JP2021007868A - Pharmaceutical sorting device and pharmaceutical sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a pharmaceutical sorting device for sorting pharmaceuticals and preventing a medicine taker from making a mistake in taking pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical sorting system for packaging pharmaceuticals for each dose and sorting them, and a device for reducing burden of sorting work of a pharmacist.SOLUTION: A pharmaceutical sorting system 1 comprises a pharmaceutical packaging device 110 and a pharmaceutical sorting device 2. The pharmaceutical packaging device 110 can store solid pharmaceuticals such as tablets and capsules, and medicinal powder in one package. The pharmaceutical sorting device 2 in which a pharmaceutical package belt is introduced, the pharmaceutical package belt formed by connecting a plurality of pharmaceutical packages each including pharmaceuticals for one dose, into a belt-like shape, separates a medicine package individually from the medicine package belt, and sorts them on the basis of specific conditions.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a drug sorting device that sorts drugs so that the user does not make a mistake in taking the drug. The present invention also relates to a drug sorting system in which drugs are packaged for each dose and sorted.

Elderly patients (users) and patients whose symptoms have passed the acute phase are often treated at home. In addition, patients who do not need urgency such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia are often treated at home. Patients who are treated at home need to take medication based on self-management.
For example, if the doctor's prescription is to take medicines A and B in the morning, medicine B in the afternoon, and double the doses of medicines A and C in the morning after dinner. , It is necessary for the patient to take out a predetermined amount of a predetermined amount of a drug from a medicine box or the like at a predetermined time and take it.
However, as a practical matter, the type and amount of medicine to be taken may be wrong or missed. On the contrary, it may be taken in duplicate.
In particular, it is difficult for elderly people and patients with weakened energy to take out a predetermined amount of a predetermined amount of a drug from a medicine box or the like, and it may not be possible to take the drug accurately.

As a means for solving this problem, a device called a medication calendar or a medication calendar has been proposed in Patent Documents 1 and 2.
The invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a calendar provided with a drug accommodating portion for accommodating a drug.
In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, four drug accommodating portions are arranged below the date. Each of the four drug storage units corresponds to the timing (usage) of administration, and is labeled as "morning", "daytime", "night", and "in front of flannel" based on the description in Patent Document 1.
Then, the drug corresponding to the timing of administration is stored in the drug storage section of the medication calendar (medicine calendar). When the timing of administration arrives, the drug is taken out from the corresponding drug storage and taken.

The above-mentioned medication calendar tends to be adopted not only in private homes but also in nursing care facilities for the elderly and hospitals having hospitalization facilities.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-258999 JP 2013-248873

The medication calendar disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a drug setting tool for setting a drug, and is installed at a patient's home, a nursing care facility, or the like.
Then, a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy may visit the patient's home or a long-term care facility to replenish the drug storage section of the medication calendar.
In some cases, a pharmacist stores a drug in the drug placement section of the medication calendar at his / her own pharmacy (dispensing room), and brings the drug calendar in the state of the drug to the patient's home or nursing care facility.
Here, the format of the medication calendar is not specified by law, and various types are used by each facility.
Typical medication calendar formats are the three types shown in FIGS. 11, 12, and 13.

The first form is a personal medication calendar-100 as shown in FIG. 11, which is a matrix shape composed of a day of the week axis and a timing axis of administration.
Specifically, the matrix shape has 7 days of the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as the vertical axis, and "morning", "daytime", "night", and "before going to bed" as the horizontal axis. is there.
The personal medication calendar-100 is used exclusively by one user. For example, the drug taken by the user Muramatsu in a week is contained in each day of the week and the timing of administration.
For example, after lunch on Wednesday, Muramatsu, the user, takes the drug contained in the lunch position on the Wednesday line.
Most personal medication calendars have one unit per week, but the number of days per unit is arbitrary, and may be 10-day units, 2-week units, 28-day units, etc. May be good.

The second form is a daily dosing calendar-101 for multiple users, as shown in FIG. The daily medication calendar-101 has a large number of days of the week to be taken, like a daily calendar. Further, in the daily medication calendar-101, the drug accommodating portions are arranged in a matrix formed by the name of the user and the timing axis of administration.
Specifically, a matrix with the seven names of Muramatsu, Hayada, Arashi, Fuji, Ide, Kirishima, and Moroboshi on the vertical axis and "morning", "daytime", "night", and "before going to bed" on the horizontal axis. The shape.
The daily medication calendar-101 is used jointly by a plurality of users, and for example, drugs taken by seven users in a day are contained according to the name of the user and the timing of administration.
For example, on the morning of the day, seven people, Muramatsu, Hayada, Arashi, Fuji, Ide, Kirishima, and Moroboshi, will take the medicines contained in their respective "morning" medicine compartments. After lunch, the seven people mentioned above will take the drugs contained in their respective "lunch" drug compartments.
The daily medication calendar-101 for multiple users is used in long-term care facilities and hospitals. In the daily medication calendar-101, the number of recipients as one unit is arbitrary, and may be 5 or 10.

