JP7113413B2 - Drug dispensing device, powdered drug weighing device and drug packaging system - Google Patents

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug dispensing device, and more particularly to a drug dispensing device with a dispensing tray for dispensing powdered drugs.

The present invention also relates to a powder medicine weighing device capable of weighing a predetermined amount of powder medicine. The present invention also relates to a medicine packaging system for packaging a powdered medicine for each dose.

Large hospitals and large-scale pharmacies have introduced drug dispensers having a function of packaging powdered drugs. A conventional drug dispensing device has a structure as disclosed in Patent Document 1, and is a combination of a distribution plate and a powder feeder.
The task of dispensing powdered medicines using conventional drug dispensing devices is performed by pharmacists operating the devices according to the doctor's prescription. That is, the pharmacist confirms the doctor's prescription and takes out the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powdered medicine from the medicine cabinet. A scale, such as a scale, is then used to determine the total weight of the prescribed powdered drug.

Then, the weighed powdered medicine is put into the feeding hopper of the powder feeder, and the trough of the powder feeder is vibrated. Also, the distribution plate is rotated at a constant number of revolutions.
The powdered medicine charged into the charging hopper falls into the trough of the powder feeder, and the vibration of the trough causes the powdered medicine to slowly move to the tip side and drop into the grooves of the distribution tray.

On the other hand, since the distribution tray rotates at a predetermined speed, the powdered medicine falling from the trough is evenly dispersed in the grooves of the distribution tray.
When the powdered medicine has finished dropping onto the distribution tray, the rotation of the distribution tray is temporarily stopped. And after that, the disk of the scraper is dropped into the groove of the distribution dish. After that, the distribution plate is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of distributed medicines, and the powdered medicine is collected on the front side of the disk by a predetermined angle. Then, the disk is rotated, and the scraping plate scrapes out the powdered medicine at a predetermined angle from the distribution tray and throws it into the packaging hopper. The powder medicine that has fallen from the packaging hopper is packaged by a packaging device.

Here, the present applicant has developed a drug dispensing device that automates the work of taking out a medicine bottle containing a desired powdered medicine from a medicine cabinet and the work of weighing out a predetermined amount of powdered medicine from the medicine bottle, and disclosed it in Patent Document 2. .
The drug dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes a container storage unit that stores a plurality of drug containers, and a robot (container moving means). Further, there is a container placing device around the distribution plate. The container placement device has a function of vibrating the drug container to discharge powdered medicine from the drug container and a function of monitoring the weight of the drug container.
In the drug dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2, a drug container filled with powdered medicine that matches a doctor's prescription is selected from drug containers stored in a container storage unit, and the drug container is taken out by a robot and placed on a container placing device. place.
Then, the powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container by vibrating the container placing device, and the weight of the medicine container is monitored, thereby indirectly monitoring the weight of the powdered medicine discharged from the medicine container.
When a predetermined amount of powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container, the scraping device is driven to scrape the powdered medicine out of the distribution tray, and the packaging device packs the powdered medicine.

Patent Literatures 3 and 4 disclose V-box-type drug packaging devices.

JP-A-2000-85703 WO2015/076266 A1 JP-A-9-104402 JP-A-10-258111

Since the medicine dispensing device is a device for handling medicines taken by patients, it is not allowed to have dirt such as dust inside. In addition, it is not allowed to mix other medicines with the medicines that should be taken. Specifically, it is not allowed that the medicine from the previous packaging operation remains on the distribution tray and the previous medicine is mixed with the medicine to be divided and packaged this time.
Here, the drug dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a built-in robot, and the robot takes out a drug container and places it on the container placing device.
Since robots move automatically, they are dangerous when workers approach them. Therefore, the drug dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is entirely covered with a housing, and machinery including a robot is built in the housing. Therefore, it is difficult for workers to reach the distribution plate and its surroundings. Therefore, it is difficult to clean the medicine dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 2.

An object of the present invention is to improve the drug dispensing device of the prior art, and to develop a drug dispensing device capable of automatically cleaning the inside.

One aspect of the present invention, which has been developed to solve the above problems, is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powdered medicine from a drug container, divides it into a predetermined number, and packs and discharges it individually. There is a container arrangement area, a medicine division area, and a medicine packaging area . A container storage device for setting and storing containers is provided, and in the drug division area, a distribution dish provided with drug input grooves and rotated by power, and a scraper for scraping powdered drugs input into the distribution tray from the drug input grooves. In a drug dispensing device provided with a device and a container mounting device on which a drug container is placed and acts on the drug container to discharge the drug from the drug container , a region extending from the container arrangement region to the drug dividing region The arranged container moving means is provided, and the container moving means takes out a predetermined medicine container from the container storage device in the container arrangement area, places it on the container placing device in the medicine dividing area, and discharges the medicine from the medicine container. The powdered medicine is put into the medicine feeding groove of the distribution tray, and the powdered medicine put into the distribution tray by the scraping device is scraped out from the medicine feeding groove and dropped to the medicine packing area side, and the discharged medicine container is moved by the container moving means to the container arrangement area The container moving means is provided with a cleaning tool and/or dust collecting means, and the container moving means is operated to move the container arrangement area and the medicine dividing area. The medicine dispensing device is characterized in that the cleaning tool is brought into contact with the equipment, the cleaning tool is replaced by the nozzle part of a vacuum cleaner, and suction is performed to clean the inside of the front door .
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powdered medicine from a drug container, divides it into a predetermined number, and individually packs and discharges it. There are a container arrangement area, a medicine division area, and a medicine packaging area, and a container storage device for storing a plurality of medicine containers is provided in the container arrangement area, and a medicine introduction groove is provided in the medicine division area. a distribution tray that is rotated by power, a scraping device that scrapes out the powdered medicine put into the distribution tray from the drug feeding groove, and a drug container on which the drug container is placed and acts on the drug container to discharge the drug from the drug container. In a drug dispensing device provided with a container placing device that allows the container to be placed in the drug dividing area, a container moving means is provided, and the container moving means takes out a predetermined drug container from the container storage device in the container arrangement area and places it on the container placing device in the drug dividing area. Then, the drug is discharged from the drug container and put into the drug feeding groove of the distribution tray, and the powdered drug fed into the distribution tray is scraped out from the drug feeding groove by the scraping device and dropped to the drug packing area side, and discharged. A drug delivery device capable of returning the finished drug container to the container storage device in the container placement area by a container moving means, wherein the container moving means is provided with dust collecting means and/or a cleaning tool. is.

In the above aspect, it is preferable that the container moving means has the dust collecting means, and the dust collecting means is moved by the container moving means and collects dust and drug powder floating in the air.

In the above aspect, it is desirable that the container moving means has the dust collecting means, and that the inside of the medicine dispensing device can be cleaned by the dust collecting means.

In each of the above-described modes, the cleaning tool can be held by the container moving means, and the inside of the drug dispensing device can be cleaned by operating the container moving means to bring the cleaning tool into contact with the internal equipment. It is desirable to have

In each aspect described above, the container placing device vibrates the drug container, and the drug container may have a drug discharge part for discharging the drug inside and a drug filling port for filling the drug inside. desirable.

In each of the above aspects, the container mounting device vibrates the drug container, and the drug container has a drug discharge part for discharging the drug inside and a drug filling port for filling the drug inside, The drug filling port is located above the drug discharge part with respect to the posture of the drug container installed on the container mounting device, and the height of the drug filling port and the drug discharge is within the drug container. It is desirable that a sieve portion is provided at a height position between the portions.

In each of the above-described embodiments, a solid drug feeder containing a solid drug and discharging a desired number of solid drugs is provided, and a drug inlet connected to a drug packaging area is provided. It is desirable to be able to input

In each aspect described above, a plurality of solid drug feeders containing solid drugs and discharging a desired number of solid drugs are provided, and the solid drug feeders are arranged at predetermined positions, and the drug inlet is connected to the drug packaging area. There is a solid medicine moving means for moving the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder, and the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder can be moved by the solid medicine moving means and put into the medicine inlet. is desirable.

