JP2022189181A5 - - Google Patents

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The present invention relates to a drug packaging machine in which a plurality of drug feeder storages installed in a housing can be pulled out from the housing, and in particular, the invention relates to a medicine packaging machine equipped with an operation display member that can display the storage status of medicines, etc. Regarding.

WO2018203571 (Patent Document 1) discloses a drug packaging machine previously proposed by the applicant. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing that the medicine packaging machine described in the publication is linked with a dispensing server 80. Further, FIGS. 5 to 7 show the drug packaging machine described in the publication, in which eight drug feeder storages 13A to 13H are housed in a row on the left and right in the drug storage 61, and the upper drug It is equipped with four collecting mechanisms 20A to 20D. The operation display member 50 is composed of two distributed operation display members 50A and 50B. Further, as shown in FIG. 6(b), a built-in manual drug dispensing device 33 is installed near the upper end of the lower drug collection mechanism 31 in the middle part of the housing. Further, on the left side surface of the casing, a reserve storage section 40 of two stages, upper and lower, is attached.

Each of the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H is equipped with a horizontal cassette base 16. A medicine cassette 15 attached with an identification information carrier holding identification information such as a bar code is attached to the horizontal cassette base 16 . Further, the horizontal cassette base 16 is equipped with an information reading device for reading the identification information. When the drug cassette 15 with the identification information carrier is mounted on the horizontal cassette base 16, the identification information is read and further transmitted to the dispensing server (host computer) 80 in FIG. 4 via a wireless or wired LAN. The adjustment server 80 includes a medicine master 80A, a status display means 80B, a cassette management 80c, and a guide means 80D, and performs verification and information retrieval. The functions of the adjustment server 80 are known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2018-187053 (Patent Document 2), so they will be briefly described. The dispensing server 80 is connected to a wired or wireless LAN so that it can communicate with each device. The dispensing server 80 operates with a drug master 80A that holds prescription data that is the basis of dispensing instructions and information related to various drugs as data in order to create dispensing instructions to be sent to the control unit of the drug packaging machine. It is equipped with a status display means 80B that displays the status, a cassette management section 80C that holds information useful for managing drug cassettes, and a guide means 80D (program) that controls the lighting of the lighting members. Prescription data to the drug master 80A is input from a prescription ordering system (not shown) or the like. Different values of identification information are allocated in advance to the identification information carrier provided in the medicine cassette 15 and holding identification information such as a bar code. The identification information is also stored in the medicine master 80A, status display means 80B, cassette management 80C, and guide means 80D in association with individual medicines and medicine cassettes. When the drug cassette 15 is attached to the horizontal cassette base 16, the identification information attached to the drug cassette 15 is read by the identification information reading device of the horizontal cassette base 16 and is notified to the dispensing server 80. and the correspondence relationship between the drug cassette 15 and the horizontal cassette base 16. The guiding means 80D uses the identification information based on such correspondence as a clue, and when a drug cassette becomes a drug replenishment target, the guide means 80D moves the drug cassette in a horizontal direction in order to increase the visibility of the drug cassette. The lighting member of the cassette base 16 is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 7, front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D are provided in front of the drug feeder storages 13A and 13B and the drug feeder storages 13G and 13H. Further, front panels 14B and 14C provided with distributed operation display members 50A and 50B are provided in front of the drug feeder hangars 13C and 13D and the drug feeder hangars 13E and 13F. Front panels 14B and 14C provided in front of the two central pairs of drug feeder hangars 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F are equipped with respective operation display members 50A and 50B and replenishment work units 62A and 62B. There is.

A pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A and 13B to 13G and 13H are all attached to the low wall of the drug storage 61 with pull-out members 12 such as guide rails interposed therebetween (see FIG. 7(d)). . A pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A and 13B to 13G and 13H are normally connected using an easily removable hook (not shown), so that loading and unloading from the drug storage 61 is only possible through the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages. It is done together in a unified manner. In addition, at that time, the front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D and the front panels 14B and 14C to which the operation display members 50A and 50B are attached also move together with the adjacent pair of drug feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F. It is supposed to be done.

The front drug feeder hangars 14A and 14D have a structure in which the drug feeder hangars 13A and 13B and 13G and 13H are shortened and rotated by 90 degrees around the vertical axis, and in the illustrated example, they are arranged in two horizontal rows. A plurality of forward-facing cassette bases 17 are arranged in four vertical stages (see FIG. 5(a)). The forward facing cassette base 17 remains the same as the horizontal cassette base 16 in that it drives the medicine cassette 15 to sequentially discharge the medicine and is provided with an information reading device.

