JP3434460B2 - Blood collection equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention conveys a blood collection tube used when collecting blood from a patient to the source of a blood collecting operator, and post-processes the blood collection tube after blood collection such as a sorting device or a sorting stand. The present invention relates to a blood collection tube transporting device that can be transferred to a device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Blood-collecting processing is roughly divided into a blood-collecting blood collection tube before blood collection, a label for identifying a patient is attached to the blood collection tube, and a blood collection pre-treatment for collecting the blood collection tube after labeling for each patient. Blood collection is performed by actually collecting blood using the prepared blood collection tube, and by collecting blood collection tubes after blood collection according to test items and setting them in the analyzer. In order to streamline each of the above processes, select the blood collection tube required for the patient, attach a label with the necessary information printed on the blood collection tube, and collect all blood collection pretreatments in one tray for each patient. An automatic blood collection tube preparation device and an automatic sorting device that automatically sorts blood collection tubes after blood collection and sets the collected blood collection tubes in the analyzer have already been put to practical use and have been prepared. A transfer device for transferring the blood collecting tube to a blood collecting work table for collecting blood has also been proposed.

[0003]

Although the blood collecting work has been steadily made more efficient by the above-mentioned devices, conventionally, the blood collecting operator carries the blood collecting tube to the automatic sorting device or sorting stand. Because of this, various problems were occurring. Specifically, when the blood collecting worker leaves the blood collecting work place, the blood collecting work is interrupted during that time, which causes a problem that the flow of the work is deteriorated. In particular, the number of blood collection tubes that can be used for blood collection at the blood collection site is limited due to space limitations,
When the number of blood collectors is large depending on the time of day, it is very inefficient because the blood collecting operator must often leave the blood collecting site to carry the blood collecting tubes after blood collection. Of course, if a person other than the blood collecting operator carries the blood collecting tube after the blood collection, the flow of the blood collecting work is not stopped, but it is very wasteful to secure the worker just for this reason. In addition, no matter who carries out the blood collection tubes after blood collection, it is not considered from the viewpoint of labor and efficiency to carry the blood collection tubes after blood collection one after another. Since it will be transported after the number of blood collection tubes has been collected, the processing after blood collection, that is, the processing such as sorting blood collection tubes according to examination and analyzing the blood collection tubes after sorting with an analyzer is matched to the blood collection work. Cannot be continuously performed, and wasteful waiting time is inevitable. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is conceivable to separately install a blood collecting blood collection tube near the blood collecting worktable with a sorting device or a conveyer for transferring the blood collection blood collection stand to the sorting waiting stand. Since the work is performed facing the patient in the above, when a separate conveyor is provided as described above, it is unavoidable to provide it on the rear side of the blood collecting operator due to space problems.
However, if the conveyor is provided behind the blood collection worker, the blood collection worker has to turn around behind and place the blood collection tube after the blood collection on the conveyor every time blood collection ends, which is inefficient, and above all, blood collection When the number of patients who perform the procedure is large, there is a problem in that the action of repeatedly turning around like this causes a great amount of physical fatigue to the blood sampling operator.
Since the blood collecting operation must be performed carefully, it is not preferable to force the blood collecting operator to perform a fatigue-causing operation because the blood collecting operator may easily get tired and the concentration of the blood collecting operator may decrease. In addition, for example, when a patient falls down due to anemia, etc., it is necessary to secure a sufficient space behind the blood collection worker so that the blood collection worker can go around the blood collection worktable and promptly care for the patient. Therefore, as described above, it is not preferable to provide the conveyor behind the blood collecting operator from the viewpoint of ensuring safety. The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, without stopping the flow of blood collection work, and without giving unnecessary fatigue to a blood collection worker,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a blood collection tube transporting device capable of making the flow of blood collection pretreatment, blood collection work, and blood collection posttreatment most efficient.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the blood collecting work apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a label on which information about a patient is attached under at least one blood collecting work table. The first transfer means for transferring the tray containing the blood collection tube for each patient and the blood collection tube after the blood collection are appropriately selected.
Second transfer means for transferring to a blood collection tube sorting place in a state of being stored in a different storage means, a third transfer means for collecting an empty tray after blood collection, and an empty storage means after sorting to a blood collecting work table
Returning the fourth transfer means provided, arranged in parallel by shifting said third transfer means and said first transport means in the vertical direction, the
Second and fourth transfer means from the first and third transfer means
It is characterized in that the tray take-out means extending downward from the first transfer means across the third transfer means is provided so as to be juxtaposed so as to vertically overlap with each other.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a blood collecting operation apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to some embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. 1 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a first embodiment of a blood collection work apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube transfer system of FIG. 3 is a view A of the blood collecting device in FIG. 1, respectively. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a blood collection tube preparation unit, reference numeral 10 indicates a blood collecting operation apparatus, and reference numeral 30 indicates a sorting standby unit.

