JPH10328169A - Blood collecting tube transporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically transport a tray in which a blood collecting tube is housed to a blood collecting operator in accordance with the skill degree of the blood collecting operator and a blood collecting operation quantity by taking out the tray to a tray receiving table from a transporting route by the tray taking-out means of a corresponding tray receiving table by the operation of an operation switch. SOLUTION: Automatic label sticking devices 2a to 2d and an instructing document issuing device 3 stick a label printed with examination information and personal information to be blood collecting tube necessary for an examination to eject to an empty tray and issue a blood collecting instructing document printed with a blood gathering order with a bar code and numerical in addition of examination information and personal information to the same empty tray 6 as the blood collecting tube. The blood collecting tray preparing device 10 of a blood collecting tube transporting system B transports the blood collecting tray 7 to the waiting position P2 of a blood collecting tray ejecting conveyer 12. When the blood collecting operator operates operation switches 40a and 40b at his own blood collecting tables 20a and 20b, the blood collecting tray 7 at the waiting position P2 is transported to the tray receiving tables 27a and 27b of the tables 20a and b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a blood collection tube transport system for transporting a blood collection tube used for collecting blood from a subject to a blood collection operator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when blood is collected from a plurality of blood collection tubes for each test item in order to perform a plurality of blood tests on one subject, the blood collection tubes that have been collected at the time of the test and the test subject are collected. Before blood collection, a label printed with information about the subject is attached to each blood collection tube in advance, and the blood collection tube after labeling is stored in one tray for each subject in order to prevent unintelligibility. Preparatory work has been performed, and a system for automatically performing this preparatory work has also been proposed. Generally, the blood collection table for performing the blood collection operation and the preparation system for performing the preparation operation for the blood collection tube are separated from each other, so that the tray containing the blood collection tube for each subject is transported to the blood collection table by the blood collection operator himself. Was out. However, it is troublesome for the blood collection operator to carry the tray from the blood collection tube preparation place to the blood collection table in this way, and if many subjects are on standby, the blood collection operation is delayed. In this case, in order to reduce the number of times that the tray is transported to the blood collection table, the blood collection operator collectively transports the trays of multiple subjects to his / her own blood collection table and collects blood while managing the trays of multiple subjects by himself. In many cases, collecting blood from multiple subjects under a single blood collection operator may cause the blood collection operator to mistake the correspondence between the tray and the subject during blood collection. There is a possibility that the preparatory work before blood collection is completely wasted. In order to solve the above-described problem, a transporting unit including a belt conveyor is provided between a preparation system for preparing blood collection tubes and a plurality of blood collection tables, and a tray for performing the next blood collection operation is stocked in each blood collection table. A blood collection tube transport system that disposes a stocker to check the progress of blood collection by detecting whether or not the stocker is full with a sensor, and distributes trays one after another to empty stockers by the transport unit has already been provided. Proposed. According to such a blood collection tube transport system, a tray containing blood collection tubes is transported each time the stocker is emptied, so that there is no need for the blood collection operator to collect the trays, and a plurality of blood collection tables are provided. Even in such a case, there is an effect that the transport system can automatically distribute the trays to each blood collection table.

