JP2022010086A - Medicine put-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine put-out device capable of further facilitating folding operation, and further suppressing occurrence of a trouble.

SOLUTION: A medicine put-out device 1 for packaging a medicine is provided inside with a container storage device 23 for storing a plurality of powder storage containers 4, and is further provided with a container movement device 28 for moving the powder storage container 4. A prescribed powder storage container 4 is taken out from the container storage device 23 and placed on a container holding stand 36, to thereby enable folding operation. Further, a display device 3 is provided, and information on powder stored in the powder storage containers 4 stored at present in the container storage device 23 is displayed.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a drug dispensing device, and more particularly to a drug dispensing device that distributes powder.

In recent years, large hospitals and large-scale pharmacies have introduced drug dispensing devices having a powder packaging function. This drug dispensing device can individually package each dose of powder based on prescription information, and can automate most of the conventional powder packaging work.

As such a drug dispensing device, for example, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1.
The drug dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a powder dispensing device that individually packages powders for each dose.

Specifically, in this powder packaging device, it is necessary to charge the powder used in the packaging operation into the charging hopper before performing the packaging operation in which the powder is individually packaged for each dose.
Here, the powder is charged into the charging hopper in an amount required for the packaging operation, and the required amount is manually dispensed by a user of a device such as a pharmacist. That is, the user takes out the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powder from the medicine rack, weighs the required amount using a scale such as a balance, and puts it in the charging hopper.

At the same time that the powder is charged into the charging hopper, the trough is vibrated and the distribution plate is rotated.
As a result, the powder charged into the charging hopper falls into the trough from the lower end opening of the charging hopper. Then, while moving on the trough toward the tip side, 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.

From this, the powder is uniformly dispersed and slowly moves toward the tip side at a constant speed. Then, the powder that moves at the head falls from the tip of the trough onto the distribution plate. In addition, the powdered medicine that follows falls into the distribution dish in a certain amount per hour.
Here, as described above, the distribution dish is rotating at a predetermined speed. Therefore, the powder that falls from the trough to the distribution dish is evenly dispersed in the distribution dish. That is, the powder is gradually dropped onto the distribution plate, and the distribution plate rotates at a constant speed, so that the powder is evenly dispersed on the distribution plate.

Once the powder has fallen onto the distribution dish, the rotation of the distribution dish is temporarily stopped. Then, the scraping device is brought into contact with the upper surface of the distribution plate, and the distribution plate is rotated by an angle according to the number of divisions. For example, when packaging into three, the distribution dish is rotated by 120 degrees (one-third of 360 degrees). By this operation, one packet of powder is collected around the scraping device, and the collected powder is charged into the packaging hopper by the scraping device. Then, the powder that has fallen from the packaging hopper is packaged in the packaging device, and the packaging operation is completed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-8573

However, in the powder packaging device disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to manually measure the amount of powder used, which is troublesome.
Therefore, there was a desire to automate the packaging work and various related work.

However, the task of identifying the container containing the prescribed drug from the shelf, weighing and packaging the drug, if mistaken, may result in the patient taking a different drug than planned or making a mistake. You may end up taking a large amount of medicine. In such cases, it can be directly linked to human life, so caution should be exercised when automating these.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a chemical dispensing device capable of further simplifying the packaging operation and further suppressing the occurrence of defects.

One aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder container, divides the powder into a predetermined number, and further packages and discharges the powder individually. The powder storage container is for accommodating the powder, and has a discharge port portion as a discharge port for discharging the stored powder, and has a medicine container arrangement area, a medicine division area, and a medicine packaging area inside. In the medicine container arrangement area, a container storage device for storing a plurality of powder storage containers is provided, and in the medicine division area, a distribution tray for distributing the powder discharged from the powder storage container and the corresponding. A scraping device for scraping out the powder charged in the distribution dish is provided, and a drug packaging device is provided in the drug packaging area, and the powder in the distribution dish is scraped out by the scraping device and dropped to the drug packaging area side. The chemical packaging device enables the packaging operation to package the powder, the first packaging operation to package the powder contained in the powder storage container stored in the container storage device, and the storage in the external control shelf. The second packaging operation for packaging the powder contained in the powder storage container and the third packaging operation for the operator to package the powder contained in the manual drug container pre-filled with the powder are performed. It is possible, has a display device for displaying various information, and selects either the first packaging operation or the second packaging operation, or the third packaging operation. It is a drug dispensing device that displays a button to display on the display device.
A preferred embodiment is to display a list of powders used in the first packaging operation and then display the second packaging operation after the button has been selected to perform the first packaging operation or the second packaging operation use. It is a medicine dispensing device that displays a display switching means for switching between the display and the list of powders used in the display device.
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder container, divides it into a predetermined number, and further packages and discharges the powder individually. The powder storage container is for storing powder, and has a discharge port portion as a discharge port for discharging the stored powder, and has a drug container arrangement area, a drug division area, and a drug package inside. A region is provided, a container storage device for storing a plurality of the powder storage containers is provided in the medicine container arrangement area, and the powder discharged from the powder storage container is distributed in the medicine division area. A distribution dish and a scraping device for scraping out the powder charged in the distribution dish are provided, a drug packaging device is provided in the drug packaging area, and the powder in the distribution dish is scraped out by the scraping device. It can be dropped to the chemical packaging area side, and the powder can be packaged by the chemical packaging device. It has a display device for displaying various information, and is currently stored in the container storage device. The display switching means that can switch and display the information on the powder contained in the powder containing container and the information on the powder contained in the powder containing container stored in the external control shelf is displayed on the display device. It is a drug dispensing device that can be used.
In a preferred embodiment, an operating device for carrying out various input operations is provided, the operating device is a touch panel type provided integrally with the display device, and the display device is provided with a powder to the distribution dish. It is possible to display a speed control screen for controlling the discharge speed of, and on the speed control screen, an annular operation image is displayed, and the circumference is touched while touching the area where the operation image is displayed. When the movement of tracing in the direction is detected, the target discharge rate is determined according to the direction of tracing and the distance to be traced, and the powder is discharged so as to reach the determined discharge rate. ..
A further preferred embodiment is that the speed control screen further displays a speed display image displaying a value indicating the current target discharge speed, and the speed display image is the target discharge. It is a chemical dispensing device that is temporarily displayed on the outside of the operation image on condition that the speed has changed.
In a more preferable embodiment, a container mounting device for discharging powder from the powder containing container is provided, and on the speed control screen, when the powder containing container is mounted on the container mounting device, the container mounting device is provided. It is possible to further display an observation image which is a moving image of the discharge port portion and its surroundings of the powder storage container placed on the container, and during the rotation operation of the distribution dish, the discharge port portion and its surroundings can be displayed. This is a chemical dispensing device in which the observation image displaying the current state and the operation image are simultaneously displayed on one screen.
A more preferable embodiment is a chemical dispensing device in which the display color of the operation image changes according to a change in the target discharge rate.
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder storage container, divides the powder into a predetermined number, and further individually packages and discharges the powder. The powder storage container is for storing powder, and has a discharge port portion as a discharge port for discharging the stored powder, and has a drug container arrangement area, a drug division area, and a drug package inside. A region is provided, a container storage device for storing a plurality of the powder storage containers is provided in the drug container arrangement area, and the powder discharged from the powder storage container is distributed in the drug division area. A distribution dish and a scraping device for scraping out the powder charged in the distribution dish are provided, a drug packaging device is provided in the drug packaging area, and the powder in the distribution dish is scraped out by the scraping device. It can be dropped to the chemical packaging area side, and the powder can be packaged by the chemical packaging device. It has a display device for displaying various information, and is currently stored in the container storage device. It is possible to display information on the powder contained in the powder storage container on the display device, and the operation device for carrying out various input operations is provided, and the operation device is provided integrally with the display device. The display device is of a touch panel type, and the display device can display a speed control screen for controlling the discharge speed of powder to the distribution container. The speed control screen is for an annular operation. When the image is displayed and the motion of tracing in the circumferential direction is detected while touching the area where the operation image is displayed, the target discharge speed is determined and determined according to the tracing direction and the tracing distance. It is a drug dispensing device that performs a powdered drug discharging operation so as to have the above-mentioned discharging rate.
In a preferred embodiment, the speed control screen further displays a speed display image displaying a value indicating the current target discharge speed, and the speed display image is the target discharge speed. This is a chemical dispensing device that is temporarily displayed on the outside of the operation image on condition that is changed.
In a more preferable embodiment, a container mounting device for discharging powder from the powder containing container is provided, and on the speed control screen, when the powder containing container is mounted on the container mounting device, the container mounting device is provided. It is possible to further display an observation image which is a moving image of the discharge port portion and its surroundings of the powder storage container placed on the container, and during the rotation operation of the distribution dish, the discharge port portion and its surroundings can be displayed. This is a chemical dispensing device in which the observation image displaying the current state and the operation image are simultaneously displayed on one screen.
A more preferable embodiment is a chemical dispensing device in which the display color of the operation image changes according to a change in the target discharge rate.
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder storage container, divides the powder into a predetermined number, and further packages and discharges the powder individually. A distribution dish for distributing the powder discharged from the powder storage container and a scraping device for scraping out the powder charged in the distribution dish are provided, and the tip side of the scraping device moves up and down. It is provided with an arm member, a scraping plate provided at the tip of the arm member, and a scraping plate protruding from the scraping plate. In the wrapping operation, the scraping plate is inserted into the groove-shaped portion of the distribution dish, and the scraping plate and the distribution dish are relatively moved so that the powder on the distribution dish is placed in the vicinity of the scraping plate. It is possible to carry out a scraping operation and a scraping operation of scraping powder that has been scraped in the vicinity of the scraping plate to the outside of the distribution dish by the scraping plate, and further, the scraping operation and the scraping operation. It is possible to carry out the operation consisting of the operations a plurality of times, divide the powder on the distribution plate into one packet, and scrape it out of the distribution plate. In the operation, the powder is divided according to the number of divisions of the powder. , The moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping motion for one packet of powder is variable, and depends on the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping motion for one packet of powder. Then, one packet of powder is scraped out by the scraping motion and the scraping motion, and one packet of powder is scraped out by the scraping motion and the scraping motion multiple times. When any of the ejection operations can be performed and the plurality of scraping operations are performed, the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation performed in advance is the moving distance in the scraping operation to be performed last. It is a chemical dispensing device characterized in that it is longer than the moving distance of the relative movement.
In this aspect, in the multiple scraping operation, the maximum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation in which the relative movement is performed with the maximum movement amount specified in advance and the relative movement with the minimum movement amount specified in advance are performed. It is possible to carry out the minimum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation, perform the maximum amount scraping operation at least once, and perform the relative in the scraping operation targeting one packet of powder. The said to be carried out in the maximum amount scraping operation, provided that the value obtained by subtracting the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation carried out in the maximum amount scraping operation from the moving distance of the movement is equal to or more than a predetermined value. It is preferable to carry out the scraping operation and the scraping operation to be carried out with a movement amount smaller than the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation, and further to carry out the minimum amount scraping operation.
In this aspect, the relative movement is performed by rotating the distribution plate with the scraping plate inserted in the groove-shaped portion of the distribution plate, and the rotation angle of the distribution plate is the distribution. It is preferable to calculate from the pulse amount of the motor that rotates the dish.
In this aspect, it is possible to carry out the maximum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation in which the relative movement is carried out with the maximum movement amount specified in advance, and the said in the scraping operation targeting one packet of powder. When the moving distance of the relative movement is larger than the moving distance of the relative movement in the maximum amount scraping operation, the plurality of scraping operations are performed, and the relative movement in the scraping operation for one packet of powder is performed. It is preferable to carry out the singular scraping operation when the moving distance of the above is equal to or less than the moving distance of the relative movement in the maximum amount scraping operation.
In this aspect, it is possible to carry out the minimum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation in which the relative movement is carried out with the minimum movement amount specified in advance, and the minimum amount scraping operation disperses the scraping plate. It is preferable that the distribution dish is rotated by the same distance as the width of the scraping plate while being inserted into the groove-shaped portion of the dish.
In this aspect, it is possible to carry out the minimum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation that carries out the relative movement with the minimum movement amount specified in advance, and the multiple scraping operation is the maximum movement amount specified in advance. It is an operation of performing the maximum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation for performing the relative movement and the residual scraping operation for performing the relative movement with a movement amount smaller than the maximum amount scraping operation. In the multiple scraping operation, an operation of calculating the number of times the maximum amount scraping operation is performed and an operation of calculating the movement amount of the relative movement in the residual scraping operation based on the number of times the maximum amount scraping operation is performed. When the movement amount of the relative movement in the residual scraping operation is twice or more the movement amount of the relative movement in the minimum amount scraping operation, the residual scraping operation is performed twice. ,
When the movement amount of the relative movement in the residual scraping operation is smaller than twice the movement amount of the relative movement in the minimum amount scraping operation, the residual scraping operation is performed once. When the residual scraping operation is performed a number of times, it is preferable that the residual scraping operation performed a second time is the minimum amount scraping operation.
Another aspect related to the present invention is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder storage container, divides the powder into a predetermined number, packages the powder individually, and discharges the powder. The container is for accommodating powder, has a discharge port portion as an discharge port for discharging the contained powder, and is provided with a drug container arrangement area, a drug division area, and a drug packaging area inside. A container storage device for storing a plurality of the powder storage containers is provided in the container arrangement area, and a distribution dish for distributing the powder discharged from the powder storage container and the distribution dish are provided in the drug division area. A scraping device for scraping out the powder charged into the powder container and a container mounting device on which the powder storage container is placed and which acts on the powder storage container to discharge the powder from the powder storage container are provided. The drug packaging area is provided with a drug packaging device, further provided with a container moving device for moving the powder containing container, and the container moving device takes out a predetermined powder containing container from the container storage device. It is possible to carry out the operation of mounting on the container mounting device, and the powder is discharged from the powder containing container mounted on the container mounting device and charged into the distribution pan, and the scraping device is used to perform the operation. The powder of the distribution dish is scraped out and dropped to the medicine packaging area side, and the medicine packaging device can perform a packaging operation of packaging the powder, and has a display device for displaying various information, and the container storage device. It is a drug dispensing device characterized in that it is possible to display information on the powder contained in the powder container currently stored in the display device on the display device.

The drug dispensing device of this aspect is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder storage container based on prescription information input in advance, divides the powder into a predetermined number, and further individually packages and discharges the powder. A predetermined powder storage container is taken out from the container storage device and placed on the container mounting device, and the powder is discharged from the powder storage container mounted on the container mounting device and put into the distribution dish. The operation of packaging is possible.
That is, it is not always necessary to weigh the amount of powder used and put it into the powder storage container, and it is possible to further simplify the packaging operation.
In addition, the drug dispensing device of this aspect is provided with a display device, and can display information on the powder contained in the powder storage container. From this, the user can perform various operations while confirming detailed information on the chemicals to be used, and can suppress the occurrence of problems such as erroneous types and amounts of chemicals in various operations.

This aspect is provided with an operating device for performing various input operations, the operating device is a touch panel type provided integrally with the display device, and the display device is used as a powder for a distribution dish. It is possible to display a speed control screen for controlling the discharge speed of, and on the speed control screen, an annular operation image is displayed, and the circumference is touched while touching the area where the operation image is displayed. When the movement of tracing in the direction is detected, it is preferable to determine the target discharge rate according to the direction of tracing and the distance to be traced, and to carry out the discharge operation of the powder so as to reach the determined discharge rate.

In this preferred aspect, the operating device for performing various input operations is integrated with the display device, so that it is not necessary to bother to secure an installation area for the operating device in the main body or the like, and the degree of freedom in design can be improved. .. Then, in this preferable aspect, when the annular operation image is displayed and the area where the operation image is displayed is touched and traced in the circumferential direction, the powder is discharged (supplied) to the distribution dish. Discharge rate (supply rate) changes. This makes it possible to give the user a feeling of operation as if it were a dial operation in the touch panel type operation device. This makes it possible to improve the operability when changing the speed.
The powder discharge rate (supply rate) is the amount of powder discharged per unit time. That is, the emission amount can be changed by performing the above operation on the operation image.

In this aspect, the speed control screen further displays a speed display image displaying a value indicating the current target discharge speed, and the speed display image is the target discharge speed. It is more preferable that the image is temporarily displayed on the outside of the operation image on condition that is changed.

In this preferred aspect, when the discharge rate (supply rate) of the powder is changed on the speed control screen, the speed display image is temporarily displayed outside the operation image. This allows the user to reliably grasp the current discharge rate (supply rate).
More specifically, when the operation image is operated by touching it with a finger or the like, the finger or the like may overlap with the display screen, making it difficult to see the portion displaying the discharge speed. Therefore, in this aspect, the speed display image is displayed outside the operation image, which is the part touched by a finger or the like, and it is possible to check the discharge speed at a glance even during the operation for speed change. ing. That is, by making it possible to easily grasp the discharge speed, it is possible to facilitate the operation of changing the discharge speed.

More preferably, the powder storage container has a discharge port portion that serves as a powder discharge port, and on the speed control screen, when the powder storage container is placed on the container mounting device, the container is said. It is possible to further display an observation image which is a moving image of the discharge port portion and its surroundings of the powder storage container mounted on the mounting device, and during the rotation operation of the distribution dish, the discharge port portion and the periphery thereof can be displayed. The observation image showing the current state of the surroundings and the operation image are simultaneously displayed on one screen.

According to this aspect, the discharge rate (supply rate) of the powder can be changed while observing the state of the discharge port of the powder container and its surroundings during the packaging operation. That is, since the discharge rate can be changed based on the actual situation, a more appropriate discharge operation (supply operation) can be performed.

More preferably, the display color of the operation image changes according to the change in the target discharge rate.

In this aspect, it becomes possible to make it easier to grasp the current emission rate.

This aspect relates to a first history storage operation that stores information about the packaging operation to be executed at the start of the packaging operation, and the packaging operation that is normally completed at the completion of the packaging operation. The second history storage operation for storing information is executed, and one of the information stored in the first history storage operation and the information stored in the second history storage operation is selected and selected information. It is preferable that the packaging operation can be re-executed based on the above.

In this preferred aspect, the first history storage operation for storing information about the packaging operation to be executed at the start of the packaging operation and the information regarding the packaging operation for which the execution is normally completed at the completion of the packaging operation. The second history storage operation for storing the information is executed. That is, in addition to the normal operation history acquired when the packaging operation is normally completed, the operation history acquired at the start of the packaging operation is acquired and stored. Then, the packaging operation can be re-executed based on each operation history. In other words, not only is it possible to re-execute a normally completed packaging operation based on past information, but it is also possible to re-execute a packaging operation that has been attempted to be executed based on past information.
From this, even if the packaging operation is interrupted for some reason, if the reason is a minor reason that can be solved immediately, it is possible to immediately solve the problem and re-execute. .. Even if a problem occurs in the packaging operation, the re-execution can be performed without requiring a complicated input operation or the like, so that the packaging operation can be performed more easily.

In this aspect, the theoretical value of the drug-related value related to the powder discharged from the powder container in the packaging operation can be input or calculated, and the measured value of the drug-related value is being used for the packaging operation. It can be directly acquired or calculated from the value directly acquired during the packaging operation, and the printing operation of outputting various information to the print medium can be executed. In the printing operation, the theoretical value is used. It is preferable that the measured value can be output.

In this preferable aspect, when the result of the packaging operation or the like is output to a printing medium, the theoretical value of each value related to the operation such as the total amount of the chemicals used and the measured value can be printed on the same medium. Therefore, the user can easily compare the "theoretical value" and the "measured value", and can easily grasp whether or not the packaging error has occurred and the accurate value of the generated packaging error. Then, since the user can execute the next packaging operation based on this, it becomes possible to easily execute the packaging operation with higher accuracy.

More preferably, the printing medium is a chemical bag for packaging powder, and the bag length of the chemical bag is changed according to the content to be printed by the printing operation.

According to this preferred aspect, the length of the chemical bag, which is the printing medium, can be changed according to the amount of the described contents. That is, it is possible to make the printed contents easy to see.
The drug bag is a bag created based on information on the prescription. Here, the information on the prescription is information for identifying the patient, information on the timing of taking the drug, the dose, the number of times of taking the drug, the interval of taking the drug, and the usage of the prescribed drug.
That is, the drug bag in this aspect is a drug bag individually formed for a predetermined individual, and the basic bag length is determined according to the information regarding the prescription. Further, based on the information on the prescription, it is divided into a predetermined number as needed, and each of the divided portions is sealed with a powder for one dose.

In this aspect, it is preferable that the discharge rate of the powdered drug to the distribution dish can be acquired, and a graph showing the change in the discharge rate with the progress of the packaging operation performed in the past can be displayed.

In this preferred aspect, the discharge rate of the powder to the distribution dish can be obtained, and a graph showing the change in the discharge rate with the progress of the packaging operation performed in the past can be displayed.
From this, it is not only to detect whether or not the powdered drug has been discharged, but also to confirm, for example, whether or not the powdered drug has been supplied without delay from the start to the end of the powdered drug discharge. Can be done. In other words, it is possible not only to confirm whether or not the powdered drug has been discharged, but also to check the status of the discharge process. Then, by displaying the transition of the discharge rate in a graph, it is possible for the user to more easily confirm the state of the discharge process.

This aspect is a moving image relating to the packaging operation performed in the past, a past packaging image which is a moving image of the distribution plate in operation and the periphery of the distribution plate, and the packaging performed in the past. It is possible to display a graph showing the transition of the amount of powder discharged to the distribution dish with the progress of the operation or the change of the discharge rate of the powder to the distribution dish with the progress, and the same packaging operation is targeted. It is preferable that the past packaged image and the graph are displayed on the same screen.

In this preferred aspect, a video showing a moving image of a packaging operation performed in the past and a graph showing a change in the amount of chemical supply (or a change in the supply rate of the chemical) with the passage of time in the packaging operation performed in the past. Can be displayed on the same screen.
From this, the user can confirm the specific contents of the past packaging operation while confirming the transition of the supply amount and the supply speed of the chemical with the passage of time. For example, when the supply amount or supply speed changes suddenly, it becomes possible to grasp in detail what happened around the distribution plate. As described above, according to this preferable aspect, the contents of the packaging operation performed in the past can be verified in detail, and even if a defect occurs, the cause can be easily identified. Since the user can execute the next packaging operation based on this, it is possible to easily execute the packaging operation with higher accuracy.

More preferably, the total time from the start time to the end time of the packaging operation displayed in the past packaging image and the time indicating which time within the total time the past packaging image being displayed is. The display section is further displayed.

In this more preferable aspect, it is possible to easily grasp which time point between the start time and the end time the content of the past packaging operation currently displayed is displayed. That is, it is possible to easily grasp what happened at what time.

More preferably, when the past packaging operation in which a problem has occurred during the execution is targeted, an error time display operation for highlighting the error occurrence time on the graph is performed.

In this more preferred aspect, by highlighting the time when the defect occurred, the user who browses the moving image related to the past packaging operation is particularly careful about the operation at the time when the defect occurred and the time around it. You can be encouraged to see it. That is, it prevents the user from overlooking important contents such as the state at the moment when the problem occurs in the past packaging operation, the state immediately before the problem occurs, and what happened after the problem occurs.

In this aspect, it is possible to calculate the inventory amount, which is the amount of powder in the powder storage container stored inside and outside, and the reserved amount, which is the amount of powder used in the packaging operation scheduled to be carried out in the future. Therefore, if a comparison operation is performed to compare the inventory amount and the reserved amount, and as a result of the comparison operation, the powder is insufficient in the packaging operation to be performed in the future, the user is notified of the future powder. It is preferable to carry out a notification operation for notifying the shortage.

In this preferred aspect, the amount of chemicals used in the upcoming packaging operation is calculated and compared to the amount in stock. Then, if it is found that the drug will be insufficient in the future as a result of the comparison, the user is notified of the drug shortage in the future. That is, by making the user aware of the shortage of chemicals in the future, it is possible to encourage the user to secure the chemicals in advance and prevent the interruption of the packaging operation due to the shortage of the chemicals. This makes it possible to carry out the packaging operation without delay.

More preferably, it is possible to display a packaging progress screen for displaying the progress of the packaging operation currently being performed, and as a result of the comparison operation, when the powder is insufficient in the packaging operation to be performed in the future. The first notification operation for notifying that the shortage of the powder is occurring is carried out, and in the first notification operation, a part of the packaging progress screen is displayed more prominently than the surroundings. Is performed, and by performing a predetermined operation on the portion to be highlighted in the first notification operation, the weighing reservation notification screen is displayed, and the weighing reservation notification screen is insufficient for the packaging operation to be performed in the future. On condition that the shortage amount, which is the amount of powder, is displayed and the predetermined operation is performed on the weighing reservation notification screen, the operation for filling the predetermined powder storage container with the shortage powder in the future is started. ..

By the way, when the powder is scraped out by the scraping device, the powder may adhere to the portion of the scraping device for scraping the powder due to the generation of static electricity or the like. If the powder adheres to the scraping device, the amount of the powder to be scraped out becomes smaller than the specified amount, and there is a possibility that the correct amount of the powder cannot be packaged.

For this reason, in this aspect, the scraping device includes an arm member whose tip side moves up and down, a scraping plate provided at the tip of the arm member, and a scraping plate protruding from the scraping plate. The distribution dish is provided with an annularly continuous groove-shaped portion, and in the packaging operation, the scraping plate is inserted into the groove-shaped portion of the distribution dish, and the scraping plate and the distribution dish are relative to each other. By moving the powder to the vicinity of the scraping plate, the powder on the distribution plate is scraped to the vicinity of the scraping plate, and the scraping plate is kept in contact with the upper surface of the groove-shaped portion in the circumferential direction of the groove-shaped portion. It is possible to carry out a scraping operation of scraping the powder that has been scraped in the vicinity of the scraping plate to the outside of the distribution dish by moving it in a direction crossing After that, it is preferable to move the scraping plate in the direction opposite to that at the time of performing the scraping operation while keeping the scraping plate in contact with the upper surface of the groove-shaped portion, and then move the scraping plate in the same direction as the scraping operation.

In this preferable aspect, after performing the scraping operation of scraping the powder out of the distribution dish, the scraping operation is performed while the scraping plate of the scraping device is in contact with the upper surface of the groove-shaped portion of the distribution dish. It is moving in the opposite direction. This makes it possible to drop the powder adhering to the scraping plate onto the distribution dish. Then, by carrying out an operation of moving the scraping plate in the same direction as the scraping operation, it becomes possible to scrape out the powder dropped on the distribution plate. That is, according to this preferable aspect, since the powder adhering to the scraping plate can be dropped on the distribution plate and then scraped out, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the amount of powdered powder adhering to the scraping plate.

In this aspect, the scraping device includes an arm member whose tip side moves up and down, a scraping plate provided at the tip of the arm member, and a scraping plate protruding from the scraping plate. Is provided with an annularly continuous groove-shaped portion, and in the packaging operation, the scraping plate is inserted into the groove-shaped portion of the distribution dish, and the scraping plate and the distribution dish are moved relative to each other. The scraping operation of scraping the powder on the distribution plate to the vicinity of the scraping plate and the scraping operation of scraping the powder scraped to the vicinity of the scraping plate to the outside of the distribution plate by the scraping plate. It is possible to carry out the operation including the scraping operation and the scraping operation a plurality of times, and it is possible to divide the powder on the distribution dish into one packet and scrape it out of the distribution dish. In this operation, the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation for one package of powder is variable according to the number of divided powders, and one package of powder is targeted. Depending on the movement distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation, one packet of powder is scraped out by the scraping operation and the scraping operation, and one packet of powder is dispensed multiple times. It is possible to carry out either the scraping operation or the multiple scraping operation of scraping by the scraping operation, and when the multiple scraping operation is performed, the relative movement in the scraping operation to be performed in advance. It is preferable that the moving distance of the relative movement is longer than the moving distance of the relative movement in the last scraping operation.