[0006] The blood collection tube preparation unit 1 is a well-known unit, and a blood collection tube necessary for an examination of a patient is taken out from a plurality of kinds of blood collection tubes stored in advance, and the name and name of the patient are put in the taken blood collection tube. An automatic labeling device 2 for a blood collection tube that attaches and discharges a label on which information about a patient such as age, date of birth, sex, and inspection items is attached, and a blood collection tube after attachment of a label that is ejected from the labeling device 2 It is composed of a blood collection tube collecting / standby device 3 after attaching a label which is collected for each patient in a tray and made to stand by. In the post-labeling blood collection tube collecting / waiting device 3, the empty tray conveyor 3a for sending the empty tray a to the discharge port (not shown) of the automatic blood collection tube labeling apparatus 2 and the blood collection tube after labeling are provided to the patient. A pre-collection blood collection tube-containing tray for collecting blood after each collection is placed on standby. Further, the blood collection tube preparation unit 1 is provided with a blood collection instruction sheet issuing device 4 that prints information regarding the patient and information regarding the blood sampling reference number. The blood sampling instruction sheet issuing device 4 corresponds to the issued blood sampling instruction sheet. The blood collection tube of the patient to be discharged is placed in the same tray as the tray. The information on the blood collection reference number printed on the blood collection instruction sheet is printed by a barcode and a number.

The blood collecting work apparatus 10 is provided with a blood collecting work table 11 on which a blood collecting worker actually performs blood collecting work. Below the blood collecting work table 11, the first blood collecting tube containing blood collecting tray b is transferred. Conveyor 12, rack c with blood collection tube after blood collection
Second conveyor 13 for transferring the waste to the sorting standby unit 30 and the third conveyor 1 for collecting the empty tray b after blood collection
4 and a fourth for collecting empty racks d after sorting blood collection tubes by the sorting standby unit 30 according to inspection items
The conveyors 15 are juxtaposed. Where each conveyor 1
Describing the positional relationship of 2 to 15, the first conveyor 12 is parallel to the patient side immediately below the blood collecting work table 11, and the third conveyor 14 is vertically shifted to the blood collecting worker side directly below the blood collecting work table 11 in parallel. Are arranged (see FIG. 2), the second conveyor 13 and the fourth conveyor 15 are the first and the third conveyors.
It is arranged so as to vertically overlap with a substantially central portion of the blood collecting device 10 below the conveyor (see FIGS. 1 and 3). Each of the above-mentioned conveyors 12 to 15 extends from one end to the other end of the device, and in the illustrated embodiment, the left end of each conveyor 12 to 15 in the blood collecting device 10 on the right side is the conveyor in the blood collecting device 10 on the left side. 12-15
Are connected to the right end of each of them to form one transfer conveyor. In addition, the upstream end (left end) of the first conveyor 12 in the device on the left side is provided with the third conveyor at the downstream end (right end) of the conveyor 3b for holding a tray for collecting blood collection tubes in the device 3 for collecting and collecting blood collection tubes after labeling. The downstream end (left end) of 14 is the upstream end (right end) of the empty tray conveyor 3a of the post-labeling blood collection tube collecting / standby device 3, and the downstream end (left end) of the second conveyor 13 is waiting for sorting. The unit 30 has an upstream end (right end) of a rack transfer conveyer 31 with a blood collection tube after blood collection, which will be described later, and an upstream end (left end) of the fourth conveyor 15, which has an empty rack recovery conveyer 32, which will be described later, in the sorting standby unit 30. Are connected to the downstream end (right end) of each. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the blood collecting operation device 10, a tray b containing a blood collection tube before blood collection is taken out from the first conveyor 12 to a tray receiving stand 12a arranged at the hand of the blood collecting operator. Tray ejecting means 12b is provided. This tray take-out means 12b is provided from the first conveyor 12 to the second conveyor 1
3 and a tray take-out passage (not shown) extending to the tray receiving stand 12a, and a tray b from the first conveyor 12 through the tray taking-out passage.
And means for pushing out to 2a. Further, the tray receiving table 12a is provided with a tray call-in switch 12c, and the blood collecting operator operates the tray call-in switch 12c to collect a blood collection tube / labeling device for post-labeling in the test tube preparation unit 1. 3, the first conveyor 12 and the tray take-out means are actuated to operate the tray receiving tray 1 of the blood collecting operator corresponding to the tray b containing the blood collection tube before blood collection.
Each device can be controlled to transfer up to 2b. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the second conveyor 13 and the fourth conveyor 15 are respectively provided with transfer passages 13a and 15a extending toward the hand of a blood collecting operator. 2nd conveyor 1
The transfer passage 13a of No. 3 operates so as to transfer the rack c to the second conveyor 13 when the blood collecting operator puts in the rack c accommodating the blood collecting tube after the blood collection, and the fourth conveyor 15
When the empty rack is sent from the sorting standby unit 30, the transfer passage 15a operates so as to transfer the empty rack d from the fourth conveyor 15 so that the empty rack d accumulates on the blood collecting operator side of the transfer passage 15a. obtain. Incidentally, the transfer passages 13a and 15a may be constituted by a conveyer which itself is movable, but they are not movable themselves and are constituted so as to perform the above-mentioned action by an appropriate means. Good. Further, the blood collection operation device 10 includes a barcode reader 16 for reading the barcode of the blood collection reference number printed on the blood collection instruction sheet, and a display device for displaying the blood collection reference number read by the barcode reader 16 to the patient. 17 and 17.

