KR20140102008A - Drug dispensing system and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, disclosed is a drug dispensing system which is characterized by comprising multiple drug dispensing box; discharging holes discharging drugs to the outside; and a vertically movable first and second drug transfer unit transferring the drugs dispensed from the multiple drug dispensing boxes to at least one of the discharging holes, wherein the second drug transfer unit can be operated in a second vertical movement range.

Description

[0001] DRUG DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug dispensing system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a drug dispensing system for discharging a drug from a medicine dispensing box containing a drug and a control method thereof.

In general, a single-dose medication according to a patient's prescription may include various kinds and forms of medicines, and a medication for a single dose will be delivered to the patient in a basket.

A variety of medicines to be contained in one basket are collected from a box containing each medicament into one basket according to the type and number of the medicines described in the patient's prescription and the basket in which the medicines are collected is delivered to the patient, You will take the medicines collected in the basket.

On the other hand, in order to collect various medicines in one basket, in the past, medicinal experts such as pharmacists needed to take out the medicines manually from the bottles containing the medicines according to the prescription of the patients, It was absolutely necessary to perform a confirmation operation to judge the situation again.

This makes it difficult to ensure the correctness of the medication and always implies the possibility of causing an attrition. In addition, not only the possibility of weakness but also the complexity of the collection process itself, it takes a long time to collect the medicine according to the prescription of the patient, which also causes a problem of lowering the working efficiency.

For this reason, it is necessary to study methods and techniques for improving the accuracy and efficiency in collecting medicines by one dose according to the patient's prescription, thereby providing convenience to users such as pharmacists, and preventing weakening accidents .

An object of the present invention is to provide a drug dispensing system and a control method therefor which allow a patient to dispense medicines to be taken quickly and accurately from a medicine dispensing box.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a drug dispensing system and a control method thereof, which can prevent a drug which is likely to be broken in the process of collecting a drug from being damaged in collecting a drug to be taken by a patient.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a drug dispensing system and a control method thereof that enable a manager and / or a user to operate more conveniently and efficiently in collecting medicines to be taken by a patient.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a drug dispensing system and a control method thereof that can dispense a drug quickly and accurately while keeping more drugs in collecting medicines to be taken by a patient .

In order to solve the technical problems of the present invention, a plurality of drug dispensing boxes; At least one discharge port for discharging the medicine to the outside; And a first and a second medicament transferring unit for transferring medicines dispensed from the plurality of medicament dispensing boxes to the at least one discharge port and being movable up and down, wherein the first medicament transferring unit operates in a first vertical movement range And the second drug delivery portion operates in a second up-and-down movement range.

The first medicament transferring part can move up and down on a first vertical movement axis and the second medicament transfer part can move up and down on a second vertical movement axis.

In this case, the first up-and-down movement axis and the second up-down movement axis may be separated from each other. The first vertical movement range may be determined by the first vertical movement axis, and the second vertical movement range may be determined by the second vertical movement axis.

Alternatively, the first vertical movement range and the second vertical movement range may be set in advance.

And a control unit for controlling operations of the first drug delivery unit and the second drug delivery unit, wherein the control unit controls the operation of the first drug delivery unit and the second drug delivery unit based on the position of at least one of the plurality of drug discharge boxes, 1 up-down movement range and the second up-down movement range.

The first medicament transfer portion may be located further above the second medicament transfer portion.

The number of the at least one outlet may be one. At this time, the drug release timing of the first drug delivery unit may be different from the drug release timing of the second drug delivery unit.

Alternatively, the at least one outlet may include a first outlet and a second outlet, wherein the first drug delivery portion discharges the medicament through the first outlet, and the second medicament delivery portion delivers the medicament through the second outlet. Can be discharged. The drug release timing of the first drug delivery portion may be different from the drug release timing of the second drug delivery portion, or the drug release timing of the first drug delivery portion may be the same as the drug release timing of the second drug delivery portion.

According to the present invention, the following effects occur.

First, the patient's prescription can be used to ensure that the necessary medication is correctly dispensed from the dispensing box. Particularly, even when a plurality of necessary medicines are dispensed, it is possible to dispense more quickly and accurately, thereby enabling an efficient and quick dispensing operation of the medicines.

Second, in the cartridge coupled with the medicine dispensing box, a rail for guiding the medicine dispensing box when the medicine dispensing box is connected to the cartridge can be connected to the right position. In addition, since the power transmission blocking portion that allows or restricts external power to be delivered to the medicine dispensing box in order to dispense the medicine is provided, there is an effect that the medicine can be dispensed only at an appropriate time.

Third, since the medicines are delivered to the medicines collecting apparatus, the medicines dispensed from the medicament dispensing box can be prevented from escaping to the outside by the bounce by providing the lateral guard portions on both sides of the medicament conveying unit. Furthermore, by providing the buffer member inside the side guard portion, even when the medicine is bounced and collides with the side guard portion, the impact can be minimized and the breakage of the medicine can be prevented.

Fourth, in the ampule-type drug dispensing apparatus, a drug storage matrix capable of storing an ampule-form drug is provided, and a shutter device for dispensing the drug-containing matrix is provided, thereby automatically discharging the ampule-form drug. In addition, the ampoule-type medicines stored inside fall sequentially onto the conveyor by the shutter dropping method, and the dropped drug-like medicines can be dispensed sequentially according to the operation of the conveyor. Furthermore, a variety of cams for actuating the shutters provided in multiple layers are provided, thereby providing a dispensing device that meets a variety of environments and needs. In addition, it is possible to dispense the stored ampule-type drugs at various timings, methods, and forms, thereby preventing damage due to collision between the ampule-type drugs and dispensing the drug stably.

Fifth, in the blister medicine dispensing box, the dispensing of the blister medicine can be easily implemented by the movement of the medicine accommodating portion, so that the configuration can be simplified. Further, when the blister packaging agent is introduced, the blister packaging agent can be prevented from being caught between the blister packaging agent and the other components, thereby accurately injecting the blister packaging agent into the agent receiving portion.

Sixth, in the packaged medicine dispenser box, the perforation line of the package can be easily detected as a premise for individually cutting the package. In addition, by minimizing the shooting area or the acquisition area of the image used to perceive the perimeter of the drug package, it is possible to efficiently and quickly detect the perforation line by minimizing the resources of the computing system consumed in continuous image processing of the continuous image. Furthermore, since only the camera module is used to detect the perforated line of the drug package, and other sensors are not used, the components necessary for perforating line detection of the drug package are miniaturized and economically advantageous.

Seventh, in the pouch-type medicine dispensing box, when the pouch-shaped medicine is dispensed, the pouch-shaped medicine is prevented from being broken, and the efficiency of the work can be maximized.

Eighth, in order to prevent breakage of medicines to be dispensed, by controlling dispensing timing of each medicines in various ways, medicines can be dispensed more securely while dispensing medicines quickly and efficiently.

Ninth, even when some medicines are prepaid, the medicines dispensing information is separately stored, and when medicines are dispensed, the same medicines are dispensed to the same patient by dispensing medicines in consideration of medicines dispensing information Can be prevented in advance.

1 is an environment diagram for schematically explaining an environment in which a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.
FIGS. 2 to 6 are views for explaining various configurations of the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram for explaining a medicine collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a schematic perspective view of a medicine collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a schematic perspective view showing a first medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
10 and 11 are schematic views for explaining the principle of dispensing medicines from the medicine dispensing box by the medicament dispensing drive means according to the present invention.
12 and 13 are schematic perspective views showing a medicine dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing a medicine dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a position shifting unit of a medicine dispensing unit is moved according to an embodiment of the present invention.
16 and 17 are schematic views showing a state in which the rotation support portion of the medicine dispensing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated.
18 is a schematic partially exploded perspective view showing a medicine dispensing unit in another embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a position shifting unit of a medicine dispensing unit is moved in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
20 is a schematic perspective view showing the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention.
21 is a schematic perspective view showing an operating state of the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention.
22 is a schematic perspective view showing another operating state of the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention.
23 is a schematic perspective view showing still another operating state of the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention.
24 is a schematic perspective view for explaining that the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention is applicable to a medicine dispensing box of various sizes.
25 is a schematic perspective view showing an operating state in the case of Fig.
26 is a perspective view showing a part of the drug delivery portion according to an embodiment.
FIG. 27 is a perspective view showing a state of a drug delivery unit according to an embodiment. FIG.
28 is a perspective view illustrating a medicine delivery unit having a side guard according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 29 is a side view showing the state of the medicine feeder shown in Fig. 28;
FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing a drug delivery unit having a side guard according to another embodiment. FIG.
31 is a side view showing the state of the medicine delivery portion of Fig. 30;
32 is a perspective view illustrating a medicine delivery unit having a side guard according to another embodiment of the present invention.
33 is a side view showing the state of the medicine delivery portion of Fig. 32;
34 is a perspective view showing a state of a cartridge according to an embodiment.
35 and 36 are perspective views showing the configuration and operation of the fixing unit according to the embodiment.
37 is a perspective view illustrating a medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment.
Fig. 38 is a front side bottom perspective view showing the medicine dispensing box of Fig. 37; Fig.
Fig. 39 is a rear side bottom perspective view showing the medicine dispensing box of Fig. 37; Fig.
FIG. 40 is a rear side bottom perspective view of the medicine dispensing box of FIG. 37 viewed from another angle; FIG.
Figs. 41 to 43 are incisional perspective views showing the state of the medicine dispensing box of Fig. 37;
44 is a perspective view showing a connection between a medicine dispensing box and a cartridge according to an embodiment.
FIGS. 45 and 46 are schematic views schematically showing a connection state of the medicine dispensing box and the cartridge according to one embodiment.
47 is a perspective view showing a medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
48 is a bottom perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment.
FIG. 49 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment. FIG.
50 is a cross-sectional view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment.
FIG. 51 is an incisional perspective view showing an incompatible medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
52 is an exploded perspective view of a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment.
53 is another exploded perspective view of a medicine-like medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment.
54 is a bottom perspective view showing a state of a light interception part according to an embodiment.
55 and 56 are schematic diagrams showing the operation of the scan unit according to the embodiment.
57 is a block diagram illustrating components associated with perforated line sensing of a medication package in accordance with one embodiment.
FIG. 58 is a schematic view showing a schematic view of a drug package. FIG.
59 is a flowchart illustrating a perforated line sensing method according to an embodiment.
60 is a flowchart illustrating an image processing process according to an embodiment.
61 is a flowchart illustrating a perforated line sensing process according to an exemplary embodiment.
62 is a view for explaining a detection method of a perforated line according to an embodiment.
63 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 64 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a pivoting portion provided in a blister packaging agent dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention is rotated from a body portion; FIG.
65 and 66 are schematic perspective views for explaining the principle in which the pivoting portion provided in the dispensing box for the blister packaged medicine according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated from the body portion.
67 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a blister packaging agent is dispensed from the first row of medicine receiving portions provided in a blister pack dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention;
68 is an internal structural view for explaining a state in which the blister packaging agent is dispensed from the first row of medicine receiving portions provided in the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 69 and 70 illustrate an internal configuration of the blister packaging agent dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a dispensing part is omitted to explain a principle of dispensing the blister packaging agent from the first row of the medicine container. to be.
FIG. 71 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a blister packaging agent is dispensed from a medicine receiving portion of a second row provided in a blister packaging agent dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
72 is an internal structural view for explaining a state in which a blister packaging agent is dispensed from a medicine receiving portion of a second row provided in a blister pack dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 73 and 74 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the opening / closing part for dispensing the blister packaging agent from the second row medicine receiving part provided in the blister packaging agent dispensing box according to the embodiment of the present invention.
75 is a schematic exploded perspective view for explaining the principle of fixing the medicine receiving portion provided in the blister pack dispenser box according to the embodiment of the present invention to a rail portion.
76 is a schematic perspective view for explaining a process of introducing a blister packaging agent into a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 77 and 78 are internal views for explaining a process of injecting a blister packaging agent into a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
79 is an internal structural view for explaining a caudal support provided in a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 80 is a schematic exploded perspective view for explaining a caudal support provided in a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
81 is a schematic perspective view showing a modified example of the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention;
82 is an internal structural view showing a modified example of the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
83 is an internal exploded perspective view showing a modified example of the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
84 is a perspective view showing an ampule-type medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
85 is a perspective view showing an ampoule drug dispenser box having a side opened according to an embodiment.
FIGS. 86 and 87 are perspective views illustrating the operation of the locking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
88 is an exploded perspective view showing an ampule-type drug dispensing box according to an embodiment.
89 is a perspective view showing a driving unit according to an embodiment.
90 is an exploded perspective view showing a state of a partition member according to an embodiment.
91 is a perspective view showing a state of a shutter according to an embodiment.
FIG. 92 is a perspective view showing a state in which the partition member and the shutter are coupled according to an embodiment. FIG.
93 is a partial cutaway perspective view showing a state of a sensing unit and a sensing unit according to an embodiment.
94 is a perspective view showing a conveyor of an ampule-shaped medicine box according to an embodiment.
FIGS. 95 to 96 are partial cutaway perspective views showing the state in which each unit cell is opened or closed.
97 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 96; Fig.
98 is a block diagram showing an overall appearance of an ampule-type medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment.
Figs. 99 to 104 are partial cutaway perspective views sequentially showing states in which the ampule-form drug is dispensed.
105 is a flowchart sequentially showing the operation sequence of the ampule-form drug dispensing box.
106 is a schematic perspective view showing a pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 107 and 108 are schematic perspective views for explaining the principle in which the pivot portion provided in the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated from the housing.
FIGS. 109 and 110 are internal structural views for explaining the internal configuration of a pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 111 to 114 are schematic perspective views illustrating the principle of dispensing pouch-shaped medicines from a medicine storage portion provided in a pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box according to an aspect of the present invention.
115 is a schematic perspective view for explaining how a pouch-shaped medicine is moved by a medicine receiving portion provided in a pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
116 is a schematic view for explaining the principle of movement of the pouch-shaped medicine by the medicine storage part provided in the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box according to the embodiment of the present invention.
117 is a schematic perspective view showing a second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIGS. 118 and 119 are schematic perspective views showing a dispensing means for dispensing a packaging medicament and a dispensing means for dispensing a medicament dispensed to a second dispensing device according to the present invention.
FIGS. 120 to 126 are schematic perspective views illustrating an operating relationship between a dispensing means for dispensing a medicine and a dispensing box for dispensing a medicine, both of which are provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
127 and 128 are schematic perspective views showing a packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
129 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
130 is a schematic perspective view showing the medicine dispensing box provided after being taken out of the medicine dispensing box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
131 is a schematic perspective view showing the interior of a dispensing box for dispensing a medicament provided in the second dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
132 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing the interior of a dispensing box for dispensing a medicament provided in the second dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 133 and FIG. 134 are internal structural diagrams for explaining the operation principle of the pushing portion of the packaged drug dispenser box provided in the second drug dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
FIGS. 135 to 145 are schematic views showing a modified example of the pressurized root portion of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
146 and 147 are a schematic exploded perspective view and a partial view for explaining the principle of detecting the movement of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
148 and 149 are partial views for explaining the principle of increase and decrease of the external communication space of the dispenser for dispensing a medicine provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
150 to 152 are partial views for explaining the operation principle of the aligning portion of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
153 to 156 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the dispensed space increasing portion of the packaged medicine dispensing box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIGS. 157 to 160 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the withdrawal implementing part and the movement blocking part of the dispensing box for packaging medicines provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
161 and 162 are schematic views for explaining the principle of operation of the lock portion of the dispensing box for dispensing the medicine provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 163 is a schematic view for explaining the mounting principle of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention to the cartridge.
FIGS. 164 to 167 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the outward external force application unit of the packaging agent dispensing means provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
168 to 173 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the packaging medicine dispensing means provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus.
FIGS. 174 and 175 are schematic perspective views showing a cartridge for installing a packaged medicine storage box provided in a packaging drug dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
176 to 182 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the position fixing unit of the cartridge for installing the packaging medication storage box provided in the packaging medication dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 183 is a schematic view for explaining the operation principle of the detachment detection sensor of the cartridge for installing a packaging medicament storage box provided in the dispensing device for packaging medicines according to the present invention.
184. FIG. 184 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
185 is a flowchart for explaining an operation in which a medicine is dispensed in the medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 186 is a diagram for explaining a method for selecting a medicine dispensing box in the medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 187 and 188 are diagrams for explaining the medicine dispensing order according to an embodiment of the present invention.
189 is a diagram for explaining a method of controlling drug dispensing timing of drug dispensing boxes according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 190 is a flowchart illustrating a dispensing operation control method of a dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 191 and 192 are diagrams for explaining a method of controlling dispensation timing of a medicine dispensing box according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 193 to 196 are views for explaining a control method of a drug delivery unit when two or more drug delivery units are provided in the drug delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
197 is a flow chart illustrating a method for selecting a prescription according to an embodiment of the present invention.
198 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method for selecting a prescription according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in the present specification are used to easily explain the present invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited by the terms used herein.