In each of the above-described modes, the device has a distribution tray loading container placing device that acts on the drug container to discharge the drug from the drug container and loads the drug into the drug loading groove of the distribution tray. It is possible to discharge one dose at a time from a drug container by using a container placing device or by separately providing a container placing device dedicated to minority dispensing and using the container placing device dedicated to minority dispensing. is desirable.

A preferred embodiment of the powdered medicine weighing device is a powdered medicine weighing device for taking out a predetermined amount of powdered medicine from a medicine container, comprising a medicine discharging means for acting on the medicine container to discharge the powdered medicine from the medicine container, and a powdered medicine discharged from the medicine container. The temporary container is placed on the measuring means, the amount of powdered medicine discharged from the drug container is monitored by the measuring means, and a desired amount of powdered medicine is discharged from the drug container by the drug discharging means. A powder medicine weighing device characterized in that the powder medicine is discharged and put into a temporary container.

Desirable modes of the powdered drug weighing device include drug discharging means for acting on the drug container to discharge the powdered drug from the drug container, a temporary container for receiving the powdered drug discharged from the drug container, weighing means, and a temporary container for transporting the temporary container. A transport means is provided, the temporary container is placed on the measuring means, the amount of the powdered medicine discharged from the drug container is monitored by the measuring means, and a desired amount of the powdered medicine is discharged from the drug container by the drug discharging means into the temporary container. A powdered drug weighing device is characterized in that a powdered drug is charged and the temporary container is moved by a temporary container conveying means.

In each aspect of the powdered drug weighing device described above, the drug container has a powdered drug storage section for storing the powdered drug and a powdered drug discharge section for discharging the powdered drug, and part or all of the drug discharge means is provided in the drug container, It is desirable to remove the powdered drug from the powdered drug discharge by actuating the drug discharge means within the drug container.

In each aspect of the powdered medicine weighing device described above, it is preferable that the medicine discharging means has an external force applying means for applying an external force to the medicine container, and the medicine discharging means applies an external force to the medicine container to discharge the powdered medicine.

In each aspect of the powdered drug weighing device described above, the drug container has a powdered drug storage section for storing the powdered drug and a powdered drug discharge section for discharging the powdered drug, and the drug discharge means is vibration means for vibrating the drug container installation section. Preferably, the weight measuring means indirectly monitors the weight of the powdered medicine transferred to the temporary container from the change in the weight of the medicine container.

A preferred form of the powdered drug weighing device includes a drug discharging device that acts on the drug container to discharge the powdered drug from the drug container, a temporary container that receives the powdered drug discharged from the drug container, a weighing device, and a temporary container that transports the temporary container. A transportation means is provided, the temporary container is placed on a weighing scale, the amount of powdered medicine discharged from the medicine container is monitored by the weighing scale, and a desired amount of powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container by a medicine discharging device into the temporary container. A powdered drug weighing device is characterized in that a powdered drug is charged and the temporary container is moved by a temporary container conveying means.

Another embodiment has the powdered drug weighing device described above and a drug packaging device that divides the drug into a desired number of pieces and individually packages them, and manually or automatically dispenses the powdered drug in the temporary container into the drug packing device. It is a medicine packaging system characterized in that it can be put into the.

According to the drug dispensing device of the present invention, the inside can be automatically cleaned. Therefore, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from entering the drug package.

1 is a perspective view of a drug dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a transparent perspective view of the housing of the main unit of FIG. 1; FIG. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the container moving device shown in Figure 2; FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an enlarged medicine dividing region of FIG. 2; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a drug container and a container placing device employed in the drug dispensing device of FIG. 1, showing a state where the drug container is placed on the container placing device; 6 is a cross-sectional view of the drug container shown in FIG. 5, (a) showing a state in which the lid member is open, and (b) showing a state in which the lid member is closed; FIG. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a container moving apparatus. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another example of the container moving device; 1 is a cross-sectional view of an example of a drug container; FIG. The right figure of (a) is a schematic representation of the AA cross section of the drug container of FIG. The figure is a schematic diagram corresponding to the AA cross section of the drug container of another embodiment, and the left figure is the arrow view thereof. Fig. 10 is still another embodiment of the drug container, in which (a) shows a state in which the cover member is open, (b) shows a state in which the cover member is closed, and (c) conceptually shows the drug discharge section on the left side thereof. FIG. 10D is a side view conceptually showing the medicine discharging part on the right side of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which planarly viewed and displayed the drug delivery device of other embodiment of this invention typically. 1 is a perspective view of a solid drug feeder discharging solid drugs; FIG. Figure 14 is an exploded perspective view of the solid drug feeder of Figure 13; 1 is a perspective view of a manual sowing device; FIG. It is the perspective view which showed typically the drug delivery device of other embodiment. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a powdered drug feeder; FIG. It is the perspective view which showed typically the drug delivery device of other embodiment. It is the perspective view which showed typically the drug delivery device of other embodiment. 1 is a perspective view of a drug packaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a drug packaging system according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a drug packaging system according to still another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a drug packaging system according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

Embodiments of the present invention will be further described below.
The medicine dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment is based on the medicine dispensing device for which the present applicant filed a patent application in the past, and various improvements have been added thereto.
Prior to explaining the added improvements, the basic configuration of the medicine dispensing device 1 will be explained.
The drug dispensing device 1 of this embodiment includes a housing 10 constituting a main body and an operation display section 3 as shown in FIG.
A large number of drug containers 4 are accommodated in the drug dispensing device 1 . Each drug container 4 is filled with a powdered drug. The medicine dispensing device 1 selects a desired medicine container 4 by operating the operation display unit 3, automatically takes out the powdered medicine contained in the medicine container 4, weighs it, divides it into a predetermined number, and packs it. It is a device.

Various devices are built in the housing 10 of the drug dispensing device 1 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the interior of the housing 10 is divided into a container arrangement area 12, a medicine division area 13, and a medicine packaging area .

As shown in FIG. 1, a door portion 16 is provided in a portion forming the outer wall surface of the container placement area 12 of the housing 10 .
The door portion 16 is a container loading/unloading opening for loading/unloading the drug container 4 into/from the housing 10 .

As shown in FIG. 2, container storage section 23 for holding drug container 4 is provided in container placement area 12 of housing 10 .
The container storage section 23 has a drum member 25 installed in an upright position. A drum member 25 is rotatable around a longitudinally extending rotating shaft.

A plurality of container installation portions are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drum member 25, and the drug containers 4 are held in these container installation portions.

A container moving means 28 is provided in an area from the container placement area 12 to the medicine dividing area 13 . The container moving means 28 is a kind of robot, and has a structure including an arm portion 30 and an elevating mechanism 31. The elevating mechanism 31 allows the arm portion 30 to move in the vertical direction. That is, the container moving means 28 is a kind of robot and has an arm section 30 as a robot arm.

As shown in FIG. 3, the arm portion 30 includes a trunk arm member 45 attached to the lifting platform 43 of the lifting mechanism 31, an intermediate arm member 46 attached to the distal end side of the trunk arm member 45, and an intermediate arm member. It has a structure having a hand portion 47 attached to the distal end side of 46 .

The main arm member 45 is attached to the lift table 43 via a vertical shaft (not shown), and is horizontally rotatable about the lift table 43 .
The intermediate arm member 46 is also attached to the tip of the basic arm member 45 via a vertical shaft (not shown), and is horizontally rotatable about the tip of the basic arm member 45 .

The hand portion 47 is roughly composed of a main portion 48 and a container holding portion 55 , which are integrally attached via a mounting bracket 56 .
The base portion 48 is attached to the tip of the intermediate arm member 46 via a vertical shaft (not shown), and is horizontally rotatable around the tip of the intermediate arm member 46 .

The container holding portion 55 has an electromagnet (not shown) for attracting the drug container 4 .

In the drug dividing area 13, as shown in FIG. 4, a distribution tray 35, a container placing device (medicine discharging means) 36, and a scraper are placed in a space behind the front door 34 (see FIG. 1). Dispensing device 37 , cleaning device 38 , medicine inlet 39 , and camera member (photographing device) 40 are provided.
In the medicine division area 13, a device for dividing the medicine into a desired number by a distribution dish method is arranged.
In this embodiment, two distribution plates 35 are installed in parallel in the medicine division area 13 .
The number of distribution trays 35 is not limited and may be one, but it is desirable to have a plurality of distribution trays 35 .