[0003]

However, the blood collection tube transport system described above judges the progress of blood collection by determining whether the stocker is full or not, and the blood collection table in which the stocker is emptied regardless of the blood collection operator's will. Tray distribution is performed by automatically transporting trays one after another, so that the next subject's tray is stocked by the blood collection worker regardless of the skill of the blood collection worker or the amount of blood collection work. As a result, there arises a problem that the blood sampling order of the subject is disturbed due to a difference in work speed between a plurality of blood collection workers and a difference in blood collection work amount. In addition, trays are distributed one after another regardless of the blood collection worker's intention, so for example, while the blood collection worker is away from the blood collection table in a toilet or the like, the tray is stored in the stocker of the blood collection worker. There is also a problem that the corresponding subject has to wait for a long time. In addition, since the test subject is not always waiting at the waiting place, the blood sampling operator usually skips the tray when the corresponding test subject is not at the waiting place, and proceeds from the subject on the next tray. Even in such a case, in the blood collection tube transport system described above, since the next tray is distributed to the stocker, two trays are stocked by the blood collection operator, and as a result, the blood collection is performed. The problem is that the blood collection operator himself carries the tray to the blood collection table, which increases the waiting time of the patient and, in some cases, the blood collection operator mistakes the correspondence between the tray and the subject. May also occur. As described above, in the conventional blood collection tube transport system, trays for collecting blood are distributed to blood collection workers one after another regardless of the skill of the blood collection operator or the amount of blood collection work. And blood collection work cannot be performed efficiently according to the amount of blood collection work, and trays to be collected are distributed one after another regardless of the blood collection worker's intention, so the waiting time of the subject Or the behavior of the blood sampling operator itself is extremely restricted, which is not suitable for actual blood sampling. The present invention solves the problems described above, it is possible to automatically transfer a tray containing blood collection tubes to be collected in accordance with the skill of the blood collection operator and the amount of blood collection to a blood collection company, It is another object of the present invention to provide a blood collection tube transfer system which automatically transfers a tray without extremely restricting the blood collection operator's own actions.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a blood collection tube transfer system according to the present invention relates to a blood collection tube attached with a label on which information on a subject is printed, and a subject corresponding to the blood collection tube. Transport means for transporting a tray containing, on a subject-by-subject basis, an instruction sheet on which the blood collection order is printed, wherein the transport means includes at least one tray receiving table in the middle of the transport path, and the tray receiving section from the transport path. A tray taking-out means for taking out a tray to a table, and an operation switch for operating the tray taking-out means corresponding to the tray receiving table, and only when the blood sampling operator operates the operation switch, the tray of the corresponding tray receiving table The take-out means is operated to take out the tray from the transfer path to the tray receiving table.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the blood collection tube transfer system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a blood collection system in which a blood collection tube automatic preparation system and a blood collection tube transfer system are combined, FIG. 2 is a view from A in FIG. 1 (a chair and a personal computer are omitted), and FIG. Of FIG. As shown in the drawing, this blood collection system automatically attaches a label printed with information about the subject to the blood collection tube required for the test, and automatically prints information about the subject's blood collection order and information about the test on the instruction sheet. The automatic blood collection tube preparation system A that stores the blood collection tube and the instruction sheet after labeling in one tray for each subject, and performs the blood collection operation on the tray that stores the blood collection tube and the instruction sheet after labeling. And a blood collection tube transport system B which transfers the blood collection table to each blood collection table in accordance with instructions from a person or the like.

The automatic blood collection tube preparing system A comprises a plurality of parallel automatic labeling apparatuses 2 (four apparatuses 2a to 2d in this embodiment), a single instruction issuing apparatus 3, and these. Control device 4 for operating each device 2 and 3
(In the case of the present embodiment, a personal computer). Each automatic labeling apparatus 2 prints a plurality of storage sections for storing blood collection tubes before labeling, and personal information of a subject and information necessary for an examination on a label in accordance with an instruction from the control device 4, and responds from the storage section. It has a label attaching mechanism for taking out a blood collection tube and attaching the label, and an inside thereof. A discharge conveyor 5 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 1) extending through all the automatic label attaching apparatuses 2a to 2d is provided inside the four automatic label attaching apparatuses 2 arranged in parallel. The blood collection tube to which the label is attached by the label attaching mechanism passes through the inside of another automatic label attaching device 2 by the discharge conveyor 5, and is located at the rearmost (uppermost in FIG. 1) automatic label attaching device 2d. From the outside, ie, to an empty tray 6 waiting on the blood collection tube transport system B. In addition, the instruction issuing device 3 prints the blood sampling order of the subject with a barcode and a number in addition to the test information for the subject in the instruction according to the instruction of the control device 4, which is the same as that of the automatic label attaching device 2. Empty tray 6
The printed instruction sheet is discharged to the printer. The blood collection tube automatic preparation system A configured as described above,
For example, when a doctor or the like inputs the subject, the test information required for the subject, and the blood collection order of the subject on a personal computer, the automatic labeling apparatus 2 containing the blood collection tubes required for the test is activated to operate the necessary blood collection tubes. A label on which information is printed is stuck, and the blood collection tube after the label is stuck is automatically discharged to the empty tray 6 by the discharge conveyor 5, and the instruction sheet issuing device 3 places the blood collection tube on the same empty tray 6 as the automatic label sticking device 2. The blood collection instruction is operated to be discharged, and the blood collection tube and the instruction after labeling necessary for the examination are stored in one empty tray 6 for each subject. The blood collection tube transport system B operates in conjunction with the automatic blood collection tube preparation system A, a part of which operates as described above, and at the receiving position P1, blood collection tubes and instructions necessary for the subject are stored in the empty tray 6 at the receiving position P1. Each time it is accommodated, the accommodated tray (hereinafter referred to as the blood collection tray 7) is moved to the transfer standby position P2, and the next empty tray 6 is moved to the receiving position P1 for receiving blood collection tubes and instructions.

