JPH05285201A - Powdered medicine supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply optional kinds of powdered medicines by fixed quantities out of many kinds of powdered medicine. CONSTITUTION:This powdered medicine supply device is equipped with many powdered medicine containers 1, 1, ..., and means 3 and 9 for shifting a required quantity of powdered medicine stored in an optional powdered medicine container 1 up and down and taking it out to takeout position, and a means 11 for dividing the taken-out medicine to certain quantities, and by that, optional kinds of the medicine are supplied by certain quantities besides being shifted up and down and taken out without needing manual work of a pharmaceutist out of many kinds of the medicines.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a powdered medicine supply device which stores various kinds of powdered medicines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are many kinds of powdered medicines handled in hospital pharmacies, etc., but these powdered medicines are separately stored in a storage container called an apparatus bottle, and further, in a dispensation table. Many are arranged side by side on a plurality of shelves. When dispensing any kind of powdered medicine contained in such a large number of device bottles to administer it to a patient based on a doctor's prescription, first, place the device bottle of the powdered medicine indicated on the prescription on the shelf of the dispensation table. The powder must then be taken out of the device bottle, dispensed and dispensed into single doses.

[0003]

However, the only clue to identify the individual device bottles is generally only the display content of the label attached to the device bottles, and moreover, the labels on the racks of the dispensing table. Not only are the device bottles lined up left and right, but it is normal for other device bottles to be placed in the back of the device bottle placed in the foreground, so all the devices lined up on the shelf of the dispensing table It is extremely difficult for the pharmacist to check the label of the bottle from the front, and therefore, even if only the operation of taking out the required device bottle from the large number of device bottles is performed,
In addition to imposing a considerable burden on the pharmacist, the series of operations from removing the powdered medicine from the device bottle to dividing it into individual doses imposes a heavy burden on the pharmacist. was there.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a powdered medicine supply device capable of supplying a fixed amount of any kind of powdered medicine out of many kinds of powdered medicine. To do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention moves a large number of powdered medicine containers and powdered medicines contained in an arbitrary powder medicine container in the vertical direction to take out a required amount to the take-out position. It is provided with means and means for dividing the taken out powdered medicine into fixed amounts.

[0006]

By adopting the above-mentioned means, the present invention allows any kind of powdered medicines to be moved vertically and taken out without requiring the manual work of the pharmacist, and fixed at a constant level. It will be supplied in quantities.

[0007]

1 shows an embodiment of a powder medicine feeder according to the present invention. This powder medicine feeder is housed in a large number of powder medicine containers 1, 1 ,. Means 3 and 9 (moving means 3 and metering means 9) for moving the taken powdered medicines vertically and collectively as a group to the take-out position 2 and means 11 for dividing the taken-out powdered medicines into fixed amounts. It is equipped with That is, the moving means 3 brings the arbitrary powder medicine container 1 to the extraction position 2,
Further, the weighing device 9 has the powder medicine container 1 at the take-out position 2.
To discharge the required amount of powdered medicine. Each powder medicine container 1 is composed of a stock portion 4 for stocking the powder medicine and a discharging portion 5 for discharging the stock powder little by little. The discharge unit 5 can be appropriately configured, but can be realized by, for example, combining rotation and stop of a screw provided in the discharge path and opening and closing of a shutter provided at the outlet. it can. The means of transportation 3 is
As described below, the circulation device 6 is configured. The powder medicine containers 1, 1, ... Are arranged along a circulation path extending in the vertical direction. This circulation path is provided with a circulation device 6 adapted to circulate (or reversely move) it in one direction or in both directions. Therefore, each powder medicine container 1, 1, ... , Are integrally combined so as to circulate (or reverse) in one direction or in both directions. At the take-out position 2, a drive device 8 for operating the discharge part 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to this position, and a weighing device 9 for measuring the powder medicine discharged from the discharge part 5 by the operation of the drive device 8. Is provided, and the drive device 8 is configured to stop the operation of the discharging portion 5 when the measured value of the weighing device 9 reaches a predetermined required amount. Operation of each part related to taking out the powder medicine container 1,
That is, the designation and execution of the powder medicine container 1 to be taken out by the operation of the circulation device 6 is controlled by the control device 10. That is, the circulation device 6
, So that the powder medicine container 1 designated by the control device 10 among the powder medicine containers 1, 1, ... Comes to a height corresponding to the take-out position 2. , Are configured to move in groups. Such a circulation device 6
Since any suitable one can be used, detailed description of its configuration will be omitted. Further, a dividing device 11 is provided adjacent to the take-out position 2, and the dividing device 11 operates by the drive device 8 and the weighing device 9 to
A predetermined required amount of powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine container 1 is first distributed in a circular or arc shape, and then it is radially divided by a predetermined angle, whereby it is divided into doses each time. It is configured to supply the powdered medicine to the packaging device 12. Such a dividing device 11
Since any suitable one can be used, detailed description of its configuration will be omitted. An appropriate transfer device for introducing the powdered medicine, which has been weighed by the weighing device 9, into the dividing device 11 can be provided between the weighing device 9 and the dividing device 11, if necessary. Such a transfer device may be configured integrally with the weighing device 9, for example. In addition to the transfer device for introducing the powdered medicine from the take-out position 2, the dividing device 11 is preferably provided with an appropriate vibrating feeder commonly used for transferring the powdered medicine as the sprinkling device 13. By doing so, even if a powdered medicine of a type that is not contained in the powdered medicine storage container 1, 1, ... Can be treated in the same manner as the powdered medicines contained in the powdered medicine container 1, 1, ... And introduced into the dividing device 11.
Further, the control device 10 controls the operation of each part related to the powder medicine container 1 at the take-out position 2, that is, the determination of the discharge amount of the powder medicine to be discharged by the operation of the drive device 8 and the weighing device 9 and its execution. It is like this. The control device 10 also controls the operation of each part related to the powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine container 1, that is, the determination of the fixed amount of division and the number of packages by the operation of the dividing device 11 and the packaging device 12 and its execution. It is like this. Further, as the control device 10, an appropriate device using a computer control system can be used, and therefore, detailed description of its configuration will be omitted, but for example, the content of a prescription issued by a doctor is input. When configured as a part of an appropriate dispensing system, it becomes possible to more smoothly carry out the flow of the entire pharmacy business from the necessary dispensing of the powdered medicine to the administration to the patient.

