JP6955666B2 - Drug placement confirmation system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a drug placement confirmation system for confirming whether or not a drug package is accurately contained in a drug set tool such as a drug calendar or a medication calendar. The present invention also relates to a drug placement confirmation method and a drug placement confirmation program.

Elderly patients (users) and patients whose symptoms have passed the acute phase are often treated at home. In addition, patients who do not need urgency such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia are often treated at home. Patients who are treated at home need to take medication based on self-management.
For example, if the doctor's prescription is to take medicines A and B in the morning, medicine B in the afternoon, and double the doses of medicines A and C in the morning after dinner. , It is necessary for the patient to take out the prescribed amount of the prescribed amount of the prescribed drug from the medicine box or the like at the determined time and take it.
However, as a practical matter, the type and amount of medicine to be taken may be wrong or may be forgotten. On the contrary, it may be taken in duplicate.
In particular, it is difficult for elderly people and patients with weakened energy to take out a predetermined amount of a predetermined amount of a drug from a medicine box or the like, and it may not be possible to take the drug accurately.

As a means for solving this problem, an instrument called a medication calendar or a medication calendar has been proposed in Patent Documents 1 and 2.
The invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a calendar provided with a drug accommodating portion for accommodating a drug.
In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, four drug accommodating portions are arranged below the date. Each of the four drug storage units corresponds to the timing (usage) of administration, and is indicated as "morning", "daytime", "night", and "in front of flannel" based on the description of Patent Document 1.
Then, the drug corresponding to the timing of administration is stored in the drug storage section of the medication calendar (medicine calendar). When the timing of taking the drug arrives, the drug is taken out from the corresponding drug storage and taken.

The above-mentioned medication calendar tends to be adopted not only in private homes but also in nursing care facilities for the elderly and hospitals having hospitalization facilities.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-258999 JP 2013-248873

The medication calendar disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a drug setting tool for setting a drug, and is installed at a patient's home, a nursing care facility, or the like.
Then, a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy may visit the patient's home or a long-term care facility to replenish the drug storage section of the medication calendar.
In some cases, a pharmacist stores a drug in the drug placement section of the medication calendar at his / her own pharmacy (dispensing room) and brings the drug calendar in the state of the drug to the patient's home or nursing care facility.
Here, the format of the medication calendar is not specified by law, and various types are used by each facility.
In either form, the dosing calendar has a plurality of drug placement units, which are in specific positions determined based on the recipient and the timing of administration.
There are three types of typical medication calendars (the figure is displayed as "medicine calendar") as shown in FIGS. 15, 16 and 17.

The first form is a personal dosing calendar 100 as shown in FIG. 15, which has a matrix shape (matrix shape) composed of a day of the week axis and a dosing timing axis.
Specifically, the vertical axis is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and the horizontal axis is "morning", "daytime", "nighttime", and "before going to bed". be.
The personal dosing calendar 100 is used exclusively by one user. For example, the drug taken by the user Muramatsu in a week is stored for each day of the week and the timing of administration.
For example, after lunch on Wednesday, Muramatsu, the user, takes the drug contained in the lunch position on the Wednesday line.
In many personal medication calendars 100, one week is one unit, but the number of days is arbitrary, even if it is 10 days, two weeks, 28 days, etc. good.

The second form is a daily dosing calendar (displayed in the figure is a "medicine calendar") 101 for a plurality of users as shown in FIG. The daily dosing calendar 101 has a large number of days of the week to be taken, like a daily calendar. Further, in the daily dosing calendar 101, the drug accommodating portions are arranged in a matrix formed by the name of the person taking the drug and the timing axis of taking the drug.
Specifically, a matrix with the names of the seven names Muramatsu, Hayada, Arashi, Fuji, Ide, Kirishima, and Moroboshi on the vertical axis and "morning", "daytime", "night", and "before going to bed" on the horizontal axis. The shape.
The daily dosing calendar 101 is used jointly by a plurality of users, and for example, drugs taken by seven users in a day are stored according to the name of the user and the timing of administration.
For example, on the morning of the day, seven people, Muramatsu, Hayada, Arashi, Fuji, Ide, Kirishima, and Moroboshi, will take the medicines contained in their respective "morning" medicine compartments. After lunch, the seven people mentioned above will take the medicines contained in their respective "lunch" medicine compartments.
The daily dosing calendar 101 for a plurality of users is used in nursing care facilities and hospitals. In the daily dosing calendar 101, the number of users as one unit is arbitrary, and may be 5 or 10.

The third form is a dosing calendar (displayed in the figure is a "medicine calendar") 102 for a plurality of users as shown in FIG.
Specifically, the timing of administration is marked on the upper part, such as "for morning", and the names of 28 people, Hongo, Ichimonji, ... Tojo, and Sano, are lined up.
The dosing calendar 102 according to the time of administration is jointly used by a plurality of users, and is used in nursing care facilities and hospitals. For example, the drug to be taken by each of the 28 users at a specific time of the day is contained according to the name of the user.
For example, on the morning of the day, 28 people with names on the calendar will take the medicines contained in the medicine storage compartments with their respective names.
When all the members have finished taking the drug, the dosing calendar 102 for each time of administration is removed, and the dosing calendar 102 for each time of administration for lunch is prepared.
In the dosing calendar 102 according to the time of administration, the number of users as one unit is arbitrary, and may be 10 or 30.

As described above, the medication calendars 100, 101, and 102 have a plurality of formats.
For example, the dosing calendar disclosed in Patent Document 1 is installed at the home of the user or a long-term care facility, and a pharmacist at a visiting pharmacy visits the home or the long-term care facility of the user and delivers the drug to the drug storage section. refill.
In addition, the pharmacist stores the drug in the drug placement section of the medication calendars 100, 101, 102 at his own pharmacy (dispensing room), and the medication calendar 100, 101, 102 in the state where the drug is stored is used in the home or care facility of the user. In the case of bringing it to the pharmacist, the pharmacist puts a predetermined drug into each drug placement unit according to the format of the medication calendars 100, 101, 102.
However, as described above, the medication calendars 100, 101, and 102 have a plurality of formats, so that they are confusing and may be mistakenly inserted.

Therefore, the present invention pays attention to the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and develops a drug placement confirmation system, a method, and a computer program for confirming whether or not the drug package is accurately contained in the drug set tool such as a medication calendar. Is the subject.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the embodiment has a drug set tool for holding a plurality of drug packages and a photographing means, and the drug package is packaged for each dose of the drug to be taken by a specific user. The drug setting tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold a user corresponding to the drug accommodating portion and a drug package at the timing of administration. There is, drug packaging specific information for identifying the drug package is attached to a visible position of the drug package, and the drug set tool includes a set tool containing information for identifying the drug set tool at a visible position. A specific label is attached, and at least one of the drug package and the drug package is visible at a position related to the drug package and the drug package to be held. Information and set position-related information related to the position of the drug package to be held in the drug set tool are attached, and the state in which each drug package is housed in the drug container of the drug set tool can be photographed by the photographing means. It is held in the photographed drug set according to the photographed drug package specific information, the set tool identification display, the drug package / set tool related information, the set position related information, and the photographed drug package position. It is a drug placement confirmation system characterized in that it is determined whether or not each drug package is correctly contained in a regular drug set tool.

The drug setting tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane and are located at specific positions determined based on the user and the timing of administration, respectively. desirable.
The position of the photographed drug package determines whether or not each drug package held in the photographed drug set is correctly housed in a position corresponding to the person who takes the regular drug set and the timing of administration. It is desirable to do.

The "drug packaging specific information" is sufficient as long as it can identify the drug packaging, and may be a symbol, a code, a barcode, or the like. It is desirable that the "drug packaging specific information" is information that can identify which patient is taking the drug and when.
The information that identifies which patient the drug is for is symbolized, for example, the patient's name or common name character display, the number of the medical examination ticket, my number, etc., the bar code, the two-dimensional bar code, etc. There is a readable pattern.
The same applies to "information that identifies when the drug is taken". For example, there are symbolized and readable patterns such as character displays such as morning and noon, numbers, barcodes, and two-dimensional barcodes. ..

The medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the drug package, and the drug package / set tool-related information includes information for identifying the drug set tool that should hold the drug package, and is set position-related. The information may include information on the location of the drug packaging to be retained in the drug setter.