As used herein, the term " connection " or " connection " does not necessarily refer to a direct connection or connection, but rather to an indirect connection or connection through an intermediary. Also, " module " or " part " is a term used for convenience of explanation, and therefore does not have a meaning or function that is different from itself.

The present invention can be modified or modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Modifications or variations that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the invention includes modifications or variations that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. On the other hand, the same reference numerals are used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations can be omitted. However, the same reference numerals may be used for the same components for convenience of explanation.

1. Operating environment

1 is an environment diagram for schematically explaining an environment in which a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.

Referring to FIG. 1, a drug dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform communication with various external electronic devices 2 and 3. For example, if the drug dispensing system 1 is deployed in a hospital, it may be a server 2 (hereinafter referred to as a 'server') and / or a staff member of a hospital (for example a doctor, a pharmacist, (Hereinafter, referred to as a 'terminal') for performing a PC, a smartphone, and / or the like assigned to a user (hereinafter referred to as a 'user').

The drug dispensing system 1 may be connected to the server 2 and / or the terminal 3 via a predetermined network N. [ The network N may include both wired and wireless networks.

The server 2 may store various information about the patient, identification information about the users, and / or authentication information. For example, various kinds of information about the patient may be personal information such as the patient's name, sex, age and the like, history information such as the patient's disease history, and prescription information about the medicine to be taken by the patient. In addition, the identification information and the authentication information for the users are unique identification information of the user for granting the access right to the server 2 to the specific user, and may include ID and password, registration number, authorized certificate and fingerprint information, Biometric information such as information, speech recognition information, iris recognition information, and the like.

The terminal 3 can be used to allow the users to access the drug dispensing system 1 and / or the server 2 to obtain the necessary information or to perform inputs to operate the drug dispensing system 1 and / Can be used.

2. Whole system

FIGS. 2 to 6 are views for explaining various configurations of the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include various sub-devices. The various sub-apparatuses may include at least one of the first drug dispensing apparatus 100, the second drug dispensing apparatus 200, and the drug collecting apparatus 300.

The first drug dispensing apparatus 100 is a device that stores relatively small, relatively small volumes of medicines, and dispenses the medicines when necessary.

The second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 is a device which is not relatively standardized, holds a relatively large volume of medicine and / or a device used for medical treatment, and dispenses it if necessary. Hereinafter, the medicines dispensed through the second medicament dispenser 200 include not only medicines but also medicines used for medical treatment according to the convenience of the description.

The medicines collection device 300 may collect medicines dispensed from the first medicament dispensing device 100 and the second medicament dispensing device 200 and may transmit them to a user.

Specific configurations of the first and second medicine dispensing apparatuses 100 and 200 and the medicine collecting apparatus 300 will be described later.

The dispensing system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention may be configured by various combinations of the sub-devices 100, 200,

For example, referring to FIG. 2, the drug dispensing system 1 may include one first drug dispensing apparatus 100 and one drug collecting apparatus 300.

3, the drug dispensing system 1 may be composed of one second drug dispensing apparatus 200 and one drug collecting apparatus 300.

For example, referring to FIG. 4, a first drug dispensing apparatus 100, a second drug dispensing apparatus 200, and a drug collecting apparatus 300 may be used.

For example, referring to FIG. 5, a plurality of first drug dispensing apparatuses 100 and one drug collecting apparatus 300 may be configured.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, a plurality of second drug dispensing apparatuses 200 and one drug collecting apparatus 300 may be configured.

Although not shown in the drawing, a combination of one first drug dispensing apparatus 100, a plurality of second drug dispensing apparatuses 200 and one drug collecting apparatus 300, a plurality of first drug dispensing apparatuses 100, A combination of one second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 and one medicine collecting apparatus 300, a plurality of first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, a plurality of second medicine dispensing apparatus 200, (300), the drug dispensing system (1) can be configured.

Further, although not shown in the drawings, a plurality of drug collecting apparatuses 300 may be configured in each combination.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration related to the drug dispensing system 1, the first medicine dispensing device 11, and the second medicine dispensing device 12 will be described in detail.

3. Structure of drug collection system

FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining a medicine collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a medicine collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 and 8, the medicament collection device 300 includes a communication unit 302, an output unit 310, an input unit 316, a storage unit 308, a control unit 318, . Meanwhile, although not shown in the figure, the medicament collecting apparatus 300 may include a medicament collecting space inside the medicament collecting apparatus 300, and the medicines collected in the medicant collecting space may be supplied to the medicines collecting apparatus 300 (E. G., Frontal view 300F) of the user (e. G., Frontal view 300F). The medicine inlet 320 is preferably located above the medicament collecting space.

8, the medicine inlet 320 is located on the right side of the medicine collecting apparatus 300. However, if necessary, the medicine inlet 320 may be located on the left side. Further, And the left side.

The communication unit 302 may communicate with other electronic devices and may include a plurality of communication modules optimized for a plurality of communication protocols. For example, the communication unit 302 may include an Internet module unit, a short-range communication module unit, and the like that enable communication with the server 2 and / or the terminal 3 described above. The Internet module unit 304 may be a module for Internet connection, and may be built in or enclosed in the drug collection device 300. The short-range communication module 306 is a module for short-range communication. Examples of the short-range communication technology include Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Near Field Communication (NFC), infrared data association (IrDa) (Ultra Wideband), ZigBee, and the like. The communication unit 302 may further include another separate communication module for performing communication with the first and second medicine dispensing apparatuses.

The storage unit 308 may store information.

The storage unit 308 may store information necessary for operation of the drug collection device 300 and information generated by operation of the drug collection device 300. [ The storage unit 308 may also store information necessary for operation of the first and second drug dispensing apparatuses 100 and 200 and information generated by their operation.

The storage unit 308 may include various storage media. For example, the storage unit 308 may include a flash memory, a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read only memory (ROM), an EEPROM a card type memory such as an electrically erasable programmable read only memory, a hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk such as a CD or an optical disk, an SD card, But may include at least one of other storage mediums known to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

The storage unit 308 may be installed inside the medicine collecting apparatus 300, separately from the outside, or in a detachable form. The external storage unit 308 may include a web storage or the like which performs a storage function of the storage unit 308 on the Internet or the server 2 as well as an external hard disk .

The output unit 310 can output information. The user can receive various information through the output unit 310.

The output 310 may output information using at least one of an auditory signal and a visual signal. The output 310 may include at least one of a display, a speaker, and other output devices that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

The output unit 310 may include at least one of the video output unit 312 and the audio output unit 314. [

The video output unit 312 can output a visual signal. That is, the video output unit 312 can display video information. For example, the video output unit 312 may display a user UI or a graphic user interface (GUI).

The image output unit 312 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode (LCD) display, a flexible display, A three-dimensional display (3D display), and other displays apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

The sound erroneous output unit 314 can output an auditory signal, that is, an acoustic signal. For example, the sound output unit 314 may output an acoustic signal related to various functions performed in the medicine dispensing system 1. [

The sound output unit 314 may be implemented as a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, or the like.

The input unit 316 may receive an input from the user necessary for the operations of the drug collecting apparatus 300 and / or the medicine dispensing apparatuses 100 and 200. The user can directly operate the operation of the medicine collecting apparatus 300 and / or the medicine dispensing apparatus 100, 200 through the input unit 316. [ The input unit 316 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a jog wheel, a jog switch, a touch pad, and a conventional knowledge in the art And other input devices that are self-evident to those having the same.

Meanwhile, it is possible for the output unit 310 (particularly, the video output unit 312) and the input unit 316 to be integrally implemented as a single device.

For example, the output unit 310 and the input unit 316 may be implemented as a touch screen that displays information and receives a touch input. The touch screen may include a display for displaying information and a touch panel for sensing the touch input, the touch panel being arranged to form layers with respect to each other. Here, the touch panel senses a touch input, and can detect at least one of the position where the touch input is touched, the touched area, and the strength of the touch.

The touch screen can receive touch input while displaying information.

The medicine inlet 320 may be a passage for receiving the medicine from the medicine dispensing apparatuses 100 and 200.

The control unit 318 can control the overall operation of the drug dispensing system 1 including the drug collecting apparatus 300 and / or the drug dispensing apparatus 100, 200 and other components included therein. For example, the control unit 318 can link various kinds of information and process the information so that the information can be used.

The controller 318 may be implemented as a computer or similar device using software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

The controller 318 may be implemented in hardware as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) ), Controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical devices for performing control functions self-evident to those skilled in the art. .

The control unit 318 may be implemented by software code or software applications written in one or more programming languages in software. Such software may be stored in the storage unit 308 and executed by a hardware configuration of the control unit 318. [ Further, the software can be installed by being transmitted from an external device, for example, the server 2 or the like, to the medicine dispensing system 1. [

4. First dispensing device

9 is a schematic perspective view showing a first medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

9, the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a medicine dispensing box D100 for storing at least one medicine, a medicine dispensing box D100 for dispensing the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, A medicine dispensing drive means D300 for dispensing the medicine contained in the medicine dispensing box D100 and a medicine dispensing drive means D300 for dispensing the medicine dispensed from the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 And a drug dispensing driving means moving unit D400 for moving the drug dispensing driving means in a layer-by-layer manner.

The first drug dispensing apparatus 100 according to the present invention may be configured such that a plurality of drug dispensing boxes D100 may be mounted on the cartridge D200 and the cartridges D200 may be mounted on the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 As shown in FIG.

The number of drug dispensing boxes D100 that can be mounted in one cartridge D200 can be determined by a person skilled in the art May be varied to suit the intent.

Here, the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 may be configured to dispense the medicine by rotating the dispensing portion D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100 accommodating at least one medicine by the medicine dispensing driving means D300 And the medicine dispensing box D100 may be detachably mounted on the cartridge D200.

The medicine dispensed to the outside by the drug dispensing drive means (D300) can be seated in the medicine dispensing portion (D500). The drug delivery portion D500 may be a component including, for example, a conveyor belt. Hereinafter, it may be referred to as a conveyor unit D500 for convenience of explanation. The medicines placed on the conveyor part D500 can be collected in a predetermined external space by being varied in position by the belt rotation movement of the conveyor part D500.

The drug delivering unit D500 can transport the dispensed medicines in the horizontal direction while the dispensing operation is performed.

The speed at which the drug delivery unit D500 transfers the dispensed medicine in the horizontal direction may be constant or variable.

The drug dispensing drive means moving unit D400 may be configured to move the drug dispensing drive means D300 by a drug dispensing drive means moving unit D400, The control section provided in the dispensing apparatus 100 and / or the control section provided in the medicament collecting apparatus 300) to the layer in which the medicine dispensing box D100 containing the necessary packaging medicament is disposed, The dispensing drive means D300 can be moved.