Here, when the powder is scraped by moving the scraping plate and the distribution plate relative to each other, if the relative movement distance becomes too long, the amount of powder to be gathered increases, and the scraped powder is only around the scraping plate. Instead, it may reach a position away from the scraping plate. In this case, there is a possibility that the powdered medicine at a position away from the scraping plate cannot be scraped out even if the scraping operation is performed. This is not preferable from the viewpoint of packaging an accurate amount of powder because the amount of powder to be scraped out is less than the specified amount.

Therefore, in the above-mentioned preferable aspect, a plurality of scraping operations are performed according to the moving distance of the relative movement, and one packet of powder is scraped out in a plurality of times. It becomes possible to position it. In addition, when the powder is scraped for the final scraping operation, the moving distance of the relative movement is shorter than when the powder is scraped for the preceding scraping operation. That is, when the powder is scraped for the final scraping operation, the powder can be more reliably positioned only around the scraping plate. As a result, the powder is not collected at a position away from the scraping plate and cannot be scraped out, and an accurate amount of powder can be packaged.

More preferably, in the plurality of scraping operations, the maximum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation in which the relative movement is performed with the maximum movement amount specified in advance and the relative movement in the minimum movement amount specified in advance are performed. It is possible to carry out the minimum amount scraping operation accompanied by the scraping operation, perform the maximum amount scraping operation at least once, and perform the relative in the scraping operation for one packet of powder. The said is carried out in the maximum amount scraping operation on condition that the value obtained by subtracting the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation performed in the maximum amount scraping operation from the moving distance of the movement is equal to or more than a predetermined value. The scraping operation and the scraping operation are performed with a movement amount smaller than the moving distance of the relative movement in the scraping operation, and further, the minimum amount scraping operation is performed.
This preferred aspect allows for more reliable packaging of powdered powders.

In this aspect, the powder storage container has a lid member for opening and closing the discharge port formed in the discharge port portion, and the container moving device has a lid engaging portion for opening and closing the lid member. After performing a temporary closing operation of closing the lid member at a position where the container holding portion is distant from the powder containing container, the container is provided with a container holding portion that can hold the powder containing container in close contact with the container. It is preferable to carry out an operation of bringing the holding portion into contact with the powder containing container to hold the powder containing container and a main closing operation of closing the lid member.

According to this preferred aspect, when the powder storage container is moved by the container moving device, the powder does not spill out from the powder storage container due to the impact caused by the contact between the container moving device and the powder storage container. Therefore, unexpected powder is not supplied to the distribution dish, and an accurate amount of powder can be dispensed and packaged.

In this aspect, a plurality of the container mounting devices are provided, and a separate powder storage container is placed on each of the plurality of container mounting devices, and the powder is discharged from each of the powder storage containers. Is possible, and while the powder is being discharged from at least one of the powder storage containers, the powder storage container for which the powder has been discharged is moved to a position away from the container mounting device, and the powder is discharged. It is preferable that the operation of mounting a new powder storage container on the container mounting device on which the completed powder storage container has been placed can be performed.

According to this preferable aspect, even when more than the number of powders of the container mounting device provided in the drug dispensing device are mixed, divided and packaged, the powder does not spill when the container is replaced and the accuracy is high. High packaging operation can be performed.

Yet another aspect related to the present invention includes a control device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices based on the prescription data, which is data on the prescription and includes information on the drug to be provided to the patient, and a drug dispensing device. The drug dispensing device includes a distribution tray for distributing powder discharged from the powder storage container, and a container on which the powder storage container is placed and which acts on the powder storage container to discharge the powder from the powder storage container. A mounting device is provided, and powder is discharged from the powder storage container mounted on the container mounting device and put into the distribution pan, which is divided into a predetermined number and further individually packaged. The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing the target drug and a temporary stand device for temporarily installing the powder container, and the powder is discharged. The storage container is provided with a container-side information storage means capable of storing at least container information which is information for identifying one of the powder storage containers from the plurality of powder storage containers, and the temporary storage table device and the container are placed. The device is provided with an information reading means for reading the state stored in the container-side information storage means, and the container information of the powder storage container mounted on the temporary stand device is read by the information reading means. The information storage operation in which the drug weighing device temporarily or semi-permanently stores the read and read information, the container information received by the drug weighing device, and the information regarding the weighed powder stored in the drug weighing device. Based on the information transmission operation of transmitting from the drug weighing device to the drug dispensing device, the information transmitted by the drug dispensing device from the drug weighing device, and the prescription data previously received by the drug dispensing device. , An information creation operation for creating powder-related information by associating the prescription data with information received from the drug weighing device including at least the container information is performed, and the powder storage container mounted on the temporary stand device is performed. Was placed on the container mounting device, the container information of the powder containing container was read by the information reading means of the container mounting device, and the container read by the information reading means of the container mounting device. It is a powdered medicine dispensing business support system characterized in that a prescription corresponding to a later packaged operation to be executed is specified based on the information and the powdered drug-related information, and then the packaged operation is executed.

In this aspect, when the medicine weighed by the medicine weighing device is stored in the powder storage container, the powder storage container is placed on a dedicated temporary stand device. This makes it possible to store the medicine in a stable posture of the powder storage container as compared with the case where the powder storage container is placed directly on a desk or the like.
In addition, container information for identifying the container when the powdered medicine container is placed on the temporary stand device is acquired, and the powdered medicine-related information is created by associating this container information with the prescription data. Then, when the powdered medicine storage container is placed on the container mounting device, the container information is read again and collated with the powdered medicine-related information to specify the prescription for using the medicine stored in the powdered medicine storage container. That is, after performing an operation of specifying a prescription that uses the medicine contained in the powdered medicine storage container, a packaging operation according to the prescription is performed. As a result, it is possible to more reliably carry out the packaging operation according to the predetermined prescription without accidentally using the powder storage container containing the medicine not provided by the prescription.

According to the present invention, it is possible to further simplify the packaging operation, and it is possible to provide a drug dispensing device capable of further suppressing the occurrence of unexpected defects.

It is a perspective view which shows the medicine dispensing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows through the housing of the main body apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the appearance of the main body apparatus of FIG. 1 seen from another angle, and shows the state which the door part is open. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a chemical division region of FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the powder powder cassette mounting master screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the medicine master screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the patient master screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the prescription input screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the simple input screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the form selection screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the powder | powder cassette selection screen of this embodiment. FIG. 11 is an enlarged view showing a portion A in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which the input was made to the character input part in the powder | powder cassette selection screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the missing cassette notification screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the packaging progress screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which enlarges and shows the graph displayed on the packing progress screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the speed control screen of this embodiment. In the speed control screen of FIG. 17, it is explanatory drawing which shows the state of operating the speed operation part, (a) shows the state which a finger touches a speed operation part, (b) is a state which a finger touches from the state (a). The state after moving is shown. FIG. 17 is an enlarged view showing a part of the speed control screen of FIG. 17, and shows a state in which a speed display unit is displayed. It is a figure which enlarges and shows a part of the speed control screen of FIG. 17, and is the figure which shows the state that the speed display part is displayed during operation of a speed operation part. It is a figure which shows the state which the full-screen display operation was executed on the speed control screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the layout setting screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the weighing reservation notification screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the graph part displayed on the weighing reservation notification screen of FIG. 23. It is a figure which shows the prescription history list screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which the prescription is listed in the prescription display area in the prescription history list screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the weighing history screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the past moving image display screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the packaging history display screen of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows a part of the speed control screen different from FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a powder dispensing business support system constructed by interlocking the drug dispensing device of FIG. 1 with a control device or the like. It is a perspective view which shows the specific structure of the scraping device of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation of scraping one packet of powder in the vicinity of a scraping plate, and then scraping out to the outside of a distribution dish in the medicine dispensing apparatus of FIG. Scraping is carried out. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation of scraping one packet of powder to the outside of a distribution dish in the medicine dispensing apparatus of FIG. 1, and scraping of powder is carried out in the order of (a) to (d). It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation different from the medicine dispensing apparatus of this embodiment, (a) is a figure which shows the operation which rotates a distribution dish half a turn, (b) is the scraping after the end of the operation of (a). It is a figure which shows the periphery of a plate. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure at the time of performing the scraping operation which scrapes out the powder for one packet. It is a perspective view which shows the automatic chemical container adopted by the chemical dispenser of FIG. 1, and shows the state which it is placed on the container holding table. FIG. 37 is a cross-sectional view of the automatic chemical container shown in FIG. 37, where (a) shows a state in which the lid member is open, and (b) shows a state in which the lid member is closed. It is a perspective view which shows the container moving apparatus shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the tip end side part of the arm part shown in FIG. 39, (a) shows the posture which the suction surface of a container holding part is horizontal, and (b) is the posture which the suction surface of a container holding part stands upright. Is shown. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of moving an automatic medicine container from a container holding table in the tip side part of the arm part shown in FIG. 39, and arranges the tip side part of an arm part in the position which is separated above the automatic medicine container. The state of closing the lid member is shown. FIG. 41 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the automatic chemical container is moved from the container holding table at the tip end side portion of the arm portion following FIG. 41, and FIG. The state is shown, and (b) shows a state in which the tip end side portion of the arm portion is brought into contact with the automatic chemical container to close the lid member. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of exchanging one automatic chemical container in the operation which puts the automatic chemical container on all the container holding stands, and discharges powder into a distribution dish, (a)-(c). Replace the automatic chemical container in the order of. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the paper medium which is output by the printing operation carried out by the powder packaging apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the weighing history screen of the form different from FIG. 27. It is a perspective view which shows the manual type medicine container which is different from FIG. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a storage space forming member of the manual chemical container shown in FIG. 46. FIG. 46 is a cross-sectional view of the manual chemical container shown in FIG. 46, and the lid portion is omitted. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the bottom forming member of the manual medicine container shown in FIG. 46. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of attaching the storage space forming member to the bottom forming member, and the cover part is omitted. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode that the manual chemical container shown in FIG. 46 is placed on the temporary place, and shows the manual chemical container permeating and omitting the lid part.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The following embodiments are examples embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these examples.

As shown in FIG. 1, the powder dispensing device 1 (drug dispensing device) of the present embodiment includes a main body device 2, an operation display unit 3 (display device, operation device), a control unit (not shown), and a manual type. The structure is provided with a chemical container 5, a chemical weighing device 6, a journal printer 7, and a barcode reader 8.
By operating the operation display unit 3, the powder packaging device 1 can use the powder contained in the medicine container (the powder storage container, the automatic medicine container 4 described later, or the manual medicine container 5 described above). It is a device that automatically takes out, weighs, divides into a predetermined number, and packages.

The main body device 2 is formed by incorporating various devices in the housing 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the chemical container arrangement region 12, the chemical division region 13, and the chemical division region 13 are formed inside the housing 10. Each of the chemical packaging areas 14 is provided. A dehumidifying device (not shown) and a temperature controller (not shown) are provided inside the housing 10, so that the internal temperature and humidity can be maintained within a certain range.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a door portion 16 is provided in a portion of the housing 10 that forms the outer wall surface of the chemical container arrangement region 12.
The door portion 16 is a portion for putting the automatic chemical container 4 in and out of the housing 10, and a container temporary storage portion 18 for temporarily placing the automatic chemical container 4 is provided inside the door portion 16. The door portion 16 and the container temporary storage portion 18 function as an introduction portion when the chemical container is introduced into the housing 10 and also as a take-out portion when the chemical container is taken out from the inside of the housing 10. ..

The container temporary storage portion 18 is a portion that can hold the automatic chemical container 4 by mechanical engagement, and by mounting the automatic chemical container 4, the automatic chemical container 4 and the container temporary storage portion 18 can be placed. It becomes engaged. On the contrary, when the automatic chemical container 4 and the container temporary storage portion 18 are in the engaged state, the automatic chemical container 4 is lifted to bring them into the disengaged state. That is, the automatic chemical container 4 can be separated from the temporary container container 18.

The temporary container 18 is provided with an information reading means for reading information from the automatic chemical container 4 and a weight measuring means for measuring the weight of the automatic chemical container 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the chemical container arranging area 12 is provided with a container storage unit 23 (container storage device) for holding the automatic chemical container 4. In FIG. 2, only a part of the automatic chemical container 4 is designated with a reference numeral, and the reference to the other automatic chemical container 4 is omitted.
The container storage unit 23 includes a drum member 25 installed in an upright posture, and the drum member 25 can rotate about a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction. That is, the vertical drum member 25 is in a state where it can rotate in the horizontal direction using a motor or the like as a power source.

A plurality of container installation portions are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drum member 25, and the automatic chemical container 4 is held in the container installation portions.
Each container installation part holds the automatic chemical container 4 by mechanical engagement, and by pushing the automatic chemical container 4, the automatic chemical container 4 and the container installation part are in an engaged state. .. On the contrary, when the automatic chemical container 4 and the container installation portion are in the engaged state, the automatic chemical container 4 is pulled outward to be in the disengaged state.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the drum member 25 is vertically divided into three parts, and a plurality of container mounting portions are formed in each of the divided areas. In other words, a group consisting of 11 container installation portions is provided over three stages. That is, the container storage unit 23 can hold 33 automatic chemical containers 4 in total.

The container installation portion has a structure provided with a protruding member protruding outward, and the protruding member is immersed when the automatic chemical container 4 is mounted in a normal posture.

In addition, optical sensors are provided inside and outside the drum member 25, respectively, so that it is possible to detect whether or not the protruding member of the container installation portion is protruding.

An information reading means (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the drum member 25 in the chemical container arrangement area 12. Therefore, it is possible to acquire information from each of the automatic chemical containers 4 held by the drum member 25. More specifically, information can be acquired from the container-side information storage means (details will be described later) attached to each automatic chemical container 4.

A container moving device 28 is provided in a region extending from the chemical container arrangement region 12 to the chemical division region 13. The container moving device 28 has a structure including an arm portion 30 and an elevating mechanism 31, and the elevating mechanism 31 allows the arm portion 30 to move in the vertical direction.
Further, a magnet is provided at the tip of the arm portion 30, and the automatic chemical container 4 can be held by attracting an iron plate integrally attached to the automatic chemical container 4.

In the chemical division region 13, in the space located on the rear side of the front door 34 (see FIG. 1), as shown in FIG. 4, the distribution plate 35, the container holding table 36 (container mounting device), and scratches are made. A discharge device 37, a cleaning device 38, a chemical introduction port 39, and a camera member 40 are provided.
More specifically, in the chemical division region 13, two parallel distribution plates 35 are installed in a buried state.

A container holding table 36, a scraping device 37, and a cleaning device 38 are provided around each distribution dish 35. Then, one distribution dish 35 is associated with three container holding tables 36, one scraping device 37, and one cleaning device 38.

Further, around the distribution plate 35, a chemical introduction port 39 for supplying powder to the chemical packaging area 14 one by one is provided between the two distribution plates 35, and the chemical introduction port 39 is provided. A partition plate device 41 is provided at a position adjacent to the partition plate device 41.
The partition plate device 41 includes a box-shaped main body portion and a standing plate portion that is attached to the main body portion so as to be able to appear and disappear. Then, it is possible to switch between a protruding state in which most of the standing plate portion protrudes to the outside from the main body portion and a stored state in which the standing plate portion is stored in the main body.

Here, in each packaging operation (details will be described later), when the powder distributed by one of the distribution plates 35 is scooped up by the scraping device 37 and charged into the drug introduction port 39, the powder is charged depending on the type of powder to be charged. May fly farther than necessary. That is, it is conceivable that the powdered medicine will fly to the distribution dish 35 on the other side.
Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the partition plate device 41 is in a protruding state to prevent the powder from flying to the distribution plate 35 on the other side. That is, the standing plate portion of the partition plate device 41 functions like a blocking wall to prevent the powder from flying to the distribution plate 35 on the other side.

The distribution dish 35 is provided with a continuous chemical charging groove in an annular shape, and is in a rotatable state by a rotation mechanism (not shown).

The container holding table 36 has a structure including a shaking table portion and a weight measuring means.

The shaking table portion is provided with a container holding means for holding a chemical container (automatic chemical container 4 or manual chemical container 5). In this embodiment, a magnet (electromagnet) is used as the container holding means.

The gravity measuring means directly or indirectly measures the weight of the chemical container.

Therefore, by placing the chemical container on the container holding table 36, the chemical container can be vibrated and the powder contained in the chemical container can be discharged to the distribution dish 35. Then, the change in weight of the medicine container due to the discharge of the powder can be detected by the gravity measuring means.

The camera member 40 is installed at a position where the surroundings of the container holding table 36 can be photographed, and the periphery of the chemical discharging portion (discharge port portion, details to be described later) of the chemical container placed on the container holding table 36 is It functions as an image pickup device for taking pictures. For the camera member 40, for example, a digital imager such as a CCD camera can be suitably adopted.
In the present embodiment, the camera member 40 that images the periphery of the container holding table 36 adjacent to the distribution plate 35 on one side and the camera member 40 that images the periphery of the container holding table 36 adjacent to the distribution plate 35 on the other side are separately provided. It is provided so that the imaging operation can be performed separately.

The chemical packaging area 14 is provided with a known chemical packaging device and printing means.
The chemical packaging device is a machine for packaging chemicals one by one, and is formed by a sheet supply device and a sealing device. That is, the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is formed into a bag shape to create a sachet, and the created sachet is sealed and packaged for each dose by the powder seal device supplied from the drug division region 13. It is possible to operate.
The printing means is a machine for printing predetermined information on the sachet.

The automatic chemical container 4 is a container having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape, and is provided with a chemical discharge unit 187 (see FIGS. 37, 38, etc.) for discharging powdered or powdered chemicals contained therein to the outside. ing. This chemical discharge portion 187 is an opening-shaped portion, and communicates inside and outside. The chemical discharge section 187 is also a portion that opens larger by removing the peripheral members and functions as a chemical input section for introducing the chemical.
Further, iron plates are attached to two different surfaces of the automatic chemical container 4. The iron plate provided on one surface is a portion for being attracted to the magnet of the arm portion 30 when the automatic chemical container 4 is held by the arm portion 30. Further, the iron plate provided on the other surface is a portion for being attracted to the magnet of the container holding table 36 when it is installed on the container holding table 36 described later.
In addition, the automatic chemical container 4 is provided with an RFID tag so that information on the stored chemical can be stored. That is, this RFID tag functions as a container-side information storage means.

The operation display unit 3 is a so-called touch panel, and is formed by combining a display device such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input device such as a touch pad.
The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment displays various screens on the operation display unit 3 and performs an operation of touching a predetermined portion with a dielectric such as a finger or a stylus (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a finger or the like). , Various operations described later can be executed.

The control unit includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM (EEPROM), and a data storage unit.
The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile memory in which a program such as a BIOS is stored in advance, and the RAM is a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory used for expanding various programs and temporarily storing data.

The data storage unit is a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) in which various programs and data are stored. More specifically, a "drug master" that stores various information about drugs, a "formulated drug master" that stores information about drugs that require shaping action, and a "normal dose master" that stores information about regular doses of drugs. , "Patient master" that stores information about patients who are prescribed drugs, "Average weight master" that stores information about the average weight of patients who are prescribed drugs, and so on.
In addition, the information stored in these databases is stored in an appropriately associated state.

The manual chemical container 5 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container and has substantially the same structure as the automatic chemical container 4. This manual chemical container 5 is different from the automatic chemical container 4 in that a chemical charging section is provided at a position different from the chemical discharging section.
That is, in the manual chemical container 5, a chemical charging section is provided on the upper part of the manual chemical container 5. This chemical charging portion is a through-hole-shaped portion that communicates inside and outside, and is formed so that the outer portion has a larger cross-sectional area than the inner portion.

The chemical weighing device 6 includes a balance stand and an RFID reader / writer. Then, by placing the medicine container on the medicine weighing device 6, the weight of the medicine container can be measured, and information can be read and written to the RFID tag provided on the medicine container.
In other words, the medicine weighing device 6 includes a weight measuring means for measuring the weight of the medicine container, and an information reading means and an information writing means for reading and writing information to the container-side information storage means of the medicine container. It has a structure.

The journal printer 7 is a device for printing and outputting various information such as a history of packaging operations and a record of prescriptions on a medium such as paper.

The barcode reader 8 can read the barcode written on the original box of the medicine, the medicine bottle, or the like.

Various devices such as sensors and camera members built in the main body device 2, a chemical weighing device 6, a journal printer 7, and a bar code reader 8 are in a state of being able to send and receive various information to and from the above-mentioned control unit. .. That is, these are in a state of being connected by a communication network such as a LAN, and are in a state of being able to send and receive signals.

Subsequently, the feasible operation of the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

In the powdered medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, there are a "database editing operation" for adding, deleting, and changing information to various databases, and a "packaging operation" for packaging powdered medicine in doses. "Printing operation" to issue various documents, "Reservation management operation" to notify insufficient chemicals in future packaging operation, and "Packing verification operation" to verify the contents of past packaging operation. It is possible to carry out a "maintenance operation" for normally executing the packaging operation and a "repacking operation" for re-executing the packaging operation based on the history issued in the past.
[Database editing operation]

In the powdered medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, screens corresponding to various databases are displayed, and information can be added, deleted, and changed to each database.
Specifically, the powdered drug cassette mounting master screen (see FIG. 5), the drug master screen (see FIG. 6), the patient master screen (see FIG. 7), the excipient master screen (not shown), and regular use. Various screens including a quantity master screen (not shown) and an average weight master screen (not shown) can be displayed. Information can be added, deleted, and changed from each screen or another screen displayed by operating each screen.
Here, each screen is provided with a "CSV output" button and a "print" button, respectively. These buttons are a CSV file of the contents registered in the database by touching the displayed part (hereinafter, the user touching the button-shaped part displayed on the screen is also referred to as "pressing"). It is possible to output with, or to print on a medium such as paper and output.

The powder cassette mounting master screen (see FIG. 5) is a screen corresponding to a database that stores information on the medicines contained in the medicine container (automatic medicine container 4).
On this screen, information such as a chemical code, a chemical name, a maximum mounting amount, a filling standard amount, a usage amount, an inventory amount, a serial number, and an expiration date can be registered for each chemical.

The drug master screen (see FIG. 6) is a screen corresponding to a database that stores information about drugs. The target of registration in this database is a drug that may be prescribed by a doctor, and is subject to registration regardless of whether it is stored in a drug container or not. That is, the powder cassette mounting master screen targets the medicines contained in the medicine container, while the medicine master screen targets all the medicines that may be prescribed.
On this drug master screen (see Fig. 6), for each drug, the drug code, drug name, unit code, stamp, shelf number (control number of the stored shelf), management flag (does special management be required for handling?) Information such as (whether or not), chemical name (abbreviation), whether or not it is to be washed (whether or not it is a chemical that requires cleaning of the distribution plate 35), stability coefficient, specific gravity, vibration coefficient, image, etc. can be registered. It has become.

The patient master screen (see FIG. 7) is a screen corresponding to a database that stores information about a patient for whom a drug has been prescribed.
This patient master screen (see Fig. 7) shows information such as patient ID, patient name (kanji), patient name (kana), date of birth, ward name, items to be sent, address, telephone number, FAX number, etc. for each patient. Can be registered.
The "ward name" is the name of the ward to which the clinical department visited by the patient belongs, and is input as necessary.

The shaped medicine master screen (not shown) is a screen corresponding to a database that stores information on medicines prescribed by adding additives for increasing or diluting.
The normal dose master screen (not shown) is a screen corresponding to a database that stores information on the dose of a drug determined in relation to age, body weight, and the like.
The average weight master screen (not shown) is a screen corresponding to a database that stores information about an average weight corresponding to a predetermined age range.
[Packaging operation]

The powdered medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can perform a packaging operation of packaging medicines one by one while referring to information on the prescription input in the "prescription input operation" performed in advance as necessary. It has become.
More specifically, the "first packaging operation" for packaging the powder contained in the automatic chemical container 4 held in the container storage unit 23 and the automatic chemical container 4 stored in the external control shelf It is possible to carry out a "second packaging operation" for packaging the contained powder and a "third packaging operation" for packaging the powder contained in the manual drug container 5.

In each packaging operation, the powder packaging device 1 accommodates the automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23, takes out the automatic chemical container 4 from the container storage unit 23, and takes out the automatic chemical container 4 The operation of moving the drug to the vicinity of the distribution dish 35, the operation of placing the automatic chemical container 4 on the container holding table 36, the operation of charging a predetermined amount of the drug into the distribution dish 35, and the operation of taking the drug from the distribution dish 35 one by one. It is possible to automatically perform the operation of supplying to the chemical packaging device and the operation of returning the automatic chemical container 4 to the container storage unit 23.

By the way, when the "first packaging operation" and the "second packaging operation" are carried out, the "cassette selection operation" for selecting the drug container to be used based on the information on the prescription is carried out and selected. It is configured to carry out each packaging operation using a chemical container.

Here, when the "first packaging operation" is performed, if the automatic chemical container 4 selected in the "cassette selection operation" is not held by the drum member 25, the user is notified to that effect. "Cassette missing notification operation" is carried out. In this case, it is possible to perform the first packaging operation again after performing the "filling operation" of holding the automatic chemical container 4 on the drum member 25 as needed.

Each of these "prescription input operation", "cassette selection operation", "filling operation", "first packaging operation", "second packaging operation", and "third packaging operation" will be described in detail.
[Prescription input operation]

The prescription input operation is an operation of displaying a prescription input screen (see FIG. 8) on the operation display unit 3 and inputting information related to the prescription.
In the prescription input operation, a registration operation for automatically registering the input information in a predetermined database is performed as necessary.

The prescription input screen is provided with input fields corresponding to each item, such as patient ID, patient name and other information about the patient, information about the medical institution or department to which the doctor who prescribed the drug belongs, and the prescribed drug. Information about the drug such as drug name, usage, and dosage can be entered.

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment has an input assist function that allows the drug name to be selected from a list. Specifically, the simple input screen (see FIG. 9) is displayed, and the drug name can be input by selecting the drug name from the list.

The simple input screen is provided with a character input unit 45 for inputting a character string used for search and a setting button 46 for setting search conditions.
Then, the user can input a predetermined character string to the character input unit 45 and / or press any one of the three setting buttons 46 to narrow down the chemicals to be listed. Then, by pressing any of the drug names displayed in the list, the drug name is selected.

The character input unit 45 is a part for inputting a character or a character string (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a character string or the like) used as a keyword for specifying a drug. When a character string or the like is input to the character input unit 45, only the chemicals starting with the input character string or the like are displayed in a list. For example, when the character "A" is input to the character input unit 45, only the chemicals whose first character in the drug name is "A" are displayed in a list.
That is, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment performs a comparison operation of comparing the character string or the like input to the character input unit 45 with the character string when the drug name is read in kana. Then, a display operation is performed in which only the chemicals starting with the input character string or the like when the chemical name is read as a pseudonym are displayed in the list.

