JPH0640401A - Medecine feeder in medicine packer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To handle a special medecine which must be carefully and manually handled by a person like a pharmaceutist by use of a medicine packer. CONSTITUTION:A medicine packer 1 is provided with a tablet container holding a number of tablet feeders and a packing device 6 to pack the tablets discharged from an arbitrary tablet feeder to carry out the supplying work of the tablets by taking out respective tablet feeders forward from the tablet container. A hand-scattering device 8 of medicine is provided so as to be able to draw forward under the tablet container. In this way, only by scattering a special medicine, which must be carefully and manually handled by a person line pharmaceutists, by a hand-scattering device 8, preparing (packing) works in the downstream processes can be automatically carried out by a medicine packer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine supply device for a medicine packing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a medicine packing machine is provided with a tablet storage box containing a large number of tablet feeders and a packaging device for packing the tablets discharged from any tablet feeder. There is one that comes out of the storage room to the front to perform the tablet refilling work. Many kinds of medicines handled by this kind of medicine packing machine are prescribed relatively often, and the more frequently the tablets contained in each tablet feeder are prescribed, the medicine packing machine It contributes to efficient automation of labor and labor saving.
On the other hand, some chemicals require strict management because they are dangerous to use, and some have severe storage conditions such as temperature and humidity.These special chemicals are used by pharmacists and other dispensing workers. Since it must be handled carefully by hand, it is not handled by the medicine packing machine.

[0003]

However, no matter how special the medicine is, manually dispensing from the beginning to the end of the dispensing operation is significantly more troublesome than using a medicine packaging machine. Then, there was a problem such as inefficiency.

The present invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional ones, and allows a dispensing operator such as a pharmacist to handle special medicines that must be handled carefully by hand with the medicine packaging machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drug supply device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises a tablet container containing a large number of tablet feeders, and a packaging device for packaging tablets discharged from any tablet feeder, In a medicine packing machine adapted to take out each tablet feeder from the tablet storage room to the front to perform tablet refilling work, a medicine sprinkling device is provided below the tablet storage room so that it can be pulled out to the front. is there.

[0006]

By adopting the above means, the present invention allows a dispensing operator such as a pharmacist to sprinkle a special medicine that must be handled carefully by hand onto a sprinkling device, and the subsequent dispensing ( The (packaging) operation is automatically performed by the medicine packing machine.

[0007]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a medicine supply device for a medicine packing machine according to the present invention. The medicine packing machine 1 comprises a plurality of drawer bodies 2, 2, ..., Each drawer body 2 has its front surface. By pulling the handle 3 provided on the panel by hand, the handle 3 can be pulled out to the front when viewed from the front. As shown in FIG.
Each drawer 2 is provided with a plurality of stages of shelves 4, 4, ... On both right and left sides (only one side is shown), and a plurality of tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Then, the tablets discharged from each tablet feeder 5 are transferred to the drawer 2
It is designed to drop downward through a chute (not shown) provided between the left and right shelves. Therefore, the upper part of the medicine packing machine 1 provided with these drawers 2, 2, ... Composes a tablet storage box accommodating a large number of tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. The medicine packaging machine 1 also includes a packaging device 6 below the drawers 2, 2, ..., And all the tablet feeders 5 installed in the drawers 2, 2 ,.
The tablets discharged from 5, ... Are introduced into the packaging device 6 via the hopper 7, and are individually packaged in one package. The medicine packaging machine 1 further includes a hand-spreading device 8 that can be pulled out to the front when viewed from the front, below the tablet storage case,
The sprinkling device 8 is provided with an arbitrary chemical, for example, 7 times 3 times a day.
The daily dose, or four times a day for 14 days, or any other appropriate number of doses can be taken. Then, when the medicine sprinkled on the sprinkling device 8 is sequentially discharged from the sprinkling device 8 one by one, it is introduced into the packaging device 6 via the hopper 7 so that the medicines are packaged one by one. It has become. As shown in FIG. 3, the medicine packing machine 1 has a prescription accepting device 9 for accepting a prescription inputted from an appropriate input device.
The prescription acceptance device 9 divides the accepted prescription for each drawer body 2, 2, ..., And transmits it to the operating device 10 of the corresponding drawer body 2, and the tablet feeder 5 corresponding to the prescription.
The tablet discharge operation is performed. Further, when the prescription accepting device 9 is not housed in any of the tablet feeders 5, 5, ... Of the drawers 2, 2, ... And receives the prescription of the medicine to be handed, the prescription (hand The spraying prescription) is transmitted to the processing device 11. The processing device 11 automatically pulls out the hand spraying device 8 when the hand spraying prescription or the end of the prescription is notified, and when the operator such as a pharmacist operates the switch 12, the processing device 11 automatically operates the hand spraying device 8. It is designed to be pushed into. That is, the processing device 11 operates as follows. First, when the prescription acceptance device 9 is informed of the prescription, the prescription device 8 is automatically pulled out. Next, an operator such as a pharmacist sprinkles a medicine corresponding to the hand sprinkling prescription on a predetermined position of the hand sprinkling device 8 that has been pulled out, and then the switch 12
When is operated, the processing device 11 automatically pushes the hand spreading device 8 to the storage position. Next, when the medicine discharging operation from the hand-spreading device 8 by the hand-spreading prescription is completed, the processing device 11 automatically pulls out the hand-spreading device 8 again. Then, when the operator, such as a pharmacist, confirms the discharge state of the medicine from the pulled out sprinkling device 8, and the switch 12 is operated, the processing device 11 automatically re-operates the sprinkling device 8 again. It is configured to be pushed to the retracted position to complete one cycle of operation. Furthermore, the medicine packing machine 1 is provided with a clarification device 13 that clearly indicates the content of the medicine to be sprinkled (name of medicine, total amount, number of divisions, single dose, etc.). The clarification device 13 is configured by a printing device such as a printer or a display device such as an LCD, and when the prescription acceptance device 9 is informed of the prescription to be handed, the contents of the medicine to be handed by the prescription are clearly stated, It is designed to inform pharmacists and other dispensing workers.

