JP5794224B2 - Drug dispensing apparatus and mounting cassette management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing apparatus and a mounting cassette management method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a medicine dispensing device, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, there is one in which a medicine cassette is detachable from each base provided at a plurality of locations. In this medicine dispensing device, medicine cassettes that are frequently used and safety is important are attached to and detached from each base arranged in the first group. In addition, drug cassettes that are used infrequently and emphasize commutability are attached to and detached from the respective bases arranged in the second group.

  However, in the conventional medicine dispensing device, each medicine cassette attached to and detached from each base of the first group is a predetermined type in which the position of the base to be attached and detached is determined. On the other hand, the medicine cassette distributed to the second group is an arbitrary type that can freely select a base to be attached / detached. Usually, since the amount of any type of medicine cassette that is allocated to the second group is small, if a large number of any type of medicine cassettes are required, the setting is easily changed on the user side, such as the necessity to change the master information. It is impossible to respond flexibly in combination with what cannot be done.

JP-A-2005-342123

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a medicine dispensing apparatus and a mounting cassette that can flexibly cope with a change in the situation by allowing an arbitrary medicine cassette to be attached even if the cassette attaching portion is to / from which a predetermined medicine cassette is attached / detached. It is an object to provide a management method.

As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides:
The drug dispensing device
An apparatus body provided with a plurality of cassette mounting portions;
A plurality of medicine cassettes that are detachably attached to each cassette mounting portion of the apparatus main body and in which medicines can be discharged; and
Distinguishing between drug-related information related to the medicine to be stored in each medicine cassette and whether it is a predetermined medicine cassette whose mounting destination is determined in advance or an arbitrary medicine cassette whose mounting destination is not determined A first storage means for storing possible discrimination information and mounting destination information indicating which cassette mounting portion is mounted in the case of a predetermined medicine cassette ;
A communication unit that is provided on the apparatus body side and reads each information stored in the first storage unit of the medicine cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit;
Second storage means provided on the apparatus body side;
Provided in the apparatus main body, if the drug cassette mounted on said one of the cassette mounting portion, reads the discrimination information stored in said first storage means through the front Symbol communications means, based on該判specific information Then, it is determined whether the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette or an arbitrary medicine cassette. If it is determined that the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette, the mounting destination information stored in the first storage means and the prescribed medicine cassette On the basis of the position information of the cassette mounting portion on which the optional medicine cassette is mounted, it is determined whether or not the predetermined medicine cassette is mounted at an appropriate position. If discriminated, the medicine-related information stored in the first storage means of the mounted default medicine cassette is associated with the mounting destination information or the position information of the cassette mounting portion, and the second description is made. And control means for rewritably storing the unit,
It is set as the structure provided with.
It is preferable that the information processing apparatus further includes another communication unit that is provided in each medicine cassette and that transmits each piece of information stored in the first storage unit to the communication unit.

  With this configuration, in the case of the default medicine cassette, the mounting position can be determined only by storing the mounting destination information in the first storage unit, and the mounting cannot be performed at other positions. Moreover, if it is an arbitrary chemical | medical agent cassette, it can be mounted in any cassette mounting part. And if an arbitrary medicine cassette is mounted in any one of the cassette mounting portions, the medicine related information stored in the first storage means is stored in the second storage means in association with the mounting destination information or the position information of the cassette mounting section. be able to. Therefore, it becomes possible to specify the medicine cassette based on the medicine related information and the position information and to pay out the medicine.

  It is preferable that the first storage means and the first communication means provided in each medicine cassette are constituted by RFID tags.

