KR101200343B1 - Shipment verification equipment for medical supplies - Google Patents

Abstract

The drug delivery inspection apparatus according to the present invention is a box recognition antenna for recognizing a box wireless recognition tag located in the transport line and the transfer line, the box with the wireless identification tag for the box containing the stored medicine information is transported A shielding shell accommodating the box recognition antenna and shielding radio waves, a reader for reading the information of the box radio recognition tag recognized by the box recognition antenna, and stored in the box based on the information read from the reader. It includes a display unit for displaying the identification information of the type and quantity of the medicine.
As a result, the drug dispatch checker according to the present invention has the effect of enabling the rapid and effective entry and exit of the drug, thereby reducing the labor force of the worker in the process of dispatching the drug, as well as the effective management and reduction of management errors.

Description

SHIPMENT VERIFICATION EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES}

The present invention relates to a drug delivery checker, and relates to a drug delivery checker for recognizing a medicine packaging box with a radio tag (RFID Tag) in the unit of a box, to confirm the confirmation and delivery address information of medicines contained in the box will be.

Conventional production, import, and management of pharmaceutical products has been handled manually or by using a method of recognizing and managing barcodes attached to the surface of a single product. Specifically, in the case of supplying medicines to demand sources such as drug wholesalers and retailers, box packing is carried out according to the types and quantities of medicines required by drug wholesalers and retailers, and whether each type and quantity of medicines required in each box is stored. Manual check and management.

However, the management of such medicines has always been a problem because of the increase in labor costs due to the hiring of workers and the inadequate management of medicines due to carelessness of the workers' work. Could not be used in mass drug distribution due to its shortcomings, vulnerable to obstacles and short recognition distance.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, in the distribution of medicines, it is possible to check the type and quantity of medicines stored in a single box by using a radio frequency identification tag (RFID Tag) effective entry and exit of medicines Its purpose is to provide a drug shipment checker.

The drug delivery checker according to the present invention includes a box for transmitting a box with a wireless tag attached to the box containing the stored drug information, and a box recognition antenna for recognizing a box for a wireless tag in a transport line. A shielding shell accommodating the box recognition antenna and shielding radio waves, a reader for reading the information of the box radio recognition tag recognized by the box recognition antenna, and a medicine stored in the box based on the information read from the reader It may include a display unit for displaying the identification information of the type and quantity of.

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Here, the medicines are each attached with a wireless recognition tag for the medicine, the medicine recognition antenna for recognizing the wireless recognition tag for medicine, and a reader for reading the information of the wireless recognition tag for medicine recognized by the medicine recognition antenna In addition, the shielding shell may further accommodate the drug recognition antenna.

In addition, the shielding shell may be provided with openings at the inlet and the outlet of the box, respectively, and the opening may include a door that opens and closes when the box is opened and closed.

Here, the sensor is provided in front of the door in the transport direction of the box, when the sensor detects the box, the door can be opened, the door is the entrance door of the transfer line of the shielding shell, the sensor to detect the box At this time, at least one operation of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna may be started.

In addition, a sensor is provided at the rear of the door in the transport direction of the box, and when the sensor detects the box, the door may be closed.

In addition, the shielding shell may be provided with openings at the inlet and the outlet of the box, respectively, and may include a vertical foot extending from an upper side of the opening.

Here, the drug recognition antenna is located in the transfer line, and between the box recognition antenna and the drug recognition antenna further includes a sensor for detecting the transfer of the box, when the sensor detects the transfer of the box, The operation of the box recognition antenna and the drug recognition antenna can be started while the operation of either the recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna is stopped.

In addition, the other side of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna further includes a sensor that can detect the transfer of the box, when the sensor detects the transfer of the box, the box recognition antenna and the drug recognition antenna You can stop the operation of the other one of the.

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The drug delivery checker according to the present invention has the effect of enabling the rapid and effective dispenser of the medicines, as well as reducing the labor force of the worker in the process of sending out the medicines, as well as the effective management and reduction of management errors.