Around each distribution tray 35, a container placing device 36, a scraping device 37, and a cleaning device 38 are provided. Specifically, one distribution tray 35 is associated with three container placing devices 36 , one scraping device 37 , and one cleaning device 38 .

The scraping device 37 is composed of a scraping arm 26 and a scraping mechanism 27 provided at the tip of the scraping arm 26 . The scraping mechanism 27 has a disk-shaped scraping plate 57 and a scraping plate 58 that are rotated by power.

Around the distribution tray 35 and between the two distribution trays 35, there is provided a medicine inlet 39 for supplying powdered medicine to the medicine packaging area 14 one packet at a time. 2 and 3, the drug inlet 39 is provided with a lid 17. As shown in FIG. A lid 17 is provided. The lid 17 is automatically opened when the drug is put into the drug inlet 39. - 特許庁

The distribution plate 35 is provided with an annularly continuous medicine injection groove 32 . The distribution plate 35 can be rotated by a rotation mechanism (not shown).

The container placing device 36 includes a vibration table 50 and weight measuring means (weighing means) 52, as shown in FIG. A vibrating means 51 is provided on the vibrating table 50 , and the vibrating table 50 vibrates by energizing the vibrating means 51 .

The vibrating table 50 is provided with container holding means for holding the drug container 4 . In addition, in this embodiment, a magnet (electromagnet, not shown) is employed as the container holding means.

The weight measuring means (discharge amount detecting means) 52 measures the weight of the drug container 4 directly or indirectly.

In this embodiment, it is possible to place the drug container 4 on the container placing device 36 and vibrate the drug container 4 to discharge the powdered drug contained in the drug container 4 to the distribution tray 35 . The weight measuring means 52 can detect the change in the weight of the medicine container 4 accompanying the discharge of the powdered medicine. In this embodiment, the weight measuring means 52 functions as a discharged amount detecting means, and the discharged amount of the powdered medicine is detected by the change in the weight of the drug container 4 .

The medicine packaging area 14 is provided with a known medicine packaging device 53 and printing means.
The drug packaging device 53 is a machine for packaging drugs one by one, and is formed by a sheet feeding device and a sealing device. That is, the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is formed into a bag shape to prepare a sachet, and the powdered medicine supplied from the medicine dividing area 13 is sealed in the prepared sachet by a sealing device for each dose. , packaging.
The printing means is a machine for printing predetermined information on the packaging bag.

The drug container 4 is a container having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape, and can contain powdered drugs therein. The drug container 4 is composed of a container body 6 and a lid 190 as shown in FIGS. The lid 190 can be removed from the container body 6 . In this embodiment, the lid 190 is removed from the container main body 6, one end side of the container main body 6 is opened wide, and powdered medicine is filled.
Also, as shown in FIG. 6A, the lid 190 can be opened to partially open. An opening 188 formed by opening the lid 190 allows the powdered medicine inside to be discharged.
Iron plates 182 and 183 are attached to two different surfaces of the medicine container 4, respectively. The iron plate 183 provided on one surface is a portion that is attracted to the magnet of the arm portion 30 when the drug container 4 is held by the arm portion 30 . Further, the iron plate 182 provided on the other surface is a portion for attracting the electromagnet 41 of the container mounting device 36 when installed on the container mounting device 36, which will be described later.

Next, the basic operation of the medicine dispensing device 1 of this embodiment will be described.
The drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment receives information on a prescription, and based on the information, can carry out a packaging operation of packaging powdered medicine for each dose.

That is, the medicine dispensing device 1 performs an operation of storing the medicine container 4 in the container storage part 23, an operation of taking out the medicine container 4 from the container storage part 23, an operation of moving the taken out medicine container 4 to the vicinity of the distribution tray 35, and 4 on the container placing device 36, the operation of putting a predetermined amount of medicine into the distribution tray 35, the operation of supplying the medicine from the distribution tray 35 to the medicine packaging device 53 by doses, and the medicine container 4 as a container. The operation of returning to the storage unit 23 is automatically performed. These operations are operations controlled by a control unit (not shown).

As a preparatory step, drug containers 4 are filled with powdered medicine, and some of them are attached to the container storage section 23 of the container placement area 12 .

The medicine dispensing device 1 of this embodiment receives information on prescriptions and automatically performs packing operations based on the information.

That is, in the medicine dispenser 1 of this embodiment, the medicine container 4 filled with the required powdered medicine is selected based on the information on the prescription, and the necessary medicine container 4 is loaded from the container storage section 23 by the container moving means 28 . It is transported to the placement device 36 .
The medicine container 4 is held by the electromagnet 41 built in the vibration table 50 .
Subsequently, a current of a constant frequency is applied to the vibrating means 51 to generate vibration, and the vibrating table 50 is vibrated by this vibration.
In addition, the distribution plate 35 is rotated before and after the start of vibration.

The weight of the drug container 4 is measured by the weight measuring means 52 before and after the start of vibration. The weight of the drug container 4 is obtained by subtracting a certain value from the weight detected by the weight measuring means 52 . More specifically, the weight of the drug container 4 is obtained by subtracting the weight of the members above the weight measuring means 52 of the container placing device 36 from the weight detected by the weight measuring means 52 .
The weight of the drug container 4 immediately after being placed on the shaking table 50 is stored as the original weight G. Also, the weight of the medicine container 4 is constantly monitored. That is, the current weight of the drug container 4 is monitored as the current weight g.

When the vibrating table 50 starts vibrating, the drug container 4 vibrates. Here, in this embodiment, the medicine container 4 is firmly joined to the vibration table 50 by the electromagnet 41, and the degree of close contact with the vibration table 50 is high. Vibrate. As a result, the powdered medicine stored in the medicine container 4 slowly moves toward the opening 188, is discharged from the opening 188, and falls.

The fact that the powdered medicine is falling is confirmed by the weight of the medicine container 4 decreasing. Also, the amount of powdered medicine discharged is detected by the weight measuring means 52 . That is, in this embodiment, the current weight (current weight g) of the medicine container 4 is continuously monitored by the weight measuring means 52 even while the powdered medicine is falling from the opening 188 of the medicine container 4 . The original weight G of the drug container 4 immediately after being placed on the shaking table 50 is compared with the current weight g, and the drop amount H (G minus g) of the powdered drug is constantly calculated.
Then, the vibration of the shaking table 50 is stopped when the total dropping amount H of the powder medicine reaches the desired weight.
That is, when the current weight g of the medicine container 4 measured by the weight measuring means 52 becomes smaller than the original weight G measured by the weight measuring means 52 before the start of vibration by a desired weight, the vibration of the shaking table 50 is stopped. .

After that, the rotation of the distribution plate 35 is stopped. Then, the scraping arm 26 of the scraping device 37 is oscillated, the tip side is lowered, the scraping mechanism 27 is lowered, and the disc-shaped scraping plate 57 of the scraping mechanism 27 is moved to the medicine charging groove of the distribution plate 35 . Put in 32.
Further, the distribution plate 35 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of distributions, and is scraped onto the scraping plate 57 . Subsequently, the scraping plate 57 is rotated, the drug is scooped up by the scraping plate 58 and discharged from the distribution plate 35 , and the drug is introduced into the drug inlet 39 .
The drug introduced into the drug inlet 39 falls through a powdered drug introduction hopper (not shown), is transported to the drug packaging device 53 , and is packaged by the drug packaging device 53 .
This operation is sequentially repeated to discharge all the medicines in the distribution tray 35 and pack them in the medicine packaging device 53 respectively.
In parallel with this, the container moving means 28 is activated, and the drug container 4 is returned to the drum member 25 of the container storage section 23 .

