JP2024013314A - Medicine arrangement confirmation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine arrangement confirmation system which confirms whether a medicine package is correctly stored.

SOLUTION: A medicine set tool 1 has a storage part identification mark 30 corresponding to each medicine storage part, a medicine package band is configured so that a medicine package identification mark 15 is attached to a medicine package 7, and an information display 12 is attached to a portion where no medicine is stored, and on the basis of the information display, information related to a combination of the storage part identification mark and the medicine package identification mark can be directly or indirectly acquired. The information display is cut from the medicine package band, and then is attached to a prescribed position on the medicine set tool, an individual medicine package is cut and is stored in a prescribed medicine storage part on the medicine set tool, then the medicine set tool after storing the medicine package is imaged by imaging means, and determination means compares a combination of the individual storage part identification mark and individual medicine package identification mark imaged, with a combination of the storage part identification mark and the medicine package identification mark obtained on the basis of the information display.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

COPYRIGHT: (C)2024,JPO&INPIT

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a drug placement confirmation system for confirming whether drug packages are accurately accommodated in drug setting tools such as medicine calendars and dosing calendars. The present invention also relates to a drug placement confirmation device, a drug placement confirmation method, and a drug placement confirmation program. The present invention also relates to a drug packaging band, a drug packaging device, a printing device, and a packaging paper roll used in a drug placement confirmation system.

Elderly patients (users) and patients whose symptoms have passed the acute stage are often treated at home. Furthermore, patients with non-urgent conditions such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia are often treated at home. Patients receiving treatment at home must take medication based on self-management.
For example, if the doctor's prescription is to take medicines A and B in the morning, medicine B in the afternoon, and medicines A and C in double the morning dose after dinner. The patient must take out a predetermined amount of a predetermined type of medicine from a medicine cabinet or the like and take it at a predetermined time.
However, the reality is that people sometimes take the wrong type or amount of medicine or forget to take it. On the other hand, you may end up taking more than one dose.
Particularly for elderly patients and patients with decreased energy, it is difficult to take out a prescribed amount of a prescribed type of medicine from a medicine cabinet, etc., and they may not be able to take the medicine accurately.

As a means to solve this problem, devices called medication calendars or medicine calendars have been proposed in Patent Documents 1 and 2.
The invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 is one in which a calendar is provided with a drug accommodating section for accommodating drugs.
In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, four drug storage units are arranged below each date. The four drug storage sections each correspond to the timing of dosing (dosage), and based on the description in Patent Document 1, they are displayed as "morning,""noon,""night," and "before the kitchen sink."
Then, medicines corresponding to the timing of administration are stored in the medicine storage section of the medication calendar (medication calendar). When the time to take the medicine arrives, the medicine is taken out from the corresponding medicine storage section and taken.

The medication calendar described above tends to be adopted not only in private homes but also in nursing care facilities for the elderly and hospitals with inpatient facilities.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-258999 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2013-248873

The medication calendar disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a medicine setting tool for setting medicines, and is installed at a patient's home, nursing care facility, or the like.
A pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy may visit patients' homes or nursing care facilities to replenish the drug storage section of the medication calendar.
In addition, there are cases where a pharmacist stores drugs in the drug storage section of a medication calendar at his or her own pharmacy (dispensing room), and then takes the medication calendar with the drugs stored therein to the patient's home or nursing care facility.
Regarding the format of the medication calendar, there is no specific law stipulating it, and various types are used depending on each facility.
In either format, the medication calendar has a plurality of drug accommodating parts, which are distributed in a plane, and the drug accommodating parts are determined based on the recipient and the timing of taking the drug. in a specific position.
There are three typical formats of medication calendars (displayed in the figure as "medication calendar") as shown in FIGS. 19, 20, and 21.

The first type is a personal medication calendar 100 as shown in FIG. 19, which is in a matrix shape composed of a day of the week axis and a dosing timing axis.
Specifically, it is a matrix with the seven days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) as the vertical axis, and the horizontal axis as morning, noon, night, and before going to bed.
The personal medication calendar 100 is used exclusively by one user, and for example, the medication that Muramatsu, the user, takes in a week is stored for each day of the week and timing of administration.
For example, after lunch on Wednesday, Muramatsu takes the medicine stored in the daytime position in the Wednesday row.
Most of the personal medication calendars 100 have one week as a unit, but the number of days in one unit is arbitrary, and it may be 10 days, two weeks, 28 days, etc. good.

The second format is a daily medication calendar (displayed in the figure as a "medication calendar") 101 for multiple users as shown in FIG. The daily medication calendar 101, like a daily calendar, has the days of the week on which medication should be taken in large print. In addition, in the daily medication calendar 101, drug storage units are arranged in a matrix formed by the name of the person taking the medication and the timing axis of the medication.
Specifically, it is a matrix with the names of the seven names Muramatsu, Hayata, Arashi, Fuji, Ide, Kirishima, and Moroboshi on the vertical axis, and morning, noon, night, and before going to bed on the horizontal axis.
The daily medication calendar 101 is used jointly by a plurality of users, and stores, for example, drugs to be taken by seven users in one day, according to the names of the users and the timing of administration.
For example, on the morning of the same day, seven people, Muramatsu, Hayata, Arashi, Fuji, Ide, Kirishima, and Morohoshi, take the drugs stored in their respective "morning" drug storage units. After lunch, the seven people mentioned above take the medication stored in their respective ``noon'' medication storage areas.
A daily medication calendar 101 intended for multiple recipients is used in nursing homes and hospitals. In the daily medication calendar 101, the number of patients to be treated as one unit is arbitrary, and may be 5 or 10 patients.

The third format is a medication calendar (displayed in the figure as a "medication calendar") 102 by time of administration for a plurality of recipients, as shown in FIG.
Specifically, the timing of taking the medicine is written in large letters at the top, such as "Morning," and the names of 28 people are listed: Hongo, Ichimonji,... Tojo, Sano.
The medication calendar by time of administration 102 is used jointly by a plurality of people who take the medication, and is used in nursing care facilities and hospitals. For example, medicines that each of the 28 users take at a specific time of the day are stored by user name.
For example, on the morning of that day, 28 people whose names are on the calendar take the medicine stored in the medicine storage section with their respective names.
When everyone has finished taking the medication, the medication calendar 102 by time of administration is removed, and the medication calendar 102 by time of administration for daytime use is prepared.
In the dosing time-based medication calendar 102, the number of people taking the medication as one unit is arbitrary, and may be 10 or 30 people.

As mentioned above, there are multiple types of medication calendars 100, 101, 102.
For example, the medication calendar disclosed in Patent Document 1 is installed in the user's home or nursing care facility, and a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy visits the user's home or nursing care facility and dispenses drugs into the drug storage section. refill.
Further, the pharmacist stores the medicine in the medicine storage section of the medicine calendar 100, 101, 102 at his/her own pharmacy (dispensing room), and the medicine calendar 100, 101, 102 with the medicine stored therein is delivered to the user's home or nursing care facility. If the drug is to be brought to a hospital, the pharmacist puts the prescribed drug into each drug container according to the format of the drug prescription calendars 100, 101, and 102.
However, as described above, there are a plurality of types of medication calendars 100, 101, and 102, which can be confusing and may result in incorrect insertion.

