KR100563631B1 - Medicine packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic drug packing machine, and more particularly, to an automatic drug packing machine which can arbitrarily adjust the supply order of the dispensed medicine according to a user input.

Automatic pharmaceutical packaging machine according to the invention is composed of a plurality of key buttons, the keypad for receiving an operation command from the user; A display unit displaying a menu and an operation state of the automatic medicine packing machine; A memory storing a driving program for driving the automatic drug packing machine and including a dosage direction database for storing the dosage direction of the dispensed medicines; A wrapping paper roll on which the pharmaceutical wrapping paper is wound; A printing unit for printing a printing item on a medicine packaging paper supplied from the packaging paper roll; A drug supply unit for administering a drug dispensed according to a dosage direction stored in the dosage direction database; A sealing part for heat-sealing and sealing a wrapping paper containing a medicine dosed by the medicine supply part; And a control unit including a dosage direction setting unit which controls the overall apparatus of the automatic drug packing machine and updates the dosage direction stored in the dosage direction database according to the dosage direction selection information input from the keypad.

Pharmaceutical, pharmacy, packing machine, taking

Description

Pharmaceutical packing machine {Medicine packing machine}

1 is a front sectional view schematically showing a typical pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine.

Figure 2 is a front sectional view schematically showing the automatic drug packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram showing an automatic drug packaging machine according to the present invention in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4a is a front sectional view of the drug supply unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4B is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 4A.

5 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a sequence of opening and closing the opener of the receiving hole according to the dosage direction setting according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a schematic diagram schematically illustrating a graphical user interface (GUI) of an editing program mounted on a user computer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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1. Pharmaceutical Auto Packing Machine 2. Hopper

100. Pharmaceutical Supply Unit 110. Dispensing Tray

111. Reception hole 112. Opening and closing part

112-1. Rotary shaft 112-2. 1st cylindrical magnet

112-3. Opener 112-4. Torsion spring

113. Vertical Jaw 120. Opening and Closing Actuator

121. Second cylindrical magnet 122. Rotary motor

123. Mounting plate 124. Roller

125. Support plate 125-1. Sliding groove

130. Moving part 131. Retention bracket

132. Timing Belt 133. Timing Pulley

134. Driven pulley 135. Drive motor

200. Wrapping paper roll 300. Printing part

400. Seals

The present invention relates to an automatic drug packing machine, and more particularly, to an automatic drug packing machine which can arbitrarily adjust the supply order of the dispensed medicine according to a user input.

In general, the automatic drug packing machine is a device that is provided in the hospital or pharmacy to automatically package the medicine dispensed in a single dose by the pharmacist according to the prescription. The configuration and operation of the general automatic drug packing machine will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a front sectional view schematically showing a typical pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine. As shown, a typical automatic medicine packing machine dispenses the medicine to the medicine dispensing tray 10 after the user distributes the medicine to the medicine dispensing tray 10 including a plurality of receiving holes opened up and down inward and the drug discharged in the receiving hole The drug dispensed in 10 is supplied to the drug transport discharge unit 20 at one time. The medicine supplied to the drug transporting discharge part 20 is discharged to the hopper 30 once by the opening and closing means formed in the distribution tray, and the medicine once discharged to the hopper 30 is printed by the printing unit 40. It is configured to seal and wrap the wrapping paper by heat-sealed by the sealing portion (50).

In general, most pharmacists tend to distribute the medications to the dispensing trays in the order they are ripe. Therefore, the order of dispensing a medicament to a distribution tray differs for each pharmacist. On the other hand, the automatic packaging machine for the drug manufacturers differ in the order of discharging and packaging the drugs dispensed in the distribution tray. Therefore, from the pharmacist's point of view, there is a drawback that the dispensing method of the medicine may be changed when the automatic medicine packing machine is changed.

