supply up to 66 kinds of tablets from the tablet container 360 to the medicine packaging device 2. The container mounting portion 361 has a plurality of individual installation portions, and each individual installation portion is a portion for holding (storing) each tablet container 360. That is, the number of individual installation units is the same as the number of tablet containers 360 that can be held (66).

Here, in a pharmacy or the like in which the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf is operated, the tablets provided to the patient may differ greatly every day or every specific period. Therefore, from the viewpoint of efficiently operating the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf, it is preferable to appropriately change the tablet container 360 held by the container mounting portion 361.
Therefore, in the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf of the present embodiment, the recommended cassette screen 670 (recommended container presentation screen) shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the operation display unit, so that the user can easily replace the tablet container 360. It is possible to make it.

As shown in FIG. 13, the recommended cassette screen 670 includes an installation status display unit 675, a scheduled tablet display unit 676, a target data change unit 677, a data adjustment button 678, a list display change button 679, and an end button. This is the screen on which 680 is displayed. That is, it is a screen that displays each of these parts and each button in a visually observable state at the same time.

On this recommended cassette screen 670, tablets that are likely to be subject to the packaging operation are listed on the scheduled tablet display unit 676 within the specified period (details will be described later) that are set in advance by input or automatically set. indicate. In detail, for each tablet, the information for identifying the tablet (tablet name and drug name) and the information about the tablet (details will be described later) are listed as one related information (data for one line). To do. At this time, the planned tablet display unit 676 displays a list of the same number of tablets (66 in the present embodiment) as the number of tablet containers 360 that can be held in the container attachment unit 361. Further, among the tablets displayed in the list, those not contained in the tablet container 360 currently held in the container mounting portion 361 are highlighted and displayed (for example, the drug 10 in FIG. 13).
The highlighting in the present embodiment is a display in which the background color is displayed in a color different from the others.

At the same time, the installation status display unit 675 displays a diagram schematically showing the current status of the container mounting unit 361. This figure is a diagram for visually displaying a plurality of individual installation portions of the container mounting portion 361, and is a diagram showing the positional relationship of each individual installation portion as a whole. That is, it is a figure which shows the individual installation part which is arranged in a matrix in the container mounting part 361, and is the figure which the rectangular frame which shows each individual installation part is arranged in a matrix. In addition, a number (uniquely assigned number) for identifying the attached tablet container 360 is described in each frame.

Then, in the figure displayed on the installation status display unit 675, when each individual installation unit satisfies a specific condition, the portion corresponding to the individual installation unit satisfying this condition is highlighted. Specifically, when the individual installation unit is in a replaceable state, a non-installed state, or a small amount state, highlighting is performed in different colors.

Explaining each condition, "replaceable state" means that a tablet container 360 containing tablets not listed in the scheduled tablet display unit 676 is attached to the target individual installation unit. It is in a state.
Further, the "non-attached state" is a state in which the tablet container 360 is not attached to the target individual installation portion.
Further, in the "small amount state", although the tablet container 360 containing the tablets listed in the scheduled tablet display unit 676 is attached to the target individual installation unit, the tablets will be insufficient in the future. It is a state that is expected to occur.
Specifically, the inventory amount of tablets stored in the attached tablet container 360 is less than the amount used in the packaging operation expected to be carried out during the above-mentioned designated period.

From the above, the user can determine which tablet container 360 should be attached to which individual installation unit and which tablet should be pre-filled by simply comparing the installation status display unit 675 and the planned tablet display unit 676. Can be easily grasped.

Here, since the packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf of the present embodiment carries out the above-mentioned display operation by the installation status display unit 675 and the scheduled tablet display unit 676, there is a possibility that the packaging device 1 may be subject to the packaging operation within a designated period. Perform a tablet prediction action to identify high tablets.
This tablet use prediction operation will be described in detail below with explanations of various buttons.

The tablet use prediction operation is roughly divided into data that has been packaged in the past (hereinafter also referred to as packaged data) and data that has not been packaged when the recommended cassette screen 670 is displayed (hereinafter undivided). It can be implemented for the package data). That is, among the prescription data, it is possible to carry out either the packaged data or the unpackaged data.
Then, by operating each button of the target data changing unit 677, it is possible to change the target data in the tablet use prediction operation.

Specifically, by pressing the Dо data button 677a, which is one of the two paired buttons, the tablet usage prediction operation is performed for the packaged data. Then, the above-mentioned display operation (hereinafter, also referred to as a comparison screen display operation) is performed by the installation status display unit 675 and the scheduled tablet display unit 676.
On the other hand, by pressing the other button, the packaging monitor button 677b, the tablet usage prediction operation is performed for the unpackaged data, and the comparison screen display operation is performed.