Therefore, the present invention focuses on the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a drug placement confirmation system, a drug placement confirmation device, and a drug placement confirmation system for confirming whether a drug package is accurately stored in a drug setting tool such as a medication calendar. The objective is to develop a method and drug placement confirmation program.
Another object of the present invention is to develop a drug packaging band, a drug packaging device, a printing device, and a packaging paper roll used in a drug placement confirmation system and the like.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment includes a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape, a drug setting device, a photographing device, and a determining device, and the drug setting device includes a plurality of drug storage units. The plurality of drug accommodating parts are distributed in a planar manner and hold the drug packages corresponding to the recipients and dosing timings corresponding to the drug accommodating parts, and the individual drug packages are removed from the drug packaging band. The medicine setting tool is separated and stored in a predetermined medicine storage section of the medicine setting tool by an operator, and the medicine setting tool after storing the medicine packages is photographed by a photographing means, and the judgment means determines whether each medicine package is correctly stored. In the drug placement confirmation system for determining, the drug setting tool has a container identification mark attached to each drug container, and the drug packaging band has a medicine package identification mark attached to the drug package. An information display is attached to the part where no medicine is stored, and it is possible to directly or indirectly obtain information related to the combination of the storage part identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the information display. The information display is separated from the drug packaging band and attached to a predetermined position of the drug setting device, each drug package is separated and stored in a predetermined drug storage section of the drug setting device, and the drug packaging and The drug set after being stored is photographed by the photographing means, and the determination means determines the combination of the photographed individual storage section identification marks and individual medicine package identification marks, and the storage result obtained based on the information display. This is a drug placement confirmation system that compares the combination of a part identification mark and a medicine package identification mark to determine whether a drug package is correctly accommodated in a medicine set tool.

The drug setting tool used in the drug placement confirmation system of this aspect is provided with a container identification mark corresponding to each drug container.
The container identification mark may be a simple figure, and may have a function that allows it to be distinguished from others. Further, the storage unit identification mark may be one that can read simple numerical information such as 1235, simple character information such as abcd, etc., for example. Further, the storage unit identification mark may be one that can specifically identify the position of the medicine storage unit.
In the drug packaging band used in the drug placement confirmation system of this embodiment, a drug package identification mark is attached to the drug package by printing or the like. Further, in the drug packaging band used in the drug placement confirmation system of this aspect, there are parts in which information display is attached by printing or the like in addition to the drug packaging.
The medicine package identification mark may also be a simple figure that has the function of distinguishing it from others. The medicine package identification mark may be one that can read simple numerical information such as 1235, simple character information such as abcd, etc., for example. Further, the medicine package identification mark may include information that identifies the patient who will take the medicine, the position of the medicine storage section to be accommodated, and/or the timing of taking the medicine.
Information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark can be obtained directly or indirectly from the information display on the medicine packaging band.
In the drug placement confirmation system of this aspect, the information display is separated from the drug packaging band and attached to a predetermined position of the drug setting tool, and each drug package is separated and stored in a predetermined drug storage section of the drug setting tool. do. Then, the drug setting tool after containing the drug package is photographed by the photographing means.
The determination means compares the photographed combination of the individual container identification mark and each medicine package identification mark with the combination of the storage part identification mark and the medicine package identification mark obtained based on the information display, and determines the result. Determine whether the combination is correct or not.
The determination by the determining means may simply be to determine whether the combination of figures is correct or not. For example, if the container identification mark of a specific area is the figure with figure number 3 and the medicine package identification mark is the figure with figure number 5, it is positive, and in other combinations, it is negative. That is, the figures may be directly compared.
Also, it is positive if the information specified from the container identification mark is, for example, 1235 (ID number, etc.) and the information specified from the medicine package identification mark is, for example, abcd (ID symbol, etc.). It is also possible to determine that the combination is not possible. That is, information may be obtained from the container identification mark and medicine package identification mark, or some conversion may be performed for comparison.
Furthermore, it is also possible to judge whether the combination is correct or not based on more specific information.
In this aspect, the determining means determines whether each drug package held in the photographed drug setting tool is correctly accommodated in the drug setting tool.
In the drug placement confirmation system of this embodiment, a drug package identification mark and information display are provided on the drug packaging band, and the drug package identification mark and information display attached to the same drug packaging band are used in one drug setting tool.
In the medicine placement confirmation system of this aspect, the medicine setting tool is distinguished from other medicine setting tools by attaching an information display separated from the medicine packaging band to the medicine setting tool. That is, an information display separated from a specific drug packaging band is attached, and the drug set is photographed by a photographing means. Since there is only one medicine set with an information display that is separated from a particular medicine packaging band, the photographed medicine set can be distinguished from other medicine sets.
In the medicine placement confirmation system of this aspect, the medicine setting tool is distinguished from other medicine setting tools for the first time by attaching the information display separated from the medicine packaging band to the medicine setting tool. The drug setting device before this was originally an arbitrary device. In other words, the medicine setting tool used in this embodiment does not need to be made for an individual or printed for an individual, and a general-purpose product can be used.
Therefore, it is less likely that the medicine set tool will be mistaken for someone else's.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the drug setting device has a container identification mark printed near each drug container, without identifying the user.

In the above embodiment, the information display is a two-dimensional code, and the container identification mark and medicine package identification mark are encoded and readable patterns, and the amount of information that can be recorded is smaller than the two-dimensional code. is desirable.

In the above embodiment, it is desirable that the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark be an aruco marker.

Another aspect for solving a similar problem is a drug placement confirmation device that determines whether a drug package is accurately accommodated in a drug setting device having a plurality of drug storage portions. The device has a plurality of drug storage parts, and the plurality of drug storage parts are distributed in a planar manner to hold the drug packaging of the person taking the drug and the timing of taking the medicine corresponding to the drug storage part. A storage part identification mark corresponding to the drug storage part is attached, and there is also an information display, and a drug package identification mark is attached to the drug package stored in the drug storage part, and the drug placement confirmation device is equipped with a photographing means and an information display. , comprising an information acquisition means, a label recognition means, and a determination means, and the information acquisition means directly or indirectly acquires information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the information display. The photographing means photographs the medicine set, the information acquisition means acquires information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the photographed information display, and The recognition means recognizes the individual container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark, and the determination means determines the combination of the photographed individual storage part identification mark and the individual drug package identification mark and the information display. This medicine placement confirmation device is characterized in that it compares the obtained combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark to determine whether or not the medicine package is correctly accommodated in the medicine setting tool.

The medicine placement confirmation device of this aspect has a determination means, and the combination of the photographed individual storage part identification mark and the individual medicine package identification mark, and the combination of the storage part identification mark and the drug package identification mark obtained based on the information display. It has a function of comparing combinations with package identification marks, and determines whether each drug package held in the photographed drug setting tool is correctly accommodated in the drug setting tool.

Another aspect for solving the above-mentioned problems is a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape, a drug package identification mark is printed on the drug package, and no drug is contained. A step of manufacturing a drug packaging band with information display printed on the part, and a drug setting tool having a plurality of drug storage parts, wherein the plurality of drug storage parts are distributed in a planar manner and correspond to the drug storage parts. Prepare a medicine setting tool that holds the drug packaging for the person taking the medicine and the timing of taking it, and has a container identification mark corresponding to each drug container. A step of storing the separated drug packaging, a step of attaching an information display separated from the drug packaging band to a predetermined position of the drug setting tool, and a step of photographing the drug setting tool and identifying the storage part from the photographed information display. Information related to the combination of the label and the medicine package identification mark is acquired, and the combination of each photographed storage part identification mark and each medicine pack identification mark is obtained, and the storage part identification obtained based on the information display. This medicine placement confirmation method is characterized in that it is determined whether a medicine package is correctly accommodated in a medicine setting tool by comparing the combination of a mark and a medicine package identification mark.

In the drug arrangement confirmation method of this aspect, information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark is acquired from the photographed information display, and the information related to the combination of the photographed storage part identification mark and each medicine package identification mark is obtained. By comparing the combination with the label and the combination of the container identification mark and medicine package identification mark obtained based on the information display, each drug package held in the photographed medicine set tool is determined to be the medicine set tool. Determine whether it is correctly stored in the .
In the medicine placement confirmation method of this aspect, the medicine setting tool is distinguished from other medicine setting tools for the first time by attaching the information display separated from the medicine packaging band to the medicine setting tool. Prior to this, drug setting tools were essentially arbitrary. In other words, the medicine setting tool used in this embodiment does not need to be made or printed for an individual, and can be a general-purpose product.