Other aspects of the forward-facing cassette base 17, such as the sequential ejection of drugs from the drug cassette 15 and the reading of identification information, as well as the configuration of the individual cassette base, remain the same as those of the horizontal cassette base 16. However, in order to avoid and reduce exposure of the exposed forward-facing cassette base 17 to ceiling lights, etc., a light-shielding member 18, which did not exist in the past, is placed diagonally above the front-facing cassette base 17 (see Fig. 5). (a))), one by one. The front opening of the cassette mounting space on the forward-facing cassette base 17 is opened and closed by the light shielding member 18 swinging as the drug cassette 15 is attached and detached.

The distributed operation display members 50A and 50B constituting the operation display member 50 may be a known product such as a touch panel type display device, and extend to the front surfaces of a pair of adjacent drug feeder hangars 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F, respectively. Equipped with condition.

This operation display member 50 and the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A to 13H equipped with the above-mentioned front drug feeder storages 14A and 14B at their front end positions are configured to guide discharged drugs downward as described above. It includes upper drug collection mechanisms 20A to 20D that are dropped into the lower drug collection mechanism 31 (see FIGS. 5(a) and 6(a)).

As shown in FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b), the rear portions 21A to 21D of the upper drug falling path are connected to the left drug feeder storages 13A, 13C, 13E and 13G of a pair of adjacent drug feeder storages. The left side portions 22A to 22D of the members surrounding the rear part of the upper drug fall path installed on the right side of the device, and the upper drug fall path installed on the left side of the right side drug feeder storages 13B, 13D, 13F, and 13H. This is established by opposing and abutting the right side portions 23A to 23D of the member surrounding the rear portion of the member. As a result, the medicines discharged from the plurality of drug cassettes 15 mounted on the plurality of horizontal cassette bases 16 of the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H fall into the lower drug collection mechanism 31. Further, the medicines discharged from the plurality of medicine cassettes 15 mounted on the forward-facing cassette bases 17 installed in the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B fall into the lower medicine collection mechanism 31.

In the illustrated example, the spare storage sections 40, 40 (see FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b)) are located above and below the left side of the housing of the main body including the drug storage 61 and its lower portions 31, 32. They are attached in a two-tier arrangement. Among the reserve storage units 40 , 40 , the upper reserve storage unit 40 is located to the left of the medicine storage unit 61 , and the lower reserve storage unit 40 is located to the left of the lower drug collection mechanism 31 and the packaging device 32 . positioned. The spare storage sections 40, 40 each include a box body with its right side open, a shelf section installed in multiple stages inside this box body, and a front and rear shelf mounted on the upper surface of each shelf section. It is equipped with a plurality of spare cassette bases 41 arranged in a row in the direction, and can be pulled out forward.

The plurality of spare cassette bases 41 are the same as the static members remaining after removing the driving members such as the motor from the above-mentioned mass-produced cassette bases 16 and 17. Further, when the spare storage units 40, 40 are pulled out forward, the spare cassette base 41 is exposed, so that the drug cassette 15 can be attached or removed in front of the main body of the drug storage 61 or the like.

The spare storage units 40, 40 are equipped with an information reading device, and the identification information read from the identification information carrier of each drug cassette 15 by the information reading device is transmitted to the dispensing server 80 (host computer) or the like via a wireless or wired LAN or the like. Therefore, the spare cassette base 41 is the same as the cassette bases 16, 17. A spare drug cassette 15 is attached to the spare cassette base 41.

The replenishment work sections 62A and 62B are for providing a temporary storage area for replenishment work related to the drug cassette 15 to be refilled. The identification information of the medicine cassettes 15 temporarily placed in the replenishment work section 62 is also read, and the identification information is transmitted to the control device 34 and the dispensing server 80.

As mentioned above, the drug dispensing device 33 is incorporated in the drug packaging machine 60, but the drug manual distributing device 33 may be of any known type, and can be used to attach and detach a pre-dispensing cassette formed with a large number of compartments. , the cassette holding section moves forward and backward from the housing. The medicine packaging machine 60 also cooperates with an independent medicine dispensing device via the dispensing server 80. The cooperation between the drug packaging machine 60, the drug manual dispensing device, and the dispensing server 80 is such that an information reading device (not shown) attached to the drug dispensing device 33 or an independent manual drug dispensing device reads the identification information (not shown) attached to the pre-dispensing cassette. This is realized by reading the identification information of the pre-spraying cassette from the information carrier and transmitting it to the control device 34 and the dispensing server 80 using a known method similar to the transmission of the identification information of the medicine cassette 15 described above. The control device 34 displays the screen on the operation display member 50 and receives operation instructions in cooperation with the dispensing server 80 based on such information and information on the drug packaging machine 60 itself.