The third form is a time-of-dose medication calendar-102 for a plurality of users as shown in FIG.
Specifically, the timing of taking the drug is marked on the top, such as "for morning", and the names of 28 people, Hongo, Ichimonji, ... Tojo, and Sano, are lined up.
The time-of-dose medication calendar-102 is used jointly by a plurality of users and is used in nursing care facilities and hospitals. For example, the drug taken by each of the 28 users at a specific time of the day is contained according to the name of the user.
For example, on the morning of the day, 28 people with names on the calendar will take the medicines contained in the medicine storage compartments with their respective names.
When all the members have finished taking the drug, the time-of-dose medication calendar-102 is removed, and the time-of-dose medication calendar-102 for lunch is prepared.
In the dosing calendar-102 according to the time of administration, the number of users as one unit is arbitrary, and may be 10 or 30.

As described above, the medication calendars 100, 101, and 102 have a plurality of formats.
For example, the medication calendar disclosed in Patent Document 1 is installed at the home of the user or a long-term care facility, and a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy visits the home or the long-term care facility of the user and delivers the drug to the drug storage section. refill.
In addition, the pharmacist stores the drug in the drug placement section of the medication calendars 100, 101, 102 at his / her own pharmacy (dispensing room), and the medication calendar 100, 101, 102 in the state where the drug is stored is used in the home or care facility of the user. The pharmacist puts a predetermined drug into each drug placement unit according to the format of the medication calendars 100, 101, 102.
However, as described above, the medication calendars 100, 101, and 102 have a plurality of formats, which is confusing and requires careful work.
Therefore, in a pharmacy, the work of putting a predetermined drug into each drug arrangement section of the medication calendars 100, 101, 102 is a heavy burden.

The same applies to the case where a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy visits the user's home or nursing care facility and replenishes the drug storage section at the user's home or the like. In this case, the drugs are sorted in advance in the pharmacy and brought to the user's home or the like in that state, but the sorting work of the drugs is troublesome and easy to make a mistake.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to pay attention to the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to develop an apparatus for reducing the burden of the sorting work of the pharmacist.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an embodiment is introduced in which a drug packaging band in which drug packages for each dose of the drug are connected in a plurality of bands is introduced, and the drug packaging is individually separated from the drug packaging band, based on specific conditions. It is a drug sorting device characterized by sorting by sorting.

The drug packaging band is created based on prescription information using, for example, a drug packaging device. It is desirable that the drug packaging band be audited by a pharmacist before being introduced into the drug sorting device and then introduced into the drug sorting device after the audit.

In the above-described embodiment, the condition that the drug should be taken by a specific user in a day and the timing of administration are set as the specific conditions, and the drug packaging of the drug that the specific user should take in a day is provided. It is desirable to be able to create a daily medication set arranged according to the timing of administration.

In the above-described embodiment, it is possible to make an individual multi-day drug set by collecting a plurality of the daily drug sets for each specific user with the drug user as the specific condition. Yes but desirable.

In each of the above embodiments, the drug user is set as the specific condition, and the daily drug set of a plurality of users is collected for each day to form a multi-person daily drug set. It is desirable that it is possible.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the timing of administration is set as the specific condition, and the drug packaging of the drugs to be taken by a plurality of users is grouped in a predetermined order according to the timing of administration. It is desirable to be able to make.

Another aspect for solving the above-mentioned problems is to introduce a drug packaging band in which drug packages in which drugs are packaged for each dose are connected in a plurality of bands, and the drug packaging is individually separated from the drug packaging band. It is a drug sorting device that sorts drug packages, and it is possible to create a daily drug set in which drug packages of drugs that a specific user should take in a day are arranged according to the conditions of the timing of administration. It is possible to collect multiple daily medication sets for each user to create an individual multi-day medication set, and collect the daily medication sets of multiple users for each day. It is possible to make a multi-person daily medication set that is grouped together, and the drug packaging of the drugs that should be taken by multiple users according to the timing of administration is grouped in a predetermined order. It is possible to create a set according to the time of administration, and by sorting the introduced drug packaging bands, it can be used in any form of individual multi-day drug set, multi-person one-day drug set, and multi-person dosing time-specific set. It is a drug sorting device characterized in that it can be discharged.

In each of the above aspects, a packaging band attachment portion for attaching the wound drug packaging band, a pull-in means for pulling in the drug packaging band attached to the packaging band attachment portion, and a separating means for separating the drug packaging from the drug packaging band. It is desirable to have a temporary storage unit for temporarily placing the separated drug packaging, and a transport means for taking out the drug packaging from the drug packaging temporarily placed in the temporary storage unit and transporting the drug packaging to individual containers.

In the above aspect, it is desirable that there is a separately prepared drug set tool, and the individual container can be attached to the drug set tool.