Next, improvements added to the basic configuration will be described.
The drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment aims to develop a drug dispensing device capable of automatically cleaning the inside.
The container moving means 28 of the drug dispensing device 1 of this embodiment is a kind of robot, and includes an arm portion 30 and an elevating mechanism 31 .
In this embodiment, a nozzle portion 60 of a dust collector is attached to the arm portion 30 as shown in FIG. The dust collector is a known vacuum cleaner, and the main body is not shown.
In this embodiment, the dust collector is operating while the arm portion 30 is operating. The arm part 30 moves in the space inside the housing 10 when moving the drug container 4 . Therefore, the nozzle part 60 moves inside the housing 10 and inhales dust floating in the air and fine powder of medicine.
Therefore, dust and other chemicals are prevented from falling onto the distribution tray 35 .

Further, in this embodiment, the cleaning tool 61 can be held by the hand portion 47 of the container moving means 28 as shown in FIG. The cleaning tool 61 is not limited, but may be, for example, a brush, a wiping cloth, or the like. A blower can also be used as the cleaning tool 61 .
In FIG. 8, a brush is employed as the cleaning tool 61. As shown in FIG. Alternatively, the hand portion 47 may hold a small vacuum cleaner or only the nozzle portion of the vacuum cleaner.
These cleaning tools 61 are stored at predetermined positions within the housing 10 . Then, if necessary, the container moving means 28 moves to receive the cleaning tool 61. For example, the cleaning tool 61 is held by a magnet (not shown).

Then, for example, the distribution plate 35 is cleaned by pressing and rubbing the cleaning tool 61 against the distribution plate 35 .
It is also possible to replace the cleaning tool 61 and perform cleaning in order.
For example, first, a brush is held as the cleaning tool 61 to scrape the distribution plate 35 to scrape off the medicine or the like stuck to the distribution plate 35 . Subsequently, the cleaning tool 61 is replaced with a vacuum cleaner, and dust and chemicals left on the surface of the distribution plate 35 are sucked up. Finally, the cleaning tool 61 is replaced with a wiping cloth, and the distribution plate 35 is stroked to attract dust remaining on the surface and the wiping cloth.
Of course, at the same time as rubbing the distribution plate 35 with a brush, scraped dust or the like may be sucked. For example, the nozzle portion 60 may be attached near the holding portion of the cleaning tool 61, and the shavings may be suctioned by the nozzle portion 60 while rubbing the distribution plate 35 with a brush.

As one of the cleaning tools 61, the nozzle portion of the vacuum cleaner is exemplified, but the shape of the nozzle is arbitrary, and it may be elongated or conform to the cross-sectional shape of the distribution plate 35. FIG. Alternatively, a plurality of nozzles having different shapes may be built in the housing 10, and a necessary nozzle may be selected and held by the hand portion 47. FIG.
Furthermore, a nozzle or a brush of a cleaner may be inserted into the gap between the container placing devices 36 for cleaning.

In the medicine dispensing device 1 of this embodiment, the container moving means 28 has the dust collecting means, and the inside of the medicine dispensing device 1 can be cleaned by the dust collecting means.

Further, in the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment, the cleaning tool 61 can be held by the container moving means 28, and the container moving means 28 is operated to bring the cleaning tool 61 into contact with the internal device, thereby removing the drug dispensing device. It is possible to clean the interior of 1.

In the above-described embodiment, the arm portion 30 is provided with the nozzle portion 60, and the nozzle portion 60 is connected to an external dust collector. The inside of 1 may be cleaned. In this configuration, the nozzle portion 60 functions as a cleaning tool (part of the blower).
A nozzle for collecting dust and a nozzle for connecting to a blower may be provided separately, and while dust is blown away by the nozzle for blower, dust blown up by the nozzle for collecting dust may be collected.
Alternatively, a blower may be provided outside, and the nozzle portion 60 may be connected to both the suction side and the discharge side of the blower so as to be switchable.
According to this configuration, the nozzle portion 60 is first connected to the discharge side of the blower and air is blown from the nozzle portion 60 to scatter dust and the like in the medicine dispensing device 1, and then the nozzle portion 60 is connected to the suction side of the blower and the nozzle is blown. Air is sucked from the part 60 to collect dust floating in the medicine dispensing device 1 .

Further, in the present embodiment, a contrivance is made to prevent the medicine from sticking or forming lumps in the medicine container 4 .
That is, in this embodiment, the vibration generator 62 is attached to the mounting bracket 56 that connects the hand portion 47 and the arm portion 30 of the container moving means 28 . The vibration generator 62 is desirably one that generates ultrasonic vibrations.
The vibration generator 62 functions while the drug container 4 is moved from the container storage section 23 to the vicinity of the distribution tray 35 by the container moving means 28 .
While the drug container 4 is moving, the drug container 4 is vibrated by ultrasonic vibration, and the drug in the drug container 4 is loosened.

The drug dispensing device 1 of this embodiment is provided with container moving means 28, and the prescribed drug container 4 is taken out from the container storage section 23 of the container placement area 12 by the container moving means 28, and placed on the container placing device 36 of the drug dividing area. , the drug is discharged from the drug container 4 and put into the drug charging groove 32 of the distribution plate 35, and the powdered drug charged into the distribution plate 35 is scraped out from the drug charging groove 32 by the scraping device 37, and the drug packaging area 14 side and can be returned to the container storage section 23 in the container arrangement area 12 by the container moving means 28, and the container moving means 28 has a vibration generator 62, The medicine in the medicine container 4 can be loosened by vibrating the container 4 .

In addition, the conventional drug dispenser does not have means for confirming whether or not the drug is evenly distributed in the drug charging grooves 32 of the distribution plate 35 . Therefore, even if the medicine distribution in the medicine feeding groove 32 becomes unbalanced due to a lump of medicine in the medicine container 4 or the vibration of the container placing device 36 is not good, could not be detected.
In the present embodiment, a contrivance is made to check whether or not the medicine is evenly dispersed in the medicine feeding grooves 32 of the distribution plate 35 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , in the medicine dispensing device 1 of this embodiment, a range sensor 65 is provided above the medicine feeding groove 32 of the distribution plate 35 .
Here, the distance measuring sensor 65 measures the position of the object to be measured, for example, the distance between the distance measuring sensor 65 and the object to be measured.
In this embodiment, the distance sensor 65 is located above the drug introduction groove 32 of the distribution plate 35 and measures the distance between the distance measurement sensor 65 and the surface of the drug introduction groove 32 .
Therefore, if the medicine is injected into the medicine injection groove 32, the distance between the position of the medicine and the distance measuring sensor 65 is measured.

In this embodiment, while the distribution plate 35 is rotating, the distance measuring sensor 65 monitors how much medicine is being applied. If there is a variation in the height of the medicine, some kind of alarm is issued.

The drug dispensing device 1 of this embodiment has a distance sensor 65 that detects the position of the surface of the distribution tray 35, and the height of the powdered medicine put into the distribution tray 35 is detected by the distance sensor 65. .

Further, the conventional medicine dispensing device does not have means for confirming whether or not the medicine put into the distribution tray 35 is the desired medicine. Therefore, there is a concern that the wrong medicine may be provided to the patient if the medicine container 4 is filled with the wrong medicine by some mistake.
In the present embodiment, it is devised to confirm whether or not the drug put into the distribution tray 35 is the truly desired drug.

As shown in FIG. 4, the drug dispensing device 1 of the present embodiment has a spectroscope 66 near the distribution tray 35. The spectroscope 66 detects electromagnetic waves emitted by the powdered medicine put into the distribution tray 35, and the distribution tray 35 You can check the type of powdered medicine put into the
Spectroscopic analysis of the electromagnetic waves emitted by the drug with the spectroscope 66 enables rough identification of the drug. In this embodiment, the medicine is specified from the electromagnetic wave emitted by the medicine put into the distribution tray 35 and compared with the prescribed medicine. If the two are different, some kind of alarm is issued.

Further, in this embodiment, a camera member (photographing device) 40 is provided as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, an imaging device for imaging the inside of the medicine dispensing device 1 is provided, and the imaging device automatically and regularly photographs and records the inside of the medicine dispensing device 1 .