In the present embodiment, when a character string is input to the character input unit 45, the display content of the list is changed each time one character is input.
To give a concrete example, if the character string "Aiu" is input to the character input unit 45, the first character of the drug name is "A" after the character "A" is input. Only the chemicals that become are displayed. Then, when "a" is followed by "i" and the character string "ai" is input to the character input unit 45, the first character of the drug name is "a" and the second character is. Only the chemicals that are "a" are displayed. In other words, only the chemicals whose character string starts with "eye" when the chemical name is read in kana are displayed. In this way, when a character string is input to the character input unit 45, the display of the list is switched every time one character is input.

The setting button 46 is composed of a "powder" button, a "tablet" button, and a "cassette" button, and by pressing any one of the buttons, the type of the drug to be searched is determined.
That is, when the "powder" button is pressed, only the powder is displayed in the list among all the medicines. Similarly, when the "tablet" button is pressed, only the tablet is displayed in the list among all the medicines, and when the "cassette" button is pressed, only the medicine already contained in the automatic medicine container 4 is displayed. It will be displayed in the list.

Here, when nothing is input to the character input unit 45 and any of the setting buttons 46 is pressed, only the chemicals corresponding to the pressed setting button 46 are displayed in the list. On the other hand, when a character string is input to the character input unit 45 and any of the setting buttons 46 is pressed, the character string corresponds to the pressed setting button 46 and the drug name is input. Drugs starting with are displayed in the list.
That is, only the chemicals satisfying the set conditions by operating either or both of the character input unit 45 and the setting button 46 are displayed in the list.

In this way, on the simple input screen, it is possible to reduce the number of drugs listed in the list based on specific conditions, including a specific character string in the name, being a powder, and being a tablet. It is possible to list only the chemicals that satisfy the conditions such as that they are already contained in the automatic chemical container 4. In addition, as a matter of course, it is possible to narrow down the chemicals to be washed by not listing the chemicals that satisfy the conditions, such as not listing the chemicals to be washed.

The "chemicals to be washed" are chemicals that are expected to cause a serious situation when unintentional contamination with other chemicals (so-called contamination) occurs in the distribution dish 35. It is a chemical that requires a cleaning operation (details will be described later) of the distribution plate 35 either before or after the packaging operation.
Specifically, when a predetermined packaging operation is followed by another packaging operation, the chemicals discharged to the distribution plate 35 in the preceding packaging operation are slightly discharged on the distribution plate 35. It may remain. In this case, if another packaging operation is subsequently performed, the above-mentioned chemical contamination (so-called contamination) may occur. Therefore, it is possible to specify chemicals to be washed that may cause a serious situation due to the occurrence of unintended chemical contamination, and it is configured to encourage the cleaning operation when used in the packaging operation. ..

By the way, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, in the initial state (state at the time of shipment), all the chemicals registered in the database are the chemicals to be washed, that is, the distribution dish 35 either before or after the packaging operation. Cleaning operation (details will be described later) is set for the required chemicals. That is, when the packaging operation is performed, the cleaning operation of the distribution plate 35 is always performed.

Then, in the present embodiment, this setting can be changed by the user performing a predetermined operation. That is, it is possible to appropriately select whether or not the chemical displayed on the prescription input screen is to be washed.
In addition, when the displayed chemicals are to be washed, it is possible to set the timing for performing the cleaning operation. That is, it is possible to set whether or not the cleaning operation is necessary before the packaging operation and whether or not the cleaning operation is necessary after the packaging operation.

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to automatically determine whether or not a cleaning operation is necessary based on the information of the set chemicals, and automatically perform the cleaning operation if necessary. It has become.
That is, when the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment selects a drug and starts the packaging operation, it automatically determines whether or not the cleaning operation needs to be performed. More specifically, based on the result of the setting stored in the data storage unit, it is determined whether or not the chemical requires a cleaning operation before the packaging operation, and whether a cleaning operation after the packaging operation is necessary. Determine if not.
Normally, a cleaning operation is required after using a poisonous drug, a narcotic drug, a psychotropic drug, a powerful drug, a colored drug, a drug that easily adheres to the distribution dish 35 (drug to be washed), and the like.

Then, when it is determined that cleaning operation of either one or both is necessary, the cleaning operation is automatically performed. This is preferable because it can reduce the time and effort required for the packaging operation, as compared with the configuration in which whether or not the cleaning operation is performed is manually set each time the packaging operation is performed.

Further, on the prescription input screen (see FIG. 8), it is possible to input information on the usage of the prescribed drug such as the time of administration, the number of times of administration, and the interval of administration, and the packaging form of the prescribed drug.

Information on the usage of the drug can be entered by the usage code, and when the usage code is entered, the associated dosing time, number of doses, and dosing interval are automatically entered.

The packaging form of a drug is an item for selecting the method of packaging the prescribed drug when the prescribed drug is packaged for each dose. As this packaging form, any one of the item group consisting of "crushing", "automatic cassette", and "hand-spreading cassette" is selected and input.

"Crushing" is a form in which tablets are crushed into powder and then packaged. That is, the prescribed drug is a tablet, and this item is selected when the powdered tablet is introduced into the manual drug container 5 to perform the packaging operation.

The "automatic cassette" is a form in which the powder contained in the automatic medicine container 4 is supplied to the distribution plate 35 and packaged. That is, it is an item selected when the prescribed medicine is already contained in the automatic medicine container 4 and the medicine contained in the automatic medicine container 4 is used for the packaging operation.

The "hand-sprayed cassette" is a form in which powder is introduced into a manual chemical container 5 and packaged separately. That is, it is an item selected when the pharmacist manually introduces the prescribed drug into the manual drug container 5 and performs the packaging operation.

In the present embodiment, when a drug name corresponding to "tablet" is input as a drug name, "crush" is automatically selected.

On the other hand, when a drug corresponding to "powder" is input in the drug name, the powder packaging device 1 determines whether the input drug is a drug stored in the automatic drug container 4 of the container storage unit 23. Performs a discrimination operation to discriminate. That is, the powder packaging device 1 compares the input information with the information stored in the data storage unit (or the information acquired by the sensor), and whether or not the prescribed drug is contained in the automatic drug container 4. Is automatically determined.

Then, as a result of the determination, if the chemical is stored in the automatic chemical container 4, the "automatic cassette" is automatically selected, and if not, the "hand-sprayed cassette" is automatically selected. It will be in a state of being.

In the present embodiment, the user can operate the operation display unit 3 to change the automatically selected packaging form.
Specifically, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the form selection screen (see FIG. 10) is displayed, and an item is displayed by pressing either the "automatic cassette" button or the "hand-spraying cassette" button. Can be changed. That is, when the "automatic cassette" button is pressed, the "automatic cassette" is selected, and when the "hand-sown cassette" button is pressed, the "hand-sown cassette" is selected.
[Cassette selection operation]

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the prescribed drug is "powder" and the packaging form selected on the prescription input screen is "automatic cassette", the first packaging operation or the second packaging operation is performed. It is possible to carry out the packaging operation and package each dose.
Then, when the first packaging operation or the second packaging operation is performed, a cassette selection operation for selecting the automatic chemical container 4 containing the chemicals to be packaged is performed, and the selected automatic chemical container 4 is performed. Perform the packaging operation using. That is, the automatic chemical container 4 used in the cassette selection operation is selected, and the packaging operation is performed using the selected automatic chemical container 4.

In the powder packaging device 1, the powder cassette selection screen (see FIG. 11) is displayed on the operation display unit 3, and the automatic drug container 4 can be selected on this screen.
In this powder cassette selection screen, the medicines stored in the automatic medicine container 4 held by the container storage unit 23 are displayed in a list, and the medicines are stored in the automatic medicine container 4 stored in the external control shelf. It is possible to switch between the state in which the chemicals are listed and the state in which they are displayed. Then, by pressing the display area of each chemical displayed in the list, it is possible to select the automatic chemical container 4 in which the chemicals used in the packaging operation are stored.

The powder cassette selection screen (see FIG. 11) is provided with a medicine display unit 48, a display switching button 49, and a character input unit 50.

The chemical display unit 48 is a part for displaying a list of chemical names satisfying the conditions based on the operation of the display switching button 49 and / or the input result in the character input unit 50. Among the drug names displayed in the list, drugs that require caution in handling such as narcotics, investigational drugs, poisonous drugs, powerful drugs, and psychotropic drugs will be highlighted with a message to that effect.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in the substantially horizontally long rectangular display area displaying each drug name, a strip extending diagonally (lower right in the figure) near any of the four corners. The message is described with the area of the above being provided and the background color of the area is different from the surrounding color. This allows the user to identify at a glance which chemicals need to be handled with care.

The display switching button 49 is a button for switching the chemicals displayed on the chemicals display unit 48. Each time the display switching button 49 is pressed, the chemicals stored in the automatic chemical container 4 held by the container storage unit 23 (hereinafter, also referred to as internal chemicals) are displayed, and the display switching button 49 is displayed on the external management shelf. The state of displaying the chemicals (hereinafter, also referred to as external chemicals) stored in the stored automatic chemical container 4 is switched.
On the display switching button 49, "Display outside the control shelf" (see FIG. 11) is displayed when the internal chemical is displayed on the chemical display unit 48, and "Control shelf" is displayed when the external chemical is displayed. "Display inside" (see FIG. 13) is displayed. Then, when the button is pressed and the display of the drug display unit 48 is switched, the wording displayed on the button is also switched.

The character input unit 50 is a part for inputting a character string or the like used as a keyword for specifying a drug. When a character string or the like is input to the character input unit 50, only the chemicals starting with the character string or the like in which the chemical name is input are displayed on the chemical display unit 48.
That is, the character input unit 50 is a part for inputting a keyword for narrowing down the display target to be displayed in the list, like the character input unit 45 of the simple input screen (see FIG. 9) described above. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, when the character "A" is input to the character input unit 50, only the chemical whose first character of the chemical name is "A" is displayed.
The character input unit 50 also has a configuration in which the display content is changed each time one character is input, as in the character input unit 45 described above.

That is, on this powder cassette selection screen, either an internal drug or an external drug is selected, and only the drugs belonging to the selected group are displayed in a list. When a character string or the like is input to the character input unit 50, only the chemicals belonging to the selected group and starting with the character string or the like in which the name is input are displayed in a list.
Then, when one or more chemicals are displayed in a list and the user presses the area where any of the chemicals is displayed, an automatic chemical container containing the chemicals displayed in the pressed area is stored. 4 is selected, and the selected automatic chemical container 4 is used in the packaging operation.
[Cassette missing notification operation]

When the automatic chemical container 4 held by the container storage unit 23 is selected in the cassette selection operation, the holding container confirmation operation for confirming the automatic chemical container 4 currently held in the container storage unit 23 (details). Will be described later). Then, based on the information acquired in the holding container confirmation operation, a holding determination operation for determining whether or not the automatic chemical container 4 selected in the cassette selection operation is currently held in the container storage unit 23 is performed. As a result of this determination, if the automatic chemical container 4 selected in the cassette selection operation is not held in the container storage unit 23, the cassette missing notification operation is performed.
That is, the cassette lack notification operation is an operation performed on condition that the selected automatic chemical container 4 is not currently held in the container storage unit 23.

In the following description, the automatic chemical container 4 to be used in the first packaging operation to be carried out, which is not currently held in the container storage unit 23, is also simply referred to as a “missing cassette”. ..

In the cassette missing notification operation, the missing cassette notification screen (see FIG. 14) is displayed on the operation display unit 3, and the control number and the chemical name of the medicine to be stored are displayed for each missing cassette whose existence is confirmed by the holding determination operation described above. Is displayed as a list.

By the way, when performing a packaging operation using a plurality of powders, the existence of a plurality of missing cassettes may be confirmed. For example, when an attempt is made to package after mixing three types of powder in the first packaging operation, if none of the automatic chemical containers 4 containing the three chemicals are held in the container storage unit 23, 3 One missing cassette will be confirmed.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, all the existing missing cassettes are displayed in a list on one screen, and even when a plurality of missing cassettes are confirmed, the missing cassettes can be confirmed at a glance.

On the missing cassette notification screen (see FIG. 14), each of the filling window opening button 58, the filling button 59, and the recovery button 60 is displayed.

The filling window opening button 58 is a button for opening the door portion 16, and when pressed, the door portion 16 is opened.

The filling button 59 is a button used in a filling operation described later, and is a button for holding the automatic chemical container 4 placed on the temporary container storage unit 18 in the container storage unit 23.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the missing cassette is automatically selected by selecting the missing cassette displayed in the list and appropriately operating the filling window opening button 58 and the filling button 59. It is possible to replenish the formula chemical container 4.
That is, by separately preparing an automatic chemical container 4 filled with chemicals to be stored in the missing cassette and performing a filling operation of holding the automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23, the packaging to be performed from now on is performed. It is possible to make the operation so that there is no missing cassette.
First, the filling operation of holding the automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23 will be specifically described below.
[Filling operation]

In the powder packaging device 1, a large number of automatic chemical containers 4 are held in the container storage unit 23, and chemicals are stored in each of them. The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can perform a filling operation of holding a new automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23.

Prior to this operation, the automatic chemical container 4 is filled with chemicals. The work of filling this chemical is done manually by the pharmacist. Further, along with the filling of the medicine, the information about the medicine filled in the RFID tag of the automatic medicine container 4 is stored. That is, information such as the chemical name, filling date, and filling amount is stored.

Then, the operation display unit 3 is appropriately operated to open the door unit 16. At this time, with the opening of the door portion 16, the safety device is activated, and the container moving device 28 is temporarily inoperable.

Then, the automatic chemical container 4 newly held in the container storage unit 23 is placed on the container temporary storage unit 18. This work is carried out manually by the user. When the filling button 59 is pressed while the operation display unit 3 is displayed while the automatic chemical container 4 is placed on the temporary container container 18, the door portion 16 is closed and the filling operation is performed. It will be started.

First, the information reading operation of reading the information stored in the RFID tag of the automatic chemical container 4 by the information reading means of the temporary container 18 and the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 by the weight measuring means of the temporary container 18 A weight measurement operation is performed to measure.
In the information reading operation, the type of the chemical newly filled in the automatic chemical container 4 is acquired. Then, based on this result, a collation operation is performed to check whether or not the type of the newly filled chemical is the chemical to be filled in the missing cassette (automatic chemical container 4) selected by the user. do. That is, an operation of determining whether or not the type of the newly filled chemical is correct is performed.
If the type of chemical to be filled is incorrect as a result of the discrimination operation, a notification operation for notifying the fact such as a message display on the operation display unit 3 is performed, and the filling operation is stopped.

Further, the powder packaging device 1 performs a filling amount calculation operation for calculating the filling amount of the chemicals in the automatic chemical container 4 based on the value measured in the weight measuring operation. The calculation result is stored in the data storage unit, and is also stored in the RFID tag of the automatic chemical container 4 as needed.
That is, the powder packaging device 1 performs an information writing operation for storing the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 measured by the weight measurement operation, and if necessary, the filling amount of the chemical calculated by the required filling amount calculation operation. Is stored in the RFID tag, and an information writing operation is performed.

When the door portion 16 is closed, the operation restriction on the container moving device 28 by the above-mentioned safety device is released, and the container moving device 28 becomes movable. Then, on condition that the filling amount calculation operation and the weight measurement operation are completed, the arm portion 30 is in a state of being close to the container temporary placement portion 18 and holding the automatic chemical container 4.

Then, the arm portion 30 moves the automatic chemical container 4 to the vicinity of the container storage unit 23, then pushes the automatic chemical container 4 into the drum member 25, and engages the automatic chemical container 4 and the drum member 25. It is in a combined state. In that state, the magnetic force of the magnet attached to the tip of the arm portion 30 is erased, and the arm portion 30 is separated from the automatic chemical container 4.
At this time, the mounting position of the newly held automatic chemical container 4 with respect to the drum member 25, that is, the position information of the automatic chemical container 4 in the held state is acquired and stored in the data storage unit.

In the present embodiment, by repeatedly performing such a filling operation, it is possible to hold the automatic chemical container 4 in the drum member 25.

In this embodiment, when the automatic chemical container 4 is held, a container posture determination operation for determining whether or not the automatic chemical container 4 is correctly attached is performed (details will be described later).

Subsequently, a case where such a filling operation is performed from the above-mentioned missing cassette notification screen (see FIG. 14) will be described.
From the control numbers and drug names displayed in the list, press the part where either one is displayed, and select the missing cassette to be filled.
Then, the filling window opening button 58 is pressed to open the door portion 16, and the automatic chemical container 4 is placed on the container temporary storage portion 18. At this time, the automatic chemical container 4 is pre-filled with chemicals to be contained in the selected missing cassette. With the automatic chemical container 4 placed on the temporary container container 18, the door portion 16 is closed by pressing the filling button 59, and the above-mentioned filling operation is started. As a result, the automatic chemical container 4 filled with the powder to be used in the packaging operation to be performed is held in the container storage unit 23. That is, the missing cassette on which the missing cassette notification screen is displayed is filled, and the missing cassette does not exist in the packaging operation to be performed from now on.
[1st packaging operation]

In the first packaging operation, the automatic chemical container 4 used for the packaging operation is selected in the cassette selection operation described above, and it is confirmed that the selected automatic chemical container 4 is held in the container storage unit 23. Then, a cassette take-out operation for taking out the automatic chemical container 4 selected from the container storage unit 23 is performed.

That is, the powder packaging device 1 rotates the drum member 25 to bring the automatic chemical container 4 to be taken out and the container moving device 28 close to each other. Then, the automatic chemical container 4 is held by the arm portion 30 which is a part of the container moving device 28. In other words, the iron plate integrally attached to the automatic chemical container 4 is attracted by the magnet provided on the tip end side of the arm portion 30.
Then, the arm unit 30 takes out the automatic chemical container 4 from the container storage unit 23, moves the automatic chemical container 4 to the container holding table 36, and places the automatic chemical container 4 on the container holding table 36.

In the present embodiment, the information reading means is provided in the vicinity of the container holding table 36, and the information reading operation for reading the information stored from the RFID tag of the automatic chemical container 4 placed on the container holding table 36 is performed. It is possible.
By this information reading operation, the type of the medicine (powder) contained in the automatic medicine container 4 is confirmed. That is, a confirmation operation is performed to confirm that the automatic chemical container 4 containing the chemical to be used is correctly selected and transported.

As a result of the confirmation operation, when it is confirmed that the automatic chemical container 4 containing the chemicals to be used is placed on the container holding table 36, the shaking table portion of the container holding table 36 starts the vibration operation. The automatic chemical container 4 vibrates, and the powder contained in the automatic chemical container 4 slowly falls onto the distribution pan 35. That is, powder is supplied (discharged) to the distribution plate 35 from the inside of the automatic chemical container 4.

More specifically, when the automatic chemical container 4 is placed on the container holding table 36, the automatic chemical container 4 is firmly attached by the container holding means of the shaking table portion. That is, the automatic chemical container 4 and the container holding table 36 are in close contact with each other over a wide range, and the iron plate of the automatic chemical container 4 is adsorbed by the magnet of the container holding means, so that the automatic chemical container 4 is firmly attached. It will be in the attached state.
Therefore, when the shaking table portion vibrates, the automatic chemical container 4 also vibrates at the same frequency. As a result, the powder contained in the automatic chemical container 4 slowly moves toward the discharge port and is discharged to the outside from the discharge port.

Further, along with the supply operation (discharge operation) of the powder from the automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution plate 35, the feeder rotation operation for rotating the distribution plate 35 is performed.

Here, before the start and during the vibration operation by the shaking table portion, the weight of the mounted automatic chemical container 4 is measured based on the value detected by the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36. The operation is being carried out.
That is, while the powder is supplied (discharged) from the automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution plate 35, the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 is constantly detected, and the supply amount (emission amount of the powder, which is the distribution plate 35) of the powder is always detected. The vibration operation of the shaking table is stopped on condition that the amount (the amount dropped on the surface) has reached a predetermined amount.
The weight of the automatic chemical container 4 acquired before the start of the vibration operation is stored as the original weight, and the current weight acquired during the vibration operation is stored as the current weight.

Then, while the vibration operation is being performed, the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 is constantly detected to confirm whether or not the powder is smoothly supplied to the distribution pan 35. In other words, it is confirmed whether or not the powder is correctly supplied without being clogged with the powder at the discharge port of the automatic chemical container 4.
That is, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment continues to acquire the current weight of the automatic chemical container 4 during the vibration operation, and compares the acquired current weight with the original weight acquired before the start. The amount of powdered medicine supplied (value obtained by subtracting the current weight from the original weight) is constantly calculated.
Then, the vibration operation is stopped on condition that the supply amount of the powder has reached the specified amount. In other words, the vibration operation is stopped on condition that the current weight of the automatic chemical container 4 is reduced by a specified amount with respect to the original weight acquired before the start of the vibration operation.

Here, although not particularly limited, it is desirable that this vibration operation be performed in a state where the amplitude is reduced and the vibration frequency is lowered after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start. That is, it is desirable to carry out a low-output vibration operation in which the amplitude is smaller than that of the immediately preceding operation and the vibration frequency is lowered during the predetermined period before the stop.
As an example, the low output vibration operation may be performed on condition that the supply amount of the powder is smaller than the specified amount (finally supplied amount) by a predetermined amount (for example, about several grams). That is, an amount (several grams) of about several percent of the specified amount to be supplied at the end may be supplied by low output vibration operation.

When packaging after mixing a plurality of powders, the operation of placing the automatic chemical container 4 on the container holding table 36 is repeated, and the plurality of automatic chemical containers 4 are placed on different container holding tables 36. Place it. Then, by carrying out the vibration operation on each of the container holding tables 36, a plurality of types of powders are supplied to the distribution plate 35.
In this case, a plurality of types of powders are mixed with the feeder rotation operation.

Then, when a predetermined amount of powder is supplied to the distribution pan 35 and the vibration operation is stopped, the automatic chemical container 4 is returned to the container storage unit 23 by the arm unit 30. At this time, an information writing operation is performed in which the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 when the supply of the chemical to the distribution pan 35 is completed is measured by the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36, and the measured weight is stored in the RFID. After that, the automatic chemical container 4 is returned to the container storage unit 23.
That is, the arm unit 30 moves the automatic chemical container 4 from the container holding table 36 to the container storage unit 23.

On the other hand, in the distribution plate 35, the rotation of the distribution plate 35 is stopped after the vibration operation is stopped. Then, a drug splitting operation is carried out in which the powder supplied to the distribution dish 35 is charged into the drug introduction port 39 one by one.
In the chemical splitting operation, the tip end side portion of the scraping device 37 is lowered so as to be in a state of being close to the distribution pan 35. Then, the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions so that the powder for one dose is placed around the tip end side portion of the scraping device 37. In this state, the scraping device 37 is operated to scoop up the powdered drug placed around the scraping device 37 and charge it into the drug introduction port 39.
By repeating such an operation, a chemical division operation is carried out in which the chemicals supplied to the distribution plate 35 are charged into the chemical introduction port 39 one by one.

The medicine for one dose charged into the medicine introduction port 39 reaches the medicine packaging area 14 and is supplied to the medicine packaging device. Then, each dose is packaged in a chemical packaging device.
When this series of operations is completed, all the chemicals supplied to the distribution dish 35 are supplied to the chemical packaging apparatus, and the packaging is completed, the first packaging operation is completed.

In the above-mentioned first packaging operation, when the automatic chemical container 4 is returned to the container storage unit 23, it is returned to the container storage unit 23 after passing through the container temporary storage unit 18. Then, the container temporary storage unit 18 carries out a reweighing operation for reweighing the weight of the automatic chemical container 4.

That is, when the automatic chemical container 4 is returned from the container holding table 36 to the container storage unit 23, the automatic chemical container 4 is first moved from the container holding table 36 to the container temporary storage unit 18. Then, the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 is measured by the weight measuring means of the temporary container 18.
Here, in the present embodiment, as described above, the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 when the supply of the chemical to the distribution dish 35 is completed is measured by the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36. That is, the weight is measured by the container holding table 36, and the double measurement operation of measuring the weight is also performed by the container temporary storage portion 18.

Then, an information reading operation for reading the information stored from the RFID tag is performed, and the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 when the supply of the chemical measured by the container holding table 36 is completed and the weight measured by the temporary container 18 are measured. Compare the weights and determine if they match. That is, the operation of confirming whether or not the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36 is functioning correctly is performed.
Here, the term "matched" in the present specification is not limited to the case of perfect matching, and may be regarded as matching by allowing a minute measurement error.

In addition, a confirmation operation for confirming whether or not the supply amount of powdered powder calculated in the above step is correct may be performed. That is, the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 before starting the supply of the chemical (the above-mentioned original weight) is compared with the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 detected by the temporary container 18 and the amount of powdered medicine supplied (the original weight). A value obtained by subtracting the weight detected by the temporary container 18 from the weight) may be calculated. Then, the supply amount of the powder may be compared with the supply amount of the powder calculated in the above step (value obtained by subtracting the current weight from the original weight) to determine whether or not they match.

Then, if the supply amount of the powder and the weight measurement value of the container holding table 36 are normal as a result of these confirmation operations, the automatic chemical container 4 is moved to the container storage unit 23, and the first packaging operation is normally performed. finish.
On the other hand, when the supply amount of the powder and the weight measurement value of the container holding table 36 are not normal, a notification operation such as displaying a message on the operation display unit 3 is performed to notify the user to that effect.
[Second packaging operation]

The second packaging operation is to supply chemicals to the distribution pan 35 from the automatic chemical container 4 stored in the external control shelf instead of the automatic chemical container 4 held in the container storage unit 23. It is different from the first packaging operation. A detailed description of the same operation as the first packaging operation described above will be omitted.

In the cassette selection operation described above, when the automatic chemical container 4 stored in the external control shelf is selected and the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation display unit 3, the second packaging operation is started. ..
In this operation, first, the door portion 16 is opened.

In this state, the automatic chemical container 4 manually taken out from the external control shelf is placed on the temporary container container 18, and the operation display unit 3 performs a predetermined operation. This confirms that the automatic chemical container 4 is placed on the temporary container 18. At this time, an information reading operation for reading the information stored in the RFID tag of the automatic chemical container 4 is performed, and whether or not the automatic chemical container 4 selected by the user is correctly placed on the temporary container container 18. A confirmation operation is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the type of the chemical stored in the selected automatic chemical container 4 matches the type of the chemical stored in the automatic chemical container 4 placed on the temporary container container 18. Will be done.
In addition, a weight measurement operation for measuring the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 placed on the temporary container 18 is performed, and an information writing operation for storing the measured weight in the RFID tag is performed.

Then, the door portion 16 was closed, the arm portion 30 moved the automatic chemical container 4 from the container temporary storage portion 18 to the container holding table 36, and the automatic chemical container 4 was placed on the container holding table 36. It becomes a state.

From this state, the chemicals are supplied to the distribution plate 35 and supplied to the chemical packaging device one by one in the same manner as in the first packaging operation described above. In addition, in the drug packaging device, the supplied powder is packaged for each dose. As a result, the chemicals supplied to the distribution dish 35 are packaged in a predetermined number.
Then, when the operation of supplying the chemicals to the distribution plate 35 is completed, the arm portion 30 performs an operation of returning the automatic chemical container 4 to the temporary container container 18, the door portion 16 opens, and the second packaging operation is performed. Complete.
[Third packaging operation]

In the third packaging operation, a predetermined operation is performed with the message "Please place the hand-spreading cassette" displayed on the operation display unit 3, and the front door 34 is raised. That is, in the housing 10, the front of the chemical division region 13 is open.
In addition, when the container moving device 28 is operating, such as when the first packaging operation is performed or when the second packaging operation is performed, it is notified that the front door 34 cannot be raised. Perform the notification operation. Specifically, this notification operation is an operation of sounding an alarm. When this notification operation is performed, the third packaging operation is stopped.