WO2018203571 publication JP 2018-187053 Publication

In the conventional tablet packaging machine 60 described above, by providing the reserve storage section 40 on the side of the packaging machine, it has become possible to prepare more drug cassettes. It is not known whether the medicine is a medicine cassette in the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H and the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D, or a medicine cassette in the spare storage section 40. If the medicine described in the prescription data is the medicine in the medicine cassettes in the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H and the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D, it is possible to immediately shift to the packaging operation after receiving the prescription data. However, if the drug described in the prescription data is a drug contained in a drug cassette in the reserve storage section 40, the spare drug cassette in the reserve storage section 40 is placed on the cassette base in the front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D. 15 needs to be replaced. In addition, in order to avoid stopping the drug packaging machine as much as possible, if there are any tablets for the previous prescription data in the drug cassette in the reserve storage section 40, prepare them by transferring the drug cassette in advance. I want to keep it. However, even when transferring, there is a problem in that unless the prescription data for each patient can be confirmed in advance, it is not possible to know when to transfer.

Whether the control terminal on the drug packaging machine side receives multiple prescription data all at once, individually, or in combination depends on the user's operation, so the reserve storage section 40 should store drug cassettes of as many different types as possible. I want to go. If there are a variety of drug cassettes, the drug cassettes in the reserve storage section 40 can be immediately transferred and used for packaging, whether in batch reception or individual reception, increasing efficiency. On the other hand, seasonal items (hay fever) and dangerous drugs (narcotic drugs) cannot be stored at all times, even though they are stored in the reserve storage section 40. Once the season has passed, they are not used until the next season, causing problems with expiration dates and deterioration. Furthermore, occupying the reserve storage section 40 by tablet cassettes that are not used periodically leads to inefficiency.

Note that all drug cassettes for receiving prescription data all at once and providing all the prescription data cannot be mounted on the cassette shelves in the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H and the front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D. If prescription data is received all at once, it is difficult to maintain the latest information on the drugs in the drug cassettes in the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H and the front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D, and in the drug cassettes in the spare storage section 40. After the bulk reception, the packaging process progresses sequentially for each patient, but even if the information at the time of the bulk reception is displayed, the information itself may be outdated and may not be helpful. This is because, during the packaging process, when the cassettes are moved within the reserve storage section 40 or when the tablet cassettes are returned to the reserve storage section 40 from the front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D, the tablet cassettes themselves move. For subsequent packaging, operations such as removing the tablet cassette from the spare storage section 40, filling it, and returning the tablet cassette are performed. The problem is that it does not necessarily return the . Conventional tablet packaging machines can identify (supplement) tablet cassettes and guide the user by lighting up an LED using a guide means, but it is desirable to be able to check the latest information and location of the necessary tablet cassettes on the operation screen.

Further, when prescription data is received individually, distribution will be performed at various timings. For example, for various reasons such as a patient's condition, a walk-in patient, or a change in prescription, there are cases where prescription data is received in bulk and then individual prescription data is prioritized and packaged due to interruptions or emergencies. Furthermore, due to various reasons such as the number of personnel, patient waiting status, and balance with dispensing blocks other than sachets, there are cases in which user operations do not receive prescription data all at once, but instead receive all prescription data individually and process it for sachets each time. There is also. In the case of individual reception, it is possible to update the information on the tablet packaging machine side to the latest information for each packaging, and it is easy to set the update time. That is, upon receiving one individual prescription data, it is possible to simultaneously scan all the cassette bases in the tablet cassette shelf and the spare storage section 40 to update the information. However, individual reception is difficult to call efficient because the tablet packaging machine stops packaging. Whether receiving multiple prescription data all at once or individually, there is a desire to update cassette information at the best timing. It may be possible for a user to intentionally perform an update operation at an appropriate time, but there is a human influence such as the user feeling that the operation is a hassle or omitting the operation. Even after bulk reception, individual reception, or after bulk reception and individual reception, the user can check the information before packaging, and if the necessary tablet cassettes are in the spare storage section 40, the user can transfer the tablet cassettes, etc. It will also be easier to prepare in advance. In other words, if advance preparation is completed promptly, the stop time of the tablet packaging machine can be shortened and the packaging process can be carried out efficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a tablet packaging machine in which prescription data for each patient can be checked in advance on a display screen, and the time to transfer tablet cassettes in a reserve storage member can also be determined.

In addition to the above object, another object of the present invention is to provide a tablet packaging machine in which information is automatically updated.

