JP3535209B2 - Chemical dispensing machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing machine. 2. Description of the Related Art In general, types of medicines handled in hospital pharmacies include tablets, powdered medicines, injection medicines, and various other kinds.
Of these, there are, of course, various types of tablets and powders, but injections include types such as ampules, vials, and infusion bottles, depending on the size and shape of the container. These vary from small to large. On the other hand, in hospital pharmacies and the like, these various medicines are appropriately dispensed according to the prescription of a doctor, audited, handed to an outpatient, or paid out to a ward. Therefore, trying to automate the operations in the pharmacy,
When dispensing work is automated, it is not sufficient to simply automate the dispensing work itself, but it is desirable to automatically perform dispensing work suitable for the relationship with audit work on the assumption that audit work is performed Things. [0004] In this case, it is particularly problematic that the dispensing operation and the auditing operation are inseparable, and the auditing operation of the drug after the dispensing operation has to be performed each time.
It is not a true automation. In other words, the dispensing work is performed regardless of the progress of the audit work on the preceding drug.
It is desirable to be able to proceed arbitrarily, and
It is desirable that the audit work can be arbitrarily delayed without disturbing the subsequent medicine dispensing work. [0005] However, in the past, there was a mechanical device for realizing a certain degree of automation of the dispensing operation for tablets and powders, but there was no mechanical device for injections. Also, there has been a problem that powdered medicine does not achieve the desired relevance to the audit work. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine dispensing machine which solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and can smoothly carry out a work of dispensing and auditing medicines such as tablets, powders, injections and the like. Is what you do. [0007] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a unit for selectively setting a medicine in a container, a unit for storing the set medicine, and a stored set medicine. And an auditing unit, wherein the auditing unit calls the set medicines from the storage unit in a desired order by using an identification code assigned to the set medicines. . According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned means, the medicine is selectively set in a storage material and stored, and then called and audited. Will be performed smoothly. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a medicine dispensing machine according to the present invention, in which a set unit for selectively setting a medicine (here, an injection) in a receiving material (here, a tray). 1 and a storage unit 2 for storing the set medicine
And an audit unit 3 for retrieving and auditing the stored set medicines. The set unit 1 includes a trace stocker unit 4 and a medicine storage unit 5. Further, in the storage unit 2,
A printing unit 6 is provided. Although not shown in detail, a large number of trays 7 are stored in the trace stocker unit 4 in a stacked manner. Each tray 7 is made of a transparent plastic in which a main body and a lid are continuously provided, and a partition is formed on both the main body and the lid, and when the lid is closed to the main body,
Both partitions overlap, and the internal space of the tray 7 is divided into a plurality of storage chambers. These trays 7 are separated one by one from the lowermost one by an appropriate separating mechanism as necessary, and are conveyed toward the chemical storage unit 5 by an appropriate conveyor 8. ing. As such a tray 7, a tray having six (even) storage chambers and a tray having five (odd) storage chambers are separately provided in the trace stocker unit 4. In any tray 7
However, it is preferable to select and convey the medicine to the medicine storage unit 5 by the conveyor 8. In such a case, an even number or an odd number is suitable depending on the number of prescribed injections. By using the tray 7, the waste can be reduced. Further, if required, the tray 7 having an internal space formed as a single accommodating chamber can be used without forming a partition in the main body and the lid. Although not shown in detail, in the medicine storage unit 5, various injections 9 in the form of ampules or vials are stored in an appropriate cartridge for each medicine in a vertically laid state. If necessary, the cartridges can be taken out one by one by an appropriate take-out mechanism provided at the lower end of the cartridge. [0015] The injection 9 taken out of the cartridge is first brought forward by an appropriate one-side moving mechanism, then collected centrally from the left and right by an appropriate conveyor, and further collected by a suitable holding conveyor. Each of the trays 7 is held in turn, and is arranged and accommodated in a predetermined accommodation chamber of the tray 7 conveyed by an appropriate conveyor 10 connected to the conveyor 8 of the trace stocker unit 4. The cartridge is preferably installed in a slide cabinet that can be pulled out from the housing to facilitate replenishment of the injection medicine 9 stored therein. The tray 7 containing the injection 9 is conveyed to the storage unit 2 by the conveyor 10. The printing unit 6 includes, on an appropriate label (tray label), a bar code for identifying the tray 7, simple prescription contents for the injection 9 contained in the tray 7, Appropriate complementary contents to be combined are printed, and the printed tray label 35 is attached to the corresponding tray 7. The prescription includes, for example, the patient's name, the name and the number of medicines of the injection 9, and the supplementary contents include, for example, the prescription of the prescription which is not stored in the medicine storage unit 5. In addition to the name of the medicine and the number of medicines, the number of prescriptions to be described later, the presence and the number of infusion labels, and the like are given. Although not shown in detail, the storage unit 2 includes an appropriate conveyor 11 connected to the conveyor 10 of the medicine storage unit 5 and movable up and down, and an appropriate plurality of stages arranged at the back of the conveyor 11. Storage tray and an appropriate transfer mechanism are provided, and the transfer mechanism can arbitrarily store the tray 7 on the conveyor 11 from the conveyor 11 with the tray label attached thereto, if necessary. Transferred to the shelf,
If necessary, the tray 7 on the storage shelf can be
It is designed to be transferred to. The tray 7 on the conveyor 11 is conveyed to the inspection unit 3 as needed. Therefore, when the tray 7 does not need to be stored, by operating only the conveyor 11 without operating the transfer mechanism, the tray 7 received from the chemical storage unit 5 is simply passed, and It can be transported to the inspection unit 3. Although not shown in detail, the inspection unit 3 includes a bar code scanner 12 for reading a bar code on a tray label attached to the tray 7, appropriate printers 13 and 14, and an appropriate binding mechanism 15 Are provided. The printer 13 includes a bar code scanner 12.
When the barcode of the tray 7 is read by the user, the prescription 16 based on the injection 9 stored in the tray 7 is printed in accordance with the identification of the tray 7 by the barcode, and the printer 14 When an infusion is prescribed in the prescription 16, an appropriate label (infusion label) 17
Further, a bar coat for identifying the infusion and a simple prescription for the infusion are printed, and the infusion label 17 is attached to an infusion bottle corresponding to the label. Further, the binding mechanism 15 includes the actual substance of the injection 9 stored in the tray 7, the tray label, and the prescription 16.
After the printed contents of the infusion label 17 are confirmed and inspected, the lid of the tray 7 on which the tray label is affixed is closed. At the same time, they are bound together by a binding band. When an infusion bottle is at hand, the infusion label 17 may be directly attached to the infusion bottle.
The prescription 16 only needs to be attached to the tray 7 together with the tray label.
It is necessary to take appropriate measures so that the infusion bottle on which is adhered and the tray 7 do not separate from each other. Further, the tray label can be attached to the lid when the lid is closed. Next, the operation of the chemical dispenser configured as described above will be described. First, the contents of a prescription issued by a doctor are input by an appropriate input device, and the input result is used as prescription data. When prescribing an injection to a patient according to the prescription data, the prescription data is applied to the set unit 1, the storage unit 2 and the inspection unit 3 as necessary. Then, of the prescriptions, the injection 9 stored in the medicine storage unit 5 is stored in the tray 7 and taken out, and the other injections are printed on a tray label or an infusion label 17. Then, it is integrally attached to the tray 7 together with the prescription 16. As a result, all the injections prescribed for the patient can be centrally managed as the tray 7 and its accessories. In the above-described embodiment, the tray 7 is exemplified as the medicine storage material. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, it is possible to use a wrapping paper formed in a bag shape by heat sealing which is widely used in a tablet wrapping machine, a powder wrapping wrapping machine, and the like. The interior space of the package can be divided into a plurality of storage chambers by partitioning the inner space with a seal portion, or it can be formed as a single storage chamber. And if you use wrapping paper as a storage material, you can use labels without
It can print directly on the wrapping paper. Further, in the above embodiment, an injection is exemplified as a medicine, but the invention is not limited to this, and the invention can be applied to tablets, powdered medicines and other various medicines. The present invention is configured as described above.
Tablets, powdered medicines, injections, and other drugs can be selectively set and stored in a storage material, and then called and audited, thereby facilitating drug dispensing and auditing operations. It has an effect.

[Brief description of the drawings] FIG. 1 is a layout diagram showing one embodiment. [Explanation of symbols] 1. Set unit 2. Storage unit 3. Audit unit 4: Trace stocker unit 5. Chemical storage unit 6 ... Printing unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A set unit for selectively setting medicines in a storage material, a storage unit for storing set medicines, and an audit for calling and auditing the stored set medicines The inspection unit reads an identification code given to the set medicine, and reads the identification code.
When an infusion is prescribed on the prescription corresponding to
A drug dispensing machine characterized in that the infusion identification code is printed on a label for attaching an infusion bottle.