There is a drug package placement information storage means, and the combination information of the drug package and the drug set tool in which the drug package is held in the drug package placement information storage means is relative to the drug package and the drug set tool held in the drug set tool. The position is stored, and the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the medicine package, and the information is provided from the medicine package placement information storage means based on the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information. May be read out.

There is a drug package placement information storage means, and the combination information of the drug package and the drug set tool in which the drug package is held in the drug package placement information storage means is relative to the drug package and the drug set tool held in the drug set tool. The position is memorized, and the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the medicine set tool, and the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are used from the medicine package placement information storage means. The information may be read out.

Another aspect of solving the above-mentioned problems is to have a drug set tool for holding a plurality of drug packages, a photographing means, and a drug package arrangement information storage means, and the drug set tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions. The plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold the drug packaging of the user and the timing of administration corresponding to the drug accommodating portion, and the drug is located at a visible position of the drug packaging. Drug packaging specific information that identifies the package is attached, and the drug set tool is attached with a set tool identification display that includes information that identifies the drug set tool at a visible position, and drug package placement information storage. There is a means, and the combination information of the drug package and the drug set tool in which the drug package is held is stored in the drug package arrangement information storage means, and the relative position between the drug package and the drug set tool held in the drug set tool is stored. It is possible to photograph the state in which each drug package is housed in the drug container of the drug set tool by the photographing means, and the photographed drug package specific information and the information from the drug package arrangement information storage means based on the set tool identification display are obtained. It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not each drug package held in the photographed drug package is correctly housed in the legitimate drug package by comparing with the position of the drug package read and photographed. It is a drug placement confirmation system.

Yet another aspect for solving the above-mentioned problems includes a drug set tool for holding a plurality of drug packages, a drug package arrangement information storage means, a photographing means, and a comparison means, and the drug package is specified. The drug to be taken by the person taking the drug is packaged for each dose, and a user identification label for identifying the user and a dose timing identification label for specifying the timing of administration are described at a visible position on the drug package. The drug set tool is provided with a set tool identification display that identifies the drug set tool at a visible position, and the drug set tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions and the plurality of drug accommodating portions. The portions are distributed in a plane and are located at specific positions determined based on the recipient and the timing of administration, respectively, and the recipient and the medication package at the timing of administration corresponding to the medication storage portion are held. The drug package placement information storage means stores the normal position information of the drug package when each drug package is correctly stored in the corresponding drug container of the drug set tool for a plurality of drug set tools, and each drug is stored by the photographing means. It is possible to photograph the state in which the package is housed in the drug storage part of the drug set tool, identify the drug set tool photographed from the photographed set tool identification display, and identify and take the photographed drug package user identification label. The actual position information of each drug package held in the drug set tool is acquired from the timing specific display and the position of the photographed drug package, and the set is made from a plurality of normal position information stored in the drug package arrangement information storage means. The regular position information of the drug set tool specified based on the tool identification display is specified, and each drug package held in the photographed drug set tool is set to the user and the timing of taking the drug set tool by the comparison means. It is a drug placement confirmation system characterized by determining whether or not it is correctly contained in the corresponding position.

Here, as an example of the "taker identification display" displayed on the drug packaging, for example, the patient's name or common name character display, the number of the medical examination ticket, the number of my number, etc., the bar code, the two-dimensional bar code, etc. There is a symbolized and readable pattern.
The same applies to the "dose timing specific display", and there are symbols and readable patterns such as character displays such as morning and noon, numbers, barcodes, and two-dimensional barcodes.
The "dose specific display" and the "dose timing specific display" may be combined with one bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, or the like.
The same applies to the set tool identification display, such as Muramatsu-sama, Fujita Clinic's morning use, Fujita Clinic's Monday medication, Rokko Elderly Housing with Morning, Sanno Elderly Housing with Monday's medication. But it may be. Further, the set tool identification display may be a number or symbol uniquely assigned by the hospital or pharmacy. Further, the set tool specific display may be a symbolized and readable pattern such as a bar code or a two-dimensional bar code.

In the above-described embodiment, the drug package arrangement information storage means stores information regarding the layout in which each drug package is correctly housed in the corresponding drug storage unit of the drug set tool as normal position information with respect to a plurality of drug set tools. Then, the photographed user identification display, the administration timing identification display, and the information on the layout of each actual drug package held in the drug set tool are acquired from those positions, and the information is stored in the drug package arrangement information storage means, and the image is taken. From the specified normal position information, the normal position information of the drug set tool specified based on the set tool identification display is specified, and the information on the layout of each actual drug package and the specified normal position information are specified by the comparison means. It is desirable to compare.

In each of the above embodiments, the drug package arrangement information storage means includes information on the drug storage unit that should be empty, and when it is photographed that the drug storage unit that should be empty is present in the drug storage unit. , It is desirable that notification is performed.

In each of the above embodiments, the drug setting tool is provided with a vacancy indicator that identifies the drug accommodating portion that should be vacant at a visible position, and the vacancy indicator should be photographed by an imaging means to be empty. It is desirable to identify the drug storage unit and notify when it is photographed that there is a drug package in the drug storage unit that should be empty in the imaging means.

Another aspect for solving the same problem is to have a drug set tool for holding a plurality of drug packages and a means for photographing the drug package, in which the drug package is taken by a specific user for each dose of the drug. It is packaged, and a doser identification label that identifies the user and a dose timing identification label that specifies the timing of administration are described at a visible position on the drug package. The plurality of drug accommodating portions have an accommodating portion, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold a drug package corresponding to the drug accommodating portion and the timing of administration, and are visible to the drug setting tool. A vacancy display is attached to specify the drug storage part that should be empty at the appropriate position, and the vacancy display should be photographed by the imaging means to identify the drug storage unit that should be empty, and the imaging means should be empty. This is a drug placement confirmation system characterized in that when it is photographed that there is a drug package in the drug storage unit, a notification is given.

In each of the above embodiments, the drug setting tool has a visible drug accommodating unit identification label that identifies each drug accommodating portion, and the drug packaging has a drug accommodating unit designation label that specifies the drug accommodating portion to be held. The drug storage unit specific display and the drug storage unit designation display are photographed on the same screen by the photographing means, and the two are compared and each drug package held in the drug setting tool is taken with the user of the drug setting tool and the timing of administration. It is desirable to determine whether or not the product is correctly housed in the position corresponding to.

Another aspect for solving the same problem is to have a drug set tool for holding a plurality of drug packages and a means for photographing the drug package, in which the drug package is taken by a specific user for each dose of the drug. It is packaged, and a doser identification label that identifies the user and a dose timing identification label that specifies the timing of administration are described at a visible position on the drug package. The plurality of drug accommodating portions have accommodating portions, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold the drug packaging corresponding to the drug accommodating portion and the timing of administration, and visually identify each drug accommodating portion. There is a possible drug storage part identification display, and it is possible to photograph the state in which each drug package is housed in the drug storage part of the drug set tool by the photographing means, and the drug storage part identification display and the drug storage part designation display are displayed by the photographing means. Taking pictures on the same screen and comparing the two to determine whether or not each drug package held in the drug set is correctly housed in a position corresponding to the user of the drug set and the timing of administration. It is a characteristic drug placement confirmation system.

Another aspect for solving the same problem is to have a drug set tool for holding a plurality of drug packages and an imaging means, and the drug package is provided with one dose of each drug taken by a specific user. The drug setting tool is packaged, and the drug setting tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane and are held by the user and the drug packaging at the time of administration corresponding to the drug accommodating portion. The set position-related information related to the position of the drug package to be held by the drug set tool is attached to the visible position of the drug package, and each drug package is set by the photographing means. It is possible to take a picture of the state of being contained in the drug container of the tool, and depending on the set position-related information taken and the position of the pictured drug package, each drug package held in the pictured drug set tool is a drug. It is a drug placement confirmation system characterized by determining whether or not it is correctly contained in a set tool.

In each of the above aspects, the drug accommodating portion of the drug setting tool has a pocket shape that allows the inside to be seen through, a part of the figure is shown in the drug accommodating portion, and a part of the figure is also shown in the drug packaging. As shown in the figure, when the drug package is correctly housed in a position corresponding to the user of the drug set tool and the timing of administration, the figure of the drug container and the figure of the drug package are combined to complete a specific figure. Is desirable.