Another aspect for solving the above-mentioned problems is to introduce a drug packaging band in which drug packages in which drugs are packaged for each dose are connected in a plurality of bands, and the drug packaging is individually separated from the drug packaging band. It is a drug sorting device that sorts drug packages, and it is possible to create a daily dose arrangement in which the drug packages that a specific user should take in a day are arranged in the order of the timing of administration on a separately prepared drug set tool. It is possible, and it is possible to create an individual multi-day dose sequence by collecting multiple daily dose sequences corresponding to multiple days of a specific user in a separately prepared drug set tool. It is also possible to create a multi-person daily dose arrangement by collecting the daily dose arrangements of multiple users for each day in a separately prepared drug set tool, and separately. It is also possible to create a multi-person dosing time-specific arrangement in which the drug packages that should be taken by multiple users at a specific dosing timing are grouped together in a predetermined order on the prepared drug set tool. It is a drug sorting device.

In each of the above aspects, there is a separately prepared drug setting tool, the drug setting tool has a plurality of drug arranging portions, and has a packaging arranging means for transporting the drug packaging and arranging the drug packaging in each drug arranging portion. Is desirable.

An aspect of the drug sorting system is to have a drug packaging device for discharging a drug packaging band in which drug packages for packaging each dose of a drug are connected in a plurality of bands, and a drug sorting device according to any one of the above. It is a feature.

According to the drug sorting apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden of sorting work for a pharmacist or a dispensing assistant to sort drugs.

It is a perspective view of the drug sorting system of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the drug packaging apparatus adopted in the drug sorting system of FIG. It is a front view of the drug packaging band paid out from the drug packaging device, (a) shows an example in which daily doses are grouped together and discharged in order of the timing of administration, and (b) is the timing of administration. An example of being discharged collectively for each is shown. It is a perspective view of the drug packaging band paid out from the drug packaging device. It is a block diagram of the packaging band attachment part, the pull-in means, and the disconnection means of the drug sorting apparatus of the embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the temporary storage box storage area of the drug sorting apparatus of embodiment of this invention. (A), (b), and (c) are explanatory views illustrating a step of completing a personal medication calendar by the drug sorting device according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A), (b), and (c) are explanatory views illustrating a step of completing a daily medication calendar by the drug sorting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A), (b), and (c) are explanatory views illustrating a step of completing a dosing calendar according to the time of administration by the drug sorting device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows another example of the temporary storage box storage area of the drug sorting apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the personal medication calendar. It is a front view of the daily medication calendar. It is a front view of the medication calendar according to the time of administration.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
The drug sorting system 1 of the present embodiment is composed of a drug packaging device 110 and a drug sorting device 2 as shown in FIG.
The drug packaging device 110 discharges a drug packaging band in which drug packages containing drugs for each dose are connected in a plurality of bands.
In the drug packaging device 110 adopted in the present embodiment, a solid drug such as a tablet or a capsule and a powdered drug can be stored in one package.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drug packaging device 110 includes a drug supply means 112 and a packaging means 113. The drug supply means 112 has a powder supply section 116 and a solid drug supply section 115. The powder supply unit 116 can open the bottom of the box member 120 to divide and store the powder contained in the box member 120 in the divided container 121, and supply the powder in a predetermined amount to the packaging means 113.

As shown in FIG. 2, the solid drug supply unit 115 includes a cassette type drug supply unit 122 and a hand-spray type drug supply unit 123. The cassette-type drug supply unit 122 is formed by mounting a large number of drug cassettes 126 on a drug feeder (not shown) built in the drug shelf unit 125.
The drug cassette 126 stores the solid drug and appropriately dispenses the required amount of the solid drug.

The packaging means 113 has a sheet feeding mechanism 127 and a bag forming mechanism 128. The packaging means 113 bends the medicine wrapping paper 130 sent from the sheet feeding mechanism 127 in two at a substantially central portion in the lateral direction (width direction), and crimps the bent medicine wrapping paper 130 into a bag shape. ..

In the drug packaging device 110, the powder or solid drug can be dispensed from the powder supply unit 116 or the solid drug supply unit 115 to the packaging means 113 and packaged based on the prescription data input to the operation terminal (not shown).
Further, the desired printing is performed on the drug packaging 7 by a printing means (not shown).

FIG. 3 shows the form of the drug package 7 discharged from the drug packaging device 110.
The drug packaging 7 is discharged as a drug packaging band 5 that is long and connected in a band shape.
The drug packaging band 5 has an information printing unit 6 on which prescription information is printed at the head, followed by a large number of drug packages 7.
The name of the user, the name of the prescription drug, the prescription amount, and the like are printed on the information printing unit 6. Further, the type of the drug packaging band 5 described later is described. Further, a recording means such as a two-dimensional bar code is printed on the information printing unit 6, and such information is also written on the two-dimensional bar code.

In the drug packaging device 110 of the present embodiment, the repetitive form as shown in FIG. 3 (a) in which the daily doses are arranged and connected in the order of the timing of administration and the timing of administration as shown in FIG. 3 (b) are connected. The drug packaging 7 can be discharged in a continuous format that is grouped and connected to each other.

