JP2021013768A - Medicine delivery device and medicine delivery method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a medicine delivery device comprising a function for reducing human errors in weighing, and capable of eliminating necessity of cleaning a put-in hopper and a trough.SOLUTION: A medicine feeder 10a for being used on a medicine delivery device 1 comprises a container vibration table 11 and a manual medicine container 5a, which are separately formed. The container vibration table 11 is installed in the vicinity of distribution trays 7a, 7b. The manual medicine container 5a has a medicine discharge part 20a and a medicine put-in part 21b. A pharmacist introduces directly, a medicine into the manual medicine container 5a from the medicine put-in part 21 of the manual medicine container 5a for weighing a medicine. Then the pharmacist moves the manual medicine container 5a and mounts the medicine container 5a on the container vibration table 11 of a main body device 2, then vibrates the container vibration table 11 for vibrating the manual medicine container 5a; therefore, powder stored inside is moved to the medicine discharge part 20a side, then, the powder is fallen directly from the medicine discharge part 20a to the distribution trays 7a, 7b. The medicine delivery device 1 has no trough which has been provided in prior ones, so that necessity of cleaning a trough can be eliminated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

Description

The present invention relates to a drug dispensing device that dispenses powdered medicine one by one, and a drug dispensing method.

In recent years, large hospitals and large-scale pharmacies have introduced powder dispensing devices and drug dispensing devices having a powder packaging function. Here, the powder packaging device is a device that individually packages powders and the like for each dose. If a powder packaging device is used, most of the work of packaging powders and the like in doses can be automated.
The powder packaging device 200 disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a device for individually packaging powders for each dose, and as shown in FIG. 25, the drug supply device 201, the powder distribution device 202, and the drug packaging are inside. It has a device 203.
The drug supply device 201 disclosed in Patent Document 1 is composed of a charging hopper 205 and a powder feeder 206 as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26.
As shown in FIG. 26, the powder feeder 206 is provided with two piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 under the trough 210 to vibrate the trough 210.

As shown in FIG. 25, the powder distribution device 202 is composed of a distribution plate 212 and a scraping device 215. The distribution plate 212 has an arcuate cross section and has an annular groove 216 in plan view. The distribution plate 212 is rotated at a constant speed by the motor 219.
The scraping device 215 has a disc 217 that moves up and down and rotates, and the scraping plate 218 is provided on the disc 217.

As shown in FIG. 25, the drug packaging device 203 is composed of a packaging hopper 220 and a packaging device 221.

Next, the procedure for packaging the powder using the powder packaging device 200 will be described.
The work of packaging the powder is performed by a user such as a pharmacist (hereinafter, simply referred to as a pharmacist) operating the powder packaging device 200 according to a doctor's prescription. That is, the pharmacist confirms the doctor's prescription and takes out the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powder from the medicine rack (not shown). Then, the total weight of the prescribed specific powder is weighed using a scale such as a balance.
That is, it is a powdered drug to be taken three times a day, and when 1.0 gram is prescribed and the drug for 20 days is prescribed, (1.0 × 3 × 20 = 60) gram. Powder is taken out. More specifically, the container is placed on the scale and tare is performed, the powder is removed from the medicine bottle using a spatula, the powder is placed in the container on the scale, and 60 grams of powder is weighed out.

Then, 60 grams of the weighed powder is charged into the charging hopper 205 of the drug supply device 201.
At the same time, the piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 (FIG. 26) of the powder feeder 206 are energized to vibrate the trough 210, and the distribution pan 212 is further rotated at about 20 to 30 revolutions per minute.
The powder charged into the charging hopper 205 falls from the opening at the lower end of the charging hopper 205 to the trough 210 of the powder feeder 206. Then, as the trough 210 vibrates, the powder slowly moves to the tip side and is rectified. Further, while moving on the trough 210, rectification proceeds, and the flow of the drug becomes a laminar flow state. That is, the distribution of the drug in the cross section in the direction orthogonal to the flow is constant, and the distance that the drug travels per unit time is also constant. As a result, 60 grams of powder is evenly dispersed and slowly moves towards the tip at a constant rate per hour.
Finally, the powder that moves at the head reaches the tip of the trough 210, and the powder that moves at the head falls from the tip of the trough 210 into the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212. Further, the powdered medicine that follows will fall into the distribution dish 212 by a certain amount per hour. Finally, the last powder drops into the distribution dish 212, and all 60 grams of powder enters the groove 216.

On the other hand, since the distribution plate 212 is rotating at a predetermined speed, the powder falling from the trough 210 is evenly distributed in the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212.
That is, the powder feeder 206 gradually drops the powder into the distribution plate 212, and the distribution plate 212 rotates at a constant speed, so that the powder is evenly distributed in the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212.

When the dropping of the powder onto the distribution plate 212 is completed, the rotation of the distribution plate 212 is temporarily stopped. Then, after that, the disk 217 of the scraping device 215 is dropped into the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212. After that, the distribution plate 212 is rotated by an angle according to the number of distributions. In the previous example, since 60 grams of powder is divided into 60 packets, the distribution dish 212 is rotated by (60/360) degrees, and the powder is placed on the front side of the disk 217 by (60/360) degrees. Gather. Then, the disk 217 is rotated, and the powder for (60/360) degrees is scraped out of the distribution plate 212 by the scraping plate 218 and put into the packaging hopper 220. The powdered medicine dropped from the packaging hopper 220 is packaged in the packaging device 221.

As described above, when packaging powders, the pharmacist takes out the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powders and weighs the total weight of the prescribed powders using a scale such as a balance. Need to be done.
This weighing operation cannot be mistaken. Therefore, the applicant has completed a system that supports the work of weighing out the total weight of the powder, and disclosed it in Patent Document 2.

The drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2 is composed of a drug weighing device for weighing a drug and a powder packaging device for distributing and packaging the drug. The powder packaging device has substantially the same configuration as that described above, and also includes an RFID reader that reads information from an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag.
The drug weighing device adopted in the invention of Patent Document 2 is provided with a bar code reader in addition to a balance table as a weighing means, and is stored in a prescription or a drug bottle from a bar code attached to a prescription or a label of a medicine bottle. The type of drug used can be read. In addition, the drug weighing device is provided with an RFID reader / writer, and can read information from the RFID tag and write information to the RFID tag.
The drug weighing device also has a touch panel. The touch panel functions as a display means and an input means.
In the drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2, a drug sheet is used when weighing a drug. The drug sheet functions as a tray for temporarily storing the drug, and is attached with an RFID tag.

In the drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2, the information on the dispensing described in the prescription is read into the control device of the drug weighing device using a barcode reader.
Then, the pharmacist puts the medicine sheet on the balance table, puts the medicine on the medicine sheet, and weighs it with the medicine weighing device.
At that time, the barcode attached to the medicine bottle or the like can be read with a barcode reader to confirm that the prescribed drug is correct.
Prescription information, the name of the pharmacist, and the type and amount of the weighed drug (hereinafter collectively referred to as information related to dispensing) are written on the RFID tag of the drug sheet by the RFID reader / writer of the drug weighing device. ..

After that, the pharmacist moves the drug sheet on which the weighed drug is placed to the powder packaging device, and charges the drug into the charging hopper of the powder packaging device.
Information about dispensing is also read into the drug packaging device from the RFID tag on the drug sheet. The powder packaging device packages the powder according to the information obtained from the RFID tag. Therefore, after that, the medicines put into the hopper are separately packaged one by one by the powder packaging device.

Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a powder dispensing device having a function of automatically cleaning the distribution plate 212.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-85703 WO2013 / 154202 A1 Gazette JP-A-2007-229456

According to the drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2, human error in weighing a drug is eliminated. Further, by using the cleaning means described in Patent Document 3 together, the distribution plate can be cleaned after the packaging work is completed.
However, even if the cleaning means described in Patent Document 3 is adopted, the pharmacist or the like is not freed from the cleaning work of the drug packaging device.
That is, the drug supply device 201 used in the powder packaging device 200 of the prior art is composed of the charging hopper 205 and the powder feeder 206 as described above.
Then, the drug is charged into the charging hopper 205, falls from the opening at the lower end of the charging hopper 205 to the trough 210 of the powder feeder 206, moves on the trough 210, and falls from the tip of the trough 210 into the groove 216 of the distribution pan 212. ..

In this way, when the drug is packaged, the drug may pass not only through the distribution dish 212 but also through the charging hopper 205 and the trough 210, and the drug may remain in the charging hopper 205 and the trough 210. Therefore, in order to completely prevent drug contamination, not only the distribution dish 212 but also the charging hopper 205 and the trough 210 must be cleaned.
However, this work was troublesome and improvement was desired.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to pay attention to the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a drug dispensing device that does not require cleaning of the input hopper and the trough.

