JP2623010B2 - Drug packaging device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a medicine packaging apparatus for selectively dispensing one or several kinds of medicines based on a different prescription for each patient in a hospital or the like.

(B) Conventional technology Currently, there are thousands of types of tablets prescribed in hospitals and the like, but the number of tablets actually used is limited to about 800.
However, the current structure of the tablet packaging machine is limited to storing about 250 types per unit, so tablet hospitals must be replaced frequently in large hospitals, which not only makes the operation extremely troublesome. In some cases, when the tablet case is set incorrectly, the tablet packaging machine stops operating or induces erroneous packaging. For this reason, several tablet packaging machines have recently been used for prescription.However, at this time, a large space is required for tablets, and the operator has to manage each tablet packaging machine. It was a great effort.

For this reason, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-77840, a plurality of tablet packaging machines are arranged in parallel for one controller, and the tablet type, the number of tablets, and the packaging that are input to the controller are provided. Some tablets are packaged by a tablet packing machine based on prescription data indicating the number. In this case, since it is necessary to monitor the presence or absence of an abnormality of the tablet packaging machine and the dispensing status, the same device as the controller is connected to each tablet packaging machine as a console device.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, according to the above configuration, each tablet packaging machine is connected to a console device similar to the controller, so that a system including the device becomes large and a large installation space is required. In addition to this, there is a problem that the cost increases.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and reduces the size of the system of the medicine packaging device and contributes to space saving.
An object is to provide a convenient and inexpensive medicine packaging device.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a system in which a plurality of medicine packaging machines are arranged in parallel for one controller, and the kind of medicine, the number of medicines,
In a medicine packaging apparatus provided with a function of inputting prescription data such as the number of packages and operating a medicine packaging machine based on the prescription data, the operation status of the packaging machine is corresponded to each of the medicine packaging machines. And a switching device for switching the medicine packaging machine so as to perform data communication with either the controller or the monitoring device.

(E) Operation With the above configuration, the medicine packaging device of the present invention can monitor the occurrence of an alarm for notifying the abnormality of the packaging machine, the end of the prescription operation, and the like by the monitoring device connected to each medicine packaging machine. Moreover, since the monitoring device only needs to incorporate functions necessary for monitoring the liquid crystal display device and the memory of the prescription data, etc., the size and weight of the monitoring device can be significantly reduced as compared with the controller, and the packaging of the drug packaging device can be achieved. The entire system can be reduced in size and space. In addition, since an expensive console device similar to the controller in the conventional configuration can be eliminated, cost can be reduced.

(F) Example Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system of the entire tablet packaging apparatus, which includes one controller A, a plurality of tablet packaging machines B connected to the controller A (other tablet packaging machines are omitted as Nos. 2 to 4), and each tablet packaging machine. And a dispensing monitoring device C connected to the device.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of the tablet packaging machine, in which a tablet case storage part (1) is formed at the upper part, and a hopper (2), a shutter (3) and a tablet packaging mechanism (4) are arranged below the tablet case storage part (1). I have. The tablet cases (5)... (5) are placed in the tablet case storage section (1) in accordance with the type of tablets, and the tablet cases (5)... (5) are driven by input of a predetermined extraction signal. The tablet is picked up and introduced into the hopper (2) through a falling passage (not shown). The tablet wrapping mechanism (4) includes a roller (7) wound around a wrapping paper (6) that can be thermally welded and folded in advance, a tension roller (8), and a wrapping paper (6).
A vertical heat seal mechanism (9) for vertically heat-sealing to form a continuous pouch, a horizontal heat seal mechanism (10) for sealing the upper opening of the pouch filled with tablets, and a feed roller (11). It is configured. The feed roller (11) is driven intermittently to convey the wrapping paper (6). When the conveyance is stopped, the pouch is formed by vertical heat sealing, tablets are opened by opening the shutter (3), and the pouch is sealed by horizontal heat sealing. Each operation is performed.

In the present invention, a plurality of the above-mentioned medicine packaging machines B are arranged in a row in the order of B1, B2, B3..., And the operation thereof is controlled by one controller A on the host side. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system according to the present invention, in which A is a host side and serves as a prescription input unit, B1, B2... Are tablet packaging machines, and C is a dispensing monitoring device.

The controller A includes a keyboard (13) and a keyboard interface (14), a CRT display device (15) and a CRT controller (16), and a prescription data buffer memory (17) for storing prescription data input from the keyboard (13). )When,
A print data buffer memory (18) for creating and storing print data by applying the prescription data to a predetermined print format, a system memory (19) in which the control procedure of the controller A is programmed,
The CPU (20) which performs various arithmetic processing such as transmitting to the tablet packaging machine B1 when there is a request for receiving prescription data from B1 and there is corresponding prescription data in the prescription data buffer memory (17). Be composed. The controller A is the first tablet packaging machine B1 via an interface (21), a switching device (22) and an interface (23) to be described later.
Are connected to the respective tablet packaging machines B2 to B4, which are the second to fourth machines via interfaces (24) to (26).

The tablet packaging machines B1 to B4 include a packaging machine (27) for packaging tablets, a packaging machine controller (28),
A medicine package printing printer (29) and a printer interface (30) for printing prescription data such as the number of packages, and a prescription data buffer memory (31) for storing prescription data transmitted from the controller A. A print data buffer memory (32) for storing print data transmitted from the container A, and a dispensing information data buffer memory (33) for storing dispensing information data after the packaging machine has actually been operated based on the prescription data. When an alarm occurs in the packaging machine (27) or the printer (29) described above, an alarm is generated and an alarm is determined, and alarm information is transmitted to the dispensing monitoring device C via the switching device (22). A CPU (34) for performing various arithmetic processing such as creating dispensing information data after actual operation based on the prescription data and transmitting this data to the dispensing monitoring device C; It is made.