In the repetitive drug packaging band 5a in which the daily doses as shown in FIG. 3A are arranged in the order of the timing of administration, there is an information printing unit 6 in which prescription information is printed at the beginning, followed by the administration. The drug packages 7 are arranged in the order of timing.
In the example shown in FIG. 3A, the drugs taken by the user "Muramatsu" are arranged in series in the order of "morning", "daytime", "nighttime", and "before going to bed", followed by each dose. The next day's "morning", "daytime", "nighttime", and "before going to bed" drug packaging 7 are connected in this order. After that, the doses are connected in series in the order of "morning", "daytime", "nighttime", and "before going to bed".
If the doctor's prescription is, for example, 21 days, 21 pairs of "morning", "daytime", "night", and "before going to bed" are connected in a band shape and discharged.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), in the continuous type drug packaging band 5b which is grouped and connected according to the timing of administration, there is an information printing unit 6 in which prescription information is printed at the beginning, followed by the information printing unit 6. The drug packages 7 are arranged in the order of dosing timing.
In the example shown in FIG. 3B, the drugs taken by the user "Muramatsu" in the morning are continuously connected in series, and then the drugs taken by the user "Muramatsu" in the daytime are continuously connected in series. .. After that, drug packaging for the night and before going to bed is connected.
If the doctor's prescription is, for example, 21 days, 21 drug packages 7 containing "morning" drugs are continuously discharged, followed by drug packages containing "daytime" drugs. 21 packages of 7 are continuously discharged.

As shown in FIG. 4, each drug package 7 contains all the drugs to be taken by the user at one time. The drug enclosed in one drug package 7 may be one type of solid drug or a plurality of types of solid drug. In some cases, the solid drug and the powder are contained in the same package.

Next, the drug sorting device 2 will be described.
The drug sorting device 2 has a housing 3 that constitutes an outer shell, and a packaging band mounting portion 15 is provided on the top surface portion thereof.
The inside of the housing 3 of the drug sorting device 2 is divided into four areas.
That is, inside the drug sorting device 2 and on the front side, there is a separation process area 10 for cutting the drug packaging band 5 and putting it into the temporary storage box (temporary storage portion) 8, and a temporary storage box for storing the temporary storage box 8. There is a storage area 11. Further, inside the drug sorting device 2, there is a drug packaging pickup area 12 and a calendar storage area 13 on the back surface side.

A large number of packaging band holders 16 are arranged on the packaging band mounting portion 15. The packaging band holder 16 is composed of a support column 18 held in a vertical posture and an insertion core member 20 projecting horizontally from the tip of the support column 18 in a cantilever shape.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cutting process area 10 includes a pull-in roll 21 and a cutter 22.
Further, a sizing table 23 for sizing the temporary storage box 8 by a fixed distance is provided.

The temporary storage box storage area 11 is a shelf for accommodating a large number of temporary storage boxes (temporary storage portions) 8, and any temporary storage box 8 can be taken out by a moving device (not shown). Further, the temporary storage box 8 taken out can be returned to a predetermined position.

In the drug packaging pickup area 12, there is a pickup device (transport means) 25. The pickup device 25 is composed of a package holder 26 such as a mechanical gripper or a vacuum type pad, and a moving device 27 for moving the package holder 26 itself. The pickup device 25 is a transport means for taking out the drug package 7 from the temporary storage box (temporary storage portion) 8 and transporting it to the pocket member (individual container) 36.

The calendar storage area 13 is an area for storing the mount, which is the base material of the medication calendar, and the completed medication calendars 30, 31, and 32 in which the drug package is held at a predetermined position on the mount. Since the medication calendar is often referred to as a "medicine calendar" for general users, the medication calendars 30, 31, and 32 are displayed as "medicine calendars" in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9. There is.

Next, the function of the drug sorting device 2 will be described.
The drug sorting device 2 of the present embodiment has a function of introducing a drug packaging band 5 in which drug packages 7 in which drugs are packaged for each dose are connected in a plurality of bands, and the drug packaging 7 is individually separated from the drug packaging band 5. Have.
Further, the drug sorting device 2 of the present embodiment can sort the drug packaging 7 on the condition that the drug is taken by the person taking the drug, the drug should be taken in a day, and the timing of taking the drug, and further, the drug package 7 can be sorted on the mount 35. Can be arranged.

In the drug sorting device 2 of the present embodiment, the drug packaging band 5 discharged from the drug packaging device 110 is mounted on the packaging band mounting portion 15 on the top surface.
Prior to attaching the drug packaging band 5 to the drug packaging device 110, it is desirable to audit in advance whether the drug is correctly contained in each drug packaging 7 of the drug packaging band 5 as prescribed.
This pre-audit is performed by a pharmacist.

For example, if the drug wrapping band 5 is a repetitive drug wrapping band 5a in which daily doses are arranged in the order of timing of administration as shown in FIG. 3A, it is built in each drug wrapping 7. The medicines are arranged in a repeating state such as morning, daytime, nighttime, before bedtime, morningtime, daytime, nighttime, and so on, so confirmation work is easy.
Further, if the drug packaging band 5 is a continuous type drug packaging band 5b that is grouped and connected according to the timing of administration as shown in FIG. 3B, the drug contained in each drug packaging 7 is Morning, morning, morning, ... for lunch, for lunch, for lunch, for lunch, and so on. Therefore, it is easy to find mistakes when different items are included or the number is different.