Next, a modified example of the drug container will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the drug container 4 is composed of the container main body 6 and the lid 190. The lid 190 is removed to open one end of the container main body 6, and the powdered medicine is filled.
Also, as shown in FIG. 6(a), the lid 190 is opened to partially open and the powdered medicine inside is discharged.
The medicine container 4 described above is filled with the medicine with the lid 190 on the left side of FIG.
In the drug container 4 described above, the drug is put in from one side and the drug is discharged from the same side.
That is, since the drug container 4 has the same drug filling route and drug dispensing route, first-in, first-out of the drug cannot be performed unless the drug is completely dispensed.

In the present embodiment, the first-in, first-out of the medicine is possible by separating the filling path and the dispensing path of the medicine.
In addition, in this embodiment, a contrivance is made to shake off the adhered drug.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a drug container 70 of a modified example.
The same numbers are assigned to the same members as those of the drug container 4 of the previous embodiment.
Also for the drug container 70 of the present embodiment. It is composed of a container body 71 and a lid 190 . The shape and structure of the lid 190 are the same as in the above-described embodiment.
A container body 71 of the drug container 70 of this embodiment has a drug discharge opening 73 to which the lid 190 is attached, and a drug filling port 72 used when filling the drug.

The drug container 70 is installed in the above-described container mounting device 36 in a vertical posture.
The drug discharge opening 73 is located at the lower portion in the height direction with respect to the posture in which the container placing device 36 is mounted, and is open on one side.
On the other hand, the medicine filling port 72 is located at the upper part in the height direction with respect to the posture mounted on the container placing device 36, and opens to the top surface. A lid member 75 is attached to the drug filling port 72 .

A sieve portion 76 is provided inside the container body 71 . In this embodiment, the position of the sieve portion 76 in the height direction is between the drug discharge opening 73 and the drug filling port 72 .
The sieve portion 76 is a plate or wall with many small openings such as a mesh or grid.

In this embodiment, the drug is filled from the drug filling port 72 provided on the top. Then, the container main body 71 is shaken as necessary. Alternatively, mechanical vibration is applied. As a result, the filled drug passes through the sieve portion 76 and clumps are dissolved.
When the medicine dropped to the lower part is mounted on the container placing device 36 and subjected to vibration, it advances horizontally toward the medicine discharge opening 73 side of the lid 190 and is discharged from the medicine discharge opening 73 .

The container main body 71 of the present embodiment is a vertical container, and the previously charged powdered medicine is discharged.
Further, since the sieve portion 76 is provided inside the container main body 71, the fixed medicine can be pulverized and discharged by the mesh and the dropped impact and vibration.

Further, since the container main body 71 is of a vertical type, the outer shape of the container moving means 28 and the medicine dispensing device 1 can be reduced.

Next, another modified example of the drug container will be described.
By opening the lid 190 of the drug container 4 described above, an opening 188 is formed in the container body, and the drug is discharged from the opening 188 .
In the drug container 4 described above, the size and shape of the opening through which the drug is discharged are fixed and cannot be changed.
Further, the route to the opening 188 within the drug container 4 is also fixed and cannot be changed.

However, the optimum opening diameter and opening shape differ depending on the amount of medicine to be discharged and the properties of the medicine. Similarly, the cross-sectional shape and planar shape of the path leading to the opening 188 also differ in optimum shape depending on the properties of the drug.
This embodiment is devised to change the shape of the drug discharge portion (opening 188) for discharging the drug.

The external shape of the drug container 80 of this embodiment is the same as the drug container 4 of FIG. 6 described above.
In the drug container 80 of this embodiment, the shape-changing members 81 and 82 can be inserted into the drug discharge portion (opening 188), and the shape of the opening 188 can be changed.

The right view of FIG. 10(a) is a schematic representation of the AA cross section of the drug container 4 of FIG. 6, and the left view is a view thereof.
In the medicine container 4, the shape of the medicine discharge part (opening 188) is a rectangle with a low height. Also, the cross-sectional shape of the path leading to the opening 188 is not much different from the shape of the drug discharge portion (opening 188). The planar shape of the path leading to the opening 188 is a rectangle extending over the entire width inside the drug container 4 .

The drug container 80 of this embodiment has shape-changing members 81 and 82 inserted into the opening 188 .
Here, a drug container 80 a shown in FIG. 10( b ) has rectangular parallelepiped shape-changing members 81 attached to both inner sidewalls of the drug container 4 .
The opening 188 is small in the drug container 80a. The shape of the opening 188 is a rectangle close to a square.

A medicine container 80b shown in FIG. 10(c) has right-angled trapezoidal shape-changing members 82 attached to the inner sidewalls of the medicine container 4. As shown in FIG.
The opening 188 is small in the drug container 80b. The shape of the opening 188 is an inverted isosceles trapezoidal shape with inclined sides.
Also, the cross-sectional shape of the path leading to the opening 188 is not much different from the shape of the drug discharge portion (opening 188).

The drug container 80 has a drug discharge portion (opening 188) for discharging the drug inside, and the container mounting device 36 vibrates the drug container 80 to move the drug in the drug container 80, and the drug discharge portion The size of the drug discharge portion and/or the width of the path to the drug discharge portion in the drug container 80 can be changed.

The drug container 80 has a drug discharge portion (opening 188) for discharging the drug inside, and the container mounting device 36 vibrates the drug container 80 to move the drug in the drug container 80, thereby discharging the drug. It is possible to change the shape of the medicine discharge part and/or the cross-sectional shape of the path leading to the medicine discharge part in the medicine container 80 .

Each of the drug containers 4, 70, and 80 described above has only one drug discharge portion (opening 188), but may have a plurality of drug discharge portions.
The drug container 140 shown in FIG. 11 has lids 190 on both ends of the container body 6 and drug discharge portions (openings 188a and 188b) on both sides of the container body 6 .
The two drug ejection portions (openings 188a and 188b) have different opening sizes, and different amounts of drugs can pass through in a certain period of time.
That is, the medicine discharge portion (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing has a smaller opening area than the medicine discharge portion (opening 188a) on the left side of the drawing.
Therefore, the medicine discharge portion (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing has a smaller amount of medicine that can pass through in a certain period of time than the other.
Not only the area of the opening but also the shape of the opening may be changed.

Further, the path leading to the drug discharge portion (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing is inclined upward toward the opening 188b.
Therefore, when the medicine moves in the medicine container 140 toward the opening 188b, the resistance applied to the medicine is large.
The medicine discharge part (opening 188b) on the right side of the drawing is used when discharging only a small amount of medicine.

The drug container 140 of this embodiment has a plurality of drug discharge portions (openings 188a and 188b) for discharging the drug therein.
In addition, there are drug ejection portions with different opening areas and/or opening shapes. The drug moves in the drug container 140 and reaches the drug discharge section, and there are drug discharge sections with different resistances applied to the drug before reaching the drug discharge section.

In the embodiment described above, only the powdered medicine is sent to the medicine packaging area 14 and packed individually, but solid medicine such as tablets and capsules may be packaged together with the powdered medicine.
This configuration will be described below. The medicine dispenser 1 described above is provided with a medicine inlet 39 for throwing the powdered medicine scraped out from the distribution tray 35 into the medicine packaging area 14 .
A drug delivery device 85 of the present embodiment has a solid drug feeder 86 arranged around a drug inlet 39 to discharge a solid drug.
FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the layout of the divided drug regions of the drug dispensing device 85 of this embodiment.
The drug dispensing device 85 also has two distribution trays 35, and a drug inlet 39 is provided between them.

