JP3058790B2 - Chemical sorting system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chemical sorting system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, in a pharmacy such as a hospital, a medicine to be administered to a patient is packaged by a required amount based on a doctor's prescription. 2. Description of the Related Art Various dispensing machines and other dispensing machinery and devices are used, including tablet dispensers, powder dispensers, and other drug dispensers that can be dispensed one by one. Various medicines dispensed using these dispensing machinery or manually dispensed by workers are collected for each patient, collated with prescriptions,
Need to be audited.

[0003] However, the contents of drugs to be prescribed are extremely diverse, and some of them require a relatively short time to start dispensing once they start dispensing work, while others require a considerably long time. Since they are indicated in the prescription of each patient in various combinations, the time required from receiving the prescription to ending the dispensing work for each patient is various, from short to long,
In addition, there is a big difference in the required time between short and long ones.

[0004] As described above, although the time required for the dispensing operation required for each prescription is various, and there is a great inspiration, the pharmacy operates the necessary dispensing machinery in accordance with the order of receiving the prescription. The necessary dispensing work is performed sequentially while performing the input work on the prescriptions, so that the dispensing machinery and equipment provided in the pharmacy are operated continuously without stopping as much as possible, and all the received prescriptions are received. The necessary dispensing work based on the above should be completed in the shortest possible time.

[0005]

However, when the received prescription is processed according to such a process, for example, a tablet packing operation by a tablet packing machine,
The powder dispensing operation by the powder dispensing machine means that, for each dispensing machine, although the dispensing operation is performed according to the order of receiving the prescription, both the tablet and the powder are prescribed to one patient. Given that there are often things
It can be seen that the dispensing work is never performed on a patient-by-patient basis.

That is, the contents of a prescription for a certain patient P require, for example, a work of packing powder p and another work of packing powder pp. However, for example, it is necessary to perform a packaging operation for tablets q and a packaging operation for powder qq, and further, the prescription content for the patient R who has received a prescription next requires, for example, only packaging operations for tablets r. In this case, assuming that only one tablet packing machine and one powder packing machine are used, the tablet packing machine and the powder packing machine operate as follows.

[0007] First, as the prescription contents for the patient P are input, the powder dispensing machine first performs the operation of dispensing the powder p, and then performs the operation of dispensing the powder pp. According to the prescription contents for the patient Q already input during the p or powder pp dispensing operation, the dispensing operation of the powder qq is performed. On the other hand, the tablet packaging machine first performs the packaging operation of the tablet q with the input of the prescription contents for the patient Q, and then performs the packaging operation on the patient R already input during the packaging operation of the tablet q. According to the contents of the prescription, the packaging operation of the tablets r is performed.

[0008] However, prescriptions are generally accepted in sequence without time delay, and many kinds of tablets are stored in advance in each tablet feeder in large quantities, and these tablet feeders are installed in a tablet packing machine in advance. Therefore, the required packaging operation can be performed only by specifying the type and number of tablets to be packaged, whereas the powder is stored in the powder packaging machine in advance. It is not performed, and after the operator prepares the powder to be packaged by dispensing (weighing), and then puts the powder into the powder packaging machine, the powder packaging machine executes the necessary packaging work only when the powder is packaged. Is what you can do.

[0009] Therefore, prior to the work of packaging powder p,
While the worker is performing the dispensing (weighing) operation of the powder p, or at the latest, when the powder dispensing machine starts the operation of dispensing the powder p, the tablet dispensing machine dispenses the tablet q. The operation is started, and as a result, if there is no large difference in the number of packages, the operation of packing the powder p and the operation of packing the tablets q are completed almost simultaneously.

[0010] Next, the powder packaging machine performs the packaging operation of the powder pp, while the tablet packaging machine performs the packaging operation of the tablets r. If there is no large difference in the number of packages, the operation is also completed almost at the same time. . At this point, the powder p to be prescribed to the patient P and the necessary packaging of the powder pp are completed, and the packaging of the tablets r to be prescribed to the patient R is also completed.

Subsequently, the powder dispenser performs a dispensing operation of the powder qq. When the operation is completed, the necessary dispensing operation of the tablet q to be prescribed for the patient Q and the powder qq is completed.

As a result, it is clear that the dispensing operation is not performed on a patient-by-patient basis. Therefore, when comparing and auditing the completed drug with a prescription, it is necessary to compare and audit the drug in the completed order. It is necessary to say that it is inappropriate as a final check that should be performed on a patient-by-patient basis. There were problems, such as the need to completely entrust human abilities, including others.