Next, the blood collection tube transport system B will be specifically described. The blood collection tube transport system B operates in conjunction with the automatic blood collection tube preparation system A as described above, and prepares a blood collection tray 7 that prepares a blood collection tray 7 in which an empty tray 6 contains necessary blood collection tubes and instructions. 10 and a plurality of (two in this embodiment) blood collection tables 20 in which an operator receives the blood collection tray 7 and performs a blood collection operation.

[0008] The blood collection tray preparation device 10 includes a blood collection table 2
The empty tray transfer conveyor 11 for sequentially transferring the empty tray 6 collected from the receiving position P1 to the receiving position P1, and the blood collecting tray 7 containing the blood collection tubes and the instructions at the receiving position P1 are transferred to the transfer standby position P.
A blood collection tray discharge conveyor 12 that operates to wait at 2 and transfer to the blood collection table 20 according to the blood collection operator's will;
The blood collection tray 7 is moved from the receiving position P1 to the supply conveyor 12.
(See FIG. 5). The two conveyors 11 and 12 are arranged in parallel with each other and extend from a position corresponding to the automatic blood collection tube preparation system A to the downstream end (the right end in FIG. 1) of the blood collection tray preparation device 10. The empty tray transfer conveyor 1
A pair of tray stoppers 14 and 15 are provided downstream of the receiving position P1 in FIG. The tray stoppers 14 and 15 are provided on both sides of the conveyor 11 at intervals smaller than at least the width of the empty tray 6.
It is composed of two pins configured to be able to protrude and retreat upward from one transfer surface. The tray stopping means 14 and 15 operate in conjunction with the automatic blood collection tube preparation system A, the empty tray transfer conveyor 11 and the moving means, and sequentially transfer the empty tray 6 to the receiving position P1. Specifically, for example, FIG.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the blood collection tray preparation device 10 in FIG. As shown in ()), when the empty tray 6a (that is, the blood collection tray 7a) receives necessary blood collection tubes and instructions from the blood collection tube preparation system A at the receiving position P1, the moving means operates to supply the blood collection tray 7a to the supply conveyor. 12, the empty tray transfer conveyor 11 operates, and at the same time, the tray stopper 14 sinks below the transfer surface of the conveyor 11. Thereby, the next empty tray 6b sandwiched between the tray stoppers 14 and 15 is transferred to the receiving position P1. afterwards,
The tray stopper 14 projects again above the transfer surface of the conveyor 11 and the tray stopper 15
1, the empty tray 6c located downstream is transferred to a position where the empty tray 6c is locked by the tray stopping means 14, and then the tray stopping means 15 is again raised above the transfer surface of the conveyor 11. The protruding empty tray 6c is maintained between the tray stoppers 14 and 15. The empty tray transfer conveyor 1 is also provided in the blood collection tray discharge conveyor 12.