Three solid drug feeders 86 are provided near the drug inlet 39 .
Here, the solid drug feeder 86 is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-144207, and is a device that dispenses solid drugs such as tablets and capsules one by one.
The solid drug feeder 86 employed in this embodiment is a known one, and its external shape is as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14, the solid drug feeder 86 is composed of a drug cassette 87 containing a large number of tablets and a support base 88 on which the drug cassette is mounted. The drug cassette 87 is detachable from the support base 88 .
The drug cassette 87 has a storage section 90 provided with a drug storage space for storing a large number of tablets, and a rotor 91 is stored inside the storage section 90 . A drug containing groove is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor 91 , and a plurality of pocket portions are formed in the space between the rotor 91 and the inner wall of the containing portion 90 . The plurality of pocket portions have a function of allowing the tablets accommodated in the accommodating portion 90 to flow thereinto and hold them. The drug containing groove is a groove whose top and bottom are open. The pocket portion is a space in which the opening portion of the medicine containing groove is blocked by the inner wall of the containing portion, and the top and bottom are open.
A rotor gear is attached to the rotating shaft of the rotor 91 . In addition, a drug discharge port is formed in the storage portion 90 at a position that can communicate with a drug storage groove provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor 91 .

On the other hand, the support base 88 accommodates a motor 93 such as a geared motor, and a drive gear 92 is attached to the rotating shaft of this motor. The support base 88 has a driving portion that drives the rotor 91 inside the medicine cassette 87 .
When the motor 93 housed in the support base 88 is driven, the torque is transmitted from the drive gear 92 to the rotor gear, and the rotor 91 rotates. The rotation of the rotor 91 agitates the tablets in the container, and the tablets enter the pockets.

Then, the rotor 91 rotates further, the pockets sequentially reach the medicine ejection port, and the tablets held in the pockets are sequentially discharged from the medicine ejection port.

In this embodiment, three solid drug feeders 86 are provided near the drug inlet 39 . More precisely, three support bases 88 for solid medicine feeders 86 are fixed in the vicinity of the medicine inlet 39 .
As described above, the solid drug feeder 86 is composed of the drug cassette 87 and the support base 88, and the drug cassette 87 is detachable from the support base 88. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, only the support base 88 is fixed in the vicinity of the drug inlet 39 , and the necessary drug cassettes 87 are attached to the support base 88 .
The drug cassette 87 is accommodated in the container arrangement area 12 in the housing 10, similarly to the drug container 4, and is held by the container moving means 28 as necessary, transported to the vicinity of the drug inlet 39, and supported. Mounted on base 88 .

Alternatively, the drug cassette 87 may be attached to the support base 88 manually by the user.
For example, the medicine dispenser 1 has a front door 34 as shown in FIG. The user may manually open the front door 34 , insert the medicine cassette 87 into the medicine dispenser 1 from the outside, and mount it on the support base 88 .
Further, since the front door 34 has a small door 33 as shown in FIG.

It is desirable that the medicine cassette 87 is provided with an information storage member such as an RFID, and the information of the medicine contained in the medicine cassette 87 is stored in the information storage member.
Further, reading means for reading information from the information storage member is provided on the support base 88 or its vicinity, and the prescription information and the information on the drug cassette 87 loaded are collated. And when both differ, it is desirable to give some information.

In order to improve workability and safety, it is recommended that the front door 34 and the small door 33 be automatic doors that open and close by power.
For example, when the prescription information input to the drug dispensing device 1 includes the drug to be supplied from the drug cassette 87, the front door 34 or any of the small doors 33 are automatically opened. Then, an indicator lamp (not shown) of one of the support bases 88 lights up, indicating the support base 88 on which the medicine cassette 87 should be placed.
A pharmacist or the like inserts the necessary drug cassettes 87 into the apparatus through the front door 34 or the small door 33 and installs them on the designated support base 88 .
The medicine dispensing device 1 automatically reads information from the information storage member of the installed medicine cassette 87 and compares the prescription information with the information of the medicine cassette 87 installed.
If the loaded drug cassette 87 matches the prescription information, the operation display unit 3 displays characters or symbols indicating, for example, "set completed".
Then, the front door 34 and the small door 33 which have been opened are automatically closed.

In the drug dispenser 85 of the present embodiment as well, after the powdered medicine is put into the distribution tray 35 , the scraping device 37 scrapes out the powdered medicine one dose at a time from the distribution tray 35 and throws the medicine into the medicine inlet 39 . At this time, the solid drug feeder 86 is activated, and the solid drug to be taken by the patient at the same time as the powdered drug is discharged one by one and the drug is introduced into the drug inlet 39 .
A dose of the powdered drug and a solid drug are then packaged in the same bag.

The drug dispensing device 85 of this embodiment has a solid drug feeder 86 that contains solid drugs and discharges a desired number of solid drugs. A solid drug can be introduced into the drug inlet 39 from a solid drug feeder 86 .

In addition, a large number of solid drug feeders 86 in which drug cassettes 87 and support bases 88 are combined are arranged at a position apart from the distribution tray 35, and between the drug cassettes 87 and the drug input port 39, a trough, a slope, a conveyor, a robot, or the like is used for transportation. The solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder 86 may be fed into the medicine inlet 39 by using the conveying means. In this case, the medicine injection port 39 may be different from the medicine injection port 39 into which the powdered medicine is injected.

The medicine dispensing device of this embodiment has a plurality of solid medicine feeders 86 that contain solid medicines and discharge a desired number of solid medicines. 14 side has a medicine inlet 39 for injecting medicine, solid medicine moving means for moving the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder 86 is provided, and the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine feeder 86 is transferred to the solid medicine moving means. It is possible to move the medicine with and put it into the medicine injection port 39 .

The drug delivery device 85 described above automatically counts the solid drugs and feeds them into the drug inlet 39. For example, a dispensing device called a manual spreading device 130 as shown in FIG. 15 is used. good too.
The hand sowing device 130 has a hand sowing box member 131, and a divider 132 is provided below it. The hand-dispensing measure member 131 has a grid shape when viewed from the front and has a large number of divided small measures 133 which are open on the top side. The drug contained in the basin 133 can be dispensed to the divider 132 side below.

The divider 132 has a large number of divided small cells 135 which are partitioned in the same manner as the divided small cells 133 . A shutter is also provided for the dividing small box 135 of the divider 132 .

The user sows the solid medicine one dose at a time in the bowl member 131 for manual spreading. Then, the shutter provided at the bottom of the hand-dispensing basin member 131 is opened, and all the solid medicines are transferred to the divider 132 side.
Then, the shutters of the dividers 132 are opened one by one, and the solid drugs are introduced into the drug inlet 39 through a hopper and a transport mechanism (not shown).

Further, a tablet dispensing device independent from the drug dispensing device 1, 85 described above may be used together. For example, a medicine packaging device as disclosed in JP-A-2007-246114 (hereinafter referred to as another medicine packaging device) is used in combination with the medicine dispensing device 1,85. Another medicine packaging device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-246114 has a function of automatically counting and packaging solid medicines. This medicine packaging device can also pack powdered medicine.

For example, when the control device of the medicine dispensing device 1, 85 receives a prescription and determines that the medicine dispensing device 1, 85 alone cannot satisfy the prescription because the prescription includes tablets, The contents of the prescription are automatically sent to the packaging device, and tablets, etc., are packaged by the dedicated packaging device for solid medicines.
In addition, when the drug dispensing device 1, 85 is busy and the patient is in a hurry because of a long waiting time, or when the drug dispensing device 1, 85 is out of order, the drug dispensing device It is also conceivable to allow the user to manually cancel an unprocessed prescription from the list of unprocessed prescriptions stored in the control unit 1,85.
When the execution of the prescription is canceled by manual operation, the drug delivery device 1, 85 changes to a state in which the user can select another drug delivery device or packing machine. The user selects a drug delivery device or packaging machine, and causes the selected packaging machine to execute the unprocessed prescription.

In principle, the drug delivery device 1, 85 described above processes the prescriptions received by the device in the order received and packs the drugs one dose at a time. If the drug has a property, the order may be prioritized and the drug may be packaged.
Further, in the drug delivery device 1, 85 described above, for example, if 18 doses are prescribed, the 18 doses are continuously packaged. You may inject|throw-in to the medicine injection port 39 directly from.