Finally, the sorting standby unit 30 will be described. The sorting standby unit 30 is a sample stock unit 3 for stocking a rack c containing blood collection tubes after blood collection.
1 and a sample transport unit 32 that connects the sample stock unit 31 and the blood collection operation device 10 to each other. The sample stock unit 31 stocks the rack c with blood collection tubes after blood collection until the sorting operator sorts the blood collection tubes after blood collection according to test items.
And an empty rack collecting elevator 31c for carrying the sorted empty racks d to an empty rack collecting conveyor 31b provided below. Further, one end of the sample transport unit 32 is connected to the second conveyor 13 of the blood collection device 10 and the other end is connected to the stock section 31a of the sample stock unit 31. And an empty rack collecting conveyor 32b, one end of which is connected to the fourth conveyor 15 of the blood collecting device 10 and the other end of which is connected to an empty rack collecting conveyor 31b in the sample stock unit 31.

The operation of the entire blood collection tube transfer system described above will be briefly described. The blood collecting operator sits on a chair (not shown) provided on the blood collecting operator side of each blood collecting device 10 and stands by, and the patient stands by at an appropriate waiting place. And the blood collection tube preparation unit 1
Attaches a label that prints information about the patient to the blood collection tube required for the test, and issues a blood collection instruction,
The labeled blood collection tube, the blood collection instruction sheet, and the tray b accommodating for each patient are put on standby by the tray holding conveyor 3b containing the blood collection tube. When each blood sampling operator presses the tray call-in switch 12c at hand, the blood collection tube preparation unit 1, the first conveyor 12 and the tray unloading means 12b are actuated, and the upstream end of the tray 3 for holding a tray for collecting blood tubes (FIG. 1 and FIG. Figure 2
Then, the tray b standing by at the left end) is transferred to the tray receiving table 12a at the hand of the corresponding blood collecting operator. When the tray b is sent to the tray receiving tray 12a, the blood collecting operator causes the bar code reader 16 to read the blood collecting instruction sheet contained in the tray b, and the displaying means 17 displays the blood collecting serial number of the corresponding patient. While displaying, one empty rack d accumulated in the transfer passage 15a of the fourth conveyor 15 is taken out. The patient waiting at the waiting place comes to the blood collection work device 10 on which the blood collection reference number of the patient is displayed, and sits on the chair (not shown) arranged on the patient side. The blood collecting operator operates the tray b sent to the tray receiving tray 12a.
Blood is collected from the patient using the blood collection tube of No. 1, and the blood collection tube after the blood collection is put in the empty rack d. When the blood collecting operation for one patient is completed, the blood collecting operator puts the rack c containing the blood collecting tube into the transfer passage 13a of the second conveyor 13 after collecting blood, and places the empty tray a on the third conveyor 14. The second conveyor 13 and the transfer passage 13a are automatically operated when the blood-collecting tube-containing rack c is put in after the blood collection and sends the blood-collecting tube-containing rack c after the blood collection to the sorting standby unit 30, and the third conveyor 14 is When the empty tray a is placed, the empty rack a is automatically operated, and after the label is attached, the empty rack a is sent to the empty tray conveyor 3a of the blood collection tube collecting / standby device 3. The sorting operator is on standby at the sorting standby unit 30 side, and sorts the blood collecting tubes of the blood collecting tube-containing rack c sent from the blood collecting operation apparatus 10 by inspection item. The empty rack d after the sorting is completed, the empty tray collecting elevator 31c,
It is automatically returned to the transfer passage 15a via the empty rack collecting conveyors 31b and 32b and the fourth conveyor 15.