In other words, when a signal according to the prescription of the patient is applied to the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to the present invention, the medicine dispensing driving means moving unit D400 moves the medicine dispensing driving means D300 And then the necessary packaging agent can be dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 by the rotation of the dispensing portion D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100 by the medicine dispensing driving means D300.

The dispensed medicines can be placed on the conveyor part (D500), and the conveyor part (D500) on which the medicine is placed is moved to a position corresponding to the predetermined dispensing space by the medicine dispensing drive unit moving part (D400) It is possible to collect the medicines seated by the belt rotation movement of the conveyor part D500 in a predetermined external space. For example, the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 may have a medicine discharge port at a position corresponding to the medicine supply port 320 of the medicine collecting apparatus 300 described above, and may be dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 The medicines can be transferred to the medicament outlet port and the medicament inlet port 320 by the driving of the conveyor part D500 and the medicines can be transferred to the medicament collecting space through the medicament outlet port and the medicament inlet port 320. [

However, the belt rotation movement of the conveyor part (D500) is not limited to being realized after the conveyor part (D500) is moved to a position corresponding to a preset dispensing space, and the conveyor part (D500) It may be implemented before it is moved to the position corresponding to the space.

On the other hand, when the medicine according to the prescription of the patient is accommodated in a plurality of medicine dispensing boxes D100 disposed in respective layers and a medicine dispensing box D100 disposed in several layers, the medicine dispensing driving means D300 is operated to dispense medicine It is possible to dispense the packaging medicines sequentially or simultaneously from a plurality of medicament dispensing boxes D100 disposed in a layer positioned laterally by a medial moving part D400. When dispensing from one layer is completed, Layer and can dispense the drug again.

When the dispensing of the medicine according to the prescription of the patient is completed from the plurality of medicine dispensing boxes D100 as described above, the conveyor unit D500 in which a plurality of medicines are finally placed is moved to the medicine dispensing driving unit moving unit D400 A plurality of medicines seated by the belt rotation of the conveyor part D500 may be collected in a predetermined external space.

4-1. Principle of dispensing medicine from medicine dispensing box

10 and 11 are schematic views for explaining the principle of dispensing medicines from the medicine dispensing box by the medicament dispensing drive means according to the present invention.

10 and 11, dispensing of the medicine from the medicine dispensing box D100 can be realized by rotation of the dispensing portion D110 exposed in front of the medicine dispensing box D100, The rotation of the medicine dispensing unit D110 can be implemented in the movement of the medicine dispensing unit U of the medicine dispensing drive means D300.

The medicine dispensing unit U may be a component constituting the medicine dispensing driving means D300 and a plurality of medicine dispensing units U may be set to implement one medicine dispensing driving means D300 have. At this time, the drug dispensing drive means (D300) may include at least two drug dispensing units (U).

Hereinafter, the dispensing principle of the medicine will be described on the assumption that the medicine requiring dispensing is accommodated in any medicine dispensing box D100 located in a specific layer.

The medicine dispensing drive means D400 can be moved to a position corresponding to the medicine dispensing box D100 in which the medicine requiring dispensing is housed, and when the movement is completed, The position of the movable part 10 (see FIG. 12) of the medicine dispensing unit U3 (hereinafter referred to as the third medicine dispensing unit) corresponding to the medicine dispensing box D100 containing the medicine requiring dispensing out of the dispensing units U is moved .

The moving part D10 of the third medicine dispensing unit U3 can be moved toward the medicine dispensing box D100 according to an external signal and eventually the dispensing part D20 Is engaged with the dispensing portion D110.

In this case, the dispensing recessed portion D20 is rotated, and the dispensing portion D110 is also rotated by the rotation of the dispensing recessed portion D20.

The medicine contained in the medicine dispensing box D100 can be dispensed to the outside conveyor D500 by the rotation of the dispensing part D110 and the medicines placed on the conveyor part D500 can be dispensed To be collected in the external space.

Here, the position D10 to which the position is shifted is not limited to the third medicine dispensing unit U3, and a detailed description thereof will be given later with reference to FIGS. 20 to 25. FIG.

4-2. Drug dispensing unit

FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view showing a medicine dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 14 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing a medicine dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a position shifting unit of a medicine dispensing unit is moved according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

16 and 17 are schematic views showing a state in which the rotation support portion of the medicine dispensing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention rotates.

12 to 15, the medicine dispensing unit U may be a constituent component of the medicine dispensing driving means D300, and may be positioned so as to be in contact with the dispensing portion D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100 A movable part D10 having a movable part D20 which is moved by the movable part D10 to make the movable part D110 rotatable and a rotary power providing part D10 which generates a driving force for providing a rotary force to the fixed part D20 D30, and a position shifting power providing unit D40 for providing a driving force for the position shifting of the position shifting unit.

Here, the rotational power providing portion D30 and the position moving power providing portion D40 may be disposed adjacent to the position shifting portion D10 and may be a kind of small motor that generates rotational force.

Here, the position shifting power providing portion D40 may be driven by an external signal to generate a rotational force, and the rotational force may rotate the pinion gear D50.

The movement of the position shifting portion D10 can be realized by the rotation of the pinion gear D50.

Specifically, the position shifting portion D10 includes a rack gear D11 that linearly moves by the rotation of the pinion gear D50 so that the outgoing portion D20 is brought into contact with the outflow portion D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100, And the rack gear D11 may be a kind of linear gear.

The rack gear D11 may be formed on the bottom of the position shifting portion D10 and the rack gear D11 may be linearly moved by the rotation of the pinion gear D50 so that the position shifting portion D10 may be moved have.

Here, the rotation of the pinion gear D50 may be realized by a worm gear D60, and the worm gear D62 may include a worm D62 and a worm wheel D64.

In other words, the position shifting power supply D40 may include a worm gear D60 and a pinion gear D50, and the direction of rotation may be changed by a worm gear D60 including a worm D62 and a worm wheel D64 .

The worm wheel D64 and the worm wheel D64 are rotated in the same direction as the rotation direction of the pinion gear D50, Because they share the axis of rotation.

As a result, the rotational power generated by the position shifting power supply D40 rotates the worm D62, and the worm wheel D64 is rotated by the rotation of the worm D62. By the rotation of the worm wheel D64 And the pinion gear D50 is rotated.

The rotation of the pinion gear D50 can cause the rack gear D11 of the position shifting portion D10 to linearly move. The linear motion of the position shifting portion D10 causes the dispensing recessed portion D20 to move in the medicine dispensing box D100 (Not shown).

The position shifting portion D10 includes a rack gear portion D12 in which the above-mentioned rack gear D11 is formed and a rack gear portion D12 connected to the rack gear portion D12 and rotatably supporting the outgoing guide portion D20 And may include a rotation supporting portion D14.

The rotation support portion D14 can be connected to the rack gear portion D12 so as to be rotatable so as to improve the transmission of the rotational driving force due to the contact from the outflow recess portion D20 to the outflow portion D110 have.

16 and 17, the outgoing diverter D20 and the outflow D110 may be formed of a gear, and the outflow D110 may be formed by rotation of the outflow diverter D20. To rotate, they must be fastened to each other.

Here, when the position shifting portion 110 is moved toward the medicine dispensing box D100 by the driving force of the position shifting power providing portion D40, the teeth of the dispensing portion D20 and the teeth of the dispensing portion D110 are mutually There is a possibility of encounter.

In this case, it is necessary to engage with each other through the up-and-down movement of the outflow recessed portion D20. In the present invention, this can be realized through the rotation of the rotation support portion D14 from the rack gear portion D12.

Rotation of the rotation support portion D14 from the rack gear portion D12 can be realized within a limited range by the restoring member D70 provided on the rotation axis, The rotation generated in the process of engaging with the dispenser D110 is such that the dispenser D20 rotates the dispenser D110 to dispense the medicament and then is separated by the restoring member D70 Can be returned.

The rotation of the outflow turret D20 may be realized by a rotary power providing unit D30 disposed adjacent to the position shifting unit D10 and the driving force of the rotary power providing unit D30 is transmitted to the rotary power interlocking unit D32 to the dispensing recess D20.

The rotary power interlocking part D32 is a component of the rotation supporting part D14 and may be a kind of gear and the rotational power of the rotary power interlocking part D32 is transmitted by the rotary power transmitting part D34 to the outgoing part D20.

The rotary power transmitting portion D34 may be a component of a rotary support portion D14 arranged to be in contact with the rotary power interlocking portion D32, To the sub-circuit D20.

The rotary power transmitting portion D34 includes a first rotary power transmitting portion D34a disposed to be in contact with the rotary power interlocking portion D32 and a second rotary power transmitting portion D34b disposed between the first rotary power transmitting portion D34a and the outgoing diaphragm D20, And a second rotary power transmitting portion D34b arranged to be in contact with the first rotary power transmission portion D34b.

As a result, the rotary power interlocking portion D32, the rotary power transmitting portion D34 and the outgoing recessed portion D20 are arranged to interlock with each other so that the rotational power of the rotary power providing portion D30 is finally distributed to the outgoing portion D20.

However, the rotational power of the rotary power supply D30 is not limited to that transmitted to the outgoing recess portion D20 by the plurality of gears as described above, and the rotational power providing portion D30 may be directly connected to the outflow recess portion D20, It is also possible to rotate the rotation shaft D20 and to dispose the rotating power interlocking portion D32 so as to engage with the outgoing recessed portion D20 without the rotation power transmission portion D34.

It is noted that the rotary power interlocking portion D32, the rotary power transmitting portion D34 and the outgoing recessed portion D20 are not limited to being formed by gears but can also be realized by belts, chains, and the like.

The position shifting support portion D80 may be supported by the position shifting support portion D80 and the position shifting support portion D80 may be supported by the position shifting support portion D80, Can be arranged in both directions.

The position shifting support D80 may be a kind of fixing structure supporting the movement of the position shifting portion D10 from the viewpoint of the position shifting portion D10 and may include a position fixing portion D82 and at least one supporting shaft D84, . ≪ / RTI >

The position fixing portion D82 may be a kind of an escape prevention wall for preventing the movement of the position shifting portion D10 and the supporting shaft D84 may be a connecting shaft for connecting the position fixing portion D82 to each other.

The position shifter D10 may include a penetration portion S for allowing the support shaft D84 to pass through and allowing the support shaft D84 to be disposed between the position fixing portions D82, The penetrating portion S may be continuously formed along the moving direction of the position shifting portion D10.

The penetrating portion S may define a position shift range of the position shifting portion D10 and the position shifting portion D10 may be configured such that the support shaft D84 penetrates through the penetration portion S, D100.

The movement of the moving part D10 may be guided by a guide part D86 coupled to the support shaft D84 and the guide part D86 may be in contact with the wall defining the penetrating part S, And may be a component of a position-moving support part D80 for guiding the movement of the position shifting part D10.

The position shifting portion D10 may be slid while being in contact with the guide portion D86, but the guide portion D86 may be formed of a ball bearing so that the position shifting can be guided by the rotation of the ball bearing.

Meanwhile, the medicine dispensing unit U according to an embodiment of the present invention can detect whether or not the position shifting unit D10 is moved by the movement detecting unit D90, and the movement detecting unit D90 And may be disposed in one direction of the position shifting portion D10.

Here, the movement detection unit D90 may detect whether the extension D95 of the position D10 extending toward the movement detection unit D90 is moving, and the position detection unit D90 may detect the movement of the extension D95. The movement of the extension D95, that is, the movement of the position D10, can be detected.

FIG. 18 is a schematic partial exploded perspective view showing a medicine dispensing unit according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a position shifting unit of a medicine dispensing unit is moved according to another embodiment of the present invention. to be.

18 and 19, the drug dispensing unit U 'according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a rotating power interlocking part D32', a turning power transmitting part D34 ' (D32 ') of the medicine dispensing unit (U) according to the embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 17 except for the arrangement relationship of the rotation power interlocking part D32' The rotation power transmission portion D34 ', and the outgoing recess portion D20' will be omitted.

The turning power transmitting portion D34 'may include a first turning power transmitting portion D34'a and a second turning power transmitting portion D34'b and may include a turning power interlocking portion D32b, The power transmitting portion D34'a, the second turning power transmitting portion D34'b and the outgoing portion 20 'may be arranged as a whole.

This is because the medicine dispensing unit U 'is disposed in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 and constitutes a second medicine dispensing unit layer B to be described later, and will be described below.

4-3.

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing the medicine dispensing driving means according to the present invention, and FIG. 21 is a schematic perspective view showing an operating state of the medicine dispensing driving means according to the present invention.

22 is a schematic perspective view showing another operating state of the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 20, the drug dispensing drive means D300 may be mounted on a first drug dispensing apparatus 100 having a plurality of drug dispensing boxes D100 having at least one layer and containing a drug therein And may be a kind of drug dispensing structure for dispensing at least one medicament by rotating the dispensing portion D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100.

Specifically, the drug dispensing drive means D300 may include a first drug dispensing unit to an Nth drug dispensing unit arranged to correspond to the drug dispensing box mounted on one of the layers, and the first drug dispensing unit Unit or the Nth medicine dispensing unit can rotate the dispensing portion D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100 containing the medicine requiring dispensing so as to dispense the medication requiring dispensing (N is a natural number).

When there are a plurality of medicament dispensing boxes D100 that require dispensing, the first medicament dispensing unit to the Nth medicament dispensing unit dispense each medicament out of the plurality of medicament dispensing boxes D100 requiring dispensing The dispensing portion D110 of the plurality of medicine dispensing boxes D100 that need dispensing can be simultaneously or sequentially rotated.

If the number of drug dispensing units U provided in the drug dispensing drive means D500 is smaller than the number of drug dispensing boxes D500 that should dispense medicines in one layer (for example, one The number of drug dispensing boxes D500 to which medicines are to be dispensed is three and the number of medicament dispensing units U provided in the medicament dispensing driving means D500 is two) The medicine dispensing drive unit U can be dispensed sequentially while moving the position of the medicine dispensing drive unit U from side to side so that the medicine can be dispensed according to the medicine dispensing order given to the medicine dispensing drive unit U.

