JP2886635B2 - Auditing device in automatic dispensing system - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inspection device that is incorporated in an automatic dispensing system that automatically performs dispensing processing in a relatively large pharmacy such as a hospital, and that performs a final inspection of dispensing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Pharmacies in relatively large hospitals have recently reduced the costs of various operations from reception of prescriptions to administration of medications by streamlining due to the large number and variety of medications given to patients. As a means, there is a tendency to automate these tasks.

However, it is difficult to automate everything because of the contents of the work, and naturally, the work of dispensing according to the prescription must be performed manually. Therefore, when systemizing the dispensing work, there are many methods that are separately treated according to the form of the handling medicine such as powdered medicine as a medicine, tablets, medicines in capsules, etc., as well as liquid medicines and patches. When they need to be dispensed, each will be dispensed according to prescription in separate departments. Then, the medicine prepared by this department is received by a predetermined procedure by a box-shaped carrier that moves in the system in accordance with the dispensing instruction in the department, and is finally sent to the medication station.

However, it is necessary to confirm at the final stage whether or not each dispensing in each department is as per the dispensing based on the prescription. Therefore, a department for performing a final dispensing audit is required.
This final dispensing audit is an important task conventionally performed by qualified personnel, and since a large amount of dispensing must be processed, the dispensed carrier that has been transported by the audit department so that it can be audited efficiently. Is required to be operated.

Problems to be Solved: In order to efficiently perform the final dispensing audit described above, the audit worker can sort the inspected object sent by the conveyor into a plurality of workers without stagnation, and furthermore, the worker can By allowing a carrier who has reasonably accepted a dispensed product in a seated state to transition to an audit state and process it,
It is thought that efficiency can be improved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing inspection device that is incorporated in a line of an automatic dispensing system so that dispensing inspection at a final position can be performed rationally and efficiency can be improved.

Means for Solving the Problems: According to the present invention, an audit table is arranged at least on one side of a conveyor line arranged in upper and lower stages, and an audited carrier is vertically moved between the conveyor line and the audit table. A lifting mechanism for moving the elevator in the direction is provided, and the lifting platform of the lifting mechanism is adapted to be able to descend to the audit table side at a position corresponding to the audit table and to stop at an incline. From above the line and onto the elevator, a carry-in mechanism intersects with the direction of flow of the conveyor, and between the upper side of the other conveyor line and the elevator position of the elevator, the carry-in mechanism moves from the elevator to the conveyor line. An inspection apparatus characterized in that a carry-out mechanism of a carrier is provided.

On the conveyor line along the audit table in the apparatus of the present invention, before and after the position of taking in the carrier by the take-up mechanism of the audited carrier, and at the upstream position in the conveyor flow direction at the delivery position of the audited carrier by the delivery mechanism of the carrier, It is preferable to provide a stopper which is selectively operated to project from above onto the transport surface.

In addition, it is preferable that a plurality of the inspection apparatuses of the present invention be connected in series with the operation control of the stopper attached to the conveyor line.

Action: The inspection device of the present invention configured as described above is installed and used in the course of the final return from the dispensing section of the automatic dispensing system to the dispensing station. When the carrier receiving the dispensed medicine in each dispensing section is sent by the return conveyor line, the carrier is taken in by the carrier take-in mechanism on the carrier lift and moved to a position corresponding to the audit table. The carrier lift mechanism lowers the audit table side at the position corresponding to the audit table by the carrier lift mechanism, and the inspection worker places the drug to be inspected on the table from inside the carrier mounted on the lift table. To make it easy to take out. When the inspection of the dispensed product taken out on the table is completed, the inspected medicine is returned to the inclined carrier, the elevating mechanism is operated to move it to the position adjacent to the conveyor line for feeding to the dosing station, and then the interlocking mechanism is linked Let's send out the carry. These operations may be performed so that the inspection operator sitting at the inspection position can carry out everything from receiving the carrier to the inspection position by a switch operation at hand, and sending it out after the inspection.