In addition, the drug supply speed of the pharmacist is lowered with the change in the method of dispensing the drug, there is a problem that the rapidity of the packaging operation falls.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic medicine packaging machine that can be used by the user to set the discharge order of the dispensed medicine.

Furthermore, the present invention provides an automatic medicine packing machine that can print by setting a dosage method on a medicine packing paper.                         

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic medicine packing machine which can edit and print an item printed on the medicine packing paper arbitrarily.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic medicine packing machine that can edit an item printed on a medicine packing paper and update an item stored in the packing machine through a user computer.

Automatic packaging machine according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object when the user requests the dosage direction setting of the medicine packaging machine through the keypad provided in the packaging machine, the control unit of the packaging machine in the dosage direction stored in the memory according to the request Provide a list. Dosing direction is to set the discharge order of the drugs dispensed in a plurality of receiving holes provided in the distribution tray when packaging the medicine, it can be set differently according to the user convenience. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit of the automatic medicine packing machine provides eight types of dosage directions, and the user may select and set the dosage directions that are familiar to them from the list. When the dosage direction is selected by the user, the controller of the packaging machine stores the dosage direction in the memory, and packages the medicine according to the dosage direction stored in the memory when the medicine is packaged.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention may be printed on the wrapping paper by the user, that is, the pharmacist input the method of taking the medicine printed on the wrapping paper. The memory provided in the packaging machine according to the present invention is stored in a predetermined way of taking about 138 of the general medicine. Therefore, the pharmacist can select one of the usages stored in the memory or enter the usage number if the user remembers the number of the designated usage.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the automatic drug packing machine according to the present invention prints only the desired items, such as serial numbers, drug taking methods, pharmacy names, pharmacy phone numbers, and printouts, which are printed on the wrapping paper. can do.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the automatic drug packaging machine according to the present invention may further include an external interface connected to a network with a user computer installed in the pharmacy. The external interface is connected to the user's computer and serial cable, and updates the printed items printed on the package through the user application provided with the packager.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front sectional view schematically showing the automatic drug packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, a plurality of receiving holes 111 which are opened up and down in the upper portion of the hopper (2) provided inside the automatic drug packaging machine 1 is formed, the opening and closing portion 112 to the lower surface of the receiving hole 111 Is provided with a distribution tray 110 is installed, is provided between the distribution tray 110 and the hopper 2 and the opening and closing operation unit 120 for opening and closing the opening and closing portion 112 provided at the lower end of the receiving hole 111 Is provided, the drug supply unit 100 is provided with a moving unit 130 for moving the opening and closing operation unit 120 to one side of the hopper (2), the wrapping paper roll 200 is wound around the pharmaceutical wrapping paper, and the wrapping paper roll In the wrapping paper supplied from the 200, for example, a printing unit 300 for printing a printing item such as a serial number of the medicine packaging paper, a method of taking the packaged medicine, a pharmacy name, a pharmacy telephone number, an output phrase, and a medicine supply unit ( Sealing part 400 for sealing by heat-sealing the wrapping paper containing the medicine supplied from the hopper (2) of 100 It is configured to hereinafter.

The medicine supply unit 100 distributes the medicine to the accommodation hole 111 of the distribution tray 110 provided as the upper surface of the automatic packaging machine 1, the opening and closing operation unit 120 is the opening and closing portion of the distribution tray 110 Operation 112 allows the receiving hole 111 to open sequentially. Accordingly, the medicine distributed in the receiving hole 111 falls and is supplied to the hopper 2. In this way, the medicines sequentially supplied to the hopper 2 are packaged by the printing unit 300, and then sealed by heat sealing by the sealing unit 400, and then packaged continuously one by one.

Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram showing an automatic drug packaging machine according to the present invention in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the automatic medicine packing machine 1 according to the present invention is composed of a plurality of key buttons, the keypad 500 for receiving an operation command from the user, and a display unit for displaying the menu and operation status of the automatic medicine packing machine ( A memory 700 including a 600, a driving program for driving an automatic drug packing machine, a dosage direction database 710 for storing a dosage direction of the dispensed drugs, and a wrapping paper roll 200 in which the medicine packing paper is wound ), A printing unit 300 for printing a printing item on the medicine wrapping paper supplied from the wrapping paper roll 200, and a medicine supply unit 100 for administering a medicine dispensed according to the dosage direction stored in the dosage direction database 710; , The sealing unit 400 for heat-sealing and sealing the wrapping paper in which the printed item containing the medicine is printed, and the overall device of the automatic medicine packing machine 1, and the dosage direction line input from the keypad 500. It is configured to include a control unit 800 including a dosage direction setting unit 810 for updating the dosage direction stored in the dosage direction database 710 according to the taek information.

The keypad 500 includes, for example, a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and receives and outputs an operation command input from a user. The display unit 600 displays a menu and an operating state of the automatic medicine packaging machine 1 using display means such as a conventional liquid crystal display device. The keypad 500 and the display unit 600 may be a conventional well-known configuration, and furthermore, may be implemented as a touch panel capable of input and display at the same time.

The memory 700 is composed of, for example, a flash memory that is a nonvolatile memory capable of reading and writing data, and when a large amount of data is required for storage, a large capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive of a computer may be used. The memory 700 stores a driving program for driving the automatic medicine packing machine 1 and includes a dosage direction database 710 for storing the dosage direction of the medicine stored in the accommodation hole 111 of the distribution tray 110. .

The wrapping paper roll 200 is wound around the medicine wrapping paper for packaging the medicine, and supplies the medicine wrapping paper to the printing unit 300.

The printing unit 300 is a small printer, for example, on the wrapping paper supplied from the wrapping paper roll 200, for example, the serial number of the medicine wrapping paper, the method of taking the packaged medicine, the name of the pharmacy, the pharmacy telephone number, the output phrase. Print a print item such as

The medicine supply unit 100 supplies the medicine stored in the accommodation hole 111 of the distribution tray 110 by the user according to the dosage direction set by the dosage direction setting unit 810. A more detailed description of the drug supply unit 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. Figure 4a is a front sectional view of the drug supply unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4b is an enlarged view of portion A of Figure 4a. As shown, the drug supply unit 100 of the automatic drug packaging machine 1 is provided with a distribution tray 110 on the upper portion of the hopper 2 provided inside the automatic drug packaging machine 1, the distribution tray 110 The opening and closing operation unit 120 is provided between the hopper 2 and the moving unit 130 for moving the opening and closing operation unit 120 to one side of the hopper 2 is configured.

The distribution tray 110 has a plurality of receiving holes 111 which are opened up and down inwardly at equal intervals, and the opening and closing portions 112 are respectively provided on the lower surface corresponding to the receiving holes 111. The dispensing tray 110 is exposed to the upper surface of the automatic medicine packing machine 1 so that the user can dispense the medicine to be packaged by putting the medicine into the accommodating hole 111 once per prescription.

The accommodating hole 111 is preferably formed in the form of the upper and lower straits gradually narrowing from the upper part to the lower part, which is easily gathered from the lower part after being accommodated by the user while receiving the drug from the upper part to the lower part. To be supplied to the hopper 2 at one time with the opening by 112).

The opening and closing portion 112 is rotatably mounted on the vertical jaw 113 formed on the lower surface of the distribution tray 110, the rotation shaft 112-1, the first cylindrical magnet 112-2 around the rotation shaft 112-1 ) Is mounted, the opener 112-3 having one end mounted on the rotating shaft 112-1 to cover the lower surface of the accommodation hole 111, and the lower surface of the opener 112-3 and the distribution tray 110. Torsion spring (112-4) is installed on the rotating shaft (112-1) so that both ends of the lower surface abuts. The opening and closing portion 112 is a rotating shaft 112-1 in which the first cylindrical magnet 112-2 is mounted as the first cylindrical magnet 112-2 is rotated by a magnetic force in a non-contacted state by the opening and closing operation unit 120. ) Is rotated, and accordingly, the torsion spring 112-4 is pressed, and the opener 112-3 is rotated about the rotation axis to open the receiving hole 111.

