JP2022121252A - Tablet discharging system, and tablet discharging control program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a tablet discharging system and a tablet discharging control program capable of supporting allocation work to a tablet cassette of a tablet type.SOLUTION: A tablet discharging system receives a tablet type to be allocated to a tablet cassette (a first tablet cassette) which can discharge a tablet of an arbitrary tablet type allocated in advance in response to user operation, and determines whether there is a tablet cassette (a second tablet cassette) corresponding to the same tablet type as the received tablet type.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 34

Description

The present invention relates to a tablet dispensing system and a tablet dispensing control program for controlling a tablet cassette for dispensing tablets.

A tablet dispenser capable of automatically dispensing various tablets is provided with a plurality of tablet cassettes capable of dispensing tablets of a predetermined type. Also known is a tablet cassette capable of arbitrarily changing the tablets that can be dispensed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

WO2012/096328

By the way, each tablet cassette mounted on the tablet dispensing device is assigned in advance the tablet type of the tablet to be dispensed from the tablet cassette. At this time, when there is already a tablet cassette assigned to the same tablet type, if the tablet type is newly assigned to the tablet cassette as it is, there is a problem that the tablet cassettes corresponding to the same tablet type are duplicated. can be

An object of the present invention is to provide a tablet dispensing system and a tablet dispensing control program that can assist in assigning tablet types to tablet cassettes.

A tablet dispensing system according to the present invention includes an allocation processing section and a determination processing section. The allocation processing unit accepts, according to a user's operation, a tablet type to be allocated to a first tablet cassette capable of dispensing tablets of an arbitrary tablet type assigned in advance. The determination processing unit determines whether or not there is a second tablet cassette corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit.

A tablet dispensing control program according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a selection step and a determination step. The selecting step receives, according to a user's operation, a tablet type to be assigned to a first tablet cassette from which tablets of an arbitrary tablet type assigned in advance can be dispensed. The determination step determines whether or not there is a second tablet cassette corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted in the selection step.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the tablet dispensing system and tablet dispensing control program which can support the allocation work to a tablet cassette by tablet classification are provided.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tablet loading and unloading device equipped with an adjusting device. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tablet cassette and base. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tablet cassette with the lid removed. FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the tablet cassette. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the cassette body. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the tablet cassette with the rotor removed. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the rotor driving portion of the cassette body. FIG. 8A is an exploded perspective view of the partition adjusting mechanism of the cassette body. FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view of the cassette body showing the entrance position of the partition member. FIG. 9 is an overall perspective view of the rotor. FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view of the rotor. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the depth adjustment mechanism. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the height adjustment mechanism. FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the width adjustment mechanism. FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the cassette body for explaining the state of depth adjustment by the depth adjustment mechanism. FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the cassette body for explaining the state of height adjustment by the height adjustment mechanism. 16A and 16B are a plan view (a) and a bottom view (b) of the movable member and the width adjusting member for explaining the state of width adjustment by the width adjusting mechanism. FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the adjusting device; FIG. 18 is a front perspective view of the interior of the adjustment device; FIG. 19 is an internal side view of the adjusting device; Figure 20 is a plan view of the rear frame of the adjuster; FIG. 21 is a plan view of the sensor mount of the adjusting device; FIG. 22 is an exploded perspective view of the adjustment shaft. FIG. 23 is a rear perspective view of the interior of the adjustment device; FIG. 24 is a control system diagram of the adjusting device. FIG. 25 is a control flowchart of the adjusting device. FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tablet cassette and rotor are attached to the adjusting device. FIG. 27 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state of depth adjustment by the adjusting device. FIG. 28 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state of height adjustment by the adjustment device. FIG. 29 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state of width adjustment by the adjusting device. FIG. 30 is a partially enlarged side view showing the adjustment state of the entry position of the partition member by the adjusting device. FIG. 31 is a perspective view (a) showing a modification of the rotor mounting portion and the sensor mounting base of the adjustment device, and a perspective view (b) showing a state in which the rotor mounting portion is removed. FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of information used in the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 33 is a block diagram showing a tablet dispensing system. FIG. 34 is a flow chart showing an example of allocation start processing executed in the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed by the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed by the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed by the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 38 is a flow chart showing an example of cassette adjustment processing executed in the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 39 is a flow chart showing an example of cassette adjustment processing executed in the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 40 is a flow chart showing an example of rotor cleaning processing executed in the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of a label output by the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing an example of tablet dispensing processing executed by the tablet dispensing system. FIG. 43 is a flow chart showing an example of filling processing executed in the tablet dispensing system.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a tablet dispenser 1 capable of dispensing tablets of the type and number according to the prescription. A large number of tablet cassettes 2 are detachably provided on respective bases 3 of the tablet dispenser 1 . An adjusting device 100 according to the present invention is installed on a table 4 provided beside the tablet dispensing device 1 . First, after explaining the structure of the tablet cassette 2, the adjusting device 100 will be explained. The term “tablet” as used in the present invention includes not only tablets in a narrow sense, but also medicines that can be dispensed from the tablet cassette 2, such as capsules and sugar-coated tablets.

FIG. 2 shows a tablet cassette 2 and a base 3 to be attached to the tablet dispenser 1. FIG. The tablet cassette 2 includes a cassette body 5, a lid 6 that can open and close an upper opening of the cassette body 5 and detachably cover it, a skirt portion 7 provided at the bottom of the cassette body 5, and a cassette body as shown in FIG. a rotor 8 housed in 5;

The upper surface of the lid 6 and the front surface of the skirt portion 7 are formed with pockets 6a and 7a for accommodating labels or cards capable of identifying the tablets accommodated in the tablet cassette 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the inner surface of the skirt portion 7 is provided with a slide portion 7b that slides in contact with the mounting guide 3a of the base 3 shown in FIG. 7c are provided.

<Structure of Cassette Main Body> As shown in FIG. 5, the cassette main body 5 includes a rectangular upper portion 5a opening upward, an inverted conical inclined portion 5b, a cylindrical portion 5c, and a bottom portion 5d. A rotor 8 is accommodated in the internal space from the bottom portion 5d to the inclined portion 5b, and a large number of tablets T can be accommodated above the rotor 8. As shown in FIG. A tablet ejection hole 9 is formed from the lower portion of the inclined portion 5b to the bottom portion 5d. The tablet discharge hole 9 communicates with a tablet discharge passage 3c formed in the base 3 shown in FIG. A partition member 20 and a partition adjustment mechanism M1 for adjusting the position of the partition member 20, which will be described later, are attached to the outside of the cassette body 5. As shown in FIG. The tip of the partition member 20 is inserted inside from the outside of the inclined portion 5b through a slit 9a formed above the tablet ejection hole 9 shown in FIG. A rotor shaft hole 11 is formed in the center of the bottom portion 5d to accommodate the rotor driving portion 10 shown in FIG.

<Rotor Drive Section> As shown in FIG. 7, the rotor drive section 10 is engaged with a drive shaft 12 passing through the rotor shaft hole 11 and the upper end of the drive shaft 12 to rotate integrally with the drive shaft 12. Engagement shaft 13, drive gear 14 that engages with the lower end of drive shaft 12 and rotates integrally with drive shaft 12, and engage shaft 13, drive shaft 12, and drive gear 14 are penetrated to integrate them. and a central axis 15 that The engaging shaft 13 includes a circular base portion 13a that contacts the upper end surface of the drive shaft 12, engaging pieces 13b that protrude downward from the outer peripheral edge of the base portion 13a and are equally spaced around 6, and adjacent engaging pieces. and a connecting portion 13c connecting the lower ends of 13b. The inner surfaces of the engaging piece 13b and the connecting portion 13c are slidably provided on the outer peripheral surface of an annular projection 11a provided on the edge of the rotor shaft hole 11 via a ring 16. As shown in FIG. When the rotor 8 is mounted, the engaging piece 13b engages with the slit 44a between the engaging pieces 44 of the engaging recess 41a of the rotor 8 shown in FIG. to Although the rotor 8 has various sizes, in order to prevent the rotor 8 from being erroneously attached to the rotor driving portion 10 of the cassette body 5, the engaging pieces 13b and The number of slits 44a may be six, five, or four. A flange 15a and a hole 15b are formed at the upper end of the central shaft 15. As shown in FIG. Three stacked annular magnets 15c are inserted into the hole 15b of the center shaft and fixed with screws 15d. The magnet 15c may have a cylindrical shape. The lower end of the central shaft 15 passes through a gear cover 17 attached to the bottom portion 5d of the cassette body 5 shown in FIG. 4 and is retained by a C-shaped retaining ring 15e. The drive gear 14 is driven by being engaged with the motor gear 3d of the base 3 shown in FIG. 2 via an intermediate gear 18 shown in FIG. The motor gear 3d is connected to a motor that is driven when tablets are dispensed from the tablet cassette 2 attached to the base 3, and the driving force of the motor is transmitted from the motor gear 3d to the drive gear 14, whereby the tablets are dispensed. Tablets are dispensed from the cassette 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the driving gear 14 is engaged with an engaging claw 19a at one end of an engaging lever 19 provided on the bottom surface of the cassette body 5. As shown in FIG. An operating portion 19b at the other end of the locking lever 19 extends in the mounting direction of the tablet cassette 2. As shown in FIG. When the tablet cassette 2 is mounted on the base 3, the operating portion 19b of the locking lever 19 comes into contact with the predetermined contact portion 3e of the base 3 shown in FIG. By rotating, the locking claw 19a is separated from the driving gear 14, and the driving gear 14 becomes rotatable. Further, when the tablet cassette 2 is pulled out from the base 3, the operating portion 19b of the locking lever 19 is separated from the contact portion 3e of the base 3, the locking lever 19 is rotated by the biasing force of the spring 19c, and the locking claw 19a is pulled out.
is engaged with the drive gear 14, and the rotation of the drive gear 14 is prevented. As a result, it is possible to prevent the tablets T from dropping due to unexpected rotation of the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 that has been pulled out.

<Partition Adjusting Mechanism> As shown in FIG. 8A, the partition member 20 is formed in a comb shape that is curved upward. The partition member 20 is movable forward and backward with respect to the rotor 8 by the partition adjustment mechanism M1. The partition adjustment mechanism M1 includes a first fixed member 21, a second fixed member 22, a movable member 23, and a partition adjustment member 24. As shown in FIG.

At the center of the first fixed member 21, an upper case portion 21a in which the slide portion 23c of the movable member 23 and the stopper 28 are accommodated is formed. Mounting holes 21 b are formed on both sides of the upper case portion 21 a of the first fixing member 21 . A pair of elastic pieces 21 c are formed on the lower surface of the first fixed member 21 to press and stabilize the movable member 23 . A protrusion 21d that engages with the groove 23d of the movable member 23 is formed at the tip of the elastic piece 21c.

At the center of the second fixed member 22, a lower case portion 22a in which the slide portion 23c of the movable member 23 and the stopper 28 are accommodated is formed. Inverted U-shaped cutouts 22b are formed in both lower edges of the lower case portion 22a of the second fixing member 22 . When the upper case portion 21a of the first fixing member 21 and the lower case portion 22a of the second fixing member 22 are combined with each other, the movable member accommodating portion 25 opened downward for accommodating the slide portion 23c of the movable member 23 and the stopper and the stopper. 28 is formed. In the lower edge of the upper case portion 21a and the upper edge of the lower case portion 22a of the movable member accommodating portion 25, semicircular notches 27 are formed to support both ends of the partition adjusting member 24 in the axial direction so as not to move in the axial direction. It is

The movable member 23 has a holding portion 23a for holding the partition member 20 at its lower end and a sliding portion 23c having a screw hole 23b at its upper end. Grooves 23 d are formed at both ends of the upper surface of the movable member 23 .

The partition adjustment member 24 has a threaded portion 24a screwed into the threaded hole 23b of the slide portion 23c of the movable member 23 and an engaging gear 24b. A stopper 28 is engaged with the engagement gear 24b so that it can be fixed at a desired position. Since the movable member 23 is fixed in the rotational direction of the partition adjustment member 24 by engaging the groove 23d of the movable member 23 with the protrusion 21d of the first fixed member 21, when the partition adjustment member 24 rotates, A movable member 23 moves in the axial direction of the partition adjusting member 24 .

In order to assemble the partition adjusting mechanism M1, first, the sliding portion 23c of the movable member 23 is accommodated in the lower case portion 22a of the second fixed member 22 from below, and the partition adjusting member 24 is screwed into the sliding portion 23c to pass therethrough. After that, both ends of the partition adjusting member 24 are placed in the notches 27 of the lower case portion 22 . A stopper 28 is accommodated in the lower case portion 22a of the second fixing member 22. As shown in FIG. In this state, when the first fixing member 21 is overlaid on the second fixing member 22 so that the partition adjusting member 24 passes through the hole formed by the notches 27 of the first fixing member 21 and the second fixing member, the upper case is A claw 22f of an elastic locking piece 22e provided on the portion 21a is engaged with the lower edge of the lower case portion 22a and assembled integrally. Further, since the size of the notch 27 is smaller than that of the engagement gear 24b, the engagement gear 24b is fixed to the upper case portion 22a and the lower case portion 22b so as not to move in the axial direction. Subsequently, the fixing screw 29 is passed through the notch 22b of the second fixing member 22 and the mounting hole 21b of the first fixing member 21 and screwed into the screw hole 5e on the rear surface of the cassette body 5, thereby fixing to the cassette body 5.

When the partition adjustment member 24 of the partition adjustment mechanism M1 is rotated, the slide portion 23c moves within the movable member accommodating portion 25 of the upper case portion 21a of the first fixed member 21 and the lower case portion 22b of the second fixed member 22. 8B, the partition member 20 held by the movable member 23 advances or retreats toward the rotor 8 in the cassette body 5, and the tip position 20a of the partition member 20 can be adjusted. That is, as shown in FIG. 8B(a), when the tablet T is thick, the rotor body 31 of the rotor 8 is lifted so that the lower inclined outer surface 35c and the inclined portion 5b of the cassette body 5 are separated as will be described in detail later. , the tip of the partition member 20 is also advanced toward the rotor 8 along with this. As shown in FIG. 8B(b), when the tablet T is thin, the rotor body 31 of the rotor 8 is lowered to open the tablet guide path 8b between the lower inclined outer surface 35c and the inclined portion 5b of the cassette body 5. , the tip of the partition member 20 is also retreated from the rotor 8 accordingly.

<Overall Structure of Rotor> As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the rotor 8 generally has a conical upper surface, an inverted conical side surface, and a flat bottom surface. A tablet pocket 8a is provided in the upper side surface of the rotor 8 in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of tablet guide paths 8b extending downward from the tablet pocket 8a are provided at regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

The tablet pocket 8a is formed by the outer peripheral surface of the rotor body 31, which will be described later, and the first horizontal projecting piece 73 of the first movable member 60 and the second horizontal projecting piece 82 of the second movable member 61, which will be described later. , and receive the tablets T contained in the cassette body 5 and align them in the circumferential direction.

The tablet guide path 8b includes a lower inclined outer surface 35c of the rotor body 31, which will be described later, a first vertical projecting piece 72 of the first movable member 60, which will be described later, a second vertical projecting piece 81 of the second movable member 61, which will be described later. It is formed in a groove shape by a tablet support base 55 of an annular elevating member 51, which will be described later. The tablet guide path 8b is covered with the inclined portion 5b of the cassette main body 5 and receives and guides downward the tablets T aligned in the tablet pockets 8a.

