KR20060054002A - Apparatus for packaging medication - Google Patents

Abstract

<Problem> It improves the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus which can package both solid medicine and powdered medicine at once, and solves the problem that powdered medicine mixes in the sealing part which should only contain solid medicine.

<Solution> Pharmaceutical medicine packaging having the solid medicine supplying part 101, the powdered medicine supplying part 102, and the medicine packaging part 103, and the medicine discharged from the solid medicine supplying part 101 and the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying part 102 The common hopper 140 which introduces into the part 103 is provided. The common hopper 140 has a partition 141 provided therein, and the powdered medicine introduction path 143 through which the powdered medicine passes and the solid drug introduction path 145 through which the tablets and the like pass are independent. A shutter (opening and closing means) 147 is provided at the end of the powdered medicine introduction path 143. In the process of packing the tablet B, the shutter 147 blocks the end of the powdered medicine introduction path 143.

Description

Pharmaceutical packaging device {APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING MEDICATION}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a common hopper (medical introduction portion) employed in the embodiment of Fig. 1, (a) shows a state where the opening and closing means are closed, and (b) shows a state with the opening and closing means opened.

It is a perspective view of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

4 is a perspective view of a drug packaging unit which is a part of the drug packaging device of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a common passage member constituting a drug drop passage that is part of the drug packaging device of FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 6: (a) is a perspective view of the wall-shaped member which is a part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 3, (b) is a perspective view which looked at the wall-shaped member of (a) from below.

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the layout of the solid chemical | medical agent supply part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus shown in FIG.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the layout of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus shown in FIG.

9 is a conceptual diagram of a powdered medicine dividing apparatus.

(A) is a front view of the hopper which is a part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 8, (b) is the top view, (c) is the right side view.

FIG. 11: (a) is a perspective view which looked at the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus which is a part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 8 from the top, (b) is a perspective view seen from the bottom.

It is an exploded perspective view which observed the drug delivery device of FIG. 11 from the upper side.

It is an exploded perspective view which observed the drug delivery device of FIG. 11 from the lower side.

FIG. 14: (a) is sectional exploded perspective view in the charging part of the drug delivery device of FIG. 11, (b) is sectional perspective view of the same site | part.

FIG. 15: (a) is sectional exploded perspective view in the discharge part of the drug delivery device of FIG. 11, (b) is sectional perspective view of the same site | part.

Fig. 16 is a cross-sectional exploded perspective view at portions other than the charging and discharging portions in Fig. 11, and (b) is a cross-sectional perspective view of the same portions.

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the whole layout of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus shown in FIG.

18 is a perspective view of a drug packaging unit.

19 is a perspective view of a common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion).

20 is a perspective view of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) of FIG. 19 viewed from another direction.

FIG. 21 is a sectional perspective view of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) shown in FIG. 19. FIG.

FIG. 22 is a side view of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) of FIG. 19. FIG.

It is a perspective view which looked at the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) of FIG. 19 from another direction.

It is a cross-sectional perspective view of the sheet | seat and common hopper at the time of packing powdered medicine.

It is a cross-sectional perspective view of the sheet | seat and common hopper at the time of packaging a solid chemical | medical agent.

It is a time chart of the drive signal input to the motor of a pair of rollers for heat seals in the simultaneous packaging mode, and the opening / closing signal input to the opening / closing means, The lower part of the figure shows the attitude | position of the roller at that time, and opening / closing means. The open and closed state of the drug and the input state of the drug are shown.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the medicine packaging apparatus of FIG. 3.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing one operation of the medicine packaging apparatus of FIG. 3.

(A) is a front view of the pharmaceutical packaging packed using the conventional medicine packaging apparatus, (b) is a front view of the pharmaceutical packaging packed using the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus of this invention.

It is a block diagram of the medicine packaging device disclosed by patent document 1. As shown in FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1, 100: pharmaceutical packaging device

3: pharmaceutical packaging

9: powdered medicine dividing device (powdered medicine supply unit)

22, 101: solid drug supply

102: powdered medicine supply unit

103: pharmaceutical packaging

140, 180: common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction)

115, 160: sheet conveying mechanism

116, 161: sealing part forming mechanism

118: partition forming device

143, 182: introduction of powdered medicine

145, 181: Introduction of solid drug

147: shutter (opening and closing means)

165: Sheet

162: roller for heat seal (partition forming means)

187: opening and closing means

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical packaging device capable of packaging a solid medicine and a powdered medicine in a wrapping paper according to a prescription timing condition.

BACKGROUND ART A drug packaging device is known which draws out a predetermined medicine according to a prescription and automatically packages it. In addition, one type of drug packaging device can package both a solid drug and a powdered medicine.

As a prior art of the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus which can package both a solid drug and powdered medicine, the following is mentioned.

<Patent Document 1> Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-203541

<Patent Document 2> Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-318703

It is a block diagram of the medicine packaging device disclosed by patent document 1. As shown in FIG.

The drug packaging device 200 disclosed in Patent Literature 1 includes a solid drug supply unit 101, a powdered medicine supply unit 102, and a medicine packaging unit 103, and a medicine and powdered drug supply unit discharged from the solid drug supply unit 101 ( The common hopper 105 which introduces the powdered medicine discharged | emitted from 102 into the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 is provided.

The solid chemical | medical agent supply part 101 is what is called a hand-sprinkling type | mold supply apparatus, The water | medical means 104, the divider which is not shown in the lower part provided, and the hopper 106 of the lower part Is done. The watering means 104 is composed of a plurality of divided small measures in the shape of a measure, and drops the tablets, which have been predetermined, into the divided small cups of the divider through a shutter that opens and closes the divided small measures of the divider, The tablet is dropped into the hopper 106 by opening the cover plate of the lower part of the divided small bowl.

The powdered medicine supply part 102 is a circular disk type chemical | medical agent dividing apparatus, and has the dividing dish 110 provided with R groove. Then, the powdered medicine sprayed evenly in the R groove is scraped off by the extruding roller 11.

The common hopper 105 is provided below the solid medicine supply part 101 and the powdered medicine supply part 102. The opening on the upper side of the common hopper 105 is opened immediately below the solid medicine supply portion 101 and the powdered medicine supply portion 102. Moreover, the opening of the lower side of the common hopper 105 is opened by the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103. As shown in FIG.

The common hopper 105 employ | adopted in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus disclosed by patent document 1 is comprised by the single channel | path like FIG. 30, and is discharged from the solid medicine and powdered medicine supply part 102 discharged | emitted from the solid medicine supply part 101. FIG. The powdered medicine discharged | emitted is introduce | transduced into the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 of the lower side through the same channel | path.

The chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 has the sheet | seat conveying mechanism 115, the sealing part formation mechanism 116, and the partition formation apparatus 118. As shown in FIG. The sheet conveyance mechanism 115 is an apparatus which draws out the sheet | seat-shaped weak wrapping paper 113 wound around the roll shaft 112, and conveys it to the sealing part formation mechanism 116. FIG. The sealing part formation mechanism 116 is comprised by the guide roll 125, the triangular plate 127, etc. The sealing part formation mechanism 116 forms the sealing part in a part of sheet-shaped wrapping paper by bending the sheet | seat-shaped weak wrapping paper 113 in two layers by the triangular plate 127 in the lower part of the common hopper 104. .

The partition forming device 118 is a heat seal device. When driven by a motor (not shown), the partition forming device 118 partitions the encapsulation part and distributes the medicines one by one by separating the encapsulation part.

In the drug packaging device disclosed in Patent Document 1, tablets and the like are discharged from the solid drug supply unit 101 at intervals of one packet. Moreover, also about powdered medicine supply part 102, it discharges powdered medicine one by one at intervals.

In the drug packaging device disclosed in Patent Document 1, both the tablet and the powdered medicine enter the common hopper 105, are introduced into the drug packaging unit 103 through the same passage, and individually packaged one by one.

The medicine packaging device disclosed in the aforementioned Patent Document 1 automatically wraps a medicine in accordance with a doctor's prescription. For example, a doctor's prescription takes 1 g of powdered medicine (A) and 3 tablets (B) in the morning, 3 tablets (B) during the day, and 3 tablets (B) at night. When the prescription with 1.5 g of powdered medicines (B) is for 3 days, the packaging which repeats powdered medicine, a tablet, a tablet, and powdered medicine three times is preferable.