Therefore, the medicine dispensing drive means D300 according to the present invention can accurately dispense the necessary medicine from the medicine dispensing box D100 according to the prescription of the patient, and improve the dispensing efficiency.

Some of the first drug dispensing unit to the Nth medicine dispensing unit may be disposed at the same height to form a first drug dispensing unit layer (A), and the remainder may be formed in the first drug dispensing unit layer (A) The second medicine dispensing unit layer (B) can be formed at the same height in one direction of the second medicine dispensing unit layer (B).

Here, all of the dispensing unit of the dispenser unit constituting the second dispenser unit layer (B) is formed to have the same height as the dispenser unit of the dispenser unit constituting the first dispenser unit layer (A) .

This is because the rotating power interlocking portion D32 ', the first turning power transmitting portion D34'a, and the second turning power transmitting portion D34'b of the medicine dispensing unit constituting the second medicine dispensing unit layer (B) ) And the outgoing sub-part D20 'are arranged as a whole in the letter "a " (see Figs. 18 and 19).

The first medicine dispensing unit layer A and the second medicine dispensing unit layer B disposed so as to have different heights correspond to the widths of the various medicine dispensing boxes D100, When the medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100, the medicine dispensing unit constituting the first medicine dispensing unit layer (A) and the medicine dispensing unit constituting the second medicine dispensing unit layer (B) may be simultaneously applied .

However, when the medicines are dispensed from the medicament dispensing box D100 having a relatively small width, the medicines can be dispensed only to the medicament dispensing units constituting the first medicament dispensing unit layer (A).

In other words, the corresponding medicine dispensing unit in the case where the medicine dispensing box D100 is relatively small as shown in the drawing may be the dispensing unit included in the first medicine dispensing unit layer (A).

Hereinafter, the case where N is 12 and the medicine dispensing box D100 is relatively small will be described as an example. However, the third dispensing unit U3 and the sixth medicine dispensing unit D300, The operation state will be described by taking as an example the case where the medicine contained in the medicine dispensing box D100 corresponding to the unit U6 is dispensed.

21, the medicine dispensing drive means D300 can be moved to a position corresponding to the medicine dispensing box D100 containing the medicine requiring dispensing by the dispensing drive means moving section D400, The third and fourth drug dispensing units U3 and U6 can be driven by the external signal.

(D10) of the third medicine dispensing unit (U3) by the driving force of the third medicine dispensing unit (U3) and the position moving power providing part (D40) of the sixth medicine dispensing unit The moving part D10 of the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 can be moved to the corresponding medicine dispensing box D100 and each dispensing part D20 can be moved to the dispensing part D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100 ). ≪ / RTI >

Here, in the case where the teeth of the dispensing recessed portion D20 and the gear of the dispensing portion D110 hit each other, the rotation supporting portion D14 can be corrected to be engaged by the rotation from the rack gear portion D12 17).

The rotational power providing portion D30 of the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the rotational power providing portion D30 of the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 generate driving force to generate the driving force to the respective dispensing recessed portions D20, Whereby the dispensing portion D110 of the corresponding medicine dispensing box D100 is rotated so that the necessary medicine can be dispensed to the conveyor portion D500.

22, the driving of the rotational power providing portion D30 for generating the driving force is not limited to the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6, At least one of the medicine dispensing units U1, U2, U4, U5, and U7 to U12 other than the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 may be driven Do.

When the necessary medicine is dispensed, the rotational power providing portion D30 of the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the rotational power providing portion D30 of the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 stop rotating, And each of the position shifting portions D10 can be returned to its original position by the driving force of the third drug dispensing unit U3 and the position moving power providing portion D40 of the sixth drug dispensing unit U6 have.

Here, the position moving direction of the medicine dispensing units U3 and U6 by the position moving power providing portion D40 can be realized by switching the rotating direction of the position moving power providing portion D40.

When there are two or more drugs requiring dispensation in the same layer as described above, they can be simultaneously dispensed by the driving force of the corresponding rotary power supplier D30 after the corresponding position D10 is moved .

However, the driving force generation of the moving and rotating power providing portion D30 of the position shifting portion D10 is not limited to the simultaneous implementation, but may be implemented sequentially.

23 is a schematic perspective view showing still another operating state of the medicine dispensing drive means according to the present invention.

23, the medicine dispensing drive means D300 can be moved to a position corresponding to the medicine dispensing box D100 containing the medicine requiring dispensing by the dispensing drive means moving unit D400, The third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 as well as the position moving power supply D40 of the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 and the third medicine dispensing unit U3, At least one of the drug dispensing units U1, U2, U4, U5, U7 to U12 other than the unit U6 may also be driven.

Hereinafter, the case will be described in which the position moving power supply unit D40 of the first medicine dispensing unit U1 to the ninth medicine dispensing unit U9 is driven.

The position of the first medicine dispensing unit U1 to the position of the ninth drug dispensing unit U9 is controlled by the driving force of the position dispatching power supply D40, The movable part D10 of the medicine dispensing unit U9 can be moved to the corresponding medicine dispensing box D100 and each dispensing part D20 can be moved to the dispensing part D110 of the medicine dispensing box D100 It can be interlocked.

The rotational power providing portion D30 of the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the rotational power providing portion D30 of the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 generate driving force to generate the driving force to the respective dispensing recessed portions D20, Whereby the dispensing portion D110 of the corresponding medicine dispensing box D100 is rotated so that the necessary medicine can be dispensed to the conveyor portion D500.

That is, all of the outgoing circles D20 whose positions are shifted are engaged with the corresponding dispensation portions D110, respectively, but the dispensed circulation D20 which is rotated is the third medicament dispensing unit U3 and the sixth medicament dispensing unit U6 ), So that the discharged dispenser D110 may be limited thereto.

When the necessary medicine is dispensed, the rotational power providing portion D30 of the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the rotational power providing portion D30 of the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 stop rotating, And each of the position shifting portions D10 can be returned to its original position by the driving force of the position moving power providing portion D40 of the first medicine dispensing unit U1 to the ninth medicine dispensing unit U9 have.

On the other hand, the driving force generation of the rotational power providing portion D30 of the third medicine dispensing unit U3 and the sixth medicine dispensing unit U6 is not limited to being implemented at the same time, but may be implemented sequentially .

FIG. 24 is a schematic perspective view for explaining that the medicine dispensing driving means according to the present invention is applicable to a medicine dispensing box of various sizes, and FIG. 25 is a schematic perspective view showing an operating state in the case of FIG.

24 and 25, the drug dispensing drive means D300 may include a first drug dispensing unit layer A and a second drug dispensing unit layer B, and the second drug dispensing unit layer B may be formed so as to have the same height as the outflow recesses of the medicine dispensing units constituting the first medicine dispensing unit layer (A).

Here, the corresponding medicine dispensing unit in the case where the medicine dispensing box D100 is relatively wide as shown in the drawing is included in both the first medicine dispensing unit layer (A) and the second medicine dispensing unit layer (B) .

Specifically, the medicament dispensing unit corresponding to the medicament dispensing box D100 having a relatively large width includes the first medicament dispensing unit U1, the tenth medicament dispensing unit U10, the fourth medicament dispensing unit U4, A medicine dispensing unit U11, a seventh medicine dispensing unit U7, and a twelfth medicine dispensing unit U12.

Accordingly, the drug dispensing drive means D300 according to the present invention can be applied to both the drug dispensing box D100 having various widths by the first drug dispensing unit layer U1 and the second drug dispensing unit layer U2 have.

Meanwhile, the process of dispensing medicines from the medicine dispensing box D100 may be the same as that described with reference to FIGS. 20 to 23. FIG.

4-4. Structure of medicine transfer part (conveyor part)

26 and 27, a drug delivery unit according to an embodiment will be described. FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing a partially cutaway part of the medicine delivery part according to an embodiment, and FIG. 27 is a perspective view showing a state of a medicine delivery part according to an embodiment.

The drug delivery part (D500, conveyor part) is a part where the dispensed medicament is seated. The medicine feeding portion D500 includes a conveyor belt CB11, a pair of orbital shafts CB12a and CB12b, a pair of path switching rollers CB13a and CB13b and a driving roll CB14.

Conveyor belt CB11 rotates along an endless track. The conveying belt CB11 seats the dispensed medicament. Further, the pair of the trajectory axes CB12a and CB12b take charge of both axes of the endless track in which the conveyor belt CB11 rotates. That is, the conveyor belt CB11 rotates along a trajectory passing through the outer circumferential surfaces of the pair of the orbital shafts CB12a and CB12b.

On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 26, the conveyor belt CB11 can be rotated via the pair of path switching rollers CB13a and CB13b and the driving roll CB14. The driving roll CB14 is connected to the motor CB15 and the timing belt CB16 and rotates to transmit the driving force so that the conveyor belt CB11 can rotate. At this time, the pair of path switching rolls CB13a and CB13b are provided so as to contact the outer peripheral surface of the conveyor belt CB11, and the drive roll CB14 is provided to abut the inner peripheral surface of the conveyor belt CB11. The drive roll CB14 is also located between the pair of path switching rollers CB13a and CB13b and at the same time a position lower than the pair of path switching rolls CB13a and CB13b, Of the path switching rolls CB13a, CB13b. A support plate CB171 is provided at the lower end of the upper surface of the conveyor belt CB11. The support plate CB171 supports the upper surface of the conveyor belt CB11 and receives an impact through the upper surface of the conveyor belt CB11 on the medicine falling when the medicine is dispensed. 27, the drug delivery portion D500 according to the present embodiment includes a side member CB172. The above-mentioned support plate CB171 is fixed to the side member CB172.

28 to 29, a side guard according to an embodiment will be described. FIG. 28 is a perspective view showing a drug delivery unit having a side guard according to an embodiment, and FIG. 29 is a side view showing a drug delivery unit shown in FIG.

28, at least one side guard portion CB30 is provided at a side surface of the medicine delivery portion according to the present embodiment, which has a predetermined height to prevent the medicament from being released to the outside when the medicament is placed .

29, the side guard portion CB30 may include a fixed portion CB33, first inclined portions CB32a and CB32b, and a height reinforcing portion CB31. The fixing portion CB33 is a component for fixing the side guard portions CB30a and CB30b to the side member CB172. The first inclined portions CB32a and CB32b are formed so as to be inclined upward toward the outside. The first inclined portions CB32a and CB32b function to enlarge a region in which the dispensed medicine can be seated, and function to minimize the drop impact by inclination when the medicine falls. The height reinforcing portion CB31 functions to secure the height of the side guard portion CB30 so as to prevent the medicament from bouncing out of the medicament while it is being dispensed so as to escape to the outside.

A side guard according to another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 30 and 31. FIG. FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing a state of a drug delivery unit having a side guard according to another embodiment, and FIG. 31 is a side view showing a drug delivery unit of FIG. 30. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 30 and 31, the side guard portion CB30 may be provided with a cushioning member CB35 that absorbs shock generated by the force exerted on the inner side surface of the side guard portion CB30. The buffer member CB35 is formed of a material capable of absorbing an impact inside the side guard portions CB30a and CB30b as shown in Fig. In particular, it is preferable that the buffer member CB35 is provided on the side surface guard portion CB30a opposite to the direction CBD1 in which at least the medicine dispensing box is located.

32 and 33, a side guard according to another embodiment will be described. FIG. 32 is a perspective view showing a state of a drug delivery unit having a side guard according to another embodiment, and FIG. 33 is a side view showing a state of the drug delivery unit shown in FIG. 32.

32 and 33, in particular, the opposite side guard portion CB30a 'of the direction CBD1 in which the medicine dispensing box D100 is positioned is inclined opposite to the first inclined portions CB32a and CB32b The second inclined portion CB34 may be included. The second inclined portion CB34 is formed so as to be inclined inward, so that it is possible to more actively prevent the medicament falling off during bouncing from bouncing outward and departing.

4-5. Cartridge Structure

34 to 36, a cartridge according to an embodiment will be described. FIG. 34 is a perspective view showing a state of a cartridge according to an embodiment, and FIGS. 35 and 36 are perspective views showing a configuration and operation of a fixing unit according to an embodiment.

The cartridge D200 includes a cartridge housing composed of a lower housing CR40 and a rear housing CR50. The lower housing CR40 supports the medicine dispensing box when a medicine dispensing box to be described later enters, and the rear housing CR50 limits entry of the medicine dispensing box beyond a certain distance. At the upper end of the lower housing CR40, a rail CR41 is provided along the entry path of the medicine dispensing box D100 to be described later. The rail CR41 guides the entry of the medicine dispensing box D100 for connection along the entry path. The rail CR41 is formed to have a predetermined length and is formed in an upwardly protruding shape. The rail CR41 may be formed in two or more projecting shapes parallel to each other.

The rear housing CR50 may be provided with a first data transmission / reception terminal CR51. The first data transmission / reception terminal CR51 is connected to the medicine dispensing box and transmits / receives data to / from the control unit in the medicine dispensing box. As an example, the medicine dispensing apparatus receives the UUID of the medicine dispensing box through the first data transmission / reception terminal CR51, and can acquire information such as the kind and quantity of the medicine stored in the dispensing box.

In the present embodiment, the first data transmission / reception terminal CR51 is formed in a protruding shape having a predetermined step from the rear housing CR50 to the front side, and a plurality of connector pins for electrically connecting to the medicine dispensing box Respectively.

The lower housing CR40 is provided with a release facilitating part CR42. The separation promoting unit CR42 applies a force to the medicine dispensing box D100 in the separating direction at the time of separating the medicine dispensing box to be described later. Specifically, the separation promoting unit CR42 includes a first projection CR421 and a first elastic member CR422. The first projection CR421 protrudes to the upper end of the lower housing CR40 and is exposed to the outside. The first elastic member CR422 is pressurized in the process of connecting the medicine dispensing box D100 and provides the restoring force to the medicine dispensing box D100 by the elastic force when the medicine dispensing box D100 is separated.

