JP7185267B2 - Drug take-out device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug extractor for taking out a drug from a drug container.

BACKGROUND ART Patent document 1 or patent document 2 discloses one of conventional drug extraction devices. These are configured to take out a drug from a pocket portion (concave portion) in which a solid drug such as a tablet is stored in a PTP sheet, which is a container, by pressing the pocket portion.

WO2013/176186 JP-A-2005-247406

Here, in the case of using the above-mentioned conventional drug take-out device, the pharmacist or the like may have difficulty in handling the PTP sheet after taking out the drug. This is because the PTP sheet is warped and distorted as the medicine is taken out.

Specifically, the PTP sheet from which some medicines have been taken out may be once stored on a shelf or the like in a pharmacy. At this time, if the PTP sheet is distorted, it is difficult to store the PTP sheet.

In addition, the PTP sheet from which a portion of the drug has been taken out may be provided to the patient at another time after removing the portion from which the drug has been taken out. At this time, if the PTP sheet is distorted, it looks bad, so pharmacists and the like hesitate to provide the PTP sheet to the patient.

If the PTP sheet is thus distorted as the medicine is taken out, various problems arise.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a drug extractor capable of taking out a drug from a container without distorting the container.

The present invention is a drug extraction device for taking out a drug from a container containing the drug, wherein the container has a recess for containing the drug, and the recess has a sheet-like bottom with an opening. and a sheet-like lid adhered to the bottom and closing the opening, wherein the drug extraction device includes a notch for cutting the lid along the inner circumference of the opening. Then, the cut piece formed inside the opening by the cut portion cutting the lid portion is moved in a direction away from the opening so that the opening is opened. and an opening operation part for performing an operation.

According to this, the cutting piece is moved away from the opening by the opening operation part. Therefore, the opening can be opened without crushing the recess, and the medicine can be taken out from the recess through the opened opening. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the distortion of the concave part due to taking out the drug, and also prevent the distortion of the entire bottom part including the concave part. Therefore, handling of the container after taking out the drug is facilitated.

Further, the opening operation portion includes a holding portion that holds the cut piece, and can open the cut piece while the cut piece is held by the holding portion.

According to this, it is possible to prevent the cut piece formed by the cut portion from following the medicine taken out from the concave portion.

Further, the cut portion can be cut into the lid portion along the inner circumference of the opening, leaving a part of the inner circumference.

According to this, it is possible to prevent the cut piece from going somewhere when the lid is cut.

In addition, the opening operation portion has a portion to be the incision piece held by the holding portion in advance before the incision portion cuts the lid portion, and the incision portion In a state in which the portion to be a piece is held by the holding portion, a cut can be made in the lid portion along the inner circumference of the opening over the entire inner circumference.

According to this, it is possible to prevent the cut piece from going somewhere when the lid is cut.

Moreover, the said holding part can hold|maintain the said cut piece by adsorption|suction.

According to this, the cutting piece can be reliably held.

Moreover, in a state in which the opening faces downward, the drug can be dropped downward from the recess through the opening.

According to this, there is no need to separately provide a configuration for taking out the medicine from the recess. Therefore, the configuration is simplified.

Further, in a state in which the opening is directed downward, the cut portion can be used to cut the lid portion, and the opening operation portion can be used to open the cut piece.

According to this, the medicine can be taken out efficiently.

In addition, a take-out portion is further provided for taking out the medicine from the recess through the opening while holding the medicine, and the notch cuts the lid portion with the opening facing upward. The medicine can be inserted, the cut piece can be opened by the opening operation part, and the medicine can be taken out from the concave part through the opening part by the take-out part.

According to this, the medicine can be taken out more reliably.

In addition, a cut piece accommodating portion that accommodates the cut piece is further provided, and the opening operation portion can put the cut piece into the cut piece accommodation portion after performing the opening operation of the cut piece. .

According to this, it is possible to prevent the cut pieces from being scattered.

In addition, the present invention is a drug extraction device for taking out a drug from a drug containing container, wherein the container has a concave portion for containing the drug, and the concave portion has an opening. A bottom portion and a sheet-like lid portion attached to the bottom portion to close the opening, wherein the drug extraction device cuts the lid portion along the inner circumference of the opening. The drug take-out device is provided with a notch section, and after making a cut in the lid section with the notch section, takes out the drug from the recess through the opening without crushing the recess.