An embodiment for solving the above-mentioned problems is a drug dispensing device including a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, and the drug weighing device has a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the drug. However, the main body device has a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, and the drug container is placed on a drug storage portion in which the drug is temporarily stored and a container shaking table of the main body device. It has a drug discharge section that opens laterally when placed, puts the drug into the drug container, weighs the drug with the weight detecting means, and keeps the drug in the drug container. It is a drug dispensing device characterized in that a container is placed on a container shaking table of a main body device, a drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table, and a drug is discharged from a drug discharging unit to a drug distributing device.
The invention related to the present invention is a drug dispensing device including a main body device and a drug container, wherein the main body device includes a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, and a powder distribution device. , The powder distribution device includes a distribution plate and a scraping device, and the powder supplied to the distribution plate can be divided into doses, and the drug container is a drug. Has a drug storage section and a drug discharge section in which the drug is temporarily stored, and the drug container contains a drug in an amount corresponding to the total weight of the prescribed specific powder, and the drug is placed in the drug container. The drug container is placed on the container shaking table by the robot in the state of being put in, the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table, and all the drugs in the drug container are discharged from the drug container. It is a drug dispensing device characterized in that it is discharged from a unit to a distribution container.
The invention related to the present invention is a device having a function of reducing human error in weighing, and is a drug dispensing device including a separate main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, respectively. The drug weighing device includes a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the drug, a dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, an information writing means and / or an information reading means on the weighing device side, and the main body thereof. The device has a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, a drug distribution device that divides the powder into a predetermined amount and divides the powder into a plurality of parts, and a main body side information reading means. It has a drug storage section that is temporarily stored, a drug discharge section that opens laterally when placed on the container shaking table of the main unit, and an information recording member and / or a container identification member. The drug dispensing device is characterized in that information related to the above is sent to the main device in association with the drug container.

The drug dispensing device related to the present invention includes a main body device and a drug weighing device. The drug weighing device has substantially the same function as the drug weighing device disclosed in Patent Document 2, and includes a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of a drug, a dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, and a dispensing information reading means. It has an information writing means and / or an information reading means on the weighing device side.
The main body device does not have the input hopper and trough used in the prior art, and a container shaking table is installed in place of these.
Further, the drug dispensing device related to the present invention includes a drug container. The drug container has an information recording member and / or a container identification member. Further, the drug container has a drug storage section in which the drug is temporarily stored and a drug discharge section that opens laterally when the drug is placed on the container shaking table of the main body device.
In the drug dispensing device of the present invention, the weighed drug is placed in the drug container, and the drug container is placed on the container shaking table of the main body device as it is. Then, the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table and dropped directly from the drug discharging section onto the drug distribution device.
The drug dispensing device of the present invention drops a drug directly from a drug container, and does not have a charging hopper and a trough in the first place. Therefore, it is not necessary to clean the input hopper and trough.

The weight detecting means of the drug weighing device has a container mounting portion on which the drug container is placed, and the weight detecting means detects the weight of the drug introduced from the drug charging section into the drug storage section of the drug container. Therefore, it is desirable that the drug container has a drug charging section that opens upward when placed on the container mounting section of the drug weighing device.

According to this aspect, the drug can be weighed by charging the drug from the drug charging section while the drug is placed on the container mounting section of the drug weighing device.

In one aspect of the present invention described above, the main body device has a main body side information reading means, the drug container has an information recording member, and information related to dispensing is recorded in the information recording member, and the information recording member. It is desirable that the recorded information be read by the information reading means on the main body side.
The drug container has an information recording member, the information recording member can rewrite information, the drug weighing device has an information writing means, and the information related to dispensing is recorded by the information writing means. Information recorded on the member The information recorded on the information recording member may be read by the information reading means on the main body side, so that the information related to dispensing may be sent to the main body device in association with the drug container.

Further, the main body side information reading means is a receiving means for receiving a signal, the medicine container has a container identification member, the medicine weighing device has a weighing device side information reading means, and the medicine is charged by the weighing device side information reading means. Information that identifies the container is read, information related to dispensing and information that identifies the drug container are transmitted from the drug weighing device, and the information is directly or indirectly transmitted to the main device to read the information on the main body side. Information related to dispensing may be sent to the main body device in association with the drug container by being received in.

The information related to the dispensing that is sent to the main body device in association with the drug container may include information on the weight of the drug detected by the weight detecting means.

An iron plate is attached to the bottom of the drug container, and an electromagnet is provided on the container shaking table, and it is desirable to act on the electromagnet to fix the manual drug container to the container shaking table.
The drug container becomes horizontally long when placed on the container mounting portion of the drug weighing device, and one end in the longitudinal direction is open to form a drug discharging section, and the drug container is mounted on the container of the drug weighing device. It is desirable that the drug charging section further has a drug charging section that opens upward when placed on the placing section and has a space inside, and the drug filling section has a larger opening than the drug discharging section.
It is desirable that the main body device has a packaging device for packaging the drug and a printing means, and information related to the prescription is printed by the printing means.

The main body device may have a display means and may be configured to be able to display information related to dispensing sent to the main body device in association with the drug container on the display means.
Another aspect is a drug dispensing method in which a drug is dispensed using a drug dispensing device, wherein the drug dispensing device is a drug dispensing device including a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container. The drug weighing device includes a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of a drug, a dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, an information writing means and / or an information reading means on the weighing device side, and the main body device It has a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, a drug distribution device that divides powder into a predetermined amount and divides the powder into a plurality of containers, and a main body side information reading means. The drug container is a drug discharge unit. , Information recording member and / or container identification member, and information related to dispensing is sent to the main body device in association with the drug container, and the drug is charged into the drug container and the drug is used by the weight detecting means. With the drug still in the drug container, the drug container is placed on the container shaking table of the main unit, the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table, and the drug is discharged from the drug discharge section to the drug distribution device. It is a drug dispensing method characterized by discharging.

According to the drug dispensing device of the present invention, the operator is freed from the cleaning work of the input hopper and the trough. According to the drug dispensing device of the related invention, human error in weighing can be reduced.

It is a perspective view of the main body device of the drug dispensing device of the embodiment of the present invention, a drug weighing device, and a manual drug container. It is a perspective view which shows through the inside of the main body apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view of the drug container introduction door part of the main body apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view of the drug feeder adopted in the drug dispensing device of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the manual type drug container adopted in the drug dispensing apparatus of embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the manual drug container of FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the manual drug container of FIG. 5, showing the behavior when the drug inside is discharged. It is a perspective view of the built-in drug container. It is a perspective view of the container shaking table adopted in the drug dispensing apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view of the container shaking table of FIG. 9 is a vertical perspective view of the container shaking table of FIG. 9. It is a vertical sectional side view of the container shaking table of FIG. It is a perspective view of the drug dividing apparatus of the main body apparatus of FIG. It is a side view which conceptually displayed a part of the drug dividing apparatus of the main body apparatus of FIG. 1 longitudinally. It is a block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the drug weighing apparatus. It is a perspective view of the drug weighing device. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the manual type drug container is placed on the drug weighing device. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the drug weighing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the drug feeder. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the manual type medicine container. It is a perspective view which shows the other modification of the manual type drug container. It is a perspective view of the drug container shown in FIG. 21, and shows the state when the drug is charged by a usual method. It is a perspective view of the drug container shown in FIG. 21, and shows the state when the drug is charged by another method. It is a perspective view which shows the inside of the main body apparatus of another Embodiment of this invention through. It is a block diagram of the powder medicine packaging apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1. It is a block diagram of the powder feeder disclosed in Patent Document 1.

Hereinafter, the drug dispensing device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, but in order to facilitate understanding, the outline of the present invention and the rough operation will be described first, and then the specific configuration of each member will be described in detail. To do.
As shown in FIG. 1, the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment is composed of a main body device 2, a drug weighing device (drug audit system) 3, and a manual drug container 5a.
The main body device 2 has a powder powder distribution device 18 and a drug packaging device 6 similar to the powder powder packaging device 200 disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above (see FIGS. 2, 13 and 14).
The powder distribution device 18 includes distribution plates 7a and 7b and a scraping device 8, and can divide the supplied powder into servings. In addition, the powdered drug divided by the drug packaging device 6 can be packaged for each dose. Further, a printing means 13 is built in the drug packaging device 6, and predetermined printing can be performed on the packaging bag.

In the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment, a drug feeder 10a having a structure as shown in FIG. 4 is adopted instead of the drug supply device 201 disclosed in Patent Document 1. The drug feeder 10a is composed of a container shaking table 11 and a manual drug container 5a. The container shaking table 11 constituting the drug feeder 10a and the manual type drug container 5a are separate bodies, and an electromagnet 12 (see FIG. 9) provided on the container shaking table 11 is operated to integrate the two. be able to. The container shaking table 11 is vibrated by the vibrating means 15a and 15b.
Further, an RFID reader 16 which is a means for reading information on the main body side is attached to the container shaking table 11.
The container shaking table 11 is installed in the vicinity of the distribution plates 7a and 7b as shown in FIGS. 2, 13 and 14.
Further, the main body device 2 has a touch panel 106 as shown in FIG. The touch panel 106 serves as both a display means and an input means.