[0013] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and performs collation and audit of a dispensed medicine with a prescription.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine sorting system suitable for performing on a patient basis.

[0014]

Means for Solving the Problems The multi the work of the present invention for achieving the above object, when formulating the drug product is different
A number of dispensing devices and the dispensed medicines provided in each dispensing device are stored separately in multiple compartments for each patient
And the stock conveyor device for the dispensing pre chemicals from the stock conveyor <br/> is provided with a plurality of sorting means for receiving in each patient.

[0015]

According to the present invention, by employing the above-mentioned means, the medicines which have been dispensed in each dispensing system of the pharmacy are stocked in a plurality of stocking means for each patient's medicine, and then sorted by a plurality of sorting means on a patient basis. Therefore, the collation and the inspection of the dispensed medicine and the prescription are appropriately and reliably executed for each patient.

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a dispensing apparatus applied to a medicine sorting system according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a stock device provided in the dispensing device 1.

The dispensing apparatus 1 is composed of a medicine dispensing machine and other dispensing machinery. For example, taking a medicine dispensing machine as an example, the medicine dispensing machine 1 will be described in detail. A packaging device 3 for packaging, a printing device 4 for printing information on taking the contents of the medicine on a display portion of each packaging bag when the packaging device 3 sequentially forms the packaging bags by packaging the medicine; And a cutter device 5 which cuts a continuous sachet formed by the above method into a medicine package, for example, by cutting for one day.

The stock device 2 classifies the medicines dispensed by the dispensing device 1 for each patient's medicine and stocks the medicines separately. Each stock is provided with an identification symbol if necessary. ing. That is, if the dispensing device 1 is, for example, a medicine packaging machine, the cutter device 5
Medicine package formed by cutting one day at a time, or
An identification code is directly printed by a suitable printing device (not shown) or a suitable label (not shown) displaying the identification code is attached to a band (not shown) that bundles a plurality of (for example, one prescription) bundles of the medicine package. Thus, an identification symbol is attached. As the identification symbol, various ID numbers, ID codes, and the like can be used. In particular, an ID for each patient to whom the dispensed medicine should be prescribed is preferable.

The stock apparatus 2 for stocking the medicines with the identification symbols as described above sorts the dispensed medicines such as the bundles of medicines bound by the belt-like body by the identification symbols. 7,... Are constituted by appropriate stock conveyors 6 to be accommodated in.

The stock conveyor 6 operates so as to circulate in one direction between a receiving position arranged at the left end of FIG. 1 adjacent to the cutter device 5 and a take-out position arranged at the right end of FIG. Has become. Each compartment 7 is provided with an appropriate detection device 8 for detecting the presence or absence of the dispensed medicine. These detection devices 8 include, for example, a compartment 7
A photointerrupter having a light path traversing the inside can be used, and the light path can be blocked to confirm the presence of the dispensed drug.

An arm 9 is provided at the take-out position of the stock conveyor 6 so as to take out the dispensed medicine in the compartment 7 at the take-out position, if necessary. The stock device 2 is connected to the control device 10, and the control device 10 recognizes the identification symbol assigned to the dispensed medicine in association with the detection device 8 of the compartment 7 containing the dispensed medicine. In addition, the arm 9 is operated as needed.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a medicine transport system to which the medicine sorting system according to the present invention is applied, showing 1a and 1b.
Is similar to the dispensing device 1 of FIG. 1, but for convenience of drawing, the receiving positions of the stock conveyors 6a and 6b are arranged at the upper end in the figure, and the take-out position is arranged at the lower end in the figure. Numeral 11 denotes an input console, numeral 12 denotes an inspection table for collating and inspecting the dispensed medicine with a prescription, and numeral 13 denotes a conveyor for conveying the dispensed medicine from the dispensing device 1a, 1b to the inspection table 12.

The transport conveyor 13 is adapted to place and transport appropriate buckets 14, 14,... For accommodating the dispensed medicines, and to place the stock conveyors 6a, 6b in the dispensing devices 1a, 1b at take-out positions. Correspondingly, a suspension device 15 for temporarily stopping the bucket 14 being conveyed.
a and 15b are provided. Bucket 14,
14, ... are data carriers 16 with built-in memory.
16 are respectively attached, and each data carrier 1
The read / write head 17 of the non-contact type ID system which writes necessary data to the data carrier 6 and reads necessary data from each data carrier 16 is provided at each of the following positions.