As described above, according to this blood collection tube transfer system, the blood collection operator calls in the tray b containing the blood collection tube before blood collection, displays the blood collection reference number for the patient, and sorts the rack c containing the blood collection tube after blood collection. Transfer to standby unit,
All the collection work of the empty tray a and the collection work of the empty rack d can be performed while sitting on the chair of the blood collection worker side of the blood collection device 10 without taking an unnatural posture. The person does not stop the flow of blood collection work by leaving the seat, does not force the blood collection worker to be physically tired, and does not block the space behind the blood collection worker. . Further, in the above-described embodiment, the first and third conveyors 12 and 14 are juxtaposed directly below the blood sampling work table 11 in a state of being slightly vertically displaced and arranged side by side in a substantially lateral direction, and the second and fourth conveyors 13 are arranged. , 15 are juxtaposed in a substantially central portion of the device below the first and third conveyors so as to be vertically overlapped with each other. Therefore, as shown by hatching on the blood sampling work table 11 in FIG. This has the effect of being able to sufficiently secure a space under which the legs can be placed below the blood collection work table 11.

Next, the second device for collecting blood according to the present invention
A blood collection tube transfer system including examples will be described. The basic structure of the blood collection tube working device and the basic structure of the blood collection tube transfer system are the same as those in the first embodiment.
The common members are designated by the same reference numerals, and only the structure different from that of the first embodiment will be briefly described. 4 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a second embodiment of the blood collecting work apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a partial cross sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube delivery system of FIG. 6 is a B view of the blood collection tube transfer system in FIG. 4, respectively. This blood collection tube transfer system includes a blood collection tube preparation unit 1, a blood collection work device 40, and a sample transport unit 50. The blood collection work device 40 is arranged directly below the blood collection work table 11 such that the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14 are laterally aligned with the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14 being slightly shifted in the vertical direction, and the second conveyor 13 is connected to the first conveyor. It is constructed by juxtaposing it in a substantially central portion of the device below the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14, and in this embodiment, three blood collecting work devices 40 are juxtaposed. Corresponding conveyors of the blood collecting work devices 40 are respectively connected, and the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14 of the blood collecting work device 40 located on the rightmost side are the same as those in the above-described first embodiment. And is connected to the corresponding conveyors 3a and 3b of the blood collection tube preparation unit 1. Further, a sample transport unit 50 is connected to the downstream end (left end) of the blood collection work device 40 located on the leftmost side, and the second conveyor 13 is connected to the sample transport unit 50 side after blood collection. It operates so as to convey the rack c containing the blood collection tube. The sample transport unit 50 includes an elevator unit 51, an elevator unit 51 and a second conveyor 1
3, and a transport conveyor 53 that connects the elevator unit 53 and an appropriate examination room for performing post-treatment of blood collection tubes after blood collection, whereby the rack c with blood collection tubes after blood collection is collected. The workbench 40 is automatically transferred to an appropriate examination room. Needless to say, the sample transport unit 50 is arbitrarily designed according to the layout of the place where the blood collection device 40 is installed and the examination room. As described above, by connecting the sample transporting unit 50 to the blood collection work device 40, even if the blood collection work place and the blood collection tube sorting place are in different rooms or in different places, the flow of the blood collection work is not stopped, It becomes possible to transfer the blood collection tubes of one after another to the examination room one after another. In addition, the blood collection work device 40 described above is arranged directly below the blood collection work table 11 so that the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14 are laterally arranged side by side with the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14 being slightly shifted vertically, and the second conveyor 13 is also provided. Are arranged side by side in a substantially central portion of the apparatus below the first conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 14, so that the blood collecting operator and the patient are shown on the blood collecting work table 11 in FIG. Blood collection work table 1
It is possible to secure a sufficient amount below 1.