If a plurality of auditing devices are connected in series and audits are performed by multiple operators, the carrier shifts from the conveyor line capture position to the capture position where the audit operator gave the audit instruction. Then, the carrier may be stopped at the position by, for example, a stopper and taken into the audit table.

At the time of carry-in at a plurality of audit positions, the carry is made to stand by at a position in front of the audit position of the conveyor line, and the carry is carried out to the position where the audit instruction is given.
What is necessary is just to control so that it may be sent individually.

Further, when the audited carrier is sent out by each auditing device, control may be performed such that the earliest sending out is given priority.

Effects of the Invention: According to the auditing device of the present invention, a dispensing audit worker takes in an audited dispensing from a conveyor line to an auditing table while sitting at an auditing table position and performs an audit. The system can be returned to the conveyor line and sent out to the conveyor line, so that the auditing operation can be performed under a condition without waste in the handling operation, and rationalization can be achieved in auditing a large amount of dispensing.

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

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the inspection apparatus alone. In the inspection apparatus 10 of this specific example, roller conveyors 11, 12, and 13 are vertically arranged in three stages and connected to a conveyor line. An audit table 20 is disposed at a required interval from these conveyors, and a carrier lifting mechanism 30 is provided between the audit table 20 and the roller conveyors 11, 12, and 13. , Upper roller conveyor 11
And a carrier take-in mechanism 40 for taking in the carrier between the elevator table 31 and the upper part of the elevator table 31 of the elevator mechanism 30, and a lower roller conveyor 13 from above the elevator table 31 in a state where the elevator table 31 is located at the lowest position. Carry delivery mechanisms 50 for delivering the carrier upward are provided respectively.

The upper roller conveyor 11 is connected to a conveyor line that sends the carrier to the inspection position. The roller conveyor 12 in the middle stage is not directly involved in the inspection device 10, and is connected to the conveyor line in the carry process of the carrier. Lower roller conveyor 13
Are connected to a conveyor line that sends audited medications to a dosing station. The vertical intervals between the roller conveyors 11, 12, and 13 are arranged with a space that is high enough to move a box-shaped carrier 80 (see FIG. 3).

The inspection table 20 is provided with a top plate having a size necessary for the inspection work. A measuring instrument 22 for measuring the amount of medicine is arranged at an appropriate place on the table (in the right corner in the specific example), and a partition is provided on the conveyor side. The plate 23 is inclined.

The lifting mechanism 30 of the carrier is configured such that the lifting table 31 of the carrier is positioned so that the position for taking the carrier 80 from above the roller conveyor 11 for the audit is substantially at the center of the audit table 20 (although not necessarily limited to this). Conveyor 11,1
A well-known lifting / lowering drive means (for example, the relationship between a rotating screw shaft and a moving nut screwed thereto, a rack gear, And a pinion, a drive chain wound up and down, etc.). Except for the conveyor side, the elevator 31 has side plates 31 'on three sides to prevent the carrier 80 from coming off after receiving the carrier 80, and the elevating platform 31 stands upright by accommodating the elevating drive means and the guide rail 32. It is attached to and supported by an arm (not shown) projecting from the box-shaped drive support 35. When moving up and down, at the upper limit, as shown in Fig. 1,
11 At a position where the transfer surface and the receiving surface of the
Next, as shown in FIG. 3, a stop position at the time of the downward drive by the drive means is set in advance so as to stop at a position slightly below the upper surface of the inspection table 20 and at the lowest position.
Further, the lift table 31 is supported by a pin 36 at a tip of a support plate 33 attached to the support arm on the inspection table side, and has a guide plate 31a formed by bending the side plate 31 ″ on the drive support body 35 sideways. The guide plate 31a is provided with a guide plate for tilting the elevating table which is provided so as to be able to enter and exit from the inside of the drive support 35.
A linear driving device 38 for the tilting guide piece 37 is provided so that the 37 engages at a required position. In addition, the guide piece for tilting
37 is preferably a rotor such as a roller for smooth operation.