Another aspect for solving the above-mentioned problems is a computer program, at least a part of which is stored in a terminal equipped with a photographing means and a computer, and which can be used alone or in conjunction with another computer to create a drug set device. In the medicine placement confirmation program for checking the arrangement of medicine packaging for a patient, the medicine setting tool has a plurality of medicine storage parts, the plurality of medicine storage parts are distributed in a plane, and the medicine setting tool has a plurality of medicine storage parts distributed in a plane, and the medicine setting tool has a plurality of medicine storage parts arranged in a planar manner, and the medicine setting tool has a plurality of medicine storage parts. Each drug container is labeled with a corresponding container identification mark, and there is also an information display. An identification mark is attached, and the medicine placement confirmation program realizes an information acquisition means, a mark recognition means, and a judgment means, and the information acquisition means identifies the container identification mark and the medicine package from the information display. Information related to the combination with the identification mark is obtained directly or indirectly by photographing the medicine setting tool using a photographing means, and from the photographed information display, the storage part identification and the medicine package are obtained by the information acquisition means. Information related to the combination with the identification mark is acquired, the mark recognition means recognizes the individual storage part identification mark and the medicine package identification mark, and the judgment means identifies the photographed individual storage part identification mark and the individual packaging identification mark. Comparing the combination with the drug package identification mark and the combination of the container identification mark and the drug package identification mark obtained based on the information display to determine whether the drug package is correctly accommodated in the drug setting tool. This is a drug placement confirmation program that determines the

The form of the drug packaging band used in the above-mentioned systems etc. is a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape, and each drug package is separated and stored in the drug storage part of the drug setting tool. In the drug packaging band, the drug setting tool has the plurality of drug storage sections distributed in a planar manner, and holds drug packages corresponding to the drug recipients and dosing timings; A container identification mark corresponding to each drug storage part is attached to the setting tool, and the storage part identification mark is a symbolized and readable pattern, and the drug packaging of the drug packaging band is A package identification mark is printed, the medicine package identification mark is a symbolized and readable pattern, and an information display is printed on a part of the drug packaging band where no drug is stored, and the information display This is a drug packaging band from which information related to the combination of a container identification mark and a medicine package identification mark can be obtained directly or indirectly.

The drug packaging band is a packaging paper roll in which packaging paper is wound into a roll shape, and is attached to a medicine packaging device, the packaging paper is pulled out, and predetermined points are glued to form a bag. It is preferable that the bag contains the medicine and further has a medicine package identification mark and information printed thereon.

An aspect of the drug packaging device is one that can discharge the drug packaging band described above.

Another aspect for solving the above-mentioned problems is a printing device that attaches information to a medicine packaging band, in which the medicine packaging has an area where a plurality of medicine packages are connected in a band shape, and an area where no medicine is stored. a drug packaging band in which each drug package is separated and stored in a drug storage section of a drug setting tool, and the drug setting tool has a plurality of drug storage sections distributed in a planar manner. The medicine packaging for the person taking the medicine and the timing of taking the medicine corresponding to the medicine storage part is held, and the medicine setting tool has a storage part identification mark corresponding to each medicine storage part, and the medicine packaging part is attached with a storage part identification mark corresponding to each medicine storage part. The mark is a symbolized and readable pattern, and the printing device attaches a drug package identification mark to the drug package of the drug packaging band, and displays information in an area of the drug packaging band where no drug is stored. The medicine package identification label is a symbolized and readable pattern, and the information display directly displays information related to the combination of the storage part identification label and the medicine package identification label. Alternatively, it is a printing device that can provide an indication that can be obtained indirectly.

According to the drug placement confirmation system, drug placement confirmation device, drug placement confirmation method, and drug placement confirmation program of the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether the drug package is accurately accommodated in the drug setting tool.
Furthermore, when the drug packaging band of the present invention is used, there are fewer errors in inserting drug packages.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a drug placement confirmation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. (a) is a front view of a personal medication calendar for use in an embodiment of the present invention, with no medication package retained; (b) is a front view of the medication package; and (c) is a front view of the calendar. FIG. 3 is a front view of the package. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a drug packaging band discharged from the drug packaging device. (a) is a two-dimensional code that is an example of information display, (b) is an aruco marker that is an example of a medicine package identification mark, and (c) is an aruco marker that is an example of a container identification mark. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal. (a) is an explanatory diagram showing a situation when determining whether or not a drug package is correctly stored in a regular drug setting tool for the personal medication calendar of FIG. 2; (b) is an enlarged view of the medication compartment and (c) is an enlarged view of the calendar package compartment. (a) is a front view of a multi-person medication calendar used in another embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which the drug package is not held; (b) is a front view of the drug package; (c) ) is a front view of the calendar bag. (a) is a front view of the multi-person medication calendar of FIG. 7, showing a state in which drug packages are held, (b) is an enlarged view of the drug storage section, and (c) is an enlarged view of the calendar package storage section. It is an enlarged view. (a) is a front view of a multi-person medication calendar used in yet another embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which the drug package is not held; (b) is a front view of the drug package; c) is a front view of the calendar bag. (a) is a front view of the multi-person medication calendar of FIG. 9, showing a state in which the drug package is held, (b) is an enlarged view of the drug storage section, and (c) is an enlarged view of the calendar package storage section 17. It is an enlarged view of. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a large number of aruco markers, numbered for convenience. It is an explanatory diagram showing information read directly or indirectly from an information display. It is an explanatory view explaining a judgment method of a judging means. FIG. 7 is a front view showing a modified example of a drug packaging band dispensed from the drug packaging device. (a), (b), and (c) are front views of a medication calendar that can be handled by a mobile terminal. This is one of the display screens of a mobile terminal, and shows a selection screen for selecting the type of medication calendar. (a) is an explanatory diagram conceptually explaining a method of photographing an information display, and (b) is an explanatory diagram showing information read out from the information display. These are one of the display screens of the mobile terminal, in which (a) is a confirmation screen immediately after photographing the medication calendar, and (b) is a screen after determination. 1 is a front view of a prior art personal medication calendar; FIG. 1 is a front view of a prior art daily dosing calendar; FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view of a prior art dosing calendar.

Embodiments of the present invention will be further described below.
The drug placement confirmation system 16 of the first embodiment is for confirming whether the drug package 7 is accurately accommodated in a drug setting tool such as the medication calendar 1 or the like.
As shown in FIG. 1, the drug placement confirmation system 16 includes a medication calendar 1, a mobile terminal 20, and a drug packaging band 8 discharged from the drug packaging device 6.
The medication calendar 1 is, for example, a "medication calendar" as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, it will be referred to as a "medication calendar" regardless of how it is shown in the drawings.
A medication calendar (medication set tool) 1 is a first type of personal medication calendar, and includes a planar base material 2 and a large number of medication accommodating portions 3 provided therein.

The medication calendar 1 employed in this embodiment is mass-produced according to a fixed format, and is not made for a specific user. The medication calendar 1 itself employed in this embodiment is a general-purpose product and can be used by anyone regardless of the subject.
The medicine storage parts 3 are distributed in a plane and in a matrix, and each is located at a specific position determined based on the timing of taking the medicine, and the medicine package 7 whose dosage timing corresponds to the medicine storage part 3 is held. be.

In the present embodiment, the medicine storage units 3 are arranged in a matrix shape (row and row) formed by a day of the week axis and a dosing timing axis.
Specifically, it is a matrix with the seven days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) as the vertical axis, and the horizontal axis as morning, noon, night, and before going to bed.
The medication calendar (medication set tool) 1 is of the first type and is used for one patient. The medicine is stored in the medicine storage section 3 at each timing.
In other words, the drug storage section 3 is located at a specific position where the person taking the drug is the only one and the timing of taking the drug is determined based on a display such as "Monday morning, Monday noon...". and in a specific position determined based on the timing of the dose.

The drug accommodating portion 3 has a small transparent sheet 5 attached to a sheet-like base material 2 to form a pocket-like bag.
Specifically, the drug storage section 3 has a structure in which the left and right sides and the bottom side of the transparent sheet 5 are adhered to the base material 2, and objects can be put into the inside from the top side.
Since the drug storage section 3 is a type of pocket made of a transparent sheet 5, the inside can be seen through.