When the front door 34 rises, the operator manually installs the manual chemical container 5 filled with chemicals on the container holding table 36. At this time, an information reading operation for reading the information stored in the RFID tag of the manual chemical container 5 is performed, and confirmation is made to confirm whether or not the manual chemical container 5 to be used is correctly placed on the container holding table 36. The operation is carried out.
In this confirmation operation, when it is confirmed that the manual chemical container 5 is correctly placed on the container holding table 36, the message display on the operation display unit 3 ends. In this state, a predetermined operation is performed to lower the front door 34 and close the front door 34.
Then, the medicine is supplied from the manual medicine container 5 to the distribution plate 35, and the medicine is supplied to the medicine packaging device one by one.

When the packaging operation is completed, the message "Please take the hand-sprayed cassette" is displayed on the operation display unit 3. In this state, a predetermined operation is performed, and the front door 34 is raised again. After taking out the manual chemical container 5, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation display unit 3 to lower the front door 34 and close the front door 34.

Here, in the third packaging operation, unlike the first packaging operation described above, the operation of measuring the supply amount of the chemicals is not performed, and all the chemicals contained in the manual chemical container 5 are placed in the distribution dish 35. Supply. That is, it is necessary to fill the manual chemical container 5 with a specified amount (finally supplied amount) of chemicals.

In each of the above-mentioned packaging operations, in addition to the packaging operation using one distribution plate 35, the packaging operation using two distribution plates 35 can be performed. That is, it is possible to switch between a packaging operation using one distribution plate 35 and a packaging operation using a plurality of distribution plates 35 as needed.

Specifically, in each packaging operation, when a predetermined number or more of chemicals are mixed and packaged, the packaging operation using two distribution dishes 35 is performed. The term "predetermined number or more" as used herein means the number of container holding tables 36 (three in this embodiment) or more that are arranged in close proximity to one distribution dish 35.
In this operation, the partition plate device 41 shifts from the protruding state to the stored state. That is, the standing plate portion is not located near the chemical introduction port 39. Then, the powder is dropped on each distribution plate 35, and the same chemical division operation as described above is performed on each distribution plate 35.

By the way, it may be necessary to mix and package a predetermined number or more of chemicals equal to or more than the number of container holding tables 36 (6 in this embodiment) provided inside the housing 10. The operation performed in such a case will be described in detail below.
When all the automatic chemical containers 4 to be used are placed on the container holding table 36, an automatic replacement operation for replacing the automatic chemical container 4 by the container moving device 28 is performed as necessary.
On the other hand, when the automatic chemical container 4 to be used is stored in an external control shelf, a recommendation operation for manually preparing the automatic chemical container 4 to be used is performed.
In addition to this, it is possible to carry out a hand-spraying setting operation in which one or more chemicals are set to be discharged from the manual chemical container 5 to the distribution pan 35.
[Automatic replacement operation]

In the automatic exchange operation, after performing the operation of supplying powder from the predetermined automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution plate 35, the arm unit 30 moves the automatic chemical container 4 from the container holding table 36 to the container storage unit 23. .. Following this, the arm unit 30 moves the new automatic chemical container 4 from the container storage unit 23 to the container holding table 36, and supplies powder from the new automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution dish 35. By repeating this operation a predetermined number of times, all the necessary powders are supplied to the distribution dish 35.
[Recommended operation]

In the recommended operation, a message prompting the operation display unit 3 to prepare a predetermined automatic chemical container 4 is displayed. Then, the automatic chemical container 4 for which the powdered medicine supply operation to the distribution plate 35 is completed is moved to the container storage unit 23 (or the container temporary storage unit 18), and the door portion 16 is moved to the open state. Then, similarly to the second packaging operation described above, the automatic chemical container 4 manually taken out from the external control shelf is placed on the temporary container container 18. When the automatic chemical container 4 is moved to the temporary container 18, a new automatic chemical container 4 is placed on the temporary container 18 after the automatic chemical container 4 is taken out.
At this time, the information reading operation, the weight measuring operation, and the information writing operation are appropriately performed in the same manner as the second packaging operation described above, and the arm unit 30 appropriately displaces the automatic chemical container 4 from the container temporary storage unit 18 to the container holding table. Move to 36. By repeating this operation a predetermined number of times, all the necessary powders are supplied to the distribution dish 35.
[Hand-spraying setting operation]

When performing a packaging operation in which a predetermined number (six in this embodiment) or more of chemicals are mixed and packaged, it is possible to perform a selection operation of selecting the chemicals to be discharged from the manual chemical container 5 to the distribution pan 35 in advance. It has become. That is, a predetermined chemical is selected from the plurality of chemicals displayed on the operation display unit 3, and the chemical to be discharged from the manual chemical container 5 to the distribution dish 35 is selected.
For example, when 7 kinds of chemicals are mixed and packaged, 5 chemicals are discharged from the automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution pan 35, and the remaining 2 chemicals are discharged from the manual chemical container 5 to the distribution pan 35. The operation of selecting is feasible. In this case, one of all the container holding tables 36 is used as the container holding table 36 on which the manual chemical container 5 is placed, and all the other container holding tables 36 are used to mount the automatic chemical container 4. It is possible to carry out a packaging operation such as using it as a container holding table 36. The operation of placing the automatic chemical container 4 and the manual chemical container 5 on the container holding table 36 and the operation of removing the automatic chemical container 4 and the manual chemical container 5 from the container holding table 36 are the above-mentioned packaging operations. The procedure is the same as the operation.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the packaging progress screen (see FIG. 15) is displayed during each of the above-mentioned packaging operations, and the progress of supplying the medicine to the distribution dish 35 is displayed. Display operation is possible.
Further, during each of the above-mentioned packaging operations, it is possible to perform a monitoring operation for confirming the state around the distribution plate 35.
This progress display operation and monitoring operation will be described in detail below.
[Progress display operation]

As described above, the progress display operation is performed with the packaging progress screen (see FIG. 15) displayed on the operation display unit 3.

As shown in FIG. 15, the packaging progress screen is provided with a supply medicine display area 65 for displaying a list of each medicine to be supplied to the distribution plate 35. In the supplied medicine display area 65, of the two distribution plates 35, a state in which the chemicals to be supplied to one of the distribution plates 35 is displayed in a list and a state in which the chemicals to be supplied to the other distribution plate 35 are displayed in a list are displayed. It can be switched.

Further, in the supplied medicine display area 65, the medicine name, the packaging form, the timing and number of doses, the supply progress rate, the notification symbol 77a indicating that the supply is in progress, or the notification symbol 77b indicating the completion of supply are displayed for each medicine. is doing.
As shown in FIG. 16, the supply progress rate is indicated by a graph (reference numeral 66 in the figure). The total length of this graph (reference numeral 66a in the figure) indicates the total supply amount (final supply amount), and the portion having a different color (reference numeral 66b in the figure) has already been supplied to the distribution dish 35 (currently). Supply amount) is shown. That is, the supply progress rate is the ratio of the current supply amount to the final supply amount.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 15, the packaging progress screen is provided with a cassette remaining amount button 68. The cassette remaining amount button 68 is a button that displays a weighing reservation notification screen (see FIG. 23, details will be described later) when pressed.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, if there is a chemical that is expected to be insufficient in the future among the chemicals scheduled to be used in the unimplemented packaging operation, the cassette remaining amount button 68 is pressed from the surroundings. Also, a highlighting operation (first notification operation) is performed to make it stand out.
More specifically, when the "Issue" button is pressed after inputting information on the prescription on the above-mentioned prescription input screen (see FIG. 8), the medicines provided by the entered prescription are contained in the medicine container. When the remaining amount of the drug is less than the amount used in the packaging operation corresponding to the entered prescription, the highlighting operation is performed.
In addition, this highlighting operation is an operation of performing a blinking operation of changing the color of the cassette remaining amount button 68 at predetermined time intervals and a frame display operation of displaying a frame of a color different from the surroundings on the edge portion, respectively. ing.
In addition, when the powder dispensing business support system 161 (details will be described later) is constructed, when the prescription data is transmitted from the control device 160 to the powder packaging device 1, the user may be informed in the future as necessary. Perform a notification operation to notify the shortage of chemicals. That is, when the prescription data is transmitted, for one or more prescriptions among the prescriptions contained in the prescription data transmitted at one time, the balance of the medicines contained in the medicine container among the medicines provided by the prescriptions. When the amount is less than the amount used in the packaging operation corresponding to this formulation, a notification operation is performed. This notification operation may be performed by one or more devices of the powder packaging device 1, the control device 160, and the external PC 162.

Here, the notification operation to be performed when there is a chemical that is expected to be insufficient in the future is not limited to the above-mentioned highlighting operation. For example, an error announcement operation that displays a message notifying that a future chemical shortage is present on the operation display unit 3 or a display provided in various devices, a message prompting the filling of the chemical medicine, or a voice notification of a future chemical shortage. May be carried out. That is, the user may be notified of the chemicals that will be insufficient in the future (chemicals that are currently preferable to be filled) by the operation of generating voices in the voice generators such as the operation display unit 3 and the speaker device provided in various devices.
That is, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to urge the user to fill the chemicals by notifying the chemicals that need to be filled in the future, and to prevent the shortage of the chemicals that may occur in the future in advance. ing.
[Monitoring operation]

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment displays a speed control screen (FIG. 17) during each of the above-mentioned packaging operations, thereby performing a monitoring operation of displaying the periphery of the distribution dish 35 to which the drug is supplied. Can be carried out. Specifically, it is possible to carry out a monitoring operation for displaying the periphery of the chemical discharge portion of the chemical container placed on the container holding table 36 arranged adjacent to the distribution plate 35.
Then, on the speed control screen, it is possible to carry out a speed adjustment operation for changing the discharge rate (discharge amount per unit time) of the chemical (powder) to the distribution dish 35 as needed.
This makes it possible for the user to confirm whether or not the packaging operation is normally performed, and the packaging operation is performed while adjusting the discharge rate of the chemicals to the distribution dish 35 to a preferable rate. It is possible.
In the monitoring operation, when the medicine container is placed on a plurality of container holding tables 36 arranged adjacent to the distribution plate 35, the medicine discharge part of all the medicine containers and the surroundings thereof can be displayed.

When the "real-time moving image" button (not shown) is pressed on the operation display unit 3, the speed control screen (FIG. 17) is displayed. The speed control screen is provided with an operation display unit 80, a speed operation unit 81 (operation image), a packaging stop button 82, and a packaging management area 85 for displaying the AF button 83. ..

Of the packaging management area 85, the first operation display unit 80a and the first speed operation unit 81a are displayed in order from above on the one-sided end side in the left-right direction, and the first portion is displayed below the first speed operation unit 81a. The wrapping stop button 82a and the first AF button 83a are displayed in a parallel state.
The first speed operation unit 81a is used to increase or decrease the vibration magnitude (hereinafter, also referred to as vibration level) of all the container holding tables 36 (three in the present embodiment) adjacent to one of the distribution trays 35. This is a part (the vibration level changing operation will be described later).

Then, on the other end side in the left-right direction, the second operation display unit 80b and the second speed operation unit 81b are displayed in order from above, and the second packaging stop button 82b and the second AF are displayed below the second speed operation unit 81b. Buttons 83b are displayed in parallel.
The second speed operation unit 81b increases or decreases the magnitude of vibration (hereinafter, also referred to as vibration level) of all the container holding tables 36 (three in the present embodiment) adjacent to the other distribution dish 35. (The operation of changing the vibration level will be described later).

That is, the first operation display unit 80a and the second operation display unit 80b are parallel to each other in the left-right direction, and below that, the first speed operation unit 81a and the second speed operation unit 81b are parallel to each other in the left-right direction. Here, one distribution plate 35 to which the first speed operation unit 81a is associated and the other distribution plate 35 to which the second speed operation unit 81b is associated are also arranged in parallel in the left-right direction.
The order of the first speed operation unit 81a and the second speed operation unit 81b corresponds to the order of the two corresponding distribution plates 35. That is, when one distribution plate 35 is located on the left side and the other distribution plate 35 is located on the right side, the first speed operation unit 81a corresponding to the one distribution plate 35 is on the left side of the operation display unit 3. The second speed operation unit 81b corresponding to the other distribution dish 35 is displayed on the right side of the operation display unit 3.

The first packaging stop button 82a and the first AF button 83a are arranged in parallel in the vicinity of the lower end of the packaging management area 85 and in the vicinity of the one-sided end in the left-right direction. The second packaging stop button 82b and the second AF button 83b are arranged in parallel in the vicinity of the lower end of the packaging management area 85 and in the vicinity of the other end in the left-right direction. In other words, the first packaging stop button 82a and the first AF button 83a are located in the vicinity of one of the lower corner portions of the packaging management area 85, which has a substantially square shape when viewed from the front. The second packaging stop button 82b and the second AF button 83b are located in the vicinity of the other lower corner portion.

Here, each part displayed on one side end side in the left-right direction corresponds to one of the two distribution dishes 35, and each part displayed on the other end side in the left-right direction corresponds to one of the two distribution dishes 35. It corresponds to the other of them. That is, each part displayed on one side end side is a part for confirming and controlling the packaging operation performed by one distribution dish 35, and each part displayed on the other side end part is the other. It is a part for confirming and controlling the packaging operation performed by the distribution dish 35 of the above.
By the way, although each part displayed on one side end side and each part displayed on the other side end portion have different target distribution dishes 35, they are both parts for confirming and controlling the packaging operation. Similar operation is possible. Therefore, in the following, only each part displayed on one side end side will be described, and duplicate description will be omitted for each part displayed on the other end side.

The first operation display unit 80a is for displaying a moving image (observation image) captured by the camera member 40 that photographs the discharge port of the chemical container on the container holding table 36 adjacent to one of the distribution dishes 35 and its surroundings. It is a part. That is, by checking the moving image displayed on the first operation display unit 80a, it is possible to confirm what kind of situation the discharge port of the chemical container and its surroundings are currently in.

The first speed operation unit 81a is a portion displayed on the screen of the operation display unit 3, and is composed of an annular operation button unit 88 and a speed display unit 89 located inside the operation button unit 88. ..
Then, in the portion where the operation button portion 88 is displayed, the magnitude of the vibration of the container holding table 36 can be increased or decreased by moving the container holding table 36 while keeping the finger or the like in contact with the display portion. Then, by changing the magnitude of the vibration of the container holding table 36, the discharge rate when the powder is discharged from the medicine container to the distribution plate 35 can be changed.

That is, an operation in which the vibration amplitude of the container holding table 36 is reduced and the vibration frequency is lowered, and an operation in which the vibration amplitude of the container holding table 36 is increased and the vibration frequency is increased. And can be implemented. By appropriately implementing these, the vibration pattern can be changed step by step.
Then, as the vibration pattern of the container holding table 36 changes, the vibration transmitted from the container holding table 36 to the chemical container increases or decreases, and the vibration of the chemical container placed on the container holding table 36 also increases or decreases. Then, as the vibration of the chemical container changes, the discharge rate of the chemical container discharged from the chemical container to the distribution dish 35 changes.

As the vibration of the chemical container increases, the discharge speed from the chemical container to the distribution dish 35 increases. In other words, the amount of emissions per unit time is high. On the other hand, since the vibration of the chemical container is reduced, the discharge rate of the chemical container discharged from the chemical container to the distribution dish 35 is slowed down. Emissions per unit time are reduced.
In the present embodiment, by gradually increasing or decreasing the vibration pattern of the container holding table 36, the discharge rate discharged from the chemical container to the distribution dish 35 can be increased or decreased stepwise.

Specifically, when changing the discharge speed, as shown in FIG. 18, the portion where the operation button portion 88 is displayed is touched with a finger or the like, and the state in which the finger or the like is touched is maintained. While doing so, move your fingers etc. in an arc. That is, the finger or the like is moved clockwise (or counterclockwise) so as to trace the portion where the operation button portion 88 is displayed.

In the present embodiment, when the length of the operation button portion 88 in the circumferential direction is L, the discharge speed increases by one step each time the finger or the like is moved clockwise by 1/4 L, and counterclockwise by 1/4 L. The structure is such that the discharge speed is reduced by one step each time it is moved to.
From this, for example, when one turn clockwise along the operation button portion 88 from the portion where the finger or the like first touches, the discharge speed increases by four steps. On the other hand, if one turn counterclockwise along the operation button portion 88, the discharge speed is slowed by four steps. That is, the present embodiment has a structure in which the discharge rate changes stepwise according to the operation.

In this way, according to the structure that draws an arc while keeping the finger or the like in contact and changes the discharge speed, when performing the speed change operation, the user can be given an operation feeling as if it were a dial operation. It will be possible. This makes it possible to improve the operability when performing the speed change operation.
Further, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, each packaging operation is performed in a closed space (inside the housing 10) with the door portion 16 and the front door 34 closed. Therefore, it is difficult to perform a dial operation while directly visually observing a portion to which a chemical is supplied, unlike a conventional chemical packaging device. Therefore, in the present invention, it is possible to change the discharge rate of the powder by operating the operation button unit 88 while displaying the periphery of the chemical discharge unit of the chemical container placed on the container holding table 36 on the operation display unit 3. It has a structure. This makes it possible to clearly see the situation in which the powder is discharged, and the safety is high. Further, by giving the user the same operation feeling as before, the user can operate without discomfort.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the speed can be changed only by changing the moving direction to a different direction while keeping the finger or the like in contact with the screen. Therefore, the speed can be easily changed without keeping an eye on the first operation display unit 80a for a long time.
Further, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to change the speed in a plurality of steps in a short time by increasing the moving speed of the finger or the like, and conversely, by slowing down the moving speed, the speed can be gradually changed. It is possible. According to such a configuration, it is easy to finely adjust the speed, which is preferable.
That is, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to give a comfortable operation feeling as if the speed is changed by appropriately turning the dial while checking the first operation display unit 80a while pinching the dial. Is possible.

The speed display unit 89 is a part for displaying the current discharge speed, and a number (“4” in FIG. 19) indicating a speed stage (vibration level stage) is displayed.
That is, the user may want to accurately grasp the current speed while continuing to monitor the first operation display unit 80a. Therefore, by providing the speed display unit 89, it is possible to confirm the current accurate discharge speed.

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to change the color of the operation button unit 88 according to the speed when the discharge speed changes. Further, the speed notification unit 91 (speed display image) is displayed for a predetermined time (for example, several seconds) (see FIG. 19).
The speed notification unit 91 is a portion temporarily displayed above the first speed operation unit 81a (in the direction of 12 o'clock), and has a substantially circular shape on the upper side and a substantially inverted triangular shape on the lower side. It has a shape that looks like a combination. Inside the speed notification unit 91, a number indicating the speed (“4” in FIG. 19) is displayed.

The speed notification unit 91 is a part that is temporarily displayed on condition that the discharge speed has changed. For example, when the speed is changed from "3" to "4" or when the speed is changed from "5" to "4", the changed speed "4" is displayed.
By displaying the speed notification unit 91 in this way, the current speed can be surely confirmed.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 20, when a finger or the like touches the vicinity of the upper side of the first speed operation unit 81a, the hand or the like is in a state of overlapping with the speed display unit 89, and the speed display unit 89 is displayed. The displayed speed becomes difficult to see. Then, in this state, it is difficult to confirm the speed just by glancing at the speed display unit 89.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the current speed can be reliably visually recognized by displaying the speed notification unit 91 at a position where the hands and the like do not overlap.

The speed notification unit 91, like the operation button unit 88, also has a configuration in which the color is changed according to the speed. In the present embodiment, the color of the operation button unit 88 corresponding to each speed and the speed notification unit 91 corresponding to the same speed are the same color. That is, the speed notification unit 91 is displayed in the same color as the operation button unit 88.

In addition, on the speed control screen of the present embodiment, it is possible to execute a full-screen display operation for displaying the first operation display unit 80a (or the second operation display unit 80b) over substantially the entire area of the package management area 85. It has become.

When the full-screen display operation is executed, as shown in FIG. 21, the first operation display unit 80a is displayed in the upper portion of the package management area 85, and the strip-shaped portion 93 is displayed in the vicinity of the lower end. Become.
The first speed operation unit 81a is displayed in the portion near the lower end of the upper portion and in the vicinity of the one-side end portion in the left-right direction. That is, a part of the first operation display unit 80a and the first speed operation unit 81a are displayed in an overlapping state.
Further, in the strip-shaped portion 93, the packaging stop button 82 and the AF button 83 are arranged in parallel in the vicinity of one side end portion in the left-right direction.

The packaging stop button 82 is a button for stopping the packaging operation, and when pressed, the packaging operation is stopped.

The AF button 83 is a button for ending the state in which the discharge speed can be manually changed and automatically changing the discharge speed. That is, by pressing the button in a state where the discharge speed can be changed, the state shifts to a state in which the discharge speed is automatically set.
[Print operation]

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, a printing operation of printing and outputting predetermined information on a paper medium or a printing medium of a packaging bag can be executed.

The printing operation outputs one of various documents selected from "filling record", "filling list", "hand-spreading instruction", "out of stock list", "deletion / collection list", and "dispensing record". Operation is possible. Specifically, only the "dispensing record" can be output to both the paper medium and the sachet, and the other documents can be output only to the paper medium.

The "filling record" is a document that mainly displays information on the execution result of the filling operation.
The "filling list" is a document that mainly displays information on a list of chemicals currently filled in the automatic chemical container 4.
The "hand-spreading instruction sheet" is a document that mainly displays information on the contents of the packaging operation to be performed. More specifically, in the packaging operation using the manual chemical container 5 to be carried out, information such as the name of the chemical contained in the manual chemical container 5 and the content of the packaging operation is displayed. be.
The "deletion / collection list" is a document that mainly displays information on the history such as the name of the drug deleted / collected by the user and the date / time of deletion / collection.
The "dispensing record" is a document that mainly displays information on the packaging operation after implementation.

Here, in the initial state (state at the time of shipment), when outputting each document, it is set to output the item specified in advance for each document.
Then, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the layout setting screen (see FIG. 22) is displayed, and the items to be printed in each document can be changed.

As shown in FIG. 22, the layout setting screen has a layout information display area 98 for displaying information related to various layouts, an item display area 99 for displaying a list of printable items, and a preview area 100 for displaying output results. And have.

In the layout information display area 98, one of the various registered layouts can be selected and the management number and name of the selected layout can be displayed.

The item display area 99 is a part for displaying a list of printable items. Here, when any layout is selected in the layout information display area 98, the items to be printed in the selected layout are displayed in a list.

Here, on the layout setting screen, it is possible to add / delete items to be printed in the selected layout. That is, by adding or deleting items to be displayed in the item display area 99 and selecting an item to be printed from the items displayed in the list, the item to be output in the selected layout is changed.

The preview area 100 is a part for displaying the contents to be output in the printing operation to be performed from now on. More specifically, in the layout selected in the layout information display area 98, the content is displayed when the item selected in the item display area 99 is printed.
In this way, if the contents can be confirmed before the actual printing operation is performed, it is possible to prevent the output from being redone due to a setting error.

By the way, in the printing operation of the present embodiment, as described above, the "dispensing record" can be output.
When outputting this "dispensing record", the "theoretical value" of the amount of chemicals (drug-related value) theoretically required for the packaging operation and the amount of the actually packaged chemicals " Items such as "measured value", "calculated value" calculated based on "measured value", "weighing result" indicating whether or not the packaging operation is completed normally, and "weighing feeder" can be displayed. It has become.

When displaying the "theoretical value", the total amount of chemicals required for each packaging operation, the amount of packaged chemicals used per day, the amount of packaged chemicals used per time, etc. Thus, it is possible to display the theoretical value of any one or a plurality of selected amounts from the amounts of chemicals based on different criteria.

For example, it is possible to simultaneously display the theoretical value of "the total amount of chemicals required for each packaging operation" and the theoretical value of "the amount of chemicals used per day for packaging in the packaging operation". ing.
That is, when displaying the theoretical value, not only the theoretical value based on one standard but also the theoretical value based on different standards may be displayed.

In this case, the configuration may be such that the other is calculated based on one of them. For example, the theoretical value of "the amount of chemicals packaged in the packaging operation per day" is calculated and displayed from the theoretical value of "the total amount of chemicals required per packaging operation". May be good.

Also when displaying the "measured value", the total amount of chemicals required for each packaging operation, the amount of chemicals to be packaged per day, and the amount of chemicals to be packaged per time. It is possible to display the measured values of any one or a plurality of selected amounts from the amounts of chemicals based on different criteria, such as the amount used.
All of these are values measured during the packaging operation by the weight measuring means of the container temporary storage portion 18 and the container holding table 36. That is, it is a value acquired in the status response during the packaging operation.

When displaying the measured value, not only the measured value based on one standard but also the measured value based on different standards may be displayed.

As described above, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the "theoretical value" targeted at the time of performing the packaging operation and the "measured value" measured by the actually performed packaging operation are described together. Documents can be output. Therefore, the user can easily compare the "theoretical value" and the "measured value", and can grasp the presence or absence of the packaging error and the accurate value of the packaging error.

As described above, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can output various information to the paper medium. That is, it is possible to output a paper medium as shown in FIG. 44.
More specifically, in the paper medium shown in FIG. 44, the start time of the packaging operation, the theoretical value of "the total amount of chemicals required for each packaging operation", and " The theoretical value of "the amount of chemicals to be packaged per day" is output. Further, on the lower side thereof, the drug name, the measured value of the amount of the drug, the theoretical value of the amount of the drug, and the ID of the "weighing feeder" are output for each of the various drugs mixed in the packaging operation. The ID of the "weighing feeder" indicates information for specifying the container holding table 36 on which the chemical container containing the chemical is placed during the packaging operation, and is an identification formed by combining letters and numbers. It is a symbol. In addition, on the lower side, the end time of the packaging operation and the total number of packages (the total number of packages when the medicines are packaged one package at a time) are output.
[Reservation management operation]

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the packaging operation to be executed in the future is in the execution waiting state, the weighing reservation notification screen (see FIG. 23) is displayed on the operation display unit 3 and the execution waiting state is displayed. It is possible to display a list of chemicals to be used in the packaging operation.
At this time, an inventory comparison operation is performed in which the amount of each chemical required for the packaging operation in the waiting execution state is calculated and compared with the inventory amount of the chemical. Then, if it is predicted that the chemicals will be insufficient in the future as a result of the inventory comparison operation, a notification operation for notifying the user is performed.

The "waiting for execution" state is a state in which the packaging operation cannot be executed immediately due to reasons such as the fact that another packaging operation is currently being executed even though the operation is performed to execute the packaging operation. Is. In this case, the target packaging operation is reserved to be executed in the future, and is in a state of waiting for execution until the packaging operation can be executed. Then, the packaging operation becomes feasible, and when it is executed, the execution waiting state is resolved.

Further, when there are a plurality of packaging operations in the execution waiting state, each packaging operation is executed in order according to a predetermined order. That is, the execution waiting state is cleared in order.

As shown in FIG. 23, the weighing reservation notification screen is provided with a patient information display area 105 and a drug display area 106.

The patient information display area 105 is intended to display a patient to whom one or more drugs are prescribed among the drugs used once or more in the packaging operation currently waiting to be executed. Then, information about the patient such as the patient name, the patient ID, and the number of packages is displayed for each patient to be displayed.
The "number of packages" is information indicating how many bags are intended for the patient when one or more drugs are enclosed in one bag for each dose in the packaging operation to be performed in the future. ..