This is because the pattern can be taken sequentially by the patient from the end of the wrapping paper.

Moreover, in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus disclosed by patent document 2, the inside of a common hopper is divided into two path | paths, and powdered medicine and a solid drug | medical agent are respectively supplied to the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 through the other channel | path.

However, in the prior art, since the opening and closing means is not provided on the powdered medicine side, when the tablet passes through the tablet side passage, the powdered medicine adhering to the passage is dropped by the vibration.

Such a phenomenon occurs even when the prescription of the previous patient is a powdered medicine and the prescription of the next patient is a tablet, and the tablet and the trace amount of powdered medicine are packaged together in the packaging bag of the next patient.

That is, the medicine packaging apparatus disclosed in the said patent documents 1, 2 can automatically package a medicine | medical agent in accordance with a doctor's prescription.

However, according to the above-mentioned pharmaceutical packaging device, when a powdered medicine and a tablet pass through a common passage, when a trace amount of powdered medicine remained in the hopper, the powdered medicine adheres to the passing tablet, and the powdered medicine falls from the hopper wall by the vibration. There was a problem.

For this reason, despite the tablet-only prescription, the powdered medicine may be mixed in a small amount, and the patient may have doubts about the powdered medicine and feel the same anxiety as taking medicines with other symptoms.

Specifically, in the drug packaging device described in Patent Document 1, both the tablet and the powdered medicine enter the common hopper 105 and are introduced into the drug packaging unit 103 through the same passage, and thus remain in the passage. A small amount of powdered medicine may fall with tablets and be mixed in a package such as tablets.

That is, the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying unit 102 is introduced into the medicine packaging unit 103 through the common hopper 105, and the powdered medicine may ideally reach the medicine packaging unit 103 without leaving a grain. In addition, a very small amount of powdered medicine may remain in the common hopper 105.

When the tablet or the like passes through the common hopper 105, the remaining powdered medicine is scratched off and mixed with the encapsulating portion to be filled with only the solid medicine. Moreover, the powdered medicine adhering to the common hopper 105 may fall by the vibration when a solid medicine etc. pass through the common hopper 105, and the powdered medicine may mix and dry in the sealing part which should enclose a tablet etc.

Therefore, as shown in Fig. 29 (a), when the medicine is packaged using the conventional medicine packaging device, for example, powdered medicine is placed in the packaging A, D or loss bag C which should only package the tablet. It was mixed in small amounts. In addition, in the tablet packaging shown to Fig.29 (a), A, D part is a bag which should only pack a tablet, B, E part is a bag which should only pack powdered medicine, and C part is an empty bag (so-called bag). However, a small amount of powdered medicine is mixed in the package A, D or the loss bag C which should only pack a tablet.

According to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus disclosed by patent document 2, since a powdered medicine and a solid medicine are supplied to the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 through another channel | path, the mixing of powdered medicine by the cause of the former (mixing by a scratching fall) is prevented, but , Mixing by the latter cause (mixing by vibration) is unavoidable.

Therefore, the present invention is directed to the development of a drug packaging device that can solve the problem of mixing a small amount of powdered medicine in the encapsulation portion to be filled with a solid medicine, paying attention to the above-described problems of the prior art.

And the invention of Claim 1 for solving the said subject, The solid medicine supply part which discharges solid medicine by predetermined number, The powdered medicine supply part which supplies a predetermined quantity of powdered medicine, The medicine supplied from powdered powder supplying part and a solid medicine supplying part, respectively, In the medicine packaging machine provided with the chemical | medical agent packaging part which wraps, The chemical | medical agent introduction part which introduce | transduces a chemical | medical agent into the said chemical | medical agent packaging part isolate | separates a path | route so that the path | route from a solid medicine supply part and the path | route from a powdered medicine supply part are independent, respectively, It is a pharmaceutical packaging apparatus characterized in that the opening and closing means for opening and closing the powdered medicine introduction passage in accordance with the timing of packaging is provided.

Solid drug here is the concept containing both a tablet and a capsule.

In addition, the recommended configuration is to individually package a solid drug supply unit for discharging a predetermined number of solid drugs, a powder drug supply unit for discharging a predetermined amount of powder medicine, a solid drug discharged from the solid drug supply unit, and a powder medicine discharged from the powder drug supply unit A medicine packaging part and a medicine introduction part which introduces the medicine discharged from the said solid medicine supply part and the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supply part into a medicine packaging part, The said medicine introduction part introduces the solid medicine discharged from the solid medicine supply part into a medicine packaging part. A solid medicine introduction path for inducing and a powder medicine introduction path for introducing the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying unit to the medicine packaging unit are independent, and a medicine packaging device characterized in that an opening / closing means is provided in a part of the powdered medicine introduction path.

In the above-mentioned medicine packaging apparatus, the medicine introduction part is divided into the solid medicine introduction path which guides the solid medicine discharged | emitted from the solid drug supply part to the medicine packaging part, and the powdered medicine introduction path which guides the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supply part to a medicine packaging part, have. As described above, in the present invention, since the passage of the solid medicine and the passage of the powdered medicine are separate, there is no problem that the solid medicine scrapes off the remaining powdered medicine. Moreover, in this chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus, the opening-closing means is provided in a part of powdered medicine introduction path. Therefore, by closing the opening and closing means, it is possible to prevent the powdered medicine remaining in the powdered medicine introduction path. Therefore, according to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, the problem that powdered medicine mixes in the sealing part which should enclose a tablet etc. can be eliminated. In other words, mixing of powdered medicine in the sealing part which should not enclose powdered medicine can be prevented.

Another recommended configuration is a solid drug supply unit for storing a plurality of types of solid drugs and discharging a predetermined number of predetermined drugs from the stored solid drugs, a powdered drug supply part for discharging a predetermined amount of powdered medicine, and a discharge from the solid drug supply part A solid medicine, a medicine packaging portion capable of individually packaging the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying portion, and a medicine introduction portion for introducing the medicine discharged from the solid medicine supplying portion and the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying portion into the medicine packaging portion, The introduction part is independent of the solid drug introduction path which guides the solid medicine discharged from the solid drug supply part to the medicine packaging part, and the powder medicine introduction path which guides the powder medicine discharged from the powder medicine supply part to the medicine packing part, and is a part of the powder medicine introduction path. Pharmaceutical packaging, characterized in that the opening and closing means are provided in the Device.

The drug packaging device of the present invention has a function of storing a plurality of types of solid medicines. Therefore, a desired medicine can be discharged and packaged according to a prescription over various aspects. Moreover, also in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of Claim 2, since the path | route of a solid drug and the path | route of a powdered medicine are separate, there is no problem that a solid medicine scrapes off the remaining powdered medicine. Moreover, also about this chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus, since the opening-closing means is provided in a part of powdered medicine introduction path, the fall of the powdered medicine which remained in the powdered medicine introduction path can be prevented by closing the said opening-and-closing means. Therefore, according to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, the problem that powdered medicine mixes in the sealing part which should only enclose solid pharmaceuticals, such as a tablet, can be eliminated.

Moreover, the invention of Claim 2 which achieves the same objective is a path | route from a solid drug supply part, the solid medicine supply part which discharges a predetermined number of solid medicines, the powdered medicine supply part which supplies a predetermined quantity of powdered medicine, and the chemical | medical agent introduction part which introduces into a packaging part. And a drug introduction unit that separates the paths from the powdered medicine supply unit so as to be independent from each other, a medicine packaging unit for packing the medicines supplied from the powdered medicine supply unit and the solid medicine supplying unit, and a driving unit for driving the medicine packaging unit. In the powdered medicine path, at least the powdered medicine path is provided with the opening-closing means which opens and closes the powdered medicine introduction path according to the timing of a packaging, The driving device which opens and closes the opening-and-closing means, Instructions to supply from a solid medicine supply part, If there is no instruction, the driving device for opening and closing the opening and closing means may be closed. A drug packaging device, characterized in that the control means for controlling.

In the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, it is provided with the opening-closing means which opens and closes a powdered medicine introduction path according to the timing of packaging, and this opening-closing means is opened and closed by a drive apparatus. And when there is an instruction | indication to supply from a solid chemical | medical agent supply part and there is no instruction | indication to supply from a powdered medicine supply part, the drive apparatus which opens and closes the opening-closing means is blocked. Therefore, the fall of the powdered medicine remaining in the powdered medicine introduction path can be prevented, and the problem that powdered medicine mixes in the sealing part to which only a tablet etc. should be enclosed can be eliminated.