Next, the operation of the drug supply device of the drug packing machine configured as described above will be described. First, when the prescription inputted by an appropriate input device is transmitted to the medicine packing machine 1, the prescription is transmitted to the actuating device 10 of the corresponding drawer body 2 by the prescription accepting device 9 or by hand-disposal prescription. If there is, it is transmitted to the processing device 11. When the prescription is the prescription of the tablet accommodated in any one of the tablet feeders 5 of the drawer body 2, the actuating device 10 of the drawer body 2 operates the tablet feeder 5 corresponding to the prescription. Thus, the tablets discharged from the tablet feeder 5 by a predetermined number of tablets are introduced into the packaging device 6 through the hopper 7, and are packaged by the packaging device 6 one by one. When the prescription is a hand-made prescription, the processing device 11 first automatically pulls out the hand-made device 8, and the clarification device 13 causes the content of the drug (medicine name, total amount, number of divisions, single dose). , Etc.) are specified. Therefore, a dispensing operator such as a pharmacist uses the clarification device 13 to describe the content of the medicine to be handed (name of medicine, total amount, number of divisions, single dose, etc.).
Can be grasped. Next, when a worker such as a pharmacist sprinkles a medicine corresponding to the sprinkling prescription at a predetermined position of the spouting device 8 that has been pulled out, and the switch 12 is operated, the processing device 11 Hand-scattering device 8
Is automatically pushed to the storage position. Then, in this state, the processing device 11 removes the chemicals sprinkled on the sprinkling device 8 from each other.
The medicine discharged from the hand-spreading device 8 one by one according to the prescription is discharged one by one, and the medicine discharged from the hand-spreading device 8 is passed through the hopper 7 to the packaging device 6.
And is packaged by the packaging device 6 one by one. Next, when the medicine discharging operation from the hand-spreading device 8 by the hand-spreading prescription is completed, the processing device 11
Automatically pulls out the hand spreading device 8 again. Then, when the operator, such as a pharmacist, confirms the discharge state of the medicine from the pulled out sprinkling device 8, and the switch 12 is operated, the processing device 11 automatically re-operates the sprinkling device 8 again. The operation of one cycle is completed by pushing it to the retracted position. Therefore, a dispensing operator such as a pharmacist merely dispenses a special drug that must be handled carefully by hand onto the dispensing device 8, and subsequent dispensing (packaging) work is performed by the drug dispensing machine 1. It will be done automatically. Furthermore, in the case where the prescribed medicines are those stored in any of the tablet feeders 5 and those to be sprinkled by the sprinkling device 8,
Both can be packaged in combination with each other, for example, as a single package or adjacent packages for each dose.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... Are provided on both left and right sides of each drawer 2, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the width of each drawer 2 is narrow. , May be provided with a plurality of shelves 4, 4, ... On only one side thereof, and the tablet feeders 5, 5 ,. Further, in the above embodiment, the tablet storage is configured as the drawers 2, 2, ..., However, the tablet feeders 5, 5,
The tablet storage may not necessarily include the drawers 2, 2, ... As long as the tablets can be replenished by taking out the tablets ... Each of the shelves of the tier may be configured to have a plurality of tablet feeders, respectively, and a plurality of tablet feeders are annularly arranged around the vertical axis,
These may be arranged in a plurality of stages, and all tablet feeders may be rotated or rotated around the axis line so that any tablet feeder can be moved to the front outlet. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the hand-spreading device 8 is configured to be automatically pulled out at the start and end of the hand-spreading prescription, but the present invention is not limited to this. Omit the drawer,
The sprinkling device 8 can be automatically pulled out only at the start of the hand sprinkling prescription, or the sprinkling device 8 is not automatically pulled out at both the start time and the end time. You can also When the automatic withdrawal of the manual dispensing device 8 accompanying the start or end of the manual dispensing is omitted, the automatic withdrawal of the manual dispensing device 8 can be performed by operating the appropriate switch, as in the automatic pushing by the operation of the switch 12. The switch used at this time can be shared with the switch 12. Also, when the hand-spreading device 8 is automatically pulled out,
In order to inform the operator of that, for example, an appropriate display device can be provided to turn on or blink it, or an appropriate alarm sound can be generated. The same applies to the automatic withdrawal of the hand-spreading device 8 associated with the operation and the automatic withdrawal of the hand-spreading device 8 by operating a switch. Further, the hand spreading device 8 has a plurality of masses arranged in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, respectively, and
For example, it is preferable to form 3 × 7 corresponding to the prescription for 7 days 3 times a day or 4 × 14 corresponding to the prescription for 14 days 4 times a day. However, the required number of cells can be appropriately arranged. Further, although not specifically shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, tablets ejected from any tablet feeders 5, 5, ... It goes without saying that an appropriate drop path is configured so that the drop into the hopper 7 and the introduction into the packaging device 6 are not hindered. further,
Although the medicine packing machine including the tablet feeder 5 has been described in the above embodiment, the invention is not limited to this and can be applied to a medicine packing machine including various medicine feeders including an appropriate powder feeder. In that sense, the term "tablet" in this specification can be restated as a "medicine" which is not limited to a tablet.

