KR102000297B1 - Dispensing box for ampoule-shaped drug and the control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ampoule-type drug delivery box. Specifically, the ampoule-type drug delivery box according to the present invention includes a storage member having a plurality of layers including partition partitions for partitioning a plurality of unit cells in which the ampoules are stored. part; A plurality of shutters provided corresponding to the number of layers of the partition member and opening and closing a lower portion of each unit cell partitioned by the partition member; A driving unit driving the shutters to be individually opened and closed; An conveyor in which the ampoule falling from the storage unit is seated, and receives power from the outside to transport the seated ampoule to an outlet for dispensing; Replenishment determining means for determining whether or not ampoules should be replenished on the conveyor; And ampoule replenishment control means for dropping the ampoule on the conveyor from the storage unit when it is determined that the ampoule is not present on the conveyor by the ampoule replenishment determining means.
According to the present invention, by sensing whether the ampoule should be replenished on the conveyor through various sensing units, the ampoule can be prevented from being broken by mutual collision.

Description

Dispensing box for ampoule-shaped drug and the control method

The present invention relates to an ampoule drug delivery box and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a control method for improving the delivery efficiency and stability of an ampoule drug.

In general, a single dose of a medicament according to a patient's prescription may include various types and types of medicaments, and a single dose of the medicament is delivered to the patient in a basket.

Various medications in one basket are collected in each basket according to the type and number of medications written in the patient's prescription from the box containing each medication, the basket in which the medications are collected is delivered to the patient and the patient The medicine collected in the basket will be taken.

Meanwhile, in order to collect various medicines in one basket, conventionally, a medicine specialist such as a pharmacist needed to manually select and contain medicines according to a patient's prescription. It was necessary. This is difficult to guarantee the correctness of medication and always implies the possibility of causing a weakening accident. In addition, as well as the possibility of weakening accidents, the collection process itself is complicated, so it takes a long time to collect the drug in accordance with the prescription of the patient, causing a problem that the work efficiency is reduced. For this reason, there is a need for researches on methods and techniques to improve the accuracy and efficiency in collecting medicines once per patient's prescription to provide convenience to users such as pharmacists and to prevent weakening accidents. Do.

The present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing an ampoule type medicine and controlling the same so that the ampoule can be replenished for dispensing at an appropriate time.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a dispensing device capable of sequentially dispensing the ampoule type drug stored therein.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a dispensing apparatus having a conveyor structure capable of sequentially and stably dispensing the ampoule-type drug falling for dispensing.

The present invention also provides a method of controlling the shutter operation timing for the purpose of dropping for dispensing ampoule drugs.

The ampoule drug delivery box according to the present invention comprises: a storage unit having a plurality of layers of partition members having partition partitions for partitioning a plurality of unit cells in which the ampoules are stored; A plurality of shutters provided corresponding to the number of layers of the partition member and opening and closing a lower portion of each unit cell partitioned by the partition member; A driving unit driving the shutters to be individually opened and closed; An conveyor in which the ampoule falling from the storage unit is seated, and receives power from the outside to transport the seated ampoule to an outlet for dispensing; Replenishment determining means for determining whether or not ampoules should be replenished on the conveyor; And ampoule replenishment control means for dropping the ampoule on the conveyor from the storage unit when it is determined that the ampoule is not present on the conveyor by the ampoule replenishment determining means.

The apparatus may further include a first detector configured to detect whether at least one ampoule is present on the conveyor.

Further, the first detector may detect whether the ampoule is located at the dispensing direction end on the conveyor.

In addition, the refill determination unit may determine whether the ampoule is to be replenished on the conveyor by calculating the number of the dispensed ampoule.

Furthermore, further comprising a second sensing unit for sensing the ampoule discharged through the outlet, wherein the refill determination means is to add the number of dispensed ampoules detected by the second sensing unit to be refilled ampoules on the conveyor Can be determined.

The method may further include a third detector configured to detect the number of steps of the conveyor, assuming that the operation range in which the conveyor discharges one ampoule is one step, wherein the replenishment determining unit is detected by the third detector. It may be determined whether the ampoule should be replenished on the conveyor according to the number of steps.

In addition, the ampoule replenishment control unit may drop the ampoules stored in the first layer by opening the first layer based on the lowest layer of the storage unit during the ampoule replenishment.