The depth, height, and width of the groove of the tablet guide path 8b are adjusted according to the shape or size of the tablets accommodated in the tablet cassette so that the tablets smoothly pass through the tablet guide path 8b, as shown in FIG. It is necessary to discharge from the tablet discharge hole 9 shown. That is, the tablet cassette 2 can dispense tablets of any tablet type by adjusting the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 provided in the tablet cassette 2 . Here, the "depth" of the groove of the tablet guide path 8b is the dimension in the thickness direction of the tablet passing through the tablet guide path 8b, and is It is the dimension D between the lower inclined outer surface 35c. The “height” of the groove is the dimension in the height direction of the tablet passing through the tablet guide path 8 b and is the dimension H between the partition member 20 and the tablet support base 55 of the annular lifting member 51 of the rotor 8 . The "width" of the groove is the dimension in the width direction of the tablet passing through the tablet guide path 8b, and is the distance between the first vertical projecting piece 72 of the first movable member 60 and the second vertical projecting piece 81 of the second movable member 61. is the dimension W between

The rotor 8 has a depth adjusting mechanism M2, a height adjusting mechanism M3, and a width adjusting mechanism M4 to adjust the groove shape of the tablet guide path 8b. These will be described in order below.

<Depth Adjusting Mechanism> FIG. 11 shows members constituting the depth adjusting mechanism M2. The depth adjustment mechanism M2 includes a rotor cover 30, a rotor body 31, a rotor base 32, and a depth adjustment member 33.

The rotor cover 30 has an overall umbrella shape. The upper surface of rotor cover 30 is formed in a conical shape.

The rotor body 31 has a circular base portion 34 , a downward protrusion 35 , an annular portion 36 and a guide portion 37 .

A shaft portion 38 is provided in the center of the base portion 34, and a threaded hole (not shown) is formed in the shaft portion 38. As shown in FIG. Two holes 34a and 34b are formed in the upper surface of the base portion 34 to expose a height adjusting member 52 and a width adjusting member 64, which will be described later.

The downward protrusions 35 extend downward from six equidistant positions on the outer peripheral edge of the base 34 . The downward protrusion 35 has a vertical inner surface 35a, an upper inclined outer surface 35b that slopes downward from the outer peripheral edge of the base portion 34, and a lower inclined outer surface 35c that slopes downward and inward from the lower end of the upper sloped outer surface 35b. , and both side surfaces 35d, and is formed in a triangular shape when viewed from the side. The lower inclined outer surface 35c forms the bottom surface of the groove of the tablet guideway 8b. A slit 35 e is formed at the lower end of the downward protrusion 35 .

The annular portion 36 is concentrically formed on the outside of the base portion 34 and connected to the base portion 34 via the downward protrusion 35 .

The guide portions 37 extend downward from 6 equidistant positions on the outer peripheral edge of the base portion 34 between the downward protrusions 35 . On both sides of the inner surface of the guide portion 37, guide edges 37a with which guide pieces 40 of the rotor base 32, which will be described later, are slidably engaged are formed. The rotor main body 31 and the rotor base 32 are integrally rotated by the engagement between the guide piece 40 and the guide edge 37a. At the lower end of any one of the six guide portions 37, a protrusion 37b serving as a detection portion for detecting the zero point is formed.

The rotor base 32 has an annular base portion 39 , guide pieces 40 and engaging portions 41 .

An annular wall 42 is formed on the upper surface of the base 39 . Vertical slits 42a extending in the axial direction are formed in the annular wall 42 at equidistant positions around the periphery.

The guide pieces 40 protrude upward between the adjacent vertical slits 42a at 6 equal positions around the outer peripheral edge of the base portion 39. As shown in FIG. The guide piece 40 is formed so as to be slidably engaged with the guide edge 37a of the guide portion 37 of the rotor body 31. As shown in FIG. A reinforcing rib 43 is provided between the guide piece 40 and the annular wall 42 .

The engaging portion 41 has an engaging piece 44 that rises upward from a position equidistantly arranged around the inner peripheral edge of the base portion 39 and a circular protrusion 45 that is provided at the upper end of the engaging piece 44 . The engaging portion 41 forms an engaging concave portion 41a with which the rotor driving portion 10 engages, as shown in FIG. 10 when viewed from the rear side. The engaging piece 13b of the rotor driving section 10 is engaged with the slit 44a between the adjacent engaging pieces 44. As shown in FIG. A magnetic plate 46 that is attracted to the magnet 15c provided on the central shaft 15 of the rotor drive unit 10 is embedded in the circular protrusion 45 . A depth adjusting member 33 is supported at the center of the upper surface of the circular protrusion 45 . The circular protrusion 45 has a hole 45a for accommodating a stopper 48 for preventing free rotation of the depth adjusting member 33, and screws (not shown) inserted through two screw insertion holes 93 of the second support member 63, which will be described later. Two threaded holes 45b for screwing are formed.

An annular recess 47 is formed between the circular protrusion 45 and the annular wall 42 to accommodate a height adjustment mechanism M3, which will be described later.

The depth adjusting member 33 has a male screw portion 33a and a lower end gear portion 33b. The male screw portion 33a is screwed into a threaded hole (not shown) of the shaft portion 38 of the rotor body 31, and the gear portion 33b at the lower end is supported by the circular protrusion 45 of the rotor base 32. As shown in FIG. An engaging portion 33c is formed at the upper end of the male threaded portion 33a, which protrudes and is exposed from the shaft portion 38 of the rotor body 31, so that the rotation can be adjusted from the outside. A tip of a stopper 48 made of an elastic piece is engaged between the teeth of the gear portion 33b.

In the depth adjusting member 33, the gear portion 33b is restrained from moving in the axial direction by the first support member 62 and the rotor base 32, and the guide edge 37a of the rotor main body 31 is engaged with the guide piece 40 of the rotor base 32. , the rotor body 31 is restrained from rotating with respect to the rotor base 32 . In this way, when the depth adjusting member 33 is rotated while the rotor base 32 is not rotating, the rotor body 31 having a threaded hole (not shown) that is screwed with the male threaded portion 33a of the depth adjusting member 33 rotates the rotor 8. Axially ascending or descending. Along with this, the lower inclined outer surface 35c of the downward protrusion 35 of the rotor body 31, which forms the bottom surface of the tablet guide path 8b, also rises or falls.

Referring to FIG. 14, the lower inclined outer surface 35c of the downward protrusion 35 is inclined radially outwardly and inwardly from top to bottom and is parallel to the inverted conical inclined portion 5b of the cassette body 5. It has become. Therefore, when the lower inclined outer surface 35c of the downward projection 35 of the rotor body 31 descends, the distance between the lower inclined outer surface 35c of the downward projection 35 and the conical inclined portion 5b of the cassette body 5 is reduced, and the tablets are ejected. The depth of the guideway 8b can be made shallow (D1). Conversely, when the lower inclined outer surface 35c of the downward projection 35 of the rotor body 31 rises, the distance between the lower inclined outer surface 35c of the downward projection 35 and the inverted conical inclined portion 5b of the cassette body 5 increases, The depth of the tablet guide path 8b can be deepened (D2). By rotating the depth adjusting member 33 to the left or right in this manner, the depth of the tablet guide path 8b can be adjusted according to the thickness of the tablet T passing through the tablet guide path 8b. Each time the gear portion 33b of the depth adjusting member 33 shown in FIG. 11 rotates, the tip of the stopper 48 climbs over the teeth of the gear portion 33b and engages between the teeth. By stopping at a position, the rotor body 31 can be fixed at a desired height position.

<Height Adjusting Mechanism> FIG. 12 shows members constituting the height adjusting mechanism M3. The height adjustment mechanism M3 includes a cylindrical rotating member 50, an annular lifting member 51, and a height adjusting member 52.

The cylindrical rotating member 50 has a male threaded portion 50a formed on the lower outer circumference thereof, and a driven gear 50b formed on the upper inner circumference thereof. A stopper 53 for preventing free rotation of the cylindrical rotating member 50 is engaged with the driven gear 50b.

The annular elevating member 51 has arms 54 protruding radially at six equidistant positions on the outer periphery thereof, and a tablet support base 55 is formed at the tip of each arm 54 . The tablet support table 55 is inclined perpendicular to the tablet guide path 8b so as to support the lowest tablet T in the tablet guide path 8b. A female threaded portion 51a is formed on the inner surface of the ring-shaped elevating member 51 so as to be screwed with the male threaded portion 50a of the cylindrical rotating member 50 .

The height adjusting member 52 has a drive gear 52a that meshes with the driven gear 50b of the cylindrical rotating member 50 at its lower end. An engaging portion 52b is formed at the upper end of the height adjusting member 52, which protrudes and is exposed from a hole 34a in the upper surface of the base portion 34 of the rotor body 31, so that the rotation can be adjusted from the outside. The height adjustment member 52 is held by the edge of the hole 90 of the second support member 63 to be described later so as not to move vertically.

The cylindrical rotating member 50 and the annular elevating member 51 are accommodated in the annular concave portion 47 of the rotor base 32 while being screwed together, and the arm 54 of the annular elevating member 51 slides into the vertical slit 42 a of the annular wall 42 of the rotor base 32 . The tablet support base 55 protrudes outside the annular wall 42 of the rotor base 32 and supports the lowermost tablet T in the tablet guide path 8b.

As shown in FIG. 15, to adjust the height H of the tablet guide path 8b corresponding to the height of the tablet T, the height adjusting member 52 of the height adjusting mechanism M3 is rotated leftward or rightward. In the present invention, the partition member 20 is fixed to the cassette body 5 in the height direction. By moving up and down the tablet support table 55 below the member 20 and adjusting the distance between the partition member 20 and the tablet support table 55, the height H of the partition member 20 from the tablet support table 55 of the tablet guide path 8b can be adjusted. is adjusted.

When the height adjusting member 52 is rotated, the cylindrical rotating member 50 is rotated. The vertical movement of the cylindrical rotating member 50 is restrained by the second supporting member 63 and the rotor base 32 . An annular elevating member 51 having a female threaded portion 51a screwed into a male threaded portion 50a of a tubular rotating member 50 has an arm 54 passing through a vertical slit 42a in an annular wall 42 of the rotor base 32, and rotation is restrained. Therefore, the rotation of the cylindrical rotating member 50 raises and lowers the ring-shaped elevating member 51, and the tablet support table 55 of the ring-shaped elevating member 51 rises and lowers.

That is, as shown in FIG. 15, when the cylindrical rotating member 50 rotates in one direction, the tablet support base 55 of the annular elevating member 51 rises, and the position of the partition member 20 with respect to the tablet support base 55, that is, the height is lowered. (H1) becomes. Conversely, when the cylindrical rotating member 50 rotates in the other direction, the tablet support base 55 of the annular elevating member 51 descends, and the position of the partition member 20 relative to the tablet support base 55, that is, the height increases (H2). Each time the cylindrical rotating member 50 rotates due to the rotation of the height adjusting member 52, the tip of the stopper 53 climbs over the teeth of the driven gear 50b of the cylindrical rotating member 50 and engages between the teeth. By stopping the adjusting member 52 at an appropriate position, the tablet support 55 can be fixed at a desired height position.

<Width Adjusting Mechanism> FIG. 13 shows members constituting the width adjusting mechanism M4. The width adjustment mechanism M4 includes a first movable member 60, a second movable member 61, a first support member 62, a second support member 63, and a width adjustment member 64.

As shown in FIG. 13, the first movable member 60 consists of an upper member 60a and a lower member 60b. are rotatable together.

In the upper member 60a of the first movable member 60, a substantially semicircular notch 68 and an elongated hole 69 are formed adjacent to each other on the inner circumference of an annular base portion 67. As shown in FIG. An A projection 68a and a B projection 68b, which face each other in the circumferential direction of the first movable member 60, are formed on the edges of the notch 68 facing the center of the notch 68 when viewed from above the first movable member 60. ing. The A projection 68a and the B projection 68b serve as cam followers that are in sliding contact with the A cam 94a and the B cam 94b of the first adjustment shaft 94, which will be described later.

The lower member 60 b of the first movable member 60 has an annular base portion 70 , six wall portions 71 , a first vertical projecting piece 72 and a first horizontal projecting piece 73 . The six wall portions 71 protrude downward from the outer peripheral edge of the base portion 70 at 6 equidistant positions. The first vertical protruding piece 72 protrudes outward from the left end of the wall portion 71 when viewed from the front, and forms the right side surface of the tablet guide path 8b. The first vertical projecting piece 72 is formed with a notch 72a into which the partition member 20 is fitted. The first horizontal protruding piece 73 extends horizontally in the circumferential direction from the upper end of the first vertical protruding piece 72 toward the right side when viewed from the front, and forms the bottom surface of the aforementioned tablet pocket 8a.

Like the first movable member 60, the second movable member 61 is composed of an upper member 61a and a lower member 61b. Both are rotatable together.

In the upper member 61a of the second movable member 61, a substantially semicircular notch 77 and a long hole 78 are formed adjacent to each other on the inner circumference of the annular base portion 76. As shown in FIG. An A projection 77a and a B projection 77b, which face each other in the circumferential direction of the second movable member 61, are formed on the edges of the notch 77 facing the second movable member 61 when viewed from above. The A projection 77a and the B projection 77b serve as cam followers that are in sliding contact with the A cam 95a and the B cam 95b of the second adjustment shaft, which will be described later.

The lower member 61 b of the second movable member 61 has an annular base portion 79 , six wall portions 80 , a second vertical projecting piece 81 and a second horizontal projecting piece 82 . The six wall portions 80 protrude downward from six equidistant positions on the outer peripheral edge of the base portion 79 . The second vertical protruding piece 81 protrudes outward from the right end of the wall portion 80 when viewed from the front and forms the left side surface of the tablet guide path 8b. A notch 81 a into which the partition member 20 is fitted is formed in the second vertical projecting piece 81 . The second horizontal projecting piece 82 extends horizontally in the circumferential direction from the upper end of the second vertical projecting piece 81 toward the left side when viewed from the front, and together with the first horizontal projecting piece 73 of the first movable member 60, the above-described tablet It forms the bottom surface of the pocket 8a. The tip of the second horizontal projecting piece 82 of the second movable member 61 is formed so as to overlap the tip of the first horizontal projecting piece 73 of the first movable member 60 .

The first support member 62 has a circular shape with an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the upper member 60a of the first movable member 60, and has a circular protrusion 83 on its lower surface. At the center of the first support member 62, there are holes 84 and 84a through which the width adjusting member 64 (to be described later) penetrates, a hole 85 through which the depth adjusting member 33 of the depth adjusting mechanism M2 penetrates, and a height adjusting mechanism M3. A hole 86 through which the thickness adjusting member 52 passes and two screw insertion holes 87 are formed.

The second support member 63 has a circular shape with an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the upper member 60a of the first movable member 60, and an annular protrusion on the upper surface of which the circular protrusion 83 of the first support member 62 is fitted. 88 are formed. At the center of the second support member 63, a hole 89 through which the depth adjustment member 33 of the depth adjustment mechanism M2 penetrates, a hole 90 and a notch 90a through which the height adjustment member 52 of the height adjustment mechanism M3 penetrates, A hole 91a through which the first adjusting shaft 94 of the width adjusting member 64 passes, a hole 91b into which the second adjusting shaft 95 is fitted, and two screw insertion holes 87 of the first support member 62 (not shown). Two screw holes 92 into which screws are screwed and two screw insertion holes 93 are formed.