It is a method of determining whether or not the drug setting tool is correctly housed in a position corresponding to the user and the timing of administration by using the drug placement confirmation system of each of the above-described modes, and the drug setting tool is classified into a plurality of categories. It is desirable to take pictures by the photographing means according to the order determined by dividing into the above, and to sequentially compare with the normal position information stored in the medicine package arrangement information storage means.

Another aspect for solving the same problem is to arrange at least a part of the drug package in a terminal equipped with a photographing means and a computer, and arrange the drug package on the drug set tool by the terminal alone or in conjunction with another computer. This is a drug placement confirmation program for confirmation, in which the drug package is packaged for each dose of the drug to be taken by a specific user, and the user is specified at a visible position on the drug package. A display and a dosing timing specific display for specifying the dosing timing are described, and the drug set tool is provided with a set tool specific display for specifying the drug set tool at a visible position, and the drug set tool is attached. Has a plurality of drug accommodating portions, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold a drug package corresponding to the drug accommodating portion and the administration timing of the drug accommodating portion. The computer or other computer has a medicine package placement information storage means, and the medicine package placement information storage means is the regular position information of the medicine package when each medicine package is correctly stored in the corresponding medicine storage part of the medicine set tool. Is memorized for a plurality of drug setting tools, and it is possible to photograph the state in which each drug package is housed in the drug accommodating portion of the drug setting tool by the photographing means, and the drug setting tool photographed from the photographed set tool specific display. The actual position information of each drug package held in the drug set tool is acquired from the photographed drug package user identification display and the dosing timing identification display and the photographed drug package position, and the drug package placement information is obtained. From the plurality of normal position information stored in the storage means, the normal position information of the drug set tool specified based on the set tool identification display is specified, and each drug package held in the photographed drug set tool is This is a drug placement confirmation program characterized by determining whether or not the drug setting tool is correctly contained in a position corresponding to the user and the timing of administration.

Yet another aspect of solving the same problem is to arrange at least a part of the drug package in a terminal equipped with a photographing means and a computer, and arrange the drug package on the drug set tool by the terminal alone or in conjunction with another computer. This is a drug placement confirmation program for confirming that, in the drug package, the drug to be taken by a specific user is packaged for each dose, and the drug set tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions. The plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold the drug packaging of the user and the timing of administration corresponding to the drug accommodating portion, and the drug packaging is specified at a visible position of the drug packaging. The drug packaging specific information is attached, and the drug setting tool is attached with a set tool identification display including information for identifying the drug setting tool at a visible position, and the drug setting tool and the drug packaging At least one of the visible positions is related to the drug package / set tool related information related to the relationship between the drug package and the drug set tool to be held, and the position of the drug package to be held in the drug set tool. Information related to the set position is attached, and it is possible to photograph the state in which each drug package is housed in the drug storage part of the drug set tool by the photographing means. , The medicine package / set tool related information, the set position related information, and the position of the photographed drug package, each drug package held in the photographed drug set tool is correctly housed in the regular drug set tool. It is a drug placement confirmation program characterized by determining whether or not it is present.

According to the drug placement confirmation system, method and computer program of the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether or not the drug package is accurately contained in the drug set tool.

(A) is a front view of the personal dosing calendar used in the embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which the drug package is not held, and (b) is a front view of the drug package. (A) and (b) are perspective views of the drug packaging band paid out from the drug packaging device. (A) is an explanatory diagram showing a situation when determining whether or not the drug package is correctly contained in a regular drug set tool for the personal dosing calendar of FIG. 1, and the drug package is held. Including a front view of the personal dosing calendar of the state, (b) is an enlarged view of a part of the personal dosing calendar. (A) shows the monitor screen of the photographing apparatus, (b) to (d) are the monitor screens when photographing the personal dosing calendar with the photographing device, and (b) shows the state which can be photographed (c). (D) indicates a state in which a shooting error occurs. It is a block diagram of the drug arrangement confirmation system of embodiment of this invention. (A) is a front view of a multi-person medication calendar used in another embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which the drug package is not held, and (b) is a front view of the drug package. (A) is a front view of the multi-person dosing calendar of FIG. 6, showing a state in which the drug package is held, and (b) is an enlarged view of a part thereof. (A) is a front view of a multi-person medication calendar used in still another embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which the drug package is not held, and (b) is a front view of the drug package. (A) is a front view of the personal dosing calendar of FIG. 8, showing a state in which the drug package is held, and (b) is an enlarged view of a part thereof. (A) is a front view of a personal dosing calendar used in still another embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a drug package is not held, and (b) is a front view of a drug package arrangement information storage means. be. (A) is a front view of the personal dosing calendar of FIG. 10, showing a state in which the drug package is held, and (b) is an enlarged view of a part thereof. 9 and 11 are detailed views showing the drug accommodating portion and its vicinity of the personal dosing calendar, (a) showing the state before the drug packaging is held in the drug accommodating portion, and (b) showing the drug accommodating portion. Indicates a state in which the drug package is held in the part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of photographing a personal dosing calendar by an imaging means. Each figure is a front view which shows the modification of the drug packaging. It is a front view of the personal dosing calendar of the prior art. It is a front view of the one-day dosing calendar of the prior art. It is a front view of the dosing calendar according to the time-of-dose of the prior art.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be further described.
The drug arrangement confirmation system 16 of the first embodiment confirms whether or not the drug package 7 is accurately contained in the drug set tool such as the medication calendar 1.
The medication calendar 1 is, for example, a “medicine calendar” as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, it will be referred to as a "dosing calendar" regardless of the display of the drawings.
The dosing calendar (drug set tool) 1 is a personal dosing calendar of the first type, in which a large number of drug accommodating portions 3 are provided on a flat base material 2.
The drug storage unit 3 is distributed in a plane and a matrix, and is located at a specific position determined based on the user and the timing of administration, respectively. It is something that is retained.

In the present embodiment, the drug accommodating portions 3 are arranged in a matrix shape (matrix shape) composed of a day of the week axis and a dosing timing axis.
Specifically, the vertical axis is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and the horizontal axis is "morning", "daytime", "nighttime", and "before going to bed". be.
The medication calendar (drug set tool) 1 is used exclusively by one user. For example, the drug taken by the user Muramatsu in a week is stored in the drug storage unit 3 for each day of the week and the timing of administration. Will be done.
That is, the drug storage unit 3 is located at a specific position in which the person taking the drug is set to one "Muramatsu" and the timing of taking the drug is determined based on the indication such as "moon morning, moon noon ...". Is in a specific position that is determined based on the recipient and the timing of administration.

The drug accommodating portion 3 is formed by attaching a small transparent sheet 5 to a sheet-shaped base material 2 to form a pocket-shaped bag.
Specifically, the drug accommodating portion 3 has a structure in which the left and right sides and the lower side of the transparent sheet 5 are adhered to the base material 2, and an object can be put inside from the upper side.
Since the drug accommodating portion 3 is a kind of pocket made of the transparent sheet 5, the inside can be seen through.

The sheet-shaped base material 2 is provided with a set tool identification display 17 that identifies the medication calendar 1 at a visible position in the upper left portion. The set tool identification display 17 can identify the medication calendar 1 and includes some identification information (for example, an identifier). Here, the identification information (for example, an identifier) is not limited to a barcode or the like, and may be a character or a number.
In the present embodiment, the set tool identification display 17 is a symbolized identifier and is a pattern that can be read by a reading device such as a barcode reader. Specifically, the set tool identification display 17 is a two-dimensional bar code.
Information for identifying the medication calendar 1 is written on the set tool identification display 17. Specifically, the format of the medication calendar 1 and information that can identify who it is for and when it is used are written. Here, "identifiable" is not only when the information is directly written on the set tool identification display 17, but also in the form of the medication calendar 1 from another information source using the identifier included in the set tool identification display 17 as a key. And if you can search for information about who it is for and when it will be used.

Explaining according to the present embodiment, the format of the medication calendar 1 is a personal medication calendar format, and the drug storage unit 3 has a matrix shape (matrix shape) composed of a day of the week axis and a dosing timing axis. Information that is identified as being arranged is written in the set tool identification display 17.
In addition, information that identifies the patient as Muramatsu is written in the set tool identification display 17.