1, a pair of tray stoppers 16 and 17 are provided. These tray stoppers 16 and 17 are provided on both sides of the conveyor 12 at least at intervals smaller than the width of the blood collection tray 7, similarly to the tray stoppers 14 and 15 described above, and can protrude upward from the transfer surface of the conveyor 12. Tray fixing means 1
A standby position P2 is defined between 6 and 17. The tray stopping means 16 and 17 and the blood collection tray supply conveyor 12 operate in response to the operation of an operation switch 40 described later provided on the blood collection table 20 to move the blood collection tray 7 to the blood collection table 20.
Transfer to the side. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG.
When one of the operation switches 40 of the two blood collection tables 20 is operated, the blood collection tray discharge conveyor 12 is operated, and the tray stop means 16 on the upstream side is lowered below the transfer surface of the conveyor 12, whereby The blood collection tray 7e at the standby position P2 is transferred to the blood collection table 20 side. When the blood collection tray 7e at the standby position P2 completely exits from the standby position P2, the tray stopper 16 is again moved to the conveyor 12
And the tray stop means 17 on the downstream side sinks below the transfer surface, whereby
The next blood sampling tray 7d, which is located downstream, is transferred to a position where it is locked by the tray stopper 16, ie, to the standby position P2. When the next blood collection tray 7d is transferred to the standby position P2, the downstream tray stop means 17 projects again above the transfer surface of the conveyor 12 and the blood collection tray 7d is moved to the tray stop means 16
And 17, ie, at the standby position P2. The blood collecting tray supply conveyor 12 operates in conjunction with the moving means, and operates each time the blood collecting tray 7 is moved from the receiving position P1 by the moving means. Does not interlock.

Next, the blood collection table 20 will be described. Although two blood collection tables 20 are provided in the present embodiment, since both have the same structure, the structure of one blood collection table will be described here. Also, in the drawing, reference numerals a and b are attached to the reference symbols relating to the two blood collection tables, and the two blood collection tables 20a
And 20b are identified. For the purpose of explanation, only when it is necessary to identify the two blood collection tables, the codes a and b are added to the reference symbols relating to the blood collection tables in the description (for example, only when the identification is necessary). , The blood collection tables 20 are denoted by reference numerals a and b and described as blood collection tables 20a and 20b.) FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the blood collection tube transport system with the working plate removed, and FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of the blood collection tube transport system with the front plate removed. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the blood collection table 20 has an upper surface, a front surface, and a rear surface covered with a work plate 21, a front plate 22, and a rear plate 23, respectively.
A supply conveyor 24 and a recovery conveyor 25 are provided in parallel in a space surrounded by each of the plates 21 to 23. The supply conveyor 24 and the collection conveyor 25 extend in parallel from the upstream end (the left end in FIGS. 5 and 6) to the downstream end (the right end in FIGS. 5 and 6) of the blood collection table 20, respectively. By simply arranging it side by side with the blood collection table 20 of the apparatus, it can be connected linearly with the supply conveyor 24 (and / or the blood collection tray discharge conveyor 2) and the collection conveyor 25 (and / or the empty tray transfer conveyor 11) of the adjacent apparatus. It is configured. Also, as shown in FIG.
The supply conveyor 24 and the recovery conveyor 25 are provided in a stepped manner, specifically, the recovery conveyor 25 is provided so as to pass through a position lower than the supply conveyor 24, and the supply conveyor 24 is provided at an upstream end of the supply conveyor 24. A blood collection tray removal passage 26 having a transfer surface flush with the transfer surface 24 is provided so as to traverse above the collection conveyor 25 in a direction perpendicular to the operation direction of the supply conveyor 24. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of the vicinity of the blood collection tray removal passage 26 in FIG. 5, FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of the vicinity of the blood collection tray removal passage in FIG. 6, and FIG.
Each view is shown. As shown in these drawings, the blood collection tray removal passage 26 is provided on the front plate 21 of the transfer table 20 from above the collection conveyor 25 from the side of the collection conveyor 25 side of the supply conveyor 24. It extends to the tray receiving table 27. A take-out arm guide member 28 is provided above and parallel to the side of the blood collection tray receiving table 27, and the guide member 28 includes a take-out arm 29 movable along the guide member 28. The blood collection tray 7 on the supply conveyor 24 is transferred to the receiving table 2 via the blood collection tray extraction passage 26 by the extraction arm 29.
