JPH0727581U - Drug processing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A medicine bag supply device is combined with a dispensation table to achieve smooth, efficient, accurate, timely drug processing operations. [Structure] The drug processing unit comprises a dispensation table 1 provided with a medicine shelf 2 and a medicine bag supply device 3 incorporated under the table. The medicine bag supply device 3 presses the paper from the medicine bag paper roll 31 with the pressure bonding device 33 and cuts it with the cutter 34 to make a medicine bag,
Necessary items are injected by the medicine bag printer 36 and sent to the dispensing table 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a medicine bag unit in which a medicine bag supply device including a medicine bag printer is combined with a dispensation table having a medicine rack.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 At hospital pharmacies, drugs such as drugs and tablets that have been prepared or selected according to the prescription are put together in a medicine bag for delivery to the patient. In the case of such treatment, conventionally, a medicine bag is made by printing a patient name, date, usage, cautionary notes, etc. on the table with a medicine bag printer, and the medicine is dispensed on a dispensing table provided at a position different from this. The medicines, tablets and other medicines stored in the medicine rack on the table are taken out and compounded, and the medicine bags are collected manually and packed on the dispensation table and sent to the inspector.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, it is common to issue drug bags and work positions for blending drugs and loading various drugs in drug bags at completely different places. Therefore, it is necessary to check which drug bag the drug to be packed is in. It is troublesome and there is a risk that the medicine to be put in may be wrong, so it is necessary to handle it carefully, so there is a problem that the work is time-consuming.

In consideration of the current state of the conventional drug processing work, the present invention incorporates a medicine bag supply device into the dispensation table to accurately, timely and smoothly perform the drug processing work to improve the work efficiency. An object of the present invention is to provide a drug processing unit that can do this.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention is a medicine bag that prints out the necessary items on a medicine bag with a medicine bag printer and sends it to a dispensation table for the work of compounding a medicine according to a prescription or selecting a medicine and putting it in a medicine bag. The drug processing unit was made by incorporating a supply device.

As one of the measures to make the function of the medicine processing unit multi-functional, it is preferable that the medicine bag printer has a bag making portion.

Further, it is desirable that the medicine bag printer prints a medicine bag with a dispensation instruction sheet.

Alternatively, the dispensing table may be provided with a storage shelf.

[0009]

[Action]

 In the drug processing unit of the present invention configured as described above, compounding of the drug and selection of the required amount of tablets are performed in the same manner as in the conventional dispensation table. However, in parallel with this mixing processing work, a medicine bag is made by the medicine bag feeding device incorporated in this processing unit, and the medicine of the target patient name is sent to the dispensation table in good timing. Therefore, the drug treatment work is performed accurately, and the treatment is smoothly and efficiently performed.

In the second invention, the medicine bag printer has a bag-making section. This means that in general, if it is just a medicine bag printer, the medicine bag is made in advance and is sent to the medicine bag printer to print the necessary information. In this section, the medicine bag base paper is laminated by heat sealing and cut into the required size to make a medicine bag. The system provided with this bag-making section has advantages such as continuous supply of medicine bags, smooth feeding, and economical cost.

The third device employs a medicine bag printer that prints a medicine bag with a dispensation instruction sheet. When making a medicine bag, a space is provided in a part of the medicine bag, for example, below or above the medicine bag so that the dispensing instruction sheet can be printed. Since the drug processing unit is operated by a computer (host or personal) at a remote location or at a local close position, at this time, the content of the dispensation instruction sheet is instructed to the printer and printed on a part of the medicine bag. This will streamline the work.

The storage shelf according to the fourth invention means that the storage shelf of the storage shelf is attached to a system that automatically transfers the medicine contained in the medicine bag to a predetermined position of the pharmacy, such as an inspection position, by a belt conveyor or the like. A shelf provided with a short local endless conveyor inside each shelf part.

Therefore, such a storage shelf is provided adjacent to a shelf for storing general medicines, and the medicines selected or dispensed and taken out are temporarily stored in this storage shelf. And is dropped onto the conveyor by the endless conveyor at a predetermined timing.

[0014]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall external perspective view of a drug processing unit of an embodiment. This medicine bag processing unit is equipped with a medicine table 2 for storing medicines, tablets, etc. on a preparation table 1 for dispensing medicines and selecting predetermined tablets and putting them in medicine bags. It is provided with a medicine bag supplying device 3 including a medicine bag printer under the processing table.

In principle, the drug processing unit is operated by sending necessary data from the host computer, but in some cases, as shown in the drawing, the necessary data is sent from the keyboard 5 of the adjacent personal computer 4, and thereby the necessary data is sent. It may be operated.

The dispensing table 1 may be a flat table, and it is assumed that a sufficient space is secured for the work of compounding the medicine or putting the medicine in the medicine bag on the table.