To explain in detail with an example, if there are three packaging operations in the waiting state, the chemicals packaged by the first packaging operation are "Ichiro Yuyama" and "Niro Yuyama". The medicines prescribed by Mr. Yuyama and packaged by the second packaging operation are prescribed by Mr. Yuyama and Mr. Sanro Yuyama, and are packaged by the third packaging operation. Suppose the drug was prescribed to Mr. Shiro Yuyama. In this case, in the patient information display area 105, "Ichiro Yuyama", "Ichiro Yuyama", "Sanro Yuyama", and "Shiro Yuyama" are displayed in parallel.

In the chemical display area 106, the chemicals to be used once or more are displayed in a list in all the packaging operations currently waiting to be executed. Then, the drug name, the reserved amount, and the inventory amount are displayed for each drug, and the shortage amount is displayed as needed.

The "reserved amount" is a future required amount of the target drug, and is an integrated value of the amount used in each packaging operation currently waiting to be executed. That is, it is the total value of the planned usage amount in each packaging operation currently waiting to be executed.

The “inventory amount” is the amount of the target chemical currently stored in the automatic chemical container 4 held in the container storage unit 23 or the automatic chemical container 4 stored in the control shelf.

The reserved amount and inventory amount are displayed in a graph as well as letters and numbers. Then, as shown in FIG. 24, the total length (reference numeral 108 in the figure) indicates the maximum amount, and the portion having a different color (reference numeral 109 in the figure) indicates the current amount. The maximum amount of the reserved amount is the same as the maximum amount of the inventory amount, and is the maximum storage amount (capable amount) of the automatic medicine container 4 containing the target medicine.

When the target chemical is stored in two automatic chemical containers 4, the inventory amount is the total value of the current storage amounts of the two automatic chemical containers 4, and the maximum inventory amount is 2. It is the total value of the maximum capacity of the two automatic chemical containers 4.
Further, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the chemicals to be used are contained in two automatic chemical containers 4 in the above-mentioned packaging operation, the chemicals contained are used from the one with the smallest remaining amount. It is configured to do. That is, it is possible to acquire the amount of chemicals contained in each of the two automatic chemical containers 4 by the information reading operation and perform the remaining amount comparison operation to compare these amounts. Then, by this operation, the automatic chemical container 4 having a small remaining amount can be specified, and the sorting and using operation used for the packaging operation can be carried out from the specified automatic chemical container 4.

Here, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, a comparison operation (comparison operation) for comparing the reserved amount and the inventory amount is performed, and when the reserved amount exceeds the inventory amount, the shortage amount is calculated. Perform the quantity calculation operation. Then, a shortage notification operation (notification operation) is performed in which the calculated shortage amount is displayed and the frame is blinked and displayed.

It should be noted that this frame is displayed at the edge of the area where each drug is individually displayed in the drug display area 106, and blinks repeatedly at predetermined intervals (for example, 2 seconds). It is to be displayed on the display.

In addition, when the shortage notification operation is being performed, the user touches the area displaying the chemical that displays the shortage amount, so that a screen for performing the filling operation for filling the chemical is displayed. It is possible.

In addition, this filling operation is carried out by the same procedure as the above-mentioned filling operation. Briefly, when the user performs a predetermined operation, the automatic chemical container 4 for accommodating the insufficient chemical is conveyed to the door portion 16 by the container moving device 28, and the door portion 16 is opened. It becomes a state.
Then, the user takes out the automatic chemical container 4 and manually fills the automatic chemical container 4 with a shortage or more of the chemical. At the same time, an operation of storing the filling amount of the chemical in the RFID of the automatic chemical container 4 by an external device is performed.
Further, an automatic chemical container 4 filled with chemicals is placed on the temporary container 18 of the door portion 16 and a predetermined operation (for example, pressing the completion button) is performed.

At this time, the temporary container 18 is performing a filling verification operation for measuring the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 again. As a result of this operation, when it is determined that the automatic chemical container 4 is filled with the correct amount (more than the insufficient amount) of chemicals, the operation of moving the automatic chemical container 4 to the container storage unit 23 or the container holding table 36. To carry out. The case of moving to the container holding table 36 is a case where the next packaging operation is a packaging operation using the automatic chemical container 4 filled with chemicals.
On the other hand, as a result of the filling verification operation, if the chemicals contained in the automatic chemical container 4 are still insufficient, a notification operation for prompting to take out the automatic chemical container 4 again and fill the chemicals (for example). , Display a message on the operation display unit 3). Alternatively, a screen for selecting switching to the packaging operation using the automatic chemical container 4 or the manual chemical container 5 stored in the external control shelf is displayed.
[Package verification operation]

In the powdered medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to perform a packaging verification operation for verifying whether or not the packaging operation performed in the past is correctly performed.
In this package verification operation, the prescription history list screen (see FIG. 25) is displayed in advance, one of the prescriptions is selected, and the package verification operation is performed for the package operation related to the selected prescription.

As shown in FIG. 25, the prescription history list screen includes a condition input area 115 for specifying a prescription for a packaging operation to be verified, and a prescription display area 116 for displaying a list of prescriptions.

In the condition input area 115, it is possible to input items such as a patient name, a start date, an end date, a start time, and an end time, which are specific conditions for prescription.
At this time, when inputting the patient name, a predetermined patient can be selected from the list (not shown) displayed after pressing the patient list call button 117, or the user can directly input characters. ing. Then, the start date and the end date can be input by designating the date and time from the calendar screen (not shown) displayed by selecting the input field.

Then, after inputting the condition in the condition input area 115, the display button 118 is pressed to display a list of prescriptions satisfying the input condition in the prescription display area 116.
That is, when the patient name is input, the prescription for the patient matching this patient name is the target of the list display. If the start date and end date are entered, the prescriptions that are included in the period for which the prescribed date was entered will be displayed in the list, and if the start time and end time are entered, the prescription will be prescribed. Prescriptions included within the period for which the specified time is entered will be displayed in the list. When a plurality of conditions are input from these, the ones satisfying all of the plurality of conditions are displayed.

On the other hand, when the display button 118 is pressed while no condition is input in the condition input area 115, all the recorded prescriptions are listed in the prescription display area 116.
The display button 118 is described as "display" when any item is input in the condition input area 115, and is described as "display all" when nothing is input (state in FIG. 25). It has a structure of

Then, in the state where the prescriptions are listed in the prescription display area 116 (see FIG. 26), different prescriptions correspond to each line. Then, by touching the part where any one of the lines is displayed with a finger or the like, it is possible to shift the prescription corresponding to the line displayed on the touched part from the unselected state to the selected state. ing.
If the delete button 119 is pressed while the prescription is selected, the process of deleting the prescription selected from the list is executed. Further, when a predetermined operation is performed with the prescription selected, a weighing history screen (see FIG. 27) displaying specific contents regarding the selected prescription is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 27, the weighing history screen includes a date display unit 125, a patient name display unit 126, an explanation display unit 127, an error display unit 128, a drug information display unit 129, and a transition display unit 130. , Distribution moving image button 131, flow velocity button 132, and weighing value button 133 are provided.

The date display unit 125 is a part for displaying the administration date and the dispensing date of the packaged medicine.

The patient name display unit 126 is a part for displaying information regarding the patient name to which the packaged medicine is prescribed.

The explanatory display unit 127 is a part for displaying information regarding the administration of the packaged medicine such as the timing of administration, the usage, and the prescription amount.

The error display unit 128 is a part for displaying information (hereinafter, also referred to as error information) regarding a defect that occurred at the time of implementation in the packaging operation related to the displayed prescription. If a plurality of problems have occurred, a plurality of error information will be displayed in a list.

Then, by touching the portion where any of the error information is displayed with a finger or the like, it is possible to shift the error information displayed on the touched portion from the unselected state to the selected state. Here, when a plurality of error information is displayed, any one of the error information can be selected. In other words, all the other error information except the error information in the selected state is in the unselected state.

The drug information display unit 129 is a part for displaying information about each drug used in the packaging operation, and includes a drug name, a distribution amount, information indicating the distribution dish 35 used in the packaging operation, and a packaging operation. It is a part where information about the form is displayed.

The transition display unit 130 is a portion for displaying information indicating the transition of the flow rate or the weighed value of the drug. Specifically, the horizontal axis is the time and the vertical axis is the flow velocity or the weighed value (in FIG. 27). Flow velocity) is displayed.
Here, the "flow velocity" is the absolute value of the amount of the chemicals supplied to the distribution plate 35 during consecutive times, and the "weighing value" is the chemicals supplied to the distribution plate 35 by a predetermined time. It is an integrated value of the amount of. That is, it can be said that the transition display unit 130 is a part for displaying the transition of the supply amount of the chemicals to the distribution plate 35 in the packaging operation to be displayed.
When a chemical is displayed on the chemical information display unit 129, the polygonal line corresponding to the selected chemical in the graph is highlighted by selecting the displayed chemical. That is, operations such as displaying the polygonal line as a thick line, changing the color of the polygonal line, and blinking the polygonal line are performed.

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can display a graph showing the change over time of the flow velocity or the weighed value, and whether or not the performed packing operation has a normal change in the flow velocity or the weighed value, and whether or not the change in the flow velocity or the weighed value is normal. If it's not normal, you can instantly see how much difference there is.
Here, if each part of the powder packaging device 1, such as the distribution plate 35 and the container holding table 36, deteriorates due to aged use or the like, the flow velocity or the weighing value may change slightly different from the normal change. .. That is, it may change slightly differently than usual, although it is not a problem. In the powdered medicine packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, since the user can immediately grasp such a change, it is possible to predict the occurrence of a problem related to aging deterioration that may occur in the future.

Further, when the error display unit 128 displays the information related to the defect, the display symbol 135 indicating the occurrence time of the error information selected in the error display unit 128 is displayed (error time). Display operation). In other words, it is possible to select the defect that occurred in the packaging operation performed in the past, and on the condition that the defect is selected, the notification operation that visually notifies the occurrence time of the selected defect in a graph is performed. It is feasible.

The distribution moving image button 131 is a button for displaying a past moving image display screen (see FIG. 28 and the like) described later.

The flow velocity button 132 and the weighing value button 133 are buttons for switching the items of the graph displayed on the transition display unit 130. That is, when the flow velocity button 132 is pressed, the value indicated by the vertical axis of the graph becomes the "flow velocity", and when the weighing value button 133 is pressed, the value indicated by the vertical axis of the graph becomes the "weighing value". ..

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, by displaying the past moving image display screen (see FIG. 28, etc.), how is the time until the time when the defect occurs and the time when the error occurs around the distribution plate 35? It is possible to verify whether the operation was performed. In addition, the transition of the flow velocity or the weighed value with the passage of time can be confirmed while comparing with the operation actually performed around the distribution plate 35.

The past moving image display screen is provided with a past operation display area 138 for displaying a moving image taken in the past, a seek bar display area 139 (time display unit), and a graph display area 140 in order from the top.

In the past operation display area 138, the first past operation display unit 145 and the second past operation display unit 146 are in a state of being parallel in the left-right direction.

The first past operation display unit 145 displays a moving image captured and recorded by a camera member 40 that photographs the chemical discharge portion of the chemical container on the container holding table 36 adjacent to one of the distribution dishes 35 and its surroundings. It is a part for. In other words, among the packaging operations performed in the past, in the packaging operation performed on one of the distribution plates 35, a moving image showing the state of the peripheral portion of the one distribution plate 35 during the packaging operation (past packaging). It is the part that displays the image).

The second past operation display unit 146 displays a moving image captured and recorded by a camera member 40 that photographs the chemical discharge portion of the chemical container on the container holding table 36 adjacent to the other distribution dish 35 and its surroundings. It is a part for. In other words, among the packaging operations performed in the past, in the packaging operation performed on the other distribution plate 35, a portion displaying a moving image showing the state of the peripheral portion of the other distribution plate 35 during the packaging operation. It has become.

In the seek bar display area 139, the play button 148, the stop button 149, and the seek bar 150 are displayed.

The play button 148 is a button for playing a moving image on the first past operation display unit 145 and / or the second past operation display unit 146, and is a button for starting the reproduction of the moving image when pressed.

The stop button 149 is a button for stopping the moving image being played on the first past operation display unit 145 and / or the second past operation display unit 146, and is a button for stopping the reproduction of the moving image by pressing the button. It has become.

The seek bar 150 indicates the current playback position of the moving image displayed in the past operation display area 138, and is for visually indicating which part between the start part and the end part is displayed. It is a thing. Further, by operating the seek bar 150, it is possible to change the reproduction position of the moving image.

The graph display area 140 is a portion for displaying a graph similar to the graph displayed by the transition display unit 130 described above.

On the past video display screen, a video showing the state of the peripheral portion of the distribution plate 35 during the past packaging operation and a graph showing the transition of the amount of chemicals supplied to the distribution plate 35 in this packaging operation are shown. It is displayed on the screen. Then, in the displayed graph, the occurrence time of the defect that occurred in the packaging operation is highlighted.
Therefore, when the user confirms what happened in the vicinity of the distribution plate 35 at the time when the trouble occurs and the time before and after the trouble occurs, the situation can be easily grasped only by comparing these. Therefore, the confirmation operation of the user can be simplified.
[Maintenance operation]

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to carry out a cleaning operation of cleaning the distribution plate 35 as needed. As a result, even if a small amount of chemicals remains on the distribution dish 35 due to the packaging operation, the remaining chemicals can be completely removed. That is, when the chemicals are supplied to the distribution dish 35 in the subsequent packaging operation, the supplied chemicals and the residual chemicals do not mix (so-called contamination does not occur).

In the cleaning operation, the tip end side portion of the cleaning device 38 is lowered so as to be in a state close to the distribution plate 35. Then, the operation of rotating the distribution plate 35 at a predetermined speed is performed.
Here, the cleaning device 38 is provided with a suction device for sucking the remaining medicine. A rotatable brush-shaped portion and a suction port of the suction device are formed on the tip side portion.
That is, in the cleaning operation, the brush-shaped portion in contact with the distribution plate 35 scrapes out the residual medicine, and the residual medicine that has risen upward is sucked by the suction device.
[Repacking operation]

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to perform a history storage operation of storing execution conditions as history information for each packaging operation performed.
The execution condition is information such as the drug name of each drug used in the packaging operation, the total amount of each drug used, the amount per dose, the timing of administration, the number of times of administration, and the like.

In this history storage operation, in addition to the execution history information which is the history information of the executed packaging operation, the completion history information which is the history information of only the normally completed packaging operation is stored. That is, it is possible to execute the operation of storing the execution history information (first history storage operation) and the operation of storing the completion history information (second history storage operation).

Then, the first re-packaging operation in which the packaging operation is performed again based on the history information (implementation history information) of the executed packaging operation and the history information (completion history information) of the normally completed packaging operation are used. Based on this, it is possible to execute the second re-packaging operation in which the packaging operation is performed again.

More specifically, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the packaging history display screen (see FIG. 29) can be displayed by operating the operation display unit 3.

The packaging history display screen is provided with a history display area 155 that displays a list of chemicals that have undergone packaging operations in the past. Then, by performing a predetermined operation, a state in which the history of packaging operations that have been performed in the past is displayed as a list for each operation and a history of packaging operations that have been normally completed in the past are listed for each operation. It is possible to switch between the displayed state.

Then, by selecting one of the listed operations and pressing the "reissue" button, the packaging operation executed in the past is executed again.

That is, in the present embodiment, the packaging operation can be performed again based on the execution history information, and when the packaging operation interrupted during the execution for some reason is executed again, the detailed setting operation is performed. It is feasible without. That is, there is an advantage that complicated operations are not required at the time of re-execution.
For example, if the packaging operation has been executed halfway, it is easy to open the packaging bag, re-introduce the chemical into the chemical container (automatic chemical container 4, manual chemical container 5), and then perform the packaging operation again. It is possible to carry out.
[Other operations]

Further, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can appropriately perform various operations such as a holding container confirmation operation, a container posture determination operation, a holding position changing operation, a moving distance shortening operation, a vibration pattern changing operation, and a measuring means adjusting operation. It has become. Each operation will be described in detail.
[Retaining container confirmation operation]

The holding container confirmation operation is an operation of acquiring information on the position of the automatic chemical container 4 held in the container storage unit 23, the type of the chemical contained in each automatic chemical container 4, and the weight of the chemical container.
In this holding container confirmation operation, the drum member 25 is rotated, and an information reading device (not shown) provided at a position corresponding to each stage of the drum member 25 allows the automatic chemical container 4 attached to each stage. An information reading operation for reading information from an RFID tag is performed.

Here, the number of information reading devices is smaller than the number of container installation portions of the drum member 25 described above. That is, in the present embodiment, the number of information reading devices attached can be reduced by rotating the drum member 25 to read the information.

After performing this holding container confirmation operation, the chemical name of the chemicals contained in all the automatic chemical containers 4 held by the container storage unit 23, the weight of the contained chemicals, the holding position, etc. are printed on a medium such as paper. It may be printed and output. Although not particularly limited, it is desirable that this printing operation be performed at the time of starting the powder packaging device 1 (immediately after the power is turned on).
[Container posture discrimination operation]

The container posture determination operation is an operation of determining whether or not the automatic chemical container 4 is correctly held in the container storage unit 23.
That is, whether or not the protruding member of the container installation portion described above is embedded is detected by the optical sensor built in the drum member 25 described above. In addition, the operation of rotating the drum member 25 is performed, and the optical sensor provided on the outside of the drum member 25 detects whether or not the automatic chemical container 4 has popped out from the specified position. Based on the detection results of these two optical sensors, it is determined whether or not the automatic chemical container 4 is attached in the normal posture.

As described above, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which the drum member 25 can be rotated to perform the holding container confirmation operation and the container posture determination operation. The rotation operation of the drum member 25 is automatically performed when the powder packaging device 1 is started (immediately after the power is turned on). In addition to the above-mentioned packaging operation at startup and during the above-mentioned packaging operation, it is performed at a predetermined time such as before the start of the day, before each packaging operation, at regular intervals, and immediately after the door 16 is closed. You may.
[Holding position change operation]

As a peculiar operation, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can carry out a holding position changing operation of changing the mounting position of the automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23.
This holding position change operation automatically changes the holding position of the automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23 based on the frequency of use of each automatic chemical container 4 held by the container storage unit 23. It is an operation.

For example, when an influenza epidemic occurs or when pollen is scattered, the amount of peculiar chemicals used increases significantly. That is, in the packaging operation to be performed, the automatic chemical container 4 for accommodating the specific chemical is used more frequently than the other automatic chemical containers 4.

Therefore, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment performs the holding position changing operation in such a situation, and arranges the frequently used automatic chemical container 4 near the distribution dish 35.

Specifically, the drum member 25 holding the automatic chemical container 4 in the container storage unit 23 is located above the distribution pan 35. Therefore, the lower side of the drum member 25 is closer to the distribution plate 35 than the upper side.

From this, when the arm unit 30 takes out the automatic chemical container 4 from the container storage unit 23 and moves the automatic chemical container 4 to the container holding table 36, the automatic chemical container 4 is taken out from below the drum member 25. When it is moved, the moving distance can be shortened as compared with the case where the automatic chemical container 4 is taken out from above and moved.

That is, by performing the holding position changing operation and moving the holding position of the frequently used automatic chemical container 4 from the upper side to the lower side of the drum member 25, the automatic chemical container 4 when performing the packaging operation is performed. It is possible to shorten the moving distance, and it is possible to carry out an efficient packaging operation.

That is, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the number of times the automatic chemical container 4 is used in the packaging operation is stored. Then, on condition that the number of times the predetermined automatic chemical container 4 has been used exceeds the predetermined number or the number of times the other automatic chemical container 4 has been used exceeds the predetermined number, the upper side of the drum member 25 The predetermined automatic chemical container 4 held in the container 4 is moved to the lower stage side.

At this time, if there is an empty area on the lower side and the automatic chemical container 4 can be held, the predetermined automatic chemical container 4 is moved to the lower side as it is.
On the other hand, when there is no empty space for holding the automatic chemical container 4 on the lower side, the automatic chemical container 4 currently held on the lower side is temporarily placed in a shelter such as a container temporary storage portion 18. After installing and moving the predetermined automatic chemical container 4 from the upper side to the lower side, the automatic chemical container 4 at the evacuation site is moved to the upper side.
[Movement distance shortening operation]

In the case where each of the above-mentioned packaging operations is continuously performed, if the automatic chemical container 4 used in the preceding packaging operation is used in the subsequent packaging operation, if necessary. The movement distance shortening operation may be carried out.
In this movement distance shortening operation, the powder (drug) is discharged from the automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution plate 35 in the preceding packaging operation, and then the automatic chemical container 4 is moved from the container holding table 36 to the container storage unit 23. Instead of the operation, the automatic chemical container 4 is moved to the container temporary storage portion 18. Then, in the subsequent packaging operation, the automatic chemical container 4 is moved from the container temporary storage portion 18 to the container holding table 36. As a result, the moving distance of the automatic chemical container 4 can be shortened.

If there is a container holding table 36 that is not used in the packaging operation performed in advance, the automatic chemicals is replaced with the operation of moving the automatic chemical container 4 from the container holding table 36 to the container storage unit 23. The container 4 may be moved to a container holding table 36 that is not used. In this case, in the subsequent packaging operation, the automatic chemical container 4 is moved from the container holding table 36 that is not used in the preceding packaging operation to the predetermined container holding table 36. This also makes it possible to shorten the moving distance of the automatic chemical container 4.
[Vibration pattern change operation]

The powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can perform a vibration pattern changing operation that increases or decreases the amplitude when the shaking table portion is vibrated.

More specifically, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, when each packaging operation is performed, the shaking table portion of the container holding table 36 is vibrated and held by the container holding table 36. Chemicals are supplied to the distribution plate 35 from the inside of the chemical container.

Here, it is conceivable that the chemicals may not be supplied from the chemical container even though the shaking table portion is continuously vibrated, or the supply amount per unit time may be extremely small. In this case, it is considered that the cause is that the powdered chemicals stick to the inside of the automatic chemical container 4 and become a lump, or that there is no chemical inside the automatic chemical container 4.

In the situation where there is no chemical inside the automatic chemical container 4, the reservation management operation described above is not normally performed for some reason, the packing operation is started without displaying the insufficient amount, and the packaging operation is started. This may occur when the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36 cannot detect that the chemical is not contained in the automatic chemical container 4.

In the present embodiment, when the supply amount per unit time becomes less than a certain amount even though the shaking table portion is continuously vibrated, first, a vibration pattern changing operation for increasing the vibration amplitude is performed, and a chemical is used. Carry out the action of crushing the mass. That is, first, it is assumed that a lump of chemicals is formed, and the cause is eliminated. At this time, if the cause is that the chemicals have become lumps as expected, increasing the amplitude and making the automatic chemical container 4 vibrate greatly may cause the lumps to break and the cause to be eliminated. There is.

If the supply amount per unit time is less than a certain amount even though the vibration pattern change operation to increase the amplitude is performed, the vibration of the shaking table is stopped and the unit is applied to the distribution plate 35 for the user. A notification operation is performed to notify that a predetermined amount of chemicals is not supplied per hour.
This notification operation is performed by an operation of displaying a predetermined message on the operation display unit 3, an operation of emitting a sound such as a voice or an alarm sound, or an operation of emitting light such as turning on a separately provided emergency light. ..

Further, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, after this notification operation is performed, a shortage process is appropriately performed.
That is, the automatic chemical container 4 from which the chemical could not be discharged is taken out from the main body device 2 by using or manually using the arm portion 30, and the user inspects the automatic chemical container 4.

At this time, if powdered chemicals are stuck inside the automatic chemical container 4 to form a lump, the user crushes the lump. If it is confirmed that there is no chemical inside the automatic chemical container 4, the chemical is filled.

After that, the automatic chemical container 4 that has been inspected is placed on the container holding table 36 by using or manually using the arm portion 30, and the operation of supplying the chemical to the distribution pan 35 is restarted. That is, the vibration of the shaking table portion is restarted, and the distribution plate 35 is rotated again.
Here, as described above, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the weight of the automatic chemical container 4 is constantly detected while the chemical is being supplied from the automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution dish 35. It has become. That is, the weight of the chemicals supplied to the distribution dish 35 before the interruption is stored.
From this, when the operation of supplying the chemicals to the distribution plate 35 is restarted, the remaining supply amount is calculated based on the weight of the chemicals supplied to the distribution plate 35 before the interruption, and only the calculated supply amount of the chemicals is used. Is supplied to the distribution dish 35.

In the present embodiment, when the supply amount per unit time is less than a certain value even though the vibration pattern changing operation for increasing the amplitude is performed, the vibration of the shaking table portion is stopped and the arm portion 30 automatically stops the vibration. The operation of moving the chemical container 4 to the temporary container 18 is automatically performed. Then, the user opens the door portion 16 and takes out the automatic chemical container 4.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the manual chemical container 5 is used when performing the third packaging operation is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the third packaging operation is performed using the automatic chemical container 4. You may. That is, the automatic chemical container 4 may be used instead of the manual chemical container 5.

The above-mentioned data storage unit is not limited to the HDD built in the main body device 2, and an external HDD or the like connected to the main body device 2 via a cable or the like may be adopted. Further, the HDD built in the main body device 2 and the external HDD may be used in combination.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the operation button unit 88 is operated to change the discharge rate of the powder to the distribution plate 35. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, as shown in FIG. 30, a structure may be provided in which a speed increase button and a speed decrease button are provided, and the speed is increased or decreased by pressing each of them. Further, a memory unit such as a rod-shaped memory may be provided in the vicinity of the speed increase button and the speed decrease button to visually display the speed stage.

In addition to each of the above operations, when it is detected that the discharge rate has changed suddenly due to vibration or impact from the outside when powder (drug) is supplied to the distribution dish 35 from the inside of the medicine container. , A notification operation for notifying that effect (for example, displaying a warning message on the operation display unit 3, issuing an alarm sound, etc.) is performed, and a message for selecting whether or not to make an emergency stop is displayed on the operation display unit 3. You may.
Here, if the emergency stop is not performed, the packaging operation may be continued as it is, and the operation of storing the fact that the discharge speed has changed suddenly (occurrence of abnormality) in the history information may be performed.

In addition to each of the above-mentioned operations, the total weight of the one- or multiple-partitioned packaging bag formed by each packaging operation and the powder contained therein is calculated, and the bag is directly placed on the packaging bag or a medium such as paper. The result calculated in 1 may be printed.

For example, the RFID is attached to the core tube portion of a long sheet which is a raw material of a sachet and is housed inside the housing 10 in a state of being wrapped around the core tube in a roll shape. Then, by reading the information written in the RFID, it is possible to carry out a weight acquisition operation for acquiring the weight of the long sheet.
Here, the weight acquisition operation is performed before and after each packaging operation, and the weight of the packaging bag created by the target packaging operation is calculated by performing the operation of comparing the acquired weights. Then, the total weight of the sachet and the powder contained therein is calculated from the calculated weight of the sachet and the total amount of chemicals used in the sachet operation (total discharge amount).

As another example, the information of the RFID attached to the core tube portion is read and the output length of the long sheet is obtained, and from this length and the total weight of the unused long sheet, The weight of the created sachet may be calculated. Then, the total weight of the packaging bag and the powder contained therein may be calculated from the weight of the packaging bag calculated in this way and the total amount of chemicals used in the packaging operation (total discharge amount). ..