By inserting a screw (not shown) from the screw insertion hole 87 of the first support member 62 into the screw hole 92 of the second support member 63 and tightening it, the first support member 62 and the second support member 63 are connected to the first movable member 60, They are integrated with the second movable member 61 sandwiched therebetween. Further, by inserting a screw (not shown) from the screw insertion hole 93 of the second support member 63 into the screw hole 45b of the rotor base 32 and tightening it, the second support member 63 is fixed to the rotor base 32, and the second support member 63 is fixed to the rotor base 32. The cylindrical rotating member 50 of the height adjusting mechanism M3 is held between the member 63 and the rotor base 32, and its axial movement is restrained.

The width adjusting member 64 is composed of a first adjusting shaft 94 and a second adjusting shaft 95 . The first adjustment shaft 94 is arranged within the notch 68 . The second adjustment shaft 95 is arranged inside the long hole 69 . The second adjustment shaft 95 is provided with a stopper 96 that prevents the width adjustment member 64 from freely rotating.

The first adjustment shaft 94 is formed with an A cam 94a, a B cam 94b, and a gear 94c in order from the upper end. As shown in FIG. 16, the A cam 94a is formed so that the radius of the cam surface increases within a range of 360° clockwise when the width adjusting member 64 is viewed from above. It is designed to be in sliding contact with. The B cam 94b is formed so that the radius of the cam surface increases within a range of 360° counterclockwise when viewed from above the width adjusting member 64, and is in sliding contact with the B projection 68b of the first movable member 60. It's becoming The maximum radius portion of the A cam 94a and the maximum radius portion of the B cam 94b are located 180 degrees apart. The upper end of the first adjustment shaft 94 is supported by the hole 84 a of the first support member 62 and the lower end is supported by the hole 91 a of the second support member 63 .

Similarly, the second adjustment shaft 95 is formed with an A cam 95a, a B cam 95b, a gear 95c, and an engaging portion 95d in order from the lower end. The A cam 95a is formed so that the radius of the cam surface increases within a range of 360° clockwise when the width adjusting member 64 is viewed from below, and comes into sliding contact with the A projection 77a of the second movable member 61. there is The B cam 95b is formed so that the radius of the cam surface increases within a range of 360° in the counterclockwise direction when the width adjusting member 64 is viewed from below, and is in sliding contact with the B projection 77b of the second movable member 61. It's becoming The maximum radius portion of the A cam 95a and the maximum radius portion of the B cam 95b are located 180 degrees apart. The gear 95c of the second adjustment shaft 95 is configured to mesh with and interlock with the gear 94c. The upper end of the second adjustment shaft 95 passes through the elongated hole 69 of the first support member 62, protrudes from the rotor body 31 and is exposed through the hole 34a, so that the rotation can be adjusted from the outside. The lower end of the second adjustment shaft 95 is supported in the hole 91b of the second support member 63. As shown in FIG. In addition, the upper end of the first adjustment shaft 94 may penetrate through the first support member 62 and protrude from the rotor body 31 to be exposed so that the rotation can be adjusted from the outside.

When the second adjusting shaft 95 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 16(a), a rotational force is transmitted from the gear 95c of the second adjusting shaft 95 to the gear 94c of the first adjusting shaft 94, and the first adjusting shaft 94 rotates in the opposite direction. Rotate clockwise. As the first adjustment shaft 94 rotates, the A cam 94a of the first adjustment shaft 94 slides against and presses the A protrusion 68a of the first movable member 60, so that the first movable member 60 rotates clockwise in FIG. 16(a). to rotate. On the other hand, due to the rotation of the second adjusting shaft 95, the A cam 95a of the second adjusting shaft 95 slides against and presses the A projection 77a of the second movable member 61, as shown in FIG. 16(b). The movable member 61 rotates clockwise in FIG. 16(b) and counterclockwise in FIG. 16(a).

Subsequently, when the second adjustment shaft 95 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 16(a), a rotational force is transmitted from the gear 95c of the second adjustment shaft 95 to the gear 94c of the first adjustment shaft 94, thereby performing the first adjustment. Axle 94 rotates clockwise. As the first adjustment shaft 94 rotates, the B cam 94b of the first adjustment shaft 94 slides against and presses the B projection 68b of the first movable member 60, so the first movable member 60 moves counterclockwise in FIG. 16(a). Rotate around. On the other hand, as the second adjustment shaft 95 rotates, the B cam 95b of the second adjustment shaft 95 slides against and presses the B projection 77b of the second movable member 61, as shown in FIG. 16(b). The movable member 61 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 16(b) and clockwise in FIG. 16(a).

In this manner, the first movable member 60 and the second movable member 61 rotate in opposite directions, and the distance between the first vertical projection 72 of the first movable member 60 and the second vertical projection 81 of the second movable member 61 is reduced. That is, the width of the tablet guide path 8b can be expanded or reduced.

Next, the operation of the rotor 8 in the tablet cassette 2 configured as above will be described.

As already described, between the cassette body 5 and the rotor 8 shown in FIG. 8b.

Referring to FIG. 5, the tablets T contained in the cassette main body 5 enter the tablet pocket 8a while being stirred by the rotation of the rotor 8, enter the tablet guide path 8b from the tablet pocket 8a, and the tablet guide path 8b advances into the tablet guide path 8b. As the ejection hole 9 is approached, the partition member 20 fixed to the cassette main body 5 enters between the lowermost tablet T in the tablet guide path 8b and the tablets T above it. Tablets T above the partition member 20 are prevented from falling downward by the partition member 20 . The lowest tablet T below the partition member 20 is on the tablet support table 55, but since the tablet support table 55 is inclined, it falls down on the tablet support table 55 toward the tablet ejection hole 9, and the tablet is ejected. It is discharged from the hole 9. The tablet T ejected from the tablet ejection hole 9 is ejected through the tablet ejection path 3c of the base 2 shown in FIG. As a result, each time the tablet guide path 8b turns to the tablet discharge hole 9, the tablet T is discharged one by one. By adjusting the rotation angle of the rotor 8, the number of tablets T corresponding to the prescription can be dispensed.

The tablet guide path 8b is adjusted to the thickness of the tablet T by adjusting the entry position of the partition member 20 and the thickness of the tablet T using the partition adjusting mechanism M1, the depth adjusting mechanism M2, the height adjusting mechanism M3, and the width adjusting mechanism M4. The depth D corresponding to the height of the tablet T, the height H corresponding to the height of the tablet, and the width W corresponding to the width of the tablet T can be adjusted. Therefore, the tablet guide path 8b can be appropriately sized according to the shape or size of the tablets T to be accommodated in the cassette main body 5 . The same tablet cassette 2 or rotor 8 is used without exchanging the entire tablet cassette 2 or the rotor 8 for each different tablet T, and the tablet guide path 8b is adjusted to suit various tablets T to discharge. be able to. Such adjustments can be made automatically by the adjustment device described below.

<Adjusting Device> FIG. 17 shows a tablet cassette adjusting device 100 according to the present invention. The adjusting device 100 engages the adjusting members 33, 52 and 64 of the adjusting mechanisms M2, M3 and M4 for adjusting the depth, height and width of the groove of the tablet guide path 8b of the tablet cassette 2 already described. By engaging the portions 33c, 52b, and 95d, the adjustment mechanism is operated to adjust the dimensions of the tablet guide path 8b according to the shape or size of the tablets T accommodated in the cassette body 5. FIG. Further, the adjusting device 100 engages with the engagement gear 24b of the partition adjusting member 24 of the partition adjusting mechanism M1 for adjusting the entry position of the partition member 20, operates the partition adjusting mechanism M1, and inserts into the cassette main body 5. The entry position of the partition member 20 is adjusted according to the shape or size of the tablets T to be accommodated and the depth of the groove of the tablet guide path 8b.

The adjustment device 100 includes an apparatus main body 101, a cassette mounting portion 102, a rotor mounting portion 103, an elevating table 104 shown in FIG.

18, side frames 107 rising from both ends of the lower frame 106, upper frames 108 provided at the upper ends of the side frames 107, and rear frames 108 and a rear frame 109 which is mounted.

The cassette mounting portion 102 has a cassette mounting base 110 provided on an upper frame 108 . Like the base 3 of the tablet dispenser 1, the cassette mounting base 110 has a mounting guide 110a and an engaging portion 110b so that the tablet cassette 2 can be mounted. A partition adjusting shaft 111 is provided on the rear frame 109 behind the cassette mounting base 110 as shown in FIGS. The partition adjustment shaft 111 has a drive gear 112 that engages with the engagement gear 24b of the partition adjustment member 24 of the tablet cassette 2 when the tablet cassette 2 is attached. The partition adjusting shaft 111 is driven by a partition adjusting motor 113 . A detection lever 116 of a partition zero point detection sensor 115 with which the movable member 23 of the partition adjustment mechanism M1 of the tablet cassette 2 abuts protrudes from the inclined frame 114 in front of the rear frame 109 . As shown in FIG. 20 , the detection lever 116 is L-shaped, is rotatable about a support shaft 117 , and has a detection portion 116 a that is detected by the partition zero point detection sensor 115 .

The rotor mounting portion 103 has a sensor mount 118 provided on the lower frame 106 shown in FIG. A rotor mounting projection 119 is provided on the upper surface of the sensor mounting base 118 . The rotor mounting protrusion 119 has an engaging shaft 120 having the same shape as the engaging shaft 13 of the rotor driving portion 10 of the cassette body 5, so that the rotor 8 can be mounted. A zero point depth detection sensor 121 , a zero point height detection sensor 122 , and a zero point width detection sensor 123 are provided on the side surface of the sensor mounting base 118 . The detection units 121a, 122a, and 123a shown in FIG. It protrudes so as to face and abut on the protrusion 37b of the guide portion 37 of the rotor 8 placed on the rotor placing portion 103, the lower surface of the tablet support base 55, and the first vertical protruding piece 72, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 18, the elevating table 104 can be raised and lowered by engaging the sliders 125 provided on the vertical portions 124 at both ends with the guide rails 126 provided on the side frames 107 of the apparatus main body 101 . . A depth adjusting shaft 127, a height adjusting shaft 128, and a width adjusting shaft 129 extending in the vertical direction are rotatably provided in the front portion of the lifting table 104. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 22, the depth adjusting shaft 127 includes an upper large-diameter portion 130, a lower small-diameter portion 131, and a step portion 132 between the large-diameter portion 130 and the small-diameter portion 131. A pulley 133 is attached to the upper end of 130 , and an engaging shaft 134 is attached to the lower end of the small diameter portion 131 . The engaging shaft 134 has an engaging portion 134a formed at its lower end that engages with the engaging portion 33c of the depth adjusting member 33, and has a hole 134b at its upper end into which the lower end of the small diameter portion 131 is inserted. A slit 134c into which a pin 135 provided at the bottom of 127 is fitted is formed. A spring 136 is mounted between the stepped portion 132 of the depth adjusting shaft 127 and the upper end of the engaging shaft 134 . The height adjustment shaft 128 and width adjustment shaft 129 also have the same configuration as the depth adjustment shaft 127 .

As shown in FIG. 23, a depth drive shaft 137, a height drive shaft 138 and a width drive shaft 139 are provided at the rear of the lift table 104. As shown in FIG. A pulley 140 is provided on each drive shaft 137 , 138 , 139 , and connected to pulleys 133 of the depth adjustment shaft 127 , height adjustment shaft 128 , and width adjustment shaft 129 by belts 141 . Each drive shaft 137 , 138 , 139 is rotatably driven by a depth adjustment motor 142 , a height adjustment motor 143 and a width adjustment motor 144 .

Returning to FIG. 19 , the elevation operation section 105 includes a lever 145 , a handle 146 and a lever position detection sensor 147 .

A pair of levers 145 are provided outside the side frames 107 on both sides. Lever 145 is formed with long hole 151 into which roller 150 provided on vertical portion 124 of lifting table 104 shown in FIG. 18 is fitted. In addition, an arc portion 152 centering on the support shaft 148 is formed on the lever 145 on the right side as viewed from the front, and a plurality of notches 152a and 152b are formed on the edge of the arc portion 152. As shown in FIG.

The handle 146 is attached to the tip of the lever 145 on the right side as viewed from the front so as to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the lever 145 . Also, the handle 146 is biased toward the support shaft 148 of the lever 145 by a spring 153 . An engaging claw 154 is formed at the tip of the handle 146 . When the handle 146 is pushed downward, the engaging claw 154 engages with the engaging portion 155a of the stopper member 155 attached to the side frame 107 and is held at a predetermined lower position.

The lever position detection sensor 147 is attached to the side frame 107 and detects the notches 152a and 152b of the arc portion 152 of the lever 145 as the lever 145 rotates to detect the position of the lever 145. ing.

FIG. 24 is a system configuration diagram of the adjusting device 100. As shown in FIG. The adjustment device 100 is connected to the control device 200 , the display section 201 and the storage section 202 .

Detection signals from the depth, height, and width zero point detection sensors 121 , 122 and 123 and the partition zero point detection sensor 115 are input to the control device 200 . A detection signal from the lever position detection sensor 147 is also input to the control device 200 . Further, each start signal of the first start button 203 provided on the cassette mounting section 102 and the second start button 204 provided on the rotor mounting section 103 is input to the control device 200 .

The storage unit 202 stores a drug code and drug name, which are drug identification information that can identify the type of tablet, the shape of the tablet, dimensions such as the length, width, height, and thickness of the tablet, and information suitable for the tablet. A tablet mounting master D11 (see FIG. 32A) associated with at least the entry position of the partition member 20 into the tablet guide path 8b is stored. In the tablet mounting master D11, information on tablets registered in advance as tablets that can be dispensed by the tablet dispensing system 500 is stored. Further, the storage unit 202 stores, for example, a correction coefficient for standard dimensions, and the control device 200 determines the depth of the tablet guide path 8b suitable for the tablet, based on the correction coefficient and the dimensions of the tablet. Height and width dimensions can be derived. As another embodiment, the dimensions of the depth, height, and width of the tablet guide path 8b suitable for tablets may be stored in the tablet mounting master D11 instead of the dimensions of the tablets. Similarly, instead of the entry position of the partition member 20 into the tablet guide path 8b, a numerical value (tablet thickness, etc.) related to the entry position, such as a correction coefficient for the standard entry position, is stored in the tablet mounting master D11. may be The tablet mounting master D11 includes drug classification (classification code), drug component (ingredient code), JAN code, RSS code, vial code, dosage form, unit, specific gravity, drug type, compounding change, excipient drug, Precautions, size types, tablet appearance images, etc. are also registered in association with each other. Moreover, the tablet mounting master D11 may be edited by the control device 200 based on a user's operation or the like.

Further, in the storage unit 202, in addition to the same information as the tablet type stored in the tablet mounting master D11, the storage unit 202 stores the standard amount, host code, generic drug name, JAN code, RSS code, YJ code ( Individual drug code), GS1 code, bottle code, dosage form code (powder medicine, tablet, liquid medicine, topical medicine, etc.), form code, powerful drug/controlled drug type (psychotropic drug, narcotic), external image, etc. A stored drug master is stored. For example, the control device 200 reflects the information stored in the medicine master in the tablet mounting master D11 according to the user's operation, or displays the information stored in the medicine master on the display unit 201. is possible.

