JP3263416B2 - Drug storage - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine storage which is placed in a hospital or a pharmacy to store a medicine for infusion such as a syringe and an ampoule and automatically supplies the medicine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, in hospitals, pharmacies, nurse stations, and the like, drugs for infusion such as syringes, ampules, and cup containers for liquid medicines to be taken are strictly controlled due to the presence of powerful drugs and narcotics. Are stored in a designated storage. When using this kind of infusion, the operator unlocks the corresponding drawer in the storage, takes out the necessary kind and number of infusions, fills in the ledger and locks again.

[0003] However, as described above, powerful drugs and narcotics require particularly strict management, but rely solely on the management of the handlers. If the user forgets to lock the door, there is a risk of loss or theft.

Accordingly, the present applicant has filed Japanese Patent Application No. Hei.
As described in the specification of Japanese Patent No. 59, an invention of a medicine storage provided with a plurality of drawers for accommodating medicines, a lock device for locking the drawers, and a control unit for controlling the drive of the lock device. did. And, furthermore, a sensor sensing plate is provided on each drawer side, and a photo sensor is provided on each lock device side,
An LED that is lit by a signal from the photosensor is provided near the drawer, and the drawer supporting opening can be easily confirmed.

[0005]

However, according to the above configuration, the LED in the vicinity of the drawer which is instructed to open by the signal from the photo sensor provided in the lock device of each drawer.
Is turned on, so that when the number of drawers increases, the time for recognizing which drawer is to be opened becomes longer and the operation time becomes longer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is excellent in usability in that even if there are a large number of drawers, the drawer that has been instructed to be opened can be easily confirmed, and the instructed drawer can be automatically opened. The purpose is to provide a drug storage.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a medicine storage device comprising a plurality of drawers for storing medicines, a lock device for locking the drawers, and a control unit for controlling the driving of the lock device. In the warehouse, the lock device includes a protrusion having a hook and attached to the drawer, and a rotating body having a claw hooked on the hook of the protrusion and urged in the rotation direction by a spring. Pressing means for pressing the drawer in the pulling-out direction, and when unlocking, rotating the rotating body by operating the control unit to release the claw from the hook, and the pressing means to Are pushed out in the pull-out direction.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for storing medicines.
And a plurality of drawers having hooks attached to the drawers.
Spring having a protruding piece and a hook caught on the hook of the protruding piece.
The rotating body biased in the rotation direction by
The optical path is provided by the rotation of the rotating body provided on both sides in the rotation axis direction.
Shield or communicate with the photo sensor
Notify the open / closed state of the drawer that has been instructed to open by the signal of the server.
And a pusher for pushing the drawer in the drawer direction.
Activated by pressure means and a signal from the control device,
Regulates the rotation of the rotating body so that the claw portion is
, And the pushing force of the pushing means by the pushing means.
When unlocking, release the restriction on the rotating body.
Then, the rotating body is rotated, and the claw portion is connected to the hook portion.
From the pull-out body by the pressing means.
And a solenoid that pushes the
It is a feature.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned configuration, the medicine storage of the present invention has a configuration in which, when unlocking, the rotating body is rotated by operating the control unit to release the claw portion from the hook portion, and an opening instruction is provided by the notification means. The drawers can be easily checked, and even if there are many drawers, there is no need to search for which drawer to open, and the operability can be improved. In addition, the photo sensor has a simple configuration in which a light emitting element and a light receiving element are arranged on both sides of a rotating body, and the sensor sensing plate using the rotating plate and the photo sensor are both built into the lock device side. Therefore, it is possible to assemble in a relatively rough setting without having to align the drawer with the drawer, thereby improving assembling workability and improving productivity.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a medicine storage for infusion. The storage unit includes a main body unit 4 including a box body 2 having an opening at an upper part, and a lid body 3 for opening and closing the opening of the box body.
And a plurality of three kinds of cassettes 8, 9, 9, 9. And a control device 11 for controlling the drive of the cassette and the main unit 4.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a drawer provided below the cassettes 8, 9, and 10 and below the main unit 4. The drawer is fixed on two belts 13 and slides automatically to slide the main unit 4. A predetermined amount can be drawn forward. That is, a driving device of the drawer 12 includes a motor 14 driven by a signal from a control device 11 described later, a roller 15 rotatably supported by the motor, and a pressing roller 17 having a supporting shaft 16 pressed against the roller. And two drive rollers 18 fixed to both ends of the support shaft 16 and rotating together with the pressing roller 17, and the two drive rollers 18
And two rotating rollers 19 installed opposite thereto.
And the two belts 13 stretched around the driving roller 18 and the rotating roller 19, and the drawer 12 is fixed on the two belts 13 to form the belt 1.
3 moves back and forth. Here, the drawer 12 has a width having a width corresponding to all the cassettes 8, 9, and 10 (cassettes in three vertical rows) and a depth having a width corresponding to four horizontal rows of the cassettes 8, 9, and 10, ie, The main unit 4 is formed to have a size smaller than half the planar shape.