In the present embodiment, the format of the medication calendar 1 and the information for identifying the user can be obtained by the two-dimensional bar code, but even if all or a part of them are specified by the characters written on the base material 2. good. The characters and the like written on the base material 2 also contain information for identifying the medication calendar 1.
For example, the base material 2 has the character 6 "Muramatsu-sama" in order to identify the user, and this character may be used as an identifier and read to identify the user.
Further, the format of the medication calendar 1 may be specified by visually recognizing the characters of the day of the week written on the base material 2, the characters such as "morning" indicating the timing of administration, and the layout thereof.
In this case, the character 6 of "Muramatsu-sama", the character such as "morning" indicating the timing of administration, and the layout function as the set tool identification display in order to identify the user.

The drug storage unit 3 of the medication calendar 1 holds a drug package 7 that packages the drug of the corresponding patient and the drug at the corresponding administration timing.
Each drug package 7 contains all the drugs that a specific user takes at one time. The drug enclosed in one drug package 7 may be one type of solid drug or a plurality of types of solid drug. In some cases, the solid drug and the powder are contained in the same package.

The drug package 7 is a package in which the drug is packaged for each dose by a known drug packaging device (not shown). The drug packaging device can dispense and package powders and solid drugs from the powder supply unit and the solid drug supply unit based on the input prescription data. Further, a predetermined print is made on the drug package 7.

The drug packaging 7 is discharged as a drug packaging band 8 which is long and connected in a band shape as shown in FIG. 2A.
The drug packaging band 8 has an information printing unit 10 on which prescription information is printed at the head, followed by a large number of drug packages 7.
The name of the user, the name of the prescription drug, the prescription amount, and the like are printed on the information printing unit 10 in the form of a two-dimensional bar code or the like.
Further, each drug package 7 is provided with drug package specific information that specifies each drug package 7. That is, each drug package 7 has a user identification display 11 that specifies the user at a position that can be visually recognized as the drug package identification information, and a dose timing specification display 12 that specifies the timing of administration in characters.
Specifically, the characters "Muramatsu", which is the name of the user, are printed as the user identification display 11. In addition, characters such as "morning" and "noon" are displayed as the dosing timing specific display 12. Each drug package 7 is distinguished from the others by these characters and the like.
Further, in the present embodiment, the user usage specific pattern 15 is displayed as the drug package identification information that can identify each drug package 7. That is, the user usage specification pattern 15 is displayed as the user identification display and the administration timing specification display. The user usage specific pattern 15 is a two-dimensional bar code. The two-dimensional bar code, which is the user usage specific pattern 15, contains information that can identify the user and the timing of administration. Each drug package 7 is also distinguished from the others by the two-dimensional bar code. Therefore, the two-dimensional bar code (user usage specific pattern 15) functions as the drug package specific information that identifies the drug package 7. The two-dimensional bar code (user usage specific pattern 15) is one of the identifiers that identify the drug package 7.
Here, "the user and the timing of administration can be specified" is not only when the information is directly written in the user usage specific pattern 15, but also by using the identifier included in the user usage specific pattern 15 as a key. This includes cases where information on the recipient and the timing of administration can be searched from the information source of.

The drug package 7 is separated from the drug package band 8 and is stored in the corresponding drug storage unit 3 of the medication calendar 1 by a pharmacist or the like.
As described above, since the drug storage unit 3 is transparent, the user identification display 11 and the dosing timing specific display 12 are shown in FIG. 3B with the drug packaging 7 in the drug storage unit 3. And the user usage specific pattern 15 (identifier) can be confirmed from the outside.

Next, the drug placement confirmation system 16 of the first embodiment will be described.
The drug placement confirmation system 16 is roughly divided into a mobile terminal 20 and a headquarters device 21.
The mobile terminal 20 is an electronic terminal that can be carried by a mobile computer such as a laptop computer or a user such as a smartphone or a mobile phone. In addition, accessories may be externally attached to these. For example, a notebook computer, a smartphone, a mobile phone, or the like with an external barcode reader may be used as the mobile terminal 20.
As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 20 has a built-in or external camera (shooting means) 18 and has a shooting function. Further, the mobile terminal 20 has a built-in computer 22. The computer 22 built in the mobile terminal 20 has a CPU 23 and a storage means 25 built-in.

The storage means 25 of the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20 stores a computer program that functions as the comparison means 28.
That is, it has a function of comparing the layout information of the drug packaging obtained by the camera (photographing means) 18 with the normal position information acquired from the main device 21.
Further, the mobile terminal 20 has a communication means 26 and can communicate with the headquarters device 21 via the Internet or the like.

The main unit device 21 is a device mainly composed of a computer 27 as shown in FIG. The computer 27 of the main device 21 includes a CPU 30 and a storage means 31.
The storage means 31 of the main device 21 functions as a medicine package arrangement information storage means 33.
The drug package arrangement information storage means 33 stores information regarding the layout in which each drug package 7 is correctly housed in the corresponding drug storage unit 3 of the medication calendar 1 as normal position information. That is, in the storage means 31, the regular position information of the drug package 7 when each drug package 7 is correctly stored in the corresponding drug storage unit 3 of the drug set tool (medication calendar 1 or the like) is obtained with respect to the plurality of drug set tools. I remember. In other words, the positional relationship between the drug set tool (medication calendar 1 etc.) and the drug package 7 when each drug package 7 is correctly housed in the drug set tool (medication calendar 1 etc.) is memorized for a plurality of drug set tools. ing.
In other words, the storage unit 31 stores the identifier that identifies the drug package 7, the identifier of the drug set tool indicated by the drug set tool identification display 17, and the normal position information in association with each other.

For example, which drug set tool (medication calendar 1, etc.) is for whom, for which facility, and when it is used, and its format and layout are stored in the drug package arrangement information storage means 33. Has been done. Further, the drug package arrangement information storage means 33 stores which drug container 3 the drug package 7 according to the prescription is stored in.
For example, the drug package 7 to be taken in "monthly morning" is housed at the intersection of the "moon" axis and the "morning" axis as shown in FIG. 3, and the drug package 7 to be taken in "monthly noon" is As shown in FIG. 3, it is stored at the intersection of the "moon" axis and the "day" axis.
In addition, information (information indicating that the room is vacant) of the drug storage unit 3 of the drug set tool in which the drug package 7 is not stored is also stored.
For example, when there is a day when the medicine is not taken or a time when the medicine is not taken (morning, noon, etc.), the information is also stored in the storage means 31.
According to the embodiment, the patient Muramatsu's prescription does not take medicine on Friday night. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the drug storage unit 3A at the position corresponding to the night on Friday of Muramatsu of the medication calendar 1 becomes vacant.
Information that the drug storage unit 3 at the position corresponding to the night on Friday of Muramatsu of the medication calendar 1 is vacant is also stored in the storage means 31.

Further, the regular position information of the drug packaging 7 when each drug packaging 7 is correctly accommodated in the drug accommodating portion 3 includes the relative position such as the arrangement such as the distance and angle between each drug accommodating portion 3 and the drug packaging 7. , The positional relationship with the base material 2 is also stored. That is, not only the relative relationship between each drug storage unit 3 and each drug package 7 but also the relative relationship between the base material 2 and each drug storage unit 3 and each drug package 7 is stored as normal position information.
That is, not only what kind of matrix each drug storage unit 3 and each drug package 7 constitutes, but also where each drug storage unit 3 and each drug package 7 are located on the base material 2 is memorized. ing.

Further, the regular position information may be associated with an identifier that identifies the drug package 7 and the position information of the drug package 7 when the drug package 7 is correctly stored.
The normal position information indicates the relative positional relationship between the base material 2 and the drug package 7. Specifically, from a predetermined position of the base material 2 (for example, any of the four corners of the base material 2), a predetermined position of the drug package 7 (in the drug package 7) in a state of being housed in the drug storage unit 3. It indicates the distance in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction to any of the four corners or the user usage specific pattern 15 etc.). Instead of the predetermined position of the drug package 7, a predetermined position of the drug container 3 in which the drug package 7 should be housed (for example, any of the four corners of the drug container 3) may be adopted.
The vacant room information is, for example, the vertical and horizontal distances from the predetermined position of the base material 2 to the predetermined position of the drug accommodating portion 3 to be vacant.

Next, the function of the drug placement confirmation system 16 of the present embodiment will be described according to the usage procedure.
The user carries the medication calendar 1 containing the drug package 7 to the patient's home, hospital, facility, or the like. Here, the user carries the mobile terminal 20. On the other hand, the headquarters device 21 is located in a pharmacy.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the user uses the photographing means 18 of the mobile terminal 20 to photograph the medication calendar 1 in which the drug package 7 is stored.
As a general rule, the entire medication calendar 1 is photographed from the front as one screen.

