JPH0746541Y2 - Medicine bag printing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a medicine bag printing apparatus.

[Prior Art] Generally, when a drug is administered to a patient at a pharmacy such as a hospital, the drug bag containing the drug and handed to the patient includes a medical department, the number of drug bags, a prescription number, and a patient. Various items such as name, number of administration days, usage, precautionary statement, date of dispensing, hospital name, etc. must be specified.

It is possible to print these medicine bag clarification items in advance for limited items such as hospital names.
For many items such as the patient name, it is not possible to print them in advance because the individual contents must be clearly indicated according to the medicine to be contained.

Therefore, conventionally, the necessary items in the medicine bag
Either a method of handwriting on a medicine bag by an operator, printing on a label and sticking the label on the medicine bag, or directly printing on the medicine bag by a printer is used.

Among them, the medicine bag handwriting method not only puts a heavy burden on the worker, but also requires some time for human handwriting work, which easily leads to keeping the patient waiting. Since a considerable number of workers have to concentrate on handwriting of medicine bags, as a result, the work of the entire pharmacy is delayed and the waiting time for patients cannot be shortened.

In addition, the label printing and sticking method can relieve the operator from handwriting work, but the operator selects the type and size of the medicine bag to which the printed label should be attached, and then attaches the label to the medicine bag. Is necessary, there is no effect to reduce the work time compared to the medicine bag handwriting method,
Therefore, this method also cannot reduce the waiting time of the patient.

On the other hand, the medicine bag direct printing method not only relieves the operator from handwriting work, but also from label selection and sticking work, which not only significantly reduces the burden on the worker, but also requires it. This has the effect of substantially shortening the time, so that this method tends to be gradually adopted.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the number of medicine bags that can be processed by one printer per unit time is naturally limited, and on the other hand, there are cases where one patient needs a plurality of medicine bags. Therefore, in hospitals with a large number of patients, when the direct medicine bag printing method is adopted, the processing speed is too slow if only one algebra of the printer is used, and it is difficult to support various kinds and sizes of medical bags. There were some problems.

This invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional ones, and uses a plurality of printers to make a large number of medicine bags and medicine bags of various types and sizes in a short time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine bag printing apparatus capable of efficiently printing and accurately controlling the operation timing of each printer without waste.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes out a printed medicine bag in a medicine bag printing apparatus in which at least a part of items to be clearly indicated on the medicine bag is printed by a printer. A conveyor that conveys to the mouth is provided, a plurality of the printers are installed along the conveyor, and a sensor for detecting the passage timing of the medicine bag is provided in the passage of the medicine bag. The operation timing of is controlled.

[Operation] By adopting the above-described means, the present invention efficiently prints the required markings on a large number of medicine bags and medicine bags of various types and sizes by a plurality of printers in a short time. In addition, all the medicine bags will be collected at the outlet by the conveyor, and the operation timing of each printer will be suppressed according to the passage timing of the medicine bags detected by the sensor installed in the medicine bag passage. Become.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. In a medicine bag printer 1, a plurality of (for example, three) printers 3, 3, ... Are installed side by side on a housing 2.

Each of the printers 3 has a supply unit 5 for stacking a large number of bag bodies 4, 4, ... Which are to be medicine bags and setting them at a predetermined position, and one bag body 4, 4 ,. It is composed of a printing unit 6 which separates and prints a required explicit matter on it, and a discharging unit 8 which discharges the medicine bag 7 printed by the printing unit 6. These supplying unit 5 and printing unit 6 Since the discharging unit 8 and the discharging unit 8 have the same basic configuration as that of a conventionally used printer, detailed illustration and description of each unit will be omitted.

An outlet 9 is provided on the side of the housing 2, and the outlets 8, 8, ... Of the printers 3, 3 ,.
The conveyors 10 provided along the housing 2 communicate with each other.

Therefore, the medicine bags 7, 7, ... Print-processed by the printers 3, 3, ... Are placed on the conveyor 10 from the respective discharge units 8, 8 ,. It is supposed to be done.

Further, the printers 3, 3, ... Which serve as passages for the medicine bags 7, 7 ,.
, Or the appropriate sensors 11, 11, ... Detecting passage of the medicine bags 7, 7 ,.
Is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the printers 3, 3, ... Are connected to an appropriate control device 12, and the printer 3 to be operated is selected by the control device 12 based on a command from the input device 13. By the operation of the printer 3, required explicit matters are printed on the bag body 4.

Further, a conveyor 10 is connected to the control device 12, and the conveyor 10 also performs necessary operations in accordance with the operations of the printers 3, 3, ... Based on commands from the input device 13.

Further, the control device 12 is also connected to the sensors 11, 11, ..., The control device 12 confirms the passage timing of the medicine bags 7, 7, ... At the installation position of the sensors 11, 11 ,. The operating timings of the various printers 3, 3, ... Are accurately controlled without waste.

That is, the control device 12 controls the medicine bag 7 for one patient,
After the printing work of 7, ... Is completed, the operation timing of the printers 3, 3, ... Required to start the printing work of the medicine bags 7, 7 ,. , The medicine bags 7, 7, ... Are ensured to be collected together for each patient.