The carrier take-in mechanism 40 includes a slider operation box 41 whose base end is supported by the top of the drive support 35 and crosses over the upper roller conveyor 11 in a direction crossing the flow direction of the roller conveyor 11, and a slider operation box 41. And a slider 43 that traverses over the roller conveyor 11 by, for example, a wrapping drive unit by driving of a motor 42 attached to the roller conveyor 11. The slider 43 has a downward push plate 44 attached to an arm 43 ′ protruding from a long watermark hole 41 ′ provided in the slider operation box 41.
The push plate 44 functions to move the carrier on the roller conveyor 11 onto the waiting elevator 31 as shown in FIG.

The upper roller conveyor 11 is provided with stoppers 45 and 46 for selectively moving up and down from the lower side of the transport surface at the front and rear positions at the carry-in position.

The carrier delivery mechanism 50 is disposed between the front surface of the audit table 20 and the lower roller conveyor 13 and is always located on the audit table 20 side, and an arm is used when the carrier 80 is delivered onto the roller conveyor 13. The structure is such that the carriage 51 moves forward and the carrier 80 on the lift base 31 is moved by the push plate 52 attached to the arm 51, and immediately returns to the original position. The forward and backward drive of this arm 51 is a winding drive,
A linear actuator can be adopted.

Further, a stopper 55 similar to that provided on the upper roller conveyor 11 is provided at an upstream position of the carry-out position of the lower roller conveyor 13, and when the carrier 80 containing the inspected medicine is sent out. This is to stop the carry 80 sent from the upstream side just before the delivery position. Therefore, in principle, the stopper 55 is associated so as to protrude above the transport surface when the carry-out mechanism 50 is operated.

The upper roller conveyor 11 and the lower roller conveyor
Each of the stoppers 45, 46 or 55 provided on the thirteen is operated by a link mechanism, an electric cylinder, a fluid pressure cylinder, or the like.

The audit table of the drive support 35 of the lifting mechanism 30
An operation panel 25 is provided on the side facing 20, and the operation panel 25 is configured to be able to selectively support the operation of the elevating mechanism 30, the carry-in mechanism 40, and the delivery mechanism 50.

The inspection device 10 of the present invention configured as described above depends on the scale of the dispensing system, but preferably, a plurality of the inspection devices 10 are connected and arranged as illustrated in FIG.

When the medicine dispensed based on one prescription in the dispensing system is received by the carriers traveling around each dispensing section and transported to the audit position, it moves on the upper roller conveyor 11 and moves to a position where audit can be accepted, and the position is checked. The carriage 80 is stopped from moving when the stopper 46 on the downstream side protrudes above the transport surface (see FIGS. 1 and 6). The inspection worker A corresponding to the stop position of the carrier 80 first operates the switch
Is operated to bring the elevator 31 into a standby state with respect to the upper roller conveyor 11 as shown in FIG. Next, the carry-in mechanism 40 is operated to move the slider 43 from the standby position to the inspection table 20 side. Then the slider
The carrier 80 is attracted from the roller conveyor 11 to the lift 31 by the push plate 44 of 43 and transferred (see FIG. 7).

When the carrier 80 is transferred onto the lift table 31, the lift mechanism 30
Is started, and the elevator 31 is lowered. At the same time, the linear drive 38 is operated to advance the tilting guide piece 37 forward. Then, as the elevating table 31 descends, the guide plate 31a on the side thereof comes into contact with the tilting guide piece 37. When the descent continues further, the elevating table 31 is moved to the support plate 33 connected to the elevating drive side.
The rear side (conveyor side) is scooped up by the contact between the tilting guide piece 37 and the guide plate 31a with the pin 36 connecting portion of the fulcrum as a fulcrum (actually, the rear side movement is delayed), When the originally set upper surface of the elevating platform 31 reaches a position slightly below the top plate of the inspection table 20, the lowering is stopped. The carrier 80 mounted on the elevating table 31 is gradually inclined toward the inspection table 20, and is maintained in a state in which the partition plate 23 of the inspection table 20 receives the front side. In this state, the inspection worker A can easily take out the audited dispensing directly from the carrier 80, and can take it out onto the auditing table 20 (see FIG. 8).