Furthermore, the ampoule replenishment control means may control the second layer and the upper layers of the second layer to be opened and closed sequentially based on the lowest layer of the storage part after the ampoule replenishment.

In addition, the shutter may include a fourth detector configured to detect whether the shutters are positioned in an open position or a closed position.

On the other hand, the ampoule drug delivery box control method according to the present invention includes a power transmission step of receiving power to the conveyor from the outside; An ampoule dispensing step of dispensing an ampoule seated on the conveyor using power transmitted from the outside; A replenishment determining step of determining whether an ampoule should be replenished on the conveyor; An ampoule replenishing step of controlling the ampoule replenishment control unit to drop the ampoule on the conveyor from a storage unit when the ampoule is to be replenished on the conveyor; And a replenishment standby setting step of setting the storage unit to the ampoule replenishment standby state by the ampoule replenishment control unit when the ampoule is replenished on the conveyor.

The replenishment determining step may further include an ampoule detection step of detecting whether an ampoule is present on the conveyor.

The refilling determination step may further include calculating dispensing ampoules to determine whether the sum of the number of ampoules dispensed from the conveyor reaches the number of ampoules replenished to the conveyor.

Furthermore, after the ampoule replenishing step, the method may further include a dispensing initialization step of initializing the sum of the number of the dispensed ampoules.

In the ampoule replenishing step, the ampoule replenishing control unit may control the driving unit to operate the shutter of the lowermost layer of the shutters in an open state.

Further, the refilling standby setting step, the ampoule replenishment control means for controlling the drive unit to open the shutter corresponding to the second layer so that the ampoules stored in the second layer to the lower layer relative to the lowest floor Setting first step; A second step of replenishment standby setting by the ampoule replenishment control means for controlling the driving unit to close the shutter corresponding to the second layer; And a replenishment standby setting third step of repeating the replenishment standby setting first and second steps sequentially with respect to the upper layers of the second layer.

According to the present invention, by sensing whether the ampoule should be replenished on the conveyor through various sensing units, the ampoule can be prevented from being broken by mutual collision.

In addition, according to the present invention, by controlling the ampoules stored therein to be placed in a dispensing standby state, there is an effect of enabling effective dispensing of a drug.

In addition, according to the present invention, the ampoule-type drugs stored therein are sequentially dropped onto the conveyor by a shutter drop method, and the dropped ampoule-type drugs can be sequentially dispensed according to the operation of the conveyor.

In addition, according to the present invention by providing a conveyor structure so that the ampoule-type drug can be dispensed in a stable order sequentially.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to dispense the stored ampoule-type drugs in various timings, methods, and forms, thereby preventing damage due to collision between the ampoule-type drugs and enabling stable delivery of the drug.

1 is a perspective view showing an ampoule drug delivery box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an ampoule-type drug delivery box with an open side according to an embodiment.
3 and 4 are cutaway perspective views sequentially showing the operation of the locking device according to an embodiment.
Figure 5 is a cutaway perspective view showing the appearance of the ampoule-type drug delivery box according to an embodiment.
6 is a perspective view illustrating a driving unit according to an embodiment.
7 is an exploded perspective view showing a state of a partition member according to an embodiment.
8 is a perspective view illustrating a state of a shutter according to an exemplary embodiment.
9 is a perspective view illustrating a combined appearance of a partition member and a shutter according to an embodiment.
10 is a partial cutaway perspective view illustrating a sensing unit and a sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment.
11 is a perspective view illustrating a conveyor in accordance with an embodiment.
12 to 13 are partial cutaway perspective views illustrating each unit cell opened or closed.
14 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 13.
Figure 15 is a block diagram showing the overall appearance of the ampoule-type drug delivery box according to an embodiment.
16 to 21 are partial cutaway perspective views sequentially showing a state in which the ampoule drug is dispensed.
Fig. 22 is a flowchart sequentially showing the operation sequence of the ampoule drug delivery box.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Unless otherwise defined or mentioned, terms indicating directions used in the present description are based on the states shown in the drawings. In addition, the same reference numerals throughout the embodiments indicate the same member. On the other hand, each of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated in thickness or dimensions for the convenience of description, and does not mean that actually should be configured by the ratio between the dimensions or configurations.