That is, if there is a problem with a part of the result of packaging (such as foreign matter contamination, poor printing, etc.), or if the bag is torn, it may be desirable to re-package a few packages.
Here, when the powdered medicine is to be divided and packaged, in principle, it is necessary to distribute the medicine to the distribution tray 35 and then divide and package it. rice field.
Therefore, if a configuration is adopted in which the drug can be directly injected from the drug container 4, 80 into the drug inlet 39, the drug can be divided and packaged even while the distribution tray 35 is in use.
In this case, the medicine containers 4 and 80 are placed on the container placing device 36 and vibrated, and the medicine is divided into doses from the medicine containers 4 and 80 and discharged into the medicine inlet 39 .
It is desirable to install only one container placing device 36 at a position where only one medicine container 4, 80 can be directly discharged from the medicine container 4, 80 to the medicine inlet 39 for interrupting and dividing a small number of packets.

In the medicine dispensing device of this embodiment, only one container placement device 36 is mounted at a position where only one medicine container 4, 80 can be directly discharged to the medicine packaging area 14 for interrupting and dividing a small number of packets.
In the case of urgent packaging of a small number of packages, it is possible to package while weighing directly from the container placing device 36 even when the distribution tray 35 is in use.

The medicine dispensing device of this embodiment has a distribution tray loading container placing device 36 that acts on the medicine containers 4 and 80 to discharge the medicine from the medicine containers 4 and 80 and puts the medicine into the medicine feeding groove 32 of the distribution tray 35. and use a container placing device 36 for putting into a distribution dish, or separately provide a container placing device 36 dedicated to minority dispensing and use the container placing device 36 dedicated to minority dispensing, , 80 can be dispensed dose by dose.

It is desirable that the temperature and humidity inside the housing 10 of the medicine dispensing device are adjusted to be within a certain range.
Specifically, it is desirable to have a heater, a cooler, a humidifier, and a dehumidifier, and adjust the temperature and humidity to be within a certain range.
That is, it is recommended to have humidity control means and be able to keep the internal humidity within a certain range.

As described above, the conventional medicine dispensers consist of a combination of a distribution plate and a powder feeder as disclosed in Patent Document 1, or a V-shaped container as disclosed in Patent Documents 3 and 4. method is adopted. When using conventional drug dispensers, the pharmacist confirms the doctor's prescription, takes out the medicine bottle containing the prescribed powdered medicine from the medicine cabinet, and weighs the prescribed powdered medicine using a scale such as a scale. I had to weigh out the total weight of As described above, the conventional medicine dispensing device requires manual work to weigh out the powdered medicine, which is troublesome.

The aspect relating to the powdered medicine weighing device described below addresses this problem, proposes a new powdered medicine weighing device, and aims to simplify the packaging work.
In addition, the aspect relating to the medicine packaging system proposes a medicine packaging system combining a new powdered medicine weighing device and a conventional medicine packaging device.

All of the drug dispensers of the above-described embodiments hold and move the drug container 4 (or another type of drug container hereinafter) by the container moving means 28, but instead of this, the drug container The drug discharged from 4 may be discharged by a moving means.
FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of a drug dispensing device 100 that implements this configuration.
The drug dispensing device 100 has an arrangement shelf 101 on which a plurality of pairs of powdered medicine discharge units 105 each having a pair of the drug container 4 and the container mounting device 36 are installed.
A weighing scale (weighing means) 102 is installed near the array shelf 101 . A temporary container 107 is placed on the scale 102 . The temporary container 107 is, for example, dish-shaped.

The drug dispensing device 100 also has a distribution plate 35 and a drug inlet 39 as in the previous embodiment.
Also, the medicine dispenser 100 has a robot 106 .
In the drug dispensing device 100, a powdered drug feeder 201 is installed near the distribution tray 35. As shown in FIG. The powder medicine feeder 201 is composed of an input hopper 205 and a powder feeder 206 as shown in FIG.
The powder feeder 206 is provided with two piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 under the trough 210 to vibrate the trough 210 .

In the drug dispensing device 100 of this embodiment, the container placing device 36 in the arrangement shelf 101 is activated according to the prescription, and the drug is discharged from the drug container 4 . The discharged medicine drops into the temporary container 107 through a gutter (not shown).
The amount of medicine discharged from the medicine container 4 is monitored by both the container placing device 36 and the scale 102 . Then, when a predetermined amount of powdered medicine drops into the temporary container 107, the container placing device 36 stops.
Then, the robot 106 carries the temporary container 107 to the vicinity of the input hopper 205 of the powdered medicine feeder 201 , and the powdered medicine in the temporary container 107 is input into the input hopper 205 .
After that, the piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 of the powder feeder 206 are activated to vibrate the trough 210 . As a result, the powder slowly moves to the distal side of the trough 210 and is straightened. Finally, the leading moving powdered medicine reaches the tip of the trough 210 and the leading moving powdered medicine drops from the tip of the trough 210 onto the distribution tray 35 .
Subsequent operations are the same as in the previous embodiment.
A conveyor or the like may be used in place of robot 106 .

The drug dispensing device 100 of this embodiment has a powdered drug feeder 201 for gradually dropping powdered drugs near the distribution tray 35, and acts on the drug container 4 to discharge the drug from the drug container 4 (container mounting device). 36), a temporary container 107 for receiving the drug discharged from the drug container 4, and a temporary container conveying means (robot 106) for conveying the temporary container 107 to the powdered medicine feeder 201. is discharged from the drug container, powdered medicine is put into the temporary container 107, the temporary container 107 is moved to the powdered medicine feeder 201 by the temporary container conveying means, and the powdered medicine is put into the distribution tray 35 from the powdered medicine feeder 201.

18, a plurality of powdered medicine discharge units 105, in which a medicine container 4 and a container mounting device 36 are paired, are radially arranged on a distribution plate 35 in a plurality of stages. You can also think of things.
In the medicine dispensing device 120 , the container placing device 36 in the arrangement shelf 101 is activated according to the prescription, and the medicine is discharged from the medicine container 4 . The discharged medicine falls to the distribution tray 35 through a gutter (not shown).
Subsequent operations are the same as in the previous embodiment.

Furthermore, these modifications will be described. A drug dispensing device 121 shown in FIG. 19 has a container mounting device (medicine discharging means) 36 installed in the vicinity of a scale (measuring means) 102 . The container placing device 36 employed in this embodiment is basically the same as that shown in FIG. 5, but the weight measuring means (weighing means) 52 is not essential.

In this embodiment, drug containers 4 are arranged in the arrangement shelf 101 . Further, in this embodiment, the robot 106 functions as drug container transport means for transporting the drug container 4 from the arrangement shelf 101 to the container placement device 36 .
In this embodiment, the required drug container 4 is taken out from the arrangement shelf 101 by the robot 106 and placed on the container placement device (drug discharging means) 36 .
Then, the container placing device 36 is activated and the medicine is discharged from the medicine container 4 . The discharged medicine drops directly into the temporary container 107 .
The amount of drug discharged from drug container 4 is monitored by meter 102 . Then, when a predetermined amount of powdered medicine drops into the temporary container 107, the container placing device 36 stops.

The drug delivery device 100 shown in FIG. 16 and the drug delivery device 121 shown in FIG. 19 have a function of weighing drugs, a function of dividing drugs, and a function of individually packaging drugs.
Of the medicine dispensing device 100 shown in FIG. 16 and the medicine dispensing device 121 shown in FIG. 19, it is also possible to independently commercialize only the portion of the medicine weighing function.
That is, in the drug dispensing device 100 shown in FIG. 16 , the arrangement shelf 101 , the scale (weighing means) 102 , and the powder medicine discharge unit 105 in the arrangement shelf 101 constitute the powdered medicine weighing device 500 .
19 includes an arrangement shelf 101, a weighing scale (measuring means) 102, a robot (medicine container conveying means) 106, and a container placement device (drug A powder medicine weighing device 501 is constituted by the discharging means) 36 .

FIG. 20 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a medicine packaging system 122 using powdered medicine weighing devices 500 and 501. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 20, the powder medicine weighing device 500 shown in FIG. 16 is illustrated as a representative, but instead of this, a powder medicine weighing device 501 shown in FIG. 19 may be adopted. Although one of the powder weighing devices 500 and 501 is exemplified in the embodiments in FIG. 21 and subsequent figures, it is arbitrary to adopt either one.

