JPH04144563A - Drug bag generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cope with plural kinds of drug bags by providing a means for putting at least two kinds of marks onto long size form and detecting them separately, and generating the drug bag corresponding thereto in accordance with a detected one kind of mark. CONSTITUTION:Based on a command from an input device 11, a controller 10 selects a driving roller 4 to be operated and a bag-making/printing mechanism 3, and also, selects one of detecting parts 9a, 9b of a sensor 9 corresponding thereto, and in the case the detecting part 9a is selected, the bag-making/ printing mechanism 3 seals roll paper 2 at a pitch of a mark 8a, cuts, and prints. Also, in the case the detecting part 9b is selected, the bag-making/printing mechanism 3 seals the roll paper 2 at a pitch of a mark 8b, cuts, and prints. As a result, in the case the detecting part 9a is selected, a drug bag 12a is generated by dividing prescribed length of the roll paper 2, and on the other hand, in the case the detecting part 9b is selected, a drug bag 12b is generated by dividing the same prescribed length of the roll paper 2 into three.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a medicine bag making device for making medicine bags.

[Prior Art] Generally, when various drugs are administered to patients at pharmacies in hospitals, etc., the medicine bags containing the medicines and handed to the patient are labeled with the department, number of medicine bags, prescription number, and the patient. The name of the drug, number of days of administration, directions for use, precautions, date of dispensing, hospital name, and various other details must be clearly indicated.

Limited items such as the name of the hospital can be printed out in advance on these medication bags.
Many items, including the patient's name, cannot be printed in advance because they must be specified individually depending on the medicine contained. of,
The following methods are used: an operator writes by hand on the medicine bag, prints on a label and affixes the label to the medicine bag, or prints directly onto the medicine bag using a printer.

Among these methods, the handwritten medicine bag method not only puts a heavy burden on the operator, but also requires a certain amount of time for the handwritten work to be done by a person, which tends to lead to patients having to wait.To avoid this, it is necessary to A considerable number of workers are forced to concentrate solely on handwriting medicine bags, and as a result, the entire pharmacy's operations are delayed, making it impossible to shorten patient waiting times.

In addition, the label printing and pasting method can free the worker from handwriting work, but it requires the worker to select the type and size of the medicine bag to which the label should be pasted, and then affix the label to the medicine bag. Because of the work required, compared to the hand-squeezing medicine bag method, it is not as effective in shortening the work time.As a result, this method also does not reduce patient waiting time. In contrasts 1 and 2, the direct printing method on medicine bags not only frees the operator from manual work, but also relieves him from selecting and pasting labels, reducing the burden on the operator and reducing wear and tear. In addition to this, it has the effect of substantially shortening the required time, and for this reason, there is a tendency for this method to be gradually adopted.

Part 1 - In the conventional medicine bag direct printing method, N bags are directly set in the printer, but continuous long paper is used for bag making and printing.
There is one that is introduced into a printing mechanism to create N bags.

[Problem to be solved by the invention ifi] However, since the former only has a printer as a main component, it is small and can be used in various types of 1S, C,''' However, even if multiple printers are installed, the entire device can be made relatively small.
, The number of medicine bags that can be set is limited.
A large number of tea bags are handled in a day. In a hospital operated by boat, the Ishiki Gyobo has to replenish medicine bags quite frequently even during the busiest few hours of the day6. On the other hand, the latter, on the other hand, has a large stock of medicine bags in the form of long sheets before being rolled out, so in a hospital on a boat, pharmacy operations are the busiest day of the day. This process, which lasts several hours, has the advantage of virtually eliminating the need to replenish cartridges (long paper). Point 1 alone is quite large, and especially when multiple main acid part types are installed to accommodate various medicine bags, the equipment and body become extremely large. , there are 25 problems such as lack of ease of use due to installation space.
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This invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional methods, and eliminates the need for replenishing medicine bags during busy periods.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a medicine bag making device which can accommodate a plurality of types of medicine bags and which can make the entire binding relatively compact.

[Means for Aligning Solutions of Two Problems] This invention was developed in the Chikugo production km, where a continuous long sheet of paper was introduced into the printing mechanism and a medicine bag was created by introducing the continuous long paper into the printing mechanism. , attach at least 2s of marks to the long sheet of paper, and provide a means for detecting each of the marks individually, and according to one or more types of marks detected by the detecting means, correspond to the mark. It is designed to create a medicine bag.