When the inspection is completed, the inspected medicine is returned to the carrier 80, and the inspection operator A presses a switch for ending the inspection on the operation panel 25.
The lift table 31 is once raised to a position where the contact between the tilt guide piece 37 and the guide plate 31a is cut off, the tilt guide piece 37 is retracted, and then the lift table 31 is lowered to the lowest position (No. 9).
See figure). When the lifting platform 31 reaches the lowest position, the delivery mechanism 50 that has been waiting on the audit table 20 side in conjunction with this
The push plate 52 is driven forward together with the support arm 51, and the carrier 80 mounted on the elevator 31 is transferred onto the lower roller conveyor 13. The carrier 80 transferred onto the roller conveyor 13 is immediately sent on the roller conveyor 13 to the administration station.

When the inspection worker A at the position where the inspection has been completed presses the operation switch in order to accept the next audited dispensing, the stopper 45 at the standby position is lowered and the stopper 46 at the inspection receiving position is raised, and the roller conveyor 11 Carry 80
One is sent. Thereafter, in the order described above, the audit table 20
Carry 80 moves up to perform the next audit.

With the plurality of inspection devices 10, the inspection workers A at each inspection position can sequentially inspect the movement of the carrier 80 without congestion, and can send it out to the medication station.

In the above description, the audited medicine is sent out from the upper roller conveyor 11 to the lower roller conveyor 13 by the carrier 80.However, if necessary, on the contrary, the lower roller conveyor 13 side may be used to reverse the inspection. An audit may be performed during the transfer to the roller conveyor 11.

In addition, since the inspection device of the present invention is configured in a unit type, it is easy to arbitrarily change the number of installations according to the scale of work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is an overall perspective view of an inspection device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a lifting platform of a lifting mechanism, FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing a tilting mode of the lifting platform, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a mechanism, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a mode in which a plurality of inspection devices are arranged, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are diagrams showing a mode of movement of the carrier at the audit position. 10: Auditing device 11: Upper roller conveyor 12: Middle roller conveyor 13: Lower roller conveyor 20: Audit table, 23: Partition plate 30: Lifting mechanism, 31: Lifting table 31 ' , 31 ″… Side plate, 31a… Guide plate 32 …… Guide rail, 33 …… Support plate 35 …… Driving support, 36 …… Pin 37 …… Guide piece for tilting the elevating table 38 …… Straight drive 40 Carry take-in mechanism 41 Operation box, 43 Slider 44, 52 Push plate, 45, 46, 55 Stopper 50 Carry delivery mechanism 51 Support arm, 80 Carry A: Auditor

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An inspection table is arranged at least on one side of a conveyor line arranged in at least two upper and lower stages, and a lifting mechanism for vertically moving an audited carrier is provided between the conveyor line and the inspection table. The lifting platform of the lifting mechanism is arranged so that it can be lowered to the audit table side at a position corresponding to the audit table and can be stopped at an incline, and the lifting platform can be placed on the upper or lower conveyor line from above. The carrier take-up mechanism intersects with the flow direction of the conveyor, and the carry-out mechanism of the carrier from the elevating platform to the conveyor line is between the upper side of the other conveyor line and the elevating platform elevating position of the elevating mechanism. An inspection device for an automatic dispensing system, which is provided. 2. The conveyor line is a roller conveyor having a predetermined length and arranged at least in upper and lower stages, and an audit table is arranged at one side of the conveyor line at a required interval. A lifting mechanism is provided so that the lifting table that moves up and down between the table and the table stops at the position corresponding to the audit table, and stops at the audit table side.A carrier take-up mechanism is provided on one of the upper and lower roller conveyors and a carrier is provided on the other. The inspection device in the automatic dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein a delivery mechanism is provided to form a unit structure. 3. The conveyor along the audit table is selectively operated in a downward direction before and after the position where the audited carrier is taken in, and an upstream position in the conveyor flow direction at the position where the audited carrier is sent out. The inspection device in the automatic dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein a stopper is provided so as to protrude from the feeding surface onto the conveying surface. 4. The auditing device in the automatic dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the auditing devices are connected in series.