Moreover, the invention of Claim 3 is a chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the chemical | medical agent introduction part being a hopper or a shooter, and the opening-and-closing means provided in the terminal part of powdered medicine introduction path.

In the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, the opening-closing means is provided in the terminal part of the powdered medicine introduction path. Therefore, even if the powdered medicine remained in any part of the powdered medicine introduction path, fall is prevented by the opening-closing means.

In the above-mentioned medicine packaging apparatus, when the solid medicine is supplied from the medicine introduction section to the medicine packaging section, it is preferable that the opening and closing means is closed, and the powdered medicine introduction passage is closed by the opening and closing means.

In the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, when a solid chemical | medical agent is supplied from a chemical | medical agent introduction part to a chemical | medical agent packaging part, the opening-closing means is closed. Therefore, powdered medicine does not mix in the bag which only solid medicine should be enclosed.

The invention according to claim 4, wherein the solid drug supply unit stores a plurality of types of solid drugs and simultaneously discharges a predetermined number of drugs from the stored solid drugs, according to any one of claims 1 to 3 to be.

In addition, it is preferable that the drug can be supplied alternately from the solid drug supply part and the powdered medicine supply part to the drug introduction part as an embodiment of the above invention.

In other words, mixing of the powdered medicine is likely to occur when the medicine is alternately supplied from the solid medicine supplying portion and the powdered medicine supplying portion to the drug introduction portion.

In addition, as an embodiment of the invention described above, the medicine packaging portion includes a sheet conveying mechanism for conveying a sheet having a long shape, sealing portion forming means for processing or deforming the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying mechanism into a bag shape, and the sheet being prescribed It has a partition forming means that is bonded at intervals and separately partitioned in the encapsulation portion, the drug introduction portion is to introduce the drug into the portion processed or deformed into the encapsulation shape by the encapsulation portion forming means, and the solid medication discharged from the solid drug supply portion It is preferable that the encapsulation portion introduced and the encapsulation portion into which the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying portion are introduced are partitioned by the partition forming means, so that the solid medicine and the powdered medicine can be individually packaged.

It is a pharmaceutical packaging device as described in any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned.

The pharmaceutical packaging device of the present invention can individually package a solid medicine and a powdered medicine. In the case of employing a configuration for individually packaging solid medicines and powdered medicines, such as the drug packaging device of the present invention, mixing of powdered medicines becomes a problem.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described again. 1st Embodiment shows the basic structure of this invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) and (b) are sectional drawing of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) employ | adopted in embodiment of FIG. 1, (a) shows the state in which opening / closing means were closed, and (b) is the state in which opening / closing means is open. Indicates.

In addition, the same number is attached | subjected to the same thing as the component of the prior art among the components of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of 1st Embodiment.

The chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 has the solid chemical | medical agent supply part 101, the powdered medicine supply part 102, and the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 similarly to the prior art, and the chemical | medical agent discharged from the solid drug supply part 101 And a common hopper 140 for introducing the powdered medicine discharged from the powdered medicine supplying unit 102 into the medicine packaging unit 103.

The point that the drug packaging device 100 of this embodiment differs from that of the prior art is the structure of the common hopper 140.

That is, the common hopper 140 employ | adopted by this embodiment is provided with the partition 141 inside, The powdered medicine introduction path 143 through which powdered medicine passes, and the solid drug introduction path 145 through which tablets etc. pass are independent. It is. A shutter (opening and closing means) 147 is provided at the end of the powdered medicine introduction path 143.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shutter 147 has a blocking portion 150 for closing the opening 152 at the distal end of the powdered medicine introduction passage 143. The shutter 147 swings around the hinge 151 provided on the outer wall of the common hopper 140, and the blocking portion 150 abuts against the opening 152 at the distal end. Contact with). Therefore, in the common hopper 140 employ | adopted by this embodiment, the opening 152 of the terminal of powdered powder introduction path 143 is opened and closed by the shutter (opening and closing means) 147.

The solid drug supply unit 101 has a solid drug storage unit 120 in addition to the water supply type 105. The solid chemical | medical agent storage part 120 is a shelf in which the some chemical | medical agent feeder 121 was provided, and the chemical | medical agent cassette 122 is attached to the said chemical | medical agent feeder 121. As shown in FIG. A plurality of tablets and the like are stored in the drug cassette 122.

Tablets and the like stored in the drug cassette 122 is discharged by a predetermined number in accordance with a predetermined signal, is captured by the tablet hopper 123 installed in the lower portion, the tablet is guided to the lower hopper 106 again.

The water-supply means 104 consists of a plurality of dividing | miniature dichroic rods of the shape similar to the prior art, and drops the tablet which was previously prescribed, through the shutter which opens and closes with respect to the dividing-small digger of the divider, The tablets are formed to be dropped into the hopper 106 by opening the cover plate at the bottom of the bottom.

The solid medicine injected into the hopper 106 is introduced into the solid medicine introduction path 145 of the common hopper 140.

The powdered medicine supply part 102 is a chemical | medical agent dividing apparatus of a circular disk type, and has the dividing plate 110 which provided the R groove. And the powdered medicine sprayed evenly in the R groove is scraped off with the sawing roller 11.

In more detail, the powdered medicine supply unit 102 supplies powdered medicine supplying means 133 for spraying the powdered medicine introduced from the inlet 130 of the hopper 128 on the distribution plate 110 in small amounts by the vibrating feeder 131. Equipped. The distribution plate 110 which receives the powdered medicine sprayed from the powdered medicine supply means 133 has an R groove 136 on the outer circumference of the distribution plate 135, and makes the R groove 136 average evenly to accumulate the powdered medicine. .

The dissipation means 111 is provided with a circular disk plate having a predetermined thickness for dividing the above-mentioned R groove 136 into the required number of divisions in the radial direction and scraping the powdered medicine for each divided area out of the distribution dish 135. . The circular disk plate of the ejection means 111 is supported by the arm 144 which is a rotating material.

The powdered medicine is, for example, weighed in an amount of 3 days with a scale and put into the hopper 128. And the distribution means and distribution conditions of powdered medicine are set to the input means which is not shown in figure. When the start button (not shown) is turned on, the dispensing dish 110 rotates, and at the same time, the vibrating feeder 131 starts to vibrate and the powdered medicine is supplied to the R groove 136 of the dispensing dish 110.

The dissipation means 111 has a circular disk shape and is in close contact with the inner surface of the R groove 136 of the distribution plate 110. The dissipation means 111 is provided at a position facing the hopper 128, and scrapes the powdered medicine from the distribution plate 110 in which the powdered medicine is accumulated to the side facing the hopper 128.

At this time, the disk of the discharging means 111 digs into the powdered medicine accumulated in the R groove 136, and the distribution dish 110 is rotated to stop at an angle suitable for division. As a result, the powdered medicine for one dose collects on the front side of a disk. Subsequently, the disk of the ejection means 111 is rotated to scrape off the powdered medicine collected on the front surface side of the disk in the R groove 136 of the distribution plate 110.

And the powdered medicine scraped off is introduce | transduced into the powdered medicine introduction path 143 of the common hopper 140. FIG.

The chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 has not changed in particular from the said prior art, and has the sheet | seat conveying mechanism 115, the sealing part formation mechanism 116, and the partition formation apparatus 118. As shown in FIG. The sheet conveyance mechanism 115 is an apparatus which draws out the sheet | seat-shaped weak wrapping paper 113 wound around the roll shaft 112, and conveys it to the sealing part formation mechanism 116. FIG. The sealing part formation mechanism 116 is comprised by the guide roll 125, the triangular plate 127, etc. As shown in FIG. The sealing part formation mechanism 116 forms the sealing part in a part of sheet-shaped wrapping paper by bending the sheet | seat-shaped weak wrapping paper 113 at the lower part of the common hopper 105 by the triangular plate 127 in two layers. .

Moreover, the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 is equipped with the heat seal apparatus, and when driven by the motor which is not shown in figure, a sealing part can be partitioned and a chemical | medical agent can be distributed one by one by making the sealing part independent.

Next, the function of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 100 of this embodiment is demonstrated.

Also for the medicine packaging device 100 of the present invention, the medicine is automatically packaged according to a doctor's prescription as in the prior art. According to the previous example, the doctor's prescription is to drink 1 g of powdered medicine (A) and 3 tablets (B) in the morning, and 1g of powdered medicine (A) and 3 tablets (B) in the same day and night. When it is made to drink, 1 g of powdered medicine is discharged | emitted from the powdered medicine supply part 102, and it enters into the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 140. The powdered medicine passes through the powdered medicine introduction path 143 of the common hopper 140 to the medicine packaging part 103, and enters the bent part by the sealing part formation mechanism 116. And the sealing part is made independent by the partition formation apparatus 118.

Here, as an operation peculiar to the present embodiment, when the sealing portion containing powdered medicine is sealed by the partition forming device 118, and the process is terminated by independent of the sealing portion, the shutter of the common hopper 140 is not shown by a shutter driving device (not shown). The opening / closing means 147 is rotated, and the blocking portion 150 of the shutter 147 abuts against the opening 152 at the distal end of the powdered medicine introduction passage 143 to close it.

Subsequently, three tablets (B) are discharged from the solid drug supply unit 101 and enter the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction unit) 140. The tablet passes through the common hopper 140 to the drug packaging part 103, enters the bent portion by the bag forming mechanism 116, and an independent bag is formed by the partition forming device 118.

In the present embodiment, the tablet B passes through the solid drug introduction passage 145 and reaches the drug packaging part 103, and does not pass through the passage of the powdered medicine. Therefore, according to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, when the tablet B passes through the common hopper 140, there is no problem of scraping off the powdered powder which remained. In addition, in this embodiment, at the time of the process in which the tablet B is packaged, the shutter 147 blocks the end of the powdered medicine introduction path 143, and there is no worry that the medicine will overflow from the powdered medicine introduction path 143. none. Therefore, according to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, powdered medicine does not mix in the bag in which a solid chemical | medical agent is enclosed.

And 1g of powdered medicine A for daytime is discharged | emitted continuously from the powdered medicine supply part 102, but in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the sealing part into which the tablet etc. were introduce | transduced by the partition formation apparatus 118 is independent. When the process of making it is complete | finished, the shutter (opening / closing means) 147 of the common hopper 140 is rotated again by the shutter drive device which is not shown in figure, and the opening 152 of the terminal of the powdered medicine introduction path 143 is opened.

The daytime powdered medicine A discharged from the powdered medicine supply part 102 passes through the powdered medicine introduction path 143 of the common hopper 140 to the chemical | medical agent packaging part 103 similarly to the before, and the sealing part formation mechanism 116 is carried out. It enters the bent part by). And the sealing part is made independent by the partition formation apparatus 118.

In this way, the medicines are alternately discharged from the powdered medicine supply unit 102 and the solid drug supply unit 101, and the powdered medicine and the solid medicine are individually packaged one by one, but the powdered medicine is mixed in the bag in which the solid medicine is enclosed as described above. There is no work.

Next, more realistic embodiment of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention is described.

It is a perspective view of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. 4 is a perspective view of a drug packaging unit which is a part of the drug packaging device of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a common passage member constituting a drug drop passage that is part of the drug packaging device of FIG. 3. FIG. (A) is a perspective view of the wall-shaped member which is a part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 3, (b) is a perspective view which looked at the wall-shaped member of (a) from the bottom. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the layout of the solid chemical | medical agent supply part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the layout of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus shown in FIG.

3, 7, 8, 1 shows the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this embodiment. The chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment is equipped with the solid chemical | medical agent supply part 22, the powdered medicine dividing apparatus (powder medicine supply part) 9, and the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3, and the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) in the intermediate part. 180 is installed.

Moreover, the solid chemical | medical agent supply part 22 is comprised by the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 and the chemical | medical agent path 25 (FIG. 8). And in this embodiment, the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28 is employ | adopted as a part of chemical | medical agent path 25. As shown in FIG. Moreover, the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 and the powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9 comprise the unitary apparatus.

It will be described sequentially below.

The chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 has many common channel | path members 5 like FIG. 5 side by side, and comprises the wall-like member 6 like FIG. 6, and again, this wall-shaped member 6 is 4 like FIG. It is done by standing side by side in rows.

That is, one common passage member 5 has a groove shape as shown in FIG. 5, and a plurality of through holes 7 are provided. And the chemical | medical agent feeder 8 is attached to each through-hole 7, respectively (only the lowest chemical | medical agent feeder 8 is shown in FIG. 5).

As shown in Fig. 6, the openings are aligned with each other, and the wall-shaped member 6 is formed by standing them in parallel with each other in five pairs (5 ') and planarly.

That is, in the wall-shaped member 6, as shown in FIG. 6, two common passage members 5 are one set, and the opening side of the recessed side is aligned, and in the many horizontal direction in the state which made it the vertical posture again, It was built side by side. Therefore, when the wall-shaped member 6 is seen from the front side, the chemical | medical agent feeder 8 is arrange | positioned side by side in the longitudinal matrix shape. Moreover, it is the same also when the wall-shaped member 6 is seen from the back surface side, and the chemical | medical agent feeder 8 is arrange | positioned side by side in the longitudinal matrix shape. In addition, the wall-shaped members 6 are arranged side by side in four rows as shown in FIG. 7, and the structure of the two wall-shaped members 6 in the center is as described above, but the wall-shaped members 6 at both ends are one side. There is a drug feeder 8 outside.

As the common passage member 5 is a groove-shaped member and is disposed in the vertical direction as described above, a gap extending in the celestial direction is formed between the inner surfaces of the common passage member 5. And this space | gap functions as the chemical | medical agent fall passage 10.

Each medicine feeder 8 is equipped with a medicine cassette 14 (FIG. 5, a dashed-dotted line), and each medicine cassette 14 is equipped with a different kind of tablet.

Moreover, in the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 employ | adopted by this embodiment, the wall-shaped member 6 is supported by the upper side rail 4 and the lower side rail 13, as shown in FIG. (6) can be taken out to the front side of FIG.

The chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 has a function of packaging a tablet and powdered medicine in a wrapping paper. That is, the medicine packaging part 3 is a roll of packaging paper, and wraps the medicine etc. supplied from the medicine shelf part 2 side. In the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3, the packaging paper is double-layered inside, and it seals in the longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals, and a continuous small bag is formed, and the chemical | medical agent supplied from the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 side in the said small bag is carried out. It was put in, and the opening part was sealed again.

The detailed structure of the medicine packaging part 3 is the same as FIG. That is, FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a medicine packaging part.

The chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 is a sealing part which processes or transforms the sheet conveyance mechanism 160 which conveys the elongate sheet | seat 165, and the sheet | seat 165 conveyed by the sheet conveyance mechanism 160 to an encapsulation shape. Forming means 161 is provided. Moreover, it has a pair of roller 162 for heat seals. The heat seal roller 162 adheres the sheets 165 at predetermined intervals and partitions the sealing portions individually, and functions as partition forming means.

In this embodiment, a long heat-sealable sheet is used, and this is molded into a continuous form of small bags, and the medicine is enclosed in the small bags.

That is, the sheet transfer mechanism 160 transfers the sheet 165 in one direction by a motor or a guide (not shown). In this embodiment, the conveyance of the sheet 165 is intermittent conveyance, and the sheet 165 is conveyed one by one. As shown in FIG. 18, the sheet 165 is conveyed in the substantially horizontal direction in the state which extended this. Then, the sheet 165 is changed in the vertical direction in the state of being unfolded by the guide roll 163.

The sealing part forming means 161 is provided in the lower part of the guide roll. The encapsulation forming means 161 is a guide group centered on the triangular plate 127, and the sheet 165 in the open state is bent along the sides of the triangular plate 127. And the sealing part 166 which an upper part opens is formed between the site | part of the heat-sealing roller 162, and the vicinity of the triangular plate 127. FIG. And the end part of the common hopper 180 mentioned later is inserted in the said sealing part 166.

As for the roller 162 for heat seals, as shown in FIG. 18, planar cross-sectional shape is long-shaped. That is, the heat seal roller 162 has a shape close to the plate shape, has parallel two surfaces 167 and 168, and both ends thereof are circular arc surfaces 169 and 170. The circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 generate heat of the roller 162. The roller 162 rotates intermittently about the shaft 171. Therefore, the circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 contact the sheet 165 at regular intervals, and the sheet 165 is sandwiched between the circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 to heat seal the sheet 165 at regular intervals. .

Moreover, the medicine packaging part 3 has the powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9 which divides powdered medicine.

9 is a conceptual diagram of a powdered medicine dividing apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 9, the powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9 is equipped with the powdered medicine chemical feeder 18, the original plate 11, and the dispensing apparatus 12. As shown in FIG. The powdered medicines feeder 18 supplies the chemical | medical agent accommodated (mainly powdered medicine and granules) by fixed amount. The disc 11 is substantially donut-shaped, has an annular groove 15 in the upper peripheral portion, and rotates at a constant speed by the motor 16. When the powdered medicine is fed from the powdered medicine feeder 18, the medicine is uniformly accommodated in the annular groove 15 by rotating the disc 11. The dispensing apparatus 1 scrapes the powdered medicine in the annular groove 15 in the circumferential direction by the rotation of the disc 11, and then scrapes only one drug in the radial direction by the driving of a motor (not shown).

The powdered medicine scraped off from the powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9 is also packaged like a tablet.

Moreover, in the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 of this embodiment, there are two powdered medicine inlet 21 in front of an upper surface part like FIG. 4, The powdered medicine supplied to the said powdered medicine inlet 21 is a powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9 Divided by.

The chemical | medical agent path 25 connects the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 and the packaging part communication channel | path 17. In this embodiment, it connects to two hoppers 26a, 26b and two chemical | medical agent conveying apparatuses 28a, 28b. It is composed by.

(A) is a front view of the hopper which is a part of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of FIG. 8, (b) is the top view, (c) is the right side view. (A) is a perspective view which looked at the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus which is a part of the medicine packaging apparatus of FIG. 8 from the top, (b) is a perspective view seen from the bottom. It is an exploded perspective view which observed the drug delivery device of FIG. 11 from the upper side. It is an exploded perspective view which observed the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus of FIG. 11 from the lower side. FIG. 14A is a cross-sectional exploded perspective view of the charging unit of the drug delivery device of FIG. 11, and FIG. 14B is a cross-sectional perspective view of the same site. FIG. 15A is a cross-sectional exploded perspective view of the discharge portion of the drug delivery device of FIG. 11, and FIG. 15B is a cross-sectional perspective view of the same site. FIG. 16A is a cross-sectional exploded perspective view of a portion other than the charging portion and the discharge portion of FIG. 11, and FIG. 16B is a cross-sectional perspective view of the same portion.

The hopper 26 has two inlet openings 30 and 31 in the upper part, and one discharge opening 32 in the lower part as shown in FIG.

The introduction openings 30 and 31 are all rectangular, and coincide with the shape of the wall-shaped member 6 lower portion of the medicine shelf 2 described above.

The discharge opening 32 is sufficiently small compared to the introduction openings 30 and 31.

The hopper 26 connects the first inclined passage 33 which connects one inlet opening 30 and the outlet opening 32 as shown in FIG. 10, and the other inlet opening 31 and the outlet opening 32. It is provided with the 2nd inclined passage 34 made, and it is a "Y" type when seen from the front.

The drug delivery device 28 has a disk shape as shown in FIG. 11. The chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus 28 is comprised by the bottom member 35, the rotation disc member 36, and the lid member 37, as shown to FIG. 12,13.

That is, the bottom member 35 has a shape like an edged bowl, and has a circular bottom face 40 and a circumferential wall 44 provided vertically around it.

And the groove part 43 is provided in the vicinity of the outer peripheral part of the bottom face part 40. As shown in FIG. The cross-sectional shape of the groove part 43 is V-shaped as shown in FIG. That is, the groove part 43 is formed by the two inclined surfaces 41 and 42 as shown in FIG. 14, and the front-end | tip of both inclined surfaces is a line contact state.

The groove part 43 is provided concentrically with the circular bottom face part 40, and is provided in substantially annular shape, but there are a missing part in two places.

That is, two openings 45 and 46 are provided on the trajectory of the groove portion 43 as shown in FIGS. 11B and 13. One opening 45 is the size of one chemical | medical agent compartment mentioned later, and functions as the 1st discharge part 45. As shown in FIG. The other opening 46 is larger than the first discharge part 45 described above, has a size corresponding to two drug compartments, and functions as the second discharge part 46.

The rotation disc member 36 is a member in which eight chemical compartment chamber forming members 48 are provided. That is, the rotating disc member 36 has a disc-shaped main body portion 47, and eight chemical partition chamber forming members 48 are formed in the main body portion 47 in an annular manner and at equal intervals. The chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48 is a substantially rectangular circumferential wall provided in the lower part of the main-body part 47, and the rotation disk member 36 penetrates up and down in the site | part of the chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48. As shown in FIG. .

In other words, the chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48 is a substantially rectangular shape and is a recess without a bottom. In other words, the drug compartment forming member 48 has an inner circumferential side wall 50 and an outer circumferential side wall 51 and two opposing circumferential walls 52 (one circumferential wall is not shown, as shown in Fig. 14A). The bottom face side is open.

The inner and inner sidewalls 50 and the outer sidewalls 51 of the four side walls 50, 51, 52, and 52 constituting the drug compartment forming member 48 have flat ends, but the circumferential direction connecting them As for the wall 52, the front-end | tip part is pointed like FIG.14 (a). That is, the tip of the circumferential wall 52 protrudes from the tip of the inner circumferential side wall 50 and the outer circumferential side wall 51, and the shape of the protruding portion 70 is triangular. Moreover, the shape of the said protrusion part 70 corresponds with the cross-sectional shape of the groove part 43 formed in the bottom member 35 mentioned above.

Although the chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48 is lined up side by side as mentioned above, the virtual circle which the eight chemical | medical agent compartment formation members 48 form is the virtual form formed by the groove part 43 of the said bottom member 35. Matches the circle That is, the imaginary line connecting the middle of the inner circumferential side wall 50 and the outer circumferential side wall 51 of the drug compartment forming member 48 is circular, but the position and size of the circle are formed by the innermost line of the groove part 43. Matches the circle

A large diameter gear 53 is attached to the main body of the rotating disc member 36.

The lid member 37 is a thin plate made of metal, and a large opening 55 is provided in the center thereof. Then, the motor mounting member 56 is provided beyond the opening 55, and the motor (rotating means) 58 is attached by the motor mounting member 56. The motor 58 is provided with the rotating shaft down, and the gear 60 is provided in the rotating shaft.

In addition, an opening 61 is provided near the circumference of the lid member 37. The opening 61 is substantially rectangular and functions as a medicine filling opening (filling position) 61. The medicine filling port 61 is provided with a hopper mounting table 63. The hopper mounting stand 63 is substantially rectangular, and the rectangular opening 65 which communicates up and down is provided.

The chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus 28 is comprised by the bottom member 35, the rotation disc member 36, and the lid member 37 as mentioned above, and is formed by the bottom member 35 and the lid member 37. The rotating disc member 36 is arrange | positioned in the space | gap which becomes.

And each chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48 of the rotating disc member 36 contacts the groove part 43 of the bottom member 35. As shown in FIG. More specifically, as shown in FIG.14 (b), the front end of the inner peripheral side wall 50 and the outer peripheral side wall 51 of the chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48 contact | abuts the inlet vicinity of the groove part 43, and a circumferential direction The tip of the triangular protruding portion 70 of the wall 52 enters into the groove 43 and is in contact with the inclined surfaces 41 and 42 of the groove 43.

As described above, since the shape of the protruding portion 70 coincides with the cross-sectional shape of the groove portion 43, the tip of the circumferential wall 52 and the inclined surfaces 41 and 42 of the groove portion 43 are in contact with each other without any gap. do.

Therefore, in the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28, the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 is formed in which the chemical | medical agent compartment formation member 48, the groove part 43, and the lid member 37 covered six surfaces without gaps.

However, in the chemical | medical agent filling opening 61, as shown in FIG. 14, the upper side of the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 opens, and the lower side opens in the 1st discharge part 45 and the 2nd discharge part 46. As shown in FIG. do.

In this embodiment, the chemical | medical agent filling opening 61 and the 1st discharge part 45 are provided in the position which opposes through a center. Moreover, the 2nd discharge part 46 is provided between the 1st discharge part 45 and the chemical | medical agent filling opening 61. FIG.

Moreover, the large diameter gear 53 provided in the upper surface of the rotating disc member 36 is exposed to the outside from the opening 55 of the lid member 37, and is fitted with the small gear 60 provided in the motor 58. As shown in FIG. Fit. Therefore, by rotating the motor 58, the inner rotating disc member 36 rotates.

If one chemical compartment 71 is focused, the upper side is opened at a specific rotational position (drug filling port filling position) 61, and the first discharge is performed when the rotational disc member 36 is rotated by the motor 58. The lower side is opened by reaching the part 45. Six surfaces are blocked between the charging position (pharmaceutical filling port) 61 to the second discharge portion 46.

And when the rotation disc member 36 rotates by the motor 58, it reaches the 2nd discharge part 46, and the lower side opens.

In addition, when the rotation disc member 36 rotates by the motor 58, the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 returns to the filling position (pharmaceutical filling port) 61, and the upper surface is opened.

Next, the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 180 is demonstrated.

19 is a perspective view of a common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion). 20 is a perspective view of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) of FIG. 19 viewed from another direction. FIG. 21 is a sectional perspective view of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) shown in FIG. 19. FIG. FIG. 22 is a side view of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) of FIG. 19. FIG. It is a perspective view which looked at the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) of FIG. 19 from another direction.

The common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction section) 180 introduces the medicine discharged from the solid medicine supply section and the powder medicine discharged from the powder medicine supply section into the medicine packaging section 3.

The common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) 180 is made of a raw material (nylon or the like) which is easy to slip the medicine, and the inside is divided into two flow paths. That is, the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 180 has the shape which two independent hoppers joined. One of the internal flow paths functions as the solid medicine introduction path 181 and the other functions as the powdered medicine introduction path 182.

As described above, since the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) 180 has a shape in which two independent hoppers are joined, the contact portion between the solid medicine introduction passage 181 and the powdered medicine introduction passage 182 is linear, The area of the contact portion is small. In particular, the rear end portion of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction section) 180 is completely separated between the solid medicine introduction passage 181 and the powdered medicine introduction passage 182, and there is no common wall between them. That is, in the rear end part of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 180, the clearance gap 189 is provided between the solid chemical | medical agent introduction path 181 and the powdered medicine introduction path 182. As shown in FIG. In addition, as will be described later, since the opening on the upper side of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction section) 180 is circular, the solid medicament introduction route 181 and the upper side of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction section) 180 are different. The area of the junction part between the powdered medicine introduction path 182 is small. Therefore, the vibration of one introduction path is hard to be transmitted to the other.

The solid drug introduction passage 181 has both an upper opening 183 and a lower opening 184 having a substantially circular shape. The lower opening 184 is slightly open in the oblique direction.

In the powdered medicine introduction passage 182, both the upper opening 185 and the lower opening 186 are rectangular, and both the opening area and the flow path area are larger than the solid medicine introduction passage 181. The lower opening 186 of the powdered medicine introduction passage 182 is slightly open in the oblique direction. The opening and closing means 187 is provided in the lower opening 186 of the powdered medicine introduction passage 182.

The opening-closing means 187 has the block part 190 which closes the lower opening 186 of the terminal of the powdered medicine introduction path 182, as shown in FIG. And the opening-closing means 187 swings around the hinge 191 provided in the outer wall part of the common hopper 180, and the containment part 190 abuts and carries out from the lower opening 186. Therefore, in the common hopper 180 employ | adopted in this embodiment, the terminal of the powdered medicine introduction path 182 is opened and closed by the opening-closing means 187.

In the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) 180 employed in the present embodiment, it has a lever 192 that cooperates with the hinge 191, and the powder medicament is introduced by operating the lever 192 with a driving device (not shown). The end of 182 is opened and closed.

Next, the positional relationship of each member mentioned above is demonstrated. It demonstrates, referring FIG. 7, 8, 17. FIG. Moreover, FIG. 17 is a schematic perspective view which shows the whole layout of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus shown in FIG.

7, 8, and 17, in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 is arranged in the upper part, and the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 is arrange | positioned in the lower part.

Moreover, the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment is equipped with two chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28a, 28b as mentioned above, and both are arrange | positioned side by side as shown in FIG. 7, 8, 17 in a horizontal position. And the 1st discharge part 45 of each drug delivery apparatus 28a, 28b is arrange | positioned in the center position of both, and is mutually close. Moreover, the packaging part communication passage 17 (medical receiving member 20) of the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 is located in the lower part of the 1st discharge part 45 of each chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus 28a, 28b.

As mentioned above, since the medicine filling opening (filling position) 61 and the 1st discharge part 45 are provided in the position which opposes through a center, the medicine filling opening (filling) of the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28a, 28b. Position 61 is at an outer position. And the chemical | medical agent filling part (filling position) 61 of the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 and the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28a, 28b is connected by the hoppers 26a, 26b.

In this embodiment, as mentioned above, four rows of wall-shaped members 6 are provided, and the lower part of each wall-shaped member 6 is opened. That is, the lower part of each wall-shaped member 6 is the lower end of the chemical | medical agent fall passage 10, and there are five openings 73, respectively, as shown in FIG.6 (b), and they stand side by side in series.

And in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the 1st hopper 26a is attached to the left 2 column-shaped member 6a, 6b from the front, and the remaining 2 rows of wall-shaped member 6c, 6d. The 2nd hopper 26b is attached to this.

That is, the introduction openings 30 and 31 of each hopper 26 are located under the wall-shaped member 6, respectively. Moreover, the discharge opening 32 of each hopper 26 is in contact with the chemical | medical agent filling opening (filling position) 61 of the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28. As shown in FIG.

Moreover, if the eye is moved to the lower side of each medicine conveying apparatus 28a, 28b, the powdered medicine dividing apparatus (powdered medicine supply part) 9 is arrange | positioned between the chemical | medical agent shelf part 2 and the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3.

And the terminal part of the common hopper 180 is inserted in the site | part of the sealing part formation means 161 of the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3. More specifically, the lower opening 184 of the solid chemical introduction passage 181 of the common hopper 180 and the lower opening of the powdered medicine introduction passage 182 are formed at the site where the sheet 165 forms the encapsulation portion 166. 186 is located.

Moreover, the upper opening 185 of the powdered medicine introduction path 182 of the common hopper 180 is just under the powdered medicine ejection part of the powdered medicine dividing apparatus (powdered medicine supply part) 9. Therefore, all the powdered medicine discharged | emitted from the powdered medicine dividing apparatus (powdered medicine supply part) 9 is put into the powdered medicine introduction path 182 of the common hopper 180, and the sealing part formation means 161 of the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 is carried out. When it reaches a site | part, it is thrown in the sealing part 166 of the sheet 165.

On the other hand, the upper opening 183 of the solid medicine introduction passage 181 of the common hopper 180 is in the lower part of the terminal end of the packaging part communication passage 17.

That is, as described above, the packaging part contact passage 17 (medical accommodating member 20) of the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 is located in the lower part of the 1st discharge part 45. As shown in FIG.

And the packing part communication channel | path 17 (pharmaceutical accommodating member 20) has a curved path as shown in FIG. 17, The terminal part is the solid chemical | medical agent introduction path 181 of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 180. Open at the top of the. Therefore, the solid medicine discharged | emitted from the chemical | medical agent shelf part is put into the solid medicine introduction path 181 of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 180 via the packaging part communication channel | path 17. As shown in FIG. And the solid medicine reaches the site | part of the sealing part formation means 161 of the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3 via the solid medicine introduction path 181, and is injected into the sealing part 166 of the sheet 165.

Next, the function of the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated. In addition, the following functions are all controlled by the control apparatus which is not shown in figure. The chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment is equipped with four types of operation modes. In other words, the drug packaging device 1 of the present embodiment includes a tablet-only mode for packaging only solid medicines, a powdered medicine alone mode for packing only powdered medicines, a simultaneous packaging mode for packing powdered medicines and tablets together in the same package, It has an alternating mode in which only solid medicines are packaged alternately.

The operation in the tablet only mode is the same as the flowchart of FIG.

In the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the content of a prescription is input to a touch panel using the input to the touch panel of the host computer which is not shown in figure as a clue. And the host computer which is not shown in figure transmits the content of a prescription to the control device which is not shown in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1.

In the flowchart shown in FIG. 27, prescription data is received from the touch panel in step 1.

The process proceeds to step 2 and a specific drug feeder 8 is selected from the plurality of drug feeders 8 based on the input prescription data.

In step 3, the number of drugs to be discharged is received. Here, the number of tablets to be taken at one time is received.

Subsequently, the process proceeds to Step 4, the motor of the medicine feeder 8 is started, the motor of the medicine cassette 14 is rotated, and the medicines are discharged one by one from the medicine cassette 14. The discharged medicine falls into the medicine drop passage 10. In addition, the chemical | medical agent is discharged | emitted from the chemical | medical agent drop passage 10, it is captured by the hopper 26, and enters the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28 from the discharge port of the hopper 26.

More specifically, the medicine enters into the medicine delivery device 28 from the medicine filling port (filling position) 61 of the medicine delivery device 28, and is filled in one of the medicine compartments 71.

When it is confirmed that one of the medicine compartments 71 is filled with the medicine by the sensor (not shown) (step 5), the motor 58 of the medicine delivery device 28 is operated (step 6), and the internal rotating disc member Only 36 of the chemical compartments are rotated.

Here, in the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus 28 of this embodiment, when the rotating disk member 36 is moved, the chemical | medical agent partition chamber 71 itself moves inside. Strictly, when the rotation disc member 36 is moved, the chemical compartment chamber forming member 48 slides the groove portion 43 of the bottom member 35 in a stationary state, but as described above, the chemical compartment chamber forming member 48 The tip of the inner circumferential side wall 50 and the outer circumferential side wall 51 of the () contact with the inlet vicinity of the groove portion 43, and the tip of the triangular protruding portion 70 of the circumferential wall 52 enters the groove portion 43, Since it is in contact with the inclined surfaces 41 and 42 of the groove part 43, the space which comprises the chemical | medical agent partition chamber 71 moves, and the chemical | medical agent filled inside moves to the circumferential direction.

That is, the chemical | medical agent inside is pushed by the circumferential direction wall 52 by the rotation of the rotation disc member 36, and moves to a circumferential direction. Here, in this embodiment, since the cross-sectional shape of the groove part 43 which comprises the bottom of the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 is V-shaped, chemical | medical agent is gradually approached to the front-end | tip part of the groove part 43 gradually.

If it is confirmed in step 7 that the rotating disc member 36 has rotated only one of the medicine compartments, the motor 58 stops (step 8), and returns to step 1, and the following prescription data is obtained from a touch panel (not shown). Receive, and then repeat the above process.

And if this process is repeated 5 times, the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 initially located in the chemical | medical agent filling opening (filling position) 61 will be tact-transmitted 5 times, and will reach | attain the 1st discharge part 45. FIG. Since the opening 45 is provided in the bottom plate member 35 in the 1st discharge part 45, the chemical | medical agent filled in the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 falls to the lower part, and is introduce | transduced into the chemical | medical agent packaging part 3, Packed.

In the tablet only mode, the opening and closing means 187 of the common hopper 180 is always closed.

In addition, the rotating disc member 36 is rotated so that a new drug compartment chamber 71 arrives at the first discharge part 45 in sequence, and the drug is discharged and packed without being cut off.

The chemical | medical agent compartment 71 which finished discharge | emission of a chemical | medical agent returns to the chemical | medical agent filling opening (filling position) 61, but passes the 2nd discharge part 46 in the middle. Since the opening 46 is also provided in the bottom plate member 35 with respect to the second discharge part 46, the second discharge part ( 46).

In the second discharge part 46, it is preferable to suck and clean the inside of the chemical | medical agent compartment 71 with the simple vacuum pump of the vacuum cleaner grade, or to blow up the residual waste etc. by air blow on the contrary.

The above is the operation in the tablet only mode, but the same operation is performed in the simultaneous packaging mode in which the powdered medicine and the tablet are packaged together in the same package, and the alternating mode in which only the powdered medicine and the solid medicine are packaged alternately. However, in the simultaneous packaging mode and the alternating mode, the powder medicine dividing operation is performed in parallel with the above-described dividing operation of the tablet.

In this case, when the powdered medicine and the tablet are operated in the simultaneous packaging mode of packaging together in the same package, the opening and closing means 187 of the common hopper 180 is always open.

On the other hand, when the medicine packaging device 1 is operated in an alternating mode in which only the powdered medicine and only the solid medicine are packaged alternately, the opening and closing means 187 of the common hopper 180 performs the opening and closing operation. That is, when the powdered medicine is packaged, the opening and closing means 187 of the common hopper 180 is opened, and in other cases, the opening and closing means 187 is closed.

Fig. 26 is a time chart of drive signals input to the motor of the pair of rollers 162 for heat seal in the simultaneous packing mode and open / close signals input to the opening / closing means 187. The attitude | position of the roller 162, the opening-closing state of the opening-closing means 187, and the injection | throwing-in state of a chemical | medical agent are shown.

That is, in the case of operating the medicine packaging apparatus 1 in the alternating mode, the opening and closing means 187 is opened in accordance with the timing of injecting the powdered medicine into the encapsulation part 166, and in all other cases, the opening and closing means 187 is closed. .

Referring to the time chart as a starting point in FIG. 26, at time a, as shown in FIG. 18, circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 of the heat seal roller 162 are sandwiched between the sheets 165. The encapsulation portion of the previously added drug is partitioned to form an independent encapsulation. And the opening-closing means 187 opens between the time between a-b which follows. In addition, between the said time a-b, the heat seal roller 162 has stopped rotating. In addition, the transfer of the sheet 165 is also stopped.

Then, the powdered medicine dividing operation is performed between them, the powdered medicine is supplied from the powdered medicine dividing device (powdered medicine supply unit) 9, and the powdered medicine is sealed in the encapsulation portion of the sheet 165 via the powdered medicine introduction path 182 of the common hopper 180. This is committed. That is, as shown in FIG. 24, the opening-closing means 187 is opened, and powdered medicine is inject | poured from the powdered medicine introduction path 182 into the double-layered sheet 165. FIG.

Then, at time b, the heat seal roller 162 starts rotating, and at the same time, only one bag of the sheet 165 is conveyed by the sheet conveying mechanism. When the time c is reached, the circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 of the heat seal roller 162 are in a position sandwiching the sheet 165, and the encapsulation portion of the powdered medicine currently injected is partitioned to form an independent bag. Between said time b and time c is a process of sealing a sealing part, and there is no injecting of a chemical | medical agent. Therefore, the opening-closing means 187 is closed between time b-c.

During the subsequent c-d, the solid drug is packaged. That is, at time c, the circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 of the heat-seal roller 162 become the posture which sandwiched the sheet | seat 165 again, and the bag of the powdered medicine currently injected as mentioned above is partitioned, and an independent bag is formed. . Then, tablets and the like are supplied from the solid drug supply unit between the time points between c-d, and the powdered medicine is introduced into the encapsulation portion of the sheet 165 via the solid drug introduction passage 181 of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction unit) 180. That is, as shown in FIG. 25, the solid chemical | medical agent is thrown in from the solid chemical | medical agent introduction passage 181 into the double-layered sheet 165. As shown in FIG. At this time, the opening and closing means 187 is closed to block the powdered medicine introduction path 182. Therefore, powdered medicine does not overflow from the powdered medicine introduction path 182, and powdered medicine does not mix in the bag of a solid drug.

Between subsequent d-e, the heat seal roller 162 starts rotation, and at the same time, only one bag is conveyed by the sheet conveyance mechanism. And when time e reaches | attains, the circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 of the heat-sealing roller 162 will be in the position which pinched | interposed the sheet | seat 165, and sealing parts, such as the tablet currently injected, are partitioned and an independent bag is formed. Between said time d and time e is a process of sealing a sealing part, and there is no introduction of a chemical | medical agent. Therefore, the opening-closing means 187 is closed between time d-e.

In addition, at time e, as shown in time a, the circular arc surfaces 169 and 170 of the heat seal roller 162 are sandwiched between the sheets 165, and the encapsulation portions, such as tablets that have been previously introduced, are partitioned to separate the bags. To form. Then, the opening and closing means 187 is opened between the e-f which is continued, and the powdered medicine is introduced into the sealing portion of the sheet 165 via the powdered medicine introduction path 182 of the common hopper 180. The same operation is repeated below, and the sheet 165 is conveyed for only one bag between fg, and the opening and closing means 187 is closed between gh, and the solid medicine is packaged in a state in which the powdered medicine introduction path 182 is sealed. Only one bag is conveyed between hi sheets 165.

