JPH06227525A - Tablet-wrapping machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the input operation of prescription data simple and easy by screen-displaying the names of respective kinds of tablets of a tablet supply mechanism part and by selectively inputting each kind of tablets and the number of the tablets through a touch panel. CONSTITUTION:A controller 20 prepares prescription data, printing data, etc., by displaying them on CRT22 through the key input operation of an input mechanism part 21 by a keyboard, and transfers these data to the side of a wrapping machine body 1. A pressure-sensitive input mechanism part 30 screen- displays, on CRT31. the names of tablets in tablet cases 4 inserted and arranged in respective storage parts in the housing 3 of a tablet supply mechanism part 2. Then, when these tablet names are selectively inputted on the basis of the prescription data by a touch system through a finger, etc., on a touch panel arranged between the CRT31 and a bezel, the tablet supply mechanism part 2 and an automatic wrapping mechanism part 10 are controlled and driven by this input operation in place of the key input operation of the key input mechanism part 21 so that the wrapping operation of tablets is performed. Therefore, the input operation of the prescription data is made simple and easy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet packing machine for dispensing and prescribing various tablets based on a prescription such as the type of drug, the number of drugs, and the number of days each patient takes, and in particular, the contents of prescription data. The input mechanism part for inputting is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the prescription method of administration has become complicated, and along with this, one dose of a single medicine package, which is packaged in a wrapping paper by a tablet packaging machine and dispensed, is taken for one day. And the medicine bandage formed by continuously forming a plurality according to the number of doses,
Since drug inspection is always required due to input errors, machine malfunctions, etc., it is obligatory to check the entered prescription with the packaging result.

Conventionally, some tablet packing machines of this type have a structure as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-35181.

In such a tablet packing machine, the content of prescription data such as the type of drug to be taken by each patient, the number of drugs, and the number of days of prescription is input to the input mechanism section of the controller, and various types of hundreds of types are entered. By controlling the tablet supply mechanism unit and the automatic packaging mechanism unit that selectively supply tablets and the number of their agents, the medicine package for one dose is packaged in the wrapping paper, and the medicine package for one day is taken. Depending on the time (eg, "morning", "day", "evening", "before bedtime") and the number of days taken, it is formed into a medicine bandage and dispensed. Prescription data such as a patient name, a patient code, a dosage period, each tablet type and the number of agents are printed on this medicine bandage.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional tablet packing machine, in particular, the input mechanism section of the controller for inputting the content of the prescription data is operated by the key input operation by the keyboard. Therefore, there is a problem that the operator not only needs complicated work but also requires a great deal of time and skill.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a tablet packaging machine capable of performing a prescription data input operation easily and easily.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises an input mechanism section for inputting prescription data of a prescription such as the type of drug, the number of drugs and the number of days each patient takes. Control means, a tablet supply mechanism section for supplying each tablet type and the number of agents thereof for one dose based on the prescription data input by the input mechanism section of the control means, and the tablet supply mechanism section Each tablet type and number of drugs are packaged in a wrapping paper and sealed to form a medicine package, and this medicine package is automatically formed into a continuous medicine bandage according to the time of day and the number of days of administration. In a tablet packaging machine comprising an automatic packaging mechanism section formed and a printing mechanism section for printing prescription data on each medicine package of the medicine bandage formed by the automatic packaging mechanism section, the control means is Display various tablet names of the tablet supply mechanism on the screen The number of each tablet type and dosage is obtained by become comprises a pressure-sensitive input mechanism for manipulating selectively input configuration in the touch panel.

[0008]

That is, according to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned configuration, various tablet names of the tablet supply mechanism section are displayed on the screen, and each tablet type and the number of agents are selectively input by the touch panel. Since the input mechanism unit is provided, the input operation of prescription data can be performed easily and easily.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows a tablet packing machine according to the present invention, in which 1 is a packing machine main body.