Next, the operation of the powdered medicine supplying device constructed as described above will be explained. First, the control device 10 designates the powder medicine container 1 to be taken out at the take-out position 2. Then, the circulator 6 operates to move the whole powder medicine containers 1, 1, ... As a group until the designated powder medicine containers 1 reach the height corresponding to the extraction position 2. Next, the drive unit 8 operates the discharge unit 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to the take-out position 2, and the discharge amount of the powder medicine discharged from the discharge unit 5 as the measured amount value of the measuring device 9 is obtained. When the predetermined required amount is reached, the drive device 8 stops the operation of the discharge part 5. Next, the predetermined required amount of powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine container 1 at the take-out position 2 is introduced into the dividing device 11, and divided into doses by the operation of the dividing device 11, By the operation of the packaging device 12, each of the doses is divided into one package. Therefore, it is not necessary for the pharmacist to select the powdered medicine container 1 required for dispensing from among a large number of powdered medicine containers 1, 1, ... And also to take out the required amount of powdered medicine from the powder medicine container 1. Furthermore, it is not necessary to divide the extracted powdered medicine into fixed amounts, and therefore, as long as it is the type of powdered medicine contained in the powdered medicine container 1, 1, ... There will be no. Then, even if the powdered medicine is not contained in the powdered medicine container 1, 1, ..., The pharmacist manually takes out a necessary amount and puts it into the sprinkling device 13, so that the powdered medicine is stored. It can be handled in the same manner as the powdered medicines contained in the containers 1, 1, ..., Introduced into the dividing device 11 to be divided into doses, and can also be divided into individual packages by the packaging device 12. Further, the powder medicine container 1 for which the prescribed dispensing operation has been completed is automatically separated from the take-out position 2 as the circulation device 6 operates to bring the next powder medicine container 1 to the take-out position 2. It will be.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the powdered medicine supply device according to the present invention. This powdered medicine supply device is housed in a large number of powder medicine containers 1, 1, ... Means 3 and 9 (moving means 3 and metering means 9) for moving the taken powdered medicine vertically and individually to take out a required amount to the take-out position 2 and means 11 for dividing the taken-out powdered medicine into fixed amounts. It is equipped with That is, the moving means 3
Is for bringing an arbitrary powder medicine container 1 to the extraction position 2, and the weighing device 9 is for discharging a required amount of powder medicine from the powder medicine container 1 at the extraction position 2. Each powder medicine container 1 is composed of a stock portion 4 for stocking the powder medicine and a discharging portion 5 for discharging the stock powder little by little. The discharge unit 5 can be appropriately configured, but can be realized by, for example, combining rotation and stop of a screw provided in the discharge path and opening and closing of a shutter provided at the outlet. it can. The moving means 3 is configured as a handling device 7, as described below. The powder medicine containers 1, 1, ... Are arranged side by side in one row along the vertical direction. Powder medicine container 1,
At a position adjacent to 1, ..., A handling device 7 is provided which moves between them and individually moves an arbitrary powder medicine container 1 from the powder medicine containers 1, 1 ,.
The handling device 7 is an individually moved powder medicine container 1
It is designed to bring the removal position 2. Extraction position 2
The discharge part 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to this position.
Is provided, and a weighing device 9 for weighing the powdered medicine discharged from the discharge part 5 by the operation of the driving device 8, and when the weighing value of the weighing device 9 reaches a predetermined required amount, The drive device 8 is configured to stop the operation of the discharge part 5. The controller 10 controls the operation of each part related to the individual movement of the powder medicine container 1, that is, the designation of the powder medicine container 1 to be individually moved by the operation of the handling device 7 and the execution thereof. That is, the handling device 7 handles the powdered medicine container 1 designated by the control device 10 from among the powdered medicine containers 1, 1, ..., And individually moves it to the take-out position 2, while moving it to the take-out position 2. It is configured to handle the unnecessary powder medicine container 1 and return it to the original position. As such a handling device 7, an appropriate device can be used, and therefore a detailed description of its configuration will be omitted. Further, a dividing device 11 is provided adjacent to the take-out position 2,
The dividing device 11 firstly distributes a predetermined necessary amount of powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine container 1 in an annular or arc shape by the operation of the drive device 8 and the metering device 9, and then predetermined it radially. The powder medicine divided into individual doses by the angle is packaged by the packaging device 12
Is configured to supply. Since an appropriate device can be used as the dividing device 11, a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. An appropriate transfer device for introducing the powdered medicine, which has been weighed by the weighing device 9, into the dividing device 11 can be provided between the weighing device 9 and the dividing device 11, if necessary. Such a transfer device may be configured integrally with the weighing device 9, for example. In addition to the transfer device for introducing the powdered medicine from the take-out position 2, the dividing device 11 is preferably provided with an appropriate vibrating feeder commonly used for transferring the powdered medicine as the sprinkling device 13. By doing so, even if a powdered medicine of a type that is not contained in the powdered medicine storage container 1, 1, ... Can be treated in the same manner as the powdered medicines contained in the powdered medicine container 1, 1, ... And introduced into the dividing device 11. Further, the control device 10 controls the operation of each part related to the powder medicine container 1 at the take-out position 2, that is, the determination of the discharge amount of the powder medicine to be discharged by the operation of the drive device 8 and the weighing device 9 and its execution. It is like this. The control device 10 also controls the operation of each part related to the powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine container 1, that is, the determination of the fixed amount of division and the number of packages by the operation of the dividing device 11 and the packaging device 12 and its execution. It is like this. Further, as the control device 10, an appropriate device using a computer control system can be used, and therefore, detailed description of its configuration will be omitted, but for example, the content of a prescription issued by a doctor is input. When configured as a part of an appropriate dispensing system, it becomes possible to more smoothly carry out the flow of the entire pharmacy business from the necessary dispensing of the powdered medicine to the administration to the patient.