Next, the third device for collecting blood according to the present invention
A blood collection tube transfer system including examples will be described. Since the basic structure of the blood collection tube working apparatus and the basic structure of the blood collection tube transfer system are the same as those of the first or second embodiment, common members are designated by the same reference numerals, and Only the configuration different from the embodiment or the second embodiment will be briefly described. FIG. 7 shows a third example of the blood collecting device according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of the blood collection tube transfer system including the embodiment, FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube transfer system of FIG. 7, and FIG. Shows. This blood collection tube transfer system includes a blood collection tube preparation unit 60, a blood collection work device 70, and a sample transport unit 50. In this embodiment, the post-labeling blood collection tube collection / standby device 61 in the blood collection tube preparation unit 60 does not include the empty tray conveyor (3a), but includes the empty tray stocker 62 that stores the empty trays in a stacked manner. Further, it is equipped with a tray standby conveyor 63 with a blood collection tube arranged such that its upstream end corresponds to the blood collection tube discharge port of the automatic blood collection tube labeling apparatus 2. The stocker 62 is a collection tube for blood collection / standby device 61 after labeling.
The empty tray a is stacked and accommodated on the upper surface of the empty tray a, and if necessary, the empty tray a located at the bottom is placed at the upstream end of the tray standby conveyor 63 with the blood collection tube (that is, the automatic labeling device 2 for the blood collection tube). It is configured to supply to the discharge port). The blood collecting work device 70 includes a first conveyor 12 and a second conveyor 13 below the blood collecting work table 11, and in this embodiment, three blood collecting work devices 70 are arranged in parallel.
Further, the second conveyor 13 is slightly different from those of the first and second embodiments, and is configured so that the blood collection tubes after blood collection are accommodated and transferred in a tray instead of a rack. Corresponding conveyors of the blood collecting work devices 70 are connected to each other, and the first conveyor 12 of the blood collecting work device 70 located on the rightmost side is in the post-labeling blood collection tube collecting / standby device 61 described above. The tray 63 is connected to the downstream end (left end) of the tray standby conveyor 63 containing blood collection tubes. Further, the sample transport unit 50 is connected to the downstream end (left end) of the blood collection work device 70 located on the leftmost side, and the second conveyor 13 collects blood on the sample transport unit 50 side. It operates so as to convey the rack c containing the blood collection tube. In this way, the blood collection tube after blood collection is not stored in the rack but is transferred to the tray where the blood collection tube before blood collection is transported, so that it is not necessary to separately provide a rack, and the first embodiment and the first embodiment Since it is not necessary to provide the third conveyor 14 for collecting trays and the fourth conveyor 15 for collecting racks as in the second embodiment, the structure of the blood collecting device 70 can be simplified. Also,
In this third embodiment, since it is not necessary to provide a separate conveyor below the first and third conveyors, the legs of the blood sampling operator and the patient can be inserted below the first and third conveyors as shown in FIG. This has the effect of making it possible to secure a wider space.