In addition, the rear housing CR50 is provided with a locking portion CR52 for releasing the medicine dispensing box D100 to be fixed or releasable. The lock portion CR52 is provided with the cam portion CR523, the lock portion main body CR522, the hook portion CR521, the extension portion CR524, the detected portion CR525, and the sensing portion CR526 .

The cam (CR523) rotates about a certain axis, and has a long radius portion and a short radius portion around an axis which is the center of rotation. As shown in Figs. 35 and 36, the lock portion body (CR522) is provided to abut against the outer peripheral surface of the cam (CR523), and when the cam (CR523) , And is operated so as to descend when abutting on the minor radius portion. The hook portion CR521 extends from the front surface of the lock portion main body CR522 and rises or falls together with the lifting of the lock portion main body CR522. The sensing unit CR526 is further provided with an extension CR524 extending upward from the upper end of the lock unit main body CR522 and adjacent to the extension CR524. As the sensing unit CR526, a sensor including a light receiving unit and a light emitting unit, for example, an infrared sensor may be used. A sensing part CR525 is formed extending from one side of the extension part CR524 and the sensing part CR525 is provided to move up and down between the light receiving part of the sensing part CR526 and the light emitting part, That is, whether the lock portion CR52 is in a fixed position or a release position.

37 to 39, a medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment will be described. 37 is a perspective view showing the state of the medicine dispensing box according to the embodiment, FIG. 38 is a front side bottom view perspective view showing the medicine dispensing box of FIG. 37, and FIG. 39 is a view showing the medicine dispensing box And FIG.

The medicine dispensing box D100 includes a dispensing box housing CR61. Specifically, the housing CR61 includes a housing main body CR611 and a front end portion CR612. A discharge port CR613 is formed in the front end portion CR612, and the gear CR621 is provided so as to be exposed to the outside. For example, the gear CR621 may be the same component as the dispensing portion D110 (see FIGS. 16 and 17) of the medicine dispensing box D100 described above.

38, a rail receiving portion CR64 is formed on the bottom surface of the housing body CR611. The rail receiving portion CR64 is guided along the entry path by inserting the rail described above. The rail receiving portion CR64 is formed up to the rear surface of the housing main body CR611. Further, the rail receiving portion CR64 receives the rails from the rear side when the medicine dispensing box is connected to the cartridge, and the rails are gradually received along the rail receiving portion CR64 toward the front portion side. At this time, the rail receiving portion CR64 may be formed with a receiving start portion CR64a on the rear side of the dispensing box housing CR611. The accommodation start portion CR64a is formed as a part of the rail receiving portion CR64 so as to gradually increase in width toward the rear side. The capacity acceptance section CR64a is enlarged as the starting point at which the rails are accommodated so that the rails can be accommodated more easily. The accommodation start portion CR64a may be formed in various lengths. That is, it is also possible to form the rail receiving portion CR64 so that the entire width of the rail receiving portion CR64 gradually increases toward the rear side.

On the other hand, on the bottom surface of the housing main body CR611, there is formed a release facilitating portion accommodating groove CR65 for accommodating the above-described release facilitating portion. As described above, the release facilitating portion is pressed in a state of being accommodated in the receiving groove CR65 when the medicine dispensing box is connected to the cartridge, or a force is applied to the housing main body CR611 in the separating direction by an elastic force.

The housing main body CR611 may include data terminal units CR66 and CR67 on its rear surface. Specifically, the data terminal portion includes a terminal accommodating groove CR66 and a second data transmission / reception terminal CR67. The terminal receiving groove CR66 receives the data transmission / reception terminal of the cartridge, and the second data transmission / reception terminal CR67 is electrically connected to the data transmission / reception terminal of the cartridge.

Further, a locking portion CR68 is formed on the rear surface of the housing main body CR611. The engaging portion CR68 is formed in a stepped groove shape so that the hook portion of the locking portion of the cartridge described above is caught.

40 to 43, the power cut-off portion of the medicine dispensing box according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 40 is a rear side bottom perspective view of the medicine dispensing box of FIG. 37 viewed from a different angle, and FIGS. 41 to 43 are incisional perspective views showing the medicine dispensing box of FIG.

On the other hand, a turning portion CR691 is exposed on the front side of the rail receiving portion CR64 formed on the bottom surface of the housing main body CR611. The pivot portion CR691 is a constituent portion of the power cut-off portion, as shown in Figs. 40 and 41, which is pressed by the rails when the rails described above are accommodated. As described above, the drug dispensing box D100 has at least one gear that receives power from the outside. The power cut-off portion is a mechanical component that controls to restrain or release the gears from rotating, irrespective of the power transmitted from the outside.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 42, the power blocking portion includes a turning portion CR691 and a blocking portion main body CR692. The pivot portion CR691 includes a first end portion CR6911, a pivot portion CR6912, and a second end portion CR6913. The first end portion CR6911 is pivoted about the pivot axis CR6912 and the second end portion CR6913 is provided on the other side of the first end portion CR6911 with respect to the pivot axis CR6912, As shown in Fig.

The blocking portion main body CR692 includes a contact portion CR6921, a first extending portion CR6922, a second extending portion CR6923, and a second projecting portion CR6924. The contact portion CR6921 is provided in contact with the above-mentioned second end portion CR6913. The first extended portion CR6922 extends from the contact portion CR6921 toward the gear CR622 and the second extended portion CR6923 extends upward from the end of the first extended portion CR6922 on the side of the gear CR622 do. A second projection CR6924 protruding toward the side of the gear CR622 is formed at the end of the second extension CR6923. The second projection CR6924 is interposed between the tooth and the tooth of the gear CR622 to restrain the rotation of the gear CR622 or between the tooth and the tooth of the gear CR622, And the gear CR622 is released to be rotatable. Meanwhile, the second elastic member CR693 may be provided to contact the second extended portion CR6923. The second elastic member (CR693) functions to push the second extended portion (CR6923) in the direction in which the gear (CR622) is provided by elasticity.

43, when the first end portion CR6911 is pushed by the above-described rails to rotate in the gear CR622 side direction CRD2, the second end portion CR6913 is reversely moved in the opposite direction of the gear CR622 (CRD3). At this time, the contact portion CR6921 is pushed by the second end portion CR6913 in the opposite direction CRD3 of the gear CR622 and is retracted, and the contact portion CR6921 is connected to the first connection portion CR6922 and the second connection portion CR6923 The connected second projection CR6924 is also retreated in the opposite direction CRD3 of the gear CR622 and separated from the gear CR622. In this state, the gear CR622 is released to be rotatable.

44 to 46, a connection between the medicine dispensing box and the cartridge according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 44 is a perspective view showing a connection between a medicine dispensing box and a cartridge according to an embodiment, and FIGS. 45 and 46 are schematic views schematically showing a connection state of a medicine dispensing box and a cartridge according to an embodiment.

The medicine dispensing box D100 enters along the rail CR41 provided in the bottom housing CR40 of the cartridge D200 and is engaged with the cartridge D200 as shown in Fig. At this time, the release facilitating part CR42, the first transmission / reception terminal CR51, and the locking part CR52 provided in the cartridge D200 are inserted into the corresponding components of the medicine dispensing box D100, respectively.

Specifically, when the medicine dispensing box D100 is coupled, the rail CR41 is received in the rail receiving portion CR64, and the holding portion CR521 is inserted into the holding portion CR68 formed on the rear surface of the medicine dispensing box D100 And is fixed in such a way that it is caught. Also, the first data transmission / reception terminal CR51 is electrically connected to the medicine dispensing box D100 while being housed in the data terminal unit CR66. At this time, the cam portion CR523 is brought into contact with the lock portion main body CR522 with a portion having a smaller radius in the outer peripheral surface.

Further, when the medicine dispensing box D100 is detached, the longer radius portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cam (CR523) is brought into contact with the lock portion main body (CR522), and the hanger portion (CR521) is lifted up. When the hook CR521 is lifted, the hook CR521 is released from the hook CR68 formed on the rear surface of the medicine dispensing box D100, thereby releasing the medicine dispensing box D100. When the drug dispensing box D100 is disconnected, the portion of the rail CR41 gradually deviating from the rail receiving groove CR64 is increased. The first data transmission / reception terminal CR51 is connected to the data terminal portion CR66 and the data terminal portion CR66).

Hereinafter, various types of medicine dispensing boxes D100 that can be mounted in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 will be described. In the following, the packaged medicine dispensing box BOX1, the blaster packaged medicine dispensing box BOX2, the ampoule-type medicine dispensing box BOX3, and the pouch-type medicine dispensing box BOX4, A structure of the dispensing portion D110 for allowing the medicine to be dispensed by driving the means D300, and a coupling structure for coupling to the cartridge D200. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of description, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

4-6. Drug dispenser box # 1 - Drug dispenser dispenser box

The packaged medicine dispenser box according to the present invention is a device for dispensing medicines stored in a package form. The apparatus for dispensing cannabinoid medicine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage section, a transfer section, a cut section, a light source section, and a scan section. Hereinafter, the components will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

47 and 48, a housing constituting an outer shape will be described. FIG. 47 is a perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 48 is a bottom perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment.

The housing constituting the external shape of the in-vitro medicine dispensing box BOX1 includes a housing main body B1130, a front portion B1110, and a housing cover B1120. The housing main body B1130 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. A housing cover B 1120 is provided at an upper end of the housing main body B 1130. The housing cover B1120 is openable and closable at one side so as to be rotatable. And a discharge port B1112 through which the cut medicine is discharged is formed in the front portion B1110. The outlet B1112 is provided to be exposed to the outside through the front end cover B1111. On the other hand, the discharge port B1112 may be provided with a sensor (not shown) for detecting discharged chemicals. In this case, counting means for counting the number of the discharge drops detected by the sensor may be provided, so that the number of discharged drops can be counted.

As shown in FIG. 48, the lower end of the housing main body B1130 is furnished with the rail receiving portion B1140. The rail receiving portion B1140 serves to guide and receive a rail formed in the cartridge D200 in which the canned medicine dispensing box BOX1 according to the present embodiment is accommodated.

Referring to Fig. 49, the front portion and the cut portion of the housing will be described. FIG. 49 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment. FIG.

The front end portion B1110 of the housing includes a front end portion main body B1115 and a front end cover B1111. The front end portion main body B1115 is formed with a first medicine port B1116 which is communicably connected to the above-mentioned discharge port B1112. The front end portion main body B1115 has a cut portion B1200 on the inner side. The cut portion B1200 is formed with the second drug port B1210, and cuts through the second drug port B1210, which moves through the package. The second drug port B1210 is communicably connected to the first drug port B1116 of the front end body B1115 and the discharge port B1112 of the front end cover B1111.

The transporting unit, the storage unit, and the light source unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 50 and 51. FIG. FIG. 50 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 51 is a cutaway perspective view showing an incision dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The storage unit B1300 is formed in a wheel shape and is stored in a state in which the medicine package B12 is wound. Storage section B1300 includes core B1320 and side casing B1310. The medicine package B12 is wound around the winding core B1320 and is then unrolled by the conveyance unit B1400. The side case B1310 serves to prevent the package B12 from falling off to the side when the package B12 is wound or unwound from the shim B1320. On the other hand, the storage unit B1300 can be formed simply by a space portion in which the package can be stored. That is, it is also possible to provide a simple space by excluding constituent parts such as wheels in the storage part, and to simply fold the package of medicine into the formed space part.

The transfer portion B1400 includes a pair of first rolls B1410, a pair of second rolls B1420, and a discharge roll B1430. The pair of first rolls B1410 includes a first upper roll B1411 and a first lower roll B1412. The first upper roll B1411 is located on the upper portion of the first lower roll B1412 and is provided to abut the first lower roll B1412. The outer circumferential surfaces of the first upper roll B1411 and the first lower roll B1412 may be formed of an elastic material, in particular, a porous material. The outer circumferential surfaces of the first upper roll B1411 and the first lower roll B1412 are made of an elastic material so that the force for pressing the medicines in the package of medicine interposed therebetween can be minimized. The first lower roll B1412 in this embodiment is driven by a motor, preferably a step motor, and the first upper roll B1411 rotates passively in accordance with the rotating direction of the first lower roll B1412. The pair of first rolls B1410 guides the package B12 to be transported toward the discharge roll B1430 in a state where the foremost end of the package B12 is initially positioned.

The pair of second rolls B1420 feeds the front end portion of the medicine package B12 to the discharge roll B1430 side from the pair of first rolls B1410. The pair of second rolls B1420 includes a second upper roll B1421 and a second lower roll B1422. The second upper roll B1421 is positioned above the second lower roll B1422 and abuts the second lower roll B1422. The outer circumferential surfaces of the second upper roll B1421 and the second lower roll B1422 may be formed of an elastic material, in particular, a porous material. The outer circumferential surfaces of the second upper roll B1421 and the second lower roll B1422 are made of an elastic material, so that the force for pressing the medicines in the package of medicine interposed therebetween can be minimized. The second lower roll B1422 in this embodiment is driven by a motor, preferably a step motor, and the second upper roll B1421 rotates passively in accordance with the rotating direction of the second lower roll B1422. The pair of second rolls B1420 transports the frontmost end of the medicine package B12 toward the discharge roll B1430.

Meanwhile, it is preferable that the first lower roll B1412 and the second lower roll B1422 are driven by independent driving motors. It may not be easy to detect the perforated line of the package B12 when the package B12 interposed between the first lower roll B1412 and the second lower roll B1422 is folded or loosened. In this case, any one of the first lower roll B1412 and the second lower roll B1422 can be driven in the direction to generate the tension in the package B12, thereby minimizing errors that may occur in detecting the perforated line. At this time, it is possible to apply an accurate tension by driving each roll using a step motor.