7. Further, a pair of tray stopping means 30 and 31 are provided at a position of the supply conveyor 24 corresponding to the blood collecting tray receiving table 27. Each of the tray stopping means 30 and 31 is provided on both sides of the supply conveyor 24 at least at intervals smaller than the width of the blood collection tray 7 and comprises two pins configured to be able to protrude upward and downward from the transfer surface of the supply conveyor 24. , Operation switch 4
It operates according to the operation of 0. The receiving table 27 is a front plate 2
1 is provided so as to protrude forward (downward in FIGS. 5 and 7), has a receiving surface having an area capable of accommodating the blood collection tray 7, and is provided with an operation switch 40. The operation switch 40 is made operable by a blood sampling operator.
In addition to the tray 9 and the tray stoppers 30 and 31, the blood collecting tray preparing device 10 is operated as described above, and the blood collecting tray 7 is transferred from the blood collecting tray preparing device 10 to the corresponding receiving table 27 with these components. Specifically, for example, when the blood collection operator operates the operation switch 40a of the blood collection table 20a,
As described above, the blood sampling tray preparation device 10 lowers the tray stopper 16 and transfers the blood sampling tray 7 maintained at the standby position P2 to the blood sampling table 20a. At this time, the supply conveyor 24a of the blood collection table 20a also operates, and the supply conveyor 24a receives the blood collection tray 7 discharged from the discharge conveyor 11 of the blood collection tray preparation device 10, and further downstream (right side in FIG. 5). Transfer to Also,
The tray stopping means 30 and 31 are usually provided in the supply tray 2.
4 is lowered below the transfer surface,
In response to the operation 0, only the tray stop means 31a on the downstream side rises above the transfer surface. Therefore, supply conveyor 2
The blood collection tray 7 transferred at 4a is
1a, and at that position (hereinafter, a first extraction position P3,
(See FIG. 5)). The blood collection tray 7 is in the first extraction position P
3, the tray stop means 30a on the upstream side also rises above the transfer surface of the supply conveyor 24a, and when the blood collection tray is continuously transferred from the supply conveyor 24a, the next blood collection tray is first removed. It is prevented from entering the position P3. When the tray stopping means 30a is raised, the take-out arm 29a moves toward the front of the blood collecting table 20a along the arm guide 28a as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 7, and removes the blood collecting tray 7a from the supply conveyor 24a. Extruded into the passage 26a. The take-out arm 29a
The blood collection tray 7a is taken out through the removal passage 26a and
After being stored on the receiving surface 7a, it is retracted to a standby position (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 7) behind the supply conveyor 24a. When the take-out arm 29a returns to the standby position, the tray stopper 3
Oa and 30b are lowered again below the transfer surface of the supply conveyor 24a. Blood collection tray preparation device 10 and blood collection table 2
By operating the operation switch 40 as described above, the blood collection tray 7 is transferred to the corresponding receiving tray 27 only when the blood collection operator operates the operation switch 40. The supply conveyor 24b of the blood collection table 20b provided on the downstream side is not operated by the operation switch 40a of the blood collection table 20a on the upstream side, but the supply conveyor 24a of the blood collection table 20a provided on the upstream side is used for collecting blood on the downstream side. It is controlled to operate according to the operation of the operation switch 40b of the table 20b.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 6, and 8, the front plate 22 of the blood collection table 20 has a collection port 32 for placing an empty tray 6 after blood collection on a collection conveyor 25, a supply conveyor 24, and a collection conveyor. A viewing window 33 for monitoring the operating state of 25 is formed. The collection conveyor 25
The operation starts when the blood collection operator places the empty tray 6 on the collection conveyor 25 from the collection port 32, and stops when the empty tray 6 is transferred to the empty tray transfer conveyor 12 of the blood collection tray preparation device 10. The empty tray transfer conveyor 12 of the blood collection tray preparation device 10 starts operating when receiving the empty tray 6 from the collection conveyor 25 of the blood collection table 20, but the tray stopping means 14 and 15 in the blood collection tray preparation device 10
Without interlocking with the collection conveyor 25 of the empty tray transfer conveyor 12, and remains projecting upward from the transfer surface of the empty tray transfer conveyor 12. Thereby, the empty tray 6 collected by the collection conveyor 25 is
The blood is automatically collected on the empty tray transfer conveyor 12 of the blood collection tray preparation device 10 and is collected as shown in FIG.
Accumulates downstream of the tray stopper 15.

Further, the blood collection table 20 includes a bar code reader 34 and a display device 3 on an upper plate 21 functioning as a work table.
5 is provided. The display device 35 is configured to display the blood collection reception number of the subject read from the blood collection instruction by the barcode reader 34. This display device 35
Although the display is arranged so as to display the blood collection number on the subject side, the display may be provided with two displays so as to display the reception number to both the subject and the blood collection operator, and the support rod may be rotated. It may be provided so that the display can be turned to both the subject and the blood sampling operator by being arbitrarily rotated.

Next, the overall operation of the blood collection system configured as described above will be briefly described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a chair 41 for a blood collection worker is arranged on the collection conveyor 25 side of the blood collection table 20 so that the blood collection operation can be performed on the upper surface plate 21 of each blood collection table 20. A chair 42 for the subject is arranged on the supply conveyor side of the blood collection table 20 so as to face the chair 41 for the patient. Although not shown in the drawing, here, it is assumed that there is a waiting place behind the chair 42 for the subject to wait for the blood collection order. The subject finishes accepting blood collection by a doctor or a nurse, etc., confirms his own blood collection order there, and waits at a waiting place.
The doctor or nurse or the like inputs, using the personal computer 4 of the automatic blood collection tube preparation system A, the examination information, the personal information, and the information on the blood collection order of the subject who has been accepted. When the necessary information is input to the personal computer 4, the automatic labeling device 2 and the instruction issuing device 3 are operated, and a label on which the test information and personal information are printed is attached to the blood collection tube required for the test, and the label is empty. In addition to the discharge to the tray 6, a blood collection instruction in which the blood collection order is printed with a barcode and a number in addition to the test information and the personal information is issued to the empty tray 6 where the blood collection tube is provided. When the blood collection tray preparing device 10 in the blood collection tube transport system B puts a labeled blood collection tube and instructions necessary for the subject in the empty tray 6 at the receiving position P1, the blood collection tray (that is, the blood collection tray 7) collects blood. The sheet is transferred to the standby position P2 on the tray discharge conveyor 12. Here, when the blood collecting operator operates the operation switch 40 in his blood collecting table 20, the blood collecting tray 7 at the standby position P2 among the blood collecting trays 7 stored in the blood collecting tray preparing device 10 is changed to the blood collecting table 20.
The blood is transferred to the corresponding tray receiving table 27 of the blood collecting table 20 by the action of the supply conveyor 24, the tray stopping means 30, 31 and the extracting arm 29. When the blood collection tray 7 is transferred to the tray receiving table 27, the blood collection operator causes the barcode reader 34 to read the barcode printed on the blood collection instruction stored in the blood collection tray 7, and displays the display device. The blood collection number is displayed at 35. The subject waiting at the waiting place checks the blood collection number on the display device 35, and when his own blood collection number is displayed, the blood collection table 20 displayed from the waiting place is displayed.
It comes to the chair 42 installed in. The blood collection operator performs blood collection on the subject who has come to the blood collection table 20 using the blood collection tube placed in the blood collection tray 7, places the collected blood collection tube in a predetermined blood collection tube stand or the like, and empties after the blood collection operation is completed. Tray 6 into collection port 3
2 to the collection conveyor 25. Since the blood collection tray 7 is not transferred to the blood collection table 20 of the blood collection operator unless the operation switch 40 is operated as described above, the transfer of the blood collection tray 7 in accordance with the skill and the blood collection amount of the blood collection operator, or the state of the blood collection operation. For example, the blood collecting tray 7 does not accumulate under an unfamiliar blood collecting operator and does not cause the subject to wait. Also,
If the blood collecting operator operates the operation switch 40 so as to retrieve a new blood collecting tray 7 each time the blood collecting operation is completed, and does not stock the blood collecting tray 7, the blood collecting tray preparing device 10 basically has Since the blood collection tray 7 is on standby in the order of the blood collection order, there is no problem that the blood collection order is unfairly changed due to the difference in the skill of the blood collection operator. Further, since the blood collecting operator can immediately collect the empty tray 6 after blood collection by the collection conveyor 25, the empty tray 6 does not accumulate at hand, and the collected empty tray 6 is used immediately as the blood collecting tray 7. It is not necessary to increase the number of trays more than necessary. In addition, since the blood collection table 20 is configured so that the blood collection operator can sit on the collection conveyor 25 side, the blood collection operator can easily return the empty tray 6 to the collection conveyor 25.

In the above embodiment, two blood collection tables are used in series, but the number of blood collection tables is not limited to this embodiment, and the size of the hospital, the number of patients, or the number of blood collection tables is used. The number of blood collection tables can be set arbitrarily according to the number of workers and the like.
In addition, since the blood collection table of the present embodiment extends the supply conveyor and the collection conveyor from one end to the other end of the blood collection table, even when increasing the number of blood collection tables, the supply conveyor and the collection conveyor need only be aligned and aligned. Since the supply conveyor and the collection conveyor of the adjacent blood collection table can be connected in series to form one transfer path, it is very easy to increase or decrease the number of blood collection tables without impairing the function of the blood collection tube transport system. Can be. Further, in the above-described embodiment, one blood collection table is provided with one blood collection tray receiver, but this is not limited to this embodiment, and one blood collection table may be provided with a plurality of blood collection receivers and the same. An associated mechanism (for example, a removal arm or the like) may be provided so that one blood sampling table is used by a plurality of blood sampling operators. In this embodiment,
Although an example in which the blood collection and transport system B and the blood collection tube automatic preparation system A are combined is given, this combination is not limited to the present embodiment. For example, instead of the blood collection tube automatic preparation system A, a manual seal is used. May be attached to an empty tray together with instructions.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the tray extracting means is operated only when the blood sampling operator operates the operation switch, and the tray is extracted from the transfer path to the tray receiving table. Therefore, the blood sampling operator can receive the tray in accordance with the standby state of the subject or the progress of the blood sampling operation of the subject. Thus, for example, a tray is supplied to a blood sampling operator who is taking a long time to perform a blood sampling operation due to a large number of blood sampling, even though other blood sampling operators are available, and the subject is wasted. And the blood sampling order of the waiting subjects is not changed, so that an efficient blood sampling operation according to the progress of the blood sampling operation can always be performed in accordance with the blood sampling order of the subject. This has the effect of becoming According to the second aspect of the present invention, the number of transfer means can be easily increased or decreased according to the size of a hospital or the like to be installed or the number of blood sampling workers, so that design is not performed for each use environment, It is possible to manufacture according to a common standard irrespective of the installation place. As a result, there is an effect that the manufacturing is simplified and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the tray extraction means is configured to take out the tray from the tray supply conveyor and across the tray collection conveyor to the tray receiving tray, so that the blood sampling operator can perform the tray collection only on the tray collection conveyor side. And the collection of empty trays can be performed, and there is an effect that the collection and collection of trays by the blood collection operator can be performed efficiently. According to the invention of claim 4, by operating the tray supply conveyor and the tray maintaining means to transfer the tray to the tray removing means of the corresponding tray receiving tray based on the operation of the operation switch, the conveyor And it is not necessary to uselessly operate the maintenance means. Further, by providing a tray maintaining means capable of maintaining the tray at a desired position on the conveyor against the driving of the conveyor, the tray can be reliably maintained at the desired position. Claim 5
According to the invention, by providing a blood collection work table corresponding to the tray receiving table on the transfer path of the transfer means, the subject and the blood collection worker face each other with the transfer means interposed, and the blood collection work table on the transfer means Since the blood collecting operation can be performed, the blood collecting operator can transfer the blood collecting operation on the spot when receiving the tray from the transfer means, which is effective. According to the invention of claim 6, by providing a display device configured to read and display the order of blood collection from the instruction contained in the tray together with the blood collection tube,
The blood collection tube used for blood collection can be prevented from being mistaken.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a blood collection system in which a blood collection tube automatic preparation system and a blood collection tube transfer system are combined.