Next, the fourth device for collecting blood according to the present invention
A blood collection tube transfer system including examples will be described. Since the basic structure of the blood collection tube working apparatus and the basic structure of the blood collection tube transfer system are the same as those of the first, second, or third embodiment, common members are designated by the same reference numerals. Then, only the configuration different from the first embodiment, the second embodiment, or the third embodiment will be briefly described. FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a fourth embodiment of the blood collecting work apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a partial cross sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube transport system of FIG. 10, respectively. Shows.
This blood collection tube transfer system includes a blood collection tube preparation unit 60,
The blood collection device 70 and the sample transport unit 90 are provided. Blood collection tube preparation unit 60 in this embodiment
The post-labeling blood collection tube collection / standby device 61 has almost the same configuration as that of the third embodiment, but the post-blood collection tube containing tray is connected from the blood collection work device 70 to the sample transport unit 90.
3rd only at the point that a passage 64 is provided for delivery to
Different from the embodiment. The blood collection work device 70 has a third
It has the same configuration as the blood collecting work apparatus of the embodiment, and below the blood collecting work table 11, the first conveyor 12 and the second conveyor 13 are provided.
However, the driving direction of the second conveyor 13 is different from that of the third embodiment. Corresponding conveyors of the blood collection work devices 70 are connected to each other, and the first conveyor 12 of the blood collection work device 70 located on the far right is a tray with blood collection tubes in the blood collection tube collection / standby device 61 after labeling. It is connected to the downstream end (left end) of the standby conveyor 63. Further, the downstream end (right end) of the second conveyor 13 of the blood collection device 70 located on the rightmost side is connected to the passage 64 in the above-mentioned labeled blood collection tube collecting / standby device 61. The downstream end of the passage 64 is connected to the sample transport unit 90, and the downstream portion of the sample transport unit 90 is connected to an appropriate sorting device, sorting standby device, or examination room.

In the embodiment described above, the blood collecting work device is configured so that the blood collecting blood collection tray is supplied to the blood collecting worker in response to the operation of the tray collecting switch 12c by the blood collecting worker. However, this is not limited to the present embodiment, and for example, a sensor may be provided in the tray receiving tray 12a and the tray may be automatically supplied when the tray is exhausted from the tray receiving tray 12a. Further, the configuration of the sample transport unit connected to the blood collection work device is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and the blood collection tube after the blood collection from the blood collection work table is subjected to the subsequent processing, that is, the place where the sorting processing is performed. It goes without saying that any structure may be used as long as it can be sent, and it is also possible to arbitrarily change the design of returning the empty rack or empty tray after sorting processing to the blood collection workbench. Further, in the above-described present embodiment, a sorting standby table is provided downstream of the blood collecting work table, and the sorting operator is configured to perform the sorting work, but this is not limited to the present embodiment, and existing The automatic blood sorting device may be used to supply the blood collecting tube after blood collection from the blood collecting work device to the automatic blood sorting device.

[0015]

As described above, the blood collecting device according to the present invention is provided below at least one blood collecting work table.
A state in which a first transfer means for transferring a tray in which a blood collection tube before blood collection, to which a label with information about a patient is attached, is stored for each patient, and a blood collection tube after blood collection are accommodated in an appropriate accommodation means
In a second transfer means for transferring the blood collection tube sorting location, a third transfer means for recovering an empty tray after blood collection, after sorting
A fourth transfer means for returning the empty storage means to the blood collection work table is provided, and the first transfer means and the third transfer means are vertically displaced from each other and arranged in parallel, and the second and fourth transfer means are arranged.
So as to overlap vertically below the first and third transfer means.
Since the tray extracting means is arranged side by side and extends from the first transferring means across the third transferring means, when a blood collecting operator sits facing the patient with the blood collecting operation device according to the present invention interposed therebetween. , Receiving the blood collection tube before blood collection from the first transfer means, collecting blood, passing the blood collection tube after blood collection to the second transfer means, and collecting the empty tray after blood collection, without sitting around and turning around It becomes possible to perform, the physical fatigue given to the blood collecting operator is significantly reduced, and there is an effect that it becomes possible to make the flow of blood collection pretreatment, blood collection work and blood collection posttreatment most efficient, and first transfer means to the blood collection table below, the second transfer means, effect together so that it becomes possible to miniaturize the apparatus by placing all the third transfer means and fourth transfer means Further, at the same time, the third transfer means collects the empty trays after blood collection one after another so that the empty trays can be used in the blood collection tube preparation process, so that the number of trays is not increased more than necessary, and the number of trays is insufficient, and the blood collection tubes are There is no problem that the preparation process is delayed, and there is no need to put unnecessary things around the blood sampling operator. In addition, the second transfer means is used to properly collect the blood collection tube after blood collection.
If it is configured to be transferred while being stored in a container,
A blood collecting device, and an empty storage means after sorting.
Since a fourth transfer means for returning the blood to the blood collection work table is provided,
Minimize the number of storage devices kept by blood collection workers
Can be suppressed, and this fourth transfer hand
A stage with the second transfer means for the first and third transfers
By arranging them so that they overlap vertically below the means,
Blood collection worker and / or patient under the blood collection work table during inspection
You can secure enough space for your legs , and
It is said that the size of the blood collection device will not be increased
Produce an effect. Further, as described above, the first transfer means,
By arranging the second transfer means , the third transfer means, and the fourth transfer means all below the blood collecting work table, there is an effect that it is not necessary to close the space behind the blood collecting operator . Further, by using a rack as accommodating means for accommodating a blood collection tube after blood collection, so the effect that can be supplied directly to the blood collection tube after blood collection to existing blood collection tubes automatic sorting device. Further, by constructing at least the upstream end and the downstream end of the first and second transfer means so as to be connectable to the transfer means of another device, it is possible to easily increase the blood collection work table by arranging a plurality of the same devices. Even when the sorting device or the sorting work table is separated from the blood sampling work table, another transfer such as a conveyor or an elevator can be easily performed between the transfer means and the sorting device or the sorting work table. The effect that it becomes possible to interpose means is exhibited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a first embodiment of a blood collection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube delivery system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an A view of the blood collecting device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a second embodiment of the blood collection device according to the present invention.