According to this, the medicine can be taken out from the recess through the opening without crushing the recess. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the distortion of the concave part due to taking out the drug, and also prevent the distortion of the entire bottom part including the concave part. Therefore, handling of the container after taking out the drug is facilitated.

According to the present invention, the drug can be taken out from the container without distorting the container.

1 shows a container (PTP sheet) containing a drug, which is a target of a drug extraction device according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a schematic plan view, and (b) is a single concave portion. It is the schematic of the principal part enlarged cross section in the II arrow of (a) which shows a combination with a cover part. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the notch section, the opening operation section, and the container (PTP sheet) in the drug extraction device. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of the shape of a notch portion in the drug extraction device; (a) is a schematic diagram showing an example of how to open an opening in a container (PTP sheet) by the drug extraction device, and (b) is a bottom surface of a main part showing an example of the shape of a notch made in the lid. 1 is a schematic diagram of a view; FIG. (a) is a schematic diagram showing another example of how to open an opening in a container (PTP sheet) by the drug extraction device; It is the schematic of the part bottom view.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the container P will be explained. The container P is a package generally called "PTP" and has a bottom portion P1 and a lid portion P2. As shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b), the bottom portion P1 is a sheet-like portion having a plurality of recesses P11 . be. The drug M contained in the container P is a solid drug, more specifically, a drug whose shape is maintained at least in the recessed portion P11, and is a tablet or capsule (a capsule is a tablet). may be included in the concept) can be exemplified. As shown, for example, one medicine M is accommodated in one recess P11. However, it is not limited to this, and a plurality of medicines M may be accommodated in one recess P11.

In the bottom portion P1, a flat plate portion P12 is formed around each recess P11. A cutting assisting means P13 such as a perforation is formed on the flat plate portion P12, if necessary. The opening P111 opens at the flat plate portion P12. A thermoplastic sheet, for example, is used for the bottom portion P1, and a plurality of concave portions P11 . . . P11 are formed by vacuum molding or the like. The recess P11 is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the drug M to be accommodated.

The lid portion P2 is a sheet-like portion that is attached to the bottom portion P1 and closes the opening portion P111 of the recess portion P11. A sheet made of aluminum or plastic, for example, is used for the lid portion P2. One lid portion P2 is attached to one bottom portion P1 by using an adhesive or by welding. In other words, the openings P111 of the plurality of recesses P11 . The lid portion P2 is strong enough to be easily torn by a patient's fingertips or nails. can be taken out.

The drug extraction device 1 of this embodiment handles the container P, and mainly includes a notch portion 2 , an opening operation portion 3 , and a notch piece accommodating portion 4 .

The cut portion 2 is a portion where a cut (cut line) P21 is made in the lid portion P2 along the inner circumference of the opening P111 in the container P. As shown in FIG. The cut portion 2 is arranged so as to face the lid portion P2 with respect to the container P as shown in FIG. At this time, the container P is held by position holding means (not shown) such as a chuck mechanism so as not to interfere with the operation of the cut portion 2 . The cut portion 2 is, for example, cylindrical as shown in FIG. 3, and is formed with a blade portion 21 having one end side in the axial direction inclined obliquely with respect to the axial direction. By penetrating the cover portion P2 with the cut portion 2 configured in this way, a cut P21 can be made in the cover portion P2 by the blade portion 21 . The cut portion 2 makes a cut P21 in the lid portion P2, and as shown in FIG. 4A or 5A, a cut piece P22 is formed radially inward of the opening P111 in a bottom view. be. The notch P21 can be formed in the entire circumferential direction as shown in FIG. 4(b), but can be partially omitted in the circumferential direction as shown in FIG. 5(b). As in the latter case, the cut portion 2 cuts P21 along the inner circumference of the opening P111, leaving a non-cut portion P23, which is a part of the inner circumference, in the lid portion P2. When the cut P21 is made in the lid part P2, the cut piece P22 separated from the other part of the lid part P2 can be prevented from going somewhere, and the cut piece P22 is mixed with the medicine M. Inconvenience such as this can be prevented.