FIG. 2 is a diagram viewed from A in FIG. 1 (a chair and a personal computer are omitted).

FIG. 3 is a diagram viewed from B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the blood collection tray preparation device 10 in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the blood collection tube transport system with a work plate removed.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of the blood collection tube delivery system with a front plate removed.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of the vicinity of a blood sampling tray take-out passage in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of the vicinity of a blood sampling tray take-out passage in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a view as viewed in C in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

A blood collection tube automatic preparation system 2 (a to d) Automatic label sticking device 3 Instruction issuing device 4 Control device 5 Discharge conveyor 6 Empty tray 7 Blood collection tray (tray after storing blood collection tube and instruction manual) B Blood collection tube transportation System 10 Blood sampling tray preparation device 11 Empty tray transfer conveyor 12 Blood sampling tray discharge conveyor 14 Tray stopper means (empty tray transport conveyor side) 15 Tray stopper means (empty tray transport conveyor side) 16 Tray stopper means (blood sampling tray discharge conveyor side) 17 Tray stop means (blood collection tray discharge conveyor side) 20 (a and b) Blood collection table 21 Work plate (upper surface) 22 Front plate (blood collection operator side) 23 Back plate (blood collection person side) 24 Supply conveyor 25 Collection conveyor 26 Blood collection Tray extraction passage 27 Blood collection tray receiving stand 28 Extraction arm guide member 29 Extraction arm 3 Tray stopper means (upstream side) 31 Tray stopper means (downstream side) 32 Collection port 33 Viewing window 34 Barcode reader 35 Display device 40 Operation switch 41 Worker chair 42 Subject chair P1 Receiving position P2 Transfer standby position P3 First Removal position

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A transfer means for transferring a tray accommodating a blood collection tube attached with a label printed with information on a subject for each subject, wherein the transfer means includes at least one tray receiving table in the middle of the transfer path. A tray removal means for taking out a tray from the transfer path to the tray receiving table, and an operation switch for operating the tray removing means corresponding to the tray receiving table, when the blood sampling operator operates the operation switch. Only in this case, the tray extracting means of the corresponding tray receiving tray operates to take out the tray from the transfer path to the tray receiving tray. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer means has a conveyor extending from one end to the other end, and a plurality of transfer means can be connected in series along the conveyor driving direction. Blood collection tube transport system. 3. The transfer means comprises a tray supply conveyor and an empty tray collection conveyor which are arranged in parallel and on different levels, and wherein the tray take-out means removes the tray from the tray supply conveyor across the tray collection conveyor. 3. The blood collection tube transport system according to claim 1, wherein the blood collection tube transport system is configured to be taken out to a tray receiving table. 4. The tray supply conveyor further comprises a tray maintenance means capable of maintaining the tray at a desired position on the conveyor against driving of the conveyor, wherein the tray supply conveyor and the tray maintenance means are provided. 4. The blood collection tube transport system according to claim 3, wherein the system is operated to transfer the tray to a tray extracting means of a corresponding tray receiving tray based on an operation of the operation switch. 5. The blood collection tube transport system according to claim 1, wherein said transfer means includes a blood collection work table corresponding to a tray receiving table on a transfer path thereof. . 6. The blood tray according to claim 1, wherein the tray contains an instruction sheet on which the order of blood collection for the subject corresponding to the blood collection tube is printed, and the transfer means includes a display device corresponding to a blood collection work table. The blood collection tube transport system according to claim 5, wherein the blood collection order is displayed by reading the blood collection order from the system.