JPH08208039A - Method and device for preserving and supplying vessel containing liquid medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an apparatus in which many of vessels containing liquid medicines are cooled and reserved, so that a certain vessel can be took out by mechanically selecting it from the reserved vessels. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of casettes 13 are mounted on both side of a drawer unit 2 arranged in an apparatus body 1, and vessels A containing liquid medicines are received in the casettes 13 in a vertically lined state. Below the respective casettes 13, cam rollers 21 are provided for sequentially dropping the vessels A, while at the lower portion of an apparatus body 1, belt conveyors 37 and 38 for shifting the vessels A containing the liquid medicines out of the apparatus. Cooled air is sent into the body 1 so that the vessels A is cooled during storing them.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a device for storing and supplying a container containing a liquid medicine such as an injection liquid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an injection is given to a patient in a hospital or the like, a doctor prepares an injection prescription that specifies an injection drug solution to be administered, and a pharmacist stores a shelf in a pharmacy based on the contents of the injection prescription. A method for selecting a desired drug solution container from the above and transporting each drug solution container to the nurse center and the treatment room is adopted.

However, in the above method, the pharmacist needs to manually select the drug solution container while reading the injection prescription, and thus there is a problem in that the selection accuracy and workability are poor.

Further, since each chemical solution container is normally stored in a box of a predetermined amount for each type, it takes a lot of time to take it out and the storage space tends to become large.

Therefore, the present invention provides a storage and supply method and apparatus capable of storing a large number of chemical liquid containers in a small space, and cooling the containers from the storage portion to mechanically and efficiently take out the containers. Is intended.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention is to specify a plurality of drug solution-containing containers, which are stored in a storage section for each type, in a cooled state based on instructions of an injection prescription. That is, the storage and supply method of a container containing a chemical solution comprises the steps of dispensing and dispensing, delivering the dispensed containers in a predetermined direction, collecting them at a predetermined position, and collectively collecting them.

A second aspect of the present invention is to provide a drawer unit that slides in the horizontal direction in the storage unit as an apparatus for carrying out the above method, and attach a plurality of container storage cassettes to this unit along the slide direction to set each cassette. Is provided with a dispensing means for dispensing the container containing the chemical solution, and is provided with a transport means for sending the dispensed container to a predetermined position, dropping it, receiving it together, and sending it to the outside, and an air cooling device for sending cooling air to the storage part. That is, the storage and supply device for the container containing the drug solution is formed.

[0008]

In the first aspect of the present invention, the container containing the drug solution is stored in each of the plurality of container storage parts by type, the container containing the drug solution designated by the injection prescription is dispensed from the container, and the dispensed drug solution is contained. Transport the container to the outside and take it out. At that time, the containers are sent in a predetermined direction and collected in one place, and these are collectively taken out.

Therefore, the taken out containers are supplied in a batch for each patient, and the drug solution can be immediately used for the patient. Or you can hand it over. In that case, since the container containing the liquid medicine is stored in a cooled state, the quality of the liquid medicine is sufficiently ensured.

The storage and supply device of the second invention implements the above-mentioned method, and since the storage portion is composed of the drawer unit and the cassette, it is easy to store and replenish the container containing the chemical liquid, and a large amount of It becomes possible to store the container containing the chemical solution.

Further, the dispensed drug solution-containing containers are collected by the transport means, and the one designated by the injection prescription is sent out for each patient, so that it can be immediately used for each patient. Further, the container containing the chemical liquid is sufficiently cooled in the storage portion by the air cooling device, so that the quality of the chemical liquid can be reliably maintained.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the apparatus main body 1 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and a hollow housing portion 3 for housing the drawer unit 2 is provided inside the upper portion thereof. The front surface of the unit accommodating portion 3 is partitioned into a plurality of openings 5 by a partition plate 4, and the drawer units 2 are slidably attached to the respective openings 5.

The drawer unit 2 comprises a front plate 6 for covering the opening 5 and a hollow holding frame 7 extending rearward from the front plate 6, and guides attached to the apparatus main body 1 on the upper and lower surfaces of the holding frame 7. The rollers 8 and 9 come into contact with each other, and the drawer unit 2 can be drawn out in the front-rear direction with respect to the opening 5 by the guide of the guide rollers 8 and 9.

Further, on the upper portions of both side surfaces of the holding frame 7,
Cassette support plates 10 and 11 protruding in the left-right direction are attached. A plurality of grooves 1 are formed on the lower surface of each cassette support plate 10 and 11 along the sliding direction of the drawer unit.
2 is formed, and a container storage cassette 13 is attached to each groove 12 thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, each of the container storage cassettes 13 has a storage case 14 for storing the chemical solution-containing containers A in a vertically aligned state, and a cap fitted to the upper end of the case 14. 15 and its cap 1
5 is slidably fitted in each dovetail groove 12 of the support plates 10 and 11.