Furthermore, the data targeted by the tablet use prediction operation can be obtained by operating the provider designation button 677c to specify the institution, etc., for the prescription issuer (for either the packaged data or the unpackaged data). It is possible to narrow down by institution, facility, department, etc., hereinafter simply referred to as the provider).

In the tablet use prediction operation, when the packaged data is targeted, the estimated date specifying action for specifying the date on which the tablet is predicted to be prescribed to the patient (hereinafter, also referred to as the assumed date) is performed for all patients in advance. After that, the action of identifying the patient whose expected date is included within the specified period is performed. Then, based on the data associated with the identified patient, the tablets that are likely to be the target of the packaging operation within the specified period are identified. When the unpacked data is targeted, the assumed date specifying operation is not performed, and the tablet to be the target of the unpacked operation included in the unpacked data is specified.

In the assumed date identification operation, the date when the prescribed tablet disappears from the patient's hand is calculated for each patient based on the administration start date of the tablet prescribed for each patient and the information on the number of administration days. That is, by adding the number of administration days on the administration start date, the date when the tablet disappears from the patient's hand is calculated. Then, the same day as the day when the prescribed tablet disappears from the patient's hand or the day when the predetermined period is subtracted on this day (for example, the day before the day when the prescribed tablet disappears) is set as the assumed date.

Then, patients whose expected date is included in the designated period are extracted, and data on tablets provided on the assumed date for each extracted patient is acquired. More specifically, the type of tablet, the dose, and the number of sachets are obtained or calculated.
In addition, when the packaged data is targeted, the tablets prescribed in the past for each patient shall be provided again on the assumed date.
From this, tablets that are likely to be packaged during the specified period are identified.

Then, based on the result of this tablet use prediction operation, the above-mentioned comparison screen display operation is performed. That is, the comparison screen display operation is performed based on the acquired information or the value calculated from the acquired information.
In the comparison screen display operation, when the list is displayed on the scheduled tablet display unit 676 described above, in addition to the drug name (drug name), the cassette Nо, the number of appearances, the amount used, and the amount in stock are displayed.

“Cassette Nо” is a number assigned to the tablet container 360 for storing each tablet to uniquely identify the tablet container 360.
The "number of appearances" is the number of times that the packaging operation including the tablet is performed when all the extracted data provided within the specified period are packaged for each tablet.
"Usage" is the total amount provided within a specified period for the extracted data for each tablet.
"Inventory" is the amount of each tablet currently contained in the tablet container 360.

At this time, by pressing the list display change button 679, the display of the scheduled tablet display unit 676 can be switched. That is, the list display change button 679 can switch between a normal display state and a state in which only the highlighted one is displayed each time the button is pressed.

Furthermore, on the recommended cassette screen 670, by operating the data adjustment button 678, it is possible to display a screen for changing the specified period described above and adjusting the target data used in the tablet use prediction operation. It has become.
In the present embodiment, as the data adjustment button 678, the target change button 678a on the day and the assumed date change button 678b are displayed.

When the target change button 678a is pressed on the day, the data adjustment screen 700 (see FIG. 14) is displayed.
As shown in FIG. 14, the data adjustment screen 700 displays a period display unit 701, a data display unit 702, a carry-over button 703, a date change button 704, a delete button 705, and a back button 706. It is a screen.

The period display unit 701 is a part in which the automatically set designated period is displayed. The designated period displayed here is the designated period used in the above-mentioned tablet use prediction operation and comparison screen display operation.

The data display unit 702 is a part that displays a list of target data used in the above-mentioned tablet use prediction operation for each patient. That is, a list of information that identifies one patient (patient name) and information about this patient (dispensing date, expected date, etc.) as one related piece of information (one line of data, also referred to as patient-based data). indicate.
The data displayed by the data display unit 702 is the data corresponding to the conditions specified by the target data change unit 677 when the data adjustment button 678 (see FIG. 13) is pressed.

The carry-over button 703 is displayed inside and outside the data display unit 702, and is displayed as one item of each patient unit data on the data display unit 702.
Then, when the carry-over button 703 displayed on the data display unit 702 is pressed, the item of the patient unit data including the carry-over button 703, which takes an estimated date, is changed. In addition, when one or more patient unit data is specified in the data display unit 702 (a state in which the check box is checked) and the carry-over button 703 displayed outside the data display unit 702 is pressed, it is also possible. The same is true.
Specifically, the value of the assumed date belonging to the patient unit data is automatically changed so as to be after the last day of the designated period displayed on the period display unit 701 (in the present embodiment, the day after the last day).

The date change button 704 is a button for changing the value of the assumed date, similarly to the carry-over button 703.

The delete button 705 is also displayed inside and outside the data display unit 702.
This button is a button for deleting the patient unit data, and by pressing the delete button 705 displayed on the data display unit 702, the patient unit data including the delete button 705 is deleted. The same applies when the delete button 705 displayed outside the data display unit 702 is pressed while one or more patient unit data is specified in the data display unit 702.

The back button 706 is a button for ending the display of the data adjustment screen 700 and displaying the recommended cassette screen 670. When the back button 706 is pressed, the operation on the data adjustment screen 700 is reflected, and the tablet use prediction operation and the comparison screen display operation are performed.

The screen displayed by pressing the expected date change button 678b (see FIG. 13) is a data adjustment screen except that the specified period can be manually entered in the part corresponding to the period display unit 701 (see FIG. 14). Since it is the same as 700, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
The data adjustment button 678 may display only one button instead of the two buttons of the current day target change button 678a and the assumed date change button 678b. In this case, the period display unit 701 of the data adjustment screen 700 may display a screen that enables manual input for a specified period. At this time, the screen to be displayed may be initially displayed with the automatically set designated period displayed, and the designated period may be changed by the operation of the user.

In the above example, each screen is displayed on the operation display unit, but each of the above screens may be displayed on a display device such as a liquid crystal display that does not have a position input device.
Then, when displaying on a so-called touch panel such as an operation display unit, for example, when the user touches the button portion with an operation instrument such as a finger or a touch pen, the operation of pressing the button is performed. On the other hand, when displaying on a display device such as a liquid crystal display that does not have a position input device, a structure may be used in which a cursor pointer that moves in response to an operation of a known input device (mouse or the like) is displayed together. That is, the structure may be such that the operation of pressing the button is performed by pressing the predetermined button on the input device side with the cursor pointer aligned with the button portion on the screen.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the tablet is pushed and moved by the tablet extrusion piece portion 438 in the lateral transport unit 366 is shown, but the primary transport unit is, for example, a small conveyor device such as a roller conveyor or a belt conveyor. A structure equipped with is conceivable.
Further, instead of the drug receiving groove portion 410, it is conceivable to form a receiving portion having an inclined surface inclined toward the discharge port side at the bottom portion. In this case, a structure is conceivable in which a mechanism for vibrating the inclined surface is further provided, and the tablet dropped on the inclined surface is moved by vibration and conveyed.

Further, it is conceivable that each screen such as the recommended cassette screen 670 described above is displayed on the display device of the external device when the above-mentioned drug providing business support system is constructed by the display device such as the external display device.

That is, the above-mentioned packaging device 1 with a medicine shelf includes a drug packaging device that wraps and discharges a drug supplied from the outside one by one, and a drug shelf device for supplying tablets to the drug packaging device. A drug packaging unit, the drug shelf device is capable of holding a plurality of tablet containers, and has a tablet transport device that transports tablets supplied from each tablet container to a predetermined position. The primary transport unit is provided with a primary transport unit and a secondary transport unit, and the primary transport unit is a portion that transports tablets in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine shelf device side to the drug packaging device side, and the secondary transport unit. Is to transport the tablets in the direction from the medicine shelf device side to the drug packaging device side, the operation of transporting the tablets in the primary transport unit and then the secondary transport unit, and the operation of transporting the tablets in the secondary transport unit. It is possible to carry out each of the operations of transporting by the secondary transporting unit without transporting by the primary transporting unit.

The primary transport unit includes a receiving portion for receiving the supplied tablet and a tablet extruded piece portion, and the tablet extruded piece portion can move in the tablet transport direction in the primary transport unit. The tablet transport operation in the primary transport section is an operation of pushing and moving the tablet located in the receiving portion by the tablet extruded piece portion to transport the tablet.

Further, the tablet transport device further has an introduction section into which the tablets supplied from the tablet container are introduced, and after the tablets are supplied to the introduction section, the tablets are temporarily stored inside the introduction section. , The tablets are discharged to the primary transport unit side or the secondary transport unit side.

Then, the introduction unit has a storage space for primary storing the introduced tablets and a movable receiving member, and the storage space discharges the tablets to the primary transport unit side or the secondary transport unit side. Further, the introduction portion is provided with a tablet receiving posture in which the movable receiving member closes the discharge port portion by moving the movable receiving member, and the discharging port. It is possible to switch between the tablet receiving posture in which the portion communicates with the outside.

Further, the movable receiving member has a portion that becomes an inclined surface inclined with respect to the horizontal direction in the tablet receiving posture, and the introduction portion receives the tablet introduced on the inclined surface.

Further, the tablet transport device further has a path forming portion, and the path forming portion is provided on the downstream side in the transport direction of the introduction portion and the primary transport portion, and on the upstream side in the transport direction of the secondary transport portion. A path for supplying the tablet supplied from the introduction section or the primary transport section to the secondary transport section located on the lower side is formed, and the tablet is formed inside the path forming section. A regulatory member that regulates the direction of movement is formed.