At the time of photographing, a predetermined position of the base material 2 is included in the photographing range so that it can be determined whether or not the positional relationship between the drug package 7 and the base material 2 corresponds to the normal position information.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the camera (shooting means) 18 of the mobile terminal 20 displays a rectangular frame 200 on the monitor screen.
As shown in FIG. 4B, the shutter is released in a state where each side of the medication calendar 1 substantially matches the frame 200. If the image of the medication calendar 1 protrudes from the frame 200 as shown in FIG. 4 (c) or the image of the medication calendar 1 is too small with respect to the frame 200 as shown in FIG. 4 (d), an error occurs. ..

Then, the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20 analyzes the two-dimensional bar code of the photographed set tool identification display 17, and identifies the medication calendar 1 photographed by the identifier and the identification information included in the two-dimensional bar code. Then, the information is transmitted to the computer 27 of the headquarters device 21 by the communication means 26 of the mobile terminal 20, received by the communication means 32 of the headquarters device 21, and input to the computer 27 of the headquarters device 21.
The photographed two-dimensional bar code information of the set tool identification display 17 may be directly transmitted to the computer 27 of the headquarters device 21 and the two-dimensional bar code may be analyzed on the headquarters device 21 side.

Then, the computer 27 of the headquarters device 21 identifies the medication calendar 1 corresponding to the identifier of the drug set tool indicated by the drug set tool identification display obtained by the analysis of the two-dimensional bar code, and further, the specified medication calendar 1 The normal position information is read out from the storage means 31 which is the medicine package arrangement information storage means 33.
Subsequently, the read normal position information is sent to the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20 by the communication means 26 and 32, and temporarily stored in the storage means 25 of the mobile terminal 20.

Further, the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20 acquires information on the actual layout of each drug package from the captured image.
Specifically, the characters of the photographed user identification display 11 and the characters of the administration timing identification display are analyzed for characters, and the arrangement thereof is detected. The arrangement includes relative positions such as the arrangement of distances and angles between the drug packages 7, as well as the positional relationship between each drug package 7 and each drug accommodating portion 3. The arrangement includes the positional relationship between each drug package 7 and the base material 2. That is, it includes the relationship of the position of each drug package 7 on the base material 2.

For example, the captured image is analyzed, and the vertical and horizontal distances from a predetermined position (for example, a side or a corner) of the base material 2 to the position of the drug package 7 for each drug package 7 are specified. .. The predetermined position of the base material 2 may be marked with a mark or the like so that the computer 22 can identify the position from the captured image.

The position of the drug package 7 referred to here is, for example, a position on the image of the drug package specific information (user usage specific pattern 15) attached to the drug package 7.
The computer 22 associates the position of each drug package 7 with the drug package specific information (identifier) attached to the drug package 7.
That is, the plurality of photographed drug packages 7 are individually specified by the individual drug package identification information (identifier), and which drug package 7 is located at which position on the base material 2 is specified.

Then, the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20 compares the actual layout of each drug package obtained from the captured image with the normal position information temporarily stored in the storage means 25 of the mobile terminal 20.
In particular, the actual layout of each drug package 7 and the positional relationship between each drug package 7 and each drug accommodating portion 3 of the regular position information temporarily stored in the storage means 25 of the mobile terminal 20 are compared. That is, the information on the position of each drug package 7 temporarily stored in the storage means 25 of the mobile terminal 20 on the base material 2 is compared with the position of the actual drug package 7 with respect to the base material 2.
Then, if the two match, a display indicating that the arrangement of each drug package 7 is correct is displayed on the mobile terminal 20, and if the two are different, a display to that effect is displayed and the user is notified.
Specifically, if the position and the identifier of each drug package 7 photographed and the position and the identifier of the drug package 7 that should be there match, the arrangement of each drug package 7 is arranged on the mobile terminal 20. A display indicating that it is correct is displayed, and if the two are different, a display to that effect is displayed and the user is notified.
Of course, the criteria for determining that the two match are acceptable not only in the case of a perfect match but also in the case of a slight deviation.
This is because the drug container 3 is larger than the drug package 7, and the position of the drug package 7 is not constant even if the drug is stored in the correct drug container 3.

When the drug package 7 is detected at or near the position indicated by the vacant room information, it is displayed that the drug package 7 is housed in the drug storage unit 3 to be vacant.
According to the present embodiment, it is confirmed that each drug package 7 is held on the regular base material 2 (drug set tool), and each drug package 7 is correctly stored in the storage position of each drug package 7. Will be done.

In the above-described embodiment, the computer program functioning as the comparison means 28 is stored in the storage means 25 of the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20, but this may be stored in the computer 27 of the main device 21 and then imported. Further, the process of comparison may be executed by the computer 27 of the main device 21.

In the above-described embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code of the set tool identification display 17 is analyzed to identify the photographed medication calendar 1, but conversely, the medication calendar 1 to be accommodated from the user usage specification pattern 15 of the drug packaging 7 The regular position information of the dosing calendar 1 may be read out by the computer 27 of the main unit device 21. Further, the medication calendar 1 to be directly accommodated and the information on the position to be accommodated may be read out from the user usage specific pattern 15 of the drug package 7.

In the first embodiment described above, the personal medication calendar, which is the first form, is used as the drug setting tool, but the above-mentioned second form and the third type of drug setting tool can also be used. can.
6 and 7 are a drug set tool (medication calendar 40) using the daily dosing calendar, which is the second form.
The format of the medication calendar 40 is a daily medication calendar for a plurality of users, and the days of the week to be taken are largely described. Further, in the medication calendar 40, the drug storage unit 3 is arranged in a matrix formed by the name of the user and the timing axis of administration, and the drug storage unit 3 is a specific unit determined based on the user and the timing of administration. In position.
Also in the medication calendar 40, a set tool identification display 17 for specifying the medication calendar 40 is attached to a visible position in the upper left portion.
In addition, information for specifying which facility the medication calendar 40 is used for is written in the set tool identification display 17.

Also in this embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code provides information for specifying the format of the medication calendar 40 and the facility to be used, but all or part of these can be specified by the characters written on the base material 2. May be good.
Further, the format of the medication calendar 40 may be specified by graphically recognizing the arrangement of patients written on the base material 2, characters such as "morning" indicating the timing of administration, and the layout thereof.
In this case, in order to identify the user, the names of "Muramatsu", "Hayada", "Arashi", "Fuji", "Ide", "Kirishima", and "Moroboshi" are set as the user identification display 11, and "morning" indicating the timing of administration, etc. Characters and layout are made to function as a dosing timing specific display 12.

8 and 9 are a drug setting tool (medication calendar 41) using a dosing calendar according to the time of administration, which is a third form.
As for the medication calendar 41, a plurality of drug accommodating portions are arranged in a matrix. In the medication calendar 41, the name of the patient is written in the vicinity of the drug storage unit 3, and the drug storage unit 3 is in a specific position determined based on the user and the timing of administration.
Also in the medication calendar 41, a set tool identification display 17 for specifying the medication calendar 41 is attached to a visible position in the upper left portion.
In addition, information for specifying which facility the medication calendar 41 is used for is written in the set tool identification display 17.

Also in this embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code provides information for specifying the format of the medication calendar 41 and the facility to be used, but all or part of these can be specified by the characters written on the base material 2. May be good.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 (b) and 10 to 12, as a second embodiment, a device that allows the user to visually know whether or not the drug packaging is in the proper position will be described. do.
In the second embodiment, the drug packaging band 50 as shown in FIG. 2B is used. In the drug packaging band 50, the information printing unit 10 on which the prescription information is printed is at the head, followed by the drug packaging arrangement information storage means 51, followed by a large number of drug packaging 52s.

The medicine package arrangement information storage means 51 is a symbol having a large number of squares. In the second embodiment, there are 33 squares. Some of these squares correspond to the drug storage unit 3. There are blank and filled squares other than the four corners.
The filled four corners are for allowing the computer 22 to recognize the position of the medicine package arrangement information storage unit 51 from the image of the medication calendar 55 taken by the photographing means 18.
The state of the squares other than the four corners is ON. Indicates OFF. In the second embodiment, the blank squares indicate ON, and the filled squares indicate OFF.
The state of the squares indicates whether or not to put the drug packaging 7 in the drug storage unit 3, and the filled squares indicate the drug storage unit 3 which should be empty.