As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides:
The drug dispensing device
An apparatus body provided with a plurality of cassette mounting portions;
A plurality of medicine cassettes that are detachably attached to each cassette mounting portion of the apparatus main body and in which medicines can be discharged; and
Distinguishing between drug-related information related to the medicine to be stored in each medicine cassette and whether it is a predetermined medicine cassette whose mounting destination is determined in advance or an arbitrary medicine cassette whose mounting destination is not determined A first storage means for storing possible discrimination information and mounting destination information indicating which cassette mounting portion is mounted in the case of a predetermined medicine cassette;
Provided in the apparatus main body, a first storage unit communication means that will receive the information stored in the medicine cassette mounted on the cassette mount,
Predetermined position information provided on the apparatus main body side and indicating the position of each cassette mounting portion arranged in a predetermined area, and cassette specifying information for specifying a predetermined medicine cassette mounted in each cassette mounting section in the predetermined area Is stored in association with each other, and when an arbitrary medicine cassette is attached to any one of the cassette attaching portions, the second storage for storing the medicine related information in association with the position information of each cassette attaching portion is stored. Means,
If the drug cassette mounted on said one of the cassette mounting portion, reads the discrimination information stored in the first storing means via the front Symbol communications means, based on the該判specific information, the medicine cassette default medicine cassette If it is determined that the cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette, the attachment destination information stored in the first storage means, the default position information stored in the second storage means and the cassette identification are determined. Based on the information, it is determined whether or not the predetermined drug cassette is mounted at an appropriate position. On the other hand, if it is determined that an arbitrary drug cassette is mounted in any of the cassette mounting portions, the mounted default drug is Control means for storing medicine-related information stored in the first storage means of the cassette in a rewritable manner in the second storage means in association with the mounted position information;
It is set as the structure provided with.
It is preferable that the apparatus further includes other communication means provided in each of the medicine cassettes for transmitting the information stored in the first storage means to the communication means.

Further, the present invention provides a means for solving the above-described problems,
Install cassette management method,
In the first storage means provided in each medicine cassette, the medicine-related information related to the medicine accommodated in each medicine cassette and whether or not the mounting destination is determined in advance are determined. Discriminating information capable of discriminating whether it is an optional medicine cassette, and if it is a predetermined medicine cassette, mounting destination information indicating which cassette mounting section is to be mounted is stored,
In a second storage means provided on the apparatus main body side, predetermined position information indicating the position of each cassette mounting portion arranged in the predetermined area, and a cassette for specifying a predetermined medicine cassette mounted in each cassette mounting portion Store specific information in association with each other,
When a medicine cassette in which a medicine can be discharged is detachably attached to the cassette attaching portion provided in the apparatus main body, the discrimination information stored in the first storage means is read, and based on the discrimination information, It is determined whether the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette or an arbitrary medicine cassette. If it is determined that the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette, the mounting destination information stored in the first storage means and the prescribed medicine cassette are attached. Based on the position information of the cassette mounting portion, while determining whether the predetermined drug cassette is mounted at an appropriate position, if it is determined that an arbitrary drug cassette is mounted in any of the cassette mounting portion, The medicine-related information stored in the first storage means of the mounted default medicine cassette is associated with the mounting destination information or the position information of the cassette mounting portion and provided on the apparatus main body side. It is obtained so as to rewritably stored in the memory means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to determine whether the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette or an arbitrary medicine cassette only by storing the discrimination information in the first storage means provided in the medicine cassette. And if it is a predetermined chemical | medical agent cassette, a mounting position can be determined only by memorize | storing mounting destination information in a 1st memory | storage means, and it can be made impossible to mount | wear other than the mounting position. Moreover, if it is an arbitrary chemical | medical agent cassette, it can be freely mounted in any cassette mounting part. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly cope with a change in the mounting destination of a medicine cassette, a new addition of a medicine cassette accompanying a change in a new medicine or a medicine shape, etc. without changing any setting on the apparatus main body side. For this reason, the conventional master information update operation or the like can be made unnecessary.

It is a schematic front view of the medicine delivery device concerning this embodiment. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows the tablet discharge | payout path | route in the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state seen from diagonally downward which shows the chemical | medical agent cassette of FIG. 1 or FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the motor base of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 from diagonally upward. FIG. 4 is an information mapping showing the contents stored in the RFID tag of FIG. It is a block diagram of the medicine delivery device of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the payout process.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the following description is only an illustration essentially and does not intend restrict | limiting this invention, its application thing, or its use.

  FIG. 1 shows a medicine dispensing apparatus according to this embodiment. This medicine dispensing apparatus generally includes a medicine supply unit 3, a medicine collection unit 4, a printing unit 5, a packaging unit 6, and a control unit 7 in the apparatus main body 2.