In the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 3A, a repetitive drug packaging band 5a in which daily doses are grouped together and arranged in order of timing of administration will be described.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the drug packaging band 5a is wound in a roll shape and attached to the insertion core member 20 of the packaging band holder 16. Then, one end of the drug packaging band 5a is pulled in and sandwiched between the rolls 21. For example, the drug packaging band 5a for the user "Muramatsu" is once pulled in and sandwiched between the rolls 21.

Then, by operating the predetermined start switch, the drug packaging band 5a for the user "Muramatsu" is pulled into the pull-in roll 21 and enters the housing 3. When the barcode or the like printed on the drug packaging band 5a is read by a barcode reader (not shown), the user name, packaging order (3a, 3b) and other prescription information are read into the drug sorting device 2.
Here, the prescription information or the like may be read into the drug sorting device 2 directly from a barcode or the like, or may be indirectly read by being connected to another storage device.
For example, even if the prescription ID or prescription information is read by a barcode or the like, this information is automatically input to another server or computer, the information is searched based on the prescription ID and read into the drug sorting device 2. Good.

The drug packaging band 5a introduced into the housing 3 is separated into each drug packaging 7 by the cutter 22 in the cutting process area 10 of FIG.
Here, prior to the separation of the drug packaging band 5a, the temporary storage box 8 is taken out from the temporary storage box storage area 11 and installed on the sizing table 23.
Therefore, there is a temporary storage box 8 at the drop position of the drug package 7, and the separated drug packages 7 are put into the temporary storage box 8 one by one.
Then, the 23 sizing tables gradually move the temporary storage box 8, and the drug packages 7 are arranged in the temporary storage box 8 in the order in which they are connected by the drug packaging band 5a.
According to the present embodiment, the drug packages 7 are arranged in the temporary storage box 8 in the order in which they are connected by the drug packaging band 5a.
Specifically, the drug packaging 7 to be taken in a day such as morning, noon, night, before going to bed, morning, noon, night, etc. is repeated and the temporary storage box 8 Lined up in.

When the drug wrapping band 5a for the user "Muramatsu" has been cut and all the drug wrappings 7 connected to one drug wrapping band 5a are contained in the temporary storage box 8, the temporary storage box 8 becomes a temporary storage box. It is moved to the storage area 11 and accommodated in a predetermined position.
The control device (not shown) stores that the temporary storage box 8 moved to the temporary storage box storage area 11 is for the user "Muramatsu".
Further, a new temporary storage box 8 is taken out from the temporary storage box storage area 11 and installed on the sliding table 23.

Subsequently, the drug packaging band 5a for other users is separated by the same process, and when all the drug packaging 7 connected to one drug packaging band 5a is housed in the temporary storage box 8, the temporary storage box 8 is used. 8 moves to the temporary storage box storage area 11 and is housed in a predetermined position. It is remembered that the temporary storage box 8 moved to the temporary storage box storage area 11 this time is for, for example, the user "Hayada".
Furthermore, a new temporary storage box 8 is taken out from the temporary storage box storage area 11 and installed on the sliding table 23.

By repeating this step, in the temporary storage box storage area 11, as shown in FIG. 6, temporary storage boxes 8 containing a plurality of drug packages 7 for users are lined up. Further, the control device distinguishes which user the temporary storage box 8 is for.
As a general rule, all the drugs to be taken at one time are contained in one drug package 7, but in exceptional cases, they may not be contained in the same drug package 7.
For example, when a Chinese herbal medicine is prescribed, it may be packaged separately from other medicines. In such a case, the Chinese herbal medicine or the like is stored in a temporary storage box 8 different from the temporary storage box 8 containing the drug package 7, as for the user “Fuji” in FIG.

The drug sorting device 2 of the present embodiment further has a function of accommodating the drug package 7 in the medication calendars (medicine calendars in the drawing) 30, 31 and 32, which are drug setting tools.
In the present embodiment, the medication calendars 30, 31 and 32 to be adopted all have mounts 35a, b and c as base materials, and necessary items are printed on the mounts 35a, b and c.
Further, the mount 35 has a glued portion 37 in a matrix of 7 rows and 4 rows, respectively.

In the present embodiment, the drug package 7 is automatically housed in a predetermined position corresponding to the type of the mount 35.
This will be described below.
In the drug sorting device 2 of the present embodiment, there is a pocket member accommodating portion (not shown), and a large number of pocket members 36 are accommodating in the pocket member accommodating portion. Then, the pocket member 36 is conveyed to the drug packaging pickup area 12 by a transfer mechanism (not shown).
Further, a temporary storage box 8 for the user who uses the medication calendar 30 is transported to the drug packaging pickup area 12.
Then, the drug packaging 7 is pulled out from the temporary storage box 8 in a predetermined order by the packaging holder 26, and put into the pocket member 36.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, if the medication calendar 30 to be adopted (medicine calendar in the drawing) is the personal medication calendar-30a, the temporary storage box 8 for one person (for example, for Muramatsu) described on the mount 35a. Is transported to the drug packaging pickup area 12. Further, 28 pocket members 36 are conveyed from the pocket member accommodating portion according to the number of the glued portions 37 of the mount 35a.
Then, the drug packaging 7 in the temporary storage box 8 is taken out in order from the front by the packaging holder 26, and put into the pocket member 36 one by one.