The squares 1 to 28 of the medicine package arrangement information storage means 51 indicate whether or not to put the medicine package 7 in each of the 28 medicine storage units 3 of the medication calendar 55. Specifically, the square 1 of the medicine package placement information storage means 51 is the “monthly morning” of the medication calendar 55, and the square 2 of the medicine package placement information storage means 51 is the “monthly lunch” of the medication calendar 55. In the medicine package placement information storage means 51, the square 27 is the “daily night” of the medication calendar 55, and the square 28 of the medicine package placement information storage means 51 is the “daily before going to bed” of the medication calendar 55. Indicates whether or not to put the drug package 7 in the.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the drug packaging 52 adopted in the second embodiment also has the above-mentioned user identification display 11, the administration timing identification display 12, and the user usage specification pattern 15 printed on the drug packaging 52.
Then, in the drug packaging 52 adopted in the second embodiment, the drug storage unit designation display 60 and the graphic piece 61 are displayed in addition to the drug packaging 52. The figure piece 61 is a part of a specific figure such as a circle, a triangle, or a square.
The shape of the graphic piece 61 is different for each drug package 52.
It is desirable that the graphic piece 61 is printed by a drug packaging device.

The drug storage unit designation display 60 is a figure composed of a plurality of squares. In this embodiment, it is a 9th square.
In this embodiment, there are blank squares and filled squares. The squares display binary numbers. That is, the binary number is expressed by the filled squares and the blank squares. The drug storage unit designation display 60 is different for each drug package 7.

The medication calendar (drug set tool) 55 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is a personal medication calendar of the first form, and has the same configuration as that of the previous embodiment.
The dosing calendar 55 adopted in the second embodiment has an arrangement information installation pocket 57 in addition to the dosing calendar 55.
Further, a graphic piece 63 is displayed on each drug accommodating portion 3 as shown in FIG. The figure piece 63 is a part of a specific figure such as a circle, a triangle, or a square.
When the correct drug package 52 is inserted, the graphic piece 63 of each drug accommodating portion 3 has a specific shape in which the symbols match as shown in FIG. 12 (b).

Further, in the vicinity of each drug accommodating portion 3, a drug accommodating portion specific display 65 is described. The figure of the drug accommodating portion specific display 65 is the same as the drug accommodating unit designated display 60 of the drug packaging 52. Therefore, the drug accommodating unit specific display 65 is different for each drug accommodating unit 3.
The drug accommodating unit specific display 65 of each drug accommodating unit 3 is the same as the drug accommodating unit designated display 60 of the drug packaging 52 inserted therein.

In the second embodiment, the medicine package placement information storage means 51 is cut out and inserted into the placement information installation pocket 57 of the dosing calendar 55. The arrangement information installation pocket 57 is transparent, and the medicine package arrangement information storage means 51 can be visually recognized from the outside.
The drug package 52 is inserted into the corresponding drug container 3. Here, when the drug package 52 is arranged in the drug storage unit 3 that truly corresponds to the drug package 52, the graphic piece 61 of the drug package 52 and the graphic piece 63 of each drug storage unit 3 are combined to form a specific shape.
Further, since the figure of the drug accommodating part designation display 60 of the drug packaging 52 and the figure of the drug accommodating part specific display 65 of each drug accommodating unit 3 are the same, it is easy to understand the mistake.

In the second embodiment as well, as in the first embodiment, the imaging means 18 of the mobile terminal 20 is used to photograph the medication calendar 55 in which the drug package 52 is stored, and the medication calendar 55 is acquired from the headquarters device 21 by the comparison means 28. It is determined whether or not the position of the drug package 52 is correct by comparing the normal position information obtained.
In the second embodiment, in addition to the above determination method, the figure of the drug package arrangement information storage means 51 is recognized, and it is confirmed that the drug container 3 which should be originally in the vacant room state does not have the drug package 52.
That is, the camera (imaging means) 18 of the mobile terminal 20 is used to photograph the medication calendar 55 to which the drug package 52 is already attached. By taking a picture, the figure of the medicine package arrangement information storage means 51 is recognized, and the medicine storage unit 3 which should be in the vacant room state is confirmed.
Then, with reference to the information on the layout of each actual drug package 52 obtained from the captured image, it is confirmed whether or not the drug package 52 is present in the drug storage unit 3 which should be in a vacant room state.
If there is a drug package 52 in the drug storage unit 3, which should be in a vacant room, some error is displayed and notified.

Specifically, the camera (imaging means) 18 of the mobile terminal 20 is used to photograph the medication calendar 55 to which the drug package 52 is already attached. Here, the predetermined positions of the drug placement information storage means 51 and the base material 2 are set in the imaging range.
The mobile terminal 20 recognizes the figure of the medicine package arrangement information storage means 51 by photographing, and confirms the drug storage unit 3 that should be in a vacant room state and the drug storage unit 3 that should store the drug package 7. The positional relationship between each drug storage unit specific display 65 in the vicinity of each drug storage unit 3 and a predetermined position of the base material 2 is stored in advance in the storage means 25.
The mobile terminal 20 specifies the position of the drug accommodating portion identification display 65 attached in the vicinity of the drug accommodating portion 3 to accommodate the drug packaging 7 from the positional relationship on the photographed image. The mobile terminal 20 determines whether or not there is a drug accommodating unit designated display 60 having a shape corresponding to the display 65 in the vicinity of each specified drug accommodating unit specific display 65 on the captured image.
If there is a drug storage unit designation display 60 having a shape corresponding to the display 65 in the vicinity of each specified drug storage unit specific display 65, the mobile terminal 20 determines that the drug packaging is correctly stored, and must do so. If so, notify that the drug packaging is not properly contained.
Further, the mobile terminal 20 specifies the position of the drug accommodating unit identification display 65 attached in the vicinity of the drug accommodating unit 3 which should be in a vacant room state. The mobile terminal 20 notifies an error if there is any drug storage unit designation display 60 in the vicinity of each specified drug storage unit designation display 65 on the captured image.

Further, the computer 22 of the mobile terminal 20 analyzes the captured image and compares the figure of the drug accommodating portion designated display 60 of each drug packaging 52 with the figure of the drug accommodating portion specific display 65 of each drug accommodating unit 3. If they are not the same, some error is displayed.

In the second embodiment, the actual layout information of each drug package 52 obtained by photographing is compared with the normal position information acquired from the main device 21, and it is determined whether or not the position of the drug package 52 is correct. The layout comparison confirmation and the individual confirmation that compares the figure of the drug accommodating part designated display 60 of each drug packaging 52 with the figure of the drug accommodating part specific display 65 of each drug accommodating unit 3 are used together.
However, even if only individual confirmation is performed by comparing the figure of the drug accommodating portion designated display 60 of the individual drug packaging 52 with the figure of the drug accommodating portion specific display 65 of the individual drug accommodating unit 3, there is a considerable probability that the drug is used. It is possible to detect an incorrect insertion of the packaging 52.
In addition, there is a considerable probability that the drug package 52 will be misplaced only by the graphic recognition of the drug package arrangement information storage means 51 and the vacancy confirmation based on the actual layout information of each drug package 52 obtained from the captured image. Can be detected.

In the first embodiment and the second embodiment described above, information for specifying the user and the timing of administration is written in the two-dimensional bar code (user usage specification pattern 15) as the drug package specific information of the drug package 7. However, in addition to this, it is also recommended to write information related to the drug package / set tool related to the relationship between the drug package 7 and the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 to hold the drug package 7 (third). Embodiment).
For example, as information related to the drug package / set tool, information for specifying the medication calendar 1 for holding each drug package 7 is directly written on the two-dimensional bar code (user usage specific pattern 15) of the drug package 7. Specifically, the format of the dosing calendar 1 to which each drug package 7 should be held and the information that can identify who the dosing calendar 1 is for and when it is used are written. .. Alternatively, the medication calendar 1 may have a serial number or a code, and the information may be such that the number or the code of the medication calendar 1 to be held by each drug package 7 can be directly known. In short, the drug package / set tool-related information that can reach the medication calendar 1 in which the drug package 7 should be held is written in the two-dimensional bar code of the drug package 7.