The ampoule drug delivery box according to the present invention is an apparatus for dispensing an ampoule drug (hereinafter referred to as? 玟? For convenience of explanation) formed of a material such as glass such as an ampoule or a vial. . The ampoule dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage unit, a shutter, a driving unit, a conveyor, an outlet, and the like. The storage unit is a component divided into a multi-layered multi-space space so that a plurality of ampoules can be stored, the shutter is a component for operating the respective storage compartments to be opened and closed in the vertical direction, the driving unit is a component for operating the shutter. The conveyor is a component that is provided at the lower end of the storage unit is a dropping ampoule seated, and transports the seated components. Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to Figures 1 to 4 will be described the housing and the lock related components. 1 is a perspective view showing an ampoule-type drug delivery box according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an ampoule-type drug delivery box with an open side according to an embodiment. 3 and 4 are cutaway perspective views sequentially showing the operation of the locking device according to an embodiment.

The ampoule type medication delivery box 1 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 10 constituting an external appearance. The housing 10 in this embodiment is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. The housing 10 includes a housing main body 110, a front portion 120, and an ampoule injection gate 130. The front part 120 provided on the front of the housing 10 is provided with an outlet 121 through which the ampoule is discharged, and the driving gear 140 for transmitting power transmitted from the outside to the conveyor, etc. to be described later is exposed to the outside. It is provided in a state. On the other hand, the outlet 121 is preferably formed in a shape inclined downward to the outside. By such a shape, it is possible to minimize the impact due to the step of the discharge port 121 to prevent the glass ampoule (vial) or vial discharged from the inside to be damaged. One side of the housing 10 is provided with an ampoule input gate 130 for supplying the ampoule therein. In this embodiment, the ample injection gate 130 is provided so that one side is opened in a fixed state by a hinge or the like. Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, a hook portion 132 formed in a hook shape is formed inside the ampoule injection gate 130. The hook portion 132 is a component corresponding to the hook portion 633 provided inside the housing 10. The locking portion 633 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3. In addition, a plurality of ampoules 2 are housed inside the housing 10. On the other hand, as described above, not only the ampoule of the dictionary meaning, but also any drug formed in the shape of the ampoule with glass or a replaceable material, such as a vial, is acceptable inside the housing 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, a locking device 60 corresponding to the hook part 132 is provided inside the housing. The locking device 60 is a component that allows the ample injection gate 130 to be locked or opened by fixing or releasing the hook portion 132.

In detail, the locking device 60 includes a locking part 61, a first rotating part 62, and a second rotating part 63. The locking portion 61 is provided inside the rear side of the housing. The locking portion 61 is provided to be rotatable using a valid key or the like. In addition, the outer circumferential surface of the locking portion 61 is provided to have a long radius and a short radius radially with respect to the rotation axis.

The first pivot 62 is provided inside the rear surface of the housing. The first rotating part 62 is fixed so that the first end 621 and the second end 623 are rotatable within a predetermined range about the first rotation shaft 622. In addition, the first end portion 621 of the first pivot 62 is provided to contact the outer peripheral surface of the locking portion 61. In the locked state, the first end 621 of the first pivot 62 is provided to contact the short radius portion of the locking portion 61 as shown in FIG. 3.

The second pivot 63 is provided inside the side of the housing, and the first end 631 of the second pivot 63 is located above the second end 623 of the first pivot 62. It is provided to contact. The first end 631 and the second end 633 of the second rotating part 63 are also provided to be rotatable about the second rotation shaft 632. In the locked state, the hook portion 132 is caught by the second end portion 633 of the second pivoting portion 63 while the ampoule injection gate 130 is closed. Hereinafter, the first rotating part 62 and the second rotating part 63 will be collectively defined as the rotational force transmission part, and the second end portion 633 of the second rotating part 63 will be defined as the locking part.

Referring to FIG. 4, the operating method of the open state will be described. As the locking portion 61 rotates, the long radius portion of the locking portion 61 comes into contact with the first end portion 621 of the first rotating portion 62. The first end 621 is pushed to one side. When the first end portion 621 of the first rotating portion 62 is rotated counterclockwise about the first rotational axis 622 while being pushed by the long radius portion of the locking portion 61, the first rotating portion 62 is rotated. Second end 623 also rotates in the same direction, ie counterclockwise. When the first end 631 of the second pivoting portion 63 is lifted upward by the second end 623 of the first pivoting portion 62, the locking portion 633 moves the second rotary shaft 632. Rotate clockwise around the center. In this case, the locking portion 633 is rotated and lowered to release the hook portion 132 to be opened from the locked state.