Further, the storage case 14 is provided with a container outlet 16 at the lower end, and is divided into two halves 14a and 14b with a fulcrum shaft 17 inserted above the outlet 16 as a fulcrum. And one of the case halves 14a
The spacer 18 is housed in. This spacer 18
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, various thicknesses are prepared according to the shape and size of the chemical-containing container A so that the chemical-containing containers A having different sizes can be aligned without rattling. A rib 19 is provided for guiding the constricted portion of the drug solution-containing container A.

A cam roller 21 for dispensing the container is attached to the fulcrum shaft 17 inside the storage case 14, and the fulcrum shaft 1 is provided inside the holding frame 7 of the drawer unit 2.
The drive motor 22 is attached so as to correspond to the position of 7. The drive shaft 23 of the motor 22 projects outward from a hole 24 provided in the holding frame 7, while the end of the fulcrum shaft 17 has an engaging hole 2 into which the tip of the drive shaft 23 is detachably fitted.
5 is formed. In the above structure, the cam roller 21
The drive motor 22 constitutes the payout means 20, and when the cam roller 21 is rotated in a certain direction with the drive shaft 23 of the motor 22 engaged with the engagement hole 25 as shown in FIG.
The container A containing the drug solution stored in the cassette 13 is sequentially dropped from the dispensing port 16.

As shown in FIG. 8, a part of the peripheral surface of the cam roller 21 is formed as a concave surface 26, and the peripheral surface portion except the concave surface 26 is formed as a cylindrical surface 27, and the concave surface 26 and the spacer 18 are formed. In the meantime, the lowermost chemical-containing container A is passed downward, and during the passage, the cylindrical surface 27 stops the next chemical-containing container A from dropping, and the chemical-containing container A is rotated every one rotation of the cam roller 21. It is designed to pay out one by one.

Further, each motor 22 for driving each cam roller 21 is connected to a control device 28 such as a microcomputer equipped with an operation panel 29 as shown in FIG. 7, and its operating state is controlled. The control device 28 is provided in advance with
The type name of the drug-containing container A housed in the cassette 13 to which each motor 22 is connected, the description content of the injection prescription such as the patient name and the dose is stored as data, and the control signal and the control signal based on the stored content are stored. A specific motor 22 is selected and operated by a key operation on the operation panel 29 to dispense the required chemical-containing container A.

A stopper pin 30 is attached to the side surface of the drawer unit 2 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, and a pin hole 31 into which the stopper pin 30 is fitted is formed on the side surface of the cassette 13. A positioning ball 33 that engages with the groove 32 of the stopper pin 30 by a spring force is attached to the pin hole 31. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, positioning balls 35 that engage with recesses 34 provided on the upper surface of the cap 15 of the cassette 13 are attached to the support plates 10 and 11 of the drawer unit 2. , 35 to position the cassette 13 at a fixed position.

On the other hand, below the unit accommodating portion 3 of the apparatus main body 1, there is provided a conveying means 36 for conveying the chemical solution containing container A dispensed from each cassette 13 to the outside of the apparatus. As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the conveying means 36 includes a belt conveyor 37 in the front-rear direction, which is arranged below the payout opening 16 of each cassette 13, and a left-right direction connected to the end of each belt conveyor 37. Belt conveyor 38
And a cushioning member 39 such as a sponge for cushioning the impact when the chemical-containing container A is dropped is provided at the connecting portion between the conveyors 37 and 38. Conveying means 36 having the above structure
Then, when the chemical solution container A is dispensed from each cassette 13, the belt conveyor 37 in the front-rear direction conveys them to the belt conveyor 38 in the left-right direction, and then the belt conveyor 38 is attached to the side surface of the apparatus main body 1. The container A containing the chemical solution is conveyed to the receiving box 40.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a detector 41, such as a photoelectric sensor or a proximity switch, for detecting the drop of the chemical-containing container A is provided below the dispensing port 16 of each cassette 13.
Is provided, the drop of the chemical-containing container is detected by the signal of the detector 41, and the operation of the belt conveyors 37, 38 is controlled based on the detection.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, a printing device 42 for ejecting the data sheet B to the receiving box 40 is provided above the receiving box 40 of the conveying means 36.
The printing device 42 is connected to the above-described control device 28, and when the container A containing the liquid medicine is taken out, the printing device 42 stores the injection liquid such as the liquid medicine name, the patient name, and the dose of the liquid medicine container stored in the controller 28. The described contents are printed on a sheet and the sheet is sent out to the receiving box 40.

In the above example, an injection liquid container such as an ampoule or a vial is shown as the drug solution-containing container A, but containers of other shapes can be similarly stored.

This embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, and its operation will be described below. First, in order to store the container A containing the chemical liquid, the drawer unit 2 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 1, and each container storage cassette 13 is removed from the unit 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the cap 15 of the cassette 13 is removed to divide the storage case 14, and the chemical solution containing container A is stored along the spacer 18 inside the case. In this case, by disposing the case half body 14a and the spacer 18 in the horizontal direction and accommodating the drug solution-containing container A, even if the drug solution-containing container is made of glass, it can be stably stored without being damaged.

When the container A containing the chemical solution is stored in each cassette 13, the cassette 13 is attached to the drawer unit 2,
The drawer unit 2 is pushed inside the apparatus main body 1.

Further, the control device 28 stores in advance the type (chemical solution name) of the chemical solution containing container A stored in each cassette 13 in association with each cassette 13 or each motor 22.

From this state, when the key of the operation panel 29 is operated to specify the chemical liquid or the quantity, the motor 22 of the cassette 13 for accommodating the specified chemical liquid container is operated, and the chemical liquid containing container A is designated. Only the quantity is paid out.

As described above, the container A containing the chemical liquid is the cassette 13
When it is dispensed from the transport means 3 by the signal of the detector 41.
The belt conveyors 37 and 38 of 6 operate to convey the container A containing the chemical solution to the receiving box 40.

After that, by operating the operation panel 29 in order according to the content of the injection prescription, the container A containing the required drug solution is obtained.
Can be sequentially dispensed from the cassette 13 and collected in the receiving box 40.

When the container A containing the chemical solution is collected in the receiving box 40, the data sheet B describing the patient name or the like corresponding to the collected container is printed from the printing device 42.
It is struck out on 0. Therefore, it is possible to confirm the destination of the drug-containing container A to the nurse center or the treatment room, the patient name, the dose, and the like, based on the description on the data sheet B.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment. In this example, an air cooling device 43 is connected to the back of the unit housing 3 for housing the drawer unit 2 of the apparatus body 1. This air cooling device 43 is provided at the bottom of the device body 1.
A condenser 44, a cooling fan 45, and a compressor 46 are installed, and an evaporator (heat exchanger) 48 and a fan 49 are provided in a duct 47 communicating with the back surface of the unit housing portion 3. By the action of the fan 48 and the fan 49, the air inside the unit housing portion 3 is cooled and circulated.

By cooling the inside of the unit housing 3 in this way, the container containing the drug solution housed in the drawer unit 2 can be refrigerated, and the drug solution requiring refrigeration can be stored for a long period of time.

In the above embodiment, in order to refrigerate the container containing the chemical liquid, a partition plate 4 is provided in the opening 5 of each unit accommodating portion 3, and each unit accommodating portion 3 is hermetically sealed while the drawer unit 2 is accommodated. However, when storing a chemical-containing container that does not need refrigeration, the partition plate 4 may be removed and the unit accommodating portions 3 may be laterally continuous.

[0035]

As described above, according to the method of the first aspect of the invention, the container containing the chemical liquid is stored in the storage portion, and the cooled container containing the chemical liquid is dispensed from the storage portion, dropped, and taken out collectively. It is possible to mechanically select and take out the drug solution-containing container whose quality is maintained even during storage, and thus it is possible to improve the selection accuracy and workability.

Further, in the apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of containers containing the chemical liquid are stored in the cassette attached to the drawer unit, the storage and replenishment of the container can be facilitated, the storage space of the container can be reduced, and the quality of the chemical liquid maintained There is an advantage that the container can be collectively sent out for each patient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view showing the inside of the apparatus main body.

FIG. 4 is a vertical side view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a partially longitudinal front view showing an enlarged mounting portion of the container storage cassette.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the above.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a cam roller.

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional side view showing a receiving box and a printing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional side view showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Device Main Body 2 Drawout Unit 13 Container Storage Cassette 16 Discharge Port 18 Spacer 20 Discharge Means 21 Cam Roller 22 Drive Motor 36 Conveying Means 37, 38 Belt Conveyor 42 Printing Device 43 Air Cooling Device A Chemical Liquid Container B Data Sheet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of drug solution-containing containers, each of which is stored in a storage section according to its type, are cooled and designated based on an instruction of an injection prescription, and dispensed, and the dispensed containers are sent in a predetermined direction and collected at a predetermined position. , A method for storing and supplying a container containing a chemical solution, which comprises taking out these all at once. 2. A storage unit is provided with a drawer unit that slides in the horizontal direction, a plurality of container storage cassettes are attached to this unit along the sliding direction, and each cassette is provided with a dispensing means for dispensing a container containing a chemical solution, A storage and supply device for a chemical-filled container, comprising: a transporting means for sending the dispensed container to a predetermined position, dropping it, receiving it, and sending it to the outside together; and an air cooling device for sending cooling air to the storage section.