The tablet packaging machine to be improved by the present invention includes a plurality of drug feeder storages equipped with a plurality of cassette bases that can removably hold a plurality of drug cassettes that can accommodate tablets, and at least one drug feeder storage. one or more front drug feeder storages equipped with a plurality of forward facing cassette bases; one or more reserve storage sections equipped with a plurality of reserve cassette bases capable of removably holding a plurality of reserve drug cassettes; a plurality of upper drug collection mechanisms provided for each of the drug feeder storages and one or more front drug feeder storages to guide and drop drugs discharged from the plurality of drug cassettes; and a plurality of drug feeder storages. A lower drug collection mechanism that is provided below and collects the drugs that have fallen from the plurality of upper drug collection mechanisms and inputs them into the lower packaging device, and a plurality of drug cassettes and a plurality of reserve drug cassettes to stock the drugs. an inventory information management unit that manages information; a prescription data storage unit that stores one or more prescription data transmitted from a host system or input from an input unit; an operation display member having a display screen; and a display screen. and a display information determination and display control unit that determines display information to be displayed on the display screen and displays the determined display information on the display screen.

The display information determination display control unit displays on the display screen one or more prescription data to be packaged next from one or more prescription data stored in the prescription data storage unit, and manages the data in the inventory information management unit. Based on the information stored in one or more prescription data to be packaged next , a plurality of drug cassettes in a plurality of drug feeder storages and a plurality of forward-facing cassettes attached to one or more forward drug feeder storages are stored in one or more prescription data to be packaged next. When it is determined that a drug that is not stored in any of the drug cassettes is among a plurality of drugs stored in a plurality of spare drug cassettes stored in the reserve storage section, A presence display indicating that the spare medicine cassette containing the medicine is present is displayed on the display screen.

According to the present invention, it can be seen from the display on the display screen that among the one or more prescription data to be packaged next, there is a medicine stored in a spare medicine cassette stored in the spare storage section. In other words, since it is known that there is a spare drug cassette to be transferred, the spare drug cassette is transferred to the forward-facing cassette base of one or more forward drug feeder storages before the next packaging process begins. Can be done. As a result, if a manual drug dispensing device is not provided, a plurality of drug cassettes required for the next packaging can be mounted on the cassette base without stopping the packaging operation. Even when equipped with a drug dispensing device, multiple drug cassettes required for the next dispensing package can be attached to the cassette base without stopping the dispensing operation unless the manual dispensing device is used continuously. can be made. If a manual drug dispensing device is installed and the device is used continuously, the dispensing operation will have to be stopped, but as long as it is not stopped frequently, work efficiency will not be affected. . In order to avoid stopping the dispensing operation, the display information determination and display control section must adjust the prescription data so that two or more prescription data that use the drug dispensing device do not appear consecutively as the prescription data displayed on the display screen. All you have to do is decide the display order.

It is preferable that the display information determination display control section erases the presence display when the corresponding spare drug cassette is attached to the forward-facing cassette base. In this way, it is possible to know whether preparations for the next packaging have been completed based on the presence or absence of the presence display, so the operator can visually check whether or not the transfer of the spare drug cassette has been completed. It can be confirmed by

The determination display control unit determines whether the next prescription data includes a plurality of drug cassettes in the plurality of drug feeder storages and a plurality of forward-facing cassettes in the one or more front drug feeder storages based on the information managed by the inventory information management unit. A drug that is not stored in any of the plurality of drug cassettes loaded in the storage unit may be included in the plurality of drugs stored in the plurality of spare drug cassettes stored in the reserve storage section. If it is further determined that the drug is not present, a preparation display may be displayed indicating the need to prepare the drug dispensing device. In the case where a manual drug dispensing device is further provided, it is preferable that the display information determination/display control section erases the preparation display when the preparation of the manual drug dispensing device is completed. If you do it like this. It is possible to visually confirm whether or not the manual drug dispensing device is ready. Furthermore, from the display on the display screen, it can be seen that there is no medicine stored in the spare drug cassette stored in the spare storage section in the prescription data to be packaged next, so the next packaging process begins. Alternatively, the drug can be filled into a separately prepared empty drug cassette to create a new spare drug cassette, and the drug cassette can be transferred to the forward-facing cassette base of one or more forward drug feeder storages. .

It is preferable that the display information determination/display control section displays on the display screen the position information of the drug cassette in which the corresponding drug is stored in the reserve storage section. In this way, the necessary spare drug cassette can be easily found and the transfer operation can be carried out in a short time.