The drug packing system 122 has a powder drug weighing device 500 , a weighing plate moving conveyor (temporary container conveying means) 103 , and a drug packing device 125 . The medicine packaging device 125 employs a distribution dish system.
The weighing dish moving conveyor 103 is a conveying device provided between the powdered drug weighing device 500 and the drug packing device 125 , and a weighing plate reversing device (not shown) is provided near the drug packing device 125 .
The drug packaging device 125 has a powdered drug distribution device (drug dividing means) 902 and a drug packaging device (medicine packing means) 903 .
The powdered medicine distribution device 902 has a hopper (medicine input unit) 905 for charging powdered medicine, and divides the powdered medicine input into the hopper 905 into a predetermined number.
The drug packaging device 903 individually packages divided powdered drugs.
As described above, the powdered medicine weighing device 500 takes out the powdered medicine from the medicine container 4 by the medicine discharging means, transfers it to the temporary container 107, and directly measures the weight of the powdered medicine transferred to the temporary container 107 by the scale 102 as the weight measuring means. It has a drug discharge control means for monitoring the situation and transferring a predetermined amount of the powdered drug to the temporary container 107 .
Then, the temporary container 107 to which a predetermined amount of powdered medicine has been transferred is conveyed to the vicinity of the drug packing device 125 by the weighing plate moving conveyor 103, and the temporary container 107 is tilted by a weighing plate reversing device (not shown) to form a hopper (medicine). The powdered medicine is put into the feeding section) 905 . Then, the medicine is divided into a predetermined number by the medicine packing device 125 and individually packaged.

FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram showing another example of a medicine packaging system using powdered medicine weighing devices 500 and 501. As shown in FIG.
The medicine packaging system 123 shown in FIG. 21 has a powdered medicine weighing device (drug weighing means) 501 , a weighing plate moving conveyor (temporary container conveying means) 103 , and a medicine packaging device 126 . The drug packaging device 126 employs a V-box system.
The V-measurement-type drug packaging device has a horizontally elongated V-measurement (powder medicine loading section) 930 . A plurality of divided containers 931 are arranged below the V-shaped box.
In the V-measurement-type medicine packaging device, powdered medicines for multiple doses are weighed and put into V-measurements 930 . After that, use a spatula or the like to spread the powder evenly. Then, the shutter provided at the bottom of the V-measurement 930 is opened, and the powdered medicine in the V-measurement 930 is thrown into the divided container 931 at the bottom. The powdered medicine in each divided container 931 is individually packaged.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing an example of another drug dispensing system 301 using the powdered drug weighing device 500 or the powdered drug weighing device 501. As shown in FIG.
A medicine packaging system 301 of the present embodiment comprises a powdered medicine weighing device 500 , a medicine packaging device 305 and a weighing plate moving device (temporary container conveying means) 306 .
The medicine packaging device 305 is a well-known distribution dish type medicine packaging device.

The weighing pan moving device 306 is a known robot. A weighing plate moving device 306 functions as a temporary container moving means for taking out a temporary container 107 from a temporary container storage rack (not shown) and placing it on the weighing scale 102, and conveying the temporary container 107 from the weighing scale 102 to the medicine packing device 305. It has a function as a temporary container conveying means.

In the above-described embodiment, a distribution dish-type medicine packaging device is used as the medicine packaging device 305, but the form of the medicine packaging device is arbitrary. FIG. 23 is a perspective view in the case of adopting a V-shaped medicine packaging device 307 as the medicine packaging device.
It is also possible to move the temporary container 107 taken out from the weight measuring means 22 by the weighing plate moving device 306 to the V-shaped medicine packing device 307, tilt the temporary container 107 to the V-shaped section 308, and pour the powdered medicine. be. Thereafter, the powdered medicine in the V-measurement may be leveled manually, or a system for automatically leveling the powdered medicine may be employed.

In the embodiment described above, the container mounting device 36 is employed as the medicine discharging means, and the medicine container 4 is vibrated to take out the powdered medicine. In this embodiment, the container placing device 36 serving as the drug discharging means is an external force applying means for applying an external force to the drug container 4 to vibrate it. is emitted.
As other drug discharge means, a method of inserting an instrument into the drug container 4 and scraping out the powdered drug, or a method of incorporating a spiral conveyor or the like in the drug container and driving the spiral conveyor or the like from the outside can be considered.
For example, there is a scraping member and a spiral conveyor as part of the drug discharge means, and the scraping member and the spiral conveyor are located inside the drug container. Then, the powdered medicine is discharged from the powdered medicine discharging portion by driving the scraping member in the medicine container or the spiral conveyor by an external force imparting means such as a motor provided outside.
A motor may be built in the medicine container. Also, a motor may be externally attached to the medicine container. Air pressure or wind may be used to expel the drug from the drug container.

Alternatively, a method may be considered in which a helical groove serving as a part of the drug discharging means is provided on the inner surface of the drug container, and the powdered drug is discharged by rotating the drug container by means of an external force imparting means.

1, 85 drug delivery device 4, 70, 80, 140 drug container 10 housing 12 container placement area 13 drug division area 14 drug packaging area 28 container moving means 30 arm 32 drug input groove 35 distribution plate 36 container placement device ( drug discharge means)
39 Medicine slot 40 Camera member (imaging device)
47 hand unit 50 shaking table 52 weight measuring means (weighing means)
53 Drug packaging device 60 Nozzle part 61 Cleaning tool 62 Vibration generator 65 Range sensor 66 Spectroscopes 81, 82 Shape changing member 86 Solid drug feeder 102 Weighing device (weighing means)
103 Weighing plate moving conveyor (temporary container conveying means)
107 Temporary container 122, 123, 301 Drug packaging system 500, 501 Powdered drug weighing device

Claims (4)

A drug dispensing device that takes out a predetermined amount of powdered medicine from a drug container, divides it into a predetermined number, and further packs and discharges it individually,
There is a container placement area, a medicine division area, and a medicine packaging area,
The container arrangement area and the medicine dividing area are located in a space located on the rear side of the front door,
A container storage device for installing and storing a plurality of drug containers is provided in the container arrangement area,
In the medicine dividing area, a distribution dish provided with a medicine input groove and rotated by power, a scraping device for scraping out the powdered medicine input to the distribution dish from the medicine input groove, and a medicine container on which the medicine container is placed. In a drug dispensing device provided with a container placing device that acts to discharge a drug from a drug container,
A container moving means is provided in an area extending from the container arrangement area to the medicine division area, and the container movement means takes out a predetermined medicine container from the container storage device in the container arrangement area and places it on the container placing device in the medicine division area. the powdered medicine is discharged from the medicine container and put into the medicine feeding groove of the distribution tray, and the powdered medicine put into the distribution tray is scraped out from the medicine feeding groove by the scraping device and dropped to the medicine packing area side;
The drug container that has been discharged can be returned to the container storage device in the container placement area by the container moving means,
The container moving means is provided with a cleaning tool and/or a dust collection means,
By operating the container moving means, the cleaning tool is brought into contact with the devices in the container placement area and the medicine dividing area, the cleaning tool is replaced with a nozzle portion of a vacuum cleaner, suction is performed, and the inside of the front door is sucked. A drug dispensing device characterized by cleaning . 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said container moving means has said dust collecting means, and said dust collecting means is moved by said container moving means and collects dust floating in the air and chemical powder. Drug dispensing device. The container placing device vibrates the drug container,
The drug container has a drug discharge part for discharging the drug inside and a drug filling port for filling the drug inside,
The drug filling port is located above the drug discharge part with respect to the posture of the drug container installed on the container mounting device, and the height of the drug filling port and the drug discharge is within the drug container. 3. The drug dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein a sieve portion is provided at a height position between the portions. having a container placing device for charging into the distribution plate that acts on the drug container to discharge the drug from the drug container and charges the drug into the drug charging groove of the distribution plate; Alternatively, it is possible to separately provide a container mounting device dedicated to minority dispensing and use the container mounting device dedicated to minority dispensing to discharge the medicine from the medicine container one dose at a time. 4. The drug dispensing device according to any one of 1 to 3.

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