Next, the operation of the powdered medicine supplying device constructed as described above will be explained. First, the control device 10 designates the powder medicine container 1 to be taken out at the take-out position 2. Then, the handling device 7 handles the designated powder medicine container 1 and individually moves it to the extraction position 2. Next, the drive unit 8 operates the discharge unit 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to the take-out position 2, whereby the discharge amount of the powder medicine discharged from the discharge unit 5 is measured by the measuring device 9
When a predetermined required amount is reached as the measured value of, the driving device 8 stops the operation of the discharging portion 5. Next, the predetermined required amount of powdered medicine taken out from the powdered medicine container 1 at the take-out position 2 is introduced into the dividing device 11, and divided into doses by the operation of the dividing device 11, By the operation of the packaging device 12, each of the doses is divided into one package. Therefore, the pharmacist must use the powder medicine container 1 required for dispensing.
Is not required to be selected from a large number of powdered medicine containers 1, 1, ..., It is also possible to take out a necessary amount of powdered medicine from the powdered medicine container 1 It is not necessary to divide into two, and therefore, as long as the powdered medicine is contained in the powdered medicine container 1, 1, ..., No manual work is required. Then, even if the type of powder is not contained in the powder container 1, 1, ..., The pharmacist manually takes out a necessary amount and puts it into the hand spraying device 13, so that the powder is
It can be handled in the same manner as the powdered medicines contained in the powdered medicine container 1, 1, ..., Introduced into the dividing device 11 to be divided into doses, and the packaging device 12 can also be divided into individual packages. it can. Further, the powder medicine container 1 for which the predetermined dispensing operation is completed is handled again by the operation of the handling device 7 in the opposite direction to the original position.