On the other hand, the first upper roll B1411 and the second upper roll B1421 are connected to the upper portion by an elastic member B1403. The first upper roll B1411 and the second upper roll B1421 are fixed by the elastic member B 1403 so that they have a constant operating range in the vertical direction so that they are lifted by the user at the time of initial setting of the drug package B12 or in case of an error Even when the drug package B12 is transferred between the first roll B1410 and the second roll B1420, the force applied to the medicament contained in the medicament package B12 is minimized .

A discharge roll B 1430 may be provided at the distal end in the transport direction. The discharge roll B1430 discharges the package B12 of the medicine delivered from the pair of second rolls B1420 to the outside. The discharge roll B1430 receives the driving force by using the second upper roll B1421 and a timing belt or the like.

As shown in FIG. 51, a support B1150 for supporting the package of the medicine delivered via the first lower roll B1412 and the second lower roll B1422. The drug package is transported while being supported by a transfer plate B1151 formed in a flat plate shape on the upper end of the support portion B1150. At this time, the first lower roll B1412 and the second lower roll B1422 are exposed on the transfer plate B1151. At the center of the transfer plate B1151, a light transmitting member B1152 is provided. The light transmitting member B1152 transmits light emitted from the light source unit B1500 provided below the light transmitting member B1152. The light source unit B1500 emits light using the light emitting element B1510. The light emitted from the light source unit B1500 is used as illumination at the time of photographing the package of caps by a scanning unit to be described later. On the other hand, the light source unit B1500 can provide illumination by an indirect illumination method. In this embodiment, the light transmitting member B1152 is used as an indirect illumination type. The light transmitting member B1152 scatter or diffuse light emitted from the light source unit B1500 to uniformize the illuminance distribution and prevent light from being concentrated in other components. Unlike the present embodiment, the light source unit B1500 may be provided with the light emitting device B1510 facing downward so that the reflected light may be directed upward. The light source unit B1500 in this embodiment is provided on the opposite side of the scanning unit to be described later on the basis of the packaging package.

The scan unit and light blocking unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 52 to 56. FIG. FIG. 52 is an exploded perspective view of a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment, FIG. 53 is still another exploded perspective view of a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment, FIG. 54 is a perspective view FIG. 55 and 56 are schematic views showing the operation of the scan unit according to the embodiment.

And includes a light shielding portion B1160 as shown in FIG. The light blocking portion B1160 includes a light blocking portion upper case B1160a and a light blocking portion lower case B1160b as shown in FIG. The upper case B1160a and the lower case B1160b of the light intercepting portion B1160 form a constant space portion having a scan portion therein. In the light blocking part lower case B1160b, a scan window B1161 is formed as shown in FIG. The scan unit, which will be described later, can shoot the package of the medicine under the scan window B1161 through the scan window B1161. At this time, the light intercepting unit B1160 prevents other light noises from being introduced into the image other than the image of the package package. Further, a light absorbing layer (not shown) may be formed on the inner side of the light blocking portion B 1160 to minimize reflection of light. At this time, a matte black coating layer may be used as the light absorbing layer. Further, the upper constituent parts of the first upper roll etc. transfer part B1400 are exposed to the light blocking part lower case B1160b.

The scanning unit B1600 is located above the light transmitting member B1152 and is disposed on the top surface of the medicine bag package B125 which is wound on the light transmitting member B1152 and wound from the storage unit B1300 as shown in Figs. Quot;). At this time, it is preferable that the scanning unit B1600 photographs the fusing package B12 around the fused portion formed when sealing the package B12.

57 to 61, a perforated line sensing method of a drug package according to an embodiment will be described. 57 is a block diagram illustrating components associated with perforated line sensing of a drug package according to one embodiment, and FIG. 58 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic view of a drug package. FIG. 59 is a flowchart illustrating a perforated line sensing method according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 60 is a flowchart illustrating an image processing process according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 61 is a flowchart illustrating a perforated line sensing process according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 57, as described above, the scan unit B 1600 takes a continuous image of the medicine package B 12 to be delivered using the illumination provided by the illumination unit B 1500. At this time, the sensing unit B1700 receives the continuous image photographed from the scanning unit B1600 and senses the perforated line. Hereinafter, a method of detecting the perforated line of the medicine package B12 by the scanning unit B1600 and the sensing unit B1700 will be described in detail.

First, as shown in FIG. 58, the medicine package B12 is generally manufactured by folding a sheet in half and then forming a heat-sealed portion B1A1 by thermal fusion and then forming a perforated line B1L1. The medicines are respectively accommodated in the medicament receiving portion B1A2 by the heat-sealed portion B1A1. At this time, the heat-sealed portion B1A1 can be divided into a transverse heat-sealed portion B1A1a and a longitudinal heat-sealed portion B1A1b. The lateral heat seal portion B1A1a functions to seal the opening of the medicine package B12 and the longitudinal heat seal portion B1A1b functions to partition the medicine receiving portion B1A2 formed between the respective medicine containers . In the following description, for convenience of description, an intersection B1A2, a lateral heat seal B1A1a, and a longitudinal heat seal B1A1b of the lateral heat seal B1A1a and the longitudinal heat seal B1A1b, Quot; B1P1a " and " P1b " The intersection B1A2 of the transverse direction welded portion B1A1a and the longitudinal direction welded portion B1A1b means a portion where the transverse direction welded portion B1A1a and the longitudinal direction welded portion B1A1b meet and cross each other, The inner intersection points B1P1a and P1b of the longitudinally welded portion B1A1a and the longitudinally welded portion B1A1b refer to the innermost crossing point of the intersection B1A2 as shown in FIG. Also, when the medicine package is transported in a certain direction (B1D1), it is divided into a first inner intersection point (B1P1a) and a second inner intersection point (B1P1b) according to the order taken by the scanning unit.

The drug package perforated line sensing method according to this embodiment includes an image acquiring step B1S10, an image processing step B1S20, and a perforated line sensing step B1S30 as shown in FIG. In the image acquiring step (B1S10), an image including an intersection of a thermally fused portion formed in the lateral direction and a thermally fused portion formed in the longitudinal direction of the package is obtained, and in the image processing step (B1S20) Image processing is performed as a preliminary step. In the perforated line sensing step (B1S30), the perforated line of the package of the medicine is sensed using the image processed image.

At this time, if the perforated line is not sensed in the perforated line sensing step B1S30 (B1S40), the image acquisition step B1S10, the image processing step B1S20, the perforated line sensing step B1S30, .

Specifically, the image acquiring step includes: an image acquiring step of acquiring an image of the drug package; And an image acquiring second step of cutting out an image including an intersection of the transverse thermal fusing part and the longitudinal thermal fusing part of the package of the package in the image. That is, it is possible to reduce the size of the perforated line sensing target image by taking an image of the package medicine package using the camera, taking only the necessary portion, and discarding the remaining portion.

The package of the medicine is variously formed using a transparent material or an opaque material, but in the case of the heat-sealed part, the material is transparently changed due to fusion due to high temperature. Therefore, if the scan unit captures the image after providing illumination from the back side of the package of packages through the illuminating unit, the light and dark portions of the heat-sealed portion through which the light passes may greatly differ in contrast from the other portions.

In order to detect the intersection between the transverse fusing part and the longitudinal fusing part, there is a method of photographing an image by positioning the position of the scanning part at the corresponding position. After the image is taken, It is also possible to use a method of detecting the inner intersection of the fused portion and deducing the position of the intersection of the transverse fused portion and the longitudinal fused portion.

Referring to Fig. 60, the image processing process B1S20 first converts the color information from the acquired image into grayscale in order to eliminate the color information (B1S210). On the other hand, it is also possible to remove the noise of the image using a median filter as needed before conversion to grayscale.

Next, the image converted to the grayscale is binarized and transformed to display only white and black (B1S220). As a final step of the image processing, the edge of the binarized image is extracted (B1S230). The edge-extracted image is transformed so that the boundary between white and black is displayed in black. Furthermore, the noise cancellation can be performed by a median filter.

The perforated line sensing process can be performed in various ways. For example, a perforated line of a drug package can be extracted using an outline trace technique using an edge extracted image or a pattern recognition method.

In the case of the pattern recognition method, various known techniques are used to grasp the pattern of the black pixels in the extracted image, and when there is a linear pattern terminating the image in the image, pixels corresponding to the pattern are recognized as perforations . ≪ / RTI >

In the case of the outline tracing method, as shown in FIG. 61, first, a black pixel located at the uppermost end of the edge extracted image is found (B1S310). When a black pixel located at the uppermost portion is found, the surrounding black pixel is detected using the pixel as a reference pixel (B1S320). In this case, in the present embodiment, when the outline is traced downward in the image, it is determined whether there are surrounding black pixels in the clockwise direction from the 3 o'clock direction. If a black pixel exists in the vicinity (B1S340), the pixel is moved again as a reference pixel (B1S345), and the surrounding black pixels are detected in the same manner. If there is no surrounding black pixel before reaching the lowermost end of the image, it is determined that the perforation line is not present in the image (B1S352). Then, the detection of the surrounding black pixels is repeatedly performed so that the reference pixel reaches the lowermost end , It can be determined that the perforated line exists in the image and that the movement path of the reference pixel corresponds to the perforated line. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, only the unidirectional tracking method from the upper part of the image to the lower part is used, but it is also possible to continue tracking from the lower part to the upper part. In this case, it is detected whether or not a pixel at 9 o'clock direction of the reference pixel is a black pixel. If the pixel does not have black information, it rotates along the clockwise direction and determines whether surrounding pixels have black information. If there is a black pixel in the periphery, the pixel is used as a reference pixel to determine whether or not the surrounding black pixel exists again.

In the case where the movement path of the reference pixel is linearly formed from the top to the bottom of the image by tracing the outline, it can be determined that the position of the movement path of the reference pixel corresponds to the position of the perforation line of the package.

62 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 62A, a black pixel is detected at the top of an image first, and the corresponding pixel is set as a reference pixel. Next, the surrounding black pixels are detected clockwise from the pixels at the 3 o'clock direction of the reference pixel. In this case, as shown in FIG. 62B, since the pixel immediately below is a black pixel, the reference pixel is moved to the lower pixel and the surrounding black pixel is tracked clockwise from the 3 o'clock direction. When the surrounding black pixels are traced in this way, the reference pixel forms a path along the right outline of the black pixels to the bottom of the image as shown in FIGS. 62C to 62F. In this case, if the black pixels protruding in the lateral direction reach the transverse end of the image or fail to reach the lower end of the image, it is judged that the pixels are not perforated lines. In the case of FIGS. 62A to 62F, since there are black pixels that terminate the image, it can be determined as a perforated line. On the other hand, in order to improve the accuracy, the outline can be further traced from the lower end to the upper end as shown in FIGS. 62F to 62K. In this case, it rotates clockwise from the pixel at 9 o'clock of the reference pixel and tracks the black pixel. As a result, when tracing the image from the bottom to the top, the left outline of the black pixels is traced. In this way, the outline of the pixels included in the image is traced to determine whether or not the movement path of the reference pixel ends the image, and the position of the perforation line is detected.

4-7. Drug dispenser box # 2 - Blister pack dispenser box

FIG. 63 is a schematic perspective view of a blister packaging agent dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 64 is a perspective view of a blister packaging agent dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention, And FIGS. 65 and 66 are schematic perspective views illustrating a principle in which the pivoting portion provided in the dispenser for dispensing the blister packaged medicine according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated from the body portion.

63 to 66, a blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a medicine receiving portion B2110 in which a plurality of blister packaging agents B2P are accommodated and disposed in at least one row, A moving part B2120 for moving the position of the medicine receiving part B2110 and a dispensing part for discharging the blister packing medicine B2P stored in the medicine receiving part B2110 to the outside B2130).

That is, the medicine accommodating portion B2110 is coupled to the position shifting portion B2120 and can be rotated and moved according to the rotational movement of the position shifting portion B2120, The blister packaging agent B2110 may be discharged to the outside through the dispensing portion B2130.

Meanwhile, the blister packaging agent dispenser box BOX 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a box for dispensing the blister packaging agent B2P one by one according to the prescription of the patient, , A pouch-type medicine dispensing box, and the like can be fixed to the cartridge of the medicine dispensing apparatus.

In other words, when the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 is fixed to the cartridge D200 of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 and the blister packaging agent B2P is contained in the medicine according to the prescription of the patient, It may be a kind of blister pack dispenser box for dispensing according to the type of the blister pack.

When the blister packaging agent B2P accommodated in the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 is discharged to the outside through the dispensing portion B2130, a new blister packaging agent B2P is introduced into the medicine accommodating portion B2110), so that semi-permanent use can be possible.

That is, the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 includes a body portion B2101 for providing a predetermined internal space in which the medicine receiving portion B2110, the moving portion B2120 and the dispensing portion B2130 are disposed, The body portion B2101 may be coupled with a rotation portion B2102 coupled to the body portion B2101 so as to be rotatable in order to expose the medicine accommodating portion B2110 to the outside have.

Therefore, the pivoting portion B2102 can be rotated from the main body B2101 in order to put the new blister packaging agent B2P into the medicine accommodating portion B2110, and the rotation of the pivoting portion B2102 Can be determined by the lock portion B2L fastened to the opposite side of the dispensing portion B2130.

In other words, as shown in FIGS. 65 and 66, in order to rotate the pivoting portion B2102 and insert a new blister packaging agent B2P into the medicine accommodating portion B2110, When the lock portion B2L is rotated by the disengagement member, the engaging protrusion B2103 of the rotatable portion B2102 is engaged with the lock portion B2L, The turning portion B2102 can be rotated from the body portion B2101 by being disengaged from the corresponding portion B2L1.

Meanwhile, the dismounting member is composed of a kind of key, and can be rotated by inserting the key B2L into the locking part B2L according to the user's need. However, a key is provided for the expertise of the medicine and to prevent the accident A separate refill station may be used.