The manual drug container 5a is a container as shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, and the container body 25 is open on the upper surface side and the tip side. The manual drug container 5a is bottomed and has a drug storage section 9 in which the drug is temporarily stored. A rectifying member 17a is provided inside the manual drug container 5a.
That is, the manual drug container 5a has a drug discharge section 20a that opens laterally with reference to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11. The opening on the upper surface side functions as a drug charging portion 21a.
An RFID tag 22 which is an information recording member is attached to the outer surface of the manual drug container 5a. A fixing iron plate portion 26 is attached to the bottom of the manual drug container 5a.
In this embodiment, a barcode 24 is also provided in addition to the RFID tag 22. The barcode 24 is a container identification member that identifies the manual drug container 5a.

The drug weighing device 3 is substantially the same as that disclosed in Patent Document 2 described above, and as shown in FIG. 16, the balance table (container mounting portion) 30, the RFID reader / writer 134, and the barcode reader 32 And a touch panel 133.
The bar code reader 32 functions as a dispensing information reading means and a stored drug confirmation means, and also in the embodiment of the present invention, the dispensing information described in the prescription is a drug weighing device using the bar code reader 32. It is read by the control unit 131 of 3.
Then, the pharmacist places the manual drug container 5a on the balance table (container mounting portion) 30 and introduces the drug directly into the manual drug container 5a from the drug charging section 21 of the manual drug container 5a to weigh the drug. ..
At that time, the barcode reader 32 may read the type of the drug contained in the drug bottle from the bar code attached to the drug bottle or the like (not shown) to confirm that the prescribed drug is correct. it can.
The prescription information, the name of the pharmacist, and the type and amount of the weighed drug are written on the RFID tag 22 of the manual drug container 5a by the RFID reader / writer 134 of the drug weighing device. That is, the RFID reader / writer 134 functions as an information writing means.

Then, the manual drug container 5a is moved manually or by using a robot, and the manual drug container 5a is placed on the container shaking table 11 of the main body device 2.
Here, an RFID reader 16 as a main body side information reading means is provided in the vicinity of the container shaking table 11, and the dispensing information is read into the main body device 2 by the RFID reader 16. Then, the read dispensing information is displayed on the touch panel 106 provided in the main body device 2. Therefore, the pharmacist can confirm the dispensing information displayed on the touch panel 106.

Further, if there is a matter that requires some additional work or a work different from the routine work in the dispensing information, or if there is a special caution, the touch panel 106 indicates that fact. The pharmacist can examine the displayed contents and operate the touch panel 106 to instruct the main unit device 2 of work items and the like. That is, the touch panel 106 can be used to instruct additional work and change the work content.

As a precaution to be displayed on the touch panel 106, there is a case where the type and amount of the drug described in the prescription and the type and amount of the drug contained in the manual drug container 5a are different. For example, when a plurality of types of drugs are packaged in the same package, there are three types of drugs described in the prescription, but only two types are contained in the manual drug container 5a. As a work in the main body device 2, it may be necessary to put the remaining drug into the distribution dish 7.
Similarly, when a plurality of types of drugs are packaged in the same package, the drugs may be charged into the distribution dish 7 from a plurality of manual drug containers 5a. In such a case, The pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to operate the main body device 2 so as to perform the operation according to the operation.
Further, although not directly related to the present invention, when the amount of the stored drug in the stored drug container 4 to be distributed together is smaller than the prescribed amount, a support screen for the drug filling work is displayed on the screen of the touch panel 106 in advance. May be filled.

Further, when the powdered medicine and the tablet are packaged together, a predetermined operation is instructed from the touch panel 106. For example, when adopting a main body device having a function of discharging solid medicines such as tablets, or when adopting a main body device having a "hand-sowing function" for individually encapsulating tablets and the like, the touch panel 106 can be used. A predetermined operation is instructed.

Further, also in the case of incorporating the medicine contained in the accommodation type medicine container 4 adopted in the embodiment described later, the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to cause the main body device 2 to perform the necessary operation. Furthermore, there is a case where the medicine required for inclusion is not contained in the containing medicine container 4 or is insufficient, and it is necessary to newly fill the containing medicine container 4 with the medicine. , The pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to cause the main body device 2 to perform the necessary operations.

Then, when the pharmacist's prescription audit and the predetermined additional instructions are completed and the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to input a confirmation signal, the following packaging operation is started. The confirmation signal touches a predetermined display portion of the touch panel 106, but the confirmation display is arbitrary, and for example, "confirmation" and "work start" may be displayed. In short, it creates an opportunity for pharmacists to start packaging on their own initiative.
In the packaging operation, the distribution plate 7 is rotated, and at the same time, the container shaking table 11 is vibrated. As a result, the manual drug container 5a on the container shaking table 11 vibrates, the powder inside slowly moves to the drug discharge section 20, and finally falls from the drug discharge section 20 to the distribution plate 7. That is, in the present embodiment, the powder is dropped directly from the manual drug container 5a onto the distribution dish 7 without going through the conventional trough.
Then, when all the powder has fallen, the rotation of the distribution plate 7 is stopped. After that, according to the dispensing information read by the RFID reader 16, the powdered medicine in the distribution plate 7 is divided into a predetermined number, the medicine is scraped out by the scraping device 8 and put into the medicine packaging device 6, and individually wrapped or packaged. Predetermined characters are printed on the bag.
When the series of operations is completed, the manual drug container 5a is removed from the container shaking table 11.
Since the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment vibrates the manual drug container 5a to directly charge the powder into the distribution dish 7 from the manual drug container 5a, the trough 210 is not provided as in the conventional case. No need to clean.

In the above-described embodiment, the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance 30 of the drug weighing device 3 and the drug is charged therein. However, a sheet or the like is placed on the balance 30 to weigh the drug, and then the drug is weighed. , The drug may be transferred from the sheet to the manual drug container 5a.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the RFID tag 22 which is a writable information recording member is provided in the manual drug container 5a, the dispensing information is recorded in the information recording member, and the dispensing information is transmitted from the information recording member to the main body device 2. That is, in the above embodiment, the manual drug container 5a has an RFID tag 22 which is an information recording member, the RFID tag 22 can rewrite information, and the drug weighing device 3 is an RFID reader / writer which is an information writing means. It has 134, and information related to dispensing is recorded on the RFID tag 22 by the RFID reader / writer 134, and the information recorded on the RFID tag 22 is read by the RFID reader 16 which is an information reading means on the main body side, so that the information is related to the dispensing. The information is sent to the main body device 2 in association with the manual drug container 5a.

Instead of this, dispensing information may be directly transmitted from the drug weighing device 3 to the main body device 2 by wire or wirelessly. Further, dispensing information may be transmitted from the drug weighing device 3 to the main body device 2 via another central control device or the like.
When this method is adopted, the main body device 2 is provided with a receiving means for receiving a signal as a main body side information reading means. Further, the barcode 24 provided on the manual drug container 5a is used. Then, the drug weighing device 3 makes the barcode reader 32 function as the information reading means on the weighing device side to read the information for identifying the manual drug container 5a.
Further, the main body device 2 is provided with a container confirmation means for recognizing the container identification member. The container confirmation means is, for example, a barcode reader. The RFID tag 22 provided on the manual drug container 5a may be used as a container identification member, and the RFID reader 16 may be used as a container confirmation means.

Then, when the drug is weighed by the drug weighing device 3, the bar code reader 32 reads the information for identifying the manual drug container 5a, and the information related to dispensing and the information for identifying the manual drug container 5a are associated with each other for drug weighing. A transmission is made from the device 3, and this information is received by the main device 2.
After that, the manual drug container 5a is individually specified by the container confirmation means of the main body device 2, and the drug is divided and packaged according to the dispensing information related to the manual drug container 5a.

The outline of the present invention has been described above. Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.
As shown in FIG. 1, the drug dispensing device 1 described below includes a main body device 2, a drug weighing device 3, an accommodating drug container 4, and a manual drug container 5a. The accommodating drug container 4 is an accessory member and is not directly related to the present invention.
The main body device 2 of the present embodiment is surrounded by a housing 40, and the inside thereof is divided into a drug shelf area 100, a drug division area 101, and a drug packaging area 102.
The drug shelf region 100 is provided with a container storage device 103 (FIG. 2) in which the accommodating drug container 4 is installed.
It should be noted that each member of the drug shelf region 100 is also an accessory member and is not directly related to the present invention.
The container storage device 103 has a vertical drum member 105 that rotates in a substantially horizontal direction, and a plurality of container installation devices (not shown) are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drum member 105.
The container storage device 103 contains a large number of containment type drug containers 4 as shown in FIG. What is housed in the container storage device 103 is a storage type drug container 4 having no drug charging section as shown in FIG.

The drum member 105 is rotated by a motor (not shown), and the desired storage type drug container 4 is brought close to the robot 110 and attached / detached by the robot 110.