[0014] The medicine desired by the operator, that is, the medicine of the kind and the number specified by the input unit of the control device 11 described below is dropped from the predetermined cassette into the drawer 12. Here, the drawer 12 automatically moves in the front-rear direction by a predetermined amount to the position of the cassette containing the specified medicine based on the information input by the input unit of the control device 11. Thereby, even if the drawer 12 is formed compact as described above, all the cassettes 8, 9, 1
0, and the size of the protrusion of the drawer 12 when the drawer 12 is pulled out can be reduced to contribute to space saving.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a guide plate formed obliquely at the rear of the drawer. The medicine dropped from the cassettes 8, 9, and 10 is moved as far as possible to the front of the drawer 12 for convenience in taking out the medicine.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a number of drawers provided on the side of the main unit 4.

Reference numeral 24 denotes the box 2 and the lid 3 of the unit body 4.
A lock device 25 is provided on each drawer 21. These lock devices are unlocked only when the identification of the operator is confirmed by the identification unit of the control device 11. You.

As described above, the cassettes 8, 9, and 10 are housed in the upper part of the main body unit 4 in a vertically aligned manner. These cassettes include the cassette 8 containing the syringe 5 therein and the ampoule 6 therein. There are roughly three types of cassettes: a cassette 9 in which the medicine is stored and a cassette 10 in which a cup container 7 for taking medicine is stored. These cassettes are specially designed for storing various infusion drugs, but their external shapes are all common, and the type and number of drugs can be set arbitrarily. Can be easily changed.

Next, the control device 11 will be described. The control device 11, as shown in FIG.
An identification unit 47 for individually identifying a user by individual identification means such as a card, an input unit 48 for inputting the type and number of medicines to be taken out of the main unit 4, and a storage unit for storing information input to the input unit 49, a display unit 50 for displaying information input to the input unit 48, information stored in the storage unit 49, and information fed back from the main unit 4, and information specified by the input unit 48. And a control unit 51 for controlling the drive of the cassettes 8, 9, 10 and the drawer 12 or the lock devices 24, 25 in order to automatically take out the desired kind and number of medicines from the main unit 4. I have. Here, the identification unit 47
, A card reader such as an IC card or a magnetic card may be used. Alternatively, an identification device such as a password, fingerprint, voice, handprint (three-dimensional hand shape), or signature may be used. In any case, only the registered person can operate the medicine storage. A commercially available personal computer may be used for the identification unit 47, the input unit 48, and the display unit 50, but a dedicated device may be manufactured and incorporated in the main unit 4. At this time, it is convenient to provide the input unit 48 or the control unit 51 with an operation mode switching device according to the purpose of each operation. For example, a normal medicine take-out operation is performed in a medicine take-out mode, a medicine supply mode is used to supply a medicine, and a recording mode is used to perform an inventory check or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the drawer 21 is cantilevered by two upper and lower rails 27 fixed to a rail mounting plate 26 provided on one side, and can be pulled out. .

Reference numeral 25 denotes a lock device provided at the rear of the drawer 21, and reference numeral 28 denotes a compression spring provided at the rear of the drawer 21.

The locking device 25 has a hole 29 serving as a hook.
L-shaped protrusion 3 attached to the drawer 21
0, and a rotating body 33 having a claw portion 31 hooked in the hole 29 of the protruding piece and urged in the rotation direction by a tension spring 32.
And a solenoid 35 having an operation piece 34 in which one end of the spring 32 is locked and operated by a signal from the control device 11 is fixed to a base plate 36. The rotating body 33 is formed with a concave portion 37 that catches on the operating piece 34 of the solenoid 35 and a bulging portion 38. 39 is a stopper for the rotating body 33 formed on the base plate 36. 40
Denotes a photo sensor, and a bulging portion 38 of the rotating body 33
A light emitting element 41 installed above the light emitting element 41 and a light receiving element 42 installed below the light emitting element 41.
Is in the OFF state when interposed, and both elements 41,
When the bulging portion 38 is not interposed between 42, an ON signal is output to the control device 11. This ON signal is the drawer 2
Since the signal 1 is open, this is displayed on the display unit 50. The ON signal is not released until the drawer 21 is closed and the photo sensor 40 is turned off. Therefore, by checking the ON signal, the drawer 21 can be prevented from being left open. The ON signal is output to the display unit 50 to display a message indicating that the drawer 21 is open.