That is, at the position corresponding to the input console 11, the data carrier 1 of the bucket 14 passing through the position is set.
At 6, a read / write head 17i for writing an identification code of a dispensed medicine to be stored is provided. In addition, at positions corresponding to the temporary stop devices 15a and 15b,
Read / write heads 17a and 17b for reading the identification code written on the data carrier 16 of the bucket 14 which is temporarily stopped are provided respectively. Further, at a position corresponding to the inspection table 12, a read / write head 17t for reading an identification code written on the data carrier 16 of the bucket 14 passing the position is provided.

The read / write head 1
7a, 17b, 17i, 17t are connected to a control device 18, and this control device 18 is also connected to the control devices 10a, 10b of the dispensing devices 1a, 1b.

Next, the operation of the above will be described. At the input console 11, every time a prescription of each patient is received, the contents of those prescriptions are sequentially input together with an identification symbol such as an ID of each patient. Then, the read / write head 17i corresponding to the input console 11 sequentially writes the identification symbols to the buckets 14, 14,.

Further, in accordance with the input prescription contents, necessary dispensing information is sequentially transmitted to necessary dispensing devices 1a and 1b together with identification symbols, and these dispensing information are accumulated in respective queues. In response, the dispensing devices 1a, 1
b performs the necessary dispensing operation, and the finished dispensed medicines are marked with their identification symbols and stored in the stock device 2.
a and 2b are temporarily stocked.

On the other hand, the bucket 14 having the identification code written on the data carrier 16 by the read / write head 17i is transported by the transport conveyor 13, and firstly,
When it comes to the position corresponding to the dispensing device 1a, the suspending device 1
5a operates and is temporarily stopped.

At this time, the read / write head 17a
Reads the identification symbol written on the data carrier 16 of the bucket 14, and the control device 10a
It is checked whether or not a dispensed medicine having the same identification code as the identification code is stored in the compartment 7a of the stock conveyor 6a. If the medicine is stored, the stock conveyor 6a is operated and the dispensed medicine is checked. The medicine is brought to the take-out position, and the arm 9a is operated to put the dispensed medicine into the bucket 14 at the pause position. On the other hand, if the dispensed medicine having the same identification code as the identification code of the suspended bucket 14 is not stored in the compartment 7a of the stock conveyor 6a, when the fact is confirmed, the temporary stop device 15a Is retracted, and the bucket 14 is transported again.

Next, when the bucket 14 comes to a position corresponding to the dispensing device 1b, the temporary stop device 15b operates,
Paused.

At this time, the read / write head 17b
Reads the identification symbol written on the data carrier 16 of the bucket 14, and the control device 10b
It is checked whether or not a dispensed medicine having the same identification code as the identification code is stored in the compartment 7b of the stock conveyor 6b. The medicine is brought to the take-out position, and the arm 9b is operated to put the dispensed medicine into the bucket 14 at the pause position. On the other hand, if the dispensed medicine having the same identification code as the identification code of the suspended bucket 14 is not stored in the compartment 7b of the stock conveyor 6b, when the fact is confirmed, the suspension device 15b Is retracted, and the bucket 14 is transported again.

When all the dispensed medicines to be stored are stored by the above operation, the bucket 14
Is transported by the transport conveyor 13 to the inspection table 12
At the position corresponding to the read / write head 17t
When the user reads the identification symbol, the bucket 14 and the bucket 14 are taken out from the conveyor 13 to the inspection table 12 by appropriate means (not shown). The above operation is repeated until all dispensed medicines to be accommodated are accommodated. When all the medicines are accommodated, the whole bucket 14 is taken out from the conveyor 13 to the inspection table 12.

After all the chemicals have been taken out of the bucket 14 and returned to the conveyor 13,
The bucket 1 is read by the read / write head 17i.
The completed identification symbol is erased from the data carrier 16 of No. 4 or a new identification symbol is written thereon.

The above operation will be described more specifically below. For example, the content of a prescription for a patient P is
The preparatory work for the patient Q who has received the prescription is required to perform the packaging operation of the powder p and the packaging operation of the powder qq. Further, it is assumed that the prescription contents for the patient R who has received the prescription next need only the work of packaging the tablets r. The dispensing device 1a is a tablet packaging machine, and the dispensing device 1b is a powder packaging machine. Then, the tablet packing machine 1a and the powder packing machine 1b operate as follows.