1 is a perspective view of a medicine according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a perspective view of a drug delivery checker according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a front view of the drug delivery checker according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 4 is a front view of the door of the drug delivery checker according to another embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a state diagram used in the door of the drug delivery checker according to another embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 6 is a front view of the vertical foot of the drug delivery checker according to another embodiment of the present invention,
7 is a flow chart of the drug shipment inspection method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flow chart of the drug shipment inspection method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the drug delivery checker and the drug delivery inspection method using the same according to embodiments of the present invention. The following specific examples are merely illustrative of the drug delivery checker and the drug delivery inspection method using the same according to the present invention, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Drug delivery checker according to an embodiment of the present invention is a transport line (30, 32) and the transport line for transporting the box (1) in which the medicine (7) to which the wireless recognition tag (5) is attached Antenna 22, which is located in (30, 32) to recognize the wireless recognition tag (5) for medicine, the shielding shell (20) for receiving the antenna 22 and shielding the radio wave, and recognized by the antenna 22 A display (not shown) for reading the information of the wireless medicine tag 5 for medicines, and a display for displaying information read from the reader, that is, identification information of the type and quantity of the medicines 7 contained in the box 1. Part P is included.

The shielding shell 20 functions to shield the antenna 22 and the box 1 from external radio waves while the wireless recognition tag 5 for medicine is recognized, and may be formed in various forms such as a square or semi-circular box shape. It is formed of a material that can block radio waves, but the inner surface of the shielding shell 20 is formed so that radio waves can be reflected.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the wireless recognition tag 5 for medicine is provided in the medicine 7 stored in the box 1. The medicine 7 may be a container such as a bottle containing a liquid or powder, or may be in the form of a box containing such a bottle or a pill. However, the medicine 7 is collectively referred to as a medicine 7. In addition, in FIG. 1, the wireless recognition tag 5 for the medicine is illustrated as being attached to the outer surface of the medicine 7, but may be attached inside the medicine 7, and the attachment position thereof is limited to FIG. 1. Not.

The wireless identification tag for medicine (5) is called RFID (RFID) tag, and the recognition distance (500cm) is long and contactless, so it is relatively free of obstacles and can read 300 ~ 500 products at the same time. Can be given.

The medicine 7 to which the wireless recognition tag 5 for such medicine is attached has its type and quantity determined according to the order of the demand, for example, a wholesaler of a pharmaceutical wholesaler or a retailer such as a general pharmacy. Will be delivered to these wholesale and retail outlets. The box 1 has to be inspected and delivered to the type and quantity of the internal medicine 7 before delivery to the wholesale and retailer, and for this purpose, transfer lines 30 and 32 for transporting the box 1 are provided.

The transfer lines 30 and 32 serve to transfer the box 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, various configurations are possible according to the number of drug delivery checkers 10. That is, FIG. 2 illustrates the transfer lines 30 and 32 when the drug delivery checker 10 is arranged in parallel.

The conveying lines 30 and 32 may be conveyed by the rotation of the roller 32 in a structure in which the guide roller 32 is continuously provided. However, it is a matter of course that a person skilled in the art can adopt various configurations such as a conveyor belt (not shown) without being limited to the roller 32.

As shown in FIG. 3, the box 1 is transferred into the shielding shell 20 that shields radio waves inside and outside, and the antenna recognizes the radio recognition tag 5 for medicine inside the shielding shell 20. 22 may be located. The antenna 22 serves to recognize the wireless recognition tag 5 for medicines attached to the medicine 7 located in the box 1, and may be located below the transfer lines 30 and 32. Thereby, it is possible to recognize the wireless recognition tag 5 for medicine inside the box 1 passing through the top of the antenna 22.

The shielding shell 20 not only prevents the radio wave generated from the antenna 22 from being exposed to the outside, and has a material and structure that can shield the radio wave so that the recognition rate is not lowered by external radio waves during the recognition by the antenna.

In addition, the shielding shell 20 is provided with openings I and O to allow the box 1 to enter and exit, and the doors 100 are provided at the openings I and O, respectively. This is to maximize the effect of the shield in the process of the box 1 is located inside the shielding shell 20, the wireless recognition tag 5 for medicine by the antenna 22, the door (during this process) 100 may be designed to be closed.

The door 100 may be formed to be rotatable about a hinge located at one side of the four (4) sides of the opening I, and may be formed of one (1) of the door 100. It may be formed of two or more doors 100. In addition, although not shown in the drawings, it may be formed in a slide form, of course, in this case, when the door 100 is opened, a space in which part or all of the door 100 can be moved may be provided.

In order to open and close the door 100, a sensor S1 is provided in the inlet opening I of the shielding shell 20, and when the sensor S1 detects a box, the inlet side of the shielding shell 20 is provided. The door 100 may be opened. The structure in which the entrance door 100 is opened by the detection of the sensor S1 can be variously selected by those skilled in the art. For example, the sensor S1 is an infrared sensor, and by the movement of the box 1. When a change occurs in the detection value of the sensor S1, the change is transmitted to a control unit (not shown), and the control unit may open the door through operation of a driving unit of an actuator (not shown) such as a piston.

Further, a sensor S2 is further provided at the rear of the door 100 with respect to the conveying direction of the box 1, and when the sensor S2 detects the movement of the box 1, the door opened at the entrance side. 100 can be closed, at which time operation of the antenna 22 can be started at the same time. This has the effect that the antenna 22 can be operated only when the shielding shell 20 is shielded, and the structure of closing the entrance door 100 by such a sensor (S2) is the control unit and the drive unit as described above It can be made in combination.

Here, when the sensor S2 detects the box 1 so that the operation of the antenna 22 is started after the entrance door 100 is closed, the entrance door 100 is closed and the antenna 22 is operated. can do. The time interval between the closing of the entrance door 100 and the operation of the antenna 22 may be set to be a predetermined interval in consideration of the feeding speed of the box 1, and the antenna 22 may be closed at the same time as the entrance door 100 is closed. ) Can work. As a result, the shielding shell 20 may be electromagnetically shielded while the antenna 22 recognizes the wireless recognition tag 5 for the medicine attached to the medicine 7 inside the box 1. have.

As in the case of the opening 1 of the box 1 in the shielding shell 20, the door 100 may be provided in the opening 1 of the box 1. In the shielding shell 20, at the outlet opening O of the box 1, a sensor S4 provided in front of the outlet opening O with respect to the conveying direction of the box 1 can detect the box 1. When the exit door 100 is opened, the exit door 100 may be closed when the sensor S5 provided behind the exit opening O detects the box 1. Here, when the sensor S4 provided in front of the opening O detects the box 1, the operation of the antenna 22 is stopped at the same time as the exit door 100 is opened or at a predetermined time interval. You can do that.

In the above, when the box 1 enters the inside of the shielding shell 20, the door 100 is provided in the openings I and O provided in the shielding shell 20, and the driving unit according to the control of the controller (not shown). Although the case where the door is opened and closed by the operation of (not shown) has been described, as shown in FIG. 4, the hinge 210 is provided at an upper side of the openings I and O of the shielding shell 20, The door 200 may be provided while being rotatable about the hinge 210 and facing downward with respect to the openings I and O by gravity.

As shown in FIG. 5, as the box 1 enters, the door 200 may open the openings I and O while rotating about the hinge 210.

In addition, although not shown in the drawings, a hinge (not shown) is provided on the side surfaces of the openings I and O of the shielding shell 20, and is supported by an elastic means such as a spring to support the opening opening I. , O) is shielded, and the elastic means is compressed or expanded in accordance with the entry of the box 1 to allow the box 1 to enter the shielding shell 20, and after the entry of the box 1 is completed, the elastic By return of the means it is possible to shield the shield shell 20 openings I and O again.

Here, as shown in Figure 6, the opening (I, O) of the shielding shell 20 is provided with a vertical foot 300 extending from the upper side, the vertical foot 300 is entered as the box 1 enters The box 1 can allow the entry of the box 1 while being pushed to the side of the box 1 at the same time as the push. In addition, although not shown in the drawings, the vertical foot 300 may be provided together with the doors 100 and 200, and the vertical foot 300 serves as the doors 100 and 200 to shield the shell 20. Of course, it can be shielded.

The antenna 22 accommodated inside the shielding shell 20 may be located below the transfer lines 30 and 32, specifically, below the roller 32. Radio waves are emitted upward from the lower side of the roller 32 to recognize the radio recognition tag 5 for the medicine attached to the medicine 7 in the box 1 and transmit it to a reader (not shown).

The reader (not shown) may be connected to the antenna 22 in a wired or wireless manner inside and outside the shielding shell 20, and reads information of the wireless recognition tag 5 for medicines recognized by the antenna 22. It has a configuration of a reader capable of reading a general RFID tag or an RFID tag. In addition, the reader transmits the read information to the display unit P, and the type and quantity of medicines stored in the box 1 are displayed on the display unit P. FIG. In this way, it is possible to confirm whether the medicine is correctly stored in the box 1 in accordance with the order information of the wholesale and retailer. Of course, a process unit (not shown) connected to the display unit P compares the type and quantity of medicines set according to the order information of the wholesale and retailer with the type and quantity of medicines in the box 1 read by the reader to determine whether the correct storage is possible. The confirmation information may be displayed on the display unit P.

Of course, the display unit P may use various display means such as CRT or LCD.

In one embodiment of the present invention described above, the box 1 is attached to a box radio recognition tag (see reference number 3 in FIG. 5), and the antenna 22 further recognizes the radio recognition tag 3 for the box. The reader can further read the information of the radio recognition tag 3 for the box recognized by the antenna 22.