The torsion spring 112-4 supports the opener 112-3 when the opening and closing operation unit 120 is not opened, so that the opener 112-3 closes the bottom surface of the accommodation hole 111. To be maintained. The torsion spring 112-4 is in a pressurized state while the opener 112-3 is opened by the opening and closing operation unit 120, and the pressurized state is released when the operation of the opening and closing operation unit 120 is stopped. Reference numeral 112-3 returns to the initial position, that is, the position where the accommodation hole 111 is closed.

The vertical jaw 113 is formed on the lower surface of the distribution tray 110 corresponding to the lower side of each accommodation hole 111, the opener 112-3, the first cylindrical magnet 112-2 and the torsion spring (112-4) is to be smoothly mounted to the rotating shaft (112-1) is installed.

The opening and closing operation unit 120 corresponds to a vertical number of the vertical number of the receiving holes 111 formed in the distribution tray 110 to correspond to each of the first cylindrical magnets 112-2 orthogonal to the lower portion thereof. 121 is provided, the rotary motor 122 is installed at one end of each of the second cylindrical magnets 121, the mounting plate 123 is provided with a plurality of rotating motors 122 is fixed, the mounting plate 123 A plurality of rollers 124 are provided on both sides of the support, and a support plate 125 having a sliding groove 125-1 through which the roller 124 is inserted and slid is provided to the inside of the automatic medicine packing machine 1. . The opening and closing operation unit 120 is installed to be orthogonal to this by the magnetic force of the second cylindrical magnet 121 while the second cylindrical magnet 121 is rotated by the drive of the rotary motor 122 installed on the upper surface of the mounting plate 123. The first cylindrical magnet 112-2 is rotated to allow the opening and closing portion 112 to operate.

The moving unit 130 is equipped with a fixing bracket 131 to protrude to one side of the mounting plate 123, the timing belt 132 is fixed to the fixing bracket 131, the timing pulley to both ends of the timing belt 132 133 and the driven pulley 134 are provided, and the drive motor 135 is provided in the timing pulley 133, and is comprised. The moving unit 130 rotates the timing pulley 133 while the driving motor 135 is driven, thereby moving the timing belt 132 connected in an infinite track between the timing pulley 133 and the driven pulley 134. The fixing bracket 131 fixed to the timing belt 132 is moved. When the fixing bracket 131 is moved, the mounting plate 123 mounted thereto moves along the sliding groove 125-1 of the supporting plate 125 while being supported by the roller 124, thereby installing the mounting plate 123. The rotary motor 122 provided at) will be moved from the lower part of the distribution tray 110.

Sealing unit 400 is a kind of heater, heat-sealed sealing the wrapping paper containing the drug supplied by the drug supply unit 100.

When power is applied to the automatic drug packing machine 1, the controller 800 controls the overall apparatus of the automatic drug packing machine 1 by reading and driving the driving program stored in the memory 700. In addition, the dosage direction setting unit 810 for setting the dosage direction set by the user. In general, since most pharmacists tend to distribute the medicines to the distribution tray 110 in the order in which they are ripe, the order of dispensing the drugs to the distribution tray 110 is different. The automatic medicine packing machine 1 according to the present invention can adjust the dosage direction of the medicine so that the pharmacist distributes the medicine to the distribution tray 110 in the order of ripeness in his hand and can be packaged in the order of dispensing.