Then, when forming the sachet, if the total weight of the sachet and the powder contained in the sachet is directly printed, the user can perform an audit while looking at the printed contents by simply placing the formed sachet on the balance. Since it is possible to do this, it is possible to improve the convenience of business.
When printing the total weight of the sachet and the built-in powder, it may be printed together with other information. Other information includes weighing start time, voucher number, age, body weight, drug name, daily dose (theoretical and / or actual measurement), total amount (theoretical and / or actual measurement), total drug inclusion. There is information such as weight (theoretical value and / or actual measurement value), fractions, days, etc.

Of the above-mentioned packaging operations, when the packaging operation using the automatic chemical container 4 is performed, the chemical container to be used is set to the automatic chemical container before the powdered drug discharge operation to the distribution dish 35 is started. A container switching operation for switching from 4 to the manual chemical container 5 may be performed.
That is, a manual chemical container is obtained by selecting a predetermined chemical from the list of chemicals to be used in the packaging operation (or the packaging operation currently being performed) to be performed on the operation display unit 3 and performing the predetermined operation. Set to discharge the chemical from 5 to the distribution pan 35. Then, the front door 34 is temporarily raised before (or during) the packaging operation, and the manual chemical container 5 pre-filled with chemicals is placed on the container holding table 36.

In the above example, an example of displaying a moving image related to the packaging operation is shown, but the moving image is not limited to the moving image, and a still image may be displayed. For example, during the packaging operation, the shooting operation is performed every few seconds. On the other hand, a barcode for specifying the prescription (packaging operation) is printed on the bagging bag formed by the packaging operation. Then, the operation of reading the barcode information is performed by a predetermined reading device, and the corresponding still image is displayed on the operation display unit 3. By this, it is confirmed whether or not the medicine was normally discharged to the distribution dish 35.
The reading device may be provided integrally with the main body device 2, or may be separately provided and connected by a communication network.

In the above example, both the automatic chemical container 4 and the manual chemical container 5 are used in the case of performing a packaging operation in which a predetermined number (6 in this embodiment) or more of chemicals are mixed and packaged. The packaging operation was carried out. In this packaging operation, a manual chemical container 5 may be used to specify the chemicals to be discharged to the distribution pan 35, and an operation for prompting the selection of a predetermined chemical may be carried out.

Specifically, in the database editing operation, when registering a drug in the "drug master", it is possible to input an item of "hand-sprayed cassette priority" (an item for specifying the priority). This item can be input by selecting from, for example, high, medium, and low.
Then, when performing a packaging operation in which a predetermined number (six in this embodiment) or more of chemicals are mixed, the chemicals are displayed as recommended chemicals by hand in order from the one with the highest priority (or the difference in priority becomes clear). List as follows).

When the number of chemicals using the manual chemical container 5 (hereinafter, also referred to as the set number) is preset (or specified by the user), the chemicals having the same priority over the set number are given. If it exists, the set number may be presented in the order of registration.

In addition, although the above-mentioned priority can be set as appropriate, it is set in consideration of high-risk drugs such as narcotics, poisons, psychotropic drugs, and powerful drugs, granules, colored drugs, and drugs stored in cold places. Is preferable.
For example, the high-risk drug may be set to "low" to reduce the likelihood of cross-contamination. Further, the chemicals that are easily scattered may be set to "low" to reduce the time and effort for filling the chemicals in the manual chemical container 5. Conversely, a drug that is easy to fill in the manual drug container 5, such as a granule drug, may be set as "high". Further, the colored drug may be set to "low" to prevent coloring of the manual drug container 5.

As described above, an information recording member (RFID chip) is attached to the chemical container of the present embodiment, and an information reading operation and an information writing operation can be appropriately performed. This enables the following operations. Although there are some overlapping explanations, all of them are based on the configuration and operation described above.

In addition to the name of the drug, the RFID contains the remaining amount of the drug in the drug container.
When the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment is activated, the types and remaining amounts of the chemicals contained in all the chemical containers mounted on the drum member 25 are read from the RFID and recorded in the control unit. That is, the drum member 25 is rotated, and the RFID information is read by the information reading device (information reading device and information writing device provided integrally or separately). Further, it is confirmed and recorded which medicine container is housed in which position of the drum member 25.

Further, in the present embodiment, an information reading device is provided in the vicinity of the container holding table 36. Then, the chemical container is taken out from the container storage unit 23 in order to package the chemical, and when the chemical container is placed on the container holding table 36, it is confirmed whether or not the chemical is the target chemical.

Further, when the distribution work is completed, when the distribution work is completed, the remaining amount of the medicine in the medicine container recorded on the RFID is rewritten by the information reading device in the vicinity of the container holding table 36.

Further, before the packaging is completed and the chemical container is returned to the container storage unit 23, the chemical container is installed in the temporary container storage unit 18 and the weight of the chemical container is measured again. In this way, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the weight of the chemical is double-confirmed.

After returning the chemical container from the temporary container storage unit 18 to the container storage unit 23, the drum member 25 is rotated to bring the returned chemical container closer to the information reading device, and the chemical container returned to the container storage unit 23 is the original. Confirmed to be a chemical container.

Further, when the medicine container is stored in the powder packaging device 1 from the outside, the information of the medicine stored in the medicine container is input by the operation display unit 3. Then, by installing a chemical container in the temporary container 18 and performing a predetermined operation, the weight of the chemical container is measured and the weight is written in the RFID. In addition, the drug information is read from the RFID, and it is confirmed that the drug is the drug input by the user.

The same applies when there is a shortage of chemicals in the chemical container, the chemical container is replenished with chemicals, and the chemical container is stored in the powder packaging device 1.
If there is a shortage of chemicals in the chemical container, the chemical container is moved from the container holding table 36 or the container storage unit 23 to the container temporary storage portion 18 of the door portion 16. Then, the door portion 16 automatically opens, and the user can take out the chemical container.

When packaging chemicals (hereinafter, also referred to as emergency chemicals) that are not normally stored in the container storage unit 23, the chemical container containing the chemicals is placed in the powder packaging device 1 according to the above procedure. Also in this case, the information on the chemical (emergency chemical) is read from the RFID, and it is confirmed that the chemical is the one entered by the user.
When emergency chemicals are used, the chemical container is directly transported to the container holding table 36 and distribution is started.
The chemical container filled with the emergency chemicals is moved to the temporary container 18 as soon as the distribution is completed. Then, the door portion 16 automatically opens, and the user can take out the chemical container.

The sliding front door 34 does not need to be opened in normal work, but when the front door 34 is opened when some trouble occurs, the chemical container of the container storage unit 23 can be freely inserted and removed. Therefore, for the purpose of confirming that the chemical containers have not been replaced and the position of the chemical containers again just in case, when the front door 34 is closed, the drum member is the same as when the powder packaging device 1 is started. The type and remaining amount of the medicine contained in all the medicine containers mounted on the 25 are read from the RFID and recorded in the control unit. That is, the drum member 25 is rotated, and the RFID information is read by the information reading device. Further, it is confirmed and recorded which medicine container is housed in which position of the drum member 25.

As shown in FIG. 31, the above-mentioned powder dispensing device 1 is in a state where data (signals) can be transmitted to and received from each other via a communication network such as a control device 160 and a premises communication network (LAN). It is possible to construct a dispensing business support system 161. This powder dispensing business support system 161 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 31, the powder dispensing business support system 161 includes a control device 160, a drug weighing device 6, and a powder packaging device 1, and includes the control device 160 and other dispensing devices (drug weighing). The device 6 and the powder packaging device 1) are connected to each other via a communication network such as a premises communication network (LAN) so that data (signals) can be transmitted and received to each other.
Further, the control device 160 is also connected to the external PC 162 used by the doctor in a state where data can be transmitted and received to each other. Then, when the doctor inputs information about the prescription to the external PC 162, the prescription data used in each device constituting the powdered medicine dispensing business support system 161 is created.

That is, when the doctor inputs the data related to the prescription on the external PC 162, the signal is transmitted from the external PC 162 to the control device 160, and the data related to the prescription to be transmitted to the powder packaging device 1 by the control device 160 (hereinafter, also simply referred to as prescription data). To be called) is created. Then, a determination operation for determining whether or not the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the powder packaging device 1 is performed. It should be noted that this discrimination operation may be performed by the control device 160, or may be performed by the powder packaging device 1 after the prescription data is transmitted from the control device 160 to the powder packaging device 1.

This discrimination operation is an operation of determining whether or not the prescription included in the prescription data can be packaged by the above-mentioned first packaging operation or second packaging operation.
As a result of this discrimination operation, the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the powder packaging device 1, and if it can be handled by the first packaging operation, the first packaging operation is used. The first packaging operation is performed. Further, although the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the powder packaging device 1, if the first packaging operation cannot be performed, the second packaging operation is performed.

With such a configuration, the prescription that can be packaged by the first packaging operation or the second packaging operation is automatically processed only by performing an input operation on the external PC 162. As a result, the powder can be packaged without inputting the powder in the powder packaging device 1.

Here, the operation of filling the powder (drug) into the automatic drug container 4 that can be carried out in the powder dispensing business support system 161 will be described.
In the powder dispensing business support system 161 as well, the operation of causing the powder packaging device 1 to hold the automatic chemical container 4 on the drum member 25 is possible in the same manner as the filling operation described above. In addition to this, in the powder dispensing business support system 161, when the automatic medicine container 4 stored in the external control shelf is filled with the powder, the control device 160 is charged with the powder in the automatic medicine container 4. The operation to register is possible. This registration operation will be described in detail.

First, prior to the operation, the automatic chemical container 4 is filled with powder. This filling operation is performed manually by a pharmacist. Further, as the medicine is filled, various information is stored in the RFID tag of the automatic medicine container 4. More specifically, information such as a filling person name (or filling person ID) indicating a person who has performed the filling work, a filling date, a filling amount, and a filling chemical name is stored.

Then, the operation display unit 3 is operated to open the door unit 16, and the automatic chemical container 4 filled with powder is placed on the temporary container container 18. At this time, by operating the control device 160, a signal is transmitted from the control device 160 to the powder packaging device 1. When the powder packaging device 1 receives the signal, the weight measuring means of the temporary container 18 performs a weight measuring operation for measuring the weight of the automatic chemical container 4. In addition, an information writing operation is performed in which the measured weight is stored in the RFID tag of the automatic chemical container 4.

When the weight measurement operation and the information writing operation are completed, the powder packaging device 1 transmits a signal indicating the completion of the operation to the control device 160. Then, a message urging the operation display unit 3 to take out the automatic chemical container 4 from the door unit 16 is displayed. In this state, the user takes out the automatic chemical container 4 to complete a series of registration operations.

In the above example, an example in which the weight measurement operation and the information writing operation are performed by the powder packaging device 1 receiving the signal transmitted from the control device 160 has been described, but instead of this, the example has been described. The weight measurement operation and the information writing operation may be performed by operating the operation display unit 3.
Furthermore, in the powder dispensing business support system 161, when the filling operation of holding the automatic chemical container 4 on the drum member 25 is performed, the control device 160 is operated, and the powder dispensing device 1 is transmitted from the control device 160. By receiving the signal, a weight measurement operation, an information writing operation, and various equivalent operations for moving the automatic chemical container 4 may be performed. That is, various operations may be performed by operating the operation display unit 3, or various operations may be performed by receiving a signal from the control device 160.

By the way, in the powder packaging device 1, as described above, the chemical container (automatic chemical container 4 or manual chemical container 5) is placed on the container holding table 36 and placed on the shaking table portion of the container holding table 36. The vibration operation is carried out. Then, the weight (original weight) of the chemical container acquired before the start of the vibration operation was compared with the current weight (current weight) of the chemical container acquired during the vibration operation, and the current weight was subtracted from the original weight. The vibration operation is stopped on condition that the supply amount of powder, which is the value, has reached the specified amount.

Here, when the vibration operation is stopped, it is conceivable that the powder is discharged from the chemical container due to inertia after the vibration operation is stopped. That is, it is conceivable that a small amount of powder is supplied to the distribution dish 35 after the vibration operation is stopped. In this case, if the vibration operation is stopped after the amount of powder actually supplied reaches the planned supply amount, there is a possibility that more powder than the planned supply amount will be supplied to the distribution dish 35. That is, when the vibration operation is stopped on condition that the supply amount of the powder has reached the specified amount, if this specified amount is set to the same amount as the planned supply amount, more powder than the planned supply amount is distributed to the distribution dish 35. There is a possibility of supplying.

Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, a specified amount is set assuming the amount of powder that is expected to be discharged after the vibration operation is stopped. That is, a specified amount that is smaller than the planned supply amount is set, and the vibration operation is stopped on condition that the supply amount of the powder is the specified amount.

More specifically, the powder packaging device 1 can calculate the remaining supply amount from the planned supply amount and the amount of the powder that has already been supplied, and also calculate the supply amount per predetermined time in the vibrating operation during execution. It is possible. Further, the amount of powdered powder flowing out of the medicine container due to inertia after the vibration operation is stopped is derived in advance by an experiment or the like and stored in the data storage unit. From this, it is possible to obtain the amount of powder that is expected to be supplied after the vibration operation is stopped.
Then, after the powder is continuously supplied to the distribution dish 35, the vibration operation is stopped when the remaining supply amount becomes the same as the amount of the powder supplied from the medicine container after the vibration operation is stopped. That is, the "specified amount" that is the above-mentioned condition is a value obtained by subtracting the amount of powder to be supplied after the vibration operation is stopped from the planned supply amount.

Here, consider a case where the powder packaging device 1 is momentarily shaken due to a reason such as a person colliding with the powder packaging device 1. In this case, the shaking transmitted to the medicine container, the container holding table 36, and the like may temporarily increase the value of the powdered powder supply amount per hour calculated by the powdered powder packaging device 1. That is, the amount of powdered powder calculated by the powdered powder packaging device 1 may exceed the amount of powdered powder actually supplied. Then, the powder packaging device 1 determines that a sufficient amount has been supplied even though a sufficient amount has not actually been supplied, and stops the vibration operation. That is, there is a possibility that the amount of powdered medicine to be actually packaged will be smaller than the planned amount.

Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to carry out a vibration operation different from the normal time when a small amount is discharged. This operation will be described in detail below.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when a medicine container (automatic medicine container 4 or a manual medicine container 5) is placed on a container holding table 36 and the shaking table portion of the container holding table 36 is vibrated. It is possible to carry out the vibration operation by changing the amplitude and the vibration frequency based on the planned supply amount, the remaining supply amount when the predetermined amount of powder is already supplied, and the supply amount per predetermined time.
For example, when the planned supply amount is small or the remaining supply amount is small, the amplitude is reduced and the vibration frequency is lowered to supply the product in a state where the supply amount per predetermined time is reduced. It is possible. Although not particularly limited, in the present embodiment, the case where the remaining supply amount is small is the case where the remaining supply amount is 4 g or less. That is, when the value falls below the preset reference value, it is determined that the amount has decreased.

Then, when performing a vibration operation (hereinafter, also referred to as a low output vibration operation) in which the amplitude is reduced and the vibration frequency is lowered, vibration occurs even if the value of the amount of powdered powder supplied per hour suddenly increases. The operation that does not stop is being executed. That is, in normal times, when the value of the supply amount per hour suddenly increases, the vibration operation is abnormally stopped, whereas when the remaining supply amount is small, the value of the supply amount per hour of powdered powder is used. Is performing an operation that does not stop the vibration operation even if the number suddenly increases.

More specifically, at the time of executing the low output vibration operation, the acquired supply amount per hour increased by a reference value (0.3 g in this embodiment) or more from the supply amount per hour acquired immediately before that. At that time, the standby operation is performed for a predetermined time (300 ms in this embodiment). This standby operation is an operation in which the operation of acquiring the supply amount per hour, which is performed when supplying the powder, and the operation of determining whether or not to stop the vibration operation based on the operation are not temporarily performed. Is. As a result, the powder packaging device 1 is shaken by an external force, and even if there is a momentary increase in the calculated value of the powdered powder supply amount per hour, the vibration operation does not erroneously stop.
It should be noted that the vibration operation performed at the time of discharging a small amount can be individually performed by each container holding table 36.

In addition, when the low output vibration operation is performed, the powder is supplied little by little, so that the supply amount per hour usually does not increase sharply. That is, when it is detected that the supply amount of powdered powder per hour suddenly increases when the low output vibration operation is performed, it is highly possible that it is a false detection. Therefore, if it is detected that the amount of powdered powder supplied per hour suddenly increases during the low-power vibration operation, whether to perform a standby operation for an extremely short time and temporarily stop the vibration operation. The configuration is such that the determination of is not performed. As a result, even if the powder packaging device 1 is shaken for a moment due to a human collision or the like, the influence can be eliminated and a malfunction can be prevented. Then, when vibration is applied to the powder packaging device 1 for a long time due to an earthquake or the like, an emergency stop can be carried out as usual.

In addition to this, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, after the medicine container (automatic medicine container 4 or manual medicine container 5) is placed on the container holding table 36, the container holding table 36 becomes stable. It is possible to carry out a stability determination operation for determining whether or not the state is in the state.

More specifically, the container holding table 36 may be in a state where the value measured by the weight measuring means is not stable, for example, immediately after the chemical container is placed. That is, when the vibration when placed from the chemical container is transmitted, the phenomenon that the measured value differs depending on the measurement time occurs even though the same object is detected. That is, the container holding table 36 may be in a stable state where highly accurate measurement is possible depending on the situation, or may be in an unstable state where highly accurate measurement is impossible.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, a stability determination operation for determining whether or not the container holding table 36 is in a stable state is performed.
Specifically, when the weight of the chemical container is detected by the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36 for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) and the detected value does not change significantly during that period (when the amount of change is less than or equal to the predetermined amount). If it is within the error range), it is determined that the container holding table 36 is in a stable state.

Then, when it is confirmed that the container holding table 36 is in a stable state, the original weight and the current weight of the chemical container are acquired as described above, and the vibration operation is started.

By the way, in such a stability determination operation, it is conceivable that erroneous detection occurs due to the temporary stabilization of the container holding table 36 for some reason. That is, even though the container holding table 36 is not actually in a stable state, the amount of change in weight is accidentally reduced only for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) when the stability determination operation is performed. There is a possibility that the container holding table 36 may be erroneously determined to be in a stable state. In other words, it is not possible to determine whether or not the stable state continues as it is by simply performing this stability determination operation, so there is room for improvement from the viewpoint of acquiring the weight with high accuracy.

Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, in order to prevent such false detection, a series of operations described below are carried out.
First, as the first operation, when the chemical container is placed on the container holding table 36, the stability determination operation is not immediately performed, but the operation of waiting for a predetermined time is performed. That is, since there is a high possibility that the chemical container is in an unstable state immediately after it is placed, the operation of waiting for a predetermined time is performed.
After that, a stability determination operation is performed, and when it is determined that the container holding table 36 is in a stable state (at least when it is temporarily determined to be in a stable state), a second operation is performed.

In the second operation, the weight of the chemical container is detected by the weight measuring means of the container holding table 36 every predetermined time (2.5 ms in the present embodiment). Further, the weight detected at this time is compared with the weight acquired immediately before, and it is determined whether or not the weight has changed significantly (determining whether or not the stable state is continued). Then, on condition that it is confirmed that the container holding table 36 is continuously in a stable state (not an unstable state) for a certain period (1 second in the present embodiment), the container holding table 36 is continuously in a stable state. Determine if there is. When it is determined that the container holding table 36 is continuously in a stable state, a third operation is performed.

In the third operation, the average value of the weights of the chemical containers detected every predetermined time (2.5 ms in the present embodiment) is acquired as the original weight of the chemical container, and the vibration operation is started. By carrying out a series of operations from the first operation to the third operation, it is possible to calculate the raw weight of the chemical container with high accuracy.

It should be noted that this series of operations may be performed not only before starting the supply of the powder to the distribution plate 35 but also when acquiring the weight of the medicine container after the supply of the powder to the distribution plate 35 is completed. That is, a series of operations from the first operation to the third operation may be performed, and the average value of the weights of the chemical containers detected at predetermined time intervals may be obtained as the weight at the end of supply of the chemical containers.

Here, the above-mentioned scraping device 37 (see FIG. 4 and the like) will be described in more detail.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 32, in the scraping device 37, the arm member 171 is fixed to the upper surface of the disk-shaped turntable 170, and the arm member 171 projects toward the outside of the turntable 170. ing. From this, it is possible to rotate substantially the entire scraping device 37 by rotating the turntable 170.
Further, a scraping plate 172, a partition plate 173, and a scraping plate 174 are attached to the tip end side of the arm member 171.

The scraping plate 172 is a small disk-shaped member made of a thin plate, and is attached so that the thickness direction thereof is perpendicular to the protruding direction of the arm member 171. In other words, the scraping plate 172 is fixed to a surface of the side surface of the arm member 171 that is perpendicular to the projecting direction, and takes an upright posture.
Further, a rubber or resin circumferential sealing material 175 is provided on the peripheral portion of the scraping plate 172 so as to be in close contact with the upper surface of the distribution dish 35.

The partition plate 173 is a thin plate-shaped member arranged so as to be parallel to the scraping plate 172, and has a shape close to a fan shape. That is, the partition plate 173 is a substantially triangular plate formed by an arc having a central angle of about 30 degrees and two sides of a straight line.

The scraping plate 174 is in contact with the scraping plate 172 and one linear side forming the central angle of the partition plate 173, and is a plate-shaped member arranged so as to be orthogonal to both of them. .. In other words, it is formed so as to project outward from the circular surface of the scraping plate 172.
Also on the end side of the scraping plate 174, a rubber or resin scraping sealing material 176 is provided so as to be in close contact with the upper surface of the distribution dish 35.

Next, a specific operation of the scraping device 37 during the above-mentioned packaging operation will be described.

By interlocking with the distribution plate 35, the scraping device 37 of the present embodiment gathers a part of the powder spread on the distribution plate 35 around the scraping plate 172, and collects the powder. It is possible to carry out a scraping operation of charging the medicine into the chemical introduction port 39. A series of operations including a scraping operation and a scraping operation will be described.

First, as described above, the powder is discharged from the medicine container to the distribution plate 35, and the distribution plate 35 rotates, so that the powder is evenly spread over the entire upper surface of the distribution plate 35. Then, after the discharge from the chemical container to the distribution plate 35 is stopped, the rotation of the distribution plate 35 is stopped.
In this state, as shown in FIG. 33 (a), the arm member 171 rotates downward, and the peripheral edge portion of the scraping plate 172 is in contact with the upper surface of the distribution plate 35 (FIG. 33 (b). )reference). In other words, the lower portion of the scraping plate 172 is in a state of being inserted into the recessed portion of the distribution plate 35.

In this state, the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions of the powder, and a part of the powder spread on the distribution plate 35 is gathered around the scraping plate 172 (FIG. 33 (FIG. 33). c) See). Then, by rotating the scraping plate 172, the collected powder is charged into the chemical introduction port 39.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 34, the scraping plate 172 is rotated in a clockwise direction when viewed from the front. Then, as the scraping plate 172 rotates, the scraping plate 174 also moves. Then, the scraped plate 174 is in contact with the collected powder (see FIG. 34 (b)). At this time, the scraped plate 174 moves in the direction along the arc radius of the cross section in the groove portion of the distribution dish 35 and in the direction from the inside to the outside (the direction from the right side to the left side in FIG. 34). Therefore, the scraping plate 174 comes into contact with the powder collected from the radial inside of the distribution dish 35.

In this state, by rotating the scraping plate 172 as it is, the powder is pushed to the outer end portion in the radial direction of the distribution dish 35 (see FIG. 34 (c)). Then, the powdered medicine extruded from the distribution plate 35 to the outside is dropped into the medicine introduction port 39 adjacent to the outside of the distribution plate 35.

By the way, as described above, the scraping plate 174 is provided with a rubber or resin scraping sealing material 176 (see FIG. 32 and the like) so as to be in close contact with the upper surface of the distribution dish 35. As a result, when the scraping plate 174 comes into contact with the distribution plate 35, a gap is not formed between the scraping plate 174 and the upper surface of the distribution plate 35. That is, when the collected powder is pushed out, the powder does not leak from between the scraping plate 174 and the distribution plate 35. Therefore, when the powder is charged into the drug introduction port 39, it is possible to prevent the powder from remaining on the distribution dish 35.

However, it is conceivable that a small amount of powder adheres to the scraping sealing material 176 due to the generation of static electricity or the like. In this case, it is conceivable that the powder with the scraping sealing material 176 attached cannot be dropped into the chemical introduction port 39, and the amount of powder per packet becomes smaller than planned.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the scraping operation is performed, the powder adhering to the scraping sealing material 176 is removed from the scraping sealing material 176, and the removed powder is dropped into the chemical introduction port 39. The drop operation is being carried out.

This wiping operation is carried out following the above-mentioned normal scraping operation.
First, as described above, the scraping plate 174 is moved to a predetermined position near the drug introduction port 39 (see FIG. 34 (d)), and substantially all of the collected powder is dropped into the drug introduction port 39. Then, from this state, the scraping plate 172 is rotated in the direction opposite to the normal direction. That is, the scraping plate 172 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from the front.

As a result, the scraping sealing material 176 of the scraping plate 174 moves along the upper surface of the distribution dish 35 in a state of being in close contact with the upper surface of the distribution dish 35. That is, the scraped plate 174 moves in the direction along the arc radius of the cross section in the groove portion of the distribution dish 35 and in the direction from the outside to the inside (the direction from the left side to the right side in FIG. 34).

By moving the scraping seal material 176 while rubbing it against the distribution plate 35 in this way, the powder adhering to the scraping seal material 176 falls onto the distribution plate 35. Then, when the scraping plate 174 is moved over a certain distance, the rotation of the scraping plate 172 is stopped, and the scraping plate 172 is rotated in the direction opposite to the immediately preceding rotation direction. That is, the rotation of the scraping plate 172 is stopped, and then, as usual, the rotation is rotated in the clockwise direction when viewed from the front.
As a result, the powder that has been dropped onto the distribution plate 35 by the reverse rotation of the scraping plate 172 is pushed to the outer end portion in the radial direction of the distribution plate 35, and the chemical introduction port 39 adjacent to the outside of the distribution plate 35 is pushed. It is possible to put it in.
The speed of the rotation operation of rotating the scraping plate 172 in the opposite direction and the subsequent rotation operation of rotating the scraping plate 172 in the same direction as usual, that is, the speed of the rotation operation in the wiping operation is the same as the normal rotation operation. It is preferable to use the above speed. By doing so, it is possible to more effectively drop the powder adhering to the scraping plate 172, and further, it is possible to minimize the time of unnecessary operation added to the original payout operation.

In addition, it is possible to appropriately select whether or not to carry out the above-mentioned wiping operation for each drug.
To explain in detail, the screen is displayed by the user performing a predetermined operation while displaying an appropriate screen such as the above-mentioned drug master screen (see FIG. 6) and the prescription input screen (see FIG. 8). It is possible to select whether or not the chemicals displayed in are required to be wiped off after the packaging operation. Then, when a drug preset as a drug requiring the wiping operation is selected as the target of the packaging operation, the wiping operation is automatically performed following the normal scraping operation. In other words, if the chemicals that are the target of the packaging operation include one or more chemicals that require the wiping operation, the wiping operation is automatically performed, and all the chemicals that are the target of the packaging operation need to be wiped off. If it is not a good chemical, the wiping operation is not performed.

In the above-mentioned wiping operation, the operation of dropping the powder adhering to the scraping plate 172 onto the distribution plate 35 by rotating the scraping plate 172 in the reverse direction has been described. However, the wiping operation performed by the powder packaging device 1 is not limited to this.
For example, the arm member 171 is vibrated to drop the powder adhering to the scraping plate 172 onto the distribution plate 35, and then the scraping plate 172 is rotated in the same direction as usual to perform a rotation operation to rotate the scraping plate 172 in the same direction as usual. The operation of pushing the powder dropped onto the distribution plate 35 to the outer end portion in the radial direction may be performed.

Here, as described above, when the packaging operation is performed, the distribution dish 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divided powders (see FIG. 33 (b) and the like). For example, if the powder supplied on the distribution plate 35 is divided into 30 packets, 360 degrees per round is rotated by 12 degrees divided into 30.

By the way, when the number to be divided is small, the angle corresponding to the divisor also becomes large. For example, in the case of dividing into two packages, the distribution dish 35 is rotated 180 degrees as shown in FIG. 35 (a). At this time, as the angle corresponding to the divisor increases, the range of collecting powders for one packet on the upper surface of the distribution plate 35 becomes wider. For example, if the distribution plate 35 is rotated 90 degrees, the powder spread over a quarter of the entire circumference of the distribution plate 35 is collected, but as described above, the distribution plate 35 is rotated 180 degrees. If so, the powder spread over the area that occupies half the circumference of the distribution dish 35 is collected.

However, when the powder spread over a wide area in such a single operation is collected, as shown in FIG. 35 (b), the pile of powder collected around the scraping plate 172 is oriented in the circumferential direction of the distribution plate 35. There is a problem that it becomes an extended state.
In such a case, when the scraping plate 172 is rotated and the powder is pushed out to the drug introduction port 39 by the scraping plate 174 (see FIG. 34, etc.), the portion of the collected powder close to the scraping plate 172. (The portion indicated by α in FIG. 35 (b)) can be charged into the chemical introduction port 39, but the portion far from the scraping plate 172 (the portion indicated by β in FIG. 35 (b)) is. It becomes impossible to put it into the chemical introduction port 39.

Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the distribution plate 35 is rotated in the packaging operation, if the angle corresponding to the divisor becomes a certain angle or more, one package is divided into a plurality of times. It is possible to carry out a charging operation (multiple scraping operation) of charging into the chemical introduction port 39. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 36.

First, the powder packaging device 1 determines whether or not the angle at which the distribution dish 35 is rotated by one package is larger than a predetermined angle. Here, when the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions, the rotation angle is changed by changing the pulse amount of the motor that rotates the distribution plate 35. That is, the angle at which the distribution plate 35 rotates and the pulse amount of the motor at that time are correlated, and the angle at which the distribution plate 35 rotates can be calculated from the pulse amount of the motor.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the distribution is performed by performing a discrimination operation for determining whether or not the pulse amount Z required to rotate the distribution dish 35 in one package is larger than the specified amount X (STEP1). It is determined whether or not the angle at which the dish 35 is rotated in one package is larger than the predetermined angle.

In this embodiment, the pulse amount of the motor required to rotate the distribution plate 35 once is 50,000 pulses. Further, the specified amount X is 2200 pulses, which is 4.4% of the pulse amount of the motor required for one rotation. In other words, it is about a few percent (about 1 to 9%) of the pulse amount of the motor required to rotate one round.
Further, in the present embodiment, when the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions, the rotation that requires a pulse amount of a specified amount X or more at one time is not performed. That is, the specified amount X is the maximum value of the pulse amount for one rotation when the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions.

As a result of the discrimination operation, when the angle to be rotated in one package is not more than a predetermined angle (No in STEP 1 and the pulse amount Z is not more than the specified amount X), the angle corresponding to the divisor is as usual. After moving the distribution pan 35, the powder is charged into the drug introduction port 39 by the scraping device 37 (single scraping operation, STEP 9).

On the other hand, when the angle of rotation in one packet is larger than the predetermined angle (Yes in STEP 1 and the pulse amount Z is larger than the specified amount X), the powder for one packet is divided into a plurality of times. It is charged into the chemical introduction port 39. In this case, the number of times the powder is charged into the drug introduction port 39 and the angle at which the distribution plate 35 is rotated in each charging operation (the amount of pulses required to move the distribution plate 35) are determined. Calculate and perform multiple loading operations.

More specifically, in this case, the charging operation of rotating the distribution plate 35 by the specified amount X (hereinafter, also referred to as the maximum amount scraping operation) and the charging operation of rotating the distribution plate 35 with a pulse amount smaller than the specified amount X. An operation (hereinafter, also referred to as a residual scraping operation) is appropriately performed, and the powder is charged into the drug introduction port 39.
That is, when the angle to be rotated in one package is larger than the predetermined angle (Yes in STEP1), first, the maximum amount of scraping operation is performed n, the residual scraping operation is performed n2, and the residual scraping operation is performed. The angle for rotating the distribution plate 35 (the amount of pulse required to move the distribution plate 35) is calculated in.

First, the calculation of the following equation (1) is performed to calculate the calculation result S, and the integer portion of the calculation result S is calculated to acquire the number of times n of the maximum amount scraping operation is performed (STEP 2). At this time, the integer part of the calculation result S becomes the maximum number of times the scraping operation is performed n as it is.
S = Z / X ... (1)

Subsequently, the number of times the residual scraping operation is performed n2 and the angle at which the distribution plate 35 is rotated in each residual scraping operation (the amount of pulses required to move the distribution plate 35) are calculated.
Specifically, the total pulse amount P required for the movement of the distribution dish 35 is calculated by the residual scraping operation performed once or a plurality of times, and the residual scraping operation is performed based on the calculated total pulse amount P. The number of times n2 and the rotation angle of the distribution plate 35 in each residual scraping operation are calculated.

More specifically, first, the calculation of the following equation (2) is performed to calculate the total pulse amount P required for the residual scraping operation (STEP 3).
P = Z-nX ... (2)

When the total pulse amount P is calculated, it is determined whether or not the total pulse amount P is twice or more the specified amount X2 (STEP 4). The specified amount X2 is a pulse amount required to move the distribution dish 35 by the same width as the width of the scraping plate 172 (see FIG. 32 and the like), and is 600 pulses in the present embodiment.

As a result of this discrimination operation, when the total pulse amount P is twice or more the specified amount X2 (Yes in STEP4), the residual scraping operation is performed twice. That is, the pulse amount required to rotate the distribution plate 35 in each of the two residual scraping operations is calculated (STEP 5), and the maximum amount scraping operation is performed n times and the residual scraping operation is performed twice. (STEP 6).
The pulse amount required to rotate the distribution plate 35 in each of the residual scraping operations is the pulse amount obtained by subtracting the specified amount X2 from the total pulse amount P, and the distribution plate 35 is rotated in the first residual scraping operation. The pulse amount is set to be used, and the specified amount X2 is set to the pulse amount for rotating the distribution dish 35 in the second residual scraping operation. That is, as a result of the discrimination operation, when the total pulse amount P is twice or more the specified amount X2, the residual scraping operation is performed twice (n2 = 2), and the residual scraping operation finally performed is distributed. The pulse amount for rotating the dish 35 becomes the specified amount X2 (minimum amount scraping operation).

On the other hand, when the total pulse amount P is smaller than twice the specified amount X2 (No in STEP4), one residual scraping operation is performed. That is, the pulse amount required to rotate the distribution plate 35 in each of the one residual scraping operation is calculated (STEP7), and the maximum amount scraping operation is performed n times and the residual scraping operation is performed once. (STEP 8).
In this case, the total pulse amount P becomes the pulse amount for rotating the distribution plate 35 by the residual scraping operation as it is. That is, as a result of the discrimination operation, when the total pulse amount P is smaller than twice the specified amount X2, the residual scraping operation of rotating the distribution plate 35 with the same pulse amount as the total pulse amount P is performed once (n2). = 1).

For the above operation, the pulse amount Z of the motor required to perform the rotation for one package is 4167 pulses, and the pulse amount Z of the motor required to perform the rotation for one package is 5556 pulses. This case will be described in detail with a concrete example.

First, a case where the pulse amount Z of the motor required to carry out the rotation for one package is 4167 pulses will be described. In this case, the calculation result S in the above equation (1) is 4167 pulses / 2200 pulses, which is 1.89 .... From this, since the integer part is 1, the number of times n of the maximum amount scraping operation is performed is 1 (STEP 2).
Subsequently, the total pulse amount P calculated by the above equation (2) is 1967 pulses (4167-1 × 2200) (STEP 3). Since this total pulse amount P is 1200 pulses or more, which is twice that of X2 (Yes in STEP4), the pulse amount for rotating the distribution dish 35 in the first residual scraping operation is 1367 pulses (1967-600). ), And the pulse amount for rotating the distribution plate 35 in the second residual scraping operation becomes 600 pulses (STEP 5). That is, in this case, one packet is divided into three times and charged into the chemical introduction port 39, and one maximum amount scraping operation and two residual residual scraping operations are performed (STEP 6). That is, after rotating the distribution dish 35 with 2200 pulses, the powder is scraped out by the scraping device 37 (first time), and then the powder is scraped out by the scraping device 37 after rotating the distribution dish 35 with 1367 pulses (2). (Third time), finally, after rotating the distribution dish 35 with 600 pulses, the powder is scraped out by the scraping device 37 (third time).

Further, a case where the pulse amount Z of the motor required to carry out the rotation for one package is 5555.55 pulses will be described. In this case, the pulse amount Z is rounded off to the nearest whole number to 5556. Then, the calculation result S in the above equation (1) is 5556 pulses / 2200 pulses, which is 2.52 .... From this, since the integer part is 2, the number of times n of the maximum amount scraping operation is performed is 2 (STEP 2).
Subsequently, the total pulse amount P calculated by the above equation (2) is 1156 pulses (5552-2 × 2200) (STEP 3). Since this total pulse amount P is smaller than 1200 pulses, which is twice that of X2 (No in STEP4), the pulse amount for rotating the distribution dish 35 in the first residual scraping operation becomes 1156 pulses as it is (STEP7). The second residual scraping operation is not performed. That is, in this case, one packet is charged into the chemical introduction port 39 in three steps, and the maximum amount scraping operation is performed twice and the residual scraping operation is performed once (STEP 8). That is, after rotating the distribution dish 35 with 2200 pulses, the powder is scraped out by the scraping device 37 (first time), and then the powder is scraped out by the scraping device 37 after rotating the distribution dish 35 with 2200 pulses (2). (Third time), finally, after rotating the distribution dish 35 with 1156 pulses, the powder is scraped out by the scraping device 37 (third time).

As described above, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can carry out the third packaging operation using the manual chemical container 5. Further, when the packaging operation using the automatic chemical container 4 such as the first packaging operation and the second packaging operation is performed, the powder is used before the discharge operation of the powder to the distribution dish 35 is started. It is possible to carry out a container switching operation for switching the chemical container from the automatic chemical container 4 to the manual chemical container 5. In such a packaging operation, when a plurality of powders are discharged to the distribution dish 35 to perform the packaging operation, the packaging operation may be performed using two or more manual chemical containers 5. For example, of the three container holding tables 36 corresponding to one distribution dish 35 (see FIG. 4 and the like), an automatic chemical container 4 is installed in one to discharge powder, and the other two are manual chemicals. This is a case where a container 5 is installed and powdered medicine is discharged.

Here, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when two or more manual chemical containers 5 are used, two or more manual chemical containers 5 are placed on the container holding table 36 at a time, respectively. It is possible to execute the operation of discharging the powder from the manual chemical container 5 and the operation of sequentially placing two or more manual chemical containers 5 on one container holding table 36 and discharging the powder. Specifically, in the latter operation, after the powder is discharged from the manually installed chemical container 5 installed in advance, the manual chemical container 5 for which the powder has been discharged is replaced with a new manual chemical container 5. This is an operation of discharging powder from the new manual chemical container 5.
These operations will be described in detail below.

When a packaging operation using two or more manual chemical containers 5 is performed, a message urging the user to install a predetermined number of manual chemical containers 5 on the container holding table 36 and distribution from the chemical containers. The operation display unit 3 displays a start button for starting the discharge of powder on the dish 35 and an open / close button for raising and lowering the front door 34 (see FIG. 1 and the like).

When the manual chemical container 5 to be used is placed on the container holding table 36 at one time, the front door 34 is raised by touching the open / close button, and the user puts all the predetermined number of manual chemical containers 5 on the container holding table. Installed in 36, touch the open / close button again to lower the front door 34. Then, by pressing the start button, the powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container installed on the container holding table 36 to the distribution plate 35.

On the other hand, when the manual chemical container 5 to be used is not placed on the container holding table 36 at once but sequentially placed to discharge the powder, the front door 34 is raised by touching the open / close button to use. A person installs a manual chemical container 5 in a number smaller than a predetermined number on the container holding table 36, and touches the open / close button again to lower the front door 34. Then, by pressing the start button, the powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container installed on the container holding table 36 to the distribution plate 35.
In this case, when the discharge of the powder is completed, a message prompting the user to install the remaining manual chemical container 5 on the container holding table 36 is displayed on the operation display unit 3. In this state, the front door 34 is raised by touching the open / close button, the user installs the remaining manual chemical container 5 on the container holding table 36, and the front door 34 is lowered by touching the open / close button again. do. Then, by pressing the start button, the powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container installed on the container holding table 36 to the distribution plate 35.

That is, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the packaging operation using two or more manual chemical containers 5 is performed, the number of manual chemicals is smaller than the number of the manual chemical containers 5 to be used. With only the container 5 installed on the container holding table 36, it is possible to discharge the powdered medicine to the distribution plate 35. As a result, two or more manual chemical containers 5 are placed on the container holding table 36 at a time, and powdered powder is discharged from each manual chemical container 5 at the same time, and two on one container holding table 36. Both of the operations of sequentially placing the above manual chemical containers 5 and sequentially discharging the powder can be performed.

As described above, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can be operated in a state where the same type of powder is introduced into two or more automatic drug containers 4 held in the container storage unit 23. ..
Here, when the powder is discharged from the automatic medicine container 4 to the distribution plate 35 in the first packaging operation, if the powder contained in the automatic medicine container 4 is less than the planned supply amount to the distribution plate 35, It is conceivable that the powder contained in the distribution dish 35 will be exhausted during the operation of discharging the powder.

Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, the powder to be discharged to the distribution dish 35 is built in two or more automatic medicine containers 4, and the built-in amount of the powder in one of the automatic medicine containers 4 is distributed. When the amount is less than the planned supply amount to the plate 35, the replenishment cassette preparation operation described below can be performed.

First, as in the normal packaging operation, the powder is discharged to the distribution plate 35 with the first automatic chemical container 4 containing a smaller amount of powder than the planned supply amount installed on the container holding table 36. To start.
Then, when the powder is discharged from the first automatic medicine container 4 to the distribution dish 35, the arm portion 30 incorporates the powder of the same type as the first automatic medicine container 4 into the second automatic medicine. The container 4 is placed (temporarily placed) on an unused container holding table 36. The container holding table 36 on which the second automatic chemical container 4 is placed may be placed on any container holding table 36 as long as the chemical container is not placed, but the first automatic chemical container may be placed. It is desirable to place the 4 on the container holding table 36 located at a position close to the container holding table 36 on which the 4 is placed.

Then, when the powder contained in the first automatic chemical container 4 is exhausted, the arm unit 30 moves the first automatic chemical container 4 to the container storage unit 23, and the first automatic chemical container 4 becomes a container storage unit 23. The second automatic chemical container 4 is placed on the container holding table 36 that has been placed. Then, the remaining powder is discharged from the second automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution dish 35.
That is, by arranging the second automatic medicine container 4 containing the same kind of powder in advance near the first automatic medicine container 4 in which the shortage of powder is predicted, the first automatic medicine is placed. It becomes possible to quickly carry out the work of installing the second automatic chemical container 4 in place of the container 4.

Here, the specific structure of the automatic chemical container 4 of the present embodiment and the arm portion 30 of the container moving device 28 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 37, the automatic chemical container 4 has a structure including a container main body 180, a lid member 181, a lower surface side iron plate member 182, and an upper surface side iron plate member 183. More specifically, the two upper surface side iron plate members 183 are integrally fixed to one of the two surfaces facing each other in the lateral direction (height direction of FIG. 37) of the container body 180, and the lower surface side iron plate member is integrally fixed to the other. 182 is fixed integrally. In the following description, when explaining the vertical direction of the automatic chemical container 4, the posture of FIG. 37 will be used as a reference.

The container body 180 is a rectangular parallelepiped container, and as shown in FIG. 38, the inside of the container body 180 is roughly divided into a powder storage unit 185 for storing powder and a desiccant storage unit 186. Further, a chemical discharge portion 187 is provided at one end of the container body 180 in the longitudinal direction. The chemical discharge unit 187 opens larger by removing the peripheral members, and functions as a chemical input unit for introducing the chemical into the inside of the container body 180. The chemical discharge unit 187 is provided with a chemical discharge port 188 (discharge port) that communicates the inside and outside of the container body 180 at a position near the lower end.

The lid member 181 has a structure including a vertical plate-shaped movable lid portion 190, an engaging piece portion 191 projecting inward from the inner side surface of the movable lid portion 190, and a pad portion 192. The engaging piece portion 191 projects inward from slightly above the center in the height direction on the inner surface of the movable lid portion 190, and the pad portion 192 projects inward from the vicinity of the lower end.
The lid member 181 is integrally attached to the container body 180 so that the movable lid 190 covers the end of the container body 180 where the chemical discharge port 188 is located. Then, in a state of being attached to the container main body 180, it is in a state of being able to swing around a part of the engaging piece portion 191.

That is, as shown in FIG. 38 (a), by pressing the upper side of the movable lid portion 190 toward the outside in the longitudinal direction of the container body 180, the lower end side of the movable lid portion 190 approaches the container body 180. Then, the pad portion 192 located on the lower end side of the movable lid portion 190 closes the chemical discharge port 188, so that the lid is closed (see FIG. 38 (b)).
On the contrary, by pressing the upper side of the movable lid 190 toward the inside in the longitudinal direction of the container body 180 from the closed state, the lower end side of the movable lid 190 moves to the outside in the longitudinal direction of the container body 180. do. Then, when the pad portion 192 located on the lower end side of the movable lid portion 190 is separated from the chemical discharge port 188, the chemical discharge port 188 is opened and the lid is opened (see FIG. 38 (a)).

As shown in FIG. 39, the arm portion 30 includes a trunk arm member 201 attached to the lift base 200 of the lifting mechanism 31, an intermediate arm member 202 attached to the tip end side of the trunk arm member 201, and an intermediate arm member. The structure is provided with a hand portion 203 attached to the tip side of the 202.

The trunk arm member 201 is attached to the elevating table 200 via a vertical axis (not shown), and is rotatable in the horizontal direction about the elevating table 200.
The intermediate arm member 202 is also attached to the tip of the trunk arm member 201 via a vertical axis (not shown), and is rotatable in the horizontal direction about the tip of the trunk arm member 201.

The hand portion 203 is roughly divided into a trunk portion 204 and a container holding portion 205, and these are integrally attached via a mounting bracket 206.
The trunk portion 204 is attached to the tip of the intermediate arm member 202 via a vertical axis (not shown), and is rotatable in the horizontal direction about the tip of the intermediate arm member 202.

As shown in FIG. 40, the container holding portion 205 is rotatably attached to the mounting bracket 206 in a horizontally laid position via a horizontal axis. Therefore, the container holding portion 205 can take a parallel posture (see FIG. 40 (a)) or a vertical posture (see FIG. 40 (b)).

The container holding portion 205 is configured to include an electromagnet (not shown) for adsorbing the chemical container and an opening / closing member 207 (cover engaging portion, see FIG. 41).
Specifically, an opening 208 is provided on the surface (lower surface of FIG. 41) of the container holding portion 205 that is pressed against the chemical container when the chemical container is adsorbed, and the opening / closing member 207 is provided on the back side of the opening 208. It is provided. The opening / closing member 207 is a substantially “L” -shaped member composed of two continuous contact plates so that the side view shape is substantially “L” -shaped. The opening / closing member 207 is swingably attached around the bases of the two contact plates.
The opening / closing member 207 can be swung by the power of a solenoid, a motor, or the like (not shown).

From the above, as shown in FIG. 41, when the automatic chemical container 4 is adsorbed by the container holding portion 205, the portion protruding to the outside of the lid member 181 is inserted into the opening 208 and protrudes to the outside. The portion can be positioned between the two contact plates of the opening / closing member 207. Then, by swinging the opening / closing member 207 in this state, the lid member 181 can be opened / closed.

Subsequently, in the packaging operation, details of the operation when the automatic chemical container 4 placed on the container holding table 36 is moved by the arm portion 30 after the powder is discharged from the automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution plate 35. Explain to.

First, as shown in FIG. 41, the container holding portion 205 of the arm portion 30 is brought close to the automatic chemical container 4, and the suction surface (lower surface in FIG. 41) of the container holding portion 205 and the upper surface side of the automatic chemical container 4 are provided. The surface (upper surface in FIG. 41) to which the iron plate member 183 is attached is separated and opposed to each other. In other words, the suction surface of the container holding portion 205 is arranged at a position separated from the upper surface of the automatic chemical container 4 by a predetermined distance L (1 mm to 3 mm, 1.5 mm in this embodiment).
Then, by swinging the opening / closing member 207 in this state, the lid member 181 is closed (temporary closing operation). At this time, by eliminating the adsorption force by putting the electromagnet of the container holding portion 205 in a non-excited state, the cassette is not naturally attracted or shaken by the force to be attracted even if it is brought close to 1 mm.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 42 (a), the container holding portion 205 is raised so as to be separated from the automatic chemical container 4. As a result, the upper end portion of the lid member 181 that was located between the two contact plates of the opening / closing member 207 becomes a state that is located on the lower side of the opening / closing member 207. In other words, the engagement between the opening / closing member 207 and the lid member 181 is released, and even if the opening / closing member 207 is swung, it does not come into contact with the lid member 181.

From this state, the container holding portion 205 is brought close to the automatic chemical container 4 again, and the suction surface (lower surface in FIG. 42) of the container holding portion 205 and the surface on which the upper surface side iron plate member 183 of the automatic chemical container 4 is attached ( It is in a state of being in close contact with the upper surface in FIG. 42). Then, a magnetic force is generated in an electromagnet (not shown) of the container holding portion 205, and the automatic chemical container 4 is attracted to the container holding portion 205. Then, the opening / closing member 207 is swung again to perform an operation of closing the lid member 181 (this closing operation). By the operation of closing the lid member 181, the lid member 181 is in a firm state. Then, in this state, the arm portion 30 is operated to move the automatic chemical container 4 together with the container holding portion 205.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the lid member of the automatic chemical container 4 is separated from the container holding portion 205 and the automatic chemical container 4 before the automatic chemical container 4 is adsorbed on the container holding portion 205. The operation of closing the 181 is performed, and the lid member 181 is temporarily closed. This makes it possible to prevent powder from spilling from the automatic chemical container 4 due to the impact when the container holding portion 205 is adsorbed on the automatic chemical container 4.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the number of container holding tables 36 provided inside the housing 10 by exchanging the automatic chemical container 4 by the container moving device 28 (the present embodiment). In the form, it is possible to mix and package 6) or more chemicals in a predetermined number or more.
This operation will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 43 (a), first, different automatic chemical containers 4 (automatic chemical containers 4a to 4f) are placed on all the container holding tables 36, and the powder is powdered from each of the automatic chemical containers 4. To discharge.

Then, the automatic chemical container 4a in which the built-in powder has been discharged is moved by the arm portion 30 (see FIG. 43B), and the chemical container is placed on the container holding table 36 on which the automatic chemical container 4a is placed. Is not placed. Then, a new automatic chemical container 4 g is placed on the container holding table 36 (see FIG. 43 (c)). That is, the new automatic chemical container 4g is moved by the arm portion 30, and the new automatic chemical container 4g is placed on the container holding table 36.

In this way, by sequentially replacing the automatic chemical container 4 for which the discharge of the built-in powder has been completed with a new automatic chemical container 4, the number of chemicals of the number of container holding tables 36 (six in this embodiment) or more is obtained. Can be mixed and packaged. For example, as described above, by placing the automatic chemical container 4 on all the container holding tables 36 and discharging the powder, and then replacing one automatic chemical container 4, seven kinds of chemicals can be mixed. It will be possible. In addition, 12 kinds of chemicals can be mixed by exchanging the automatic chemical containers 4 placed on all the container holding tables 36 once, and 18 kinds of chemicals can be mixed by exchanging twice. It will be possible.

In addition, the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment can prevent the unintentional discharge of the powder at the time of adsorption of the automatic chemical container 4 by carrying out the operation of temporarily closing the lid member 181 described above. There is. In other words, when moving the automatic chemical container 4, it is possible to move the powder without spilling it. Therefore, even if the predetermined automatic chemical container 4 is replaced while the powder is being supplied from the other automatic chemical container 4 to the distribution plate 35, the powder may spill from the automatic chemical container 4 to be moved. do not have. That is, in the case where the powder is not excessively discharged to the distribution plate 35 due to the movement of the automatic chemical container 4, and the chemicals of the number of the container holding table 36 (six in the present embodiment) or more are mixed. Also, it is possible to carry out a highly accurate packaging operation. That is, in the conventional powder packaging device, in principle, the drug container is not replaced due to concern about the occurrence of packaging error due to the spillage during the drug dispensing operation of the same prescription. On the other hand, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, since such a concern has disappeared, it has become possible to safely realize mixing a large number of drug types.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, instead of the weighing history screen shown in FIG. 27 (hereinafter, also referred to as the first weighing history screen), the weighing history screen as shown in FIG. 45 (hereinafter referred to as the first weighing history screen). 2 Weighing history screen) may be displayed.
The second weighing history screen has the same as the first weighing history screen described above, that is, the date display unit 125, the patient name display unit 126, the explanation display unit 127, the error display unit 128, the drug information display unit 229, and the like. The transition display unit 130, the distribution moving image button 131, the flow velocity button 132, and the weighing value button 133 are provided, but the arrangement positions of each unit and each button are different.

The drug information display unit 229 of the second weighing history screen is different from the drug information display unit 129 of the first weighing history screen described above, from the vicinity of one side end portion to the vicinity of the other side end portion in the left-right direction of the screen. It is displayed. For this reason, important items such as "drug name", "target amount", "allocation amount", "allocation time", "remaining amount at the start of distribution", and "allocation start time" can be displayed on one screen. It will be possible. That is, important items can be confirmed at a glance without performing the operation of scrolling the displayed contents on the drug information display unit 229.

In the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, instead of the manual drug container 5 described above, a manual drug container 300 with an open drug inlet as shown in FIG. 46 can be used.

As shown in FIG. 46, the manual chemical container 300 is composed of a storage space forming member 301 and a bottom forming member 302.

As shown in FIG. 47, the storage space forming member 301 has a main body portion 303 whose four side surfaces are completely covered by the side wall 304 and whose upper and lower surfaces are open. That is, the main body 303 has a rectangular shape in a plan view and has an opening 305 at the upper portion, and the drug can be injected through the opening 305.

Further, as shown in FIG. 48, an opening 306 is also provided in the bottom portion of the main body portion 303. The lower opening 306 has a smaller opening area than the upper opening 305. These two openings 305 and 306 are separated from each other and face each other, and each of them is an opening that communicates with the space surrounded by the side wall 304 and the outside.