A tablet supply mechanism section 2 is arranged in the upper part of the main body 1 of the packaging machine, and the tablet supply mechanism section 2 is a cylinder having a large number of storage sections which are rectangular in a plane and are partitioned in a plane lattice pattern. Type housing 3, a tablet case 4 as a tablet storage supply body inserted and arranged for each tablet type in each storage portion of the housing 3, and a tablet case 4 arranged at the lower portion of the housing 3 A hopper unit 5 for receiving tablets that are selectively supplied in a fixed amount from
It is composed of a pair of left and right belt conveyors 6 and 6 as tablet conveying means for receiving tablets falling from the hopper portion 5, and the belt conveyors 6 and 6 selectively drop and supply from each of the tablet cases 4. The tablets can be collected in the central part of the packaging machine body 1 in the left-right direction.

In the lower part of the body 1 of the packaging machine,
An automatic packaging mechanism unit 10 is provided which automatically wraps and ejects tablets that are selectively quantitatively supplied from the tablet supply mechanism unit 2.

The automatic packaging mechanism section 10 includes a shutter conveyor 11 as a tablet loading mechanism section disposed in the lower central portion between the pair of left and right belt conveyors 6 and 6, and tablets toward the loading port of the shutter conveyor 11. The wrapping paper feeding mechanism section 12 as a transfer device for intermittently and continuously transferring the continuous wrapping paper 100 wound in a roll shape into which the wrapping paper is fed, and on the way of the wrapping paper feeding mechanism section 12. "Patient name", "Patient code number", "Prescription date", "Usage", "Tablet type", "Number of tablets", etc. are set in the range corresponding to the width of the medicine package on the packaging paper 100. A printing mechanism unit (printer) 13 that prints before printing tablets, and a wrapping paper 100 that is printed by the printer 13 after printing tablets is heat-sealed (encapsulated) to continuously form one medicine package 110. Heat seal mechanism section 14 , The heat seal mechanism 14
Medicine bandage 120 consisting of a plurality of consecutive medicine bags 110 heat-sealed at a number corresponding to the number of days and the number of doses taken
And a medicine bandage transport mechanism 16 for transporting the medicine bandage 120 cut by the cutting mechanism 15 to the discharge port 7 opened on the upper side surface of the packaging machine body 1. The medicine bandage 120 is housed in a medicine bag (not shown) and handed to the patient.

The heat-sealing mechanism section 14 vertically seals the fold-wrapped wrapping paper 100 transferred from the wrapping-paper feeding mechanism section 12 and forms a separable cut line for each medicine package 110. A sachet is provided with a sewing machine blade (not shown), and an opening of the sachet is laterally sealed after a tablet is put into the sachet to continuously form a medicine package 110 corresponding to one dose. It is designed to do.

On the other hand, reference numeral 20 in the drawing is a controller for controlling the main body 1 of the packaging machine. The controller 20 displays prescription data and print data on the CRT 22 by a key input operation of a key input mechanism section 21 by a keyboard. Then, the prescription data and the print data can be transferred to the packaging machine body 1 side.

That is, the packaging machine body 1 includes a controller 2
The tablet supply mechanism unit 2 and the automatic packaging mechanism unit 10 are driven by the prescription data and the printing data transferred from 0 to perform the packaging operation, and the printer 13 has a predetermined format. Accordingly, the printing operation is performed in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the wrapping paper 100 as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 30 in the drawing denotes a pressure-sensitive input mechanism section installed in the main body 1 of the packaging machine. The pressure-sensitive input mechanism section 30 is inserted into each storage section in the housing 3 of the tablet supply mechanism section 2. CRT the tablet name in the placed tablet case 4
31 is displayed on the screen, and as shown in FIG. 3, the tablet names are touched by a finger or the like to the touch panel 33 arranged by being attached between the CRT 31 and the bezel 32, based on the prescription data. By selectively performing an input operation, instead of the key input operation of the key input mechanism unit 21, the tablet supply mechanism unit 2 and the automatic packaging mechanism unit 10 are controlled and driven, thereby performing the tablet packaging operation. It is something like this.