Here, in the temporary storage box 8, the drug packaging 7 to be taken in a day such as morning, noon, night, before bed, morning, noon, night, and so on is repeatedly in a state. The drug packages 7 in the temporary storage box 8 are taken out in order from the front by the package holder 26 and put into the individual pocket members 36 one by one, so that the pocket members 36 can be taken at the timing of administration. The drug packaging 7 is put in order.

Then, the pocket members 36 are held one by one by a packaging arrangement means (not shown), the pocket members 36 are moved and pressed against the glued portion 37 of the mount 35a, and the pocket member 36 is adhered to the glued portion 37.
By continuing this work, the personal medication calendar-30 is completed.
The completed personal medication calendar-30 is a state in which the drug packages that a specific user should take in a day are arranged side by side according to the conditions of the timing of administration, and a drug set for one day is formed. .. Further, in the row of the personal medication calendar-30, the drug packages that a specific user (Muramatsu) should take in a day are arranged in the order of the timing of administration, and the daily dose arrangement is formed.
In addition, the completed personal medication calendar-30 constitutes an individual multi-day medication set that is a collection of a plurality of daily medication sets for each specific user (Muramatsu).
In addition, the vertical and horizontal matrix of the personal medication calendar-30 is a collection of multiple daily dose sequences corresponding to multiple days (7 days) of a specific user (Muramatsu), and is a collection of individual multi-day doses. Forming an array.

Although the case of making the personal medication calendar -30 has been described above, the drug sorting device 2 of the present embodiment can also make other types of medication calendars 31 and 32.
For example, when making a daily medication calendar-31 for a plurality of users, as shown in FIG. 8, a temporary storage box 8 for a plurality of users is provided corresponding to the users described on the mount 35b. It is transported to the drug packaging pickup area 12. For example, a temporary storage box 8 for seven users is transported to the drug packaging pickup area 12.
Further, 28 pocket members 36 are transported from the pocket member accommodating portion.
Then, the drug packaging 7 in each temporary storage box 8 is put into the pocket member 36 one by one from the front. Here, one package from each temporary storage box 8 is taken out in order, and four drug packages 7 are taken out one by one into the pocket member 36. When the four packages are taken out, another person's temporary storage box 8 is inside. The work shifts to the work of taking out the drug package 7 from.

Subsequently, the pocket members 36 are held one by one by a packaging arrangement means (not shown) and sequentially pressed against the glued portion 37 of the mount 35b to bond the pocket member 36 to the glued portion 37.
By continuing this work, a daily medication calendar-31 for multiple recipients is completed.
The completed daily medication calendar-31 is a state in which the drug packages that a specific user should take in a day are arranged side by side according to the conditions of the timing of administration, and a daily medication set is formed. There is. Further, in the row of the daily medication calendar-31, the drug packages that a specific user (Muramatsu) should take in a day are arranged in the order of the timing of administration, and the daily dose arrangement is formed.
In addition, the completed daily medication calendar-31 is composed of a multi-person daily medication set, which is a collection of daily medication sets of a plurality of users for each day.
Further, in the vertical and horizontal matrix of the daily medication calendar-31, a multi-person daily dose sequence is formed by collecting the daily dose sequences of a plurality of users one by one and grouping them together.

Further, when preparing a dosing time-specific medication calendar-32 for a plurality of users, as shown in FIG. 9, a temporary storage box 8 for more users is transported to the drug packaging pickup area 12.
Then, one drug package 7 in each temporary storage box 8 is taken out from the front by the package holder 26, and one package is put in the pocket member 36.
In the present embodiment, 28 temporary storage boxes 8 for the user are transported to the drug packaging pickup area 12. If the number of users is smaller than the number of glued portions 37 on the mount 35c, the number of temporary storage boxes 8 will be small.
Then, the drug packaging 7 corresponding to the corresponding dosing timing (for example, in the morning) in each temporary storage box 8 is taken out one by one by the packaging holder 26 and put into the pocket member 36 one by one.
Then, the pocket members 36 are held one by one by a moving means (not shown) and are sequentially pressed against the glued portion 37 of the mount 35c to adhere the pocket member 36 to the glued portion 37.
By continuing this work, a time-of-dose medication calendar-32 for a plurality of users is completed.

The completed dosing time-specific medication calendar-32 is composed of a multi-person dosing time-based set in which drug packages to be taken by a plurality of users are grouped in a predetermined order according to the dosing timing.
In addition, the vertical and horizontal matrix of the medication calendar-32 by time of administration constitutes a multi-person administration time-specific arrangement in which drug packages to be taken by a plurality of users at a specific timing of administration are grouped together in a predetermined order. ing.