[0010]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
Dispensing operators such as pharmacists only sprinkle special medicines that must be handled carefully by hand onto the sprinkling device, and subsequent dispensing (packaging) work is performed automatically by the drug dispensing machine. Therefore, for example, those that require strict control because they are dangerous to use and special chemicals that have severe storage conditions such as temperature and humidity can be handled by the medicine packing machine, and therefore, dispensing operations can be performed. Compared to manually dispensing from the beginning to the end of
Dispensing can be performed simply and efficiently, and the direction in which each tablet feeder is taken out when performing tablet refilling work and the direction in which the hand-spreading device is pulled out when carrying out the manual sprinkling work of the medicine are
Both of them are in front of the pill storage and are common,
For the worker, the tablet refilling work can be performed very easily, and the medicine sprinkling work can also be performed very easily, so that the overall work efficiency can be improved. Is to have.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a medicine supply device of a medicine packing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state in which a drawer of the medicine supply device of the medicine packing machine in FIG. 1 is pulled out.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part of a medicine supply device of the medicine packing machine in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Drug dispensing machine 2: Drawer 3: Handle 4: Shelf 5: Tablet feeder 6: Packing device 7: Hopper 8: Hand spreading device 9: Prescription acceptance device 10: Actuating device 11: Processing device 12: Switch 13: Explicit apparatus

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tablet storage container containing a large number of tablet feeders, and a packaging device for packaging tablets discharged from any tablet feeder, and each tablet feeder is taken out from the tablet storage container to the front and tablets are packed. In a medicine packing machine adapted to perform a replenishment work, a medicine handing device is provided so as to be able to be pulled out toward the front below the tablet storage.