A door member 111 is provided in the housing 40 of the drug shelf region 100. The door member 111 is a wing type door that opens and closes by a hinge as shown in FIG.
In the present embodiment, the drug container temporary storage portion 112 is provided inside the door member 111. Further, inside the door member 111, a main body side information reading means (door portion) 113 such as an RFID reader is provided.

The robot 110 is provided in the area from the drug shelf area 100 to the drug division area 101.

The drug division region 101 is a region provided with the powder distribution device 18. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 13, the drug division region 101 is a region having a table member 38 and two distribution plates 7a and 7b are installed in the table member 38 in a state of being embedded, and the container vibration is around the region. The table 11 and the cleaning device 43 are arranged. Further, the drug division region 101 is provided with a scraping device 8. The table member 38 is provided with a drug charging opening 68.
The distribution dishes 7a and 7b are members provided with a drug charging groove 45 on the upper surface side. The drug injection groove 45 is also referred to as an "R groove" and has an arcuate cross-sectional shape. The drug charging groove 45 is located near the outer edge of the distribution dishes 7a and 7b.

The distribution dishes 7a and 7b can be rotated at a constant speed by a dish rotation mechanism (not shown). It can also be rotated by a predetermined angle.

The scraping device 8 is composed of a drive unit (not shown), a scraping arm 46 shown in FIG. 14, and a scraping mechanism 47 provided at the tip of the scraping arm 46.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, there is a turntable 48 under the distribution plates 7a and 7b, and the entire scraping device 8 can be swiveled by rotating the turntable 48.

The cleaning device 43 has a cleaning arm 50 that projects from the table member 38 in a cantilever shape and whose tip side moves up and down by power, and a cleaning brush 51 is provided at the tip thereof.

The table member 38 is provided with a container shaking table 11. In this embodiment, there are three sets of container shaking tables 11 around the distribution plates 7a and 7b.
The structure of the container shaking table 11 is as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12. The container shaking table 11 directly or indirectly controls the weights of the mounting table 52 on which the accommodating drug container 4 and the manual drug container 5a are placed and the drug container (accommodating drug container 4 and the manual drug container 5a). It has a weight measuring means for measuring.
The container shaking table 11 is provided with an electromagnet 12 which is a container holding means for temporarily fixing the drug container to the container shaking table 11. More specifically, the container holding means is an electromagnet having a structure called a self-holding solenoid. The self-holding solenoid is a combination of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, and always exerts an attractive force mainly by the permanent magnet. Then, when the magnetized object is separated from the self-holding solenoid, the electromagnet is energized to generate a magnetic force in the direction opposite to that of the permanent magnet to cancel the magnetic force of the permanent magnet.
In the present embodiment, the manual drug container 5a can be placed on the container shaking table 11 and the container shaking table 11 can be vibrated to discharge the drug from the manual drug container 5a. Further, the weight change of the manual drug container 5a at that time is detected by the weight measuring means.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the container shaking table 11 includes a mounting table 52, vibration means 15a and 15b, intermediate table 53, vibration isolation table 55, vibration isolation member 62, weight measuring means 56, and foundation member 57 from the top. It is composed of. An RFID reader 16 is provided in the vicinity of the mounting table 52.

The mounting table 52 is a block-shaped mounting table. The external shape of the mounting table 52 is as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, and is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped.
An electromagnet 12 is built in the mounting surface 61.

The vibrating means 15a and 15b are piezoelectric elements.
As shown in FIG. 10, the intermediate table 53 has a substantially "H" shape in a plan view.
There is a large cavity 60 inside the intermediate base 53, and the back surface of the intermediate base 53 is largely open.
As shown in FIG. 10, the vibration isolation table 55 is a plate body having a central portion protruding and a space provided inside.

Next, the positional relationship of each component of the container shaking table 11 will be described. In the container shaking table 11, as shown in FIGS. 9, 10, 11 and 12, vibration means 15a and 15b are provided between the mounting table 52 and the intermediate table 53.

In the present embodiment, the vibration means 15a and 15b are present between the mounting table 52 and the intermediate table 53, and the mounting table 52 is not supported at any part other than the vibration means 15a and 15b. Therefore, the mounting table 52 has a structure in which the mounting table 52 is hollowly supported from the intermediate table 53 by the vibrating means 15a and 15b.

A vibration isolation table 55 is arranged below the intermediate table 53. In the present embodiment, there is no member other than the vibration isolator member 62 that connects between the intermediate base 53 and the vibration isolator base 55. Therefore, the intermediate base 53 has a structure in which the intermediate base 53 is hollowly supported from the vibration isolation base 55 by the vibration isolation member 62.

Further, a weight measuring means 56 is arranged below the vibration isolator 55 as shown in FIGS. 10, 11 and 12, and a foundation member 57 is further arranged below the weight measuring means 56.
Most of the weight measuring means 56 is located in the ridge 63 provided in the center of the vibration isolator 55 as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, and the upper installation surface 64 of the weight measuring means 56 is the vibration isolator 55. It is connected to the inner surface of the top surface of the ridge 63.
On the other hand, the lower installation surface 66 of the weight measuring means 56 is attached to the foundation member 57.
The foundation member 57 is attached to the vicinity of the distribution plates 7a and 7b of the drug dividing region 101 via the vibration isolator member 67 as in the previous embodiment.

The drug packaging device 6 is built in the drug packaging area 102. The drug packaging device 6 is a machine that wraps a drug for each dose in the same manner as a known drug packaging device 6, and is composed of a packaging paper supply device and a packaging device as is known. In addition, a drug hopper for charging the drug is provided in the packaging section.
The drug packaging device 6 is a device having a packing paper supply device 58, a packing device 59, and a printing means 13 as a basic configuration. The packaging paper supply device 58 is a portion that supplies a sheet-shaped packaging paper to the packaging unit.
The packaging device 59 is a portion where a sheet-shaped packaging paper is bent, powder is introduced therein, and then the sides of the sheet are fused to form a bag. The packaging paper supply device 58, the packaging device 59, and the printing means 13 used in the present embodiment are all known, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the manual drug container 5a will be described. The manual drug container 5a is a type of drug container having a drug charging section 21a as shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6.
The manual drug container 5a is composed of a container body 25, a fixing iron plate portion 26, a discharge side lid member 120, an input side lid member 121, an RFID tag (information recording member) 22, and a barcode 24. ..
The container body 25 is a vertically long container made of resin, and one end in the longitudinal direction is open to form a drug discharge portion 20a. Further, there is a large opening on the side surface of the container body 25, and the opening functions as a drug charging portion 21a.
The drug discharge section 20a provided on the container body 25 is opened in the horizontal direction with reference to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11. Further, the drug charging section 21a is opened upward with reference to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11. The same applies to the posture placed on the drug weighing device 3 as a reference. The drug discharging section 20a opens in the horizontal direction, and the drug charging section 21b opens upward.

A flange portion 28 is formed around the opening of the drug charging portion 21a.
The input side lid member 121 is attached to the flange portion 28.
An RFID tag (information recording member) 22 and a barcode 24 are attached to the outer side surface of the container body 25.

The discharge side lid member 120 is composed of a lid main body portion 125, a movable lid portion 124, a rectifying coil 126, and a comb-shaped rectifying member 130. Further, a desiccant 182 is arranged on the discharge side lid member 120 as shown in FIG.
The movable lid portion 124 has a knob portion 147, and the movable lid portion 124 is opened by pressing the knob portion 147. Then, the movable lid portion 124 is maintained in an open state.
The discharge side lid member 120 is attached to the drug discharge portion 20a of the container body 25 as shown in FIG.

The fixing iron plate portion 26 is a steel plate containing a magnetic material component such as ferrite. The fixing iron plate portion 26 is an outer peripheral portion of the container body 25 and is attached to the lower surface 27 of the peripheral wall. The surface on which the fixing iron plate portion 26 is attached and the surface on which the drug charging portion 21a is provided face each other.

Next, the containment type drug container 4 will be described. The containment type drug container 4 is an accessory part of the present invention and does not directly affect the action and effect of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the accommodating drug container 4 is a type of drug container that does not have a drug charging unit. In the containment type drug container 4, a transport iron plate portion 157 is provided on the container body 25. In the present embodiment, the transport iron plate portion 157 is divided into two small transport iron plate portions 157a and 157b. The transport iron plate portion 157 is made of a steel plate containing a magnetic material component such as ferrite.
Since the other configurations of the containment type drug container 4 and others are the same as those of the manual type drug container 5a, the description thereof will be omitted.

In the main body device 2 of the present embodiment, a drug container (contained drug container 4 or a manual drug container 5a) and a container shaking table 11 constitute a set of drug feeders 10a.
That is, the drug container (contained drug container 4 or manual drug container 5a) and the container shaking table 11 are separate, and when the powdered drug is packaged, both are combined to form the drug feeder 10a.
The main body device 2 adopted in the present embodiment can use the accommodating drug container 4 and the manual drug container 5a properly. The container-type drug container 4 is filled with a specific drug in advance and is stored in the container storage device 103 of the drug shelf region 100.
The manual drug container 5a is filled with drugs according to a prescription for a specific patient one by one by a pharmacist.
The present invention is characterized in that a manual drug container 5a is used. The manual drug container 5a is installed on the container shaking table 11 without being housed in the container storage device 103.
The drug feeder 10a has a function of fixing the manual drug container 5a to the container shaking table 11 by an electromagnet 12 built in the mounting table 52 and vibrating the manual drug container 5a to discharge powder.