The dosage direction setting unit 810 sets the medicine stored in the receiving hole 111 of the distribution tray 110 according to the dosage direction set by the user. When the user selects the dosage direction setting menu among the setting menus displayed on the display unit 600 by the driving program of the automatic medicine packing machine 1 and inputs the same through the keypad 500, the dosage direction setting unit 810 is previously stored medication. Directions are accessed from the dosage direction database 710 and presented to the user via the display 600 as a list.

The dosing direction list provided by the dosing direction setting unit 810 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a dosing direction preset by the operator of the automatic medicine packing machine 1, for example, eight dosing directions (BCRL). -> CTRL, CTRL-> BCRL, TCRL-> CBRL, CBRL-> TCRL, BTRL, TBRL, BTRLS, TBRLS) are set in advance. The eight dosage directions described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5. 5 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a sequence of opening and closing the opener of the receiving hole according to the dosage direction setting according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the automatic medicine packaging machine 1 according to the present invention is provided with two distribution trays 110 formed at equal intervals of the receiving line 111 of 15 lines in the horizontal direction and three lines in the longitudinal direction. do. It is assumed that the distribution tray 110 located below of the two-stage distribution trays 110 provided in the automatic medicine packing machine 1 is the first tray, and the tray located on the first tray is the second tray. Each tray has 45 accommodation holes 111 formed at equal intervals.

The first dosing direction "BCRL-> CTRL" means that the dose is administered in the direction of the third receiving hole from the first receiving hole in the lower right of the first tray, the dosage proceeds in the order from the right row to the left row. When the administration of the first tray is finished, the medication dispensed to the second tray is administered in the same order as the first tray, that is, moving from the right side to the left side while being administered in the direction of the forty-eighth accommodation hole from the forty-sixth accommodation hole.

The second dosage direction "CTRL-> BCRL" refers to the 48th receiving hole in the direction from the 46th receiving hole in the lower right of the second tray, the medication proceeds in the order from the right row to the left row. When the dosing of the second tray is finished, the drugs dispensed in the first tray are dosed in the same order as the second tray, that is, in the direction from the first accommodating hole to the third accommodating hole while moving from right to left.

The third dosage direction, "TCRL-> CBRL", is administered in the direction of the forty-sixth receiving hole from the forty-eighth receiving hole on the upper right side of the second tray, and the dosing proceeds in the order from the right row to the left row. When the dosing of the second tray is finished, the drugs dispensed in the first tray are dosed in the same order as the second tray, that is, in the direction of the first accommodation hole from the third accommodation hole, moving from the right side to the left row.

The fourth dosage direction "CBRL-> TCRL" refers to the first dose from the third receiving hole in the upper right of the first tray to the first receiving hole in the order from the right row to the left row. When the administration of the first tray is finished, the drugs distributed to the second tray are administered in the same order as the first tray, that is, moving from the right side to the left row while being administered in the direction of the forty-sixth accommodation hole from the forty-eighth accommodation hole.

The fifth dosage direction "BTRL" recognizes the first tray and the second tray as one distribution tray and starts with the first accommodation hole in the lower right of the first tray, starting with the rightmost row of the first and second trays. 1, 1, 2, 3, 46, 47, 48 The drug is distributed in the direction of the receiving hole while moving from the right to the left row refers to the progress of the administration.

The sixth dosing direction "TBRL" recognizes the first tray and the second tray as one distribution tray and starts with the 48th receiving hole in the upper right of the second tray, starting with the rightmost row of the first and second trays. The 48th, 47th, 46th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st doses of drugs distributed in the direction of the receiving hole while moving from the right to the left line means that the medication is in progress.

The seventh dosing direction "BTRLS" refers to the method of using the dosing direction of "BTRL" but only using the first tray. The eighth dosage direction, "TBRLS", refers to a method of using the dosage direction of "TBRL" but using only the second tray.

When the user selects a dosage direction ripe for his hand from the dosage direction list provided through the display unit 600 and inputs it through the keypad 500, the dosage direction setting unit 810 may adjust the medicine according to the input dosage direction selection information. Set the dosage direction of.