Specifically, the wireless tag 3 for box may contain information of the wholesale and retail destination and information on the medicine 7 stored therein. The antenna 22 recognizes this information contained in the box radio recognition tag 3, and this information is read by the reader, so that the medicine information in the box 1 is stored by the box radio recognition tag 3 by the reader. You can check it. Thereby, it becomes possible to confirm the medicine 7 information in the box 1 not only through the wireless recognition tag 3 for medicines but also through the wireless recognition tag 3 for boxes.

Here, a control unit (not shown) for confirming whether or not the information identified by the wireless identification tag for medicine 5 and the wireless identification tag for box 3 may be further included. The control unit checks whether the information on the medicine tag 5 and the information on the box 3 tag for medicine match each other, and if it matches, judges the box 1 as a normal box and does not match. The box 1 is judged to be an abnormal box and emits a control signal.

At this time, whether or not the box 1 can be determined depending on whether it is normal or abnormal, and in the case of an abnormal box can be excluded from the transfer line. Of course, in FIG. 3, two antennas 22 and 24 are provided. Although it will be shown, the radio recognition tag (5) for the drug and the radio tag (3) for the box at the same time can be checked at one antenna 22, at this time, and the radio recognition tag (5) for the drug The box wireless recognition tag 3 may have a built-in identification code for distinguishing them.

Hereinafter, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a box wireless tag 3 is attached to the box 1, and the box wireless tag 3 includes information of a wholesale and retailer and information on medicines stored therein. It may be. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals as in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention refer to the same components, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The drug delivery checker according to another embodiment of the present invention is a transport line (30, 32) and the transport line to which the box 1 with the wireless tag 3 for the box containing the stored drug information is transported; A shielding shell 20 for receiving a box recognition antenna 24, a box recognition antenna 24, a box recognition antenna 24, which is located in 30 and 32, and recognizes a box recognition tag 3, and shields radio waves; A reader (not shown) that reads the information of the box radio recognition tag 3 recognized by the box recognition antenna 24, the type of medicines stored in the box 1 based on the information read from the reader and It includes a display unit (P) for displaying the confirmation information of the quantity.

The wireless tag 3 for boxing may contain information of the wholesale and retailer and information on the medicines stored in the box 1, and the medicines stored may be the same medicines or different medicines. have.

As in the case of the wireless recognition tag 3 for medicine described above, a box recognition antenna 24 for recognizing the box wireless recognition tag 3 is accommodated in the shielding shell 20, and the box recognition antenna 24 is provided. ) May be located below the transfer line 30, 32, specifically the roller (32).

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, the shielding shell 20, the medicine recognition antenna 22 is also accommodated together, wireless recognition tag for medicine attached to each of the medicines stored in the box (1) 5) can be recognized, and the information of the recognized wireless RFID tag for the medicine can be read through the reader.

At this time, the box-recognized tag 3 attached to the box 1 may contain only the information of the wholesale and retailer of the drug information, or the information of the wholesale and retailer and the type and quantity of the medicine ordered. There is, of course, can be compared with the information of the medicine contained in the box (1) recognized by the wireless recognition tag (5) for medicine.

The medicine recognition antenna 22 and the box recognition antenna 24 accommodated inside the shielding shell 20 may be selectively positioned before and after the transfer directions of the transfer lines 30 and 32. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the box recognition antenna 24 may be located in front of the medicine recognition antenna 22 with respect to the transport direction, and although not shown in the drawing, the medicine recognition antenna 22 ) May be located in front of the box recognition antenna 24.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the sensor S3 may be further included between the box recognition antenna 24 and the medicine recognition antenna 22, which is a box recognition antenna 24 and a medicine recognition. It has a function to selectively operate the antenna 22.

Specifically, when the sensor S3 detects the box, the operation of the box recognition antenna 24 which has been operated may be stopped, and the medicine recognition antenna 22 may be operated, and conversely, the medicine recognition antenna 22 may be used. Is located in front of the box recognition antenna 24 with respect to the conveying direction, the operation of the medicine recognition antenna 22 can be stopped, and the operation of the box recognition antenna 24 can be started.

In addition, the sensor (S4, S5) may be provided at the rear of the antenna located in the rear of the box recognition antenna 24 and the medicine recognition antenna 22 in the transport direction, which is the case of the embodiment described above The function and operation are the same.