The driving unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view illustrating an ampule-type drug delivery box according to an embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a driving unit according to an embodiment.

The driver 20 is a component for driving a shutter to be described later. The driving unit 20 is provided to be adjacent to one end of the storage unit 30 as shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 6, the cam unit 230 includes a cam shaft 231, a first cam 232, a second cam 233, and a third cam 234. The first cam 232, the second cam 233, and the third cam 234 are provided to have a long radius portion and a short radius portion with respect to the cam shaft 231, respectively, and rotate together around the cam shaft 231. The motor 210 generates a physical rotational force using the electric power, and the gears 220 transmit the rotational force generated from the motor 210 to the cam unit 230 described above. The outer circumferential surfaces of the first cam 232, the second cam 233, and the third cam 234 are provided to contact one end of the shutters, which will be described later. The cams 232, 233, 234 operate to sequentially push the shutters from the lowest floor to the highest floor in rotation.

A storage unit, a shutter, and related components will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a partition member according to an embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a shutter according to an embodiment. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a combined shape of a partition member and a shutter according to an embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a partial cutaway perspective view illustrating a sensing unit and a sensing unit according to an embodiment.

The storage unit 30 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of partition members 31. A plurality of partition members 31 are provided to form a plurality of layers, and each of the partition members 31a, 31b, and 31c partitions the plurality of spaces 313 so that the ampoules can be stored. At this time, the member between the space parts 313 which partition each space part 313 is called the partition partition 311. In addition, a partition member support part 314 is formed at one lower end of the partition partition walls 311 and protrudes toward the bottom and connects the partition members 311. The other side of the partition partition 311 is provided with a partition member side wall 312 connecting the partition partition 311. The partition member side wall 312 has a constant thickness and is formed in a shape protruding laterally from the partition member 31.

An accommodation groove 315 is formed at one end of the partition member 31. The receiving groove 315 is formed so that one end of the elastic member to be described later is accommodated and / or fixed.

Meanwhile, when the partition members 31a, 31b, and 31c are stacked, a constant space is formed between the partition members 31a, 31b, and 31c by the partition member supporter 314. A space defined by the partition member support part 314 and the partition members 31a, 31b, and 31c is formed, and a shutter to be described later is inserted through the space part. Hereinafter, this space portion is called a shutter accommodating portion.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the shutter 40 is formed in a plate shape in which a plurality of vertical through holes are formed. The shutter 40 has gates 43 formed therethrough so that a plurality of ampoules can pass along the length direction. The short sides of the gates 43 may be formed to have a size larger than the width of the ampoule and the same as or smaller than the width of the space 313 of the partition member. At this time, a member for partitioning the gates 43 is referred to as an ampoule support 41. The ampoule support 41 connects the side members of the shutter 40 and partitions the gate 43. At one end of the shutter 40, a protrusion 43 is formed. An inner side of the protrusion 43 is provided with a receiving groove 431 formed to accommodate and / or fix an elastic member to be described later. The other side surface of the protrusion 43 is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the cams 232, 233, and 234 of the cam unit 230 described above. That is, when the cams 232, 233, and 234 rotate, the protruding portion 43 is pushed by the long radius portion of the cams 232, 233, and 234 so that the entire shutter 40 is pushed and moved.

On the other hand, the sensing unit 44 is formed at one end of the shutter 40. The sensing unit 44 is formed to protrude by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the shutter. The sensing unit 44 is a component for determining whether the shutter 40 has moved or the current position of the shutter 40 by being sensed by the sensing unit to be described later.

Referring to FIG. 9, a plurality of partition members 31 are stacked. Shutters 40a, 40b, and 40c are inserted between the intervals between the partition members 31a, 31b, and 31c and between the shutter receivers defined by the partition member supports 314, respectively. At this time, the adjacent partition partitions 311 of the partition member 31 and the ampoule support portion 41 of the shutter 40 adjacent to each other form a constant space portion in which a single ampoule can be stored. Hereinafter, such a space part is called a unit cell.

The length of the short side of the unit cell may be formed to correspond to the length of the short side of the shutter 40 described above.