In the medication calendar (drug setting tool) 1 employed in this embodiment, storage unit identification marks 30 are attached near all of the medicine storage units 3. As described above, the medication calendar 1 is mass-produced according to a fixed format, and the storage unit identification marks 30 are printed near all the drug storage units 3.
In this embodiment, the storage unit identification mark 30 is provided on the left side of the drug storage unit 3, but the position of the storage unit identification mark 30 only needs to be a position corresponding to the drug storage unit 3. The position may be above or below or on the right side. Furthermore, a storage unit identification mark 30 may be attached to the transparent sheet 5 of the drug storage unit 3. However, it is necessary that the location does not overlap with the medicine package identification mark 15 of the medicine package 7 when the medicine package 7 is placed in the medicine storage section 3 . As will be described later, the drug package identification mark 15 is printed on the drug package 7, so if the container identification mark 30 is attached to the transparent sheet 5 of the drug container 3, the drug package identification mark 15 is printed on the drug package 7. It is necessary to print it at a position away from the container identification mark 30.

The container identification mark 30 is a symbolized and readable pattern such as an Aruco marker, and the amount of information that can be recorded is smaller than that of a two-dimensional code.
Although the format of the container identification mark 30 is not limited, it is desirable that it be a marker that allows the "position" and "posture (orientation)" to be known.
For example, it is possible to use an AR marker as the container identification mark 30, and in this embodiment, an aruco marker among the AR markers is employed.
The aruco marker has a simple shape as shown in FIGS. 4(b) and 11, and is easy to identify even when photographed as a still image or a video, and can be identified in about 1000 ways.
Aruco markers are open source and freely available for use. The ability to print and identify markers included in OpenCV is included in the AruCo library and can be used.

The storage unit identification mark 30 may be a mere identifiable figure without meaning or information. It is desirable that information on the position and orientation (orientation) of the storage unit identification mark 30 can be obtained by combining it with an image. Further, the container identification mark 30 may include some kind of readable information. The information that can be read from the container identification mark 30 may be simple, and may be, for example, a simple number string such as 1235 or a simple character string such as abcd. The image of the storage unit identification mark 30 may be transmitted to another computer and the information may be read from the other computer, that is, the information may be read indirectly using the photographed image of the storage unit identification mark 30. You can get information.
Further, there may be no specific information that can be read out, and it may simply be information that can be distinguished from other aruco markers or the like.
In this embodiment, an aruco marker is adopted as the accommodation section identification mark 30. In this embodiment, the ID can be read from the aruco marker of the storage unit identification mark 30.

In addition, as a modification, the storage unit identification mark 30 may be one that can read out a large amount of information. For example, the storage unit identification mark 30 may be an identification mark that includes information for specifying the position of the corresponding medicine storage unit 3. For example, it may include information specifying the position of the drug storage unit 3, such as the second row of the third column. Alternatively, the information may include information specifying the time to take the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit 3, such as Monday noon. Of course, the information may include both information specifying the position of the medicine storage section 3 and information specifying the timing of taking the drug.

The sheet-like base material 2 is provided with a calendar package storage section 17 at a visible position on the upper left side. The structure of the calendar package storage section 17 is the same as that of the medicine storage section 3, in which a small transparent sheet 5 is attached to a sheet-like base material 2 to form a pocket-like bag.
Since the calendar package storage section 17 is also a kind of pocket made of the transparent sheet 5, the inside can be seen through.

The drug storage section 3 of the medication calendar 1 holds a drug package 7 containing a drug for a specific patient and a drug to be taken at a corresponding timing.
Each drug package 7 contains a drug to be taken by a specific user. The medicine sealed in one medicine package 7 may be one type of solid medicine, or it may be multiple types of solid medicine. In some cases, a solid drug and a powdered drug are contained in the same package.
In principle, each medicine package 7 contains all the medicines to be taken by a specific person at one time, but if the colors are mixed or it cannot fit into one package, multiple medicines may be packed. Sometimes they are divided.

The drug package 7 of this embodiment is one in which a drug is packaged for each dose by the drug packaging device 6. The drug packaging device 6 is capable of dispensing and packaging powdered drugs and solid drugs from a powdered drug supply section and a solid drug supply section based on input prescription data.
Further, the medicine packaging device 6 has a built-in printing device 50 as shown in FIG. 1, and necessary information is printed on the medicine packaging band 8.
A packaging paper roll in which packaging paper is wound into a roll is installed in the medicine packaging device 6, and the packaging paper is pulled out after being loaded into the medicine packaging device 6, and is glued at a predetermined location. A bag is formed, a medicine is stored in the bag, and a medicine package identification mark and an information display are printed on the bag to form a medicine packaging band 8.

Although it is desirable that the medicine packaging device 6 of this embodiment also stores or inputs the information on the medication calendar 1, it is not necessarily required to have the information on the medication calendar 1.
That is, the medication calendar 1 is mass-produced according to a fixed format, and if there is only one type of medication calendar 1, for example, there is no need for the medicine packaging device 6 to have information about the medication calendar 1. Conversely, if there are multiple types of medication calendars 1, it is desirable to have information that distinguishes them.

The drug package 7 is formed by folding wrapping paper and gluing it at predetermined points to form a bag shape, and the bag stores each dose of the drug. Further, the medicine package 7 has predetermined printing.
The drug packaging 7 is discharged from the drug packaging device 6 as a drug packaging band 8 that is connected in a long band shape as shown in FIG.
The drug packaging band 8 has a calendar package 13 on which information display 12 and the like are printed at the beginning, followed by a large number of drug packages 7. Note that the position of the calendar packet 13 is not limited to the beginning, but may be at the end. The medicine packaging band 8 has an area where a plurality of medicine packages 7 are connected in a band shape and an area where no medicine is stored, and the calendar packet 13 can be placed in any area where no medicine is stored. Good too.

Each drug package 7 is attached with drug package specification information that specifies each drug package 7. That is, each drug package 7 has a user identification display 23 that identifies the user in a visible position as drug package identification information, a dosing date display 45 that displays the date of dosing, and a dosing timing that specifies the timing of dosing. A specific display 25 is written in characters.
Specifically, as the user identification display 23, the characters "Muramatsu", which is the name of the user, are printed. As the dosing date display 45, a display such as 7/4 is attached. In addition, characters such as "morning" and "noon" are displayed as the dosing timing specific display 25. Each drug package 7 is distinguished from others by these characters.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, each drug package 7 is displayed with a drug package identification mark 15 .
The medicine package identification mark 15 is a symbolized and readable pattern such as an Aruco marker, and the amount of information that can be recorded is smaller than that of a two-dimensional code. In this embodiment, an aruco marker is employed as the medicine package identification mark 15.
The function of the medicine package identification mark 15 is the same as that of the container identification mark 30 described above, and may be a mere identifiable figure without meaning or information.
Further, the medicine package identification mark 15 may include some kind of readable information. The information that can be read from the medicine package identification mark 15 may be simple, and may be, for example, a simple number string such as 1235 or a simple character string such as abcd. Further, there may be no specific information that can be read out, and the marker may simply be distinguishable from other aruco markers.

In this embodiment, an aruco marker is employed as the medicine package identification mark 15. In this embodiment, the ID can be read from the aruco marker of the medicine package identification mark 15.

In addition, as a modification, the medicine package identification mark 15 may be one that can read out a large amount of information. For example, the drug package identification mark 15 may be an identification mark that includes information specifying the position of the drug storage section 3 in which the drug package 7 is to be accommodated. For example, it may include information specifying the position of the drug storage unit 3, such as the second row of the third column. Alternatively, the information may include information specifying the time to take the medicine stored in the medicine storage section 3 in which the medicine package 7 is to be stored, such as Monday noon. Of course, the information may include both information specifying the position of the medicine storage section 3 and information specifying the timing of taking the drug.