1; Packaging device with medicine shelf (drug packaging unit), 2; Drug packaging device, 350; Tablet cassette shelf (medicine shelf device), 351; Packaging device with medicine shelf (drug packaging unit), 360; Tablet container, 361; Container mounting part, 362; Tablet supply device (tablet transfer device), 365; Tablet receiving part (introduction part), 366; Horizontal transport part (primary transport part), 376; Drop path forming part (path forming part) , 368; Tablet extrusion section (secondary transport section), 410; Drug receiving groove section (receiving section), 438; Tablet extrusion piece section, 460; First drop control plate (regulator member), 461; Second drop control Board (regulatory member), 491; Conveyor unit, 660; Tablet drop route (tablet supply route), 676; Installation status display unit 670; Recommended cassette screen (recommended container presentation screen), 677; Scheduled tablet display unit

Claims (7)

A medicine rack device that ejects a desired number of tablets and supplies them to other equipment.
Tablets are moved by pushing a container attachment portion to be attached to a plurality of tablet vessels, and a tablet supply path of multiple, and the receiving portion for receiving the supplied tablet through the tablet supply path, the tablets received in the receiving portion Equipped with an extruded piece
The tablet supply path state, and are not forming a path for supplying the tablets supplied from the tablet container to the receiving portion,
Based on the data on the prescription, a container specifying operation for specifying the tablet container containing the tablet to be supplied to the receiving portion is performed, and the tablet extrusion is performed according to the tablet supply route corresponding to the specified tablet container. A medicine rack device characterized by changing the standby position of one part. It has a tablet transport device that transports tablets to a predetermined position.
The tablet transport device includes a primary transport unit.
Said primary transport unit is a portion for conveying the tablet in a direction intersecting the direction from Kusuritana device side to the other device side, and has said receiving portion, said tablet extruded piece,
The primary transport unit moves the tablet extruded piece portion in the transport direction, and pushes and moves the tablet by the tablet extruded piece portion to transport the tablet.
Each of the tablet supply channels supplies tablets to different positions in the receiving portion.
The claim is characterized in that the standby position of the tablet extrusion piece includes a reference standby position on the upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extrusion piece and a change standby position located on the downstream side of the reference standby position. The medicine rack device according to 1. It has a tablet transport device that transports tablets to a predetermined position.
The tablet transport device includes a primary transport section and a secondary transport section, and transports tablets supplied from the respective tablet containers to a predetermined position.
The primary transport unit is a portion that transports tablets in a direction intersecting the direction from the medicine rack device side to the other device side.
The secondary transport unit transports tablets in a direction from the medicine rack device side toward the other device side.
It is characterized in that it is possible to carry out an operation of transporting tablets by the primary transport unit and then transporting them by the secondary transport unit, and an operation of transporting tablets by the secondary transport unit without transporting them by the primary transport unit. The medicine rack device according to claim 1 or 2. The medicine rack device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the other device is a device for supplying a drug to a tray in which a storage recess for storing the drug is formed. A drug packaging unit including the packaging device and the drug rack device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
It has a display device for displaying various information.
The container mounting portion has a plurality of individual mounting portions on which the tablet container is individually installed.
Based on prescribing data, it is possible to perform a tablet predictive action that identifies tablets that are likely to be used for a specified period of time and the tablet container that houses the tablets.
The display device can display a recommended container presentation screen, and the recommended container presentation screen includes at least an installation status display unit indicating an installation status of the tablet container in the container mounting portion.
In the installation status display unit, the container mounting unit is schematically shown, and the individual installation unit in which the tablet container for storing the tablet specified in the tablet prediction operation to be used is not installed is highlighted. A drug packaging unit characterized by. The recommended container presentation screen further includes a planned tablet display unit that displays a list of tablets specified in the used tablet prediction operation, and simultaneously visually displays the installation status display unit and the scheduled tablet display unit. It is a screen to do
The drug packaging unit according to claim 5, wherein in the planned tablet display unit, tablets not contained in the tablet container installed in the container mounting unit are highlighted. A medicine rack device that ejects a desired number of tablets from a tablet container that houses tablets and supplies the tablets to other devices.
It is provided with a plurality of tablet supply channels, a receiving portion for receiving tablets supplied through the tablet supply passage, and a tablet extrusion piece portion for pushing and moving the tablets received by the receiving portion.
The tablet supply route forms a route for supplying the tablets supplied from the tablet container to the receiving portion.
When the position on the upstream side of the drop position of the tablet supplied from the tablet supply path located on the most upstream side in the moving direction of the tablet extruded piece is used as a reference position.
Based on the data related to the prescription, a container specifying operation for specifying the tablet container containing the tablet to be supplied to the receiving portion is performed, and based on the result of the container specifying operation, a position on the downstream side of the reference position is determined. A medicine rack device characterized by serving as a standby position for the tablet extrusion piece.