The display information determination display control unit displays a list of a predetermined number of prescription data from a plurality of prescription data on the display screen, and the list display includes a plurality of pill cassettes in the reserve storage unit in the corresponding prescription data. It is preferable to display the list in such a way that it is easy to see which drugs are included. In addition, the display information determination display control unit displays a detailed display of one prescription data selected from the list display on the display screen, and the detailed display includes a position indicating the position of the tablet cassette containing the corresponding drug in the reserve storage section. Preferably, it contains information. If such a display mode is adopted, display selection operations and tablet cassette transfer operations can be performed smoothly and reliably.

The information in the inventory information management section may be updated when one or more prescription data is received from a higher-level system or when one or more prescription data is input from the input section , and the information in the inventory information management section may be updated. The information in the inventory information management section may be updated each time one packaging process is completed, and the information in the inventory information management section may be updated when the tablet packaging machine is started up. In this way, the latest information is basically automatically maintained by updating the information, so users can reliably check the display and transfer pill cassettes before the packaging process arrives. .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control system of the drug packaging machine of the present invention. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a prescription display as a list display displayed on the display screen of the operation display member. FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a prescription details display, which is an example of a detailed display displayed on a display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of prescription details which is an example of the detailed display displayed on a display screen. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing that an existing drug packaging machine, which is an object of improvement of the present invention, is linked with a dispensing server. (a) is an external perspective view of the entire existing drug packaging machine looking down diagonally from the upper right to the left rear, and (b) is an external perspective view of the front drug feeder storage provided at the frontmost part of the drug feeder storage. It is a diagram. (a) is an external perspective view of the entire existing drug packaging machine looking down from the diagonally upper left to the rear right, and (b) is a perspective view of the entire existing drug packaging machine looking down from the diagonally upper right to the rear left. It is an external perspective view. (a) shows the state in which the drug feeder storage and the front drug feeder storage are all pushed into the drug storage, and (b) shows the state in which the drug feeder storage and the front drug feeder storage are pulled out from the drug storage. There is.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of a drug packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The basic configuration of the medicine packaging machine of this embodiment is the same as the conventional medicine packaging machine described above using FIGS. 4 to 7. What differs from conventional drug packaging machines is the configuration within the dispensing server 80. Therefore, in the following description, the reference numerals of the members shown in FIGS. 4 to 7 will be used.

The dispensing server 80 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a drug master 80A, a status display means 80B, a cassette management 80C, and a guide means 80D, similar to the dispensing server of FIG. 4. Furthermore, FIG. 1 clearly shows that the dispensing server 80 includes an output management routine 80E and a refill management routine 80F. The output management routine 80E and the refill management routine 80F are also included in conventional dispensing servers. In addition to drug information, prescription data is stored in the drug master 80A. In this embodiment, one or more pieces of prescription data transmitted from a higher-level prescription ordering system or input from the input unit IN are stored in the prescription data storage unit 80a in the drug master 80A.

When the drug master 80A receives prescription data from the prescription ordering system OC, which is a higher-level system, and stores it in the prescription data storage unit 80a, the discharge management routine 80E performs processing such as classifying the prescription data according to the type of dispensing machine. (see, for example, Japanese Patent No. 2,691,859), extracts the parts that are compatible with the tablet packaging machine, adopts the prescription data as is, and automatically packs this prescription data into the drug packaging machine all together or in pieces. Include it in the command and send the command to the drug packaging machine. Further, when the detection result of drug discharge is notified from the drug packaging machine, the inventory management value of the number of stored drugs in the corresponding record of the inventory information management section 80Ca of the cassette management 80C is decremented.

The replenishment management routine 80F accesses the inventory information management unit 80Ca and determines the replenishment target when instructed by menu selection or when the inventory management value of the number of medicines stored in the inventory management data falls below a predetermined threshold. A replenishment list is created in which the mounting position and cassette identification code value of the selected drug cassette and the name and drug code value of the drug to be refilled are listed. Further, the replenishment management routine 80F is configured to additionally write the contents of the work at the time of replenishment into the work record data storage section 80Cc in order to accumulate and save them in chronological order.

The inventory information management section 80Ca in the cassette management section 80C manages inventory information of drugs in multiple drug cassettes and multiple spare drug cassettes. For example, it has the same number of records as the multiple drug cassettes or more, and each record includes a cassette identification code value and drug code value for the corresponding drug cassette, as well as several inventory control values. The inventory control values include at least the inventory control value for the number of drugs stored, and also include appropriate values that are useful for determining when to replenish, such as the discharge frequency.

The collation data storage unit 80Cb has the same number of records as the mounting locations (cassette bases) of each drug cassette, or more records, and each record includes the mounting position identification code value and cassette identification code value related to the corresponding cassette base. and the drug code value. At least the mounting position identification code value is used as a search key.