The calendar package 13 is made by folding wrapping paper and gluing it into a bag shape, but it does not contain any medicine.
On the calendar package 13, a user identification display 42, a period display 43 for displaying the dosing period, and an information display 12 are printed.
Specifically, the characters "Muramatsu", which is the name of the user, are printed as the user identification display 42. As the period display 43, a display of 7/4 to 7/10 is attached.
An information display 12 is printed on the calendar package 13. The information display 12 is discharged in series with the medicine package 7, and it is sufficient that it is printed on a part where no medicine is stored, and it is not essential that it be printed on the bag.
A prescription identification code is recorded in the information display 12. Further, the information display 12 directly or indirectly displays information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 attached to the medication calendar (drug setting tool) 1 and the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to the drug package 7. This is a display that can be obtained in a realistic manner. That is, by photographing the information display 12 with a mobile terminal 20 (to be described later) and analyzing the image, information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 and the drug package identification mark 15 attached to the drug package 7 can be directly obtained. It can be obtained directly or indirectly.
These pieces of information may be directly read out from an image of the information display 12. In addition, information related to the combination is stored in other storage means, and the information read from the image of the information display 12 is used as a key to retrieve information related to the combination stored in the other storage means. You may.

Here, the information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 attached to the medication calendar (drug setting tool) 1 and the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to the drug package 7 is This is information related to the combination of the drug package identification label 15 attached to each drug package 7.
The information display 12 of the calendar package 13 is information indicating all the medicine packages accommodated in the calendar 1 or a combination of each medicine package and each position in each row or column.
That is, the medicine storage unit 3 is specified by the storage unit identification mark 30 printed on the medication calendar 1, and the medicine package 7 to be stored is specified by the medicine package identification mark 15. The information display 12 stores a combination of each container identification mark 30 and the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to each medicine package 7.

The information related to the combination with the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to the medicine package 7 is, for example, that the combination of the medicine package identification mark 15 with the figure number 20 in FIG. 11 and the figure number 18 is positive; This is information that the combination of the medicine package identification mark 15 with the graphic number 20 and other graphic numbers is negative. In FIG. 11, the aruco markers are numbered for convenience, but the shapes of the aruco markers themselves may be compared.
Further, the above information includes an identification number (ID number) and an identification symbol (ID symbol) read from the image of the container identification mark 30, and an identification number (ID number) and identification symbol read from the image of the medicine package identification mark 15. It may also include information for determining whether the combination of (ID symbols) is correct or incorrect.
There is no concept of an identification number or an identification symbol, and the information may simply be information for determining whether a combination of figures is correct or incorrect. That is, the information may be a combination of the shape of the aruco marker, which is the container identification mark 30, and the shape of the aruco marker, which is the medicine package identification mark 15.
The above-mentioned information includes the position of the drug storage section 3 and the timing of taking the drug read from the storage section identification mark 30, and the position of the drug storage section 3 in which the drug package 7 specified from the medicine package identification mark 15 is to be stored and the timing of taking the drug. It may also be information that determines whether it is correct or incorrect by comparing the information.

In this embodiment, the information related to the combination with the medicine package identification label 15 attached to the drug package 7 is simply the ID read from the medicine package identification label 15 attached to the drug package 7, as shown in FIG. This is the relationship between the number (medicine package ID in the figure) and the ID number (position ID in the figure) read from the container identification mark 30 printed on the medication calendar 1. In this embodiment, the information shown in FIG. 12 can be read from the image of the information display 12.
Furthermore, since there is a large amount of information to be written on the information display 12, in this embodiment, a two-dimensional code as shown in FIG. 4(a) is adopted as the information display 12.

The drug packaging device 6 of this embodiment has information about the container identification mark 30 of the medication calendar 1 to which the drug package 7 is attached.
Further, the drug packaging device 6 stores a large number of graphic patterns such as Aruco markers, and has a function of printing the graphics such as Aruco markers on wrapping paper.
In the drug packaging device 6 of this embodiment, a drug package identification mark 15 made of an Aruco marker or the like is printed on each drug package 7. The drug packaging device 6 also stores a two-dimensional code containing information (information shown in FIG. 12) indicating the relationship between the drug package identification mark 15 printed on each drug package 7 and the container identification mark 30 of the medication calendar 1. The display 12 is printed on the calendar envelope 13.

The mobile terminal 20 is an electronic terminal that can be carried by a user, such as a mobile computer such as a notebook computer, a smartphone, or a mobile phone. Further, accessories may be externally attached to these. For example, the mobile terminal 20 may be a notebook computer, a smartphone, a mobile phone, or the like with a barcode reader attached externally.
The mobile terminal 20 has a camera (photographing means) 18 built-in or externally attached, and has a photographing function. Furthermore, the mobile terminal 20 has a built-in computer. The computer built into the mobile terminal 20 has a built-in CPU and storage means.

The storage means of the mobile terminal 20 stores computer programs that function as an image processing means 31, a sign recognition means 32, a determination means 33, and a code analysis means (information acquisition means) 35. The mobile terminal 20 also includes a communication means 36 for communicating with the outside through the Internet or the like.

In this embodiment, necessary information is acquired from the image photographed by the camera (photographing means) 18 by the image processing means 31, the sign recognition means 32, and the code analysis means (information acquisition means) 35.
That is, by these means, information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 and the medicine package identification mark 15 is acquired from the photographed image of the information display 12. Also, by these means, an ID number (position ID in FIGS. 12 and 13) is obtained from the photographed image of the container identification mark 30, and an ID number (FIG. 12, In FIG. 13, the medicine package ID) is acquired.

The image processing means 31 processes images of the two-dimensional code of the information display 12 photographed by the camera (photographing means) 18, the aruco marker of the container identification mark 30, and the aruco marker of the medicine package identification mark 15. That is, the image processing means 31 removes unnecessary background and reflected useless light rays to clarify the necessary image. That is, the image processing means 31 removes noise.
The mark recognition means 32 recognizes and specifies the aruco marker of the container identification mark 30 and the aruco marker of the medicine package identification mark 15, which have been image-processed by the image processing means 31.
In this embodiment, the sign recognition means 32 reads the ID number (position ID in FIGS. 12 and 13) from the photographed image of the aruco marker of the storage section identification sign 30. In the present embodiment, the label recognition means 32 reads the ID number (medicine package ID in FIGS. 12 and 13) from the aruco marker from the photographed image of the drug package identification label 15.

The code analysis means (information acquisition means) 35 reads information from the photographed image of the two-dimensional code on the information display 12. That is, the code analysis means 35 directly or indirectly obtains information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 and the medicine package identification mark 15 from the information display 12.

The determining means 33 determines the container identification mark 30 obtained based on the combination of the individual container identification mark 30 and the individual medicine package identification mark 15 photographed and recognized by the mark recognition means 32 and the information display 12. It has a function of comparing the combination of the drug package identification mark 15 and the drug package identification mark 15, and determines whether each drug package 7 held in the photographed medication calendar (medication setting tool) 1 is correctly accommodated in the medication calendar 1. This is to determine whether or not it is true.
In this embodiment, the combination of the position ID and medicine package ID read from the information display 12 and the actual position ID and medicine package ID obtained by photographing the medication calendar 1 with the medicine package 7 attached are used. The combinations are compared to determine whether each drug package 7 is correctly accommodated in the medication calendar 1.

Next, a procedure for attaching the drug packaging 7 and the like to the medication calendar 1 will be explained.
Note that the preceding steps include a step of manufacturing the drug packaging band 8 and a step of preparing the medication calendar (medication setting tool) 1.

The drug packaging 7 and the calendar packet 13 are cut from the drug packaging band 8 by an operator, and placed in a predetermined position on the medication calendar 1 by a pharmacist or the like.
Specifically, the calendar packet 13 is cut out from the drug packaging band 8 and stored in the calendar packet accommodating portion 17 of the medication calendar 1. The drug packages 7 are cut out from the drug packaging band 8 one by one and stored in the corresponding drug storage section 3.
As described above, since the calendar package storage section 17 is transparent, when the calendar package 13 is placed in the calendar package storage section 17 of the medication calendar 1, the information printed on the calendar package 13 can be displayed as shown in FIG. (Two-dimensional code) 12 can be confirmed from the outside.
The medicine package identification mark (aruco marker) 15 is printed on the upper part of the medicine package 7 and is exposed from the drug storage part 3, so the medicine package identification mark (aruco marker) 15 is can be confirmed from the outside.
Since the medicine container 3 is transparent, regardless of the position of the medicine package identification mark 15, the medicine pack identification mark (aruco marker) 15 can be confirmed from the outside with the medicine package 7 placed in the medicine container 3. can do.
Moreover, since the container identification mark (aruco marker) 30 is printed directly on the medication calendar 1, it can be confirmed from the outside.