In the above embodiment, each powder medicine container 1
In the above description, the stock section 4 and the discharge section 5 are included, and the combination of the screw and the shutter has been described as an example of the discharge section 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may have an appropriate configuration. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the moving means 3 is configured as the circulation device 6 or the handling device 7, but the present invention is not limited to this, and if any powder medicine container 1 can be brought to the extraction position 2, It may have any configuration. Further, the powder medicine container 1, 1, ... Shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1 is configured as a powder medicine container group 1A, and a plurality of such powder medicine container groups 1A, 1B ,.
Can also be arranged adjacent to the left and right or front and back.
Then, such a powdered medicine container group 1A, 1B, ..., For example, by moving them integrally back and forth or left and right by an appropriate moving device, any powdered medicine container group 1A (1B, ...) , Can be brought to the take-out position 2. Further, in the embodiment of FIG. 2, the powder medicine container 1,
1, ... are arranged side by side in a row along the vertical direction,
The present invention is not limited to this, and for example, two or more rows can be arranged side by side. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the drive device 8 for operating the discharge portion 5 of the powder medicine container 1 brought to this position is provided at the extraction position 2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, each powder medicine Container 1,
The drive devices 8, 8, ... Can be provided for each 1 ,. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, at the take-out position 2,
Although the measuring device 9 for measuring the powdered medicine discharged from the discharge part 5 of the powdered medicine container 1 brought to this position is provided, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the circulation device 6 or the hand link device 7 is provided. It can be attached. That is, when the weighing device 9 is provided in the handling device 7, the handling device 7 does not handle the powdered medicine container 1 as in the above-described embodiment, but handles the weighing device 9 to operate an arbitrary powdered medicine container. When the metering device 9 has moved to the position 1 and the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine container 1 has been weighed at that position, the powdered medicine is handled together with the metering device 9 and brought to the take-out position 2. Therefore, in this case, the drive unit 8 is also provided unless it is provided for each powder medicine container 1, 1 ,.
It is necessary to provide the handling device 7 together with the weighing device 9. Moreover, the weighing device 9 may measure the weight of the powdered medicine or may measure the volume of the powdered medicine. Further, the take-out position 2 is not limited to one location corresponding to one powder medicine container 1, and even if it is one location,
It is possible to correspond to one or more powder medicine container 1, 1, ..., Or, it is also possible to provide two or more places. Further, the dividing device 11 is not limited to one that distributes the powdered medicine in an annular shape or an arc shape, but may be one that distributes the powdered medicine in a straight line. In that case, the distributed powdered medicine has a predetermined length along the straight line. It may be divided into each. Further, in order to perform the powder medicine replenishing work for each powder medicine container 1, 1, ..., The required position for attaching and detaching the powder medicine container 1 from the apparatus main body can be provided separately from the take-out position 2.

[0012]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
From a wide variety of powdered medicines, any kind of powdered medicine can be moved up and down and taken out without the need for the pharmacist's manual work, and a fixed amount can be supplied at a time.
It is not necessary for the pharmacist to select the powder medicine container required for dispensing from a large number of powder medicine containers, and it is also possible to take out the required amount of powder medicine from the powder medicine container, and further It is not necessary to divide into a fixed amount, and therefore, there is no need for manual work, and it is possible to greatly reduce the burden on the pharmacist.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a powder medicine feeder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the powder medicine feeder according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Powder medicine container 2: Extraction position 3: Moving means 4: Stock part 5: Discharge part 6: Circulation device 7: Handling device 8: Driving device 9: Weighing device 10: Control device 11: Dividing device 12: Packaging device 13 : Hand spreading device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A large number of powder medicine containers, a means for vertically moving the powder medicines contained in an arbitrary powder medicine container, and taking out a necessary amount at a take-out position, and dividing the taken-out powder medicine into fixed amounts. A powdered medicine supply device comprising: