JPH08266521A - Blood taking tube transporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make it possible to surely and adequately transport blood taking tubes to a blood taking place by collectively placing the blood taking tubes on pallets by every person to be taken of the blood and executing the distribution and supply of the respective pallets by pallet distributing means according to the condition of the blood taking operation in the blood taking place. CONSTITUTION: This blood taking tube transporting system is provided with a transporting means 6 for the blood taking tubes, a transporting means for the pallets which is connected to the transporting terminal of the transporting means 6 and is intermittently driven, an empty pallet supplying means which is provided with an extrusion cylinder disposed on the beginning end side of the transporting means 7 for the pallets and the pallet distributing means 10A to 10C which are equipped in the transporting means 7 for the pallets in order to distribute the pallets receiving the blood taking tubes at the beginning end of the transporting means 7 for the pallets to the plural blood taking tables 3A to 3C. The blood taking tubes after affixation of labels are successively transported to the blood taking place. The specific information of the persons to be taken of the blood is given to the blood taking place 3 according to the information of the labels read by a reading means 4A from a host computer 1 side and is displayed on a display means 4B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention mainly relates to a blood collection tube delivery system in a blood collection room in a hospital or a blood test department.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a blood test department in a hospital, in order to collect blood from a large number of patients, when receiving blood samples from a patient, necessary information is taken out from the ID card of the patient via a host computer and used as code information. The label is printed, and the label is attached to the blood collection tube, and the blood is collected at the blood collection site by collating with the relevant blood recipient.However, if the number of blood collections is large, the blood collection location should be changed. The blood collection tubes must be properly divided so that they are divided into a plurality of pieces so that there is no dead time. Therefore, several blood collection tube distribution systems have already been proposed.

[0003]

In this case, one blood sampler is divided into a plurality of blood collection tubes according to the contents of the test,
Since blood collection may be performed, the blood collection time at each blood collection location is different, which complicates the distribution work.Proper distribution is not possible by simple conveyor transport or distribution work on the conveyor by the distributor. Can not.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances.
A blood collection tube that issues a label, attaches it to the blood collection tube, and then devises the transportation mode when distributing it to the blood collection table to reliably and properly transport the blood collection tube to the blood collection site. It is intended to provide a transportation system.

[0005]

Therefore, in the present invention,
On the host computer side, the information of the blood sampling subject is recorded, the above information is given to the labeler, the necessary information is written on the label, and after the label is attached to the blood collection tube, it is transported to the blood collection site. In the carrying system, a blood collecting tube carrying means for carrying the labeled blood collecting tubes in sequence, a pallet carrying means which is connected to a carrying end of the carrying means and is driven intermittently, and a starting end side of the pallet carrying means. An empty pallet supplying means arranged, a pallet distributing means equipped on the pallet conveying means for distributing the pallet receiving the blood collection tube at the starting end of the pallet conveying means to a plurality of blood collecting tables, and the same blood sampling To control the pallet transport means with a waiting time corresponding to the number of received blood collection tubes into the empty pallet at the start of the pallet transport means based on the information of the operator And, and a control means for controlling the dispensing operation of the pallet distribution means on the basis of the progress of blood at each blood collection platform.

In this case, it is preferable that the pallet distributing means includes a guiding means for guiding each pallet to a stocker for supplying the blood to the blood sampling table in response to a command from the control means. In addition, this blood collection tube transport system is provided with a sample transporting means for transporting the collected blood collection tubes collected at the blood sampling table to the stocker, and a collection means for collecting empty pallets from the blood sampling table to the empty pallet supplying means. Preferably.

[0007]

As a result, in the blood collecting and transporting system according to the present invention, the blood collecting tubes are placed in a pallet for each blood collecting person, and the pallet distributing means is arranged according to the situation of the blood collecting work at the blood collecting place. Since each pallet is distributed and supplied, the blood collection tube can be reliably and properly transported to the blood collection site.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The blood collection tube delivery system of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. Here, as a preparatory preparation system, the host computer 1 side records the information of the blood sample, and the above information is given to the labeler 2,
The necessary information is written on the required number of labels corresponding to the inspection item, and the label is attached to the blood collection tube by an automatic attaching means (not shown). On the other hand, when collecting blood from a blood sample using the blood collection tube after labeling,
Means 4 for informing the blood collecting operator of the specific information of the blood collecting person is prepared in advance. Based on the recognition of the specific information by the blood collecting operator, the means of collecting the blood collecting person at the blood collecting place The system is built to make calls.