The control device 200 includes a tablet mounting master D11 stored in the storage unit 202, a depth zero point detection sensor 121, a height zero point detection sensor 122, a width zero point detection sensor 123, a partition zero point detection sensor 115, a lever Based on detection signals from the position detection sensor 147, the first start button 203, and the second start button 204, the depth, height, and width adjustment motors 142, 143, and 144 and the partition adjustment motor 113 are driven to The size of the tablet guide path 8b and the entry position of the partition member 20 are adjusted according to the shape or size of the tablet T accommodated in the main body 5. FIG.

The operation of adjusting the dimensions of the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 and the entry position of the partition member 20 using the adjustment device 100 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the tablet cassette 2 to be replaced with the tablet T is taken out from the tablet dispensing device 1 . If tablets T remain in the tablet cassette 2, they are taken out. As shown in FIG. 26, it is preferable to cut off the label 157 of the box 156 of the tablet T to be newly accommodated and insert it into the pocket 6a of the tablet cassette 2 .

In step 1, the tablet cassette 2 taken out from the tablet dispensing device 1 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 102 of the adjusting device 100. As shown in FIG.

In step 2, a tablet to be newly accommodated in the tablet cassette 2 is selected from the tablet list displayed on the display section 201, and the OK button on the display section 201 is pressed. A bar code reader (not shown) may be used to read the tablet from the bar code of the label 157 inserted into the pocket 6a of the tablet cassette 2. FIG.

When the OK button on the display unit 201 is pressed, in step 3, the partition adjustment motor 113 is driven, the partition member 20 retreats, and the tip of the partition member 20 at least reaches the notch 72a of the first movable member 60 of the cassette main body 5. and retreat from the notch 81 a of the second movable member 61 . This makes it possible to remove the rotor 8 from the cassette main body 5 .

In step 4, the rotor 8 is taken out from the cassette body 5 of the tablet cassette 2, and the rotor cover 30 of the rotor 8 is removed to expose the engagement portions of the depth adjustment member 33, height adjustment member 52, and width adjustment member 64. Let

In step 5, the rotor 8 taken out from the cassette main body 5 is placed on the rotor placing portion 103 of the adjusting device 100 as shown in FIG.

At step 6, the handle 146 of the adjustment device 100 is grasped and the lever 145 is lowered. As a result, the engaging portions 134 a of the depth adjusting shaft 127 , the height adjusting shaft 128 and the width adjusting shaft 129 are aligned with the engaging portions of the depth adjusting member 33 , the height adjusting member 52 and the width adjusting member 64 of the rotor 8 . to engage. The engaging portions of the depth adjusting shaft 127, the height adjusting shaft 128, and the width adjusting shaft 129 are urged by the spring 136 to adjust the depth adjusting member 33, the height adjusting member 52, and the width adjusting member 64 of the rotor 8. It is maintained in an engaged state with each engaging portion. The handle 146 of the lever 145 is engaged with the engaging portion 155a of the stopper member 155 by the biasing force of the spring 153 so that the engaging claw 154 is engaged with the engaging portion 155a of the stopper member 155 and is held in the depressed state. Further, since the depressed position of the lever 145 is detected by the lever position detection sensor 147, the control device 200 determines that the tablet guide path adjustment is ready.

In step 7, when the first start button 203 is pressed, in step 8, the depth, height, and width adjustment motors 142, 143, and 144 are driven, and the tablet guide path of the rotor 8 is adjusted according to the selected tablet. The depth, height, and width of 8b are adjusted to the master values stored in the storage unit 202 . The inside of the cassette main body 5 of the tablet cassette 2 mounted on the cassette mounting portion 102 can be cleaned during the adjustment operation of the tablet guide path.

To explain the adjustment operation of the tablet guide path 8b in detail, first, the adjustment motors 142, 143, 144 are operated in one direction. That is, as shown in FIG. 27, the depth adjustment mechanism M2 is activated by the rotation of the depth adjustment shaft 127, the guide portion 37 of the rotor body 31 moves downward, and the projection 37b at the lower end of the guide portion 37 reaches the depth. Since the detection portion 121a of the zero point detection sensor 121 is pressed, the depth zero point is detected. Further, as shown in FIG. 28, the rotation of the height adjustment shaft 128 activates the height adjustment mechanism M3, the tablet support table 55 is moved downward, and the lower surface of the tablet support table 55 reaches the height zero point detection sensor 122. As shown in FIG. , the zero height point is detected. Further, as shown in FIG. 29, the rotation of the width adjusting shaft 129 activates the width adjusting mechanism M4, and the first vertical projecting piece 72 of the first movable member 60 and the second vertical projecting piece 81 of the second movable member 61 move. move away from each other, and the first vertical projecting piece 72 of the first movable member pushes down the detection portion 123a of the zero width point detection sensor 123, so that the zero width point is detected.

Next, each adjustment motor 142, 143, 144 is operated in the other direction until the depth, height, and width of the tablet guide path 8b corresponding to the selected tablet reach each master value stored in the storage unit 202.

In step 9, the rotor cover 30 is attached to the rotor 8 whose depth, height, and width have been adjusted, and the rotor 8 is returned to the tablet cassette 2 of the cassette mounting portion 102. FIG.

In step 10, when the second start button 204 is pressed, in step 11, the partition adjustment motor 113 is driven, and the position of the partition member 20 to the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 reaches the master value according to the selected tablet. adjusted.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 30, the partition adjustment shaft 111 is rotated by driving the partition adjustment motor 113, the partition adjustment mechanism M1 is actuated, the movable member 23 is moved rearward, and the movable member 23 is moved backward. Since the detection portion detection lever 116 of the partition zero point detection sensor 115 is pressed, the detection portion 116a moves and the partition zero point detection sensor 115 detects the partition zero point. Next, the partition motor 113 is operated in the other direction until the entry position of the partition member 20 into the tablet guide path 8b corresponding to the selected tablet reaches each master value.

When the tablet cassette 2 is removed from the adjustment device 100 in step 12, the tablet data contained in the tablet cassette 2 is rewritten in the control section 300 of the tablet dispensing device 1 in step 13. FIG.

In step 12, a new tablet is accommodated in the tablet cassette 2 whose tablet guide path has been adjusted, and the tablet cassette 2 is mounted at a predetermined position on the tablet dispenser 1. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 31 shows a modification of the sensor mount 118 and the rotor mounting portion 103 of the adjustment device 100. FIG.

The sensor mounting base 118 is provided with a coil spring 118a in the center and a slide shaft 118b inside the coil spring 118a. A magnet 118c is attached to the upper end of the slide shaft 118b. A zero point depth detection sensor 121, a zero point height detection sensor 122, and a zero point width detection sensor 123 are provided around the coil spring 118a. Openings 118d are formed around the coil spring 118a at positions corresponding to three links 103e, which will be described later.

The rotor mounting portion 103 is supported by the sensor mounting base 118 via a coil spring 118a, and is vertically movable along a slide shaft 118b of the sensor mounting base 118. As shown in FIG. The rotor mounting portion 103 has a rotor mounting projection 119 with which the engagement recess 41a of the rotor 8 shown in FIG. 10 is fitted. The rotor mounting projection 119 has engagement pieces 119S and 119L that engage with large and small engagement holes 41S and 41L (only 41L is shown in FIG. 10) formed in the engagement recess 41a of the rotor 8 shown in FIG. is formed. Thus, the rotor 8 can only be mounted in one position in the direction of rotation. It is preferable that the rotor 8 is provided with marks indicating the mounting direction so that the engagement holes 41S and 41L are reliably engaged with the engagement pieces 119S and 119L.

In the rotor mounting portion 103, opening holes 103a, 103b, and 103c are provided around the rotor mounting projection 119 for viewing the zero-point-of-depth detection sensor 121, the zero-point-of-height detection sensor 122, and the zero-point-of-width detection sensor 123, respectively. formed. Further, the rotor mounting portion 103 is formed with holes 103d through which rotor receiving portions 103g of three links 103e, which will be described later, protrude. Three links 103e are arranged on the rear surface of the rotor mounting portion 103. As shown in FIG. The link 103e is rotatably provided by a support shaft 103f, and has a rotor receiving portion 103g at one end and a cam portion 103h at the other end.

In the link 103e, the weight of the cam portion 103h normally causes the rotor receiving portion 103g to protrude upward from the hole 103d of the rotor mounting portion 103, and the end of the cam portion 103h touches the edge of the opening 118d of the sensor mount 118. abutting. In this state, even if an external force other than the rotor 8 acts on the rotor mounting portion 103, the rotor mounting portion 103 does not move downward. Therefore, the detection portions 121a, 122a, 123a of the sensors 121, 122, 123 are not exposed from the opening holes 103a, 103b, 103c, respectively, and the sensors 121, 122, 123 can be protected.

When the rotor 8 is attached to the rotor mounting portion 103 and pressed downward, the lower surface of the rotor 8 simultaneously presses the rotor receiving portions 103g of the three links 103e. As a result, the ring 103e rotates around the support shaft 103f, and the end of the cam portion 103h is removed from the edge of the hole 118d. As a result, the rotor mounting portion 103 descends downward against the biasing force of the coil spring 118a. Then, the magnet 118c of the slide shaft 118b is attracted to the magnetic plate 46 of the rotor 8 and fixed.

The embodiment can be variously modified within the scope of the invention described in the claims. For example, in the above embodiment, all of the depth, height, and width of the groove of the tablet guide path are adjustable, but any one or two of the depth, height, and width of the groove can be adjusted. You may do so. Moreover, although the adjustment shaft is manually moved up and down by the lever, it may be moved up and down automatically. Furthermore, without removing the rotor 8 from the tablet cassette 2, the tablet cassette 2 is placed on the adjustment device 100 with the lid 6 of the tablet cassette 2 opened and the rotor cover 30 removed, and the rotor 8 inside the tablet cassette 2 is removed. At least one of the depth, height, and width of the tablet guide path 8b, or the entry position of the partition member 20 may be adjustable.

Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 33, the tablet dispensing system 500 including the tablet dispensing device 1, the adjusting device 100, and the control device 200 will be described in detail. The tablet dispensing device 1 and the adjusting device 100 are communicably connected to a control device 200 via a network N such as a LAN. The control device 200 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. Note that the adjustment device 100 is also provided with a control unit such as a CPU capable of executing various processes, and the control unit can communicate with the control device 200 and the like.

In this embodiment, the components of the tablet dispensing system according to the present invention are provided in the control device 200, and the control device 200 alone corresponds to the tablet dispensing system according to the present invention. On the other hand, when the tablet dispensing device 1 or the adjusting device 100 has the same function as the control device 200 described in this embodiment, the tablet dispensing device 1 or the adjusting device 100 can be used as the tablet dispensing system according to the present invention. You can catch it. Further, the constituent elements of the tablet dispensing system according to the present invention may be provided dispersedly in any two or more of the tablet dispensing device 1, the adjusting device 100, and the control device 200. Furthermore, the control device 200 may be mounted on the tablet dispensing device 1 or the adjusting device 100 .

As shown in FIG. 33 , the tablet dispenser 1 has a controller 300 and a reader/writer 301 , and the adjustment device 100 has a reader/writer 501 . Further, the cassette body 5 of the tablet cassette 2 is provided with an RFID tag 601 . The RFID tag 601 is an example of a non-volatile memory that can store data. Note that, instead of the RFID tag 601, a storage unit in which data can be read and written by another storage method such as a contact type may be used.

The control unit 300 has control devices such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, and EEPROM (registered trademark). The CPU is a processor that executes various kinds of arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage section in which information such as a control program for causing the CPU to execute various processes is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile storage unit, and the EEPROM is a nonvolatile storage unit. The RAM and EEPROM are used as temporary memory (work areas) for various processes executed by the CPU.

Specifically, the control unit 300 includes processing units such as an abnormality determination unit 311 . Specifically, the control section 300 functions as various processing sections by executing various processes using the CPU in accordance with a tablet dispensing control program pre-stored in the ROM or the like. Part or all of the processing unit may be an electronic circuit.

The abnormality determination unit 311 determines whether or not the driving current of the driving unit used for dispensing tablets from the tablet cassette 2 is equal to or higher than a preset abnormal current value. That is, the abnormality determination section 311 executes processing for detecting abnormality of the driving section. The abnormal current value is set or changed by an abnormality processing section 418 of the control section 401, which will be described later.

The reader/writer 301 is provided at a position where the RFID tag 601 of the tablet cassette 2 attached to the base 3 can be accessed when the tablet cassette 2 is attached to the base 3 in the tablet dispenser 1 . The reader/writer 301 can read data from the RFID tag 601 provided on the tablet cassette 2 and can write data to the RFID tag 601 .

The reader/writer 501 is provided at a position where the RFID tag 601 of the tablet cassette 2 attached to the cassette mounting portion 102 can be accessed when the tablet cassette 2 is attached to the cassette mounting portion 102 in the adjusting device 100. ing. The reader/writer 501 can read data from the RFID tag 601 provided on the tablet cassette 2 and can write data to the RFID tag 601 .

The RFID tag 601 includes an updatable area 611 and a non-updatable area 612, as shown in FIG. The updatable area 611 is an area from which data can be read and written by a reader/writer such as the reader/writers 301 and 501 . The non-updatable area 612 is an area in which a reader/writer such as the reader/writers 301 and 501 can read data but cannot write data.

Specifically, in the updatable area 611, tablet type information D21 (FIG. 32 ( B) see) is stored. The tablet type information D21 includes, in addition to the drug identification information, information such as a stability factor, placement restrictions, size type, model number, and branch number. The tablet type information D21 may store the size of the tablet (length, width, height, thickness). In addition, when the mounting position of each tablet cassette 2 in the tablet dispensing device 1 is fixedly set, the mounting position of the tablet cassette 2 in the tablet dispensing device 1 is set in the tablet type information D21 and the allocation correspondence information D31 described later. The mounting position information is updated by the control unit 401 based on the user's operation or the like.

The stability coefficient is a coefficient that indicates the ease of bouncing and rolling due to the shape and hardness of the tablet. is used to calculate The arrangement restriction is information related to restrictions on positions where the tablet cassette 2 can be attached to the tablet dispensing device 1, and includes, for example, "all stages possible", "half or less", and "lower two rows only". This is information for limiting the height of the position where the tablet cassette 2 can be mounted. The size type is the size of the tablet cassette 2, and is determined according to the number of tablets that can be accommodated, such as L, LM, M, S, and SS. The model number is an identification number of the tablet dispenser 1 in which the tablet cassette 2 is mounted when there are a plurality of tablet dispensers 1 . The branch number is a number that is assigned to distinguish from each other when there are a plurality of tablet cassettes 2 containing tablets of the same type.

On the other hand, in the non-updateable area 612, cassette information D22 (see FIG. 32 (B)) is stored in advance. Here, the cassette type is information for identifying a plurality of types of tablet cassettes 2 having different compatibility conditions for tablets that can be dispensed. Specifically, the compatibility conditions include one or both of minimum and maximum values for sizes such as tablet width, height, and thickness. The compatibility conditions may also include the shape of tablets, such as capsule tablets or round tablets.