Reference numeral 44 denotes an LED provided in the vicinity of each drawer 21. The LED 44 is turned on by an ON signal from the photo sensor 40 to indicate the location of the drawer 21 instructed to open. The position of 21 is notified to the operator.

For example, when the operator operates the control device 11 to instruct the release of the predetermined drawer 21, the lock device 25 is energized, and the operating piece 34 resists the elastic force of the spring 32. And the recess 37 is
And the rotating body 33 rotates in the direction of the solid arrow in FIG. As a result, the claw portion 31 of the rotating body 33 is disengaged from the hole 29 of the protruding piece 30 of the drawer 21, and the drawer 21 is pushed forward by the elastic force of the spring 28. Here, the protruding piece 30 is slightly pushed out by the elastic force of the spring 32 accompanying the rotation of the rotating body 33. Then, the rotating body 33 stops at a position where the claw portion 31 hits the stopper 39 of the base plate 36.
(Position indicated by a broken line in FIG. 7) In this state, that is, when the operator takes out a desired medicine and closes the drawer 21 again from the state in which the drawer 21 is opened, the tip of the protruding piece 30 is rotated by the rotating body 33. At the corner 43 of
The rotator 33 rotates in the direction of the dashed arrow in FIG. And
The claw portion 31 of the rotating body 33 is caught in the hole 29 of the protruding piece 30, and the operating piece 34 of the solenoid 35 is caught in the concave portion 37 of the rotating body 33, and returns to the original locked state.

That is, when the drawer 21 is unlocked, the rotating body 33 is rotated by operating the control device 11 to release the claw portion 31 from the hole 29, and the drawer 21 is
Is automatically extruded in the pull-out direction.

In the medicine storage thus constructed, when unlocking, the solenoid 35 is energized by the operation of the control device 11 to rotate the rotating body 33 so that the claw 31 is inserted into the hole 29.
From the pull-out body 2 by the elastic force of the spring 28.
1 can be pushed out in the pull-out direction, and even if there are a large number of drawers 21, it is possible to confirm that the drawer 21 that has been instructed to open is automatically pushed out directly without turning on the LED 44. it can. Further, locking, unlocking and automatic pushing of the drawer 21 can be easily performed by the spring 28, so that the apparatus is not complicated.

As described above, according to the present application, at the time of unlocking,
By rotating the rotating body by operating the control device to release the claw portion from the hook portion, the drawer can be pushed out in the pullout direction by the elastic force of the spring, and even if there are many drawers,
In particular, it is possible to confirm that the drawer that has been instructed to open is automatically pushed out without turning on the LED. In addition, locking, unlocking, automatic extrusion of the drawer,
For example, since it can be easily performed by a spring, the apparatus is not complicated.

[0025]

【The invention's effect】 As described above, according to the present invention, the drawer
Both locking and opening / closing state detection are performed by one rotating body 33.
With a relatively rough setting and a simple configuration.
Can be set up, improving assembly workability and productivity.
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a medicine storage.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a medicine storage.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a medicine storage.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a medicine storage.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the drawer.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the drawer.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the lock device.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the lock device.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a medicine storage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control device 21 Pull-out body 25 Lock device 28 Compression spring 29 Hole 30 Protrusion piece 31 Claw part 32 Spring 33 Rotating body

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A drawer (21) for accommodating medicines, and a projection (3) having a hook (29) and attached to the drawer (21).
0) and a claw (31) hooked on the hook (29) of the protruding piece (30).
A rotating body (33) urged in the rotating direction by (32), and rotating bodies (3) provided on both sides of the rotating body (33) in the rotation axis direction.
Photo sensor whose optical path is blocked or communicated by rotation of 3)
-(40) and the signal that the photo sensor (40) has given an instruction to open
Means (44) for notifying the open / closed state of the dispensing body (21), and pressing means (28) for pressing the dispensing body (21) in the dispensing direction.
, And is activated by a signal from the control device (11).
The claw portion (31) restricts the rotation of the rotating body (33) so that the hook
Part (29), and pulls out the drawer (21) with the pressing means (2
8) It is fixed against the pushing force of
Release the restriction on the body (33) and rotate the rotating body (33).
Then, the claw (31) is released from the hook (29).
How to pull out the drawer (21) with the pressing means (28).
And a solenoid (35) that pushes the solenoid in the opposite direction.
Medicine storage.