The dispensing monitoring device C includes a keyboard (35) and a keyboard interface (36), an LCD display device (37) and an LCD controller (38), and a dispensing information data buffer memory for storing dispensing information data transmitted from the tablet packaging machine B1. (39), a system memory (40) in which the control procedure of the monitoring device is programmed, and clearing of the alarm to determine the resumption of dispensing or to stop the dispensing operation and to transmit to the tablet packaging machine B1, or A CPU (41) for performing arithmetic processing such as judging screen switching of the LCD display device (37).

The switching device (22) allows the controller A and the tablet packaging machine B1 to be connected via the interface (23),
Tablet packaging machine via interface (23) and (42)
B1 and the dispensing monitoring device C can be connected. This switching device (22) is normally connected to the controller A side, but when the dispensing operation of the tablet packaging machine B1 or an alarm occurs,
When the dispensing information data or the alarm information data is transmitted, the dispensing monitoring device C is switched to the dispensing monitoring device C according to a command from the tablet packaging machine B1. Here, switching of the switching device (22) is performed simultaneously with the start of operation of the tablet packaging machine B. In the data transmitted from the tablet packaging machine B1 to the dispensing monitoring device C via this switching device, all of the prescription data is transmitted first, and then data such as the remaining packaging is transmitted.

The operation of each functional unit in the tablet packaging apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the controller A. When the switch is turned on, first, it is determined whether or not there is a request for receiving prescription data to a predetermined tablet packaging machine BN. It is determined whether there is prescription data applicable to the tablet packaging machine. If there is one, the prescription data and print data are transmitted to the packaging machine. . On the other hand, when there is no request to receive prescription data, such as when a predetermined tablet packaging machine BN is in a dispensing operation, it is determined whether or not to enter a key. A prescription data corresponding to the designated packaging machine is created and stored in the buffer memory (17). If no key input is made, the process returns to the start.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the operation of the tablet packaging machine B. When the switch is turned on, first, a request for prescription data is transmitted to the controller A, and then it is determined whether or not prescription data and print data have been received. If not received, return to the start again. When received, prescription data and print data are stored in the respective buffer memories (31) and (32), and then dispensing is started. Thereafter, the dispensing content data is transmitted to the dispensing monitoring device C, and dispensing operations such as tablet picking, printing, and packaging are performed. Next, check whether an alarm has occurred. If an alarm has occurred, after transmitting alarm data to the dispensing monitoring device C, it is determined whether or not a start signal serving as a signal for dispensing resumption has been received from the dispensing monitoring device C. The process returns to the determination as to whether the error has occurred. If not received, it is determined whether or not a cancel signal for requesting to stop the dispensing operation has been received. If the cancel signal has not been received, the process returns to the determination of whether or not the start signal has been received. on the other hand,
If no alarm has occurred, it is checked whether all dispensing has been completed. If not completed, the operation returns to the operation of transmitting dispensing content data to the dispensing monitoring device C again.
When the dispensing is completed, dispensing end processing such as discharge and cutting of the medicine package is performed, and dispensing end data is transmitted to the dispensing monitoring device C, and then the process returns to the start again.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dispensing monitoring device C. When the switch is turned on, first, it is determined whether or not the dispensing content data has been received from the tablet packaging machine B1, and when it has been received, the dispensing content is displayed on the LCD display device (37). Also,
If it has not been received, it is determined whether or not dispensing end data has been received. If it has been received, dispensing end is displayed on the LCD display device (37). On the other hand, if the dispensing end data has not been received, it is determined whether or not the alarm data has been received, and if not, the process returns to the start. When alarm data is received, an alarm is displayed on the LCD display device (37), and then it is determined whether or not the start key serving as a signal for resuming dispensing is turned on. A start signal is transmitted to the tablet packaging machine B1. on the other hand,
If it is not ON, it is determined whether the cancel key, which is a request signal for dispensing operation stop, is ON, and if it is ON, a cancel signal is transmitted to the tablet packaging machine B1, and ON
If not, the process returns to determining whether the start key has been turned on.

(G) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the medicine packaging apparatus of the present invention, the dispensing monitoring device connected to each medicine packaging machine can use the medicine packaging to determine the abnormal situation of the packaging machine and the dispensing operation based on the prescription data. It can also be monitored on the machine side, and since the dispensing monitoring device only has the functions necessary for monitoring the display device and the memory of the prescription data, etc., it is possible to significantly reduce the size and weight, Downsizing of the entire system of the drug packaging device,
Space saving can be realized. Further, the expensive console device similar to the controller in the conventional configuration can be eliminated, so that the cost can be significantly reduced.

Further, the switching device is switched to the dispensing monitoring device only when it is necessary to monitor the dispensing status, so that the usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the entire system of the medicine packaging apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a tablet packing machine, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the system of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the tablet packaging machine, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dispensing monitoring device. A: controller, B1, B2, B3, B4: tablet packaging machine, C: dispensing monitoring device, (22): switching device.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A system in which a plurality of medicine packaging machines are arranged in parallel with a controller having one display device, and prescription data such as a kind of medicine, the number of medicines, and the number of packages are input to the controller. In addition, in a medicine packaging device provided with a function of operating a medicine packaging machine based on this prescription data, a monitoring device that only monitors the operation state of the packaging machine is provided for each of the medicine packaging machines, A drug packaging device, comprising: a switching device that switches so as to perform data communication with the drug packaging machine and any of a controller and a monitoring device.