For example, as the cassette type of the tablet cassette 2, the width (diameter) of the tablet is x1 mm or more and less than x2 mm, the thickness is y1 mm or more and less than y2 mm, the tablet shape is a flat round tablet type A, and the tablet width is x2 mm or more and less than x3 mm, and the thickness is Type B, in which the size (diameter) is y2 mm or more and less than y3 mm, and the shape of the tablet is a capsule tablet, etc. are included. When a torque limiter (not shown) is provided on the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2, it is conceivable that the magnitude of the load for switching between the presence and absence of torque transmission in the torque limiter differs for each cassette type of the tablet cassette 2. . Further, each tablet cassette 2 may be configured to be compatible with all tablets, and in this case, the cassette information D22 may not contain the cassette type information.

The control device 200 is an information processing device such as a computer including a control unit 401, an operation unit 402, a display unit 201, a storage unit 202, and the like.

In the tablet mounting master D11 stored in the storage unit 202, as shown in FIG. 32(A), for each tablet indicated by the drug identification information such as the drug code or drug name, the stability factor, arrangement limit, cassette type, Information such as dimensions (length, height, width, thickness) and entry position are stored in association with each drug identification information. As a result, the control unit 401 determines the dimensions of the tablet guide path 8b and the entry position of the partition member 20 of the tablet cassette 2 based on the tablet type assigned to the tablet cassette 2 and the dimensions and entry position of the tablet mounting master D11. It is possible to adjust with the adjusting device 100 .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 32C, the storage unit 202 stores a cassette number, which is identification information of the tablet cassette 2, and a drug code, which is drug identification information of the tablets assigned to the tablet cassette 2. , allocation correspondence information D31 in which a matching flag indicating whether or not a matching code described later has been matched is stored. As a result, the control unit 401 refers to the correspondence between the medicine code and the cassette number in the allocation correspondence information D31, controls the tablet dispenser 1, and selects the specific tablet indicated in the prescription data from the tablet cassette corresponding to the tablet. It is possible to pay out from 2. The allocation correspondence information D31 can store information about more tablet cassettes 2 than the number of tablet cassettes 2 that can be attached to the tablet dispensing device 1. In the tablet dispensing device 1, the allocation correspondence information D31 stores It may be possible to dispense tablets using the tablet cassette 2 attached to the tablet dispensing device 1 among the tablet cassettes 2 provided.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 32(D), the storage unit 202 stores, for each tablet dispensing device 1 connected to the tablet dispensing system 500, the cassettes of the tablet cassettes 2 attached to the tablet dispensing device 1. A base master D41 is stored in which a number and a base number for identifying the base 3 of the tablet dispenser 1 to which the tablet cassette 2 is mounted are associated. When the tablet dispensing device 1 detects that the tablet cassette 2 has been attached or detached, the control unit 401 updates the base master D41 according to the attachment/detachment result of the tablet cassette 2 . As a result, the control unit 401 controls the tablet cassette 2 attached to each tablet dispensing device 1 and the tablet cassette 2 attached to each tablet dispensing device 1 in the tablet dispensing system 500 based on the base master D41 corresponding to each tablet dispensing device 1. It is possible to identify the base 3 that is being

A display unit 201 is display means such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or a projector capable of displaying various kinds of information. An operation unit 402 is operation means such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a touch panel that can accept user operations. Note that the display unit 201 and the operation unit 402 may be touch panel displays capable of accepting user operations.

The control unit 401 has control devices such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, and EEPROM (registered trademark). The CPU is a processor that executes various kinds of arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which information such as a control program for causing the CPU to execute various processes is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile storage unit, and the EEPROM is a nonvolatile storage unit. The RAM and EEPROM are used as temporary memory (work areas) for various processes executed by the CPU.

The control unit 401 includes an allocation processing unit 411, a determination processing unit 412, an output processing unit 413, a first display processing unit 414, a cleaning processing unit 415, a code output processing unit 416, a restriction processing unit 417, an abnormality processing unit 418, It includes various processing units such as a notification processing unit 419, a conformity determination processing unit 420, a second display processing unit 421, and the like. Specifically, the control unit 401 functions as the various processing units by executing various kinds of processing according to a tablet dispensing control program pre-stored in the ROM or the storage unit 202 using the CPU. Part or all of the processing unit may be an electronic circuit.

The allocation processing unit 411 accepts a tablet type according to a user's operation to the tablet cassette 2, which is an example of a first tablet cassette capable of dispensing tablets of an arbitrary tablet type assigned in advance. Hereinafter, the tablet cassette 2 to be assigned the tablet type by the assignment processing unit 411 may be referred to as a target tablet cassette 2A. For example, the allocation processing unit 411 causes the display unit 201 to display a list of candidate tablet types, and receives the selection of the tablet type according to the user's operation on the operation unit 402 . Note that when a user operation for reading a tablet type is performed using a bar code reader or the like (not shown) connected to the control device 200, the allocation processing unit 411 assigns the read tablet type to an allocation target. It may be accepted as a tablet type. Then, the assignment processing unit 411 can assign the tablet type accepted according to the user's operation to the tablet cassette 2 . On the other hand, while the adjustment device 100 is adjusting the tablet cassette 2 , the assignment processing unit 411 puts the tablet cassette 2 into a state in which no tablet type is assigned.

The determination processing unit 412 determines whether or not the tablet cassette 2, which is the second tablet cassette corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411, exists. That is, the determination processing unit 412 executes processing for confirming whether or not there is duplicate assignment of tablet types. Hereinafter, the tablet cassette 2 to which the tablet type accepted by the assignment processing unit 411 has already been assigned may be referred to as an existing tablet cassette 2B. In this embodiment, the case where the tablet cassette 2 is an example of the second tablet cassette will be described. can be attached to the tablet dispenser 1, the tablet type fixed cassette is also an example of the second tablet cassette.

The output processing unit 413 outputs the result of determination by the determination processing unit 412 . Specifically, when the determination processing unit 412 determines that there is an existing tablet cassette 2B corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411, the output processing unit 413 displays the fact on the display unit. 201 to display. For example, a message such as "There is already a tablet cassette corresponding to the same tablet type" is displayed. If the determination processing unit 412 determines that the existing tablet cassette 2B corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411 does not exist, the output processing unit 413 displays a display unit to that effect. 201 may not be displayed. Further, the method of outputting the presence of the existing tablet cassette 2B may be blinking of the display screen, change of display character color, or sound of a buzzer. Furthermore, when existing tablet cassettes 2B exist, the total number of currently existing existing tablet cassettes 2B or the total number including the currently existing existing tablet cassettes 2B and target tablet cassettes 2A is displayed as the determination result. good too. At this time, after the determination processing unit 412 determines that there is an existing tablet cassette 2B corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411, the allocation processing unit 411 selects the tablet type as the target tablet. When a user operation to allocate to the cassette 2A is performed, the tablet type can be allocated to the target tablet cassette 2A.

The first display processing unit 414 can display, on the display unit 201 or the like, the tablet type currently assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A attached to the adjusting device 100 capable of adjusting the tablet guide path 8b.

The cleaning processing unit 415 can transition the tablet guide path 8b to a preset cleanable state before the adjustment device 100 adjusts the tablet guide path 8b of the target tablet cassette 2A according to the tablet type. is. Specifically, the cleaning processing unit 415 can clean the rotor 8 by widening the width of the tablet guide path 8b to the maximum size during adjustment of the tablet guide path 8b of the target tablet cassette 2A.

The code output processing unit 416 can output a verification code indicating the tablet type after the adjustment device 100 adjusts the target tablet cassette 2A according to the tablet type. The verification code also includes the cassette number of the target tablet cassette 2A. For example, the code output processing unit 416 outputs the collation code to a printer or label printing device (not shown) connected to the control device 200 and prints it as a printed material such as a sticker. The collation code is a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code that can be read by a barcode reader (not shown) connectable to the control device 200 . The printed matter output by the code output processing unit 416 is attached to the target tablet cassette 2A and used to identify the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A.

The restriction processing unit 417 permits dispensing of tablets from the target tablet cassette 2A on the condition that the target tablet cassette 2A has been verified by the tablet dispensing device 1 based on the verification code. That is, the restriction processing unit 417 restricts (prohibits) dispensing of tablets from the target tablet cassette 2A until the tablet dispensing device 1 completes collation of the target tablet cassette 2A based on the collation code. Note that the restriction processing unit 417 may permit the dispensing of the tablet when the dispensing of the tablet is permitted by the user's operation even when the verification based on the verification code is not completed.

It is conceivable that the abnormality processing unit 418 sets the abnormal current value according to the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A. Further, the abnormality processing section 418 may set the abnormal current value according to the cassette type of the target tablet cassette 2A.

If the tablet type currently assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A and the tablet type accepted by the assignment processing unit 411 are the same, the notification processing unit 419 notifies that fact. Specifically, the notification processing unit 419 determines whether the tablet type currently assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A in the allocation correspondence information D31 is the same as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411, If they are the same, the fact is displayed on the display unit 201 or the like to notify the user.

The compatibility determination processing unit 420 determines whether or not the size or shape of the tablet corresponding to the tablet type received by the allocation processing unit 411 is compatible with the target tablet cassette 2A. Specifically, based on the cassette type of the target tablet cassette 2A, the suitability determination processing unit 420 determines whether or not the size or shape of the tablet corresponding to the tablet type is suitable. Then, the determination result by the compatibility determination processing unit 420 is displayed on the display unit 201 by the output processing unit 413 .

When the tablet type is accepted by the allocation processing unit 411, the second display processing unit 421 can display information such as the cassette type of the tablet cassette 2 suitable for the tablet corresponding to the tablet type on the display unit 201 or the like. is.

An example of procedures of allocation start processing, cassette adjustment processing, and tablet dispensing processing executed by the tablet dispensing system 500 according to the present embodiment will be described below. As long as the allocation start process, the cassette adjustment process, and the tablet dispensing process are executed in the tablet dispensing system 500 as a whole, the subject of each step is not limited to that described here.

[Allocation Start Processing] First, an example of the procedure of the allocation start processing will be described with reference to FIG. For example, the control unit 401 of the control device 200 starts the allocation start processing in response to a predetermined user operation on the operation unit 402 . After mounting the allocated tablet cassette 2A in the cassette mounting portion 102, the user performs the predetermined user operation to start the allocation start process.

<Step S21> In step S21, the control unit 401 executes a process for selecting the tablet type to be assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A according to the user's operation, and after the process ends, the process proceeds to step S22. Note that step S<b>21 is executed by the allocation processing unit 411 of the control unit 401 . Specifically, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 to display an operation screen P1 for setting the tablet type to be assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A, and accepts a tablet type setting operation on the operation screen P1.

Here, FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen P1. On the operation screen P1, it is possible to set extraction conditions for extracting tablet types according to drug codes or drug names, and the control unit 401 extracts a list of tablet types from the tablet mounting master D11 based on the extraction conditions. to display it as a selection. The list of tablet types may be extracted from the medicine master and displayed. Then, when a tablet type is selected according to a user's operation from the tablet types displayed in the list of tablet types, the control unit 401 selects the tablet type as the tablet type to be assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A.

<Step S22> In step S22, the control unit 401 determines whether or not there is an existing tablet cassette 2B corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type selected in step S21. Note that the determination step of step 22 is executed by the determination processing section 412 of the control section 401 . Here, when it is determined that the existing tablet cassette 2B exists (S22: Yes), the process proceeds to step S23. Moreover, when it is not determined that the existing tablet cassette 2B exists (S22: No), the process proceeds to step S25.

Specifically, based on the allocation correspondence information D31 stored in the storage unit 202, the control unit 401 determines whether the existing tablet cassette 2B corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type selected in step S21 is assigned to the tablet dispenser 1. Determines whether it has already been implemented in The existing tablet cassette 2B may include the tablet cassette 2 to which the tablet type has been assigned by the assignment processing unit 411 as well as a tablet type fixed cassette in which the dispensable tablet type is predetermined.

In some cases, the tablet dispensing device 1 is provided with a special tablet cassette to which the tablet type corresponding to the dispensable tablets can be arbitrarily assigned while being attached to the tablet dispensing device 1. At this time, the control unit 401 temporarily allocates tablets of a tablet type included in one or more specific prescription data to the special tablet cassette, and after dispensing the amount of tablets corresponding to the specific prescription data, May be deallocated. In this case, the same tablet type as the tablet type selected in step S21 may be temporarily assigned to the special tablet cassette. It is conceivable that the tablet cassette 2 may not be determined as the tablet cassette 2 that has been received. On the other hand, when the special tablet cassette is fixedly assigned as a cassette to which the same tablet type as the tablet type selected in step S21 is dispensed, the control unit 401 determines that the special tablet cassette has already been selected for the tablet type. Judgment as the assigned tablet cassette 2 is also considered as another embodiment. In the tablet dispensing system 500, when a specific tablet cassette 2 can be temporarily assigned as a tablet cassette 2 used only when dispensing tablets based on specific one or more prescription data, the tablet cassette 2 is also considered not to be judged as a tablet cassette 2 to which the same tablet type has already been assigned.

It is conceivable that a plurality of tablet dispensing devices 1 are connected to the tablet dispensing system 500 . In this case, for example, in step S22, the determination processing unit 412 determines that one of the plurality of tablet dispensing devices 1 already has an existing tablet cassette 2B corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411. It is conceivable to determine whether or not it exists. In addition, the determination processing unit 412 assigns an existing tablet corresponding to the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411 to any one predetermined tablet dispensing device 1 among the plurality of tablet dispensing devices 1. It may be determined whether or not the cassette 2B exists. Specifically, the determination processing unit 412 assigns the same tablet type as the tablet type accepted by the allocation processing unit 411 to the tablet dispensing device 1 to which the target tablet cassette 2A is attached among the plurality of tablet dispensing devices 1. It is conceivable to determine only whether or not the existing tablet cassette 2B exists.

Note that the allocation correspondence information D31 includes not only the tablet cassettes 2 currently mounted in the tablet dispensing device 1, but also the tablet type information allocated to the tablet cassettes 2 not currently mounted in the tablet dispensing device 1. be Therefore, the control unit 401 determines not only the tablet cassettes 2 attached to the tablet dispensing device 1 but also the tablet cassettes 2 not attached to the tablet dispensing device 1 as a determination range, and determines whether or not the existing tablet cassette 2B exists. It is possible to determine whether It is conceivable that the mounting state information regarding whether or not each tablet cassette 2 is mounted on the tablet dispenser 1 is stored in the allocation correspondence information D31, and the mounting state information is appropriately updated by the control section 401. In this case, the control unit 401 determines whether or not there is an existing tablet cassette 2B only for the tablet cassette 2 currently attached to the tablet dispensing device 1, based on the allocation correspondence information D31 and the attachment state information. may In addition, the base master D41 stores the identification information of the attached base 3 when each tablet cassette 2 is attached to the tablet dispensing device 1, and the tablet cassette 2 is not attached to the tablet dispensing device 1. In some cases, information to the effect that it is not attached (for example, the identification information of the base 3 is blank) may be stored. In this case, based on the base master D41, the control unit 401 determines not only the tablet cassettes 2 attached to the tablet dispensing device 1 but also the tablet cassettes 2 not attached to the tablet dispensing device 1 as the determination range. It is possible to determine whether the tablet cassette 2B is present.

