JP2695732B2 - Storage and supply device for containers with chemicals - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to equipment for storing supply container for storing a drug solution such as injectable solutions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an injection is given to a patient in a hospital or the like, a doctor prepares an injection note designating an injection liquid to be administered, and a pharmacist uses a storage shelf in a pharmacy based on the contents of the injection note. Select the required chemical solution container from etc.
A method of transporting each of the medical solution containers to a nurse center and a treatment room is adopted.

[0003] However, in the above method, there is a problem that the accuracy of selection and the workability are poor because the pharmacist needs to manually select the container containing the drug solution while reading the injection note.

[0004] Further, since a container for each chemical solution is usually stored in a predetermined amount for each type in a box, it takes time and trouble to take out the container, and the storage space tends to be large.

Accordingly, the present invention is capable of storing a large number of containers containing a chemical solution in a small space at a high density , and safely and as shortly as possible so that the containers are not broken from the storage portion.
An object of the present invention is to provide a storage and supply device capable of mechanically and efficiently removing a container in a short time .

According to a first aspect of the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problem, a drawer unit which slides in a storage portion in a horizontal direction is provided.
Are provided next to each other and each unit is
Copy the storage cassette of the container into the slide unit.
Several units are installed.
Stored vertically so that they are stacked vertically,
Dispensing means for dispensing containers from below is provided, and each unit
In the lower part of the storage cassettes, contains the dispensed liquid medicine
The first transporter that sends the container to the next process or the next transporter
The step and the container with the drug solution sent by this transport means and falling
Receiving each unit together and transporting in the direction of each unit
And a second conveying means for sending the sheet to the outside.
It is.

[0007]

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus of the first aspect, the container storage cassette can be detached from the drawer unit in a horizontal direction orthogonal to a sliding direction of the drawer unit, and the container storage cassette can be detached from the drawer unit. It is preferable that the storage cassette can be divided.

[0009]

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the drawer of the storage portion is provided.
A plurality of containers each containing a chemical solution are vertically stacked and stored in a plurality of cassettes attached to the knit, and the container containing the chemical solution specified by an injection note is stored in each of the plurality of storage cassettes.
The dispensing means dispenses from any of the lower sides, and the dispensed medicine-containing container is transferred from the first transporting means to the second container via the buffer member.
Drop it to the transporting means and transport it outside to take it out. At that time, the containers are sent in a predetermined direction by the first transport means and collected at one place, and the other second transport means is connected to the second transport means via the buffer member using its own weight.
Drop them safely so that they do not break into
They receive them at the stage and send them out together.

[0011] For this reason, the removed containers are supplied collectively for each patient, so that the drug solution can be used immediately for the patients. Or they can be handed.

[0012]

[0013]

When the container storage cassette is made detachable from the drawer unit and can be divided as in the second invention, the storage of the container containing the chemical solution is facilitated, and the glass container or the like can be stored safely. it can.

[0015]

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
Is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and a hollow housing portion 3 for housing the drawer unit 2 is provided inside the upper portion thereof. The front face of the unit housing 3 is
The drawer unit 2 is slidably attached to each of the openings 5.

The drawer unit 2 comprises a front plate 6 covering the opening 5 and a hollow holding frame 7 extending rearward from the front plate 6, and a guide attached to the apparatus body 1 on the upper and lower surfaces of the holding frame 7. The rollers 8 and 9 are in contact with each other, and the guide unit 8 and 9 guide the drawer unit 2 out of the opening 5 in the front-rear direction.

In addition, on the upper part of both sides of the holding frame 7,
Cassette support plates 10 and 11 projecting in the left-right direction are attached. A plurality of grooves 1 are provided on the lower surface of each of the cassette support plates 10 and 11 along the slide direction of the drawer unit.
2 are formed, and a container storage cassette 13 is attached to each groove 12 thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, each of the container storage cassettes 13 includes a storage case 14 for storing a container A containing a chemical solution in a vertically aligned state, and a cap fitted to an upper end of the case 14. 15 and the cap 1
5 is slidably fitted into each dovetail groove 12 of the support plates 10 and 11.

The storage case 14 has a container outlet 16 at the lower end, and is divided into two halves 14a and 14b with a fulcrum shaft 17 inserted above the outlet 16 as a fulcrum. And one of the case halves 14a
The spacer 18 is housed in the housing. This spacer 18
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, various thicknesses are prepared according to the shape and dimensions of the medical solution container A so that the medical solution containers A having different sizes can be aligned without looseness. And a rib 19 for guiding the constricted portion of the container A containing the chemical solution.