The work record data storage unit 80Cc accumulates and stores the work information received by the dispensing server 80 in chronological order. Specifically, it is possible to additionally write all of the transmitted information or information with a time stamp added to appropriately selected information.

The control device 34 displays a screen on the operation display member 50 and receives operation instructions in cooperation with the dispensing server 80 based on various information and information on the drug packaging machine itself. In this embodiment, the control device 34 includes a display information determination and display control section 35 that determines display information to be displayed on the display screen DS and displays it on the display screen DS. The display information determination display control unit 35 displays the prescription data to be packaged next from one or more prescription data stored in the prescription data storage unit 80a on the display screen DS, and displays the prescription data to be packed next. Based on the information managed in It is determined that the drug that is not stored in any of the cassettes is among the plurality of drugs stored in the plurality of spare drug cassettes stored in the reserve storage section 40, and is displayed on the display screen DS.

The display information determination display control unit 35 displays a list of a predetermined number of prescription data from the plurality of prescription data stored in the prescription data storage unit 80a on the display screen DS, and the list display includes the corresponding prescription data. It is displayed in such a manner that it can be seen that the medicines contained in the plurality of tablet cassettes in the reserve storage section 40 are contained therein. In addition, the display information determination display control unit 35 displays a detailed display of one prescription data selected from the list display on the display screen DS, and the detailed display includes the tablet cassette containing the corresponding medicine in the reserve storage unit 40. Contains location information that indicates the location. FIG. 2 shows an example of a "prescription display" as a list display displayed on the display screen DS of the operation display member 50, and FIGS. 3(A) and (B) are examples of detailed displays displayed on the display screen DS. An example of a display of a certain "prescription details" is shown.

In the "prescription display" of FIG. 2, a predetermined number (four in this example) of prescription data out of the plurality of prescription data received at once are sequentially displayed as the packaging operation progresses. This "prescription display" displays "patient ID", "patient name", "prescription category", "dosage", "number of drugs", and "number of days" columns, but other prescription information is not displayed. It's okay. In this example, by changing the background color of the "Number of drugs" column displayed for patient ID 1456 and patient ID 156 (existence display), the medicines in the prescription data to be packaged next will be stored in the reserve. The fact that there is a medicine stored in the spare medicine cassette stored in the storage section 40, or that the prescription data includes a plurality of medicine cassettes mounted on the horizontal cassette bases 16 of the plurality of medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H, 1 A drug that is not stored in any of the plurality of drug cassettes mounted on the plurality of forward-facing cassette bases 17 of the above-mentioned front drug feeder storage 14A or 14D, and a plurality of spare medicines stored in the reserve storage section 40. This message indicates that there is a drug that is not one of the multiple drugs contained in the drug cassette.

When an operator who sees this notation clicks on the "Number of Drugs" field in the display of patient ID 1456 before or after the packaging operation of patient ID 1004 is performed, the display of the display screen DS switches to "Prescription Details" shown in FIG. 3(A). As shown in FIG. 3(A), in the "Prescription Details" notation, the background color of the cassette number notation of No. 4 in the "Cassette Number" display field has changed, making it clear that this tablet cassette is a spare tablet cassette. In addition, "25 (S1, 28)" is notated in the display of No. 4 "Cassette Number". In the notation "25 (S1, 28)", 25 is the drug cassette number, and (S1, 28) indicates the position in the spare tablet cassette section 40 where the spare tablet cassette is located. That is, "S1" means the upper level of the spare cassette section 40, and "28" is the number of the spare cassette base 41. By looking at this display, the operator can transfer the spare drug cassette attached to the spare cassette base 41 to the forward cassette base 17 of the front drug feeder storage 14A or 14D before the next packaging process begins. In this way, it is possible to have multiple drug cassettes required for the next packaging attached to the cassette base without stopping the packaging operation.

Note that when the corresponding spare drug cassette is attached to the forward-facing cassette base, the display information determination display control unit 35 changes the background color to colorless and erases the presence display. If the drug cassette is transferred at the prescription details display stage shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, it can be confirmed by base verification, so the information is updated and the presence display disappears in real time. In this way, it is possible to know whether preparations for the next packaging have been completed based on the presence or absence of the presence display, so the operator can visually check whether or not the transfer of the spare drug cassette has been completed. This can be confirmed by