Next, the drug weighing device will be described.
The drug weighing device includes a weighing means, a prescription information reading means, a stored drug information reading means, an information writing means, and a control means. The weighing means weighs the drug. The prescription information reading means reads prescription information including prescription drug identification information that identifies one or more prescription drugs recorded on the prescription from the prescription. The contained drug information reading means is a drug container such as a medicine bottle. The contained drug information of the contained drug identification information for identifying the contained drug recorded in is read from a medicine bottle or the like.
When the contained drug read by the contained drug information reading means corresponds to any of the prescription drugs read by the prescription information reading means, the control means selects the prescription drug as a weighing target and weighs the prescription drug. The target weighing screen is displayed on the display means.
Further, necessary information is written on the RFID tag 22 of the manual chemical container 5a by the information writing means.

Hereinafter, the schematic configuration of the drug weighing device 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 15, the drug weighing device 3 includes a control unit 131, a balance unit 132, a touch panel 133, an RFID reader / writer 134, a data storage unit 135, a USB port 136, a barcode reader 32, a printer 140, and the like. In particular, at least the balance table 30, the control unit 131, the balance unit 132, and the touch panel 133 are integrally provided on the main body of the drug weighing device 3.

The control unit 131 is a computer including a CPU, ROM, RAM (EEPROM, etc.) and the like, and controls the drug weighing device 3 in an integrated manner. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes according to various programs.
The ROM is a non-volatile memory in which a program executed by the CPU is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory used for the development of various programs by the CPU and the temporary storage of data in various arithmetic processes.

The balance unit 132 has a stainless steel balance 30 and is a weighing means for weighing the medicine placed on the balance 30. Specifically, the balance unit 132 is a balance unit that is also used in a conventionally known electronic balance including a balance circuit, a force coil, a current / voltage conversion circuit, an A / D conversion circuit, and the like. The weight of the drug weighed by the balance unit 132 is input to the control unit 131 as digital data.

When a pharmacist or the like weighs a drug with the drug weighing device 3, the pharmacist or the like puts the manual drug container 5a on the balance table 30 and then puts the drug in the manual drug container 5a. As described above, the manual drug container 5a is provided with the RFID tag 22 as a recording medium for reading and writing various types of information.
The RFID tag 22 is provided at a position where data can be read and written by the RFID reader / writer 134 when the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30.
The balance unit 132 uses a value obtained by subtracting the weights of the preset manual drug container 5a and the RFID tag 22 as the weighing value of the drug.

The touch panel 133 detects and detects the operation of a display unit such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL panel that displays various screens and various information according to a control instruction from the control unit 131, and an operation key displayed on the display unit. It includes a detection unit that inputs a signal to the control unit 131. That is, the touch panel 133 also serves as a display means and an input means in the drug weighing device 3. Specifically, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display the weighed value weighed by the balance unit 132.

The RFID reader / writer 134 uses RFID wireless communication technology to record information on an RFID tag or RFID label, or reads information from an RFID tag or RFID label.
The RFID reader / writer 134 is provided adjacent to the balance table 30, and is used for reading and writing information to the RFID tag 22 when the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30. .. Of course, the RFID reader / writer 134 may be built in the drug weighing device 3.

The data storage unit 135 is a USB memory or other recording medium in which various data such as a control program such as a drug weighing program executed by the control unit 131 and various data such as a drug drug master are stored, and is attached to and detached from the drug weighing device 3. It is possible.

The drug weighing program is software that causes a computer such as the control unit 131 to execute each processing step of the drug weighing process (see FIG. 18) described later. An audit program is also included in which the control unit 131 audits whether or not the weighed value of the drug is within the range of the usual dose (appropriate amount to be taken daily or once) set in advance for each drug. Therefore, the drug weighing device 3 can perform both the weighing of the drug and the audit of the usual dose by itself without using another information processing device such as a computer.

The drug master includes drug code, drug name, JAN code (or RSS), drug bottle code, classification (dosage form: powder, tablet, liquid medicine, external medicine, etc.), specific gravity, drug type (ordinary drug, poisonous drug, etc.) Narcotics, powerful drugs, anti-psychiatric drugs, therapeutic drugs, etc.), compounding changes, excipients, precautions, regular doses (corresponding to appropriate dose information), information on prohibition of simultaneous administration, etc. are included.

The JAN code (RSS) is information corresponding to the name of the contained drug recorded on the medicine bottle or the like supplied from the pharmaceutical manufacturer, and the JAN code is recorded (described) on the medicine bottle by a bar code. The medicine bottle code is information corresponding to the name of the contained drug recorded in the medicine bottle when the medicine in the medicine box supplied by the pharmaceutical manufacturer is subdivided into the medicine bottles, and the medicine bottle code is used for the medicine bottle. Is recorded by the bar code. The control unit 131 can know the name of the contained drug corresponding to each barcode by referring to the drug master.

By the way, in the present embodiment, the case where the drug name is used as the information for identifying the drug will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a drug code or the like may be used.
The usual dose is an appropriate amount to be taken daily or once, which is predetermined for each drug. In addition, the simultaneous administration prohibition information is information on drugs that are prohibited from being taken at the same time, which is predetermined for each drug.

The barcode reader 32 reads information from a one-dimensional barcode such as a JAN code or RSS and a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark).

In the drug weighing device 3, the control unit 131 uses a barcode reader 32 to record (registered trademark) QR code (registered trademark) in which prescription information including one or more prescription drug names recorded (described) in the prescription is recorded in the prescription. ) And other two-dimensional codes. Prescription information includes prescription delivery date, patient ID, patient name, patient birth date, drug information (drug code, drug name, dose, dosage form information "oral medication such as tablets and powders, external use of ointments, etc." Includes "medicines"), usage information (such as after meals three times a day).

Further, in the drug weighing device 3, the control unit 131 uses the barcode reader 32 to record (describe) the contained drug information including the name of the contained drug recorded (described) in the drug bottle in the drug bottle with a barcode. Read from the JAN code or medicine bottle code. Here, the control unit 131 when executing the reading process corresponds to the stored drug information reading means.

The method of reading the prescription information and the contained drug information from the prescription or the medicine bottle is not limited to the one using the barcode, and may be the one using the character recognition technology or the image recognition technology.

It is also conceivable that the medicine bottle is provided with an information recording medium such as an RFID tag or an RFID label, and the information recording medium records the information on the contained medicine including the name of the medicine contained in the medicine bottle.

Similarly, it is conceivable that an information recording medium such as an RFID tag or an RFID label is provided on the prescription, and information such as prescription including the name of the prescription drug recorded on the prescription is recorded on the information recording medium.
Further, the prescription information may be input to the receipt computer or the like in advance, transmitted from the receipt computer or the like to the drug weighing device 3 via LAN (wired / wireless), and received by the drug weighing device 3.

The printer 140 prints out print data input from the control unit 131 via the USB port 136. Specifically, the printer 140 is used to print the weighing result by the drug weighing device 3.

Next, the function of the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment will be described step by step in an actual work procedure. The drug dispensing device 1 can execute fully automatic packaging using the accommodating drug container 4 and manual packaging using the manual drug container 5a.
The drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment is characterized by the latter manual packaging, and the manual packaging using the manual drug container 5a will be described below.
The work procedure of manual packaging is roughly divided into "drug weighing work" and "drug packaging work". The drug weighing operation is an operation performed using the drug weighing device 3, and the drug packaging operation is an operation performed using the main body device 2.
The main body device 2 has two types of drug containers, but in the present embodiment, the manual drug container 5a is used.
Hereinafter, the “drug weighing operation” will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart shows an example of the procedure of the drug weighing process executed by the control unit 131 according to the drug weighing program in the drug weighing device 3.

The drug weighing process is a process executed by the control unit 131 when the power of the drug weighing device is turned on. Here, on the prescription, the date of delivery of the prescription, patient ID, patient name, date of birth of the patient, drug information (drug code, drug name, dose, dosage form information "oral medication such as tablets and powders, external use of ointments, etc." A case where dispensing information such as “medicine”) and usage information (such as after meals three times a day) is recorded in a two-dimensional code will be described as an example. Further, it is assumed that the prescription drug name includes three types of drugs, drug A, drug B, and drug C.
It is assumed that the above-mentioned three types of drugs are not contained in the container-type drug container 4 housed in the container storage device 103.

As the work performed by the first operator, an empty manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30. At this time, the charging side lid member 121 of the manual drug container 5a is removed in advance, and the drug charging section 21a is opened. In the state where the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30, the drug charging section 21a is open upward.
The control unit 131 of the drug weighing device 3 waits for the reading of prescription information (step 1).

The pharmacist operates the bar code reader 32 of the drug weighing device 3 to read the dispensing information from the two-dimensional code attached to the prescription. Then, when the two-dimensional code is read by the barcode reader 32 (YES side in step 1), the control unit 131 advances the process to step 2.
The dispensing information read from the two-dimensional code here includes prescription delivery date, patient ID, patient name, patient birth date, drug information (drug code, drug name, dose, dosage form information "tablets, powders, etc." Information recorded in the prescription, such as "internal medicine, external medicine such as ointment"), usage information (after meals three times a day, etc.) is included.

In step 2, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display a prescription screen (not shown) based on the prescription information read in step 1. On the prescription screen, the dispenser name, patient name, age, weight, number of prescription days, fraction, drug name, dosage form, prescription amount, etc. are displayed.

Next, in step 3, the control unit 131 waits for the reading of the name of the contained drug (NO side of step 3). Specifically, the control unit 131 determines that the name of the contained drug has been read when the barcode reader 32 reads the JAN code recorded on the drug bottle or the contained drug information indicated by the drug bottle code. .. Then, when the pharmacist holds the JAN code or the medicine bottle code of the medicine bottle over the barcode reader 32 and the JAN code or the medicine bottle code is read by the barcode reader 32 (YES side in step 3), the control unit 131 Moves the process to step 4.

That is, in the drug weighing process, the prescription and other information is first read, and then the name of the contained drug is read. Therefore, if the name of the contained drug is read first, the weighing of the drug weighing device 3 is not started.

Then, in step 4, the control unit 131 branches the process according to the collation result between the accommodated drug name of the contained drug information read in step 3 and the contained drug name of the prescription information read in step 1. Specifically, the control unit 131 determines in step 4 whether or not the contained drug name corresponds to any of the prescription drug names.

Here, if the contained drug name corresponds to any of the prescription drug names (YES side in step 4), the process proceeds to step 5, and if the contained drug name does not correspond to any of the prescription drug names (step). (NO side of 4), the process proceeds to step 13.

In step 5, the control unit 131 selects, among the prescription drug names included in the prescription information, the prescription drug name that matches the contained drug name as the weighing target. That is, when the contained drug name corresponds to any of the prescription drug names, the prescription drug name to be weighed is automatically selected from the prescription drug names included in the prescription information.

Therefore, the pharmacist collates the name of the contained drug and the name of the prescription drug in the drug weighing device 3 and the drug to be weighed only by having the barcode reader 32 read the JAN code or the drug bottle code recorded on the drug bottle. Can be realized with the selection of. Therefore, when a plurality of prescription drug names are included in the prescription information, the operation for selecting the prescription drug name to be weighed can be omitted, and the dispensing efficiency by the doctor or pharmacist can be improved. ..

In step 6, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display a weighing screen (not shown) for weighing the drug having the prescription drug name corresponding to the stored drug name from the prescription information. At this time, the control unit 131 displays the weighed value of the drug by the balance unit 132 and the target value of the weighed drug of the prescription drug name on the weighing screen.

For example, the target value "0.9 g" which is the prescribed amount of "drug A" and the actual weighed value "0.0 g" by the balance unit 132 are displayed.

Then, in step 7, the control unit 131 waits for the completion of weighing of the prescription drug name (NO side of step 7). Specifically, the control unit 131 determines that the weighing of the prescription drug name is completed by operating the determination key (not shown) displayed on the weighing screen. Then, when the control unit 131 determines that the weighing of the prescription drug name is completed (YES side in step 7), the control unit 131 shifts the process to step 8. When the weighing of the prescription drug name is completed, the control unit 131 stores the fact in the data storage unit 135 (RAM) or the like.

In step 8, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display a progress screen (not shown) showing the progress of weighing the prescription drug name in the prescription information.

Further, in step 9, the control unit 131 writes the dispensing information and the weighing result (an example of the weighing drug information) on the RFID tag 22 of the manual drug container by the RFID reader / writer 134. Dispensing information includes prescription delivery date, patient ID, patient name, patient date of birth, drug information (drug code, drug name, dose, dosage form information "internal medicine such as tablets and powders, external medicine such as ointment" ”), Usage information (such as after meals three times a day) and other information recorded on the prescription. In addition, the weighing result includes the name of the drug to be weighed, the target value for weighing, the actual weighing value, the collation result between the name of the prescription drug and the name of the contained drug, and the like. In addition, when the prescription drug name included in the prescription information is replaced with the generic drug name and weighed, the information to that effect is also included in the weighing result.

In step 9, the control unit 131 may record only a part of the prescription information on the RFID tag 22. For example, when an RFID tag 22 having a small storage capacity is used, it is not possible to record all the information such as prescription and the weighing result. Therefore, in this case, the control unit 131 may store at least the name of the drug to be weighed in the RFID tag 22. In this case, the drug weighing device 3 and the main body device 2 are communicably connected by a communication network such as LAN or the Internet, and the control unit 131 transmits information not recorded on the RFID tag 22 to the main body device 2. Can be considered. The main unit device 2 receives and stores the transmitted information by a control device (not shown).

Further, in the configuration in which the drug weighing device 3 and the main body device 2 are connected by a communication network, simple fixed information (information identification number, etc.) stored in association with the prescription information and the weighing result in the drug weighing device 3 Is also considered to be recorded on the RFID tag 22. In this case, when the fixed information is read by the main body device 2, the main body device 2 requests the drug weighing device 3 to transmit the prescription information corresponding to the fixed information and the weighing result. As a result, the prescription information and the weighing result corresponding to the fixed information are transmitted from the drug weighing device 3 to the main body device 2 via the communication network. The main unit device 2 receives and stores the transmitted information by a control device (not shown).

The processing procedures of steps 8 and 9 may be executed in reverse order or substantially in parallel. That is, immediately after it is determined that the weighing is completed in step 7, the information such as the prescription and the weighing result may be recorded on the RFID tag 22 in step 9.

After that, in step 10, the control unit 131 determines whether or not the next contained drug name has been read by the barcode reader 32. Here, when the control unit 131 determines that the next contained drug name has been read (YES side in step 10), the process shifts to step 4. On the other hand, if the name of the next drug to be contained cannot be read (NO side of step 10), the control unit 131 shifts the process to step 11.

In step 11, the control unit 131 determines whether or not all the weighings corresponding to the prescription information have been completed. Specifically, when the completion key (not shown) is operated, or when the weighing of all the drugs to be weighed included in the prescription information is completed, it is determined that all the weighing related to the prescription information is completed. ..

Then, when the control unit 131 determines that all the weighing related to the prescription information has been completed (YES side in step 11), the control unit 131 shifts the process to step 12. On the other hand, if the control unit 131 has not completed all the weighing related to the prescription information (NO side in step 11), the control unit 131 shifts the process to step 10.

By the way, when a completion key (not shown) is operated, if the prescription drug name included in the prescription information includes a prescription drug name that has not been weighed, the pharmacist may have forgotten to weigh it. Therefore, when the control unit 131 determines that the completion key (not shown) has been operated in step 11, the prescription drug name included in the prescription information in which the completion of weighing is input by the operation of the completion key. If there is a prescription drug name for which the completion of weighing has not been input by the enter key, it is conceivable to display that fact on the touch panel 133. This makes it possible to warn the pharmacist of forgetting to weigh. The control unit 131 determines whether or not the weighing of each prescription drug name is completed according to the information stored in the data storage unit 135 (RAM) in step 7. Here, the control unit 131 when executing the display process corresponds to the incomplete display means. Further, the control unit 131 may display the display by characters, images, voice, or light.

Then, when all the weighing related to the prescription information is completed, in the following step 12, the control unit 131 prints the prescription information and the weighing result by the printer 140. Specifically, the patient name, the drug name to be weighed, the weighing target value, the actual weighing value in the drug weighing device 3, the prescription drug name and the contained drug name included in the prescription information read in step 1. The collation result, weighing time, weighing worker, etc. are printed. That is, the control unit 131 causes the printer 140 to print only the record relating to the drug weighed by the drug weighing device 3.

On the other hand, in step 4, when the contained drug name read in step 3 does not correspond to any of the prescription drug names (NO side of step 4), the control unit 131 shifts to step 13 and indicates that the drug is different. A warning screen (not shown) is displayed on the touch panel 133, and the process returns to step 3. As a result, the pharmacist can be warned that the selection of the medicine bottle is incorrect, and the wrong medicine can be prevented from being prescribed.

As described above, the pharmacist using the drug weighing device 3 accurately and easily weighs the drug according to the prescription by causing the bar code reader 32 to sequentially read the two-dimensional code of the prescription and the bar code of the drug bottle. It can be carried out.

In particular, when the pharmacist causes the barcode reader 32 to read the barcode of the drug bottle, the drug weighing device 3 collates the name of the contained drug and the name of the prescription drug, and the prescription drug to be weighed to be weighed from now on. The name is selected. Therefore, the pharmacist can save the trouble of selecting the prescription drug name to be weighed when a plurality of prescription drug names are recorded in the prescription.