Next, a procedure for checking whether the drug package 7 is correctly accommodated in the medication calendar 1 will be explained.
A user (pharmacist) attaches the drug package 7 to the medication calendar 1 in his/her own pharmacy, and then transports the medication calendar 1 containing the drug package 7 to a patient's home, hospital, facility, etc.
Alternatively, the patient brings the necessary medicine from the pharmacy to the patient's home, etc., and attaches the medicine package 7 to the medication calendar 1 already installed at the patient's home. In addition, the drug packaging 7 is attached to the medication calendar 1 at a dispensing factory and the calendar is sometimes shipped by mail to a patient's home or to a consigning dispensing pharmacy.
The user (pharmacist) carries the mobile terminal 20 with him and heads to a patient's home or the like.
Then, the user first photographs the information display (two-dimensional code) 12 housed in the calendar package housing section 17 of the medication calendar 1.

The computer of the mobile terminal 20 recognizes the image of the two-dimensional code of the photographed information display 12 with the sign recognition means 32, analyzes the two-dimensional code of the information display 12 with the code analysis means (information acquisition means) 35, Read the information included in the dimension code.
Specifically, information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 attached to the medication calendar (drug setting tool) 1 and the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to the drug package 7 is read from the information display 12. According to this embodiment, the combination of the position ID written on each container identification mark 30 and the medicine package ID written on the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to each drug package 7 is read out.
Note that the information is read by identifying the prescription information, etc. using the identifier and identification information read from the two-dimensional code, and transmitting the prescription information, etc. to another computer using the communication means 36 of the mobile terminal 20. may be read from a computer. That is, information may be obtained indirectly using the photographed information display 12.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6A, the entire medication calendar 1 containing the medicine packages 7 is photographed using the photographing means 18 of the mobile terminal 20.
As a general rule, the entire medication calendar 1 is photographed from the front as one screen.
The image processing means 31 of the mobile terminal 20 then identifies the aruco marker of the container identification mark 30 attached to the side of each drug container 3 and the medicine package identification mark of the drug package 7 accommodated in each drug container 3. The images of the 15 Aruco markers are processed and recognized by the sign recognition means 32.
In the image processing stage, each set of the drug container 3 and the container identification mark 30 is cut out individually and divided into 28 sets of the container identification mark 30 and the medicine package identification mark 15.
Then, the position ID is read from the image of the aruco marker of each set of container identification mark 30, and the medicine package ID is read from the image of the aruco marker of each set of package identification mark 15.

Next, the determination means 33 of the mobile terminal 20 determines information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 obtained from the two-dimensional code of the photographed information display 12 and the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to the medicine package 7. The combinations of the actual container identification mark 30 and medicine package identification mark 15 obtained by photographing are individually compared as shown in FIG. Specifically, the combinations of medicine package ID and position ID are compared individually.
To explain this embodiment, as the information obtained from the two-dimensional code on the information display 12, the combination of medicine pack ID and position ID on Monday morning is as shown in FIG. Location ID=1].

The storage unit identification mark 30 attached to the position corresponding to the drug storage unit 3 that was actually photographed on Monday morning is the aruco marker with the graphic number 100 in FIG. It is assumed that the container identification mark 30 attached to the medicine package identification mark 15 of the package 7 is the Aruco marker with figure number 1 in FIG. Note that the ID number of the aruco marker with figure number 100 is 100, and the ID number of the aruco marker with figure number 1 is 1.
That is, the combination of medicine package ID and position ID on Monday morning, which was actually photographed, is [medicine package ID=100:position ID=1] as shown in FIG.
In this case, the combination of medicine package ID and position ID on Monday morning that was actually photographed is the same as the combination of medicine package ID and position ID on Monday morning, as information obtained from the two-dimensional code on information display 12. Since there is, it is judged as correct. If the combination is other than this, the determination is negative.

The mobile terminal 20 determines whether all medicine storage units 3 are correct or incorrect.
Then, if all the actual combinations match the information obtained from the two-dimensional code on the information display 12, it is determined that the test has passed. For example, a message to that effect is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 20.
Conversely, if any of the actual combinations differs from the information obtained from the two-dimensional code on the information display 12, a failure is determined. For example, a message to that effect is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 20. Then, the points of difference are specifically displayed.

Next, an example of the functions and usage method of the mobile terminal 20 will be explained.
The mobile terminal 20 shown below is capable of supporting three types of medication calendars 60, 61, and 62 as shown in FIG. The three types of medication calendars 60, 61, and 62 are all personal medication calendars, but the number of doses per day is different.
The medication calendar 60 has four doses per day: morning, noon, night, and before going to bed. In the medication calendar 61, the number of doses per day is three times, in the morning, noon, and evening. In the medication calendar 62, the number of doses per day is twice, in the morning and at night.

The mobile terminal 20 stores an application (medicine placement confirmation program) that confirms whether the drug packages 7 are accurately accommodated in the medication calendars 60, 61, and 62. When the application is started, a screen like the one shown in FIG. 16 is first displayed.
The display screen shown in FIG. 16 is a selection screen for selecting the type of medication calendar 60, 61, 62, and the characters "7x4", "7x3", and "7x2" appear, and the number 7 in front is the day of the week. The numbers 4, 3, and 2 represent the number of doses per day.
That is, "7x4" indicates the medication calendar 60, "7x3" indicates the medication calendar 61, and "7x2" indicates the medication calendar 62.
The user selects one of "7x4", "7x3", and "7x2" depending on the target medication calendar 60, 61, 62.
As an example, assume that the medication calendar 60 is used, and select "7x4".

Next, as shown in FIG. 17(a), the information display (two-dimensional code) 12 of the calendar package 13 stored in the calendar package storage section 17 is focused on, and the information display 12 is photographed.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 17(b), information regarding combinations of drug packages to be taken in a week and the positions of the drug accommodating portions 3 in which they are to be accommodated is obtained. That is, information regarding the combination of the medicine package ID of the medicine package to be taken in one week and the position ID of the medicine storage section 3 in which it is to be stored can be obtained.

Thereafter, the operator photographs the entire medication calendar 60 as shown in FIG. 18(a). Specifically, the entire medication calendar 60 is displayed on the screen, and a predetermined operation is performed to photograph and record the entire medication calendar 60.

Thereafter, processing by the application is performed within the mobile terminal 20 automatically or through some operation.
First, it is determined whether the photographed and recorded medication calendar 60 is the medication calendar 60 of the type selected on the screen of FIG. 16. If the photographed medication calendar is of a different format from the one selected on the screen of FIG. 16, an error will be displayed.

The example image of FIG. 18(a) is a medication calendar 60 with four doses per day, which is "7x4" selected on the screen of FIG. 16, and the recorded medication calendar 60 is the same as that of FIG. Since the medication calendar 60 is in the format selected on the screen, the process moves to the next step.

In the next step, the combinations of medicine package ID and position ID are compared individually. That is, the combination of the medicine package ID and position ID obtained from the information display (two-dimensional code) 12, the medicine package ID obtained from the container identification mark 30 of the medication calendar 60 that was actually photographed, and the combination of the medicine package ID and position ID obtained from the information display (two-dimensional code) 12, The combinations of position IDs obtained from the medicine package identification marks 15 of the medicine calendars 60 are compared.
The comparison results are displayed as shown in FIG. 18(b).
Specifically, a circle is placed in a region where the combination of medicine package ID and position ID is correct, and a cross is displayed in a region where the combination is incorrect. Further, by performing a predetermined operation, the determination result is recorded in the mobile terminal 20. It is also recommended to transmit the determination result to an external computer or the like using the communication means 36 and record it.
If there is a mistake, insert the drug package 7 again and repeat the previous process.
The embodiments described above merely describe recommended configurations, and the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the circles and crosses shown in FIG. 18(b) may not be displayed.