  The apparatus main body 2 is provided with a double door 8 at the upper part, and the medicine cassette 16 can be attached to and detached from the medicine supply unit 3 arranged inside. One door 8 (on the right side in FIG. 1) is provided with a touch panel 9, a barcode reader 10, and a journal printer 11. Further, the apparatus main body 2 is provided with a handmade medicine supply unit 14 and a replenishment table 12 described below below the door 8.

  The medicine supply unit 3 includes an automatic medicine supply unit 13 and a manual medicine supply unit 14.

  The automatic medicine supply unit 13 is provided with a motor base 15 which is a cassette mounting part in a substantially cylindrical cylinder in the vertical and circumferential directions, and a medicine cassette 16 can be attached to and detached from each motor base 15.

  Although not shown in detail for details, the motor base 15 includes a motor and is configured to transmit power to the rotor of the medicine cassette 16 via a gear. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the motor base 15 is provided with an antenna (reading device) 15a, which communicates with an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag 18 provided on a medicine cassette 16 attached thereto, to obtain medicine information. Etc. As will be described later, the acquired drug information and the like are read into the sub-control unit 7b of the control unit 7 and further transmitted to the main control unit 7a to execute a predetermined process.

  The automatic medicine supply unit 13 is provided with a medicine passage 17 for each row of medicine cassettes 16 arranged in the vertical direction. By these medicine passages 17, the medicine dispensed from the medicine cassette 16 is smoothly guided downward. The medicine passage 17 is provided with a counting sensor (not shown) for detecting the quantity of medicine dispensed at a portion communicating with the cassette outlet.

  The medicine cassette 16 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and contains medicines composed of the same kind of tablets and capsules managed by lot numbers. A rotor (not shown) is provided in the medicine cassette 16, and a plurality of pocket portions are formed on the outer peripheral portion thereof. Each pocket holds one medicine stored in the medicine cassette 16 one by one. A driving force of a motor (not shown) provided on the motor base 15 is transmitted to the rotor via a gear. When the rotor rotates, the medicine held in the pocket portion is sequentially dispensed to the medicine passage 17.

  As shown in FIG. 3, each medicine cassette 16 is provided with an RFID tag 18 capable of storing information on medicines to be accommodated (medicine related information).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the RFID tag 18 includes medicine code, branch number, machine number, model number, cassette notation number, stability coefficient, size, placement restriction, flag, medicine name, etc. as medicine related information. Is remembered. Here, the medicine code means a code number for identifying the medicine. Various code numbers such as a JAN code, a two-dimensional bar code, and additional information are included, and a plurality of these may be arbitrarily combined. The branch number is a number given to distinguish each when there are a plurality of medicine cassettes 16 containing the same kind of medicine. When there are a plurality of automatic medicine supply units, the number is a number assigned to distinguish each of them. The model number is an identification number when there are a plurality of medicine dispensing devices. The cassette notation number is a position (shelf number) unique to the position where each medicine cassette 16 is mounted, that is, the motor base. The stability coefficient is a coefficient that indicates the ease of bouncing due to the shape and hardness of the tablet, and the ease of rolling. The time (maximum) until the tablet dispensed from each drug cassette 16 falls and stabilizes at the discharge port. It is for calculating. By using this stability coefficient, it is possible to improve the packaging processing speed by strictly managing the timing of opening and closing the shutter. The size is the size of the medicine cassette 16 and is determined according to the quantity of medicines that can be accommodated, such as L, LM, M, S, and SS. The arrangement restriction is for restricting a position where the medicine cassette 16 can be attached when the medicine cassette 16 is attached to each motor base of the automatic medicine supply apparatus. For example, the position where the medicine cassette 16 can be mounted is limited by height, such as “all possible”, “less than half”, and “only the bottom two rows”. The flag is a flag for determining whether the medicine cassette 16 is a predetermined medicine cassette 16A whose mounting position on the motor base is determined or an arbitrary medicine cassette 16B that can be mounted at an arbitrary position. Is “1” and the latter is “0”. The drug name is the name of the drug, and includes general names, abbreviations, common names, etc., and may be composed of a plurality of combinations of these.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the manual medicine supply unit 14 manually prepares a medicine (for example, a half-tablet tablet) that cannot be automatically dispensed in each basket formed in a lattice shape. Dispensing to the hopper 20 of the medicine recovery unit 4 by sequentially opening the bottom surface of each scissors. Note that the instruction contents are printed from the journal printer 11 based on the prescription data as to which medicine is to be handled at which position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the drug recovery unit 4 includes a V heel unit 21, an inverted substantially conical first hopper 20 a located below the reed bar unit 22, a revolver unit 22 located further below, And a second hopper 20b having an inverted substantially conical shape located on the lower side. The V cage unit 21 temporarily holds the medicine that has been dispensed from the medicine cassette 16 and dropped through the medicine passage 17. The first hopper 20 a guides the medicine discharged from the V heel unit 21 to the revolver unit 22. The revolver unit 22 is rotatable and includes a disk having a plurality of (six in this case) recesses on the circumference. In the revolver unit 22, one pack of medicine discharged from the V tub unit 21 and passing through the first hopper 20 a is sequentially accommodated in each recess formed on the disc, and rotated to open the bottom plate at a predetermined position. Thus, the ink is supplied to the printing unit 5 through the second hopper 20b.