Next, with reference to Figure 7 or 8, it will be described in detail with respect to the drug delivery inspection method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the method for inspecting drug delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention, a box with a wireless identification tag for a box containing order information of a demand destination is transferred to a shielding shell ((ST1)), and a box recognition antenna inside the shielding shell. The step of recognizing the box recognition tag (ST2) by the step, the step of reading the information of the box recognition tag recognized by the box recognition antenna by the reader (ST3), and the information read from the reader And confirming the identification information of the type and quantity of medicines stored in the box based on the display ST4.

In the step ST1 in which the box 1 with the radio recognition tag for the box is attached to the shielding shell (reference numeral 20 of FIG. 2), the conveyance of the box 1 is achieved by a conveying means such as a roller 32, The box recognition antenna 3 is recognized by the box recognition antenna 24 inside the shielding shell (ST2). The shielding shell 20 serves to block internal and external radio waves while the box wireless recognition tag 3 is recognized by the box recognition antenna 24, thereby preventing the internal and external radio waves from being detected by the box recognition antenna 24. The recognition rate of the box wireless recognition tag 3 can be improved.

Next, the information recognized by the box recognition antenna 24 is read (ST3) by the reader (not shown), and the information thus read is displayed (ST4). Here, the read information may be identification information of the type and quantity of medicines stored in the box 1, which may be compared with the order information of the wholesale and retailer.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the wireless recognition tags 5 for medicines respectively attached to the medicines 7 in the shielding shell 20 are recognized by the medicine recognition antenna 22 (ST2a). It may further include, whereby the information of each of the medicines 7 stored in the box 1 can be collected. At this time, the information contained in the wireless tag 3 for the box may contain the order information of the demand destination to be delivered to the box 1, the wireless tag for medicine 5 information such as the type of the drug The information contained in the wireless recognition tag 3 for the medicine and the information contained in the wireless recognition tag 5 for the medicine can be compared with each other, whereby the order information of the customer and the medicine stored in the box 1 can be compared. You can match the information in.

In this case, if the information such as the type of the drug and the order information of the demand source is inconsistent, it may further include the step of extracting the inspected box, for this purpose may include a discharge line (E of Figure 2) for discharging the box. Can be.

Although the specific embodiments of the drug dispatch inspection device and the drug shipment inspection method using the same have been described above, the present invention is only an example, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and is based on the disclosure disclosed herein. It should be construed as having the broadest range of ideas. Those skilled in the art can change the material, size, etc. of each component according to the application field, it is possible to implement a pattern of a timeless shape by combining / replacing the disclosed embodiments, this also does not depart from the scope of the present invention. In addition, those skilled in the art can easily change or modify the disclosed embodiments based on the present specification, it is apparent that such changes or modifications are included in the scope of the present invention.

1: box
3: wireless recognition tag for box
5: wireless recognition tag for medicine
7: medicines
20: shielding shell
22, 24: antenna
32: roller
100, 200: door
210: hinge
300: vertical foot

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A transfer line to which a box with a wireless recognition tag for a box containing stored medicine information is transferred, a box recognition antenna positioned in the transfer line to recognize the wireless recognition tag for the box, and the box recognition antenna A shielding shell for receiving radio waves and shielding radio waves, a reader for reading information of the radio recognition tag for the box recognized by the box recognition antenna, and the medicine stored in the box based on the information read from the reader. The display unit for displaying the identification information of the type and quantity of;
Each of the medicines has a wireless recognition tag attached to the medicine, a medicine recognition antenna for recognizing the wireless recognition tag for medicine, and a reader for reading information of the wireless recognition tag for medicine recognized by the medicine recognition antenna Further comprising, The shielding shell further accommodates the drug recognition antenna,
The medicine recognition antenna is located in the transfer line, and between the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna further includes a sensor for detecting the transfer of the box, the sensor detects the transfer of the box At the same time, the operation of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna and the other operation of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna to stop at the same time
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The shielding shell,
Openings are respectively provided at the inlet and the outlet of the box,
The opening includes a door that is opened and closed when entering and exiting the box
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15. The method of claim 14,
A sensor is provided in front of the door with respect to the transport direction of the box,
When the sensor detects the box, open the door
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The method of claim 15,
The door is an entrance door of the transfer line of the shielding shell,
When the sensor detects the box, at least one operation of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna is started.
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The method of claim 15,
A sensor is provided at the rear of the door with respect to the conveying direction of the box,
When the sensor detects the box, closing the door
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13. The method of claim 12,
The shielding shell,
Openings are respectively provided at the inlet and the outlet of the box,
It includes a vertical foot extending from the upper side of the opening
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The other side of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna further includes a sensor for sensing the transfer of the box,
When the sensor detects the transfer of the box, the other operation of the box recognition antenna and the medicine recognition antenna is stopped
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