In general, the medicine prescribed by the prescription is different depending on the type of taking. Some medications should be taken before meals, and some medications should be taken 30 minutes after eating. Therefore, in the related art, the method of taking a medicine package is written on the handwriting and provided to the customer, or orally, to the customer. However, such a method is not only inconvenient to write the taking method by hand, but also has a disadvantage in that the customer easily loses the taking method by delivering the taking method orally.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the memory 700 of the automatic drug packing machine 1 according to the present invention further includes a taking method database 720 in which a taking method for each drug is stored, and the control unit 800 takes the taking method of the user. The method further includes a taking method setting unit 820 which provides a preset taking method list according to a setting request and reads out the taking method from the taking method database 720 according to the taking method selection information and outputs it to the printing unit 300. do.

In the dosage method database 720 according to the present invention, 138 general usages stored in advance by the operator of the automatic medicine packing machine 1 are stored. When the user selects the taking method setting menu from the setting menu displayed by the display unit 600 through the keypad 500, the taking method setting unit 820 of the controller 800 may take the taking method database 720 of the memory 700. Access to the dosage method for each drug stored in the) to provide a list. The user selects and inputs a taking method according to a prescription from the taking method list displayed through the display unit 600. The taking method setting unit 820 receives taking method selection information input through the keypad 500 and outputs the print data according to the taking method to the printing unit 300. The printing unit 300 receives the print data output from the taking method setting unit 820 and prints the taking method on the wrapping paper.

Furthermore, the taking method setting unit 820 according to the present invention receives the taking method directly input from the user from the keypad 500 and outputs the printing data according to the taking method to the printing unit, thereby printing the taking method on the wrapping paper. .

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the memory 700 of the automatic drug packaging machine 1 according to the present invention may include, for example, a serial number of a drug packaged by the automatic drug packaging machine 1, a method of administration, a name of a pharmacy, and a telephone of a pharmacy. It further includes a print item database 730 for storing the printed items printed on the wrapping paper, such as a number, the output phrase, the control unit 800 is to print the items printed on the pharmaceutical wrapping paper according to the operation command input by the keypad 500 The apparatus further includes a print item setting unit 830 that is edited and output to the printing unit.

When the user selects the print item setting menu from the setting menu displayed by the display unit 600 through the keypad 500, the print item setting unit 830 of the control unit 800 may print the print item database 730 of the memory 700. ) Print items such as serial number, method of taking medicine, name of pharmacy where the drug was prepared, phone number of pharmacy, and output phrase such as "Please enjoy". The user selects and inputs an item to be printed on the wrapping paper from the list of printing items. The user may set one or a plurality of items from the list provided by the print item setting unit 830. The print item setting unit 830 receives selection information of the print item selected by the user and outputs print data of the print item to the print unit 300. The printing unit 300 prints only the printing items set by the printing item setting unit 830 on the drug wrapping paper.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the automatic drug packing machine 1 according to the present invention further includes an interface unit 900 connected to a user computer, for example, a wired communication such as serial communication to transmit and receive data. The interface unit 900 is a kind of serial port for transmitting and receiving data with a user computer. According to a characteristic aspect of the present invention, the automatic drug packing machine 1 according to the present invention stores an editing program for editing a printed item printed on a wrapping paper, for example, on a CD-ROM, and provides the user with a packaging machine. . An editing program is mounted on the user's computer to allow the user to edit the contents of the print item.

Detailed description of such an editing program will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 6. 6 is a schematic diagram schematically illustrating a graphical user interface (GUI) of an editing program mounted on a user computer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the printing item editing program provided with the automatic medicine packing machine 1 according to the present invention is mounted on the user computer and driven. When the user drives the editing program mounted on his computer, the control unit 800 of the computer provides a GUI of the editing program.