In the drug sorting device 2 described above, the pocket member 36 is glued to the mount 35, but the attachment structure of the pocket member 36 to the mount 35 is arbitrary.
For example, the mount 35 may be provided with an engaging portion such as a hook to engage the pocket member 36.
Further, a magnet may be attached to the mount 35 or the pocket member 36, and the pocket member 36 may be fixed to the mount 35 by a magnetic force.
Rewritable recording means such as RFID are attached to the temporary storage box 8 and the pocket member 36, and when they are transported to each area or attached to the mount 35, information is exchanged and confirmed to check for errors. It may be used as a means of information transmission.
Further, a non-rewritable identifier may be attached to the temporary storage box 8 or the pocket member 36. Examples of non-rewritable identifiers are two-dimensional barcodes and barcodes.
Information may be obtained directly from a non-rewritable identifier for confirmation and error checking. In addition, information obtained from a rewritable recording means or a non-rewritable identifier may be input to another server, computer, or the like and used for confirmation or error checking.

The pocket member 36 may be provided with a structure for preventing the drug package 7 from falling off or falling. For example, an urging member that urges the opening of the pocket member 36 in the closing direction and an urging member that compresses the space of the pocket member 36 itself are provided.
It is conceivable that the opening is widened when the drug package 7 is put into the pocket member 36, and the opening is narrowed by the urging member at the opening after the medicine is put into the pocket member 36.
The urging member preferably has a spring or some elastic structure, and the urging force of the spring or the like lightly suppresses the packaging paper of the drug packaging 7 to prevent the drug packaging 7 from falling off.

The above description has been made on the assumption that the drug packaging band 5a in the form in which the daily doses are grouped together and arranged in the order of the timing of administration as shown in FIG. 3 (a) is used, but the drug sorting device 212 of the present embodiment has been described. By changing the setting, it is possible to cope with a continuous type drug packaging band 5b as shown in FIG. 3B, which is grouped and connected according to the timing of administration.
When the continuous type drug packaging band 5b as shown in FIG. 3B is used, when the drug packaging 7 is pulled out from the temporary storage box 8 in the drug packaging pickup area 12 in a predetermined order by the packaging holder 26, The extraction position will be changed and the extraction will be performed.
When the medicine wrapping band 5b is used, there are a medicine wrapping 7 for morning and a medicine wrapping 7 for before going to bed in the areas on both ends of the temporary storage box 8, and there are daytime and nighttime medicine wrappings in the middle area.
The package holder 26 moves in the area of the temporary storage box 8 and sequentially removes the drug package 7 from each area.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, each user is prepared with a temporary storage box 8a for the morning, a temporary storage box 8b for the daytime, a temporary storage box 8c for the night, and a temporary storage box 8d for before going to bed, and in the carving process area 10. Divide each drug package 7 into a temporary storage box 8a for the morning, a temporary storage box 8b for the daytime, a temporary storage box 8c for the night, and a temporary storage box 8c for the night before going to bed. Items may be sorted into a temporary storage box 8d before going to bed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, by removing the drug packaging 7 from the temporary storage box 8 in order, a one-day drug set, an individual multi-day drug set, a multi-person one-day drug set, and a multi-person dosing time set In addition to this, information on the user and the timing of administration may be written on the surface of the drug package 7 by a recording means such as a barcode, and sorting may be performed with reference to this information.
In addition, a one-day drug set, an individual multi-day drug set, a multi-person one-day drug set, or a multi-person multi-day dose group may be created only by information on a recording means such as a barcode.

The drug sorting device 2 described above has a function of separating the introduced drug packaging band 5 into individual drug packages 7, sorting them, and arranging them on the mount 35 of the medication calendar. The mount of the medication calendar It may not have the function of arranging in 35.
For example, a plurality of daily drug sets in which the drug packages of the drugs to be taken by a specific user in a day are arranged in the order of the timing of administration may be formed and discharged. The order of the timing of administration is preferably morning, noon, night, and before going to bed, but it may be in the reverse order starting with the one before going to bed.
In addition, a plurality of the daily-dose drug sets may be collected for each specific user to form an individual multi-day-dose drug set, which may be discharged.
With the drug users as the specific conditions, the daily drug sets of multiple users are collected for each day to create a multi-person daily drug set, which is then discharged. There may be.
A group of drug packages of drugs to be taken by a plurality of users according to the timing of administration may be grouped in a predetermined order for each time of administration by a large number of people, and the packages may be discharged.

The above-described embodiment has been described on the premise that the drug package 7 is arranged on the medication calendars -30, 31, 32, but the drug package 7 sorted by the drug sorting device 2 is arranged on the medication calendar-30, It is not limited to 31 and 32.
For example, drug packaging 7 is sorted by making multiple daily drug sets and discharging them, or sorting them in the form of individual multi-day drug sets, multi-person daily drug sets, and multi-person dosing time groups. It may be discharged from the device 2 and placed in a container or device other than the medication calendar.
For example, when the drug sorting device 2 of the present invention is used for drug distribution in a hospital ward, the sorted drug package 7 is placed in a drug distribution tray. In this way, the drug sorting device 2 also contributes to reducing the work of pharmacists and nurses in the hospital.
In this case, the destination of the drug package 7 is not the medication calendars -30, 31, 32, but, for example, the drug distribution tray mass. Further, the pocket member (individual container) 36 described above may be set in the medicine distribution tray. In the present embodiment, the drug packaging 7 is placed in the drug distribution tray.