On the other hand, the side wall insertion groove 113 is formed on one inner side of the housing. The partition member side wall 312 (refer to FIG. 7) is inserted into and fixed to the side wall insertion groove 113. The side wall insertion groove 113 may be formed as a groove having a predetermined depth on the inner surface of the housing, but the side wall insertion groove 113 having a predetermined depth inside the step portion 112 may be formed by forming the step portion 112 around the side wall insertion groove 113. Is preferably formed. In addition, the guide groove 114 may be formed in the longitudinal direction between the sidewall insertion grooves 113. The guide groove 114 guides the movement of the shutter 40 in the longitudinal direction while receiving the side surface of the shutter 40.

On the other hand, the inner surface of the housing is provided with a sensing unit 60. The sensing unit 60 detects whether the sensing unit 44 of the shutter 40 moves above. The sensing unit 60 according to the present embodiment is provided in pairs. The first sensing unit 61 detects the sensing unit 44 when the shutter 40 moves to the sensing unit 60 and the second sensing unit 62 detects the sensing unit 44. Even if the position is located on the side 60 or moved in the opposite direction, the sensing unit 44 may be sensed to check whether the shutter 40 is normally provided. On the other hand, as the detection unit 60 may be used an infrared sensor having a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit.

A conveyor will be described with reference to FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a conveyor in accordance with an embodiment.

Conveyor 50 is a component for transporting the ampoules falling to be seated, the discharged ampoules are discharged to the outside of the device. The conveyor 50 includes a conveyor belt 52, a track shaft 512 and at least one transmission gear 511. The conveyor belt 52 again includes a belt body 521 and a belt partition 522. The belt main body 521 rotates on the infinite track via the outer circumferential surface of the raceway shaft 512. The belt partition wall 522 is provided on the belt body 521 so as to partition and form a space in which the ampoules can be seated. The spacing between the belt partitions 522 is preferably equal to the spacing between the partition partitions 311 | FIG. 7 of the partition member and between the ampoule supports 41 (see FIG. 8) of the shutter.

The track shaft 512 is provided as a pair, and is responsible for two rotating shafts on the track of the conveyor 50. The transmission gear 511 receives the rotational force from the drive gear 140 is provided to be drawn to the front of the housing and transmits to any one of the track shaft 512.

An operation method and a structure in which each unit cell of the storage unit is opened or closed will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14. 12 to 13 are partial cutaway perspective views illustrating each unit cell opened or closed, and FIG. 14 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 13.

Referring to FIG. 12, in a state where the cam unit 230 does not rotate, the ampoule supporting portions 41a, 41b, and 41c of the shutters 40 intersect each other between vertically adjacent unit cells. Becomes This state is defined as a state in which each unit cell or each layer is closed or closed.

Referring to FIGS. 13 and 14, the shutter 40b of the second layer is pushed out by the cam 233 from below, and the ampoule supporting portions 41b of the shutter 40b of the second layer are made of The barrier ribs 311b and 311c of the second and third layers are pushed and positioned. The second layer at this time is defined as an open or open state. The first and third layers are still closed.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 14, an elastic member 45 is provided between the protrusion 43 of the shutter 40 and one end of the adjacent partition member 31. Both ends of the elastic member 45 are provided to be accommodated and / or fixed in the accommodation groove 431 of the protrusion 43 and the accommodation groove 315 of the partition member 31. The shutter 40 may return to the initial position by the elastic force of the elastic member 45 in the state pushed to one side by the cam described above. That is, the elastic member 45 provides a restoring force for restoring the position of the shutter 40.

A full ampoule drug delivery box including electrical components will now be described with reference to FIG. 15. Figure 15 is a block diagram showing the overall appearance of the ampoule-type drug delivery box according to an embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the conveyor 50 further includes various sensing units for determining whether the ampoule is additionally required to be refilled and a controller for controlling the replenishment of the ampoule.

The third detector 610 directly senses whether an ampoule remains on the conveyor 50 using an infrared sensor, a proximity sensor, or the like. At this time, the third detection unit 610 is preferably provided to detect the ampoule at the end position of the dispensing direction of the conveyor (50). If the ampoule does not exist at the end of the dispensing direction, it may be determined that the ampoule no longer exists on the conveyor 50. When the ampoule is no longer detected, the third detector 610 transmits a signal to the controller 70 that means that the ampoule does not exist.