<Step S23> In step S23, the control unit 401 displays on the display unit 201 that the tablet cassette 2 corresponding to the tablet type selected in step S21 already exists, and notifies the user. That is, the control unit 401 notifies that the tablet cassettes 2 corresponding to the same tablet type will overlap. Note that the control unit 401 determines the tablet type currently assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A in the assignment correspondence information D31 and the assignment processing unit 4
If the tablet type accepted by 11 is the same as the tablet type, it is notified to that effect. Here, the notification processing of step S23 is executed by the notification processing unit 419 of the control unit 401. FIG. This prevents the same tablet type from being assigned to two or more tablet cassettes 2 .

<Step S24> In step S24, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the user has performed an operation to continue assigning the tablet type selected in step S21 to the target tablet cassette 2A. Specifically, the control unit 401 may cause the display unit 201 to display a display screen for accepting a continuation operation and a cancellation operation for allocating the tablet type selected in step S21 to the target tablet cassette 2A. Here, if it is determined that the continuation operation has been performed (S24: Yes), the process proceeds to step S25, and if it is determined that the cancel operation has been performed (S24: No), the process proceeds to step S21. returned. Thereby, it is also possible to allocate the same tablet type to a plurality of tablet cassettes 2 according to the user's intention.

<Step S25> In step S25, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 to display an operation screen P2 for accepting an operation to start assigning the tablet type to the target tablet cassette 2A. Here, FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen P2.

The operation screen P2 includes a display area A1 in which information about the tablet type selected in step S21 is displayed, and a display area A2 in which information about the tablet type currently assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A is displayed. .

Specifically, the control unit 401 causes the tablet type information selected in step S21 to be displayed in the display area A1 based on the tablet mounting master D11. For example, the display area A1 displays a drug code and drug name that can identify the drug corresponding to the tablet type selected in step S21, the cassette type of the tablet cassette 2 that matches the tablet type, and the tablet type that corresponds to the tablet type. An appearance image of the type and the like are displayed. Thus, when the tablet type to be assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A is selected, the control unit 401 displays the operation screen P2 including information such as the cassette type suitable for the tablet type. Here, such display processing is executed by the second display processing section 421 of the control section 401 . Note that the cassette type information of the tablet cassette 2 is not stored in the tablet mounting master D11, and the control unit 401 determines the tablet dimensions such as length, height, width, and thickness stored in the tablet mounting master D11. Based on this, the suitable cassette type of the tablet cassette 2 may be determined and displayed in the display area A1. Further, information as to whether or not the tablet type is suitable for the target tablet cassette 2A may be displayed on the operation screen P2.

Further, the control unit 401 controls the reader/writer 501 of the adjustment device 100, reads the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A mounted in the cassette mounting unit 102, and reads the target tablet. The tablet type information assigned to the cassette 2A is displayed in the display area A2. Specifically, in the display area A2, a drug code and a drug name that can identify tablets corresponding to the tablet type, a cassette type of the target tablet cassette 2A, an appearance image of the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A, and the like are displayed. Is displayed. If the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 are not read from the RFID tag 601, no information is displayed in the display area A2. , the tablet type information is displayed in the display area A2. Further, as another embodiment, the control unit 401 may select the target tablet cassette 2A to be assigned in step S21 according to the user's operation. In this case, the control unit 401 may display the tablet type information assigned to the selected target tablet cassette 2A in the display area A2 based on the assignment correspondence information D31 and the tablet mounting master D11. Thus, the control unit 401 displays the operation screen P2 including information such as the tablet type currently assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A. Here, such display processing is executed by the first display processing section 414 of the control section 401 .

The operation screen P2 also includes an operation key K3 for expanding the tablet type information displayed in the display area A1. Then, when the operation key K3 is operated, the control unit 401 expands the display area A1 in the operation screen P2 as shown in FIG. Information on the JAN code or GS1 code of the corresponding tablet, tablet size (length, width, height, thickness), stability factor, placement restrictions, size type, etc. is displayed based on the tablet mounting master D11. Further, when the operation key K3 is operated again, the control unit 401 cancels the expansion of the display area A1 on the operation screen P2 as shown in FIG. Note that the control unit 401 can also change the values of the length, width, height, and thickness of the tablet corresponding to the tablet type registered in the tablet mounting master D11 according to the user's operation in the display area A1. It is possible.

The operation screen P2 also includes an operation key K2 for selecting whether or not to clean the rotor 8 in cassette adjustment processing, which will be described later. Then, in step S51 of the rotor cleaning process (see FIG. 40), which will be described later, the control unit 401 determines whether or not to clean the rotor 8 according to the selection state of the operation key K2 on the operation screen P2.

As another embodiment, when it is determined in step S22 that the existing tablet cassette 2B exists, steps S23 and S24 are omitted, and the operation screen P2 displayed in step S25 displays the tablet cassette selected in step S21. It may be displayed that the tablet cassette 2 corresponding to the tablet type already exists. In this case, it is conceivable that the control unit 401 accepts the operation of the operation key K1 as a user operation to assign the tablet type selected in step S21 to the target tablet cassette 2A. Further, the control unit 401 can accept an operation of a cancel key (not shown) displayed on the operation screen P2 as a user operation for canceling the assignment of the tablet type selected in step S21 to the target tablet cassette 2A. Conceivable.

<Step S26> In step S26, the control unit 401 determines whether or not an operation to start assigning the tablet type to the target tablet cassette 2A has been performed. Specifically, the operation screen P2 includes an operation key K1 for accepting an operation to start assigning the tablet type to the target tablet cassette 2A. It is determined that an operation to start assigning tablet types to the cassette 2A has been performed. Here, when it is determined that the start operation has been performed (S26: Yes), the process proceeds to step S27. Until it is determined that the start operation has been performed (S26: No), the process waits in step S26.

<Step S27> In step S27, the control section 401 determines whether the tablet type selected in step S21 is suitable for the target tablet cassette 2A mounted in the cassette mounting section 102 or not. Specifically, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A satisfies the cassette type compatibility condition (tablet size, shape, etc.) of the target tablet cassette 2A. For example, it is determined whether or not the size or shape of the tablet corresponding to the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A is within the cassette type compatibility condition in the cassette information D22 of the target tablet cassette 2A. Also, the cassette type registered in the tablet mounting master D11 or the medicine master as a cassette type suitable for the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A matches the cassette type stored in the cassette information D22 of the target tablet cassette 2A. may be judged to be suitable if As another embodiment, the tablet cassette 2 may be compatible with all types of tablets, and in this case, step S26 can be omitted.

Here, when it is determined that the tablet type to be assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A is suitable for the target tablet cassette 2A (S27: Yes), the allocation start process ends and the cassette adjustment process is started. On the other hand, if it is determined that the tablet type assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A does not match the target tablet cassette 2A (S27: No), the process proceeds to step S28 and an error message is displayed on the display unit 201 or the like. After the user is notified of the change, the process returns to step S21.

[Cassette Adjustment Process] Next, an example of the procedure of the cassette adjustment process will be described with reference to FIGS. 38 and 39. FIG. Note that the control unit 401 starts the cassette adjustment process after the allocation start process ends.

<Step S30> In step S30, the control unit 401 determines whether information can be read from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A. Specifically, the control unit 401 transmits a control signal for reading out the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A to the adjusting device 100, and the reading from the adjusting device 100 is performed. Waits to receive a completion notification. Accordingly, in the adjustment device 100, the reader/writer 501 reads the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A, and when the reading is completed, a readout completion notice is sent to the control device 200.

Here, when it is determined that information can be read from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A (S30: Yes), the process proceeds to step S31, and information is read from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A. is possible (S31: No), the process waits in step S21. If it is not determined that information can be read from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A even after the predetermined time has elapsed, the control unit 401 displays an error on the display unit 201 or the like to notify the user.

<Step S31> In step S31, the control section 401 sends the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 read from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A mounted in the cassette mounting section 102 of the adjusting device 100 to the adjusting device 100. , and stored in the storage unit 202 . Specifically, the control unit 401 receives the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 from the adjusting device 100 by transmitting a transmission request for the tablet type information D21 and the cassette information D22 to the adjusting device 100 .

<Step S32> In step S32, the control unit 401 erases the contents of the tablet type information D21 stored in the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A mounted in the cassette mounting unit 102 of the adjustment device 100. FIG. That is, the control unit 401 executes processing for canceling the allocation of the tablet type to the target tablet cassette 2A. Also, the control unit 401 deletes the drug code associated with the target tablet cassette 2A in the allocation correspondence information D31. That is, during the adjustment of the target tablet cassette 2A by the adjusting device 100, the tablet type is not assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A. This prevents the tablet dispensing device 1 from using the target tablet cassette 2A whose rotor 8 has not been properly adjusted.

<Step S33> In step S33, the control unit 401 executes a removal preparation process for making it possible to remove the rotor 8 from the target tablet cassette 2A. Specifically, the control unit 401 drives the partition adjusting mechanism M1 to retract the partition member 20 so that the leading end of the partition member 20 is adjusted to at least the notch 72a of the first movable member 60 of the cassette main body 5 of the tablet cassette 2 and The rotor 8 is retracted from the notch 81 a of the second movable member 61 so that the rotor 8 can be removed from the cassette body 5 . When the rotor 8 becomes detachable from the target tablet cassette 2A, the process proceeds to step S34. In this embodiment, a case where the rotor 8 is attached to and detached from the tablet cassette 2 when the rotor 8 is adjusted by the adjusting device 100 will be described as an example. The configuration may be such that the rotor 8 can be adjusted while the rotor 8 is attached.

<Step S34> In step S34, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 to display predetermined start notification information for starting the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 to notify the user. Specifically, the start notification information prompts to remove the rotor 8 from the target tablet cassette 2A, set it on the rotor mounting portion 103 of the adjusting device 100, lower the lever 145, and press the first start button 203. Contains messages, images, etc. Note that messages or images for individually prompting to remove the rotor 8 from the tablet cassette 2, to set the rotor 8 on the rotor mounting portion 103 of the adjustment device 100, to lower the lever 145, and to press the first start button 203. may be displayed in order according to the user's operation.

<Step S35> In step S35, the control unit 401 determines whether or not an operation to start the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 has been performed. Specifically, the control unit 401 determines that the start operation has been performed when the first start button 203 is pressed. Then, when it is determined that the start operation has been performed (S35: Yes), the process proceeds to step S36. Until it is determined that the start operation has been performed (S35: No), the process waits in step S35.

<Step S<b>36 > In step S<b>36 , based on the detection result of the lever position detection sensor 147 , the control unit 401 determines whether the lever 145 has transitioned to a predetermined depressed state. Then, when it is determined that the lever 145 has transitioned to the depressed state (S36: Yes), the process proceeds to step S362. On the other hand, if it is determined that the lever 145 has not transitioned to the depressed state (S36: No), the process proceeds to step S361.

<Step S361> In step S361, the control unit 401 notifies the user by causing the display unit 201 to display an error message indicating that the lever 145 has not transitioned to the depressed state. After that, the process is returned to step S35.

<Step S362> In step S362, the control section 401 executes a rotor cleaning process for enabling the user to clean the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2. FIG. Here, the rotor cleaning process is executed by the cleaning processing section 415 of the control section 401 . Note that step S362 may be omitted in the cassette adjustment process. Here, an example of the procedure of the rotor cleaning process will be described with reference to FIG. 40 .

<Step S51> In step S51, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the rotor 8 is to be cleaned. Specifically, in the allocation start process, the control unit 401 sets a cleaning flag in the RAM or the like of the control unit 401 when "with cleaning" is selected with the operation key K2 (see FIG. 36) of the operation screen P2. Set to ON. Then, in step S51, the control unit 401 determines that the rotor 8 is to be cleaned when the cleaning flag is ON. Note that the control unit 401 sets the cleaning flag to OFF when the rotor cleaning process ends. Here, if it is determined that the rotor 8 should be cleaned (S51: Yes), the process proceeds to step S52. On the other hand, if it is determined that the rotor 8 should not be cleaned (S51: No), the rotor cleaning process ends and the process proceeds to step S37.

<Step S<b>52 > In step S<b>52 , the control unit 401 transmits a cleaning start instruction to the adjusting device 100 to adjust the rotor 8 to a cleanable state. Specifically, the control unit 401 allows the adjustment device 100 to transition the tablet guide path 8b of the target tablet cassette 2A to a preset cleanable state. For example, when the rotor 8 can be cleaned by fully opening the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8, the control unit 401 transmits a cleaning start instruction for causing the adjusting device 100 to fully open the rotor 8. . As a result, the adjustment device 100 performs a full-open operation to fully open the width of the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 to the maximum size based on the cleaning start instruction, and the user can clean the rotor 8. .

<Step S53> In step S53, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the rotor 8 has transitioned to a state in which the cleaning of the rotor 8 by the adjustment device 100 is possible. Specifically, the control unit 401 determines that the rotor 8 has transitioned to the cleanable state when receiving from the adjustment device 100 a notification that the rotor 8 has completed the fully open operation. When it is determined that the rotor 8 has transitioned to the cleanable state (S53: Yes), the process proceeds to step S54 until it is determined that the rotor 8 has transitioned to the cleanable state (S53: No), the process waits at step S53.

<Step S54> In step S54, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 to display cleanable information indicating that the rotor 8 can be cleaned to notify the user. Specifically, the cleanable information is obtained by lifting the lever 145 to remove the rotor 8 from the rotor mounting portion 103, returning the rotor 8 to the rotor mounting portion 103 after cleaning, lowering the lever 145, and pressing the first start button 203. It includes a message and an image prompting the user to press the button. It should be noted that lifting the lever 145 to remove the rotor 8 from the rotor mounting portion 103, returning the rotor 8 to the rotor mounting portion 103 after cleaning, lowering the lever 145, and pressing the first start button 203 are performed separately. A message, an image, or the like may be displayed in order according to the user's operation.

<Step S55> In step S55, the control unit 401 determines whether or not an adjustment operation start operation has been performed. Specifically, the control unit 401 determines that the start operation has been performed when the first start button 203 is pressed. Then, if it is determined that the start operation has been performed (S55: Yes), the rotor cleaning process ends, and the process proceeds to step S37. Until it is determined that the start operation has been performed (S55: No), the process waits in step S55. This allows the user to clean the rotor 8 after removing the rotor 8 and before pressing the first start button 203 .

Thus, in the tablet dispensing system 500, the rotor cleaning process is executed during the cassette adjustment process, and the user can clean the rotor 8 of the target tablet cassette 2A when assigning the tablet type to the target tablet cassette 2A. It is possible to

<Step S37> Returning to the description of FIG. 38, in step S37, the control unit 401 instructs the adjustment device 100 to adjust the rotor 8 to the size corresponding to the tablet type selected in step S21. to start the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 by the adjusting device 100 . For example, the control unit 401 reads information such as height, width and thickness of the tablet used for adjustment of the rotor 8 and information such as the entry position from the tablet mounting master D11, and issues an adjustment instruction including the information to the adjustment device. Send to 100. As a result, the adjustment device 100 executes an adjustment operation for adjusting the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 based on the adjustment instruction, and transmits an end notification to the control unit 401 when the adjustment operation ends. The adjustment instruction includes information on the amount of adjustment of the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 instead of the size of the tablet, and the adjusting device 100 adjusts the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 based on the information on the amount of adjustment. may be adjusted.