In particular, in this embodiment, the reception terminal 1A is adopted in the host computer side 1 at the blood collection receiving place of the blood collecting person, and at least the blood collecting person of the blood collecting person who confirms it with the ID card and receives it. Necessary information is read from the hard disk 1B. Also, for blood sample recipients,
For collation at the blood sampling site, a blood sampling card in which the name of the blood sampling subject, the ID card number, etc. are written is handed.

Further, as the above-mentioned notifying means 4, information reading means 4A such as a bar code reader is provided at a blood collecting place.
And display means 4B are provided, and the reading means 4 is provided.
The label is read at A, and the specific information of the blood sampling subject based on the read information is displayed on the display unit 4B so that the blood sampling operator can recognize it.

Incidentally, here, the information reading means 4A
Is configured to acquire the specific information of the blood sampling subject from the host computer 1 based on the reading of the label and display it on the display means 4B. Further, the display means 4B includes a television monitor 41 and a digital electro-optical display 4
Display means such as 2 is preferably adopted.

Further, there is provided a means 5 for notifying the calling information of the blood sampling subject at the waiting position of the blood sampling subject based on the information read by the information reading means 4A. It should be noted that the notification means 5 may be, for example, a large-sized digital electro-optical display.

Therefore, in such a system configuration, the blood sampling subject who has applied for blood sampling at the reception terminal 1A waits at the above-mentioned waiting place until the notification means 5 calls. On the other hand, at the blood collecting place, the blood collecting operator reads the label of the provided blood collection tube with the label attached by the information reading means 4A, and based on this information, at least the blood collecting operator from the host computer 1 side. Specific information, such as request information necessary for blood collection and special comments, are read out and displayed on the display means 4B.

In such a blood collection tube preparation system, the system of the present invention for transporting a labeled blood collection tube to each blood collection site is configured as follows. In this case, according to the order of acceptance, the blood collection tubes are labeled and the mechanical conditions are required so that the order is not disturbed and the blood is collected at the blood collection site. Therefore, a higher degree of automation of the system is achieved. It

That is, here, the blood collection tubes after the label is attached are sequentially conveyed, and, for example, a blood collection tube conveying means 6 such as a belt conveyor is connected to the conveyance end of the conveying means 6 in a state of being lowered, and intermittently. For example, a pallet conveying means 7 such as a belt conveyor to be driven, an empty pallet supplying means 8 provided on the starting end side of the pallet conveying means 7 and having an extrusion cylinder 8A, and a starting end of the pallet conveying means 7. The pallets 9 that have received blood collection tubes in
Pallet transport means 7 for distribution to A, 3B, 3C
Three pallet distributing means 10A, 10B,
And 10C.

Further, the transfer system further transfers the pallet with a waiting time corresponding to the number of received blood collection tubes into the empty pallet 9'at the starting end of the pallet transfer means 7 based on the information of the same blood sampler. The control means 11 is provided for controlling the means 7 and for controlling the distribution operation of the pallet distribution means 10A, 10B, 10C based on the progress of blood collection at each blood collection table 3A, 3B, 3C. There is.

In this embodiment, the control means 11 receives from the host computer of the blood collection tube preparation system the number of blood collection tubes used for blood collection of the same blood sampler, that is, the number of labels to be issued, as information. Blood collection tube transporting means 6
A counter (not shown) provided on the side counts the number of passing blood collection tubes, and when the numbers match, the pallet conveying means 7 is operated for a predetermined time (the pallet 9 is moved to the pallet conveying means 7).
The time required to move from the start end to the end) is driven.

Further, in the above-mentioned transfer system, each blood collection table 3
The progress of blood collection at A, 3B, and 3C is indicated by each blood collection table 3A,
Stockers 12A, 12 for supply to 3B, 3C
An appropriate sensor (not shown) provided at B and 12C is used for detection. That is, when the stocker is full (for example, two pallets are full), this is detected by the sensor and the control means 11 is notified. by this,
The control means 11 includes pallet distribution means 10A, 10B, 1
0C is operated and the pallet 9 is conveyed by the pallet conveying means 7 to a stocker that is not full.
Distribute. If all the stockers are full, this full information is sent to the host computer 1 side to stop the delivery of the blood collection tube to the blood collection tube conveying means 7.

In this embodiment, the pallet distributing means 1
0A, 10B, and 10C are commands of the control means 11, and stockers 12A, 12B, and 12C for supplying to the blood sampling table.
A guide means for guiding each pallet to any one, for example, a stopper lever 101 for swinging horizontally to stop the movement of the pallet on the pallet conveying means 7 is provided, and the pallet is moved to the stocker. A push-out cylinder 102 is provided.