As mentioned above, in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this embodiment, the powder medicine path | route is provided with the opening-closing means 187 which opens and closes the powdered medicine introduction path 182 according to the timing of packaging, and the drive which opens and closes the opening-closing means 187. Device (not shown)). And when there is an instruction | indication to supply a chemical | medical agent to the solid chemical | medical agent supply part 22, and there is no instruction | indication to supply a chemical | medical agent to the powdered medicine dividing apparatus (powder medicine supply part) 9, the drive device which opens and closes the opening-closing means 187 is blocked. It is provided with control means to control so that.

In the present embodiment, the opening and closing means 187 is opened in accordance with the timing of introducing the powdered medicine into the sealing portion, and in all other cases, the opening and closing means 187 is closed, so that the powdered medicine is not mixed into the solid medicine bag.

Moreover, in this embodiment, the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction part) 180 has the shape which two independent hoppers joined, and the area of the contact part of the solid medicine introduction path 181 and the powdered medicine introduction path 182 is small. In regard to the trailing end of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction section) 180, the solid medicine introduction passage 181 and the powdered medicine introduction passage 182 are completely separated, and there is no common wall between them and there is a gap 189. Is provided, and the opening shape on the upper side of the common hopper (pharmaceutical introduction portion) 180 is a different shape, so that the vibration when the tablet passes through the powder medicine introduction passage 182 side is small from the point where the bonding area is small. It is hard to convey. Therefore, in this embodiment, the powdered medicine which remained in the powdered medicine introduction path 182 at the time of packaging a tablet is hard to fall.

FIG. 29 (b) shows an example in which a medicine is packaged using the medicine packaging apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, where A and D portions are bags for packaging only tablets, and B and E portions are powdered medicines. It is a bag to be packed only, and the C part is an empty bag (so-called Ross bag), but no powdered medicine is contained in the packaging A, D or Los Bag C to pack only tablets.

Next, the powdered medicine single mode is demonstrated.

In the case of the powdered medicine alone mode, only the powdered medicine dividing device and the medicine packaging part operate in principle. However, when it is clear that the tablets are packaged in a near time, it is preferable to fill the medicine compartment in the medicine compartment.

The flow of control at this time will be described with reference to FIG.

In performing the flow shown in FIG. 28, the control apparatus needs to have a function which memorize | stores the kind of chemical | medical agent to be packed, and a required operation mode.

For example, a higher level computer not shown is provided with a selection key for selecting any one of the types of packing of tablet only mode, powdered medicine only mode, simultaneous packing mode, and alternating mode, and the prescription data or packing type is input to the host computer. .

The control device of the medicine packaging apparatus 1 is connected to the above host computer, receives the package form from the host computer, registers the prescription data for each patient data or every RP, and registers the received data in the queue. .

In addition, the use state in the present of the medicine packing apparatus 1 is discriminated by each unit (the medicine shelf part 2, the medicine packing part 3, the medicine path 25, and each unit of the powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9). It is preferable to provide a discriminating means.

Then, it is determined that the powdered medicine alone mode is being executed (step 1), and that the device on the solid medicine side (the medicine shelf 2, the medicine delivery device 28) is not in use (step 2), and that the powdered medicine dividing device is in use. If it is discriminated (step 3), and if it is discriminated that tablets are not waiting in the chemical | medical agent compartment of the chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus (step 4), the instruction which operates in a tablet single mode is searched from the data registered in the said queue (step 5). . And if there is an instruction to operate in tablet only mode (step 6), the apparatus on the solid medicine side (pharmaceutical shelf part 2, drug delivery device 28) is operated in parallel with the powdered medicine dividing apparatus 9.

If there is no schedule for the tablet-only mode, the process proceeds to steps 11 to 14 to search for the simultaneous packaging mode and the alternating mode, and prior to the actual operation of the mode, the apparatus on the solid drug side (pharmaceutical shelf part 2). , Only the drug delivery device 28 is operated.

Specifically, in step 7, a specific medicine feeder 8 is selected, and tablets to be taken at a time are discharged one by one from the medicine cassette 14.

Subsequently, in step 8, it is confirmed that the medicine is filled in one of the medicine compartments 71, and in step 9, the motor 58 of the drug delivery device 28 is operated to operate the internal rotating disc member 36 in the medicine. Rotate one compartment.

The operation from the medicine feeder 8 to the rotation of the motor 58 is repeated three times.

That is, when it is confirmed that the powdered medicines alone mode, the information in the storage unit is read in parallel with the operation of the medicines alone mode, and it is searched whether there is a request to pack the tablets.

If there is a need to pack tablets, the first three of these operations are searched. Then, it is confirmed now that there is no chemical | medical agent in the chemical | medical agent compartment of a chemical | medical agent conveying apparatus.

Then, the same operation as in the case of the tablet-only mode described above is performed, and the medicines are filled in the three medicine compartments. That is, the chemical | medical agent is previously filled in the chemical | medical agent compartment from the chemical | medical agent filling port 61 to just one front of the 1st discharge part 45. FIG.

Therefore, when the powdered medicine only mode is complete | finished and the operation | movement for packaging a tablet was started, the chemical | medical agent is discharged only by rotating the rotating disc member 36 slightly. Therefore, according to this embodiment, useless waiting time is eliminated.

As explained above, in the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the opening / closing means 187 is opened according to the timing which puts powdered medicine in a sealing part, and in all other cases, the opening-closing means 187 is closed, Powder is not mixed in the bag. Therefore, there is no distrust of the patient.

According to the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of this invention, there exists an effect that the problem which powder medicine mixes with the sealing part which should only enclose solid medicines, such as a tablet, a loss bag, etc. can be eliminated. Therefore, there is an effect that you do not give anxiety that "the foreign material is mixed" to patient.

Moreover, especially the chemical | medical agent packaging apparatus of Claim 3 has the function of preventing the mixing of powdered medicine with respect to the site | part which should not enclose powdered medicine, even if powdered medicine remained in some site | part of the powdered medicine introduction path.

Moreover, since the opening-closing means is closed when the solid medicine is supplied from the chemical | medical agent introduction part to the chemical | medical agent packaging part from the chemical | medical agent introduction part, the powdered medicine is not mixed in the bag which only solid medicine should be enclosed.

Claims (4)

In the medicine packing machine provided with the solid medicine supply part which discharges solid medicine by predetermined number, the powdered medicine supply part which supplies a predetermined quantity of powdered medicine, and the medicine packaging part which wraps the medicine supplied from the powdered medicine supply part and the solid medicine supplying part, respectively. Separating the path so that the drug introduction unit for introducing the drug into the drug packaging unit, so that the path from the solid drug supply unit and the path from the powdered medicine supply unit, respectively, and at least the powdered medicine path to open and close the powdered medicine introduction path in accordance with the timing of packaging A pharmaceutical packaging device characterized in that an opening and closing means is provided. The path is separated so that the solid drug supply unit for discharging a predetermined number of solid drugs, the powder drug supply unit for supplying a predetermined amount of powdered medicine, and the drug introduction unit for introducing the packing unit, are independent of the path from the solid drug supply unit and the path from the powdered medicine supply unit, respectively. In a medicine packaging machine including a medicine introduction section, a medicine packaging section for packaging drugs supplied from a powdered medicine supply section and a solid medicine supply section, and a driving section for driving the medicine packaging section, at least the powdered medicine path is introduced in accordance with the timing of packaging. And a driving device for opening and closing the furnace, and a driving device for opening and closing the opening and closing means, and a driving device for opening and closing the opening and closing means when there is no instruction to supply from the solid medicine supplying part and there is no instruction to supply from the powdered medicine supplying part. Medicine comprising a control means for controlling to block the Packaging equipment. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The medicine introduction part is a hopper or a shooter, The opening-closing means is provided in the terminal part of the powdered medicine introduction path, The medicine packaging apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The solid drug supply unit is a drug packaging device having a structure for storing a plurality of types of solid drugs and at the same time discharge a predetermined number of drugs from the stored solid drugs.

Images