The dispensing table generally means a table capable of dispensing work and a drug shelf for storing drugs, tablets, external medicines and the like used in the dispensing work, and is not specified in this invention. As long as it is the same as a general dispensing table, it has a medicine rack 2 as shown. A storage shelf 20 is provided on a part of the medicine shelf 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the storage shelf 20 is provided with a plurality of shelves 21, and a display operation panel 22 is attached to the side of each shelf 21. Is equipped with a short endless conveyor 24. The rear surface is opened by an opening 25 as shown in FIG. 2 (b). For example, when the bucket 101 conveyed on the conveyor 100 just passes through the opening position, the endless conveyor 24 is driven. A medicine bag is dropped.

FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration diagram of the medicine bag supplying device 3 provided below the dispensing table 1. The medicine bag paper P sent from the medicine bag paper roll 31 wound in a roll shape is sent by changing the direction by the feed roller 32, and is compressed to a predetermined width and length by the pressure bonding device 33 provided in the middle of the path. Each of the medicine bags T is formed by wearing the same and forming a medicine bag portion of a predetermined size and then cutting the medicine bag portion with the cutter 34 into medicine bags of respective sizes.

The medicine bag T is further changed in direction and fed by the feed roller 35, and necessary items are printed on the front side of the bag by a medicine bag printer 36 provided in the middle of the path. After that, it is further fed to the upper feed head 37 by the feed roller 35, the direction is reversed, and the medicine bag T is fed from the outlet 38 onto the dispensing base 1.

It should be noted that the illustrated medicine bag T is of a large size and has a space for a preparation instruction sheet T _{1 in} a part thereof. When printing with the printer 36, the printer 36 that can also print the dispensation instruction sheet T ₁ is used. In the illustrated example, the space for the dispensation instruction sheet T ₁ is provided in the lower part of the medicine bag T, but this space may be provided in the upper part or side of the other drug T shown.

In the drug processing unit of the embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration, the drug is processed on the dispensing table as follows.

Before processing the medicine on the dispensation table 1, data corresponding to the dispensation instruction sheet is displayed according to the instruction input from the computer, regarding the data of the drug type instructed in the prescription in advance, and In the medicine bag supply device 3 below, a medicine bag is made, and necessary information such as patient name, date, usage, and notes are printed on the bag, and the dispensation instructions are printed on the medicine bag and prepared on the dispensation table. .

According to this dispensation instruction sheet, necessary drug species are collected and prepared on the dispensation stand 1. Or the required amount of tablets is selected.

Therefore, when the medicines prepared and selected are packed in medicine bags printed with the patient name of the target in a timely manner, and the medicine bags are smoothly packed, the medicine bag processing is completed, and the medicine bags are stored in the medicine rack 2 or stored in the storage rack. It is put in 20 and sent to a predetermined place by a conveyor. In this way, the preparation, selection, and bag filling of medicines for each patient can be performed accurately one after another according to the instructions of the dispensing instruction sheet.

Although the medicine bag printer 36 is provided with the bag making section in the above embodiment, the medicine bag printer 36 may be of a type not having the bag making section. In that case, it is general practice that the medicine bags themselves are made outside beforehand, stacked and stocked, and then sent one by one to the printer.

[0027]

【effect】

 As described above in detail, since the drug processing unit of the present invention is an integrated type in which the drug bag supply device is incorporated in the adjusting table having the drug rack, the drug bags are prepared in parallel while the drug processing is performed. Since the medicine bag of the target patient name is prepared for the already used medicine on the dispensing table in a timely manner, the medicine can be processed smoothly and efficiently while preventing accidents such as mistakenly putting the medicine in the medicine bag. The effect is that it can be put in a medicine bag.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external perspective view of a drug processing unit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a medicine shelf and a storage shelf on a dispensing table.

FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of the medicine bag supplying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Dispensing Table 2 Medicine Shelf 3 Medicine Bag Supply Device 4 Personal Computer 5 Keyboard 31 Medicine Bag Paper Roll 32, 35 Feed Roller 33 Crimping Device 34 Cutter 36 Medicine Bag Printer 37 Supply Head 38 Exit T Medicine Bag P Medicine Bag Paper

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A medicine bag supply device for printing out necessary items on a medicine bag by a medicine bag printer and sending it out to a dispensation stand for preparing medicines according to a prescription or selecting medicines and putting them in a medicine bag. Drug processing unit. 2. The medicine processing unit according to claim 1, wherein the medicine bag printer has a bag making section. 3. The medicine processing unit according to claim 1, wherein the medicine bag printer prints a medicine bag with a dispensation instruction sheet. 4. The medicine processing unit according to claim 1, wherein the dispensation table is provided with a storage shelf.