JPS6350241B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a drug packaging device equipped with a plurality of drug packaging machines.

[Prior Art] In general, the number of types of tablets dispensed by hospital pharmacies, especially for outpatients, has increased to 600 to 1,000 recently, but on the other hand, tablet packaging machines have problems with packaging when the number of tablet feeders is too large. Since the tablet feeder is placed far away from the device, which reduces the packaging speed and causes damage to the tablets from falling, the number of tablet feeders is far less than the above-mentioned types. The reality is that
Therefore, conventionally, when handling the above-mentioned types of tablets in a hospital pharmacy, not only one but a plurality of tablet packaging machines are used.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, conventional tablet packaging machines are only designed to package tablets stored in a tablet feeder when a packaging instruction is given for the tablets. However, even if there is a packaging instruction for tablets that are not stored in the tablet feeder, it is not possible to respond appropriately, so when using multiple tablet packaging machines, it is necessary to operate them individually. It is necessary to give instructions without any mistakes, and in order to do so, the operator has to judge which tablet dispensing machine should be activated, which is cumbersome, and if the operator mistakenly instructs another tablet dispensing machine to do the dispensing,
There were problems such as not only the tablets to be administered were not packaged, but also a different type of tablet was packaged, leading to the risk of erroneous administration.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional devices and to provide a medicine packaging device that can easily and appropriately operate a plurality of medicine packaging machines.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a drug packaging device including a plurality of drug packaging machines, in which drug packaging information input to each drug packaging machine is transmitted. control means for determining whether or not the packaging information can be processed and executing the packaging operation according to the packaging information that can be processed;
output means for outputting packaging information determined to be unprocessable by the control means; the control means of each medicine packaging machine is connected to the output means of the preceding medicine packaging machine; The output means of each drug packaging machine is connected to the control means of the subsequent drug packaging machine.

[Operation] By employing the above means, the present invention processes packaging information that cannot be processed by the preceding drug packaging machine, if it can be processed by the subsequent drug packaging machine, and if it cannot be processed, further information is processed. It will be processed by the next drug packaging machine.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the tablet packaging machine used in the drug packaging device of the present invention. A plurality of tablet feeders 3, 3, . . . , each of which accommodates tablets and discharges the tablets when activated, are installed on the installation members 4, 4, . . . , and the tablet feeders 3 installed on the installation members 4, 4, . ,3,...
Alarm devices 5, 5, . . . which issue an alarm when the stored tablets run out are provided. The tablets discharged from the tablet feeders 3, 3, . There is.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, each installation member 4 is provided with an identifier 8 for identifying the tablet feeder 3 installed therein. The discriminator 8 includes eight Hall elements 10, 1 in a circular recess 9 formed in the center.
0, . . . are arranged evenly in the circumferential direction, and similar Hall elements 11, 11, . . . are arranged evenly in the circumferential direction on the outside thereof. On the other hand, on the bottom surface of each tablet feeder 3, a permanent magnet piece (rubber magnet) 13 is arranged,
Furthermore, permanent magnet pieces (rubber magnets) 14, 14,... are arranged at specific locations among the eight locations corresponding to the Hall elements 11, 11,..., and the permanent magnet pieces 13 are located at the origin position in the circumferential direction. It shows
Moreover, the permanent magnet pieces 14, 14, ... are attached to the tablet feeder 3.
The identification information is shown in an 8-bit binary code in the circumferential direction with the origin position of the permanent magnet piece 13 as a reference.

The identification information of the tablet feeders 3, 3, ... installed on the installation members 4, 4, ... is stored in the control means 15 in correspondence with the type of tablets accommodated therein, and the control means 15 Compares the packaging information input from outside the machine with the stored identification information, and discharges the specified number of tablets to the tablet feeder 3 containing the type of tablets specified in the packaging information. It's designed to make you take action. Further, when the type of tablet indicated by the packaging information is not included in the identification information stored in the control means 15, the packaging information is outputted from the output means 16 to the outside of the machine. The control means 15 receives data input of packaging information, and the output means 16 outputs the packaging information as data or printout.

FIG. 5 schematically shows an embodiment of a tablet packaging device including a plurality of tablet packaging machines 1 shown in FIG.
1B, . . . 1N are tablet packaging machines similar to the tablet packaging machine shown in FIG.
N indicates that the output means 16N prints out the packaging information, and other tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B,
...1 (N-1) is the output means 16A, 16B, ...1
6 (N-1) outputs packaging information as data. 21 is packaging information (in the case of tablets, the packaging information includes the type and number of tablets to be packaged; in the case of powders, packaging information includes the type of powder to be packaged, the number of packages, and the total amount) ), for example, a prescription card on which the contents of the prescription are magnetically recorded, 2
2 is a card reader which, when a prescription card 21 is inserted, reads the packaging information recorded therein and outputs it as data.

The card reader 22 and the control means 15A of the tablet packaging machine 1A are connected via a cable 23A, and the output means 16A of the tablet packaging machine 1A and the tablet packaging machine 1B
is connected to the control means 15B via a cable 23B, and similarly, the output means of the tablet packaging machine at the front stage and the control means of the tablet packaging machine at the rear stage are connected via the cable.

Next, the operation of the above will be explained.

The tablet feeders 3A, 3A, . . 3B, 3B, . . . 3N, 3N, . . . of the tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B, .

When the prescription card 21 is inserted into the card reader 22, the packaging information recorded on the prescription card 21 is output as data from the card reader 22, transmitted through the cable 23A, and input into the control means 15A of the tablet packaging machine 1A. The control means 15A compares the input packaging information with the stored identification information, and if the type of tablet specified in the packaging information is included in the identification information, the tablet containing that tablet is detected. The feeder 3A is caused to eject the number of tablets specified, and the ejected tablets are transferred to the common hopper 6A.
The indicated number of tablets are grouped together at the lower end of the packaging device 7.
It will be put into A and divided into 1-minute packages.

Further, when the type of tablet specified by the packaging information is not included in the identification information stored in the control means 15A, the packaging information is outputted as data from the output means 16A, transmitted through the cable 23B, and the tablet is It is input to the control means 15B of the packaging machine 1B. Control means 1
5B compares the input packaging information with the stored identification information, and if the type of tablet specified in the packaging information is included in the identification information, the tablet feeder 3B containing the tablet is The tablets are ejected by the specified number of tablets, and the ejected tablets are grouped into the specified number of tablets at the lower end of the common hopper 6B, and then fed into the packaging device 7B, where they are divided into one-portion packages. It happens.

Further, when the type of tablet specified in the packaging information is not included in the identification information stored in the control means 15B, the packaging information is outputted as data from the output means 16B, and in the same manner, the final stage is transmitted to the control means 15N of the tablet packaging machine 1N and inputted,
Moreover, packaging information (for example, packaging information for powder) that is not included in the identification information stored in the control means 15N.
, the data information is converted into human-readable character information by the output means 16N and then printed out. Therefore, the packaging information printed out from the output means 16N can be read and processed by the pharmacist.

FIG. 6 schematically shows another embodiment of a tablet packaging device including a plurality of tablet packaging machines 1 shown in FIG.
A, 1B, . . . 1N are tablet packaging machines similar to the tablet packaging machine shown in FIG. 1, and output means 16A, 16B, . . . 16N output packaging information as data. Reference numeral 31 denotes an operating device, and the operating device 31 stores packaging information (in the case of tablets, packaging information consisting of the type and number of tablets to be packaged; in the case of powders, the type of powder to be packaged; a keyboard 32 for inputting packaging information (consisting of the number of sachets and the total amount thereof), an input means 33 for converting the sachet information input into character information, and packaging information input by operating the keyboard 32; and the packaging information input via the input means 33, and a CRT 34 that separately displays the packaging information input from the keyboard 32 and the packaging information input from the input means 33. and a data output means 35 for converting the data into data information and outputting the data.

The data output means 35 and the control means 15A of the tablet packaging machine 1A are connected via a cable 23A,
Output means 16A of tablet packaging machine 1A and tablet packaging machine 1
B is connected to the control means 15B via a cable 23B, and in the same manner, the output means of the tablet packaging machine in the previous stage and the control means of the tablet packaging machine in the latter stage are connected via the cable, and the tablet packaging machine in the final stage is Packaging machine 1N
output means 16N and input means 33 of the operating device 31
are connected via a cable 23P.

Next, the operation of the above will be explained.

In this case, frequently used tablets are stored in, for example, one tablet feeder 3A ₁ , 3B ₁ , . . . in two or more tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B, . Other tablet feeders 3A, 3A, . . 3B, 3B, . . . 3N, 3N, . . . of the packaging machines 1A, 1B, .

When the keyboard 32 is operated and packaging information is entered while visually checking the display on the CRT 34, this packaging information is output as data from the data output means 35 and transmitted through the cable 23A to the tablet packaging machine 1.
It is input to the control means 15A of A, and operates in substantially the same manner as that shown in FIG. However, if the tablet packaging machine 1A has two or more tablets of the type specified in the packaging information,
In the case of tablets stored in tablet feeders 3A ₁ , 3B ₁ , etc. of
A operates to pack the tablets in the tablet feeder 3A ₁ , and if the tablet packaging machine 1A is in operation, the next stage tablet packaging machine _1B operates without waiting for the completion of its operation. When the tablet feeders 3A ₁ , 3B ₁ , etc. of this type are all in operation, the packaging information is output as data from the output means 16N of the final stage tablet packaging machine 1N. , are transmitted through the cable 23P and displayed as characters on the CRT 34 via the input means 33 of the operating device 31. When the operator sees this and gives an instruction using the keyboard 32, this packaging information is transferred to the data output means 3 again.
Data is output from the tablet feeder 3B and transmitted sequentially from the tablet packaging machine 1A. However, if there is a tablet packaging machine (for example, 1B) that is not currently in operation because its previous operation has ended, the tablets in that tablet feeder 3B ₁ are packed. Therefore, it is possible to select and operate the tablet packaging machine whose previous operation was completed earliest.

In addition, in the case of packaging information that the previous operation was not completed for a long time and can be processed relatively easily even by manual operation, the packaging information is transmitted through the cable 23P and displayed on the CRT 34 via the input means 33. The information can also be viewed and processed manually by an operator or other pharmacist.

Furthermore, all tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B,...1
N tablet feeders 3A ₁ , 3A, ... 3B ₁ , 3B,
...3N, 3N, ...In the case of packaging information regarding tablets or powders that are not contained in any of 3N, 3N, ..., the information is transmitted through the cable 23P to the input means 3.
3, the pharmacist can process the information by viewing the package information displayed in text on the CRT 34.

In addition, in the above example, it is applied to a tablet packaging machine,
In the case of tablets, the packaging information is the type and number of tablets to be packaged, but the packaging information may also include the number of packages, etc. The present invention may be applied to a powder packaging machine, and the packaging information may include the type of powder to be packaged, the number of packages (i.e., the number divided by the annular divider), and the total amount (i.e., the amount measured by the scale).

In addition, each tablet packaging machine 1A to 1N of the tablet packaging device
Even if it is packaging information that is known to be impossible to process (for example, packaging information for powder medicines),
By inputting it into the tablet packaging device, for example, "Aluminum gel/total amount per day 30 mg/number of divisions 3/number of days 7"
It is possible to convert the expression "1 day's worth" into the expression "aluminum gel/210mg/21 sachets" which is more similar to actual dispensing work and print it out.

In addition, each tablet packaging machine 1A to 1N of the tablet packaging device
Appropriate selection information for selecting the tablet packaging machine 1A, 1B, ... or 1N that should process the packaging information may be included in the packaging information input into the packaging information, and in that case, each tablet packaging machine 1A, 1B,... or 1N, e.g. control means 15A, 15B,... or 15N
However, when the user reads the selection information and selects his or her own tablet packaging machine, the tablet packaging machine may be activated.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the card reader 22
However, all the tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B, ... 1N are serially connected so that only the final stage tablet packaging machine 1N prints out the packaging information. may be divided into a plurality of groups and serially connected to the card reader 22 for each group, and the tablet packaging machine at the final stage of each group may print out the packaging information.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the operating device 31 and the tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B, ... 1N are connected in a loop, but for example, the tablet packaging machines 1A, 1B, ... 1N are connected radially around the operating device 31. May be connected.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the packaging information input to the control means 15A is transmitted to the card reader 22, the operating device 3
Although the data is output from 1, it may be output from any other suitable data output means.
Further, the alarms emitted by the alarm devices 5, 5, ... may be visual or auditory, and the alarm may be emitted in advance before the tablets stored in the tablet feeders 3, 3, ... are exhausted. 8 is not limited to the one in the above embodiment, but may have a configuration that utilizes an appropriate identification function, and can accommodate tablets of the type specified in the packaging information without using the It goes without saying that the present invention can be made to eject only the number of tablets specified by the tablet feeder that is in use.

[Effect of the invention] Since this invention is configured as described above, first
The packaging information that can be processed by the first medicine packaging machine is processed, and the packaging information that cannot be processed by that medicine packaging machine is input to the second medicine packaging machine. The packaging information that can be processed is processed, and the packaging information that cannot be processed by the drug packaging machine is further input into the third drug packaging machine, and in the same way, multiple drug packaging machines can be easily and appropriately processed. can be activated, so
For example, when multiple drug packaging machines are used in a hospital pharmacy to handle drugs to be administered to outpatients, there is no need to individually instruct the operation of each machine, and there is no risk of instructing them incorrectly.
This method has excellent effects, such as eliminating the need for the operator to judge which drug packaging machine should be activated and eliminating the risk of erroneous medication administration.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a tablet packaging machine used in the drug packaging device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tablet feeder shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a tablet packaging device equipped with a plurality of tablet packaging machines 1 shown in FIG. 1. , FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of a tablet packaging device including a plurality of tablet packaging machines 1 shown in FIG. 1, 1A, 1B, 1N...Tablet packaging machine, 2...Shelf,
3, 3A, 3A ₁ , 3B, 3B ₁ , 3N... Tablet feeder, 4... Installation member, 5... Alarm, 6, 6A, 6
B, 6N...Common hopper, 7, 7A, 7B, 7N...
Packaging device, 8, 8A, 8B, 8N...Identifier, 9...
Circular recess, 10, 11... Hall element, 12... Circular protrusion, 13, 14... Permanent magnet piece, 15, 15
A, 15B, 15N...control means, 16, 16A,
16B, 16N...Output means, 21...Prescription card, 22...Card reader, 23A, 23B, 23
N, 23P...cable, 31...operation device, 32...
Keyboard, 33...Input means, 34...CRT, 3
5...Data output means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a drug packaging device equipped with a plurality of drug packaging machines, each drug packaging machine is capable of processing the input drug packaging information by determining whether or not it can be processed. A control means for executing a packaging operation in accordance with the packaging information, and an output means for outputting packaging information determined to be unprocessable by the control means, and the control means for each of the drug packaging machines is provided. A medicine packaging device, characterized in that the medicine packaging machine is connected to the output means of the medicine packaging machine in the preceding stage, and the output means of each medicine packaging machine is connected to the control means of the medicine packaging machine in the latter stage. 2. The drug packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the packaging information includes the type and number of tablets to be packaged. 3. The drug packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the packaging information includes the type of powder to be packaged, the number of packages, and the total amount thereof.