A cam roller 21 for dispensing containers is attached to a fulcrum shaft 17 inside the storage case 14, and a fulcrum shaft 1 is mounted inside the holding frame 7 of the drawer unit 2.
The drive motor 22 is attached to correspond to the position 7. A drive shaft 23 of the motor 22 projects outward from a hole 24 provided in the holding frame 7, while an end of the fulcrum shaft 17 has an engagement hole 2 for detachably fitting the tip of the drive shaft 23.
5 are formed. In the above structure, the cam roller 21
When the cam roller 21 is rotated in a fixed direction with the drive shaft 22 of the motor 22 engaged with the engagement hole 25 as shown in FIG.
The containers A containing the chemicals stored in the cassette 13 are sequentially dropped from the payout port 16.

As shown in FIG. 8, the cam roller 21 has a part of a peripheral surface formed in a concave surface 26, and a part of the peripheral surface excluding the concave surface 26 is formed in a cylindrical surface 27. During the passage, the lower surface of the chemical liquid container A is passed downward, and during the passage, the cylindrical surface 27 stops the next chemical liquid container A from dropping, and the chemical liquid container A is rotated every rotation of the cam roller 21. It pays out one at a time.

Each motor 22 for driving each cam roller 21 is connected to a control device 28 such as a microcomputer having an operation panel 29 as shown in FIG. This control device 28
The type name of the medicine container A stored in the cassette 13 to which each motor 22 is connected, the patient's name, the contents of the injection note such as the dosage, etc. are stored as data, and control signals and the like based on the stored contents are stored. A function is provided such that a specific motor 22 is selected and operated by a key operation on the operation panel 29, and a required chemical liquid container A is dispensed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a stopper pin 30 is attached to a side surface of the drawer unit 2, and a pin hole 31 into which the stopper pin 30 is fitted is formed on a side surface of the cassette 13. A positioning ball 33 which is engaged with the groove 32 of the stopper pin 30 by a spring force is attached to the pin hole 31. As shown in FIG. 5, positioning balls 35 that engage with recesses 34 provided on the upper surface of the cap 15 of the cassette 13 are attached to the support plates 10 and 11 of the drawer unit 2. , 35, the cassette 13 is positioned at a fixed position.

On the other hand, below the unit accommodating section 3 in the apparatus main body 1, there is provided a transporting means 36 for transporting the container A containing the liquid medicine discharged from each cassette 13 to the outside of the apparatus. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the transport means 36 includes a belt conveyor 37 in the front-rear direction disposed below the payout port 16 of each cassette 13, and a left-right direction connected to an end of each belt conveyor 37. Belt conveyor 38
At the connection between the two conveyors 37 and 38, there is provided a buffer member 39 such as a sponge for reducing the impact when the container A containing the chemical solution falls. Conveying means 36 having the above structure
Then, when the containers A containing the chemicals are dispensed from the cassettes 13, the belt conveyor 37 in the front-rear direction conveys them to the belt conveyor 38 in the left-right direction, and then the belt conveyor 38 is attached to the side surface of the apparatus main body 1. The container A containing the liquid medicine is transported to the receiving box 40.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a detector 41, such as a photoelectric sensor or a proximity switch, for detecting the drop of the chemical solution container A is provided below the discharge port 16 of each cassette 13.
The detection of the fall of the container with the chemical liquid is detected by the signal of the detector 41, and the operation of each of the belt conveyors 37 and 38 is controlled based on the detection.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, a printing device 42 for dumping the data sheet B into the receiving box 40 is provided above the receiving box 40 of the transport means 36.
The printing device 42 is connected to the control device 28 described above, and by taking out the container A with the medical solution, the name of the medical solution of the container with the medical solution, the name of the patient, the injection amount such as the dose, and the like stored in the control device 28 are stored. The contents described are printed on a sheet, and the sheet is sent out to the receiving box 40.

In the above example, an injection solution container such as an ampoule or a vial is shown as the medical solution container A. However, other types of containers can be similarly stored.

This embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, and its operation will be described below. First, in order to store the container A containing the drug solution, the drawer unit 2 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 1 and each container storage cassette 13 is removed from the unit 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the cap 15 of the cassette 13 is removed to divide the storage case 14 and the container A containing the chemical is stored along the spacer 18 inside the case. In this case, by arranging the case half 14a and the spacer 18 in the horizontal direction and storing the chemical liquid container A, even if the chemical liquid container is made of glass, it can be stably stored without being damaged.

When the container A containing the drug solution is stored in each cassette 13, the cassette 13 is attached to the drawer unit 2, and
The drawer unit 2 is pushed into the apparatus main body 1.

Further, the type (chemical solution name) of the container A containing the chemical solution stored in each cassette 13 is stored in advance in the control device 28 in association with each cassette 13 or each motor 22.