<Step S38> In step S38, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the adjusting operation of the rotor 8 by the adjusting device 100 has ended. Specifically, the control unit 401 determines that the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 has been completed when receiving the end notification of the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 from the adjustment device 100 . When it is determined that the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 has ended (S38: Yes), the process proceeds to step S39 until it is determined that the adjustment operation of the rotor 8 has ended (S38: No). , the process waits at step S38.

<Step S39> In step S39, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 to display predetermined end notification information for ending the adjustment of the rotor 8 to notify the user. Specifically, the end notification information indicates that the lever 145 is lifted, the rotor 8 is removed from the rotor mounting portion 103, the rotor 8 is set on the tablet cassette 2, and the tablet cassette 2 is mounted on the rotor mounting portion 103. After that, it includes a message or an image prompting the operation unit 402 to perform a completion operation. In addition, lifting the lever 145, removing the rotor 8 from the rotor mounting portion 103, setting the rotor 8 in the tablet cassette 2, mounting the tablet cassette 2 in the cassette mounting portion 102, and mounting the tablet cassette 2 After that, a message or an image for individually prompting the user to perform the mounting confirmation operation may be sequentially displayed according to the user's operation.

<Step S40> Next, as shown in FIG. 39, in step S40, the control section 401 determines whether or not a mounting confirmation operation indicating that the target tablet cassette 2A has been mounted in the cassette mounting section 102 has been performed. do. Here, when it is determined that the mounting confirmation operation has been performed (S40: Yes), the process proceeds to step S41, and until it is determined that the mounting confirmation operation has been performed (S40: No), the process It waits at the step S40.

<Step S<b>41 > In step S<b>41 , the control unit 401 determines whether or not the lever 145 has transitioned to a predetermined push-up state based on the detection result of the lever position detection sensor 147 . Then, when it is determined that the lever 145 has transitioned to the pushed-up state (S41: Yes), the process proceeds to step S42. On the other hand, if it is determined that the lever 145 has not transitioned to the push-up state (S41: No), the process proceeds to step S411.

<Step S411> In step S411, the control unit 401 notifies the user by causing the display unit 201 to display a message to the effect that the lever 145 has not transitioned to the pushed-up state, and returns the process to step S40.

<Step S42> In step S42, the control unit 401 reads the cassette information D22 of the target tablet cassette 2A from the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A attached to the cassette attachment unit 102 by the reader/writer 501 .

<Step S43> In step S43, the control unit 401 reads the cassette number of the cassette information D22 read from the RFID tag 601 in step S42 and the cassette information read from the RFID tag 601 and stored in the storage unit 202 in step S31. The identity of the target tablet cassette 2A is determined based on the cassette number of D22. That is, it is determined whether or not the target tablet cassette 2A before and after the rotor 8 is attached and detached is the same. Here, if it is determined that they are the same (S43: Yes), the process proceeds to step S44, and if it is determined that they are not the same (S43: No), the process proceeds to step S431. In this way, since the identity of the target tablet cassette 2A is confirmed in step S43, it is prevented that the rotor 8 is attached to a different target tablet cassette 2A.

In this embodiment, a case where the cassette body 5 of the tablet cassette 2 is provided with the RFID tag 601 will be described. It is also conceivable as another embodiment that the reader/writer 301 is provided at a possible position. Furthermore, each of the cassette body 5 and the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 is provided with an RFID tag that stores unique information that can identify the cassette body 5 and the rotor 8, and the RFID tag is provided in the adjusting device 100.
It is conceivable that one or more reader/writers capable of reading each tag are provided. In this case, the control unit 401 reads information from each of the RFID tags of the cassette body 5 and the rotor 8 before and after the rotor 8 is detached, and the combination of the cassette body 5 and the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 matches before and after the rotor 8 is detached. It is conceivable to judge whether or not to

<Step S431> In step S431, the control section 401 displays on the display section 201 an error indicating that the target tablet cassette 2A mounted before the rotor 8 is removed is different from the current target tablet cassette 2A, and , and the process returns to step S40. In addition, in step S431, the cassette number of the target tablet cassette 2A that was mounted before the rotor 8 was removed may be notified.

<Step S44> In step S44, the control unit 401 executes attachment confirmation processing for confirming attachment of the rotor 8 to the target tablet cassette 2A. Specifically, the control unit 401 drives the partition adjusting mechanism M1 to advance the partition member 20 so that the tip of the partition member 20 is aligned with the notch 72a of the first movable member 60 of the cassette main body 5 of the tablet cassette 2 and the first movable member 60. 2 is fitted into the notch 81a of the movable member 61 so that the rotor 8 cannot be removed from the cassette main body 5. As shown in FIG. The insertion position of the partition member 20 at this time is the insertion position corresponding to the tablet type selected in step S21. Then, when the attachment confirmation process of the rotor 8 to the tablet cassette 2 is completed, the process proceeds to step S45.

<Step S45> In step S45, the control unit 401 uses the reader/writer 501 to read the drug code, stability coefficient, placement restriction, and branch number in the tablet type information D21 of the updatable area 611 of the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A. , the drug code, stability factor, placement restriction, and branch number corresponding to the tablet type selected in step S21. That is, the control unit 401 executes processing for allocating the tablet type to the target tablet cassette 2A. Here, such processing is executed by the allocation processing section 411 of the control section 401 .

<Step S46> In step S46, the control unit 401 updates the medicine identification information corresponding to the target tablet cassette 2A in the allocation correspondence information D31 to the medicine identification information corresponding to the tablet type selected in step S21, Set the matched flag to OFF. Here, such processing is executed by the allocation processing section 411 of the control section 401 .

<Step S47> In step S47, the control unit 401 receives a verification code including information such as the tablet type medicine code assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A in the cassette adjustment process and the cassette number of the target tablet cassette 2A. output label P3. Specifically, the control unit 401 transmits the data of the label P3 to a printer or label printing device (not shown) connected to the control device 200 to print the data. Note that step S47 is executed by the code output processing unit 416 of the control unit 401. FIG. Further, the collation code may indicate only the tablet type information.

Here, FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of the printing result of the label P3. As shown in FIG. 41, the label P3 includes a seal P21 and a seal P22 on which the verification code is printed. Note that the label P3 also shows information on the tablet types before and after allocation to the target tablet cassette 2A, and information on the powerful drug/controlled drug type of the allocated tablet type. For example, each of the seals P21 and P22 is attached to the front surface or side surface and top surface (lid 6) of the target tablet cassette 2A. Note that the label P3 may include one or three or more stickers on which the collation code is indicated.

<Step S48> In step S48, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 to display an adjustment end notification indicating that the cassette adjustment process is completed and that the target tablet cassette 2A can be removed to notify the user.

As described above, in the control device 200 , the control unit 401 executes the cassette adjustment process, so that it is possible to assist the user in assigning tablet types to the tablet cassettes 2 .

[Tablet dispensing process] Next, an example of the procedure of the tablet dispensing process will be described with reference to Figs. 42 and 43 . The tablet dispensing process is executed by the control unit 401 of the control device 200 and the control unit 300 of the tablet dispensing device 1 . Note that the tablet dispensing device may be executed solely by the control section 300 of the tablet dispensing device 1 .

<Step S61> In step S61, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the operation unit 402 has been operated to start dispensing for specific prescription data. For example, the control unit 401 selects arbitrary prescription data as a dispensing target from prescription data input to the control device 200 from a host system such as an electronic medical record system (not shown) by a user operation, and starts dispensing for the prescription data. It is determined that a dispensing start operation has been performed when an operation for starting is performed on the operation unit 402 . Here, when it is determined that the dispensing start operation has been performed (S61: Yes), the process proceeds to step S62, and until it is determined that the dispensing start operation has been performed (S61: No), the process It waits in step S61.

<Step S62> In step S62, the control unit 401 identifies a control target for dispensing a tablet included as a prescription drug in the prescription data based on the allocation correspondence information D31. More specifically, the control unit 401 identifies the tablet cassette 2 corresponding to the drug code of the tablet to be dispensed based on the allocation correspondence information D31 and the base master D41, and determines the tablet dispensing to which the tablet cassette 2 is attached. Identify device 1 . Then, based on the base master D41, the control unit 401 specifies the base 3 to which the tablet cassette 2 is mounted in the tablet dispensing device 1 as a control target when dispensing tablets corresponding to the medicine code. . When there are a plurality of tablet cassettes 2 corresponding to the same drug code in the tablet dispensing system 500, the control unit 401 gives a predetermined priority among the plurality of tablet cassettes 2 (for example, branch number It is conceivable to specify the base 3 of the tablet dispensing device 1 to which the tablet cassette 2 is mounted (smaller) as a control target when dispensing tablets corresponding to the drug code. On the other hand, if the tablet cassette 2 corresponding to the medicine code does not exist in the tablet dispensing system 500, the control unit 401 causes the display unit 201 or the like to indicate that the tablet cassette 2 corresponding to the medicine code should be attached to the tablet dispensing device 1. to notify the user. If the prescription data includes a plurality of tablet types as prescription drugs, a plurality of control targets for dispensing each of the tablets is specified. Then, when control targets for dispensing all tablets are identified, the process proceeds to step S63.

<Step S63> In step S63, the control section 401 determines whether or not the verification based on the verification code has been completed for each of the tablet cassettes 2 identified in step S62. Specifically, for each tablet cassette 2 identified in step S62, the control unit 401 determines that collation has been completed when the collation completion flag stored in the allocation correspondence information D31 is "ON". . Here, if it is determined that the collation has been completed (S63: Yes), the process proceeds to step S67, and if it is determined that the collation has not been completed (S63: No), the process proceeds to step S64. Transition.

<Step S64> In step S64, the control unit 401 displays on the display unit 201 a message indicating that the verification of the tablet cassette 2 has not been completed and that the verification code corresponding to the tablet cassette 2 should be read. is notified to the user, and the process proceeds to step S65. The verification code is a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code including the tablet type drug code assigned to the tablet cassette 2 as described above, and printed on the stickers P21 and P22 in step S47. is. Further, when the tablet cassette 2 requiring verification is attached to the base 3, the location where the tablet cassette 2 is attached is specified based on the base master D41, and information indicating the location is sent together with the message. may be displayed.

<Step S65> In step S65, the control unit 401 waits for verification of the unverified tablet cassette 2 (S65: No). Specifically, the control unit 401 attaches the collation code printed on the seal P21 or P22 to the tablet storage unit such as the original box of the tablet using a barcode reader (not shown) connectable to the tablet dispensing device 1. A tablet code such as a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code is read, and if the tablet type indicated by the verification code and the tablet code match, it is determined that the tablet cassette 2 has been verified. . Further, the control section 401 may check whether the verification code printed on the seal P21 and the verification code printed on the seal P22 are the same. As another embodiment, the control unit 401 reads the verification code with a bar code reader (not shown) connectable to the tablet dispenser 1, and the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 included in the verification code is read. If the cassette number matches the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 determined to be unverified in step S64, it may be determined that the tablet cassette 2 has been verified. When the tablet type indicated by the verification code, the tablet type indicated by the tablet code, and the tablet type assigned to the tablet cassette 2 identified in step S62 all match, the control unit 401 It may be determined that the tablet cassette 2 has been verified. Here, if it is determined that the unverified tablet cassette 2 has been verified (S65: Yes), the process proceeds to step S66. On the other hand, until the unverified tablet cassette 2 is verified (S65: No), the process waits in step S65. That is, after the tablet type is assigned, the control unit 401 restricts the use of the tablet cassette 2 for which collation has not been completed.

<Step S66> In step S66, the control unit 401 updates the collated flag corresponding to the tablet cassette 2 in the allocation correspondence information D31 to "ON", and returns the process to step S63. Accordingly, the control unit 401 repeatedly executes steps S64 to S66 until collation for each tablet cassette 2 specified in step S62 is completed.

<Step S67> In step S67, the control unit 401 transmits a tablet dispensing start instruction for starting dispensing of tablets by each of the tablet cassettes 2 identified in step S62 to the tablet dispensing device 1, and the process proceeds to step S61. return. Specifically, the tablet dispensing start instruction includes the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 specified based on the prescription data, the stability coefficient corresponding to the tablet type assigned to the tablet cassette 2, and the prescription indicated in the prescription data. Information such as the number of dispensed tablets corresponding to the quantity is included. As a result, the tablet dispensing device 1 dispenses the number of tablets to be dispensed from each of the tablet cassettes 2 based on the tablet dispensing start instruction.

The storage unit 202 also stores abnormality detection correspondence information in which tablet types and abnormal current values are associated with each other. The abnormal current value may vary depending on the type of tablet, and may also vary depending on the shape or hardness of the tablet. For example, it is conceivable that the abnormal current value differs between a tablet in a narrow sense and a capsule tablet. Then, based on the tablet type associated with each tablet cassette 2 and the abnormality detection correspondence information, the control unit 401 detects an abnormality in a drive unit such as a motor used to dispense tablets from each tablet cassette 2 . Set the abnormal current value for detecting Here, such setting processing is executed by the abnormality processing unit 418 of the control unit 401 . As another embodiment, the storage unit 202 stores abnormality detection correspondence information in which the cassette type and the abnormal current value are associated, and the control unit 401 controls the cassette type of each tablet cassette 2 and the abnormality detection correspondence. It is also conceivable to set the abnormal current value corresponding to each tablet cassette 2 based on the information. Then, the control unit 401 includes in the tablet dispensing start instruction the abnormal current value corresponding to each tablet cassette 2 set as a threshold value used for abnormality detection when each tablet cassette 2 is driven. Send to As a result, the tablet dispenser 1 detects an abnormality in each tablet cassette 2 based on the abnormal current value (step S76). The abnormal current value setting process may be executed by the control section 300 of the tablet dispenser 1 . Further, the abnormal current value may be set to a different value between the tablet type fixed cassette and the tablet cassette 2 .

<Step S71> On the other hand, in the tablet dispenser 1, the controller 300 determines whether or not to start filling the tablet cassette 2 with tablets in step S71. For example, the tablet dispensing device 1 is provided with a workbench for filling tablets into the tablet cassette 2, and the workbench indicates that the tablet cassette 2 has been placed on the workbench. A placement sensor for detection and a reader/writer for reading information from the RFID tag 601 of the tablet cassette 2 placed thereon are provided. Then, when the placement sensor detects that the tablet cassette 2 is placed on the workbench, the control unit 300 reads the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 from the RFID tag 601 by the reader/writer, and It is determined to start filling tablets with cassette 2 as the filling target. It should be noted that the installation of the placement sensor may be omitted, and it may be determined that the tablet cassette 2 has been placed on the workbench on condition that the information is read from the RFID tag 601 by the reader/writer. Here, when it is determined to start filling the tablet cassette 2 with tablets (S71: Yes), the process proceeds to step S72, and when it is determined not to start filling the tablet cassette 2 with tablets (S71 : No), the process proceeds to step S73.

<Step S72> In step S72, the control section 300 executes a filling process for filling tablets into the tablet cassette 2 selected by the user's operation. An example of the filling process will now be described with reference to FIG.