Furthermore, the set position-related information related to the position of the drug package 7 to be held in the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 is also directly written on the two-dimensional bar code (user usage specific pattern 15) of the drug package 7. You may.
For example, among the information corresponding to the normal position information stored in the drug package arrangement information storage means 33 described above, the information regarding the position where the drug package should be stored is written in the two-dimensional bar code (user usage specific pattern 15). It has been.
For example, at what position of the base material 2 the drug package 7 is held, for example, how far the drug package 7 is held from a plurality of reference positions such as the upper side and the side side of the base material 2. It is written on a two-dimensional bar code.
Of course, the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information may be written in a barcode, code, character, or the like different from the user usage specific pattern 15.

According to this configuration (third embodiment), whether or not the drug package 7 is accurately housed in the direct dosing calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 without relying on the drug package arrangement information storage means 33 of the main device 21. Can be confirmed.

Also in the third embodiment, the user uses the photographing means 18 of the mobile terminal 20 to photograph the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 and the like in which the drug package 7 is stored. The imaging method is the same as in the above case, and as shown in FIG. 4B, the shutter is released in a state where each side of the medication calendar 1 substantially matches the frame 200. Alternatively, at the time of photographing, the predetermined reference position of the base material 2 is set as the photographing range so that it can be determined whether or not the positional relationship between the drug packaging 7 and the base material 2 corresponds to the normal position information. include.
For example, a large number of drug packages 7 are housed in the medication calendar 1, and a large number of drug packages 7 are photographed by the photographing means 18.
In the third embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code of each drug package 7 photographed is individually analyzed, and the drug package is based on the information for identifying the medication calendar included in the drug package / set tool-related information of each drug package 7. Identify the dosing calendar that should contain 7.
On the other hand, the medication calendar that actually accommodates the drug package 7 is specified from the set tool identification display 17 of the medication calendar being photographed. Then, the two are compared to determine whether or not each drug package 7 is contained in the correct dosing calendar.

Further, in the third embodiment, the two-dimensional bar code of each drug package 7 photographed is individually analyzed to identify the position of the drug package 7 to be held in the medication calendar 1.
On the other hand, the position of the drug package 7 with respect to the base material 2 is detected from the captured image. Then, the two are compared to determine whether or not each drug package 7 is housed in the correct position.

In the third embodiment, the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the drug package 7, and the drug package / set tool-related information is the drug set tool 1, which should hold the drug package 7. The set position-related information is a drug placement confirmation system that includes information that identifies 40, 41, 55 and includes information on the position of the drug package that should be held in the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55.

In the third embodiment, since the drug package specific information is not used for determining whether or not the drug package 7 is housed in the correct drug container 3 of the correct medication calendar 1, the user usage specific pattern 15 includes the drug. Packaging specific information may not be included.

Information related to the drug package / set tool related to the relationship between the drug package 7 and the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 to hold the drug package 7 may be attached to the medication calendar 1 side. That is, information as to which drug package 7 should be held by the dosing calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 may be attached to any part of the dosing calendar 1. For example, it may be written on the two-dimensional bar code of the set tool identification display 17 (fourth embodiment).
The set position-related information related to the position of the drug package 7 may also be attached to the medication calendar 1 side.

That is, which drug package 7 is held at which position of the medication calendar 1, 40, 41, 55 may be attached to any part of the medication calendar 1. As specific information, information in which the drug packaging specific information and the position information are associated with each other may be attached to any part of the medication calendar 1. For example, it may be written on the two-dimensional bar code of the set tool identification display 17.
When the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the medication calendar 1, each drug package 7 is stored in the correct position by collating with the drug package specific information provided in the drug package 7. Determine if it is.
In this case, it is not necessary to attach the set tool specific information to the medication calendar. Further, the medicine package / set tool-related information may not include information for specifying the medication calendar to which the medicine package / set tool-related information is attached. At least, it is sufficient that the information related to the medicine package / set tool has information for specifying the medicine package 7 to be accommodated in the medication calendar.

In the fourth embodiment, the medicine package / set tool related information and the set position related information are attached to the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55, and the medicine package / set tool related information is attached to the medication calendar 1, 40, The set position-related information is a drug placement confirmation system that includes information on the position of the drug package to be held in the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55, and includes information for identifying the drug package 7 to be held in 41, 55. be.

Either one of the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information may be attached to the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55, and the other may be attached to the medicine package 7 side.

Further, the headquarters device 21 may be utilized as in the first embodiment.
The drug placement confirmation system of the fifth embodiment makes the information related to the drug package / set tool written on the two-dimensional bar code of the drug package 7 simpler, and searches for the drug package / set tool related information of the drug package 7. As a key, the corresponding medication calendar is specified from the medicine package arrangement information storage means 33 of the headquarters device 21.
On the other hand, the medication calendar that actually accommodates the drug package 7 is specified from the set tool identification display 17 of the medication calendar being photographed. Then, the two are compared to determine whether or not each drug package 7 is contained in the correct dosing calendar.

Further, the set position-related information to be written in the two-dimensional bar code of the drug package 7 is made simpler, and the set position-related information is used as a search key from the drug package arrangement information storage means 33 of the headquarters device 21 to the base material 2 of the drug package 7. Read the position with respect to.
On the other hand, the position of the drug package 7 with respect to the base material 2 is detected from the captured image. Then, the two are compared to determine whether or not each drug package 7 is housed in the correct position.

The drug placement confirmation system of the fifth embodiment includes the medicine package placement information storage means 33, and the medicine package 7 and the medicine package 7 are held in the medicine package placement information storage means 33. The combination information of 55 and the relative positions of the drug packaging 7 and the drug setting tools 1, 40, 41, 55 held in the drug setting tools 1, 40, 41, 55 are stored.
In the fifth embodiment, the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the medicine package 7, and the medicine package placement information storage means is based on the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information. This is a drug placement confirmation system in which information is read out from 33.
Further, in the fifth embodiment, the medicine package / set tool related information and the set position related information are attached to the medicine package 7, and the medicine package placement information is stored based on the medicine package / set tool related information and the set position related information. This is a drug placement confirmation system in which information is read out from the means 33.
Further, it can be said that the fifth embodiment determines whether or not each drug package 7 is housed in the correct position based on the set tool specific display and the drug package specific information.

Further, as in the first embodiment, the headquarters device 21 may be utilized to attach the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information to the medication calendar 1 side (sixth embodiment).
For example, the medicine package / set tool-related information written in the two-dimensional bar code of the medication calendar 1 is made simpler, and the medicine package / set tool-related information of the medication calendar 1 is used as a search key to store the medicine package arrangement information of the headquarters device 21. The drug package 7 to be retained is specified from the means 33.

Further, the set position-related information to be written in the two-dimensional bar code of the medication calendar 1 is made simpler, and the set position-related information is used as a search key from the medicine package arrangement information storage means 33 of the headquarters device 21 to the base material 2 of the drug package 7. Read the position with respect to.
On the other hand, the position of the drug package 7 with respect to the base material 2 is detected from the captured image. Then, the two are compared to determine whether or not each drug package 7 is housed in the correct position.

Also in the sixth embodiment, there is a drug package arrangement information storage means 33, and the combination information of the drug package and the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 in which the drug package and the drug package are held in the drug package arrangement information storage means 33, and the drug. The relative positions of the drug packaging 7 held by the set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 and the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 are stored.
In the sixth embodiment, the medicine package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information are attached to the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55, and are based on the drug package / set tool-related information and the set position-related information. This is a drug placement confirmation system in which information is read out from the drug package placement information storage means 33.

Even when the headquarters device 21 is used, one of the medicine package / set tool related information and the set position related information is attached to the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55, and the other is attached to the medicine package 7 side. May be good.
Further, either the medicine package / set tool-related information or the set position-related information may be simple.

Furthermore, the drug packaging 7 and the medication calendar 1 are not provided with the drug packaging / set tool-related information or the set position-related information, and the drug packaging 7 is simply provided with the drug packaging specific information that identifies each drug packaging 7. , The medication calendar 1 may be provided with a set tool identification display 17, and necessary information may be read out from the medicine package arrangement information storage means 33 using these as search keys (seventh embodiment).

For example, using the drug package specific information of each drug package 7 or the identifier of the drug package 7 read from the user usage specific pattern 15 two-dimensional bar code as a search key, the drug from the drug package arrangement information storage means 33 of the headquarters device 21 Read package / set tool related information and set position related information.
Alternatively, the medication calendar 1 uses the identifier indicating the specific medication calendar 1 read from the two-dimensional bar code, which is the set tool identification display 17, as a search key, and the medication package / Read the set tool related information and set position related information.