In the first embodiment described above, the first type of personal medication calendar is used as the drug setting device, but the second type or third type of drug setting device described above may also be used. can.
7 and 8 show a medicine setting device (medication calendar 40) using a second type of daily medication calendar.
The format of the medication calendar 40 is a daily medication calendar intended for multiple recipients, and the days of the week on which medication should be taken are written in large letters. In addition, in the medication calendar 40, the drug storage units 3 are arranged in a matrix formed by the calendar package storage unit 17 and the timing axis of medication administration, and the medication storage units 3 are determined based on the recipient and the timing of medication administration. in a specific position.
In the medication calendar 40, there is a calendar package storage section 17 next to each recipient's name.
Also, in the medication calendar 40, storage unit identification marks 30 are attached near all drug storage units 3.

When using the medication calendar 40, a drug packaging band 51 as shown in FIG. 14 is used, for example. The drug packaging band 51 is made by connecting drug packages for a plurality of patients one day at a time and continuously discharging them from a dispensing device such as a packaging machine.
The medicine packaging band 51 has calendar packets 13 for each patient section.
In the drug packaging band 51 shown in FIG. 14, at the beginning is a calendar package 13 for July 4th for Muramatsu, the first patient, followed by a one-day drug package 7 for Muramatsu to take. That is, the medicine packages 7 that Muramatsu takes on July 4th in the morning, at noon, at night, and before going to bed are connected after Muramatsu's July 4th calendar package 13.
Next, there is a calendar package 13 for July 4th for Hayata, the second patient, followed by a one-day medication package 7 that Hayata will take on the same July 4th. That is, medicine packages 7 for morning, noon, night, and before going to bed that Hayata takes on July 4th are connected after Hayata's calendar package 13 for July 4th.
After that, the third patient Arashi's July 4th calendar packet 13 etc. followed, followed by the fourth patient Fuji and the fifth patient Ide's July 4th calendar packet 13 etc.

In this way, a series of drug packaging strips 51 are dispensed for each patient based on the prescription, and a calendar packet 13 is inserted for each patient.
In this case, information regarding the position ID and medicine package ID of the patient's dosing date (Monday) is recorded in the two-dimensional code of the information display 12 of the calendar package 13. In addition, the system on the packaging machine side, after receiving prescriptions from multiple users, divides the Monday-only prescription for the corresponding patient and outputs the packaging operation, thereby placing the above-mentioned information on a series of drug packaging strips 51. Calendar packages 13 for each patient can be included in separate packages.

When using the medication calendar 40, the drug packaging band 51 described above is used, and the calendar packets 13 of the drug packaging band 8 for each patient are placed in the calendar package storage section 17, as shown in FIG.
When using the medication calendar 40, first photograph the information display 12 (two-dimensional code) on the leftmost calendar package 13 for one patient and attach it to the medication calendar (medication set tool) 40 of the patient. The information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 attached to the drug package 7 and the medicine package identification mark 15 attached to the medicine package 7 is acquired, and then the information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 in the row of the user concerned and each drug container is acquired. The medicine package identification mark 15 of the medicine package 7 housed in the unit 3 is photographed, and the combination of medicine package ID and position ID is compared.
The medication calendar 40 may be photographed as long as the columns or rows for each recipient can be photographed all at once.

The drug packaging band 51 shown in FIG. 14 can be said to be a combination of packages of drugs to be taken by each patient on that day (July 4th in the example) with a fixed date (July 4th in the example). , at the beginning of the patient's medication package 7 is each patient's calendar package 13 .
Another possible embodiment of the drug packaging band is one in which the patient is fixed and the drug packaging 7 is connected.
For example, at the beginning is a calendar package 13 for patient Muramatsu's July 4th, followed by a medication package 7 for one day that Muramatsu will take. That is, the medicine packages 7 for Muramatsu's medicines to be taken in the morning, noon, night, and before going to bed on July 4th are connected after Muramatsu's July 4th calendar package 13.
Next, there is a calendar package 13 for Muramatsu, who is the same patient, for the next day, July 5th, followed by a one-day drug package 7 that Muramatsu will take on the same day, July 5th. That is, the morning, noon, night, and bedtime medicine packages 7 that Muramatsu takes on the following July 5th are connected to the calendar package 13 for Muramatsu's next July 5th.
After that, calendar package 13th grade for July 6th, the next day after the same Muramatsu, will follow, followed by calendar package 13th grade for July 7th, the fourth day.
For example, once the medicine packages 7 for one round have been discharged, calendar packages 13 for July 4th of Hayata, the second patient, etc. are discharged.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a third type of drug setting device (medication calendar 41) that uses a medication calendar for each time of administration.
Regarding the medication calendar 41 as well, a plurality of drug storage units 3 are arranged in a matrix.
In the medication calendar 41, the calendar package accommodating portion 17 is located at a visible position on the upper left side.
Also, in the medication calendar 41, storage unit identification marks 30 are attached near all drug storage units 3.
When using the medication calendar 41, a label or package paper with a two-dimensional code printed thereon containing information on the storage areas for 28 people taking the medication at the same time on the same day is separately prepared.
In addition, the system recommends that after receiving prescriptions for 28 patients, for example, only those prescriptions for patients to be taken on the morning of July 4, 2022 should be collected and divided drug packaging bands should be used.
It is preferable that this medicine packaging band has, for example, a calendar packet at the beginning, followed by medicine packages containing medicines to be taken by 28 people at the same time.
The information display on the calendar package is based on information related to the combination of the container identification mark 30 attached to the medication calendar (drug setting tool) 41 and the medicine package identification label 15 attached to the drug package 7, directly or This is an indication that can be obtained indirectly.
Alternatively, an information display may be created separately and placed in the calendar package storage section 17.

In the drug placement confirmation system 16 of this embodiment, a drug packaging band 8 in which a calendar package 13 on which an information display 12 is printed and a drug package 7 are connected in series is used, and the calendar package 13 is cut from the drug packaging band 8 to administer the medication. The drug package 7 is cut out from the same drug packaging band 8 and attached to the same medication calendar 1, 40.
In the drug placement confirmation system 16 of this embodiment, the medication calendars 1 and 40 are general-purpose products, and only when the calendar packet 13 is placed in the calendar package storage section 17 can they be used for a specific individual. Therefore, the mistake of mixing up medication calendars 1 and 40 is less likely to occur.

It is desirable that the container identification mark 30 attached to the medication calendars 1 , 40 , 41 be different for each drug container 3 . For example, in the medication calendar 1 shown in FIG. 2, since there are 28 drug accommodating parts 3, it is desirable that the accommodating part identification marks 30 are 28 different ones. The same applies to the medicine package identification marks 15, and it is desirable that there are 28 different marks.
However, in many cases, the medicines taken in the morning are the same, and the medicines taken each day at noon, at night, and before going to bed are also often the same.
Therefore, the storage unit identification marks 30 of the drug storage units 3 that are taken at the same timing may have the same shape. Similarly, the medicine package identification marks 15 attached to medicine packages 7 that are taken at the same timing may have the same shape.
Alternatively, the same figure may be printed by rotating it by 90 degrees.

In the embodiment described above, both the drug storage section 3 and the calendar package storage section 17 are pockets, but the drug package 7 and the calendar package 13 may be held in other ways. For example, the drug package 7 and the calendar package 13 may be held using an adhesive, tape, clip, or the like.
In this embodiment, an aruco marker is used as the medicine package identification mark 15 and the container identification mark 30. Aruco markers have fewer reading errors, and even if a large number of Aruco markers are photographed at once (one screen), each Aruco marker can be identified. Also, the time required for identification is short. Therefore, it is recommended to use an aruco marker as the medicine package identification mark 15 and the container identification mark 30, but other identification marks such as a bar code may be used.