That is, when a new blister packaging agent B2P is to be introduced into the medicine container B2110 of the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2, the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 is separated from the medicine dispensing apparatus The lock portion B2L can be rotated by inserting the lock portion B2L into the post-refill station.

At this time, the key, which is a dismantling member provided in the refill station, is automatically inserted into the lock portion B2L to rotate the lock portion B2L.

Therefore, safety can be improved when the refill station is used for the rotation of the lock portion B2L, compared with the case of using the existing key alone, and it is possible to prevent a weakening accident .

FIG. 67 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a blister packaging agent is dispensed from the first row of medicine receiving portions provided in a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an internal view for explaining a state in which the blister packaging agent is dispensed from the medicine accommodating portion of the first row provided in the blister packaging agent dispensing box according to the example.

69 and 70 illustrate the principle of discharging the blister packaging agent from the first row of medicine dispensing parts provided in the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

67 to 70, a blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a medicine receiving portion B2110 for accommodating a plurality of blister packaging agents B2P to be separated from each other, And a moving part B2120 which is fastened to the medicine accommodating part B2110 and moves the position of the medicine accommodating part B2110.

68, the dispensing direction B2X is set such that the medicine accommodating portion B2110 disposed on the upper side of the rotation axis B2R1 or B2R2 is rotated (rotated) toward the dispensing portion B2130 And the closing direction B2Y may be a direction rotating in the opposite direction to the dispensing direction B2X.

The medicament accommodating portion B2110 may include a receiving space B2S for accommodating a plurality of blister packaging medicines B2P separately, and may be disposed in at least one row.

Here, the position shifting portion B2120 can move the drug accommodating portion B2110 to an endless track by rotating, and by moving the position of the drug accommodating portion B2110 by the position shifting portion B2120, The blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention may sequentially dispense the blister packaging agent B2P one by one.

In other words, the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 is dispensed one by one by the rotational movement of the medicine accommodating section B2110 by the position shifting section B2120 irrespective of the number of rows of the medicine accommodating section B2110 It can be done.

However, when the number of rows of the medicine accommodating part B2110 is two or more, the opening / closing part B2133 may be provided for sequentially discharging the blister packaging medicines B2P one by one. It is also possible to sequentially dispense the single blister packaging agent B2P by disposing the medicament accommodating portions B2110 constituting the respective rows to be shifted from each other.

That is, the medicine receiving portion B2110 according to the present invention may be arranged in at least one row so as to dispense the blister packaging medicines B2P to the outside as needed, but in the following description, As an example.

The medicine accommodating portion B2110 may be arranged in two rows, and may be arranged symmetrically with respect to each column boundary.

Therefore, the medicine receiving portion B2110 can dispense the medicine receiving portion B2110 of the neighboring row and the blister packaging agent B2P to the dispensing portion B2130 at the same time.

This can be realized by changing the position of the medicine accommodating part B2110 by the position shifting part B2120 and the dispensing of the final blister packaging material B2P can be realized by rotating the rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 of the position shifting part B2120, ≪ / RTI >

The position shifting portion B2120 is wound around two or more rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2 and the two or more rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2 to rotate the drug receiving portion And the dispensing of the blister packing agent B2P from the medicine receiving portion B2110 may be performed by rotating the rotating shaft B2R1 close to the dispensing portion B2130, And may be discharged to the dispensing portion B2130 by gravity due to the change of the position of the medicine accommodating portion B2110.

Meanwhile, the position shifting unit B2120 may be provided with a pitch sensor for detecting a change in position, and the pitch sensor detects a change in position of the medicine accommodating unit B2110 with respect to the rotational movement of the position shifting unit B2120 .

Accordingly, it is possible to control whether or not the blister packaging agent B2P is moved to the next discharging portion B2130 after the medicine accommodating portion B2110 is rotated.

On the other hand, dispensing of the blister packaging agent B2P due to the change of the position of the medicine accommodating section B2110 can be realized by the rotation of the rotating wall B2111 which can divide and rotate the accommodation space B2S, Will be described later.

The position shifting portion B2120 moves the medicine accommodating portion B2110 toward the dispensing portion B2130 by rotation of the at least two rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 and then discharges the blister packaging agent B2P (B2130) and can return to the home position again.

The dispensing portion B2130 may be disposed in the moving direction of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 so that the blister packaging medicines B2P contained in the medicine accommodating portion B2110 may be dispensed outward one by one. A portion B2131 and an opening / closing portion B2133.

The storage unit B2131 may temporarily store the blister packaging agent B2P dispensed from the medicine storage unit B2110 constituting each row temporarily before being discharged to the outside, And may be a kind of opening and closing door for discharging the blister packaging agent B2P from the storage unit B2131 one by one to the outside.

In other words, the dispensing portion B 2130 may be formed to correspond to the medicine accommodating portion B 2110 constituting each row, and when the medicine accommodating portion B 2110 is arranged in two rows, May also be formed in two.

Here, the opening / closing part B2133 may block any one of the two storage units B2131 from the outside, in order to sequentially discharge the blister packaging medicines B2P one by one.

That is, when the blister packaging agent B2P is discharged from the unsealed storage unit B2131 to the outside, the opening / closing unit B2133 discharges one of the sealed storage units B2131 one by one in order to communicate with the outside .

The medicament accommodating part B2110 may be disposed symmetrically with respect to the boundary between the rows of the medicines B2110 and the medicament accommodating part B2110, The container packaging agent B2P may be discharged to the dispensing section B2130 at the same time as the blister packaging agent B2P accommodated in the medicine container B2110 and the opening / ), The two blister packaging agents (B2P) are released to the outside at the same time.

Therefore, when the blister packaging agent B2P is discharged from the unsealed storage unit B2131 to sequentially discharge the blister packaging agent B2P to the outside, And is opened for dispensing the blister packaging agent (B2P) from the part (B2131).

The power for opening and closing the opening / closing part B2133 may be provided by the opening / closing power supplier B2140, and the opening / closing power supplier B2140 may be a kind of the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 according to the present invention. And may be a small-sized motor that is disposed inside the body portion B2101.

An opening and closing power rotating part B2141 which is a kind of spur gear can be coupled to the rotating shaft rotated by the opening and closing power supplying part B2140 and the opening and closing power rotating part B2141 is connected to the opening and closing part B2142 And the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2143 for opening / closing the opening / closing power transmission portion B2143.

In other words, the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2141, the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2142, and the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2143 may be arranged to be meshed with each other by a kind of spur gear, When the opening / closing power rotating part B2141 is rotated, the opening / closing power transmitting part B2142 is also rotated, so that the opening / closing power transmitting part B2143 is also rotated.

Accordingly, when the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2143 is rotated, the opening / closing moving portion B2134 coupled to one end of the opening / closing portion B2133 is moved upward by the rotation of the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2143, B2133) is opened.

Here, the opening / closing movement part B2134 may be a kind of linear gear that can be moved upward with respect to the rotation of the opening / closing power transmitting part B2143, which is a kind of spur gear. When the opening / closing part B2133 is opened And then closed again by switching the rotational direction of the opening / closing power supply B2140.

Therefore, opening / closing of the opening / closing part B2133, that is, opening and closing can be realized by automatic control by the opening / closing power supply B2140, Can be different from the study B2151.

Here, the dispenser power supply B2151 is a kind of spur gear. When the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 according to the present invention is fixed to the cartridge of the medicine dispensing apparatus, And can be engaged with one component of the apparatus to be provided with external power, and can be rotated by the provided external power.

When the dispenser power supply B2151 is rotated by the external power as described above, the rotational power of the dispenser B2151 is coupled to the rotation axis B2R1 of the position shifting portion B2120 to rotate the rotation axis B2R1 Thereby rotating the dispensing power transmitting portion B2153 which rotates together.

Here, the rotation of the dispensation power transmitting portion B2153 by the rotational power of the dispensing power providing portion B2151 may be mediated by the dispensing power portion B2152 disposed so as to engage with the components. Which can be realized by arranging the components to mesh with each other by a kind of spur gear.

Therefore, the power for rotational movement of the position shifting portion B2120 and the power for opening and closing the opening / closing portion B2133 may be different from each other in that they are external power and internal power.

On the other hand, the dispensing of the blister packaging agent B2P from the medicine container B2110, which is rotationally moved by the dispensing power supplier B2151, is performed by the rotation of the rotation wall B2111 for partitioning the accommodation space B2S And the rotating wall B2111 can be rotated when the medicine accommodating part B2110 is disposed at a predetermined position by the position shifting part B2120.

Here, the medicament accommodating portion B2110 may include a plurality of walls for partitioning the accommodation space B2S. Specifically, a plurality of walls are fastened to the rail portion B2122 and the blister packaging medicines B2P, A partition wall B2113 extending from the other edge of the bottom wall B2114 toward the outside of the rearmost portion B2122, a medicament accommodating portion B2110, And a side wall B2115 constituting an outer wall of the medicament accommodating portion B2110 adjacent to the one medicament accommodating portion B2110 and the boundary wall B2112 partitioning the medicament accommodating portion B2110 for row .

The pivotal wall B2111 may be rotated by using one corner of the bottom wall B2114 as a pivot axis.

The rotating wall B2111 may be rotated by the gravity due to the weight of the rotating wall B2111 with respect to the rotating axis and the rotation of the rotating wall B2111 may be transmitted to at least two or more rotation axes of the position- ≪ / RTI >

In other words, the rotating wall B2111 is not rotated when passing through the upper and lower sides of at least two of the rotating shafts B2R1 and B2R2 and the rotating shaft B2R2 other than the rotating shaft B2R1 adjacent to the discharging portion B2130 , And can be rotated only through the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the dispensing portion B2130.

That is, assuming that the medicine accommodating portion B 2110 is moved in the dispensing direction B 2 X by the rotational movement of the position shifting portion B 2120, the medicine accommodating portion B 2110 is moved by at least two or more of the rotation axes B 2 R 1 and B 2 R 2 The rotating wall B2111 of each medicine receiving portion B2110 is arranged in the same column and is rotated in the dispensing direction B2X by the partition wall B2113 of the neighboring medicament containing portion B2110 .

The pivotal wall B2111 of the medicament accommodating portion B2110 may be in contact with the boundary wall B2112 to block the rotation of the medicament accommodating portion B2110 into the accommodating space B2S.

For the same reason, the rotation of the rotating wall B2111 can be blocked even when the medicine accommodating section B2110 is disposed below the at least two rotating axes B2R1 and B2R2.

When the medicine container B2110 moves from the lower side to the upper side of at least two of the rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2 when the medicine container B2110 moves in the dispensing direction B2X, The rotation into the space B2S can be blocked.

The rotation of the rotation wall B2111 of the medicine accommodating section B2110 is moved from the upper side of the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the dispensing section B2130 to the lower side of at least two of the rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 And the blister packaging agent B2P can be freely dropped and discharged to the dispensing portion B2130 by the rotation of the rotating wall B2111.

A predetermined region of the bottom wall B2114 of the medicament accommodating section B2110 may be spaced apart from the rail section B2122 through at least one rotation axis B2R1 of at least two of the rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 .

That is, a predetermined region of the bottom wall B2114 of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 may be spaced apart from the rail B2122 when the at least two rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 are moved from the upper side to the lower side.

This is due to the fastening method of the moving part B2120 with respect to the rail part B2122 and the fastening method of the rail part B2122 and the position moving part B2120 is not limited to the bottom wall B2114 of the medicine accommodating part B2110, And the attaching / detaching projection B2117 (see FIG. 75) inserted into the fastening hole B2H formed in the rail B2122 and fastened.

This will be described later with reference to FIG.

On the other hand, when the medicine accommodating section B2110 is moved from the upper side to the lower side of at least two rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 by the positional movement by the position shifting section B2120, the blister packaging agent B2P may be dispensed At this time, the frictional force between the rotating wall B2111 and the blister packaging agent B2P may be reduced and effectively discharged to the dispensing portion B2130.

That is, at least one frictional reducing portion B2118 protruding from one surface of the rotating wall B2111 may be formed, and the frictional reducing portion B2118 may be formed in the dispensing direction B2X of the blister pack B2P At least one or more of them may be continuously formed.

Accordingly, when the blister packaging agent B2P is dispensed, the rotating wall B2111 and the blister packaging agent B2P are in line contact and can be dispensed to the dispensing portion B2130 while a minimum frictional force is applied .

The friction reducing portion B2118 may also be formed in the storage portion B2131 so that the storage portion B2131 and the blister packaging agent B2P may be used when the blister packaging agent B2P is dispensed, The frictional force can be reduced and the outflow to the outside can be effectively realized.

It should be noted that the friction reducing portion B2118 is not limited to being formed continuously along the dispensing direction B2X of the blister packaging agent B2P but may be formed in a plurality of protrusions.

FIG. 71 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which the blister packaging agent is dispensed from the second row medicine receiving portion provided in the blister pack dispensing box according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 5 is an internal view for explaining how the blister packaging agent is dispensed from the medicine receiving portion of the second row provided in the blister packaging agent dispensing box according to the example.

73 and 74 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the opening and closing part for dispensing the blister packaging agent from the medicine receiving part of the second row provided in the blister pack medication dispensing box according to the embodiment of the present invention .

Referring to Figures 71 to 74, as described with reference to Figures 67 to 70, the dispensing portion B2130 for discharging the blister packaging agent B2P includes a storage portion B2131 and an opening / closing portion B2133 .

Here, when the medicine receiving portions B2110 of the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 according to the present invention are arranged in two rows, by rotation of the medicine receiving portion B2110 by the position moving portion B2120, (B2110) and the blister packaging agent (B2P) housed in the medicine receiving portion (B2110) in the neighboring row.

At this time, dispensing of the blister packaging agent B2P must be sequentially performed one by one, and this can be realized by opening and closing the opening / closing part B2133 as described above.