Next, the operation of the medicine bag printing device 1 will be described.

First, a large number of bag bodies 4, 4, ... Of a desired type or size are set in the supply units 5, 5, ... Of the printers 3, 3 ,.

Further, the bags 4, 4, set in the printers 3, 3 ,.
The input device 13 is used to input a required explicit matter to be printed on.

Then, based on the command from the input device 13, the control device 12
Selects the printer 3 to be operated, and the operation of the printer 3 causes the required explicit items to be printed on the bag body 4 of the required type or size. It is placed on the conveyor 10 from the discharge section 8 of the printer 3, and is conveyed to the take-out port 9 by the operation of the conveyor 10.

At this time, the control device 12 confirms the passage timing of the medicine bags 7, 7, ... At the installation positions of the sensors 11, 11, ..., By this, the printing operation of the medicine bags 7, 7 ,. Later, medicine bags 7, 7 for the next patient,
Printer 3, which is necessary to start the printing work of ...
Since the operation timings of 3, ... Are controlled, the medicine bags 7, 7 ,.

Therefore, the medicine bags 7, 7, taken out from the take-out port 9,
The necessary number of ... are collected for each patient, and can be handled conveniently in the subsequent work.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention, which is a medicine bag printing device 21.
Is a plurality of printers 23 (for example, six) in the housing 22,
23, ... are arranged side by side (3 units each), and are arranged in two stages in a stack.

An outlet 29 is provided below the housing 22 so that the printer 2
The discharge portions 28, 28, ... Of 3, 23 ,.
Conveyors 30 and 31 are provided along the housing 2 corresponding to the upper and lower printer stages, and the end portions reach the outlet 29.
Have been in contact with each other.

The other parts are the same as those of the medicine bag printing device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and therefore the corresponding parts are shown by adding the reference numeral used in the medicine bag printing device 1 to the reference numeral 20 and detailed description of each part. Will be omitted.

The medicine bag printing device 21 operates in the same manner as the medicine bag printing device 1 of FIGS. 1 to 3 and can increase the number of printers 23, 23, ... Installed in comparison with the medicine bag printing device 1.

In each of the above embodiments, the number of sensors 11 (31), installation positions, and the like can be appropriately selected as long as the timing of passage of the medicine bag 7 (27) can be effectively used.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the length and structure of the conveyor 10 (30) are the same as those of the medicine bag 7 discharged from the printer 3 (23).
As long as (27) can be conveyed to the outlet 9 (29), it can be designed appropriately.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the number of printers 3 (23) can be appropriately selected, and the number of stages of the printer 3 (23) can also be appropriately selected.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the printer 3 (23) handles the medicine bags 7 (27) of different types or sizes, but the invention is not limited to this. The medicine bag 7 (27) may be handled by a plurality (two or more) of printers 3 (23).

Further, in each of the above embodiments, all printers 3
(23) is intended to be directly printed on the medicine bag 7 (27), but the invention is not limited to this, and if the number of printers 3 (23) that can be installed is sufficient, for example, Needless to say, it may be a label printer for prescription agents or a prescription printer. In addition, the present invention can make various changes and modifications to each of the above embodiments.

[Advantages of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, a plurality of printers can be used for a large number of medicine bags, and medicine bags of various types and sizes can be displayed in a short time. Can be printed efficiently with all of the printed medicine bags,
Since it can be collected at the take-out port by the conveyor, it can be transported more reliably than the one that is naturally dropped. Furthermore, each printer can be used according to the passage timing of the medicine bag detected by the sensor installed in the passage of the medicine bag. Since it is possible to control the operation timing of each of the printers, the operation timing of each printer can be controlled more accurately, without waste, and accurately compared to the control not based on the passage timing of the medicine bag. It is possible to improve the efficiency of the entire required drug bag printing work, and as a result, through rationalization and speeding up drug bag preparation in hospitals that must administer medication to a large number of outpatients within a limited time. In addition, it has an excellent effect such as the rationalization of the whole medication business, which can shorten the waiting time of patients. That.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic front view without a front door, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view without a side panel, and FIG. A block diagram and FIG. 4 are schematic front views showing another embodiment of the present invention. 1,21 ...... Medicine bag printing device 2,22 …… Enclosure 3,23 …… Printer 4,24 …… Bag body 5,25 …… Supply section 6,26 …… Printing section 7,27 …… Medication bag 8,28 …… Ejection unit 9,29 …… Ejection port 10,30 …… Conveyor 11,31 …… Sensor 12 (32: omitted) …… Control device 13 (33: omitted) …… Input device

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A medicine bag printing apparatus in which at least a part of items to be clearly indicated on a medicine bag is printed by a printer, and a conveyor is provided to convey a medicine bag subjected to printing processing to an outlet, and the conveyor is provided along the conveyor. A plurality of printers are installed, a sensor for detecting the passage timing of the medicine bag is provided in the passage of the medicine bag, and the operation timing of each printer is controlled according to the passage timing by the sensor. Medicine bag printing device.