In this state, when the user operates the keys on the operation panel 29 to specify the chemical solution or the quantity, the motor 22 of the cassette 13 for storing the designated chemical solution container operates, and the chemical solution container A is designated. The quantity is paid out.

As described above, the container A containing the drug solution is
From the transport means 3 by the signal of the detector 41
The belt conveyors 37 and 38 of No. 6 operate to transport the container A containing the chemical solution to the receiving box 40.

Thereafter, by operating the operation panel 29 in order according to the description contents of the injection note, the container A
Are sequentially paid out of the cassette 13 and collected in the receiving box 40.

When the container A containing the chemical is collected in the receiving box 40, a data sheet B describing the patient name and the like corresponding to the collected container is sent from the printing apparatus 42 to the receiving box 4.
It is stamped on 0. For this reason, according to the description content of the data sheet B, the transport destination of the container A containing the drug solution to the nurse center or the treatment room, the patient name, the dose, and the like can be confirmed.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment. In this embodiment, an air cooling device 43 is connected to the back of the unit housing portion 3 for housing the drawer unit 2 of the apparatus main body 1. In the air cooling device 43, a condenser 44, a cooling fan 45, and a compressor 46 are installed in a lower portion of the device main body 1, and an evaporator (heat exchanger) 48 is provided in a duct 47 communicating with a back surface of the unit housing 3. The fan 49 is provided to cool and circulate the air inside the unit housing portion 3 by the action of the evaporator 48 and the fan 49.

By cooling the inside of the unit storage section 3 in this way, the chemical-containing container accommodated in the drawer unit 2 can be refrigerated, and the chemical liquid that needs to be refrigerated can be stored for a long period of time.

In the above embodiment, the partition plate 4 is inserted into the opening 5 of each unit accommodating section 3 in order to refrigerate the container containing the chemical solution.
Is provided so that each unit accommodating portion 3 is sealed in a state in which the drawer unit 2 is accommodated. However, in the case of storing a medicine-containing container that does not require refrigeration, the partition plate 4 is removed,
Each unit accommodation part 3 may be made continuous in the horizontal direction.

[0039]

[Effect] As described above, apparatus of the present invention, pull the housing part
In each of the cassettes attached to the dispensing unit, the containers with the drug solution are stored vertically one above the other and stored from below.
The dispensing means is sequentially dispensed, and the dispensed medicine-containing container is sent in a certain direction by the first transport means, where the second container is dispensed .
Drop it to the transporting means and receive it, and collect them outside
Since it was sent out and taken out, the structure of the entire storage
Simple and compact, and high in small storage space
Containers can be stored at a high density, and containers containing chemicals are cracked
Safely without mechanically screened to yet can be issued a short time efficiently collected <br/>, it is possible to improve the workability and sorting accuracy.

Further, in the apparatus of the second invention, a plurality of containers containing a chemical solution are stored in a cassette attached to the drawer unit in a vertically aligned state, so that the storage and replenishment of the containers is easy, and the storage space of the containers can be reduced, so that the storage space of the container can be reduced. There is an advantage that the container can be sent out collectively for each patient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire apparatus of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing the inside of the apparatus main body.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a partially longitudinal front view showing, in an enlarged manner, a mounting portion of the container storage cassette;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the above.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 illustrates the operation of a cam roller.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a receiving box and a printing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 2 Drawer unit 13 Container storage cassette 16 Discharge port 18 Spacer 20 Discharge means 21 Cam roller 22 Drive motor 36 Transport means 37, 38 Belt conveyor 42 Printing device 43 Air cooling device A Container with chemical liquid B Data sheet

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A plurality of sets of drawer units that slide horizontally in a storage section are provided adjacent to each other, and a plurality of storage cassettes for containers containing a chemical solution are mounted in each of the units in the slide unit. Dispensing means for accommodating the medicine-containing containers so as to be stacked vertically and horizontally, and dispensing these medicine-containing containers from below, is provided below the plurality of storage cassettes of each unit. Alternatively, a first transporting means for sending to the next transporting means, and a second transporting means for receiving and dropping the container containing the chemical solution sent and falling by the transporting means for each unit, transporting the container in the direction of each unit, and sending it out to the outside. A storage and supply device for a container containing a chemical solution, comprising: 2. The container storage cassette can be detached from a drawer unit in a horizontal direction orthogonal to a sliding direction of the drawer unit, and the container storage cassette can be divided while being detached from the drawer unit. A storage and supply device for a medical-solution-containing container according to claim 1. 3. The storage and supply device for a container containing a medical solution according to claim 1, wherein a printing device for ejecting a sheet on which data such as a patient name and a chemical solution name are described is connected to the second transport means. .