The fourth sensing unit 620 directly senses the ampoule discharged through the outlet 121 described above. The fourth sensing unit 620 senses the dispensed ampoule and transmits a signal indicating that the ampoule has been dispensed to the controller 70 whenever the ampoule is dispensed.

The fifth sensing unit 630 senses the rotation speed of the power transmission unit 511, that is, gears or track shafts for power transmission. In order to dispense one ampoule, the gear or track shaft must be rotated by a certain number of revolutions. The number of revolutions required to dispense one ampoule is defined as one step. The fifth detector 630 senses the number of steps and transmits the number of steps to the controller 70.

The third to fifth sensing units 610, 620, and 630 may optionally include only one of the third to fifth sensing units 610, 620, and 630 to determine whether an ampoule is required on the conveyor 50, or may include two or more sensing units for accuracy. .

The controller 70 includes a refill determination unit 710 and an ampoule replenishing control unit 720. The refill determination unit 710 may determine that the ampoule needs to be filled when the third sensing unit 610 receives a signal that the ampoule no longer exists on the conveyor 50. In addition, the refill determination unit 710 receives a signal from the fourth sensing unit 620 to calculate the total number of ampoules dispensed, and when the number of ampoules dispensed reaches the total number of ampoules to be supplemented, It can be determined that supplementation is necessary. In addition, the refill determination unit 710 may calculate the number of ampoules dispensed every time the step proceeds from the fifth sensing unit 630 or by receiving the number of steps, and determine whether the ampule needs to be refilled.

The ampoule replenishment control unit 720 is configured to drop the ampoule on the conveyor 50 from the storage unit 30 when the ampoule replenishment determining unit 710 determines that no ampoule is present on the conveyor. To control. Hereinafter, a control method of the ampoule-type drug delivery box will be described in detail based on the ampoule replenishment control means 720.

A control method of the ampoule drug delivery box will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 to 22. 16 to 21 are partial cutaway perspective views sequentially illustrating a state in which the ampoule-type drug is dispensed, and FIG. 22 is a flowchart sequentially showing an operation sequence of the ampoule-type drug delivery box.

16 shows an initial view in which the ampoules 2 are accommodated. As shown in FIG. 16, ampoules 2 may also be initially loaded onto the conveyor 50. As described above, the conveyor 50 operates by using external power. When the driving force is transmitted to the conveyor 50 and started to be dispensed, as shown in FIG. 17, the drive force starts to be dispensed to the outside from the ampoule at the end of the dispensing direction. After all the ampoules located on the conveyor 50 have been discharged, the controller determines that the ampoule needs to be refilled as described above, and starts the control for refilling the ampoule.

When the refilling of the ampoule is started, the controller controls the driving unit 230 to control the first layer of the storage unit 30 to be opened. As shown in FIG. 19, when the third cam 234 is rotated in one direction D1 and the third shutter 43c is pushed in the dispensing direction D2, the first layer 30c of the storage unit 30 is provided. ) Is opened. When the first layer 30c of the storage unit 30 is opened, the ampoules stored in the first layer 30c fall onto the conveyor 50 to complete replenishment of the ampoules. When the replenishment of the ampoule is completed, the sum of the number of steps and the number of dispensing of the ampoule are initialized for refilling the ampoule.

Thereafter, the controller may set the storage unit 30 to the replenishment standby state. The replenishment standby state means that the ampoules of each layer are sequentially filled from the lowermost layer so that the ampoules can be replenished onto the conveyor 50 again. As shown in FIG. 20, the controller further rotates the cam unit 230 in the above-described one direction D1 to control the second layer 43b of the storage unit 30 to be pushed open in the dispensing direction D2. When the second layer 43b is opened, the ampoules stored in the second layer 43b fall. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 21, the controller further rotates the cam unit 230 in the above-described one direction D1 to control the third layer 43a of the storage unit 30 to be pushed open in the dispensing direction D2. . When the third layer 43a is opened, the ampoules stored in the third layer 43a fall down.

On the other hand, the ampoules accommodated in the first layer should only fall when the ampoules are no longer present on the conveyor. On the other hand, the ampoules of the second layer or more may fall at various timings. It is possible to open the first layer, second layer and third layer sequentially by rotating the cam at a constant speed regardless of whether the conveyor is operated or not, and if the ampoule is not present on the conveyor It is also possible to control them to fall sequentially.