In the seventh embodiment, for example, the drug package 7 may have a configuration in which the drug package specific information, which is an identifier for identifying each drug package 7, is simply attached. In the seventh embodiment, the identifier of each drug package 7 is read by photographing by the photographing means 18. Since the drug package 7 is specified by the above-mentioned identifier, the medication calendar 1 to hold the drug package 7 corresponding to the identifier is specified from the drug package arrangement information storage means 33 for each photographed drug package 7, and the medication is further administered. Information regarding the layout in which each drug package 7 is correctly housed in the corresponding drug container 3 of the calendar 1 (regular position information) is acquired from the drug package arrangement information storage means 33.
Further, the medication calendar 1 has a set tool identification display 17 which is an identifier of the drug set tool. In the seventh embodiment, the medication calendar 1 specified for each drug package 7 is compared with the photographed medication calendar set tool identification display 17, and the relationship between the drug package 7 and the medication calendar 1 is confirmed.
Furthermore, by comparing the actual layout of each drug package obtained from the captured image with the normal position information acquired from the drug package arrangement information storage means 33, is each drug package 7 housed in the correct position? Judge whether or not.

In the seventh embodiment, the drug packaging specific information for specifying the drug package 7 is attached to the visible position of the drug package 7, and the drug setting tools 1, 40, 41, 55 are provided with the drug at the visible position. A set tool identification display 17 including information for specifying the set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 is attached.
Also in the seventh embodiment, there is a medicine package placement information storage means 33, and the combination information of the medicine package 7 and the medicine set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 in which the medicine package 7 and the medicine package 7 are held in the medicine package placement information storage means 33, The relative positions of the drug packaging 7 held by the drug setting tools 1, 40, 41, 55 and the drug setting tools 1, 40, 41, 55 are stored.
In the seventh embodiment, the state in which each drug package 7 is housed in the drug container 3 of the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 can be photographed by the photographing means 18, and the photographed drug package specific information and the photographed drug package specific information are obtained. Information is read from the medicine package arrangement information storage means 33 based on the set tool identification display 17, and is held in the drug set tools 1, 40, 41, 55 photographed in comparison with the position of the photographed drug package 7. This is a drug placement confirmation system for determining whether or not each drug package 7 is correctly housed at a position corresponding to the user of the regular drug set tool and the timing of administration.

One of the medicine package / set tool related information and the set position related information uses the identifier of the set tool identification display 17 attached to the medication calendars 1, 40, 41, 55 as a search key, and arranges the medicine package of the headquarters device 21. It may be read from the information storage means 33, and the other may be read from the medicine package arrangement information storage means 33 of the headquarters device 21 using the drug package specific information (for example, an identifier) of the drug package 7 as a search key (8th implementation). form).

In the first to eighth embodiments described above, the dosing calendar 1 and the like are associated with the drug packaging 7 and the like attached to the set tool identification display 17 and the drug package / set tool-related information, but it is simpler. As a measure, the set tool identification display 17 and the drug package / set tool related information are eliminated, and it is determined whether or not the drug package 7 is correctly housed in the proper position only by the set position related information. May be good.
As a method of checking that the drug package 7 is housed in the correct drug storage unit 3, there is the following method (9th embodiment).
In the ninth embodiment, the set position-related information is provided on the drug packaging 7 side. The set position-related information indicates at which position of the base material 2 the drug package 7 is held, for example, how far the drug package 7 is from a plurality of reference positions such as the upper side and the side side of the base material 2. It is position information indicating whether or not it is retained.

The set position-related information is not limited to the position information, and may be, for example, specifically specifying the drug accommodating portion 3 such as the medication calendar 1. For example, as in the drug packaging 7 of a-1 and a-2 in FIG. 14, the set position-related information 70 is the matrix shape (matrix) of the medication calendar such as “2nd row 2nd” or “2: 2”. It is a character or symbol that means (shape). Here, "2nd row, 2nd" and "2: 2" mean the second row from the top of the medication calendar and the second column from the left. For example, in the case of the medication calendar 1 in FIG. 1, Tuesday. The drug accommodating section 3 in which the drug package 7 for daytime is accommodated is shown. Further, in the case of the medication calendar 40 for a large number of people as shown in FIG. 6, the drug storage unit 3 in which the drug package 7 to be taken by Hayada in the daytime is housed is shown. Similarly, in the medication calendar 41 of FIG. 8, the drug storage unit 3 in which the drug package 7 to be taken by Yamamoto is housed is shown.

Since it is sufficient that the drug accommodating portion 3 is specified, the set position-related information 70 may be a number as shown in FIGS. 14 (b-1) and 14 (b-2), for example. The number is, for example, a number indicating a position when the drug storage unit 3 of the medication calendar is numbered in order.
For example, the set position-related information 70 is No. 6, and in the case of the medication calendar 1 of FIG. 1, for example, the drug storage unit 3 in which the drug package 7 for noon on Tuesday is housed is shown. Further, in the case of the medication calendar 40 for a large number of people as shown in FIG. 6, the drug storage unit 3 in which the drug package 7 to be taken by Hayada in the daytime is housed is shown.
The set position-related information 70 may be a barcode as shown in c of FIG. 14, for example. In addition, characters such as "Tuesday morning" may be used as set position-related information.

Also in the ninth embodiment, the imaging means 18 of the mobile terminal 20 is used to photograph the medication calendar 1 in which the drug package 7 is stored.
Then, information on the actual layout of each drug package is acquired from the captured video. Then, it is confirmed whether or not each drug package 7 is in the position according to the set position related information 70.
In the ninth embodiment, the suitability of the medication calendar cannot be determined, but it can be determined whether or not the drug package 7 is in the correct position.

In the ninth embodiment, the set position-related information 70 related to the position of the drug package 7 to be held by the drug set tool 1 is attached to the visible position of the drug package 7, and each drug package is attached by the photographing means. It is possible to take a picture of the state in which 7 is housed in the drug accommodating portion 3 of the drug set tool 1, and it is held in the photographed drug set tool 1 according to the photographed set position related information 70 and the position of the photographed drug package. This is a drug placement confirmation system for determining whether or not each of the drug packages 7 is correctly housed in the drug set tool 1.

In the first to ninth embodiments described above, the imaging is performed on the entire medication calendar 1 as one screen, but the medication calendar 1 may be divided into areas for imaging. For example, each row and each column may be photographed in turn. Moreover, you may take a picture for each drug accommodating part. For example, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 13, the shooting proceeds in a jagged pattern.
In any case, shooting is performed in a preset order, and the normal position information acquired from the headquarters device 21 is compared with the preset order.

1,40,41,55 Dosing calendar (drug set tool)
3 Drug storage section 7, 52 Drug packaging 11 User specific display 12 Dosing timing specific display 15 User usage specific pattern 16 Drug placement confirmation system 17 Set tool specific display 18 Camera (photographing means)
20 Mobile terminal 21 Headquarters device 22 Computer 27 Computer 28 Comparison means 51 Medicine package placement information storage means 57 Placement information installation pocket 60 Drug storage unit designated display 61 Graphic piece 63 Graphic piece 65 Drug storage unit specific display 70 Set position related information

Claims (2)

It has a drug set tool that holds a plurality of drug packages, a photographing means, and a computer.
In the drug package, the drug to be taken by a specific user is packaged for each dose.
The drug setting tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions, and the plurality of drug accommodating portions are distributed in a plane to hold a drug package corresponding to the drug accommodating portion and the administration timing. ,
The drug package is provided with set position-related information related to the position of the drug package to be held in the drug set tool.
It is possible to photograph the state in which each drug package is housed in the drug container of the drug set by the photographing means, and the photographed set position-related information and the position of the photographed drug package with respect to the drug set are photographed. A drug placement confirmation system, characterized in that the computer determines whether or not each drug package held in the drug set tool is correctly housed in the drug set tool. The set position-related information is one of the following, and whether or not each drug package is in the position according to the set position-related information by acquiring the information on the actual layout of the plurality of drug storage units from the captured video. The drug placement confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the drug is placed.
(1) Information indicating how far the drug package to be held is from a predetermined reference position of the drug set tool.
(2) Information in which the drug accommodating parts of the drug set tool are arranged in a matrix shape and indicate a specific position in the matrix shape.
(3) Information indicating the order of the drug accommodating parts in the drug setting tool.

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