Furthermore, if the operator clicks on the "Number of drugs" column displayed for patient ID 156 before or after the packaging operation for patient ID 1004 is performed, the display on display screen DS will change to "Number of drugs" as shown in FIG. 3(B). The screen switches to "Prescription Details." As shown in Figure 3 (B), in the description of "Prescription details", the background color of the cassette number number 3 in the "Cassette number" display field has changed, and it is written as "Conveyor". . The notation "conveyor" indicates that this medicine is a medicine to be placed in the pre-dispensing cassette of the manual dispensing device 33. The operator who sees this display puts the drug into the manual dispensing cassette. The word "conveyor" and the background color are preparation indicators that indicate the need to prepare the drug dispensing device. In this case as well, the display information determination display control section 35 turns off the preparation display when the drug is completely loaded into the pre-dispensing cassette of the manual dispensing device 33 . If you do it like this. It is possible to visually confirm whether the preparation of the drug dispensing device 33 is complete. Even during the packaging operation, when the manual drug dispensing device 33 is not in use, it is possible to load the drug into the preliminary manual dispensing cassette, and once the loading operation is completed, the preparation display will disappear. . Even when equipped with a drug dispensing device, multiple drug cassettes required for the next dispensing package can be attached to the cassette base without stopping the dispensing operation unless the manual dispensing device is used continuously. can be made. If the manual drug dispensing device is used continuously, the dispensing operation must be stopped, but as long as the dispensing operation is not frequent, work efficiency will not be affected. Note that when the manual drug dispensing device 33 is used, other drugs are prepared in advance for the next manual dispensing operation, and after the previous packaging operation is completed, the separately prepared drugs are manually dispensed. What is necessary is to put it into a winding cassette. Furthermore, in order to avoid stopping the dispensing operation when using a manual drug dispensing device, the display information determination display control unit 35 selects two or more prescriptions for which the manual drug dispensing device is used as prescription data to be displayed on the display screen. The display order of prescription data is designed and output so that the data is not consecutive.

Furthermore, if there is a separate, independent manual drug dispensing device, the drug packaging machine and the independent manual drug dispensing device can be linked in data usage using patient information, information on the dispensed medicine, and identification information of the predispensing cassette. It may also be possible to attach it. In this case, the preparation display on the display screen may be turned off once the administration of the medicine is completed using the independent manual medicine dispensing device.

In the display in Figure 2, the background color of the number of drugs is the same whether there is a necessary drug cassette in a spare drug cassette or if a manual drug dispensing device must be used. In some cases, by changing the background color, it is possible to notify the operator at an early stage that the hand-distributed cassettes prepared in advance will be used. In addition, the background color is divided into upper and lower rows, so that workers can be informed in advance both when there is a necessary medicine cassette among the spare medicine cassettes and when a manual medicine dispensing device is to be used. It's okay.

Furthermore, from the display on the display screen DS, it is confirmed that there is no medicine stored in the spare medicine cassette stored in the reserve storage section in the prescription data to be packaged next, and that there is a large amount of medicine required. When this is determined, before the next packaging process begins, fill the drug into a separately prepared empty drug cassette to create a new spare drug cassette, and place the drug cassette into one or more forward drug feeders. It may also be transferred to a forward-facing cassette base in a hangar. In this way, a plurality of drug cassettes required for the next packaging can be mounted on the cassette base without stopping the packaging operation.

The information in the inventory information management section 80Ca may be updated when one or more prescription data is received from the prescription ordering system OC or when one or more prescription data is input from the input section IN. The information in the inventory information management section 80Ca may be updated every time one packaging process is completed. Furthermore, the information in the inventory information management section 80Ca may be updated when the tablet packaging machine is started up. Furthermore, in the mobile phone of this embodiment, the information in the inventory information management section 80Ca is updated before performing a selection operation on the prescription display shown in FIG. 2 and switching to the prescription details shown in FIGS. 3(A) and (B). good. In this way, the latest information is basically maintained automatically by updating the information, so the user can reliably check the display and transfer the pill cassette before the next packaging process arrives. can be done. In this embodiment, the inventory information includes position information about the positions where the drug cassettes are placed, so the position information of the tablet cassettes can be displayed on the display screen.

According to the present invention, since it is possible to know from the display screen that one or more prescription data to be packaged next contains drugs stored in a spare drug cassette stored in the spare storage section, the spare drug cassette can be transferred to the forward-facing cassette base of one or more forward drug feeder storages before the next packaging process begins. As a result, it is possible to create a state in which multiple drug cassettes required for the next packaging are attached to the cassette base without stopping the packaging operation.