[Function] By adopting this invention to the above means17, the medicine bag has the following features:
In addition, since a large amount of long paper is stored in the bag tube, the initial work of making medicine bags during the busy period is almost unnecessary, and at least two types of medicine bags are created using one long paper. It will be done.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described. Fig. 1 shows an example of an armpit of the present invention.
There are multiple (for example, 4,
) roll paper 2.2, . 3.3,... are provided.

Each roll paper 2 is folded in half and wound into a roll, and is passed through a guide roller or the like with a shield to the driving roller 4.
Pulled out by H6, corresponds to -fSwn-Printing Machine II
It is scheduled to be introduced in 3.

Each bag making/printing mechanism 3 includes a seeker 5 that seals the introduced roll paper 2 at intervals in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a cutter that cuts the sealed end/roll paper 2 along the sealed portion. 6, is cut and separated from the roll paper 2, and thereby the bag body is formed with the folded part of the roll paper 2 as the bottom and the sealed parts as both side edges, and the necessary clear information as a medicine bag is printed on it. It consists of a printer 7.

As shown in FIG. 2a, each roll paper 2 has at least two types of marks 8a and 8b, each of which is repeated at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the roll paper 2 and mutually marks the roll paper 2. It is attached in advance, slightly offset in the width direction.

The interval between the marks 8a and the interval between the marks 8b are different. For example, one mark 8a divides a certain length of the roll paper 2 into four, and the other mark 8b divides it into three. There is.

Sensors 9.9, . . . for reading marks 8a, 8b attached to the roll paper 2.2, . As shown in FIG. 2a, each sensor 9 includes a detection section 9a for reading the mark 8a and a detection section 9b for reading the mark 8b, so that both the marks 8a and 8b can be read individually. It has become.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, all roll paper 2.2,
The drive rollers 4.4, . . . , the bag making/printing mechanism 3.3, . . . , and the sensors 9.9, . Based on the command from the input device 11, the control device 10 selects the drive roller 4 and bag making/printing mechanism 3 to be operated, and also selects one of the detection sections 9a and 9b of the sensor 9 corresponding thereto. Then, the drive roller 4 and the bag making/printing mechanism 3 are operated according to the mark 8a or 8b read by the selected detection section 9a or 9b.

That is, when the control device 10 selects the detection part 9a of the sensor 9 on the roll paper 2 on which the marks 8a and 8b are attached as shown in FIG. 2a, the pitch of the marks 8a is as shown in FIG. 2b. If the control device 10 selects the detection part 9b of the sensor 9, the seals will be applied and cut at the pitch of the marks 8b, as shown in FIG. 2c. There is.

Therefore, the width dimensions of the roll papers 2, 2, . If the widths of the paper rolls 2.2, .
2g and 12h can be created.

Then, the printer 7 of the bag making/printing mechanism 3.3, .
7. Medicine bag 1 with necessary clear information printed by...
2a to 12h are guided by suitable guide means (not shown).
They are collected at one outlet and taken out.

Next, the operation of the medicine bag making device 1 described above will be explained.

First, various items necessary for creating a medicine bag are input using the input device 11.

Then, based on the command from the input device 11, the control device 10 selects the drive roller 4 and the bag making/printing mechanism 3 to be operated, and also selects one of the detection parts 9a and 9b of the sensor 9 corresponding to the drive roller 4 and the bag making/printing mechanism 3 to be operated. is selected, and the drive roller 4 and the bag making/printing mechanism 3 are operated according to the mark 8a or 8b read by the selected detection section 9a or 9b.

Thereby, the selected drive roller 4 is activated to pull out the corresponding roll paper 2 and introduce it into the bag making/printing mechanism 3.

At this time, the selected detection part 9a or 9b of the sensor 9
reads the corresponding mark 8a or 8b.

Therefore, for example, when the detection section 9a is selected, the bag making/printing mechanism 3 seals, cuts, and prints the roll paper 2 at the pitch of the marks 8a, as shown in FIG. 2b. For example, when the detection section 9b is selected, the bag making/printing mechanism 3 seals, cuts, and prints the roll paper 2 at the pitch of the marks 8b, as shown in FIG. 2C.

As a result, the medicine bag 12a is created by dividing the fixed length of the paper 2 into 4 parts, and when the detection part 91 is selected, , roll paper 2
Shoot three shots of the same constant length.