First, with the input of the prescription contents for the patient P, the powder packaging machine 1b first performs the packaging operation of the powder p, and then performs the packaging operation of the powder pp. The dispensing operation of the powder qq is performed in accordance with the prescription contents for the patient Q already input during the dispensing operation of the powder p or the powder pp. On the other hand, the tablet packing machine 1a first performs the packing operation of the tablet q in accordance with the input of the prescription content for the patient Q, and then performs the patient R already input during the packing operation of the tablet q. The tablet r is packaged in accordance with the prescription contents for.

For this reason, prior to the work of packaging powder p,
While the worker is performing the dispensing (weighing) operation of the powder p, or at the latest, when the powder packaging machine 1b starts the packaging operation of the powder p, the tablet packaging machine 1a starts The packaging operation is started, and as a result, if there is no large difference in the number of packages, the packaging operation of the powder p and the packaging operation of the tablets q are completed almost simultaneously. At this time, the tablets q for which the packaging operation has been completed are stored in the compartment 7a of the stock conveyor 6a and stocked. On the other hand, the powder p for which the packaging operation has been completed is stored in the compartment 7b of the stock conveyor 6b and stocked.

Next, the powder packaging machine 1b performs the packaging operation of the powder pp, while the tablet packaging machine 1a performs the packaging operation of the tablets r. finish. At this time, the powder pp for which packaging has been completed
Are stored in the compartment 7b of the stock conveyor 6b and stocked. On the other hand, the tablets r for which the packaging operation has been completed are stored in the compartment 7a of the stock conveyor 6a and stocked.

Next, the powder packaging machine 1b performs the packaging operation of the powder qq, and the powder qq that has completed the packaging operation is stored in the compartment 7b of the stock conveyor 6b and stocked.

Thus, the stock conveyor 6a,
The dispensed medicines respectively stocked in the compartments 7a, 7b of the 6b are circulated and conveyed along the conveyor 13 to the buckets 14, 14,.
Each time it is paused by 15b, it is collated with the identification symbol written on its data carrier 16 and is only inserted into its bucket 14 if it matches.

Therefore, the dispensed medicines to be prescribed to the patient P (namely, the powder p and the powder pp) finally become 1
Of the buckets 14
Are taken out to the audit stand 12.

The dispensed medicine to be prescribed to the patient Q (that is, the tablet q and the powder qq) is finally put into another bucket 14 and the bucket 1
Every four are taken out to the audit stand 12.

Further, the dispensed medicine to be prescribed to the patient R (that is, the tablet r) is further added to another bucket 14.
And the bucket 14 and the audit table 12
Will be taken out.

In the above embodiment, the stock apparatus 2 is constituted by the stock conveyor 6, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an appropriate structure can be adopted. Further, the number of dispensing devices 1a and 1b is not limited to two, and any number can be provided along the transport conveyor 13. Further, the transport conveyor 13 may be of a bucket self-propelled type in which individual buckets are self-propelled, instead of the conveyor transport type using an endless conveyor. Further, the transport conveyor 13 may be of a conveyor type or a bucket self-propelled type, and may not only be installed on the floor, but also installed on the ceiling, if necessary. It goes without saying that the invention can be variously changed and modified in the above embodiment.

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the dispensed medicines in each dispensing system of the pharmacy are stocked in a plurality of stock means for each patient, and then sorted in a plurality of sorting means on a patient basis. And therefore,
Preparations has been the drug can be collected in each patient, as a result, matching of the dispensed the drug and prescription, the audit, after which it is possible to perform properly and reliably in each patient, the sheet
When constructing the stem specifically, store it separately for each agent.
Stock conveyor equipment for each dispensing equipment
Time required for dispensing work in each dispensing system
Regardless of the length, the patient-specific
It has an excellent effect such as the fact that it can be divided .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of a dispensing device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a medicine transport system.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 dispensing device 1a dispensing device (tablet dispensing machine) 1b dispensing device (powder dispensing machine) 2, 2a, 2b stock device 3 packaging device 4 printing device 5 cutter device 6, 6a, 6b stock conveyor 7, 7a, 7b ... compartment 8, 8a, 8b ... detection device 9, 9a, 9b ... arm 10, 10a, 10b ... control device 11 ... input console 12 ... audit table 13 ... transport conveyor 14 ... bucket 15a, 15b ... Pause device 16... Data carrier 17 a, 17 b, 17 i, 17 t... Read / write head 18.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] double the work at the time of dispensing the medicine product different
A number of dispensing devices and the dispensed medicines provided in each dispensing device are stored separately in multiple compartments for each patient
Stock conveyor and, chemicals sorting system, characterized by dispensing pre chemicals from the stock conveyor system <br/> provided a plurality of sorting means for receiving patients units.