In addition to the calendar type, there are also box type medicine setting tools for setting medicines. The present invention can also be applied to a box-type drug set tool.
That is, in the field of home nursing, not only the calendar format but also a drug setting tool called a drug distribution box may be used.
Here, the medicine distribution box is a box made of an inexpensive material such as paper or plastic, and its shape and structure are not much different from those of the medicine distribution tray used in hospitals.
The drug sorting device 2 may be provided with a function of charging the drug packaging 7 into the drug distribution box, or the drug packaging 7 discharged from the drug sorting device 2 may be loaded into the drug distribution box.

In the above-described embodiment, the drug packaging bands 5a separated one by one are temporarily stored in the temporary storage box 8, and then the drug packaging 7 to be stored in the pocket member 36 is set. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the separated drug package 7 may be set directly in the pocket member 36.
For example, the accommodating portion may be integrated in advance on the mount of the medication calendar. For example, a calendar bag in which the pocket member 36 cannot be removed may be adopted, and the drug package 7 may be directly put into the pocket member 36.

1 Drug sorting system 2 Drug sorting device 5 Drug packaging band 7 Drug packaging 8 Temporary storage box (temporary storage section)
10 Separation process area 12 Pick-up area 13 Calendar storage area 15 Packaging band attachment part 110 Drug packaging device

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Introduced a drug packaging band in which multiple drug packages, which are packaged for each dose of drug, are connected in a strip shape.
A drug sorting device characterized in that drug packages are individually separated from a drug packaging band and sorted based on specific conditions. The condition that a specific user should take the drug in a day and the timing of administration are the above-mentioned specific conditions, and the drug packaging of the drug that a specific user should take in a day is according to the timing of administration. The drug sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is possible to form an arranged daily drug set. It is characterized in that it is possible to make an individual multi-day drug set by collecting a plurality of the daily drug sets for each specific user with the drug user as the specific condition. The drug sorting apparatus according to claim 2. It is possible to make a multi-person daily-dose drug set by collecting the daily-dose drug sets of a plurality of users for each day, with the drug taker as the specific condition. The drug sorting apparatus according to claim 2 or 3. With the timing of administration as the specific condition, it is possible to create a multi-person administration time-specific set in which drug packages of drugs to be taken by a plurality of users are grouped in a predetermined order according to the timing of administration. The drug sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that. Introduced a drug packaging band in which multiple drug packages, which are packaged for each dose of drug, are connected in a strip shape.
A drug sorting device that separates drug packages individually from the drug packaging band and sorts the drug packages.
It is possible to create a daily drug set in which the drug packages of the drugs that a specific user should take in a day are arranged according to the conditions of the timing of administration.
It is possible to collect multiple daily medication sets for each specific user to create an individual multi-day medication set.
It is possible to create a multi-person daily medication set that collects the daily medication sets of multiple users for each day and puts them together.
It is possible to create a multi-person dosing time-specific set that groups the drug packages of drugs that should be taken by multiple users according to the timing of taking them in a predetermined order.
It is characterized in that the introduced drug packaging bands can be sorted and discharged in any form of individual multi-day medication set, multi-person daily medication set, and multi-person dosing time-based set. Drug sorting device. A packaging band attachment part for attaching a wound drug packaging band,
A pull-in means for pulling in the drug packaging band attached to the packaging band attachment part,
A means of separating the drug packaging from the drug packaging band,
A temporary storage part for temporarily storing the carved drug packaging and
The drug sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a transport means for taking out the drug package from the drug package temporarily placed in the temporary storage portion and transporting the drug package to an individual container. The drug sorting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein there is a separately prepared drug set tool, and the individual container can be attached to the drug set tool. Introduced a drug packaging band in which multiple drug packages, which are packaged for each dose of drug, are connected in a strip shape.
A drug sorting device that separates drug packages individually from the drug packaging band and sorts the drug packages.
It is possible to create a daily dose arrangement in which the drug packages that a specific user should take in a day are arranged in the order of the timing of administration on a separately prepared drug set tool.
In addition, it is possible to collect multiple daily dose sequences corresponding to multiple days of a specific user in a separately prepared drug set tool to create an individual multi-day dose sequence.
In addition, it is also possible to create a multi-person daily dose arrangement by collecting the daily dose arrangements of multiple users for each day in a separately prepared drug set tool.
In addition, it is also possible to create a multi-person dosing time-specific arrangement in which drug packages to be taken by multiple users at a specific dosing timing are grouped together in a predetermined order on a separately prepared drug set tool. A drug sorting device characterized by. There is a separately prepared drug set tool, and the drug set tool has multiple drug placement parts,
The drug sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising a packaging arranging means for transporting the drug packaging and arranging the drug packaging in each drug arranging portion. A drug packaging device that discharges a drug packaging band in which multiple drug packages that package each dose of drug are connected in a strip shape,
A drug sorting system comprising the drug sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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