FIG. 4 shows a control system for a tablet packaging machine according to the present invention. In the figure, 40 is a control circuit section on the side of the packaging machine main body 1, which control circuit section 40 is a central processing unit (C).
PU) 41, a system memory 42 in which the control procedure on the packaging machine body 1 side is programmed, a packaging machine controller 43 for controlling the packaging operation of the packaging machine body 1, a print signal and a line feed signal for the printer 13, etc. Is output to control the printing operation, a buffer memory 45, a control counter 46, and registers R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ .

Further, in the figure, reference numeral 50 denotes a control circuit section on the side of the controller 20, which is a system in which a central processing unit (CPU) 51 and a control procedure on the side of the controller 20 are programmed. A memory 52, a keyboard interface 53 that detects a manipulation of the key input mechanism section 21 by the keyboard and generates a key input signal, a CRT controller 54 that controls the display of the CRT 22 on the controller 20 side, and the pressure-sensitive device. A touch panel interface 55 that detects an input operation on the touch panel of the input mechanism unit 30 to generate a pressure-sensitive input signal, a CRT controller 56 that controls the display of the CRT 31 on the pressure-sensitive input mechanism unit 30 side, and a buffer memory 57. And the control circuit units 40 and 50 both convert the transmission data into serial data. They are connected to each other by a transmission line 60 to receive data via the Interferon chair 47, 58 to parallel conversion.

Further, the control circuit section 4 on the packaging machine body 1 side
0 controls packaging based on the prescription data and print data transmitted from the control circuit unit 50 on the controller 20 side. The transfer mode between the control circuit units 40 and 50 is the packaging machine. The control circuit unit 40 on the main body 1 side is started by transmitting a transfer request signal to the control circuit unit 50 on the controller 20 side, and the transfer request signal is transmitted by the packaging machine main body 1. The control circuit section 40 periodically outputs the data without performing the packaging control.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, various tablet names of the tablet supply mechanism are displayed on the screen, and each tablet type and the number of agents are selectively input by the touch panel. Since the input mechanism unit is provided, the input operation of prescription data can be performed more simply and easily than the conventional key input operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view schematically showing an embodiment of a tablet packaging machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of printing on a wrapping paper.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view similarly showing an exploded pressure-sensitive input mechanism portion using a touch panel.

FIG. 4 is a control system diagram of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Packing machine main body, 2 ... Tablet supply mechanism part, 10 ... Tablet packing mechanism part, 11
... Tablet loading mechanism, 12 ... Packaging paper feeding mechanism,
14 ... Heat seal mechanism section, 20 ... Controller, 30 ... Pressure-sensitive input mechanism section, 31 ...
・ CRT, 33 ... Touch panel, 40 ... Packaging machine main body side control circuit section, 47 ... Interface, 50 ... Controller side control circuit section, 58 ...
・ ・ ・ Interface, 60 ・ ・ ・ Transmission line, 100 ・
..Wrapping paper, 110 ... Medicine packages, 12
0 ... Medicine bandage.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The type and number of agents to be taken by each patient and
A control means having an input mechanism section for inputting prescription data such as the number of days and the like, and supplying each tablet type and the number of agents thereof for one dose based on the prescription data input by the input mechanism section of this control means. And a tablet supply mechanism section, and each tablet type and the number of agents supplied from the tablet supply mechanism section are packaged and encapsulated in a wrapping paper to form a medicine package, and the medicine package is administered for one day and An automatic wrapping mechanism section which is automatically formed into a plurality of continuous medicine wrapping bands according to the number of doses, and a printing mechanism which prints prescription data on each medicine wrap of the medicine wrapping band formed by this automatic wrapping mechanism section. In the tablet packaging machine, the control means displays various tablet names of the tablet supply mechanism section on a screen and selectively inputs and operates each tablet type and the number of tablets on the touch panel. Tablet packing machine characterized by having a section .