  The printing unit 5 has a roll 24 around which the wrapping paper 23 folded in half is wound, and the name of the medicine and the dose on the surface of the wrapping paper 23 rewound from the roll 24 based on the inputted prescription data. And a printer 25 for printing the method and the like. The remaining amount of the wrapping paper 23 wound around the roll 24 is detected by a remaining amount detection sensor 26, and a remaining amount signal is transmitted to the control unit 7. In addition, a paper break sensor 27 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path of the wrapping paper 23 rewound from the roll 24, and it is detected that the wrapping paper 23 is out of stock, and a shortage signal is transmitted to the control unit 7. It has become so.

  The packaging unit 6 includes heater rollers 28 arranged on both sides of the wrapping paper 23 that is conveyed obliquely from above to obliquely below. The heater roller 28 rotates and wraps the wrapping paper 23 one by one while conveying it. The lower end opening of the hopper 20 is disposed between the folded folding paper 23 in the middle of conveyance on the upstream side of the heater roller 28 with respect to the conveyance direction of the packaging paper 23 (hereinafter, this position is referred to as a medicine discharge position). .) Further, a cutter 29 is provided on the downstream side of the Herora 28 with respect to the conveyance direction of the wrapping paper 23 so that the wrapping paper 23 can be cut with a desired number of packets. Further, a conveyor 30 is provided on the downstream side of the cutter 29 with respect to the conveyance direction of the wrapping paper 23 so that the cut wrapping paper 23 can be conveyed to the take-out position.

  Note that the number of packages (number of packaging preparations) between one package that has started printing at the printing position of the printing unit 5 and the packaging position at which the medicine is packaged by the packaging unit 6 is three or four (the number of the medicine packaging device 1). It depends on the configuration etc.).

  The control unit 7 is a main control that transmits and receives signals between the sub-control unit 7b that reads medicine information received via the antenna 19 provided on the motor base 15 of the automatic medicine supply unit 13, and the sub-control unit 7b. Part 7a.

  The sub-control unit 7b is provided for each row of the motor bases 15 and scans each motor base 15 at a predetermined cycle (for example, 10 msec) to monitor the mounting state of the medicine cassette 16 on the motor base 15. Further, the sub-control unit 7b monitors and transmits the medicine information read via the antenna 19 and the position information of the motor base 15 to the main control unit 7a in association with a change in the mounting state. Therefore, if the mounting state of the medicine cassette 16 on the motor base 15 is changed, the information is transmitted to the main control unit 7a.

  The main control unit 7a transmits and receives signals to and from the server 31 in which a plurality of prescription data is stored, accumulates commands from the server 31 in the storage unit 32, and in accordance with the commands, the automatic drug supply unit 13 (drug cassette) 16) or the hand-operated medicine supply unit 14 is driven and controlled to dispense the corresponding medicine. At the same time, the packaging unit 6 is driven and controlled, the dosage information relating to the medicine to be dispensed is printed on the wrapping paper 23, and the packaging unit 6 is driven to package the medicine for each dosage. Further, the main control unit 7a associates the positional information of each motor base 15 associated with each sub-control unit 7b with the drug-related information read from the RFID tag 18 of the drug cassette 16 attached thereto. The data is stored in the storage unit 32. The stored content is updated periodically (every predetermined cycle described above). Further, the mounting cassette management process is executed based on these pieces of information.

  Next, the mounting cassette management process in the medicine packaging apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, when the medicine cassette 16 is attached to the motor base 15 (step S1), information stored in the RFID tag 18 by the antenna 15a, that is, medicine-related information shown in FIG. 5 is read (step S2). Then, the flag is determined from the read medicine related information (step S3). If the flag is “1”, it is determined that it is the predetermined medicine cassette 16A (step S4), and if it is “0”, it is determined that it is the arbitrary medicine cassette 16B (step 5).

  If it is determined that it is the predetermined medicine cassette 16A, its mounting position is confirmed. That is, it is determined whether or not the cassette notation number of the read medicine related information matches the position information of the motor base 15 to which the predetermined medicine cassette 16A is attached (step S6). This is confirmation because the predetermined medicine cassette 16A can only be attached to the motor base 15 at a position corresponding to the cassette notation number stored in the RFID tag 18. If they match, there is no problem, and the sub-control unit 7b transmits the cassette notation number (shelf number) and the medicine code to the main control unit 7a. The main control unit 7a stores the transmitted cassette notation number (shelf number) and the medicine code in association with each other, and ends the management process. At this time, when the same medicine is stored in the plurality of medicine cassettes 16 (group cassette “multiple same-type cassette”), “medicine code” becomes “medicine code + branch number”. If they do not match, the default medicine cassette 16A has been mounted in the wrong position, so that a warning is given (step S7). For example, the warning may be displayed on the touch panel 9 and appealed to the sight, or may be appealed to the auditory sense by outputting sound or the like from a speaker (not shown). Further, the mounting position of the predetermined medicine cassette 16A may be a position where the time until the medicine to be dispensed reaches the packaging unit 6 is short, that is, a position on the lower side. In particular, it is preferable that a medicine that is frequently dispensed is accommodated at a lower position so that the medicine dispensing time can be shortened.

  When it is determined that it is the arbitrary medicine cassette 16B, the sub-control unit 7b transmits the medicine related information of the arbitrary medicine cassette 16B and the position information of the mounted motor base 15 to the main control unit 7a. In the main control unit 7a, the transmitted medicine related information of the arbitrary medicine cassette 16B and the position information of the mounted motor base 15 are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 32 (step S8). In this case, the optional medicine cassette 16B can be mounted on any motor base 15 as long as it is free. Usually, since the number of the motor bases 15 to which the optional medicine cassette 16B can be attached is set to the minimum necessary, it is assumed that the optional medicine cassette 16B cannot be attached when there are many optional medicine cassettes 16B. However, as described above, since the optional medicine cassette 16B can be attached to any motor base 15, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the optional medicine cassette 16B that cannot be attached.

  In addition, when the medicine stored in the medicine cassette 16 is missing or less than a predetermined amount, it is preferable to notify the fact by a display device or the like. In this case, the medicine replenishment work to the medicine cassette 16 is performed by reading the identification unit or the RFID tag 18 provided in the medicine cassette 16 with a reading device, or in a medicine container such as a medicine bottle containing the corresponding medicine. By reading the identification unit or the RFID tag 18 provided, it is confirmed whether or not the medicine cassette 16 corresponds to the medicine. If the medicine cassette 16 and the medicine do not correspond to each other, that fact may be notified by a display device or the like. This makes it possible to prevent replenishment mistakes.

  As described above, according to the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment, the attachment position can be freely changed simply by changing the attachment destination information stored in the RFID tag 18 of the predetermined medicine cassette 16B. Further, any motor base 15 can be mounted as long as it is an optional medicine cassette 16B. Therefore, for example, even when a large number of optional medicine cassettes 16B are required, it is possible to cope flexibly without requiring any troublesome work such as changing master information.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the structure described in the said embodiment, A various change is possible.

  For example, in the embodiment described above, it is detected that the medicine cassette 16 is mounted on the motor base 15 and the data is collated. However, the RFID tag 18 or a bar code provided separately is read by a reading device (not shown). By doing so, it may be notified to which motor base 15 the predetermined medicine cassette 16A should be mounted. For example, the mounting position may be indicated by a display device, or a display unit such as an LED may be provided in the vicinity of the corresponding motor base 15 or in the vicinity thereof. In this case, if the optional medicine cassette 16B is mounted at a predetermined position, it is preferable to warn that the optional medicine cassette 16B is to be reset to another position. Further, if a display unit (LED or the like) for displaying from which motor base 15 the medicine cassette 16 has been removed is provided, the workability can be improved without the operator making a mistake in the mounting position. . In particular, it is preferable to provide a plurality of identifiable display portions in preparation for the case where a plurality of medicine cassettes 16 are removed at the same time, in that erroneous mounting can be reliably prevented.

  In the embodiment, the motor base 15 to which the medicine cassette 16 is to be attached is determined based on the attachment destination information stored in the RFID tag 18. You may make it memorize | store in the memory | storage part 32 of the side.

  In other words, the motor base 15 is configured by one provided at a predetermined position and one provided at an arbitrary position. It is possible to mount either a predetermined medicine cassette 16A or an arbitrary medicine cassette 16B described later at the predetermined position. In addition, it can be used only when the optional medicine cassette 16B is mounted at an arbitrary position (the drug cannot be dispensed even if the predetermined drug cassette 16A is mounted at an arbitrary position). The storage unit 32 stores the positional information of the predetermined position and the identification information (cassette notation number) of the predetermined medicine cassette 16A to be attached thereto in association with each other. When the medicine cassette 16 is mounted on the motor base 15, it is determined whether the medicine cassette 16 is the default medicine cassette 16A or the arbitrary medicine cassette 16B based on the determination information. If it is determined that it is the predetermined medicine cassette 16A, the cassette notation number stored in the RFID tag 18 and the cassette notation number stored in the storage unit 32 are collated. Warning. Then, the medicine related information stored in the RFID tag 18 is stored in the storage unit 32 together with the mounting position information. If it is determined that the medicine cassette 16B is optional, the medicine related information stored in the RFID tag 18 is only stored in the storage unit 32 together with the mounting position information. Thus, even if the motor base 15 is set in advance at a predetermined position and an arbitrary position, it can be mounted at any position as long as it is the optional medicine cassette 16B. As in the above-described embodiment, the predetermined position may be a position where the time taken for the medicine dispensed from the predetermined medicine cassette 16A to be attached to reach the packaging unit 6 is short, that is, the lower position. In particular, it is preferable that a medicine that is frequently dispensed is accommodated at a lower position so that the medicine dispensing time can be shortened.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Drug delivery apparatus 2 ... Apparatus main body 3 ... Drug supply unit 4 ... Drug collection unit 5 ... Printing unit 6 ... Packaging unit 7 ... Control unit (control means)
7a ... Main control unit 7b ... Sub control unit 8 ... Door 9 ... Touch panel 10 ... Barcode reader 11 ... Journal printer 12 ... Replenishment table 13 ... Automatic medicine supply unit 14 ... Manual medicine supply unit 15 ... Motor base (cassette mounting part) )
15a ... Antenna (reading device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 ... Drug cassette 16A ... Default medicine cassette 16B ... Arbitrary medicine cassette 17 ... Drug passage 18 ... RFID tag (1st memory | storage means, 1st communication means)
19: Antenna (second communication means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Hopper 21 ... V unit 22 ... Revolver unit 23 ... Wrapping paper 24 ... Roll 25 ... Printer 26 ... Remaining amount detection sensor 27 ... Paper out sensor 28 ... Heater roller 29 ... Cutter 30 ... Conveyor 31 ... Server 32 ... Memory | storage part (1st (2 storage means)

Claims (6)

An apparatus body provided with a plurality of cassette mounting portions;
A plurality of medicine cassettes that are detachably attached to each cassette mounting portion of the apparatus main body and in which medicines can be discharged; and
Distinguishing between drug-related information related to the medicine to be stored in each medicine cassette and whether it is a predetermined medicine cassette whose mounting destination is determined in advance or an arbitrary medicine cassette whose mounting destination is not determined A first storage means for storing possible discrimination information and mounting destination information indicating which cassette mounting portion is mounted in the case of a predetermined medicine cassette ;
A communication unit that is provided on the apparatus body side and reads each information stored in the first storage unit of the medicine cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit;
Second storage means provided on the apparatus body side;
Provided in the apparatus main body, if the drug cassette mounted on said one of the cassette mounting portion, reads the discrimination information stored in said first storage means through the front Symbol communications means, based on該判specific information Then, it is determined whether the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette or an arbitrary medicine cassette. If it is determined that the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette, the mounting destination information stored in the first storage means and the prescribed medicine cassette On the basis of the position information of the cassette mounting portion on which the optional medicine cassette is mounted, it is determined whether or not the predetermined medicine cassette is mounted at an appropriate position. If discriminated, the medicine-related information stored in the first storage means of the mounted default medicine cassette is associated with the mounting destination information or the position information of the cassette mounting portion, and the second description is made. And control means for rewritably storing the unit,
A medicine dispensing device comprising:   2. The medicine dispensing according to claim 1, further comprising: another communication unit that is provided in each of the medicine cassettes and that transmits each piece of information stored in the first storage unit to the communication unit. apparatus. 3. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first storage means and the other communication means provided in each medicine cassette are constituted by RFID tags. An apparatus body provided with a plurality of cassette mounting portions;
A plurality of medicine cassettes that are detachably attached to each cassette mounting portion of the apparatus main body and in which medicines can be discharged; and
Distinguishing between drug-related information related to the medicine to be stored in each medicine cassette and whether it is a predetermined medicine cassette whose mounting destination is determined in advance or an arbitrary medicine cassette whose mounting destination is not determined A first storage means for storing possible discrimination information and mounting destination information indicating which cassette mounting portion is mounted in the case of a predetermined medicine cassette;
Provided in the apparatus main body, a first storage unit communication means that will receive the information stored in the medicine cassette mounted on the cassette mount,
Predetermined position information provided on the apparatus main body side and indicating the position of each cassette mounting portion arranged in a predetermined area, and cassette specifying information for specifying a predetermined medicine cassette mounted in each cassette mounting section in the predetermined area Is stored in association with each other, and when an arbitrary medicine cassette is attached to any one of the cassette attaching portions, the second storage for storing the medicine related information in association with the position information of each cassette attaching portion is stored. Means,
If the drug cassette mounted on said one of the cassette mounting portion, reads the discrimination information stored in the first storing means via the front Symbol communications means, based on the該判specific information, the medicine cassette default medicine cassette If it is determined that the cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette, the attachment destination information stored in the first storage means, the default position information stored in the second storage means and the cassette identification are determined. Based on the information, it is determined whether or not the predetermined drug cassette is mounted at an appropriate position. On the other hand, if it is determined that an arbitrary drug cassette is mounted in any of the cassette mounting portions, the mounted default drug is Control means for storing medicine-related information stored in the first storage means of the cassette in a rewritable manner in the second storage means in association with the mounted position information;
A medicine dispensing device comprising:   5. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising another communication means provided in each of the medicine cassettes for transmitting each information stored in the first storage means to the communication means. . In the first storage means provided in each medicine cassette, the medicine-related information related to the medicine accommodated in each medicine cassette and whether or not the mounting destination is determined in advance are determined. Discriminating information capable of discriminating whether it is an optional medicine cassette, and if it is a predetermined medicine cassette, mounting destination information indicating which cassette mounting section is to be mounted is stored,
When a medicine cassette in which a medicine can be discharged is detachably attached to the cassette attaching portion provided in the apparatus main body, the discrimination information stored in the first storage means is read, and based on the discrimination information, It is determined whether the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette or an arbitrary medicine cassette. If it is determined that the medicine cassette is a predetermined medicine cassette, the mounting destination information stored in the first storage means and the prescribed medicine cassette are attached. Based on the position information of the cassette mounting portion, while determining whether the predetermined drug cassette is mounted at an appropriate position, if it is determined that an arbitrary drug cassette is mounted in any of the cassette mounting portion, The medicine-related information stored in the first storage means of the mounted default medicine cassette is associated with the mounting destination information or the position information of the cassette mounting portion and provided on the apparatus main body side. Mounted cassette management method for causing rewritably stored in the memory means.