The opening operation part 3 is configured to open the cut piece P22 formed in the lid part P2 by the cut part 2 so as to open the opening P111 of the container P so as not to interfere with the passage of the medicine M. It is the part that performs the opening operation to move in the direction away from. Here, the direction away from the opening P111 is the direction opposite to the direction toward the inside of the recess P11 (downward in FIG. 2). As described above, the opening operation performed in the present embodiment is an operation in which the opening operation unit 3 moves the cutting piece P22 directly (not indirectly, assuming that the concave portion P11 is crushed). is. When the patient or the like crushes the concave portion P11 by hand to take out the medicine M, the concave portion P11 is deformed. In contrast, the opening operation performed in the present embodiment does not deform the concave portion P11. The opening operation part 3 can use, for example, a suction pad that can suction and hold the cut piece P22 by air suction. The opening operation part 3 can be arranged, for example, inside the tubular cut part 2 as shown in FIG. 2 . The opening operation part 3 moves from the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state where it escapes from the inside of the notch 2, and further changes to the state inclined with respect to the container P as shown in FIG. 4(a) or FIG. 5(a). It is connected to a moving mechanism (not shown) so as to be able to do so. Further, the opening operation part 3 is connected to a vacuum pump or the like for sucking air through a pipe or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, in a state in which the opening P111 of the container P faces downward, a notch P21 is formed in the lid portion P2 so that the arrows shown in FIG. 4(a) or FIG. 5(a) In addition, the drug M can be dropped downward from the recess P11 through the opening P111. By doing so, there is no need to separately provide a configuration for taking out the medicine M from the concave portion P11 by picking it up or the like. Therefore, the configuration of the drug extraction device 1 is simplified. More specifically, in a state in which the opening P111 of the container P faces downward, a cut P21 is made in the lid portion P2 by the notch portion 2, and further (while maintaining the state in which the opening P111 faces downward). The cut piece P22 can be opened by the opening operation part 3 . By doing so, the medicine M can be efficiently taken out.

The opening operation portion 3 further includes a holding portion 31 that holds the cut piece P22. The opening operation portion 3 opens the cut piece P22 while the holding portion 31 holds the cut piece P22. The suction pad of this embodiment also serves as this holding portion 31 . Since the opening operation part 3 is provided with the holding part 31 in this way, it is possible to prevent the cutting piece P22 from following the medicine M taken out from the concave part P11. can be prevented from inviting Further, by configuring the holding portion 31 to hold the cut piece P22 by suction, the cut piece P22 can be reliably held.

In the opening operation part 3, before the notch part 2 makes the notch P21 in the lid part P2, the part of the lid part P2 that will later become the cut piece P22 is held in advance by the holding part 31, and the notch part 2 is In the held state, a notch P21 can be made in the lid portion P2 along the inner circumference of the opening P111 over the entire inner circumference. By doing so, as shown in FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b), when the cover portion P2 is cut P21 along the entire circumference, the cut piece P22 separated from the other portions of the cover portion P2 is formed. It is possible to prevent the incision piece P22 from going somewhere, thereby preventing inconvenience such as the incision piece P22 being mixed in the medicine M.

The incised piece accommodating portion 4 is a portion that accommodates the incised piece P22, and can be implemented as a container-like one shown in FIG. 4(a), for example. The opening operation part 3 puts the cut piece P22 into the cut piece housing part 4 after opening the cut piece P22, thereby preventing the cut piece P22 from being scattered. P22 can be prevented from being mixed into the medicine M. The incision piece P22 is accommodated in the incision piece accommodating portion 4 as it is in the case of the all-around incision shown in FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b). 5(a) and 5(b), by cutting the non-cut portion P23, the cut piece P22 is separated from the other portion of the lid portion P2, and then cut. It is housed in the piece housing portion 4 .

In the drug extraction device 1 of this embodiment configured as described above, the cut piece P22 is moved away from the opening P111 by the opening operation part 3. As shown in FIG. Therefore, the opening P111 can be opened and the medicine M can be taken out from the recess P11 through the opened opening P111 without the necessity of crushing the recess P11 as in the case of manually taking out the medicine M, for example. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent distortion of the recessed portion P11 due to taking out the medicine M, and also prevent distortion of the entire bottom portion P1 including the recessed portion P11. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need to handle the distorted container P, which is advantageous in that the container P can be easily handled after the medicine M has been taken out.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the drug take-out device may be provided independently, or may be incorporated in other devices such as a packaging device.