In the embodiment described above, the printing device 50 is built into the drug packaging device 6, and necessary information is printed on the drug packaging band 8, but the printing device 50 may be a separate independent device. .
For example, there are cases where a plain drug packaging band is discharged from a drug packaging device, and predetermined information is printed on the drug packaging band during an inspection. Alternatively, a label with necessary information printed thereon may be created and, after an audit, the label may be automatically affixed to the drug packaging band.
The present invention can be applied even when using such a usage method.

The claimed invention is a system or device used in home care, nursing care facilities for the elderly, inpatient facilities, dispensing factories, etc., and is designed to "ensure healthy lives and promote welfare for all people of all ages." It is possible to achieve the third goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

1: Medication calendar (drug setting tool), 2: Base material, 3: Drug storage section, 6: Drug packaging device 7: Drug packaging, 8: Drug packaging band, 12: Information display, 13: Calendar packaging,
15: medicine package identification mark, 16: medicine placement confirmation system, 17: calendar package storage section 18: photographing means, 20: mobile terminal, 23: recipient identification display,
25: Dosage timing specific display, 30: Storage area identification sign,
31: Image processing means, 32: Sign recognition means, 33: Determination means,
35: code analysis means (information acquisition means), 36: communication means,
40: Medication calendar (drug set tool)
41: Medication calendar (drug set tool)
50: Printing device

Claims (11)

It has a medicine packaging band in which a plurality of medicine packages are connected in a band shape, a medicine setting tool, a photographing means, and a determination means, and the medicine setting tool has a plurality of medicine storage parts, and the medicine setting equipment has a plurality of medicine storage parts. are distributed in a flat plane and hold drug packages with corresponding recipients and dosing timings in the drug storage portions,
The individual drug packages are separated from the drug packaging band and placed in a predetermined drug accommodating section of the drug setting tool by an operator, the drug set device after storing the drug packages is photographed by a photographing means, and each drug is In a drug placement confirmation system that determines whether the packaging is correctly accommodated,
The medicine setting tool has a storage part identification mark corresponding to each medicine storage part,
The drug packaging band has a drug package identification mark attached to the drug package, and an information display attached to a part where no drug is stored,
It is possible to directly or indirectly obtain information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the information display,
The information display is separated from the drug packaging band and attached to a predetermined position of the drug setting device, the individual drug packages are separated and stored in a predetermined drug storage section of the drug setting device, and the drug packages are placed in a predetermined drug storage section of the drug setting device. photographing the medicine set tool with the photographing means;
The determination means compares the photographed combination of the individual container identification mark and the individual drug package identification mark with the combination of the container identification mark and the drug package identification mark obtained based on the information display. A drug placement confirmation system that determines whether a drug package is correctly accommodated in a drug setting tool. 2. The drug placement confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the drug setting device has a container identification mark printed near each drug container without identifying the user. 2. The information display is a two-dimensional code, and the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark are encoded and readable patterns, and the amount of information that can be recorded is smaller than the two-dimensional code. drug placement confirmation system. The drug placement confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark are Aruco markers. In a drug placement confirmation device that determines whether a drug package is accurately accommodated in a drug setting tool having a plurality of drug storage sections,
The medicine setting device has a plurality of medicine storage parts, and the plurality of medicine storage parts are distributed in a plane, and the medicine packaging of the person taking the medication and the timing of taking the medicine corresponding to the medicine storage part is held. , each drug storage compartment has a corresponding storage unit identification mark, and there is also an information display.
Drug packages stored in the drug storage section are labeled with drug package identification marks.
The medicine placement confirmation device includes a photographing means, an information acquisition means, a label recognition means, and a determination means, and the information acquisition means determines the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the information display. information obtained directly or indirectly;
photographing the medicine set tool by the photographing means, and acquiring information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the photographed information display by the information acquisition means;
Recognizing individual container identification marks and medicine package identification marks by the mark recognition means;
The determination means compares the photographed combination of the individual container identification mark and the individual drug package identification mark with the combination of the container identification mark and the drug package identification mark obtained based on the information display. A drug placement confirmation device that determines whether a drug package is correctly accommodated in a drug setting tool. To produce a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape, a drug package identification mark is printed on the drug package, and an information display is printed in a part where no drug is stored. process and
A medicine set device having a plurality of medicine storage parts, wherein the plurality of medicine storage parts are distributed in a two-dimensional manner, and medicine packages corresponding to the recipient and the timing of taking the medicine corresponding to the medicine storage parts are held, a step of preparing a drug setting tool having a container identification mark attached to each drug container, and storing a drug package separated from a drug packaging band in each drug container;
a step of attaching an information display separated from the drug packaging band to a predetermined position of the drug setting tool;
The medicine set tool is photographed, information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark is acquired from the photographed information display, and the information related to the combination of the photographed storage part identification mark and each medicine package identification mark is obtained. and the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark obtained based on the information display to determine whether the drug package is correctly accommodated in the drug setting device. Confirmation method. A drug placement confirmation program that is at least partially stored in a terminal equipped with a photographing means and a computer, and that confirms the placement of a drug package with respect to a drug setting tool either alone or in conjunction with another computer,
The medicine setting tool has a plurality of medicine storage parts, and the plurality of medicine storage parts are distributed in a plane, and the medicine packaging of the person taking the medication and the timing of taking the medicine corresponding to the medicine storage part is held, Each drug storage compartment has a corresponding storage unit identification mark, and there is also an information display.
Drug packages stored in the drug storage section are labeled with drug package identification marks.
The drug placement confirmation program implements an information acquisition means, a label recognition means, and a determination means, and the information acquisition means determines the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark from the information display. Information is obtained directly or indirectly;
photographing the medicine set tool by the photographing means, and acquiring information related to the combination of the container identification and the medicine package identification label from the photographed information display by the information acquisition means;
Recognizing individual container identification marks and medicine package identification marks by the mark recognition means;
The determination means compares the photographed combination of the individual container identification mark and the individual drug package identification mark with the combination of the container identification mark and the drug package identification mark obtained based on the information display. A drug placement confirmation program that determines whether the drug package is correctly accommodated in the drug setting tool. A drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape, and each drug package is separated and stored in a drug storage part of a drug setting tool,
The drug setting device has the plurality of drug storage portions distributed in a planar manner, and holds drug packages for the recipients and dosing timings corresponding to the drug storage portions. A storage unit identification mark corresponding to the drug storage unit is attached, and the storage unit identification mark is a symbolized and readable pattern,
A drug package identification mark is printed on the drug package of the drug packaging band, and the drug package identification mark is a symbolized and readable pattern,
An information display is printed on a portion of the drug packaging band where no drug is stored, and information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark is obtained directly or indirectly from the information display. It is possible to use drug packaging belts. A packaging paper roll in which packaging paper is wound into a roll, which is attached to a medicine packaging device, the packaging paper is pulled out, and predetermined parts are glued to form a bag, and the medicine is placed in the bag. A packaging paper roll that can be accommodated and further printed with a medicine package identification mark and information display to constitute the medicine package according to claim 8. A medicine packaging device capable of discharging the medicine packaging band according to claim 8. In a printing device that adds information to drug packaging strips,
The drug packaging band has a region in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape and a region in which no drug is stored, and each drug package is separated and the drug is stored in the drug storage section of the drug setting device. It is a wrapping band,
The drug setting device has the plurality of drug storage portions distributed in a planar manner, and holds drug packages for the recipients and dosing timings corresponding to the drug storage portions. A storage unit identification mark corresponding to the drug storage unit is attached, and the storage unit identification mark is a symbolized and readable pattern,
The printing device attaches a drug package identification mark to the drug package of the drug packaging band, and attaches an information display to an area of the drug packaging band where no drug is accommodated,
The medicine package identification mark is a symbolized and readable pattern,
The information display is a display that can directly or indirectly obtain information related to the combination of the container identification mark and the medicine package identification mark.

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