In the GUI of the editing program, there is an area where the user can edit the print items such as the name of the pharmacy where the medicine is prepared, the phone number of the pharmacy, and the output phrase. The user may use information in the area, for example, "iopharmacy" in the name of the pharmacy, "2109-5025" in the telephone number, and "I wish for refreshment" in the output text. When the content of the printing item is input and transmitted to the automatic drug packing machine 1, the interface unit 900 of the automatic drug packing machine 1 receives it and outputs it to the printing item setting unit 830. The print item setting unit 830 receives the content of the updated print item output from the interface unit 900, updates the content of the print item in the print item database 730 of the memory 700, and prints the print unit ( The printed item updated to 300) is output to be printed on the pharmaceutical packaging. Therefore, the user has an advantage that can be easily updated through the user computer connected in series communication with the automatic drug packaging machine 1 even if the pharmacy information is changed.

As described above, the automatic medicine packing machine according to the present invention has the advantage of adjusting the dosage direction of the medicine so that the medicine can be packaged in the order ripe to the hand according to the user.

In addition, by setting the method of taking various medications and printing them on the drug wrapping paper, there is an effect of preventing the inconvenience of describing the taking method by hand on the drug wrapping paper and the inconvenience of having to explain the taking method orally to the customer.

In addition, among the items printed on the pharmaceutical packaging, for example, serial number, how to take, pharmacy name, phone number of the pharmacy, the printout can be selected and printed only the items desired by the user, and further through the user computer It is possible to edit the contents of the items printed on the wrapping paper and update the printing items stored in the printing item database of the packing machine, so that even if the printing items are changed, it can be easily updated through a user computer connected through the serial communication with the packing machine.

On the other hand, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

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In the pharmaceutical automatic packing machine for automatic packaging the dispensed pharmaceutical, A keypad composed of a plurality of key buttons and receiving an operation command from a user; A display unit displaying a menu and an operation state of the automatic medicine packing machine; A memory storing a driving program for driving the automatic drug packing machine and including a dosage direction database for storing the dosage direction of the dispensed medicines; A wrapping paper roll on which the pharmaceutical wrapping paper is wound; A printing unit for printing a printing item on a medicine packaging paper supplied from the packaging paper roll; A drug supply unit for administering a drug dispensed according to a dosage direction stored in the dosage direction database; A sealing part for heat-sealing and sealing a wrapping paper containing a medicine dosed by the medicine supply part; A control unit which controls the overall apparatus of the automatic medicine packing machine and includes a dosage direction setting unit which updates the dosage direction stored in the dosage direction database according to the dosage direction selection information input from the keypad; Pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the print item is: A drug packaging machine, characterized in that it comprises any one or all of the serial number of the packaged drug, the method of taking the drug, the name of the pharmacy, the pharmacy phone number, the output phrase. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the drug supply: A dispensing tray provided inside the automatic medicine packing machine and having a plurality of accommodation holes opened up and down to receive the medicine dispensed by a user, and having an opening and closing portion installed at a lower surface of the accommodation hole; An opening / closing operation part provided at a lower end of the dispensing tray, the opening / closing operation part opening and closing the opening / closing part according to the dosage direction set by the dosage setting part; Pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine comprising a. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the memory is: A dosing method database in which the dosing method of the medicament is stored; The control unit: A taking method setting unit which provides a preset taking method list according to a taking method of a user's taking method and reads out the taking method from the taking method database according to taking method selection information and outputs it to the printing unit; Pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine further comprises a. The method of claim 4, wherein the memory is: A print item database for storing print items printed on the drug wrapping paper; The control unit: A print item setting unit configured to edit a print item stored in the print item database according to an operation command input by the keypad and to output the print item to the print unit; Pharmaceutical automatic packaging machine further comprises a. The method of claim 5, wherein the automatic pharmaceutical packaging machine: An interface unit connected to the user computer via wired communication to transmit / receive print item update data; The print item setting unit: And a printing item update data received from the interface unit to update the printing item of the printing item database.

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