Further, in the transfer system of the present invention,
For example, the sample-conveying unit 15 that conveys the collected blood collection tubes collected in the blood collecting tables 3A, 3B, and 3C to the rack 13 and conveys them to the stocker 14, and the blood collecting tables 3A, 3B, and 3C.
To the empty pallet supply means 8 via the pallet return ports 16A, 16B and 16C. For example, a recovery means 17 such as a belt conveyor is provided. In this embodiment, the pallet carrying means 7 and the collecting means 17 are arranged vertically below the blood collecting table, and the empty pallet supplying means 8 and the empty pallet 9'are provided at the end of the collecting means. The lift 18 for returning is equipped.

Therefore, the blood collection tubes after the label is attached are sequentially transported to the blood sampling site by the above-described transport system,
At the blood collecting place, the specific information of the blood sampling subject corresponding to the label of the blood collection tube is given from the host computer 1 side according to the information of the label read by the information reading means 4A by each blood collecting operator, and is displayed on the display means 4B. Is displayed.

As a result, the blood-collecting operator obtains in advance information specifying the blood-collecting person to be blood-collected, such as normal blood-collecting request information, and information such as AIDS patient or hepatitis patient, and the relevant blood-collecting operator receives the information. When collecting blood from a blood sampler, necessary safety measures or precautions will be taken against it.

In this embodiment, on the host computer 1 side, a label reading signal from a blood sampling operator gives the calling information of the blood sampling target to the notification means 5 so that the blood sampling target goes to the corresponding blood sampling table. Instruct.

[0024]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been described in detail above. The host computer side records the information of the blood sampled person, gives the above information to the labeler, and writes the necessary information on the label. In a blood collection tube transport system for transporting a label to a blood collection tube and then transporting it to a blood collection site, a blood collection tube transporting means for sequentially transporting the labeled blood collection tubes and an intermittent drive connected to the transport end of the transporting means. In order to distribute the pallet carrying means, the empty pallet supplying means arranged at the starting end side of the pallet carrying means, and the pallet receiving the blood collection tube at the starting end of the pallet carrying means to a plurality of blood collecting tables Corresponding to the number of received blood collection tubes to the empty pallet at the starting end of the pallet transporting means based on the information of the same blood sample recipient as the pallet distributing means equipped in the pallet transporting means. To control the conveying means for the pallet in the waiting time, and, and a control means for controlling the dispensing operation of the pallet distribution means on the basis of the progress of blood at each blood collection platform.

Therefore, the blood collection tubes are collectively placed on the pallet for each blood sampler, and the pallet distribution means distributes and supplies each pallet according to the status of the blood collection work at the blood collection site. Therefore, the blood collection tube can be reliably and properly transported to the blood collection site.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of conveyance according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is likewise a perspective view showing an actual usage state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Host Computer 1A Terminal 1B Hard Disk 2 Labeler 3 Blood Collection Location 3A, 3B, 3C Blood Collection Table 4 Notification Means 4A Information Reading Means 4B Display Means 5 Notification Means 6 Blood Collection Tube Means 7 Palette Means 8 Empty Pallet Supply Means 8A Extrusion Cylinder 9 Pallet 9'Empty pallet 10A, 10B, 10C Pallet distribution means 101 Stopper lever 102 Extrusion cylinder 11 Control means 12A, 12B, 12C Stocker 13 Rack 14 Stocker 15 Sample transport means 16A, 16B, 16C Pallet return port 17 Recovery means 18 lift

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. The host computer side records the information of the blood sampling subject, gives the information to the labeler, writes the necessary information on the label, and after the label is attached to the blood collection tube, the blood sampling location. In a blood collection tube transporting system for transporting a plurality of labels, a blood collection tube transporting means for sequentially transporting labeled blood collection tubes, a pallet transporting means connected to the transporting end of the transporting means and driven intermittently, and this pallet transporting Empty pallet supply means arranged on the starting end side of the means, and pallet distributing means equipped on the pallet carrying means for distributing the pallet receiving the blood collection tube at the starting end of the pallet carrying means to a plurality of blood collecting tables Based on the information of the same blood sampler, the pallet transporting means is operated at a waiting time corresponding to the number of received blood collection tubes into the empty pallet at the starting end of the pallet transporting means. A blood collection tube delivery system comprising: control means for controlling, and control means for controlling the distribution operation of the pallet distribution means based on the progress of blood collection at each blood collection table. 2. The pallet distributing means is provided with a guiding means for guiding each pallet to a stocker for supplying to the blood sampling table in response to a command from the control means. Blood collection tube delivery system. 3. A sample transporting means for transporting the collected blood collection tubes collected at the blood collecting table to the stocker, and a collecting means for collecting empty pallets from the blood collecting table to the empty pallet supplying means. 1 to 2 characterized in that
The blood collection tube delivery system described in.