5 is a partial cross-sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube transport system of FIG.

6 is a B view of the blood collection tube transfer system in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a third embodiment of the blood collection device according to the present invention.

8 is a partial cross-sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube delivery system of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is a C view of the blood collection tube transfer system in FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional schematic front view of a blood collection tube transfer system including a blood collection work device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a partial cross-sectional schematic top view of the blood collection tube delivery system of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Blood collection tube preparation unit 2 Automatic labeling device for blood collection tubes 3 Blood collection tube collection / standby device after labeling 3a Empty tray conveyor 3b Conveyor for tray waiting with blood collection tube 4 Blood collection instruction book issuing device 10 Blood collection device 11 Blood sampling workbench 12 1st conveyor (for transporting trays with blood collection tubes before blood collection) 12a tray receiving stand 12b Tray extraction means 12c Tray loading switch 13 2nd conveyor (for rack transport with blood collection tube after blood collection) 13a transfer passage 14 3rd conveyor (for empty tray collection) 15 4th conveyor (for collecting empty racks) 15a transfer passage 16 barcode reader 17 Display 30 Sorting standby unit 31 Sample Stock Unit 31a Stock section 31b Empty rack recovery conveyor 31c Empty rack recovery elevator 32 Sample transport unit 32a Rack transfer conveyor with blood collection tube after blood collection 32b Empty rack recovery conveyor (Second embodiment) 40 Blood collection workbench 50 Sample transport unit (Third embodiment) 60 Blood collection tube preparation unit 61 Blood collection tube collection / standby device after labeling 62 Empty tray stocker 63 Conveyor for waiting tray with blood collection tube 70 Blood collection work device (Fourth embodiment) 90 Sample transport unit a empty tray b Tray with blood collection tube before blood collection c Rack with blood collection tube after blood collection d empty rack

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first transfer means for transferring a tray containing, for each patient, a blood collection tube before blood collection, to which a label having information about a patient is attached, below at least one blood collection work table, and a blood collection tube after blood collection. and a second transfer means for transferring the blood collection tube sorting location while housed in a suitable containment means, and the third transport means for recovering the empty tray after blood collection, blood workbench empty housing unit after sorting 4th transporter to return to
A step is provided, and the first transfer means and the third transfer means are vertically shifted and arranged in parallel, and the second and fourth transfer means are provided in the first and third transfer means.
An apparatus for collecting blood, characterized in that tray extracting means are provided so as to be vertically arranged so as to be vertically overlapped with each other and extend from the first transferring means across the third transferring means. 2. A storage means for storing a blood collection tube after blood collection is a rack.
For blood collection work according to claim 1, characterized in that
Equipment . 3. At least above said first and second transfer means.
Flow end and downstream end can be connected to transfer means of other device
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
The apparatus for collecting blood according to the item.