By the above steps, the "drug weighing work" is completed. Following this, "drug packaging work" will be performed.
In the present embodiment, when the "drug weighing operation" is completed, the pharmacist manually attaches the charging side lid member 121 to the drug charging section 21a of the manual drug container 5a.
Then, the manual drug container 5a is moved to the main body device 2 by the pharmacist's hand, and the door member 111 provided in the housing 40 of the drug shelf region 100 shown in FIG. 1 is opened, and the drug container temporary storage portion 112 ( It is attached to Fig. 3).
After that, the main body device 2 automatically carries out the packaging work. That is, the information regarding the dispensing written on the RFID tag 22 of the manual drug container 5a is read by the main body side information reading means (door portion) 113 such as the RFID reader provided inside the door member 111.
Then, the information reading means (door portion) 113 on the main body side automatically determines the mounting destination of the manual drug container 5a based on the read information. In the present embodiment, since the two distribution plates 7a and 7b are provided, which distribution plate 7a or 7b is used is determined. Further, in the present embodiment, since three container shaking tables 11 are provided in the vicinity of the distribution plates 7a and 7b, it is determined which container shaking table 11 is to be mounted with the manual drug container 5a.

Then, the manual drug container 5a is placed on any of the container shaking tables 11 determined by the robot 110. That is, the robot 110 holding the manual drug container 5a directly faces the container shaking table 11 without going to the container storage device 103, and installs the manual drug container 5a in the container storage device 103.
The distribution dishes 7a and 7b to be used may be selected depending on the properties such as the color of the drug.
When the manual drug container 5a is placed on the container shaking table 11, the information regarding the dispensing written on the RFID tag 22 of the manual drug container 5a is also read out there. That is, in the present embodiment, the RFID reader 16 is provided in the vicinity of the container shaking table 11, and the RFID reader 16 on the container shaking table 11 side also reads out information on dispensing.
The powder is then divided according to the information regarding the dispensing. That is, either of the distribution plates 7a and 7b rotates, and at the same time, the container shaking table 11 vibrates. As a result, the manual drug container 5a on the container shaking table 11 vibrates, the powder inside slowly moves to the drug discharge section 20a side, and finally falls from the drug discharge section 20a to the distribution dish 7. That is, in the present embodiment, the powder is dropped directly from the manual drug container 5a onto the distribution dish 7 without going through the conventional trough.
Then, when all the powder has fallen, the rotation of the distribution plate 7 is stopped. After that, according to the dispensing information, the powdered medicine in the distribution plate 7 is divided into a predetermined number, the medicine is scraped out by the scraping device 8, put into the medicine packaging device 6, and individually wrapped. In addition, predetermined characters are printed on the packaging bag.

Further, in the present embodiment, when all the chemicals in the distribution plates 7a and 7b have been discharged, the groove cleaning operation is executed. That is, the scraping arm 46 of the scraping device 8 shown in FIG. 14 is swung to raise the tip side to pull out the scraping mechanism 47 from the distribution plates 7a and 7b.
Subsequently, the cleaning arm 50 of the cleaning device 43 is rotated to lower the cleaning brush 51 provided at the tip, and the cleaning brush 51 is inserted into the drug charging grooves 45 of the distribution plates 7a and 7b.
Then, while rotating the cleaning brush 51, the distribution plates 7a and 7b are rotated.
As a result, the residual chemicals remaining in the chemical charging grooves 45 of the distribution plates 7a and 7b are scraped off by the cleaning brush 51, and the soaring residuals are sucked by the suction means. In this way, the inside of the drug charging groove 45 is cleaned.
When the groove cleaning operation is completed, the cleaning arm 50 is rotated to raise the cleaning brush 51 provided at the tip, and the cleaning brush 51 is taken out from the drug charging grooves 45 of the distribution dishes 7a and 7b.

After that, the scraping portion cleaning operation is executed.
That is, the turntable 48 built under the table is rotated to rotate the entire scraping device 8 to move the scraping mechanism 47 of the scraping device 8 to the vicinity of the cleaning device 43. Then, the cleaning arm 50 of the cleaning device 43 is slightly tilted, the cleaning brush 51 is pressed against the scraping mechanism 47, and the cleaning brush 51 is rotated. As a result, the residual chemicals stuck to the scraping mechanism 47 are scraped off by the cleaning brush 51 and entered into the brush cover. Then, the residual in the brush cover is sucked by the suction means. As a result, the scraping mechanism 47 is cleaned.

Since the main body device adopted in this embodiment does not have the trough 210 as in the conventional case, it is not necessary to clean the trough 210.

In the embodiment described above, the main body device 2 has a container storage device 103 (FIG. 2) in which the accommodating drug container 4 is installed. Further, the main body device 2 includes a robot 110. However, the container storage device 103 and the robot 110 are not indispensable, and may not have them like the main body device 170 shown in FIG. 24. Further, in the main body device 2 described above, the RFID reader 16 as the main body side information reading means is attached to each container shaking table 11, but it is not always necessary to provide the RFID reader 16 in all of them. It suffices if the RFID reader is provided at any part of the main body device 2 or the RFID reader is connected to the housing of the main body device 2. Further, the RFID reader 16 may be provided only on one container shaking table 11.
The main body device 170 shown in FIG. 24 is a main body device 170 of a type that does not have a drug shelf region 100 or a robot 110, and other configurations are the same as those of the main body device 2 described above, so detailed description thereof will be omitted. ..

Since the main body device 170 shown in FIG. 24 does not have the drug shelf region 100 and the robot 110, the pharmacist holds the manual drug container 5a by hand and places the manual drug container 5a on the container shaking table 11.
Further, which of the distribution plates 7a and 7b to use and which of the container shaking table 11 to use is displayed on a touch panel (not shown) provided in the main body device 170. That is, the RFID reader 16 reads the dispensing information into the main body device 170, and the dispensing information is displayed on the touch panel 106 provided in the main body device 2. In addition, the manual type medicine container 5a is placed on any of the container shaking tables 11. You will be instructed whether to place it. The pharmacist places the manual drug container 5a on the container shaking table 11 instructed according to the indication.

As described above, as an example of the manual drug container, the manual drug container 5a with the charging side lid member 121 has been disclosed. Since the drug inside the manual drug container 5a does not spill even when transported in a vertical posture, it is suitable for adopting a configuration in which the manual drug container 5a is moved by using the robot 110.
However, when the drug container is manually moved as in the main body device 170 shown in FIG. 24, the charging side lid member 121 is unnecessary, and for example, the manual drug container 5b as shown in FIG. 20 is adopted. You can also. The manual drug container 5b is a container having a boat-shaped or gutter-shaped shape as shown in FIG. 20, and the upper surface side and the tip side are open. The manual drug container 5b is bottomed and has a drug storage section 9 in which the drug is temporarily stored. A rectifying member 17 is provided inside the manual drug container 5b.
That is, the manual drug container 5b has a drug discharge unit 20b that opens laterally with reference to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11. The opening on the upper surface side functions as a drug charging portion 21b.
An RFID tag 22 which is an information recording member is attached to the outer surface of the manual drug container 5b. An iron plate 23b is attached to the bottom of the manual drug container 5b.

When the main body device 170 and the manual drug container 5b are used in combination, the operator (pharmacist) directly holds the manual drug container 5b by hand and moves the manual drug container 5b to move the manual drug container 5b. The container 5b is placed on the container shaking table 11.
After that, when the prescription audit of the pharmacist and the predetermined additional instruction are completed and the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to input a confirmation signal, the packaging operation described above is started.

FIG. 21 further shows a modified example of the manual drug container.
That is, the manual drug container 5c shown in FIG. 21 has a large opening (drug charging portion) 150 on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the container body 25c, and the opening 150 is provided with a large lid 151. In the drug container 5c, the large lid 151 can be opened to charge the drug inside.
Further, the shape of the top surface when the large lid 151 is turned inside out is made to match the shape of the bottom surface of the container body 5c. Since the bottom surface side when the large lid 151 is turned upside down is larger than the top surface, the large lid 151 keeps a stable posture when the large lid 151 is turned over and placed on a desk.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 22, by removing the large lid 151, turning it over, and laying it on the container body 25c, it can be used as a base for the container body 25c.

As described above, the drug may be weighed on the balance table 30 with a sheet or the like, and then the drug may be transferred from the sheet to the manual drug container. The manual drug container 5c shown in FIG. 21 adopts this method. Recommended if.
Further, as shown in FIG. 23, a funnel-shaped member 355 may be attached to the lid member 120 side to transfer the drug.