In summary, as shown in FIG. 22, when external power is transmitted in the dispensing box in the discharging box S10, dispensing of the ampoules seated on the conveyor proceeds (S30). When each ampoule is dispensed, it is detected whether it is necessary to refill the ampoule on the conveyor as described above (S40), and if it is necessary to refill the ampoule on the conveyor, the storage unit is sequentially opened and closed from the lowermost layer (S50). The ampoules are replenished on the conveyor and the ampoules are placed under the reservoir.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited to the above-described preferred embodiments, and various ampoule-type drug dispensing within the scope not departing from the technical spirit of the present invention specified in the claims. It can be implemented as a box and a dispensing device having the same.

10: housing 20: drive part
30: storage 40: shutter
50: conveyor

Claims (15)

A storage unit having a plurality of layers of partition members including partition partition walls defining a plurality of unit cells in which the ampoules are stored;
A plurality of shutters provided corresponding to the number of layers of the partition member and opening and closing a lower portion of each unit cell partitioned by the partition member;
A driving unit driving the shutters to be individually opened and closed;
An conveyor in which the ampoule falling from the storage unit is seated, and receives power from the outside to transport the seated ampoule to an outlet for dispensing;
Replenishment determining means for determining whether or not ampoules should be replenished on the conveyor; And
And ampoule replenishment control means for dropping the ampoule on the conveyor from the storage unit when it is determined that the ampoule is not present on the conveyor by the refill determination unit.
When the ampule is dropped on the conveyor, the drive unit drives the ampoule type medication dispensing box to sequentially open from the shutter disposed on the lowermost layer of the plurality of partition members to the shutter disposed on the uppermost layer of the plurality of partition members.
The method of claim 1,
The ampule drug delivery box further comprises a first sensing unit for detecting whether there is at least one ampoule on the conveyor. The method of claim 2,
The first sensing unit is an ampule drug delivery box for detecting whether the ampoule is located in the dispensing direction end on the conveyor. The method of claim 1,
And the refilling judging means calculates the number of the dispensed ampoules and determines whether the ampoules should be replenished on the conveyor. The method of claim 4, wherein
Further comprising a second sensing unit for sensing the ampoule discharged through the outlet,
And the refilling judging means sums the number of dispensed ampoules detected by the second sensing unit to determine whether the ampoules should be replenished on the conveyor. The method of claim 4, wherein
Assuming that the operation range of the conveyor to discharge one ampoule is one step, further comprising a third sensing unit for detecting the number of steps of the conveyor,
The refill determination unit determines whether or not the ampoule should be refilled on the conveyor in accordance with the number of steps detected by the third sensing unit ampule-type drug delivery box. delete delete The method of claim 1,
An ampoule type medication dispense box comprising a fourth sensing unit for sensing whether the shutters are in an open position or a closed position.
A power transmission step of receiving power from the outside to the conveyor;
An ampoule dispensing step of dispensing an ampoule seated on the conveyor using power transmitted from the outside;
A replenishment determining step of determining whether an ampoule should be replenished on the conveyor; And
An ampoule replenishing step of controlling the ampoule replenishment control unit to drop the ampoule on the conveyor from a storage unit when the ampoule is to be replenished on the conveyor; Including,
The ampoule replenishing step,
Driving to sequentially open from the shutter disposed on the lowermost layer of the plurality of partition members to the shutter disposed on the uppermost layer of the plurality of partition members,
Ampoule type drug delivery box control method.
The method of claim 10,
The refill determination step further comprises an ampoule detecting step of detecting whether the ampoule is present on the conveyor ampoules-type drug delivery box control method. The method of claim 10,
The replenishment determining step further comprises the step of calculating the number of dispensing ampoules to determine whether the sum of the number of ampoules dispensed from the conveyor reaches the number of ampoules replenishing the conveyor ampoules drug delivery box control method. The method of claim 12,
And a discharge number initialization step of initializing a sum of the number of the dispensed ampoules after the ampoule replenishing step. The method of claim 10,
In the ampoule replenishing step, the ampoule replenishing control means for controlling the drive unit so that the driving unit to operate the shutter of the lowermost layer of the shutter open state. delete

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