10 Drug packaging machine 11 Drug storage 12 Drawer member 13A to 13H Drug feeder storage 14A and 14D Front drug feeder storage 14B and 14C Front panel 15 Drug cassette 16 Horizontal cassette base 17 Front facing cassette base 31 Lower drug collection mechanism 32 Packaging device 33 Drug Manual spreading device 34 Control device 40 Spare storage section 41 Cassette seating section 50 Operation display member (display member)
50A and 50B Distributed operation display member (display member)
80 Dispensing server 80A Medicine master 80B Status display means 80C Cassette management 80D Guide means 80E Discharge management routine 80F Management routine 80a Prescription data storage section 80Ca Inventory information management section 80Cb Verification data storage section 80Cc Work record data

Claims (11)

a plurality of drug feeder storages equipped with a plurality of cassette bases capable of removably holding a plurality of drug cassettes capable of containing drugs;
one or more forward drug feeder storages with a plurality of forward facing cassette bases in front of at least one of the drug feeder storages;
one or more spare storage units equipped with a plurality of spare cassette bases capable of detachably holding a plurality of spare drug cassettes;
a plurality of upper drug collection mechanisms provided for each of the plurality of drug feeder storages and the one or more front drug feeder storages to guide and drop drugs discharged from the plurality of drug cassettes; and the plurality of upper drug collection mechanisms. a lower drug collection mechanism that is provided below the drug feeder hanger and collects the drugs that have fallen from the plurality of upper drug collection mechanisms and inputs them into the lower packaging device;
an inventory information management unit that manages inventory information of the drugs in the plurality of drug cassettes and the plurality of spare drug cassettes;
a prescription data storage unit that stores one or more prescription data transmitted from a higher-level system or input from an input unit;
an operation display member equipped with a display screen;
A drug packaging machine comprising: a display information determination and display control unit that determines display information to be displayed on the display screen and displays it on the display screen;
The display information determination display control unit includes:
displaying on the display screen so that one or more prescription data to be packaged next can be determined from the one or more prescription data stored in the prescription data storage unit;
Based on the information managed by the inventory information management section, the plurality of drug cassettes in the plurality of drug feeder storages and the one or more front drug feeder storages are included in the one or more prescription data to be packaged next. A plurality of drugs that are not stored in any of the plurality of drug cassettes mounted on the plurality of forward-facing cassette bases are stored in the plurality of spare drug cassettes stored in the reserve storage section. The tablet packaging machine is characterized in that when it is determined that the medicine is present in the medicine, a presence display indicating that the spare medicine cassette containing the medicine is present is displayed on the display screen. The tablet packaging machine according to claim 1, wherein the display information determination display control section erases the presence display when the corresponding spare drug cassette is mounted on the forward-facing cassette base. It is also equipped with a hand-dispensing device,
The display information determination display control section determines whether the plurality of drug cassettes in the plurality of drug feeder storages and the one or more front drugs are included in the next prescription data based on information managed by the inventory information management section. A drug that is not stored in any of the plurality of drug cassettes mounted on the plurality of forward-facing cassette bases of the feeder storage is stored in the plurality of spare drug cassettes stored in the reserve storage section. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when it is further determined that the drug is not present among the plurality of drugs, a preparation display indicating the necessity of preparing the drug dispensing device is displayed on the display screen. Tablet packaging machine as described. 4. The tablet packaging machine according to claim 3, wherein the display information determination display control section erases the preparation display when preparation of the manual drug dispensing device is completed. The display information determination display control unit determines a display order of prescription data to be displayed on the display screen so that two or more prescription data using the drug dispensing device are not consecutive. The tablet packaging machine according to claim 4. The tablet packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the display information determination display control unit displays, on the display screen, position information of a drug cassette in which the corresponding drug is stored in the reserve storage unit. The display information determination display control unit displays a list of a predetermined number of prescription data from the plurality of prescription data on the display screen,
The list display is displayed in such a manner that it can be clearly seen that the corresponding prescription data includes drugs that are present in a plurality of tablet cassettes in the reserve storage section,
The display information determination display control unit displays a detailed display of one prescription data selected from the list display on the display screen,
2. The tablet packaging machine according to claim 1, wherein the detailed display includes position information indicating the position of the drug cassette containing the corresponding drug in the spare storage section. 8. The information in the inventory information management unit is updated when the one or more prescription data is received from the upper system or when the one or more prescription data is input from the input unit. The tablet packaging machine according to any one of the items. The tablet packaging machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the information in the inventory information management section is updated every time one packaging process is completed. The tablet packaging machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the information in the inventory information management section is updated when the tablet packaging machine is started up. The information in the inventory information management section is obtained when the tablet packaging machine is started up , when the one or more prescription data is received from the host system, or when the one or more prescription data is input from the input section , and once. The tablet packaging machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the tablet packaging machine is updated every time the packaging process is completed.