As described above, the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment also has a function of performing fully automatic packaging using the accommodating drug container 4.
Hereinafter, fully automatic packaging will be described.
Fully automatic packaging is performed using the containment drug container 4. As described above, the storage type drug container 4 is filled with a specific drug in advance and is stored in the container storage device 103 of the drug shelf region 100.
The container shaking table 11 adopted in the present embodiment has a weight measuring means 56 for directly or indirectly measuring the weight of the accommodating drug container 4. Further, the main body device 2 adopted in the above-described embodiment includes a container storage device 103. Therefore, the main body device 2 described above has a function of automatically selecting a storage type drug container 4 in which a drug is stored according to a prescription, and further automatically weighing the drug in the main body device 2.
This function is exerted by using the containment type drug container 4. In the main body device 2 of the present embodiment, a predetermined drug is stored in the storage type drug container 4 in advance, and the storage type drug container 4 filled with the drug is stored in the container storage device 103.
Then, the drum member 105 of the container storage device 103 is rotated to bring the desired storage type drug container 4 closer to the robot 110. Then, the robot 110 holds the accommodating drug container 4 and operates an arm or the like to install the accommodating drug container 4 on the container shaking table 11.
When a plurality of chemicals are mixed and enclosed in one package, a plurality of accommodating chemical containers 4 are installed on the container shaking table 11.

Then, the container shaking table 11 is vibrated. As a result, the powdered drug in the containing drug container 4 slowly moves, is discharged from the containing drug container 4, and falls on the distribution dishes 7a and 7b.
Further, the distribution plates 7a and 7b are rotated before and after the start of vibration. Before and after the start of vibration, the weight of the accommodating drug container 4 is measured. During that time, the weight of the accommodating drug container 4 is monitored, and when the total drop amount of the powder reaches a desired weight, the vibration of the container shaking table 11 is stopped.
That is, the weight measuring means 56 measures the original weight of the contained drug container 4 before discharging the drug, and when the powder is discharged little by little from the stored drug container 4, the weight measuring means 56 measures the contained drug. Monitor the weight of container 4. Then, when the current weight, which is the current weight of the contained drug container 4, matches or substantially matches the value obtained by subtracting the target discharge amount from the original weight, the discharge of the powder from the contained drug container 4 is stopped.

After that, the rotation of the distribution plates 7a and 7b is stopped to perform division.
This feature (fully automatic packaging) is really convenient, but not required. That is, the weight measuring means 56 is not essential. This is because the total amount of the drug to be distributed to the distribution dishes 7a and 7b is weighed in advance by the drug weighing device 3, so that it is not necessary to stop the distribution operation in the middle. Therefore, it is sufficient if it is possible to confirm whether or not the drug is discharged by an optical sensor or the like, and it is sufficient if it is possible to detect that all the drug has been discharged from the manual drug container 5.
That is, the weight measuring means 56, the container storage device 103, the robot 110, and the like provided in the container shaking table 11 are not essential to the present invention.
Further, in the present embodiment, both the door member 111 and the container shaking table 11 are provided with the main body side information reading means, but either one may be used.

1 Drug dispensing device 2,170 Main unit device 3 Drug weighing device 5a, 5b Manual drug container 6 Drug packaging device 11 Container shaking table 13 Printing means 18 Powder distribution device 20 Drug discharging unit 21 Drug charging unit 22 RFID tag 24 Bar code 30 Balance stand 113 Main unit side information reading means (door)
133 Touch panel 134 RFID reader / writer

One aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a manual type that accommodates a main body device, a drug weighing device located away from the main body device, and a drug other than that stored in the main body device. A drug dispensing device equipped with a drug container, which can select a drug to be weighed based on prescription information, weigh the drug selected by the drug weighing device, and manually type the weighed drug. It is a drug dispensing device that can be put into a drug container, manually move the manual drug container to the main body device, and place the manual drug container on a container shaking table that vibrates the manual drug container.
A preferred embodiment further comprises a drug container temporary storage portion provided in the main body device and a robot for moving the manual drug container, and the manual drug container is after the manual drug container is manually moved to the main body device. , A drug dispensing device that is attached to the temporary storage section of a drug container and placed on a container shaking table by a robot.
A more preferable embodiment is a drug dispensing device having a plurality of container shaking tables and further having a display device for indicating which of the plurality of container shaking tables is to be used.
A more preferred embodiment is a drug dispensing device in which a manual drug container is placed on the drug weighing device and the drug is charged into the manual drug container and weighed when the drug is weighed by the drug weighing device.
In a more preferred embodiment, the manual drug container further comprises a rewritable information recording member.
This is a drug dispensing device in which the prescription information recorded in the information recording member is read by the main body side information reading means, and the prescription information is sent to the main body side device in association with the manual drug container.
In a more preferred embodiment, the main body device further has a container confirmation means for recognizing the manual drug container, and when the drug is weighed by the drug weighing device, the information for identifying the manual drug container is read by the barcode reader. Information associated with the prescription information and the information for identifying the manual drug container is transmitted from the drug weighing device, the information is received by the main body device, and the manual drug container is individually specified by the container confirmation means. , A drug dispensing device that divides and packages a drug according to the prescription information related to a manual drug container.
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device including a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, wherein the drug weighing device is a weight of a drug. The main body device has a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, and the drug container has a drug storage portion in which the drug is temporarily stored and a drug storage portion. It has a drug discharge section that opens laterally when placed on the container shaking table of the main unit, puts the drug into the drug container, weighs the drug with the weight detecting means, and puts the drug into the drug container. The feature is that the drug container is placed on the container shaking table of the main unit, the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table, and the drug is discharged from the drug discharge section to the drug distribution device. It is a drug dispensing device.
The invention related to the present invention is a drug dispensing device including a main body device and a drug container, wherein the main body device includes a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, and a powder distribution device. , The powder distribution device includes a distribution plate and a scraping device, and the powder supplied to the distribution plate can be divided into doses, and the drug container is a drug. Has a drug storage section and a drug discharge section in which the drug is temporarily stored, and the drug container contains a drug in an amount corresponding to the total weight of the prescribed specific powder, and the drug is placed in the drug container. The drug container is placed on the container shaking table by the robot in the state of being put in, the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table, and all the drugs in the drug container are discharged from the drug container. It is a drug dispensing device characterized in that it is discharged from a unit to a distribution container.
The invention related to the present invention is a device having a function of reducing human error in weighing, and is a drug dispensing device including a separate main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, respectively. The drug weighing device includes a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the drug, a dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, an information writing means and / or an information reading means on the weighing device side, and the main body thereof. The device has a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, a drug distribution device that divides the powder into a predetermined amount and divides the powder into a plurality of parts, and a main body side information reading means. It has a drug storage section that is temporarily stored, a drug discharge section that opens laterally when placed on the container shaking table of the main unit, and an information recording member and / or a container identification member. The drug dispensing device is characterized in that information related to the above is sent to the main device in association with the drug container.

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A drug dispensing device including a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container.
The drug weighing device has a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the drug.
The main body device has a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated.
The drug container has a drug storage section for temporarily storing the drug and a drug discharge section that opens laterally when the drug is placed on the container shaking table of the main body device.
In the drug container, the drug is charged into the drug container, the drug is weighed by the weight detecting means, and the drug container is placed on the container shaking table of the main body device while the drug is still contained in the drug container. The drug dispensing device is characterized in that the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table and the drug is discharged from the drug discharging unit to the drug distributing device. The weight detecting means of the drug weighing device has a container mounting portion on which the drug container is placed, and the weight detecting means detects the weight of the drug introduced from the drug charging section into the drug storage section of the drug container. The drug dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the drug container has a drug charging section that opens upward when placed on the container mounting section of the drug weighing device. The main body device has a main body side information reading means.
Claim 1 or claim 1, wherein the drug container has an information recording member, information related to dispensing is recorded in the information recording member, and the information recorded in the information recording member is read by the main body side information reading means. 2. The drug dispensing device according to 2. An iron plate is attached to the bottom of the drug container, and an electromagnet is provided on the container shaking table.
The drug dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electromagnet is actuated to fix the drug container to the container shaking table. The drug container becomes horizontally long when placed on the container mounting portion of the drug weighing device, has one end in the longitudinal direction open to form a drug discharging section, and is mounted on the container of the drug weighing device. It further has a drug injection section that opens upward when placed on the container, and has a space inside.
The drug dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the drug input section has a larger opening than the drug discharging section. The drug dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the main body device includes a packaging device for packaging the drug and a printing means, and information related to the prescription is printed by the printing means. In the drug dispensing method of dispensing drugs using a drug dispensing device,
The drug dispensing device is a drug dispensing device including a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, and the drug weighing device is a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of a drug and information related to dispensing. It has a dispensing information reading means for reading, an information writing means and / or an information reading means on the weighing device side, and the main body device classifies a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated and a powder into a predetermined amount. The drug container has a drug discharge unit, an information recording member and / or a container identification member, and has information related to dispensing. It is sent to the main unit in association with the drug container,
The drug is put into the drug container, the drug is weighed by the weight detecting means, and the drug container is placed on the container shaking table of the main body device with the drug still in the drug container, and the drug is placed on the container shaking table. A drug dispensing method characterized in that a container is vibrated and a drug is discharged from a drug discharging unit to a drug distributing device.

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