The medicine bag 12b will be created.

In addition, in the above embodiment, four roll paper 2 were installed, and correspondingly, four bags making and printing@4@3 were installed, but this is not limited to this. 2 and the number of cap-printed gutter treetops 3, including 1 and 1, can be set arbitrarily.

Further, although the width dimensions of the roll papers 2, 2, . . . may all be n, some (for example, all of them
2*) of the book) call paper 2.2 with the same width dimension and 1. But that's fine.

Also, instead of roll paper 2.2,..., constant r:II
Use HTS paper that is alternately folded in opposite directions. Both can be used, and any paper from 1 to 6 can be used as long as it is a continuous paper.
Medicine bag with different number 411 (for example 12a, 12b,...
・) can be created 1, but -・ (for example, 4 in total)
The bag-making/printing mechanisms 3.3 of two of the machines may create six bags (t-bags 12a) of the same type.

In the example, all the printing machines 21
? There are several sensors 9.9, . . . in front of 3.3, . In the above embodiment, the number of tanks can be created by omitting the installation of the sensor 9 and producing only one type of medicine bag with a predetermined size. Marks 8a and 8b are marked 2 lakes, but are not limited to, and as necessary,
It is possible to set any arbitrary mark, and in that case, the detection part of the sensor 9 can take advantage of all the names and marks of 11! In addition, in the L filling example, each bag making/printing mechanism 3 was constructed in the order of seek 5, cutter 6, and printer, so the sealed and cut f'S body was , the processing capacity of the printer 7 is 1'-, and the processing capacity is directly stored. ':, but it is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to place the printer 7 in front of the seek 5 and print it first, then seal it and cut it. You can.

In addition, for the paper rolls 8a, 8b, each roll paper 2
1: For example, the control device 10 may provide a means for connecting the chambers with a Pl wind, depending on the necessity.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the manufacturing & printing mechanism 3.3,
...is a cylindrical body! , :': Rather than setting it fixedly, the indication 12. However, it is preferable that the coffin be configured so that it can be pulled out individually from the housing toward the front or side, for example along an appropriate rail.

In this way, the maintenance work including the thermal transfer film of the printer 7, the transfer of the ink ribbon, and the sealer 5 and cutter 6 will be performed on the front or side of the housing. This can be done extremely easily at the withdrawal point Σ.

Also, the medicine bag 12 is removed from the printer 7!
The means of guiding up to the second exit is by using natural fall, λ・
It is possible to use any suitable means such as transportation by a cart or a conveyor.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, all the bag making/printing ayanagi 3 are for making medicine bags 12 and j,? However, it is not limited to this, and if you wish, you can install one of them as a label printer for liquid medicines (if you have the capacity), especially the number of printers installed on the bag making/printing machine 3. It goes without saying that various changes and modifications to the embodiments described above are possible. The outer bag is like a second distribution, so I put the outer bag on a long paper and stock it in the large R before the NQ: It is sharp, so the work of picking up the medicine bag during the busy season is reduced to 5 capsules. Qualitatively, it can be done without having to do it, and since at least two types of medicine bags can be created using one long sheet of paper, the entire device can be used while supporting multiple types of bags and Z. Can be configured to be relatively small,
As a result, in hospitals that must administer medication to a large number of outpatients within a limited time, by streamlining and speeding up the creation of medication bags, we have streamlined the overall medication administration process, thereby reducing patient waiting time. This has excellent effects such as being able to shorten the time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Figure a is an explanatory diagram showing two types of marks and sensors, the second
Figures b and 20 are explanatory diagrams showing the case where the medicine bag is packaged according to different marks, respectively, and Figure 3 is a block diagram of the main part of the bag shown in Figure 1. 1... Medicine bag making device 2... Roll paper 3...
Bag making/printing mechanism 4... Drive roller 5... Sealer 6... Cutters 8a, 8b... Marks 9a, 9b... Detection section 11... Input device 9... Sensor 7... - Printer 10...control device 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h...medicine bag

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a medicine bag making device that creates medicine bags by introducing a continuous long sheet of paper into a bag making/printing mechanism, at least two types of marks are attached to the long sheet of paper, and the marks are individually detected. A medicine bag making device characterized in that a means is provided, and according to any one type of mark detected by the detection means, a medicine bag corresponding to the mark is created.