An RFID tag is provided on the side surface of the main body 303, and can store information on the medicine to be charged and an ID (identifier for identifying a specific medicine container from a plurality of medicine containers) of the manual medicine container 300. It has become. That is, this RFID tag functions as a container-side information storage means.

As shown in FIG. 47, guide pieces 309 are provided on the pair of side surfaces of the main body 303. The guide piece 309 is integrally formed with the side wall 304 on the long side of the main body 303, and projects horizontally (based on the posture placed on the container holding table 36) from the side wall 304. Further, the guide piece 309 extends along the long side of the side wall 304. A stopper 307 is formed at one end. The stopper 307 is located at the end of the guide piece 309 and has a large cross-sectional area.

Further, the storage space forming member 301 has a lid portion 308 that can be attached to the upper part of the main body portion 303, and the opening 305 located on the upper side can be closed by attaching the lid portion 308.

The bottom forming member 302 is a member formed by processing a steel plate containing a magnetic material component such as ferrite, and as shown in FIGS. 48 and 49, both sides thereof are bent upward around the bottom 310. An inclined wall 311 is formed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 49, a vertical wall-shaped portion is not formed on one end side of the bottom forming member 302 in the longitudinal direction, and the side is open. The portion whose side is open constitutes the drug discharging section 315. On the other hand, a vertical wall 316 is provided on the other end side of the bottom forming member 302 in the longitudinal direction, and the side is closed.

Further, a plurality of protrusions 325 are provided in the vicinity of the drug discharging portion 315, which is the bottom portion 310 of the bottom forming member 302.

The total length of the bottom forming member 302 is longer than the total length of the storage space forming member 301, as shown in FIG. 46 and the like.

A guide receiving member 313 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inclined wall 311 of the bottom forming member 302.

As shown in FIG. 49, the guide receiving member 313 is composed of a receiving portion forming member 317 and an elastic member 320.

The guide receiving member 313 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape. The top surface portion of the guide receiving member 313 has a covering portion 318, and a slit portion 319 with which the above-mentioned guide piece 309 engages is formed between the top surface portion of the box-shaped portion and the covering portion 318. The slit portion 319 is in a state in which the drug discharging portion 315 side is opened and the vertical wall 316 side is closed.

Inside the guide receiving member 313, two pins 324 hanging from the ceiling portion are provided.

The elastic member 320 is provided on the inclined wall 311 of the bottom forming member 302, and is attached to a support base 321 protruding outward in a shelf shape. That is, a support base 32 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inclined wall 311, and two elastic members 320 are erected on the support base.
Specifically, the elastic member 320 is a spring. A receiving member 322 is provided on the upper portion of the elastic member 320, and a recess 323 is formed in the receiving member 322.

The receiving portion forming member 317 is a member attached so as to cover the elastic member 320, and the internal pin 324 can be engaged with the concave portion 323 of the elastic member 320.

The storage space forming member 301 can be integrally attached to the bottom forming member 302 via the guide receiving member 313. That is, as shown in FIG. 50, the manual chemical container 300 is formed by engaging the guide piece 309 of the storage space forming member 301 with the slit portion 319 of the guide receiving member 313 and integrating the two. It has a structure.

Here, since the guide receiving member 313 has the elastic member 320 as described above, the storage space forming member 301 and the bottom forming member 302 are integrated with the elastic member 320 interposed therebetween. It will be.
Further, as described above, since the drug discharge section 315 side of the slit portion 319 is open and the vertical wall 316 side is closed, the storage space forming member 301 is placed along the longitudinal direction of the bottom forming member 302. By moving it to the side, the storage space forming member 301 can be removed from the bottom forming member 302.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 48, the opening 306 on the lower side of the storage space forming member 301 is not in contact with the bottom portion 310 of the bottom forming member 302, and there is a gap between the two.

Here, the manual chemical container 300 can be used in the same manner as the manual chemical container 5 described above.
That is, the medicine is put into the storage space forming member 301, the manual medicine container 300 is manually carried into the housing 10, and the medicine is installed on the desired container holding table 36. Then, the vibrating table portion of the container holding table 36 is vibrated to discharge the chemical from the drug discharging unit 315.

At this time, in the manual chemical container 300, since the storage space forming member 301 and the bottom forming member 302 are integrated via the elastic member 320, the bottom forming member 302 vibrates to move the medicine, but the storage space is formed. The vibration amount of the member 301 is smaller than that of the bottom forming member 302. By making the vibration amounts of the storage space forming member 301 and the bottom forming member 302 different in this way, the chemicals (chemicals) charged into the storage space forming member 301 are smoothly moved from the opening 306 to the bottom forming member 302. This makes it possible to smoothly discharge the drug.

Here, when using this manual chemical container 300, the chemical is weighed by the chemical weighing device 6, the weighed chemical is filled in the manual chemical container 300, and the manual chemical container 300 is carried into the housing 10. May be done. In such a case, the manual chemical container 300 is placed on the desk, and the measured chemical is charged into the storage space forming member 301.
However, although the bottom side portion of this manual chemical container 300 is formed by the bottom forming member 302, the cross-sectional shape of the bottom forming member 302 is a "U" shape, and the area of the portion in contact with the desktop surface is formed. Is small. For this reason, when the manual chemical container 300 is placed directly on the desk, the posture is not stable, and there is a concern that the manual chemical container 300 may be turned over.

Therefore, when the manual chemical container 300 is actually used, it is preferable to use it together with the temporary stand 340 (temporary stand device) as shown in FIG. 51.

The temporary stand 340 is a trapezoidal member having an installation groove 341 in which the bottom surface of the bottom forming member 302 of the manual chemical container 300 matches.
The installation groove 341 is provided with an open portion 345 on one side and a vertical wall portion 342 on the other side. The bottom portion of the installation groove 341 is inclined, and the open portion 345 side is higher than the vertical wall portion 342 side. The inclination angle of the bottom portion is about 3 to 10 degrees, and in this embodiment, it is 5 degrees.

Further, the temporary stand 340 is provided with an information reading device (information reading means) for reading information from an RFID tag or the like. Therefore, when the manual chemical container 300 is placed on the temporary storage table 340, it is possible to carry out an information reading operation for reading information from the RFID tag or the like of the manual chemical container 300.

By placing the manual chemical container 300 on such a temporary stand 340, it is possible to charge the chemical in a state where the posture of the manual chemical container 300 is stabilized.
More specifically, the inclined wall 311 of the bottom forming member 302 of the manual chemical container 300 is made to match the inclined surface of the installation groove 341 of the temporary stand 340, and the vertical wall 316 of the bottom forming member 302 is the vertical of the temporary stand 340. The manual chemical container 300 is placed on the temporary stand 340 in a posture in which it is in contact with the wall portion 342. As a result, the bottom forming member 302 is in an inclined posture, and the posture of the manual chemical container 300 is stabilized with the chemical discharge portion 315 facing upward. By locating the drug discharging section 315 upward in this way, it is possible to prevent the drug from spilling from the drug discharging section 315.

By the way, as described above, the powder dispensing device 1 is in a state where data (signals) can be transmitted to and received from each other via the control device 160 and a communication network such as a premises communication network (LAN), so that the powder dispensing business support system can be used. It is possible to construct 161 (see FIG. 31).
Then, in this powdered medicine dispensing business support system 161, a manual medicine container 300 and a temporary stand 340 can be used.

When the temporary stand 340 is used in the powder dispensing business support system 161, the temporary stand 340 and the chemical weighing device 6 are connected to the premises communication network so that the temporary stand 340 can transmit data (signal) to the chemical weighing device 6. Connect to each other in a state where data (signals) can be transmitted and received via a communication network such as (LAN). Further, similarly to the above, the control device 160 and other dispensing devices (medicine weighing device 6 and powder packaging device 1) can send and receive data (signals) to and from each other via a communication network such as a premises communication network (LAN). It is assumed that it is connected to the normal state. Then, the control device 160 is connected to the external PC 162 used by the doctor in a state where data can be transmitted and received to each other.

Next, a packaging operation using the manual chemical container 300 that can be carried out in such a powder dispensing business support system 161 will be described in detail.

First, when a doctor inputs data related to prescription on the external PC 162, a signal is transmitted from the external PC 162 to the control device 160, and data related to the prescription for transmission to the powder packaging device 1 by the control device 160 (hereinafter, also simply prescription data). To be called) is created. Then, a determination operation for determining whether or not the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the powder packaging device 1 is performed. It should be noted that this discrimination operation may be performed by the control device 160, or may be performed by the powder packaging device 1 after the prescription data is transmitted from the control device 160 to the powder packaging device 1.

Then, when it is determined that the prescription cannot be automatically processed only by the powder packaging device 1, that is, when it is determined that the manual drug container 300 needs to be used, the control device 160 is based on the prescription data. Data to be used in the chemical weighing device 6 is created and transmitted to the chemical weighing device 6.

Subsequently, the manual chemical container 300 is placed on the temporary placement table 340, and then the chemicals are weighed by the chemical weighing device 6. At this time, an information reading operation is performed in which the information reading device of the temporary stand 340 reads information from the RFID tag or the like of the manual chemical container 300, and the data related to the information read from the temporary stand 340 to the chemical weighing device 6 is transmitted. That is, data related to information such as the ID of the manual chemical container 300 is transmitted to the chemical weighing device 6 and is temporarily (or semi-permanently) stored in the chemical weighing device 6 (information storage operation).

Then, when the weighing is completed, the data regarding the weighting result performed and the data transmitted from the temporary stand 340 and temporarily (or semi-permanently) stored in the chemical weighing device 6 are transferred from the chemical weighing device 6 to the control device 160. It is transmitted to the powder packaging device 1 via (information transmission operation).

When the powder packaging device 1 receives the data transmitted from the drug weighing device 6, it performs a data creation operation of associating the received data with the prescription data received in advance.
This data creation operation extracts information on the ID and weighing of the manual medicine container 300 included in the data transmitted from the medicine weighing device 6 and the common part of the information included in the prescription data, and based on these, the medicine is used. This is an operation of creating data (hereinafter, also referred to as powder-related information) in which the information transmitted from the weighing device 6 and the prescription data are associated with each other.

In this state, the chemicals weighed by the chemical weighing device 6 are put into the manual chemical container 300, moved from the temporary storage table 340 to the inside of the housing 10, and placed on the container holding table 36.

Here, an information reading operation is performed in which the information reading means located in the vicinity of the container holding table 36 reads information from the RFID tag or the like of the manual chemical container 300. Then, based on the information read by this information reading operation and the powder-related information, a prescription corresponding to the packaging operation of packaging the medicine contained in the manual medicine container 300 is specified.

Then, if the specified prescription is a prescription that packages only the drug contained in the manual drug container 300, the packaging operation is started as it is.
On the other hand, in the case of a prescription that uses the chemicals contained in the automatic chemical container 4 in addition to the chemicals contained in the manual chemical container 300, the arm portion 30 allows the desired automatic chemical container 4 to be placed in the container holding table. After moving to 36, the packaging operation is started.

Further, the powder dispensing business support system 161 may be configured to include a known drug packaging machine in addition to the powder packaging device 1 described above. That is, the powder dispensing business support system 161 connects the control device 160, the drug weighing device 6, the powder packaging device 1, and the known drug packaging machine to each other via a communication network such as a premises communication network (LAN). It may be a system in which a signal) is connected so as to be able to transmit and receive, and the temporary stand 340 is formed so as to be able to transmit data (signal) to the chemical weighing device 6.
In this case, the medicine weighing device 6 weighs the medicines contained in the manual medicine container 5 (or the manual medicine container 300) used in the powder packing device 1 and puts the medicine into a hopper of a known medicine packing machine. The configuration may be such that a weighing operation for weighing chemicals can be performed. Then, when the weighing operation is started, whether the started weighing operation is intended for the chemicals to be stored in the manual chemical container 5 (or the manual chemical container 300), for charging the hopper of a known drug packaging machine. A discriminant operation for discriminating whether or not a drug is targeted may be performed.
That is, the drug weighing device 6 may be configured to have a function of determining whether the drug used in the powder packaging device 1 is weighed or the drug used in the drug packaging machine is weighed.

Specifically, when performing the operation of weighing the medicine with the medicine weighing device 6, as described above, the RFID tag of the medicine container or the like is used by the information reading means of the medicine weighing device 6 or the information reading device of the temporary stand 340. An information reading operation for reading information from is performed. Then, this information reading operation is an operation of reading information including the ID of the medicine container (identifier for identifying a specific medicine container from a plurality of medicine containers).

Then, when the information including the ID of the medicine container can be acquired by this information reading operation, the medicine weighing device 6 accommodates the weighing of the medicine being carried out in the manual medicine container 5 (or the manual medicine container 300). Determine that the target is a chemical.
On the other hand, when the information including the ID of the medicine container cannot be acquired by the information reading operation, the medicine weighing device 6 targets the medicine for charging the medicine being weighed into the hopper of the medicine packaging machine known for weighing. Determine if it is.

That is, the "ID of the drug container" is stored only in the RFID tag (information storage means) of the drug container used in the powder packaging device 1, and the tray or the like on which the drug used in the known drug packaging machine is placed. Keep the RFID tag (information storage means) in a state where it is not stored in the "medicine container ID". Then, the information reading operation performed together with the operation of weighing the chemicals also serves as a discriminating operation for discriminating the device using the chemicals to be weighed as it is.

When the weighing of the medicine being carried out targets the medicine contained in the manual medicine container 5 (or the manual medicine container 300), the operation of transmitting information and the operation of creating powder-related information are included as in the above case. A series of operations are executed to identify the prescription corresponding to the packaging operation, and the packaging operation is performed.
When the weighing of the chemicals being carried out targets the chemicals to be charged into the hopper of a known chemical packaging machine, the operation of writing the weighing result on an RFID tag such as a tray on which the chemicals are placed is performed. Then, when the user holds the RFID tag over the RFID reader of the known drug packaging machine, the information such as the weighing result is read into the known drug packaging machine, and the packaging operation can be performed.

Further, when the powder dispensing business support system 161 is not constructed and the manual medicine container 5 (or the manual medicine container 300) is used to carry out the packing operation using the powder packing device 1 and the medicine weighing device 6. The operation of writing the weighing result of the medicine on the RFID tag of the manual medicine container 5 (or the manual medicine container 300), and the user holding the RFID tag over the RFID reader of the powder packaging device 1 and the weighing result, etc. It is also possible to read the information of the above into the powder packaging device 1.

By the way, as described above, in each packaging operation, a chemical container (automatic chemical container 4, manual chemical container 5, manual chemical container 300, etc.) is placed on the container holding table 36, and the container holding table 36 is used. By causing the shaking table to vibrate and vibrate the chemical container, the powder contained in the chemical container is supplied to the distribution plate 35. After that, a scraping operation of gathering a part of the powder spread on the distribution plate 35 around the scraping plate 172 and a scraping operation of charging the collected powder into the drug introduction port 39 are appropriately performed. ing.

Here, when powder is supplied from the medicine container to the distribution plate 35, if the planned supply amount (finally supplied amount) of the powder to the distribution plate 35 is very small, an appropriate amount of powder is supplied to the distribution plate 35. May not be available. That is, when a normal amount of powder is supplied to the distribution dish 35, a very small amount of supply error that occurs at the time of supply can be substantially ignored.
On the other hand, when a very small amount of powder is supplied to the distribution dish 35, the ratio of the amount of error to the total amount becomes large, and this supply error may not be negligible.
The same applies when the scraping operation is performed, and a very small amount of scraping residue can be substantially ignored if the amount is normal, but if a very small amount of powder is scraped, this scraping residue can be substantially ignored. The proportion of the amount will increase.

Therefore, in the powder packaging device 1 of the present embodiment, when the above-mentioned various packaging operations are performed, when the powder (medicine) to be the target of the packaging operation satisfies the specified conditions, the small amount packaging operation is performed. It is possible to carry out. This small-quantity packaging operation will be described in detail below.

In the various packaging operations described above, when an operation for designating the powder to be used in the packaging operation (for example, a cassette selection operation) is performed, a discrimination operation for determining whether or not a small amount packaging operation should be performed (hereinafter referred to as “discrimination operation”) is performed. (Also called a small amount discrimination operation) is carried out.
This small amount discrimination operation is an operation for determining whether or not the small amount packaging operation should be performed based on the criteria (1) and (2) below for each of the powders used in the packaging operation, and is 1 or more. When all of the following criteria (1) and (2) are satisfied with the powdered medicine, it is determined that a small amount of packaging operation is to be performed.
(1) In the target packaging operation, the planned supply amount (total supply amount) to the distribution dish 35 is less than the specified value Q1 (fixed value, 2 g in this embodiment).
(2) The bulk specific density is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
The "bulk specific gravity" here is the mass per volume including the volume of the space existing around each particle constituting the powder or the particle, and more specifically, the volume of the particle itself or the particle. Volume including the volume of closed pores, the volume of the uneven space on the surface of the particles, the volume of the gaps between particles, and the volume of gaps between particles and containers (other objects such as powders and dishes with particles). It is the volume per hit. Then, this "bulk specific gravity" is calculated in advance for each powder (chemical) under specified conditions (conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure applied to the chemical), and stored in a database or the like (for example, a chemical master). deep.

That is, when the bulk value of the powder supplied to the distribution plate 35 is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the above-mentioned problems do not occur, and the discharge operation, the scraping operation, and the scraping operation to the distribution plate 35 are accurately performed as usual. It is likely to be possible. However, since it is difficult to obtain the bulk value of the powder during the packaging operation, in the present embodiment, the small amount packaging operation is performed based on the weight (or mass) and the bulk specific gravity calculated in advance. It is determined whether or not it should be done.
More specifically, since there is a correlation between the weight (or mass) and the bulk value, a small amount discrimination operation may be performed more simply based on the criterion of (1) only. In other words, when the weight is small (or the mass is small), it is predicted that the bulk value is small, so that the small amount discrimination operation may be performed based on the criterion only in (1). However, from the viewpoint of performing a more accurate discrimination operation, it is desirable to perform a small amount discrimination operation based on the criteria (1) and (2) as described above. That is, it is desirable to determine the bulk value based on the weight (or mass) and the bulk specific density.

If it is determined in the above-mentioned small-quantity discrimination operation that the small-quantity packaging operation is to be performed, at least either the number of prescription days or the number of packages (the number of doses per day or one dose) is changed to perform the packaging. Perform a small amount packaging operation.
For example, suppose that one packet weighs 0.3 g, and a drug (powder) to be taken twice a day for three days is prescribed. In this case, 6 packages (2 packages per day, 3 days) will be packaged in the normal packaging operation. On the other hand, in the small-quantity packaging operation for changing the prescription date, 8 packages (2 packages per day, 4 days) are packaged with the prescription for "3 days" as "4 days". In this case, the planned supply amount (total supply amount) to the distribution dish 35 is changed from 1.8 g (0.3 g × 6) to 2.4 g (0.3 g × 8), which is a specified value Q1 (2.0 g) or more. Will be.
That is, when the number of days is changed, the planned supply amount to the distribution plate 35 is set to the specified value Q1 or more by implementing the change to increase the prescribed number of days. The setting of the number of days to be increased (operation for changing the number of days) may be automatically calculated and reflected, or may be manually input to a predetermined screen displayed on the operation display unit 3.

Similarly, when changing the number of packages (number of doses per day or once), by implementing a change to increase the number of prescribed doses, the planned supply amount to the distribution plate 35 will be the specified value Q1 or more. ..
For example, suppose that one packet weighs 0.5 g, and a drug (powder) to be taken one packet three times a day is prescribed for one day. In the small-quantity packaging operation for changing the number of packages, the packaging operation is performed assuming that a drug (powder) for taking one packet four times a day is prescribed for one day. In this case, the planned supply amount (total supply amount) to the distribution dish 35 changes from 1.5 g (0.5 g × 3 × 1) to 2.0 g (0.5 g × 4 × 1), and the specified value Q1 (2). .0g) or more. Alternatively, the packaging operation may be performed assuming that a drug (powder) for taking 2 packets of this 3 times a day is prescribed for 1 day. In this case, the planned supply amount (total supply amount) to the distribution dish 35 changes from 1.5 g (0.5 g × 3 × 1) to 3.0 g (0.5 g × 3 × 2), which is a specified value Q1 (2). .0g) or more.
That is, by implementing a change to increase the prescribed number of doses per day or once, the planned supply amount to the distribution plate 35 is set to the specified value Q1 or more. The setting of the number of doses to be increased (operation for changing the number of doses) may be automatically calculated and reflected, or may be manually input to a predetermined screen displayed on the operation display unit 3.

In this way, in any case, a larger number of packages than usual will be carried out. Then, the user manually discards the difference, so that the patient is provided with the original amount of the drug based on the prescription. For example, when 6 packages are normally packaged but 8 packages are packaged by a small amount packaging operation, the difference 2 packages are manually discarded and 6 packages are provided to the patient.

At this time, along with the implementation of the small-quantity packaging operation, the small-quantity packaging notification operation for notifying the user that the small-quantity packaging operation is being performed (the fact that the small-quantity packaging operation has been performed) is performed as necessary.
In this small amount notification operation, an operation of printing a message urging disposal to the surplus portion of the output chemical bag or the paper medium output from the journal printer 7 and a predetermined message are displayed on the operation display unit 3. The operation is carried out. Further, when displaying a message, an operation of emitting a sound such as a voice or an alarm sound is performed as necessary.
The "surplus portion of the chemical bag" is, for example, a portion corresponding to two packages, which is a difference when eight packages are packaged by a small-quantity packaging operation instead of six packages that would normally be packaged.

In this way, by notifying the fact that the small amount packaging operation is being performed (the fact that it has been performed) by the small amount notification operation, it is possible to prevent accidentally providing the patient with the difference drug to be discarded.

In the above-mentioned minority discrimination operation, one of the criteria is "the bulk specific gravity is equal to or less than a predetermined value", but the minority discrimination operation of the present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the following (2a) may be adopted instead of the above-mentioned criterion (2).
(2a) The value of the bulk (the reciprocal of the bulk specific gravity, the volume per unit mass) is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.

Further, in the above-mentioned minority discrimination operation, when all the criteria (1) and (2) above are satisfied, the small-quantity packaging operation is performed, but the minority discrimination operation is not limited to this. For example, it may be determined whether or not the planned supply amount of the powder is smaller than the reference value determined according to the bulk specific density of the powder.
Specifically, the specified value Q2 is calculated in advance for each type of powder based on the bulk specific density (or bulk volume), and when one or more powders meet the criteria of (3) below, a small amount is packaged. It may be an operation for determining that the operation is to be performed.
(3) The planned supply amount (total supply amount) to the distribution dish 35 in the target packaging operation is smaller than the specified value Q2 (variable value that differs depending on the type of powder).
In this case, since the specified value Q2 is a value calculated based on the bulk specific density (a value that fluctuates according to the bulk specific density), the specified value Q2 is 2.0 g for the chemical A and the specified value Q2 is the specified value Q2 for the chemical B. It is conceivable that the value will be different depending on the type of chemical, such as 3.0 g. Further, in the small-quantity packaging operation performed after this minority discrimination operation, at least either the number of prescription days or the number of packages (the number of doses per day or one dose) is changed, and the planned supply amount to the distribution dish 35 is achieved. Is set to the specified value Q2 or more.

That is, the minority discrimination operation in the present embodiment is an operation for determining whether or not the packaging operation can be performed based on the values related to the weight (or mass) and bulk (or volume) of the target powder. I can say.

When performing a small-quantity packaging operation by using the manual chemical container 5 (or the manual chemical container 300), manually introduce a larger amount of powder into the manual chemical container 5 than originally intended and manually. The formula chemical container 5 is placed on the container holding table 36 to supply powder to the distribution dish 35.
Therefore, even when the powder to be introduced into the manual drug container 5 is a powder obtained by powdering tablets, the user will powder a larger number of tablets than originally intended and introduce the powder into the manual drug container 5. .. The planned supply amount at this time may be calculated based on the weight of one tablet at the time of crushing, which is registered in the chemical weighing device 6 or the like when the tablet is crushed.

Specifically, it is assumed that one packet is an amount equivalent to one tablet, and a drug (powder) to be taken one packet three times a day is prescribed for three days. Here, assuming that the weight of one tablet at the time of crushing is 0.2 g, the original number of packages is 9, and the original planned supply amount is 1.8 g (0.2 × 9), which is less than 2 g.
In this case, the number of packets is changed to 10 packets, and 10 tablets are crushed and put into the manual chemical container 5 (or the manual chemical container 300). Then, instead of packaging 9 packages, 10 packages are packaged by a small amount packaging operation, and the surplus 1 package is discarded.

In the above-described embodiment, the date and the number of packages (the number of doses per day or once) can be changed by manually inputting the information on the predetermined screen displayed on the operation display unit 3 of the powder packaging device 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, although an example of carrying out a small-quantity packaging operation has been shown.
For example, when the above-mentioned powder dispensing business support system 161 is constructed, the date and the number of packages may be changed by operating the operation display unit 3 of the powder packaging device 1, and other devices such as the control device 160 and the drug weighing device may be used. You may change the date and the number of packages by operating the device. In this case, the screen for change may be displayed on the display unit (display or the like) of the control device 160 or the chemical weighing device.

1; Powder packaging device (drug dispensing device), 3; Operation display unit (display device, operating device), 4; Automatic drug container (powder storage container), 5,300; Manual drug container (powder storage container) , 6; Chemical weighing device, 12; Chemical container placement area, 13; Chemical dividing area, 14; Chemical packaging area, 23; Container storage unit (container storage device), 28; Container moving device, 35; Distributor, 37; Scraping device, 36; container holding table (container mounting device), 81; speed operation unit (operation image), 91; speed notification unit (speed display image), 139; seek bar display area (time display unit), 160; control device, 171; arm member, 172; scraping plate, 174; scraping plate, 187; chemical discharge part (discharge port), 188; chemical discharge port (discharge port), 181; lid member, 205; Container holding part, 207; Opening / closing member (lid engaging part), 340; Temporary stand (temporary stand device)

Claims (2)

A drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powder from a powder storage container, divides the powder into a predetermined number, and further packages and discharges the powder individually.
The powder storage container is for accommodating powder, and has a discharge port portion that serves as a discharge port for discharging the contained powder.
A chemical container placement area, a chemical division area, and a chemical packaging area are provided inside.
In the medicine container placement area, a container storage device for storing a plurality of powder storage containers is provided, and a container storage device is provided.
The drug division area is provided with a distribution dish for distributing the powder discharged from the powder storage container and a scraping device for scraping out the powder charged in the distribution dish.
A chemical packaging device is provided in the chemical packaging area.
It is possible to use a scraping device to scrape out the powder from the distribution dish and drop it toward the drug packaging area, and then use the drug packaging device to package the powder.
The first packaging operation for packaging the powder contained in the powder storage container stored in the container storage device and the second packaging operation for packaging the powder stored in the powder storage container stored on the external control shelf. It is possible to perform a packaging operation and a third packaging operation in which the operator separates the powder contained in the manual chemical container filled with the powder in advance.
It has a display device for displaying various information, and has a display device.
A drug dispensing device, characterized in that a button for selecting either a first packaging operation, a second packaging operation, or a third packaging operation is displayed on a display device. After the button selects to perform the first or second packaging operation, it displays a list of powders used in the first packaging operation and is used in the second packaging operation. The drug dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein a display switching means for switching between a list of powders and a display is displayed on the display device.

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