Further, the shape of the notch portion 2 is not limited to the cylindrical shape as in the above embodiment, and may be, for example, a flat plate shape (knife shape) having a blade portion at a position facing the lid portion P2. In this case, a driving means is connected to the cut portion 2, and the driving means moves the cut portion 2 along the inner circumference of the opening P111 in the container P, thereby making the cut P21 in the lid portion P2. be able to. In this case, a copying mechanism that moves in the circumferential direction along the outer surface of the concave portion P11 is provided. can also be moved by Alternatively, the shape of the concave portion P11 may be stored in advance in the controller, and the notch portion 2 may be moved along a trajectory corresponding to the shape of the concave portion P11 under the control of the controller. Further, even when the shape of the cut portion 2 is cylindrical, it is not limited to the cylindrical shape shown in FIG. 3, and various shapes can be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the opening operation portion 3 uses a suction pad that can suction and hold the cut piece P22 by air suction. However, it is not limited to this, and the cut piece P22 can also be held by various means such as grasping, hooking with a needle or the like, adhesion, static electricity, and the like. Further, it is also possible to configure the cutting piece P22 to be moved by discharging air as opposed to sucking air.

Further, the drug take-out device may further include a take-out part (not shown) for taking out the drug M from the recess P11 through the opening P111 while holding the drug M. This take-out part may hold the medicine M by adsorption or may hold it by gripping. In the medicine extracting device having such an extractor, with the opening P111 facing upward, the notch P21 is made in the lid P2 by the notch 2, and the notch P22 is opened by the opening operation part 3. Then, the drug M can be taken out from the concave part P11 through the opening P111 by the take-out part. With such a configuration, the medicine M can be taken out more reliably.

Moreover, the drug take-out device may take out the drug M from the recess P11 through the opening P111 without crushing the recess P11 after making a cut P21 in the lid P2 by the cut portion 2. Instead of the opening operation by the opening operation part 3, the cutting piece P22 may be moved by pushing the cutting piece P22 with the medicine M. In this case, the drug M may drop due to its own weight. Alternatively, the container P may be vibrated or impacted to move the medicine M, and the movement of the medicine M may be used.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 medicine extractor 2 notch 3 opening operation part 31 holding part 4 notch piece housing part P container P1 bottom part P11 recessed part P111 opening part P2 lid part P21 notch P22 notch piece M medicine

Claims (8)

A drug extraction device for taking out the drug from a container containing the drug,
The container is
a sheet-like bottom having a recess for containing the drug, the recess having an opening;
a sheet-like lid that is attached to the bottom and closes the opening;
The drug extraction device is
a notch for making a notch in the lid along the inner periphery of the opening;
an opening operation of moving a cut piece formed inside the opening by the cut portion cutting the lid portion in a direction away from the opening so as to open the opening; and an opening operation unit that performs
The opening operation section is
A holding unit that holds the cut piece by suction,
while the cutting piece is held by the holding part, the cutting piece is moved in a direction intersecting the opening direction of the opening and away from the opening so that the opening is opened. retrieval device. 2. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein said cut section cuts into said lid section along the inner circumference of said opening, leaving a part of the inner circumference thereof. The opening operation part holds a portion to be the incision piece by the holding part in advance before the incision part cuts the cover part,
The cut portion cuts the lid portion along the inner circumference of the opening and along the entire inner circumference in a state where the cut piece portion is held by the holding portion. The drug delivery device according to claim 1 . 4. The medicine dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the medicine is caused to drop downward from the recess through the opening in a state in which the opening faces downward. 5. The drug extraction device according to claim 4 , wherein the cut portion cuts the lid portion with the opening facing downward, and the cut piece is opened by the opening operation portion. further comprising an extraction unit for taking out the drug from the recess through the opening while holding the drug;
With the opening facing upward, the cut portion cuts the lid portion, the opening operation portion opens the cut piece, and the extracting portion passes the cut piece from the recess to the opening. 4. The drug delivery device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , configured to take out the drug. Further comprising a cut piece housing portion for housing the cut piece,
The drug extraction device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the opening operation part puts the cut piece into the cut piece storage part after opening the cut piece. A drug extraction device for taking out the drug from a container containing the drug,
The container is
a sheet-like bottom having a recess for containing the drug, the recess having an opening;
a sheet-like lid that is attached to the bottom and closes the opening;
The drug extraction device is
along the inner periphery of the opening, a notch for making a notch in the lid,
After making a cut in the lid portion with the cut portion, the cut piece is pushed by the medicine without crushing the recess, so that the cut piece crosses the opening direction of the opening. direction, moving in a direction away from said opening so that said opening is opened to remove said medicine from said recess through said opening.

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