<Step S721> In step S721, the control unit 300 determines whether or not collation has been completed for the tablet cassette 2 to be filled. Here, if it is determined that collation has been completed (S721: Yes), the process proceeds to step S725, and if it is determined that collation has not been completed (S721: No), the process proceeds to step S722. Transition.

Specifically, the control unit 300 determines whether or not the matching of the tablet cassette 2 to be filled has been completed based on the matched flag of the allocation correspondence information D31. For example, the control unit 300 acquires the allocation correspondence information D31 from the control unit 401, or the allocation correspondence information D31 is transmitted from the control unit 401 to the control unit 300 at the timing when the control unit 401 updates the allocation correspondence information D31. can be considered. It is sufficient that the control unit 300 can refer to the correspondence relationship between the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 and the matched flag in the allocation correspondence information D31, and the method is not limited to these.

<Step S722> In step S722, the control unit 300 displays a message or an image indicating that the tablet cassette 2 needs to be verified and that the verification code corresponding to the tablet cassette 2 should be read. is displayed on a display device (not shown) or the display unit 201, etc., to notify the user, and the process proceeds to step S723. Further, when the tablet cassette 2 requiring verification is attached to the base 3, the location where the tablet cassette 2 is attached is specified based on the base master D41, and information indicating the location is sent together with the message. may be displayed.

<Step S723> In step S723, the control unit 300 waits for verification of the unverified tablet cassette 2 (S723: No). Specifically, the control unit 300 uses a barcode reader (not shown) connectable to the control device 200 to attach the verification code printed on the seal P21 or P22 to the container such as the original box of the tablets to be filled. A tablet code such as a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code is read, and if the tablet type indicated by the verification code and the tablet code match, it is determined that the tablet cassette 2 has been verified. . Further, the control unit 300 may check whether the verification codes printed on the stickers P21 and P22 are the same. Further, as another embodiment, the control unit 300 reads the verification code by a barcode reader (not shown) connectable to the control device 200, and the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 included in the verification code is unknown. If the cassette number matches the cassette number of the tablet cassette 2 to be checked, it may be determined that the tablet cassette 2 has been checked. In addition, when the tablet type indicated by the verification code, the tablet type indicated by the tablet code, and the tablet type assigned to the tablet cassette 2 to be filled all match, the control unit 300 2 may be judged to have been verified. Here, if it is determined that the unverified tablet cassette 2 has been verified (S723: Yes), the process proceeds to step S724.

<Step S724> In step S724, the control unit 300 performs processing for updating the verified flag corresponding to the tablet cassette 2 to be filled in the allocation correspondence information D31 to "ON". Specifically, the control unit 300 notifies the control unit 401 of a control instruction for setting the verified flag of the tablet cassette 2 to be filled to ON. Then, when the control instruction is received, the control unit 401 updates the collated flag of the tablet cassette 2 to be filled in the allocation correspondence information D31 stored in the storage unit 202 to ON. As a result, the tablet cassette 2 to be filled can be used in the tablet dispenser 1 .

<Step S725> In step S725, the control unit 300 executes a predetermined filling support process for the tablet cassette 2 to be filled. For example, the filling support processing includes displaying the tablet type of the tablet corresponding to the tablet cassette 2, accepting inputs such as the number of tablets to be filled in the tablet cassette 2 and the lot number, and checking the inventory amount of tablets in the tablet cassette 2. including updates. The work of filling the tablet cassette 2 with tablets is performed by the user.

If the collated flag is set to "ON" in step S724, that is, if the collated flag is "OFF" when the filling process is executed, the filling support process is executed. At this time, it is conceivable to execute a test mode in which tablets are dispensed from the tablet cassette 2 . For example, in the test mode, when a predetermined number of tablets are dispensed from the filled tablet cassette 2 and the user performs a confirmation operation, the test mode ends. Thereby, it is possible to confirm whether or not the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 is normally adjusted.

<Step S73> When the control unit 300 determines in step S73 that the tablet dispensing start instruction has been received (S73: Yes), the process proceeds to step S74, and the tablet dispensing start instruction has not been received. If so (S73: No), the process returns to step S71.

<Step S74> In step S74, the control unit 300 sets the abnormal current value at the time of driving each of the tablet cassettes 2 used this time based on the tablet dispensing start instruction. Note that the control unit 300 when executing such processing may be regarded as the abnormality processing unit according to the present invention.

<Step S75> In step S75, the control unit 300 controls the tablet dispensing device 1 based on the tablet dispensing start instruction, and from each of the tablet cassettes 2 of the tablet dispensing device 1, tablets included in the prescription data as prescription drugs A tablet dispensing operation is started to dispense a required amount of tablets of the type. For example, in the tablet dispensing operation, the tablets are dispensed from each of the tablet cassettes 2 and packaged in packaging paper for each dosing period.

<Step S76> In step S76, the control unit 300 determines whether or not the driving current of the driving unit used for dispensing tablets from the tablet cassette 2 is equal to or higher than the preset abnormal current value for the tablet dispensing operation. judge. Here, such determination processing is executed by the abnormality determination section 311 of the control section 300 . Here, if the controller 300 determines that the abnormal current value is equal to or higher than the abnormal current value (S76: Yes), it determines that an abnormality has occurred in the tablet cassette 2, and shifts the process to step S77. On the other hand, if it is determined that the abnormal current value is not equal to or greater than the abnormal current value (S76: No), the process proceeds to step S78.

<Step S77> In step S77, the control unit 300 interrupts the tablet dispensing operation by the tablet dispensing device 1. FIG. Specifically, when tablets are clogged between the rotor 8 and the cassette body 5 in the tablet cassette 2 and the rotor 8 does not rotate, the current flowing through the driving portion such as the driving motor of the rotor 8 increases. Therefore, in step S77, the control unit 300 displays, for example, the display unit 202 or the like to notify the user that there is a possibility of tablet clogging, or executes clogging elimination processing such as reverse rotation of the rotor 8. It is also possible. Note that the control unit 300 restarts the tablet dispensing operation when, for example, the tablet cassette 2 detected as abnormal in step S76 is attached or detached, or when the user performs a restart operation. It is conceivable to shift to S78.

<Step S78> In step S78, the control unit 300 determines whether or not the tablet dispensing operation based on the tablet dispensing start instruction by the tablet dispensing device 1 has been completed. Here, if it is determined that the tablet dispensing operation has not been completed (S78: No), the process returns to step S76, and if it is determined that the tablet dispensing operation has been completed (S78: Yes), the process is returned to step S71.

As described above, in the tablet dispensing system 500, by executing the tablet dispensing process, when the tablet cassette 2 is first used in the tablet dispensing device 1, the tablet type assigned to the tablet cassette 2 is used. Dispensing of tablets from the tablet cassette 2 is permitted on condition that the corresponding verification code is read.

[Rotor Cleaning Mode] By the way, in the cassette adjustment process, a case where the rotor cleaning process is executed in the middle has been described. It is also conceivable that a cleaning rotor mode for cleaning can be implemented. Note that the rotor cleaning mode may be executable by the adjusting device 100 alone.

Specifically, the control unit 401 executes the rotor cleaning mode when the user performs a rotor cleaning mode start operation on the operation unit 402 . In the rotor cleaning mode, the controller 401 sets the cleaning flag to ON and then executes the same process as the cassette adjustment process. Accordingly, in step S51 of the rotor cleaning process (FIG. 40), it is determined that the rotor 8 is to be cleaned.

In the rotor cleaning mode, in step S45, the control unit 401 causes the medicine code assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A in the assignment correspondence information D31 to correspond to the tablet type stored in the storage unit 202 in step S31. update to the drug code that In step S45, the control unit 401 uses the reader/writer 501 to store the drug code in the tablet type information D21 in the updatable area 611 of the RFID tag 601 of the target tablet cassette 2A in the storage unit 202 in step S31. update to the drug code corresponding to the tablet type. That is, the control unit 401 reassigns the tablet type that has been assigned to the target tablet cassette 2A before execution of the rotor cleaning mode to the target tablet cassette 2A. After that, when the cassette adjustment process is completed, the rotor cleaning mode ends.

In this way, the control device 200 has the rotor cleaning mode, so that the user can clean the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 at any timing without changing the tablet type assignment to the tablet cassette 2. It is possible.

In addition, the tablet dispenser 1 performs a test ejection operation when there is a test ejection command for a designated tablet cassette designated by a user or the like. The test ejection operation is an operation of rotating the rotor 8 of the specified tablet cassette until the number of tablets ejected from the specified tablet cassette reaches a specific number. The number of ejected tablets is detected using an optical sensor provided in the tablet ejection path 3c or the like. The test ejection operation is performed after the adjustment device 100 adjusts the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 and before ejecting the tablets from the tablet cassette 2 based on the prescription data. After adjusting the tablet guide path 8b of the rotor 8 of the tablet cassette 2 by the adjusting device 100, the user mounts the cassette 2 on the base 3 and issues a test discharge command with the cassette 2 as the designated tablet cassette. send it to The user confirms whether the number of tablets ejected is a specific number by visually observing the number of tablets ejected according to the test ejection command. If the number of ejected tablets is not the specified number, the user performs adjustment work again. The reason why the adjustment work is performed again is that when a command to eject the number corresponding to the prescription data is received, the number of tablets different from the corresponding number of tablets is ejected from the tablet cassette 2 . Further, when the tablet dispensing device 1 dispenses tablets based on the prescription data from the tablet cassette 2 in which the tablet guide path 8b is adjusted, the tablet dispensing apparatus 1 can be used for a certain period after the tablet guide path 8b is adjusted, or The user may be notified to visually confirm the number of ejected tablets until a certain number or more of tablets are ejected.

Also, the dimensions stored in the tablet mounting master D1 may be increased or decreased by the user within a certain range (for example, within 1 mm from the value registered by default). As a user interface for increasing or decreasing, there is a touch panel type button that increases or decreases the dimension by 0.02 mm each time it is pressed. Also, if no tablets are dispensed during the test ejection operation, or if the number of ejections is significantly smaller than the amount of rotation of the rotor 8, the tablet guide path 8b is adjusted to be smaller, and the tablets enter the tablet guide path 8b. You may be in a difficult situation. In this case, the user may be notified to increase each dimension of the tablet guide path 8b. Moreover, the tablet dispenser 1 may have a function of judging whether the number of tablets discharged based on the prescription data matches the number corresponding to the prescription data. With this function, if the number of ejected tablets is less than the number corresponding to the prescription data, the tablet guide path 8b may be adjusted to be smaller, making it difficult for the tablets to enter the tablet guide path 8b. There is In this case, the user may be notified to increase the dimension of the tablet guide path 8b. On the other hand, if the number of ejected tablets is greater than the number corresponding to the prescription data, the tablet guide path 8b is adjusted to a larger size, and multiple tablets enter the portion of the tablet guide path 8b below the partition member 20. may be released at the same time. In such a case, the user may be notified to reduce the size of the tablet guide path 8b. Further, if the number of discharged tablets does not match the number corresponding to the prescription data, the user may be notified to adjust the humidity in the place where the tablet dispenser 1 is installed. The reason for such notification is that the tablet dimensions may vary with humidity.

A plurality of tablet cassettes 2 each containing tablets of the same type can be attached to the base 3 of the tablet dispenser 1 . In this case, the tablet dispenser 1 may manage whether or not each tablet cassette 2 is out of stock (no tablets are contained). A tablet dispensing device 1 dispenses tablets from a tablet cassette 2 that is not out of stock at the time of dispensing based on a prescription. A list of the types of tablets that can be dispensed by the tablet cassette 2 may be posted on a web page to assist in deciding whether to purchase the tablet cassette 2 . An RFID tag 601 storing tablet type information D21 for identifying the tablet type assigned to the tablet cassette 2 may be provided on each of the rotor 8 and the cassette body 5 . As a result, if the tablet type information D21 stored in the RFID tag 601 provided on the cassette main body 5 and the RFID tag 601 provided on the rotor 8 accommodated in the cassette main body 5 do not match, the cassette main body 5 and rotor 8 are intended for different tablets.

Display the plan view and side view of the tablet when registering the default dimensions in the tablet mounting master D1 or when changing the dimensions, and indicate which length each dimension such as height and width refers to. The tablet dispenser 1 may display the illustrated screen.

The tablet dispensing device 1 may include a cylindrical base mounting portion whose axial direction is oriented in the vertical direction and which is rotatable about the axis, and a large number of bases 3 may be mounted on the base mounting portion. Each base 3 can be mounted with either the tablet cassette 2 in which the dimensions of the tablet guide path 8b are adjustable or the tablet cassette in which the dimensions are not adjustable, and the user can arbitrarily mount either one. Then, when the user issues a command to the tablet dispensing device 1 to move the base 3 on which the dimensionally adjustable tablet cassette 2 is mounted to the front of the tablet dispensing device 1, the tablet dispensing device 1 moves the dimensionally adjustable tablet cassette. The base mounting portion may be rotated so as to move the base 3 on which the tablet dispensing device 2 is mounted to the front of the tablet dispensing device 1 . Further, the tablet dispenser 1 may have a function of photographing a tablet, calculating the dimensions of the tablet from the photographed image, and automatically registering the dimensions in the tablet mounting master D1. In order to prevent the user from forgetting to leave the tablet at the shooting location after taking a picture for size calculation, if the tablet is captured again after a certain period of time after taking the picture for size calculation, it means that the tablet has been left behind. may be notified by the tablet dispenser 1.

1 Tablet Dispensing Device 2 Tablet Cassette 5 Cassette Main Body 9 Tablet Discharge Hole 8b Tablet Guide Path 20 Partition Member 24 Partition Adjustment Member 33 Depth Adjustment Member 52 Height Adjustment Member 64 Width Adjustment Member 100 Adjustment Device 101 Device Main Body 102 Cassette Mounting Part 103 Rotor mounting section 104 Elevating table 105 Elevating operation section 111 Partition adjustment shaft (partition adjustment section) 113 Partition adjustment motor 115 Partition zero point detection sensor (second zero point detection section) 121 Depth zero point detection sensor (first zero inspection Exit portion) 122 Height zero point detection sensor (first zero point detection portion) 123 Width zero point detection sensor (first zero point detection portion) 127 Depth adjustment shaft (guide path adjustment portion) 128 Height adjustment shaft (guide Path adjustment section) 129 Width adjustment shaft (Guide path adjustment section) 137 Depth drive shaft (Guide path drive section) 138 Height drive shaft (Guide path drive section) 139 Width drive shaft (Guide path drive section) 142 Depth adjustment Motor (guideway drive unit) 143 Height adjustment motor (guideway drive unit) 144 Width adjustment motor (guideway drive unit) 145 Lever 200 Control device 201 Display device 202 Storage unit 203 First start button 204 Second start button 300 Control unit 301 Reader/writer 401 Control unit 501 Reader/writer 601 RFID tag M1 Partition adjustment mechanism M2 Depth adjustment mechanism (tablet guide path adjustment mechanism) M3 Height adjustment mechanism (tablet guide path adjustment mechanism) M4 Width adjustment mechanism (tablet guide path adjustment mechanism)

Claims (1)

An allocation processing unit that accepts a tablet type assigned in advance to a first tablet cassette that can be dispensed with an arbitrary tablet type according to a user operation, and a driving unit that is used to dispense tablets from the first tablet cassette. A tablet dispensing system comprising an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not the current is equal to or greater than a preset abnormal current value.

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