That is, the blister packaging agent B2P dispensed to the storage section B2131, in which the opening / closing section B2133 of the blister packaging agent B2P simultaneously discharged to the storage section B2131 of the dispensing section B2130 is not disposed, And if it is desired to dispense another blister packaging agent (B2P) after being dispensed, dispensing from the storage unit B2131, which was closed by the opening / closing unit B2133, should be realized.

In this case, the opening / closing part B2133 may be opened for discharging another blister packaging agent B2P to the outside, and the power for opening and closing the opening / closing part B2133 may be provided by the opening / closing power supplier B2140 .

The opening and closing power transmitting portion B2141 may be coupled to the opening and closing power transmitting portion B2141 and the opening and closing power transmitting portion B2141 may be provided with an opening and closing power transmitting portion B2142 for transmitting opening and closing power for opening and closing the opening and closing portion B2133 Can be interlocked with the section B2143.

That is, when the opening / closing power rotating part B2141 is rotated by the opening / closing power supplying part B2140, the opening / closing power transmitting part B2142 is also rotated, so that the opening / closing power transmitting part B2143 is also rotated.

Accordingly, when the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2143 is rotated, the opening / closing moving portion B2134 coupled to one end of the opening / closing portion B2133 is moved upward by the rotation of the opening / closing power transmitting portion B2143, B2133) is opened.

75 is a schematic exploded perspective view for explaining the principle of fixing the medicine receiving portion provided in the blister pack dispenser box according to the embodiment of the present invention to a rail portion.

75, the fastening between the razor portion B2122 and the medicament accommodating portion B2110 is achieved by a fastening protrusion B2116 and a fastening protrusion B2117 protruding from the bottom wall B2114 of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 May be inserted into the fastening holes B2H formed on both sides of the rail B2122.

That is, the engaging projection B2116 may protrude from one side of the bottom surface of the bottom wall B2114 and then bend outwardly to be entirely in an L-shape, and the attaching / detaching projection B2117 may be formed in the engaging hole B2H And may be a semi-arrowhead shape that can be fitted together.

Therefore, when the fastening protrusion B2116 is inserted into the fastening hole B2H and then the fastening hole B2H is fitted to the fastening hole B2H with an external force, (B2122).

The rail part B2122 may be formed by connecting a plurality of rail elements B2123 to each other and the bottom wall B2114 of the medicine receiving part B2110 may correspond to the two rail elements B2123 have.

However, the fastening protrusion B2116 and the fastening protrusion B2117 protruding from the bottom wall B2114 may be coupled to the fastening holes B2H formed at both ends of one rail element B2123.

Therefore, when the medicine accommodation portion B2110 rotates in the dispensing direction B2X, a predetermined region of the bottom wall B2144 of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 may include at least one of the at least two rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 And can be spaced apart from the rail portion B2122 while passing the rotation axis B2R1.

In other words, the predetermined region of the bottom wall B2114 of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 may be spaced apart from the rail B2122 when the at least two rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 are moved from above to below .

FIG. 76 is a schematic perspective view for explaining a process of introducing a blister packaging agent into a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 77 and 78 are views showing a blister pack according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 8 is an internal view for explaining a process of introducing a blister packaging agent into a packaging dispenser box. Fig.

79 is an internal structural view for explaining a caulking support provided in a blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 80 is a view showing the blister packaging dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention Fig. 3 is a schematic exploded perspective view for explaining an engagement part provided in the box; Fig.

76 to 80, the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 is configured such that when the blister packaging agent B2P received from the medicine receiving portion B2110 is completely discharged to the outside through the dispensing portion B2130, A new blister packaging agent B2P can be charged into the empty medicine receiving portion B2110 by rotating the rotation portion B2102 from the container B2101.

Here, as described with reference to FIGS. 63 to 65, the rotation of the rotation unit B2102 is performed by separating the blister packaging box BOX2 from the medicine dispensing apparatus and inserting the blister packaging agent box BOX2 into the refill station, As shown in FIG.

At this time, a key, which is a dismantling member provided in the refill station, is automatically inserted into the lock portion B2L to rotate the lock portion B2L.

When the rotation unit B2102 is pivoted from the main body B2101 to expose the medicine accommodating unit B2110 to the outside, a new blister packaging agent B2P is charged into the medicine accommodating unit B2110, The medicine container B2110 can be automatically or manually rotated in the closing direction B2Y in the opposite direction to the dispensing direction B2X to complete the introduction of the medicine container B2110 into the medicament accommodating portion B2110.

Herein, the medicine holding portion B2110 is brought into contact with the dispensing power mediating portion B2152 for the rotation movement of the medicine accommodating portion B2110, that is, the rotation of the position moving portion B2120 in the closing direction B2Y, The movement blocking portion B2160 for blocking the positional movement of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 must be removed from the dispensing power transmitting portion B2152 and this can be realized by the dispenser provided in the refill station.

In order to realize dispensing of the blister packaging agent B2P from the medicine receiving portion B2110 due to the rotational movement of the position shifting portion B2120, by the releasing means provided in the cartridge of the medicine dispensing apparatus, (B2160) can be released from the dispensing power source B2152.

On the other hand, when the blister packaging agent (B2P) is dispensed from the medicine container (B2110) and when the blister packaging agent (B2P) is introduced into the medicine container (B2110), the blister packaging agent Can be prevented from being caught between the partition wall B2113 and the main body portion B2101 by the caulked portion B2170.

Hereinafter, whether or not the blister packaging agent B2P is likely to be caught between the partition wall B2113 and the main body B2101 according to the position and rotation direction of the medicine accommodating section B2110 will be described.

First, when the blister packaging agent B2P is accommodated in all of the medicine accommodating portions B2110 and the blister packaging agent B2P is dispensed from the medicine accommodating portion B2110 during the rotational movement of the moving portion B2120 The medicine receiving portion B2110 passing over the upper side of the two or more rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2 does not cause the blister packaging agent B2P to be caught between the partition wall B2113 and the body portion B2101.

This is because the blister packaging agent B2P is seated on the bottom wall B2114 of the medicine accommodating section B2110 by gravity when the drug accommodating section B2110 passes over the upper side of two or more rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 This is because the position is moved.

Even when the medicine accommodating section B2110 passes under two or more rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2 after dispensing the blister packaging medication B2P through the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the dispensing section B2130 It does not matter.

However, before the blister packaging agent B2P is dispensed from the medicine receiving portion B2110, the lower side of the two or more rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2 is accommodated in the medicine accommodating portion B2110 while the blister packaging agent B2P is accommodated And the rotary axis B2R2 other than the rotary axis B2R1 adjacent to the dispensing portion B2130 among the two or more rotary axes B2R1 and B2R2 passes the blister packaging agent B2P by gravity to the body portion B2101 And there is a possibility that the blister packaging agent B2P is caught between the partition wall B2113 and the body portion B2101.

 When all the blister packaging agent B2P is dispensed from the medicine container B2110 and the new blister packaging agent B2P is rotated while rotating the medicine container B2110 in the loading direction B2Y When the medicine accommodating section B2110 into which the new blister packaging agent B2P is inserted passes the rotation axis B2R2 other than the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the dispensing section B2130 of the two or more rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2, There is a possibility that the blister packaging agent B2P is caught between the partition wall B2113 and the main body portion B2101 for the same reason as described above for the case of passing below the rotation shafts B2R1 and B2R2.

As a result, the possibility that the blister packaging agent B2P is caught between the partition wall B2113 and the main body B2101 is reduced, and the interference of the partition wall B2113 with the inner surface of the main body B2101 The spherical wall B2113 and the main body B2101 are formed so as to correspond to each other for minimizing the rotational movement of the main body B2101, The open end B2113-2 of the partition wall B2113 and the inner surface of the main body B 2101 should be close to each other so that the interval between them is kept to a minimum.

Therefore, the partition wall B2113 of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 has a round path passing through the rotation axis B2R2 of the two or more rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2 other than the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the outflow portion B2130, The inner surface of the body portion B2101 corresponding to the movement path is also rounded so that the open end B2113-2 at the end of the partition wall B2113 is in contact with the inner surface of the body portion B2101, .

The open end B2113-2 of the partition wall B2113 and the inner surface of the main body B2101 are formed to be in contact with each other even when the medicament accommodating portion B2110 passes under two or more rotational shafts B2R1 and B2R2 Can be formed close to each other.

When the open end B2113-2 at the end of the partition wall B2113 and the inner surface of the main body B2101 are formed to correspond to each other and brought into contact with or close to each other, the partition wall B2113 and the main body B2101, The possibility that the blister packaging agent (B2P) is trapped between the blister packaging agent (B2P) can be reduced. However, the possibility that the blister packaging agent is contained can not be completely excluded.

Therefore, the possibility that the blister packaging agent B2P is caught between the partition wall B2113 and the main body B2101 is completely blocked, and the inner surface of the main body B2101 of the partition wall B2113 The present invention can be provided with the interference receiving portion B2170 in order to minimize the interference of the mobile communication terminal and to achieve smooth rotation movement.

More specifically, the caulk branch B2170 can be formed on the movement path of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 by the position shifting portion B2120, and either the partition wall B2113 or the body portion B2101 And a receiving portion B 2174 formed in the other of the protrusions B 2172 and B 2172 to receive the protrusion B 2172.

The at least one bending support part B2170 can prevent at least one bending between the partition wall B2113 and the main body part B2101 from being caught between the blister packaging agent B2P, The protruding portion B2172 and the accommodating portion B2174 constituting the accommodating portion B2170 may correspond to each other.

However, the protruding portion B2172 and the receiving portion B2174 are not necessarily formed in correspondence with each other. Any shape can be formed between the partition wall B2113 and the main body portion B2101 May be applicable.

The partition wall B2113 may have a fixed end B2113-1 fastened to the rail B2122 and an open end B2113-2 adjacent to the main body B2101 mentioned above, The receiving portion B 2174 may be formed by being embedded from the open end B 2113-2 of the partition wall B2113.

Also, a plurality of the receiving portions B2174 may be spaced apart from each other, and the protruding portions B2172 may be the same.

The protruding portion B2172 may be formed on the entire inner surface of the main body portion B2101. However, during the rotational movement of the moving portion B2120 in the closing direction B2Y, Only a portion likely to be caught by the wall B2113 and the main body B2101 may be formed.

That is, the protrusion B2172 may be formed on the movement path of the medicine accommodating part B2110 corresponding to the lower side of two or more rotation axes B2R1, B2R2 on the inner surface of the main body B2101, It can be formed on the movement path of the medicine accommodating section B2110 passing the rotation axis B2R2 other than the rotation axis B2R1 passing through in order to dispense the packaging medicament.

In other words, in order to insert the blister packaging agent B2P into the medicine accommodating section B2110, the position moving section B2120 is rotated and moved in the closing direction B2Y opposite to the dispensing direction B2X, The protruding portion B2172 is positioned at a position where the position of the medicine accommodating portion B2110 in the inner surface of the main body B2101 is shifted from the upper side to the lower side of the at least two rotary shafts B2R1 and B2R2, And may be formed only on the moving path passing through the lower side.

Therefore, when the moving part B2120 is rotated in the closing direction B2Y and the blister packaging agent B2P is introduced into the medicine accommodating part B2110, the accommodating part B2170 moves the partition wall B2113 ) And the main body B2101 can be prevented from being caught or caught by the blister packaging agent B2P.

In addition, even when all the blister packaging medicines (B2P) are accommodated in the medicament accommodating part (B2110) and then rotationally moved for dispensing, the above contents can be applied as they are.

As a result, the caulking portion B2170 can perform a guiding function to prevent the blister packaging agent B2P from being intermittently stuck and smoothly rotate the medicine accommodating portion B2110.

The protruding portion B2172 may be configured such that the blister packaging agent B2P is accommodated in the drug accommodating portion B2110 before the blister packaging agent B2P is dispensed from the drug accommodating portion B2110, And B2R2 and a case of passing through the rotation axis B2R2 other than the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the dispensing portion B2130 out of the two or more rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2, (B2P) can be seated, and in this case, the blister packaging agent B2P is moved on the protrusion B2172.

The protruding portion B2172 is configured such that all of the blister packaging medicines B2P are discharged from the medicament accommodating portion B2110 and the new blister packaging medicines B2P The medicine accommodating section B2110 into which the new blister packaging agent B2P is inserted is rotated by the rotation axis B2R2 other than the rotation axis B2R1 adjacent to the outflow section B2130 of the two or more rotation axes B2R1 and B2R2, ), And the case of passing over two or more rotation axes (B2R1, B2R2).

Accordingly, the protrusion B2172 can reduce the frictional force generated when the blister packaging agent B2P is seated and moved, so that the protrusion B2172 can be moved while minimizing noise and vibration.

FIG. 81 is a schematic perspective view showing a modified example of the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 82 shows a modified example of the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention And FIG. 83 is an internal exploded perspective view showing a modified example of the blister pack dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

81 to 83, the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 'includes the guide hole B22000 formed on the sidewall and the guide projection B21000 formed on the pivoting wall. The description of the guide hole B22000 and the guide protrusion B21000 will be omitted.

The rotating wall can be rotated by free fall by gravity, and in this case, the rotating range can be limited.

That is, since the guide projection B21000 formed on the rotation wall is inserted into the guide hole B22000 formed on the side wall, the range in which the rotation wall falls freely falls can be limited to the length of the guide hole B22000 .

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that such modifications or variations are within the scope of the appended claims.

That is, although the medicament receiving portion B2110 is shown in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped in the drawing, it is not limited thereto, and it may be a trapezoidal shape in which the width is narrowed toward the moving portion B2120.

In addition, the arrangement of the medicament accommodating portions B2110 is not limited to that formed symmetrically in two rows. The medicament accommodating portions B2110 may be formed to be shifted from each other and may be formed by a plurality of rows of two or more rows.

The driving force for driving the rotation of the position shifting portion B2120 and the opening and closing portion B2133 may be provided by a driving device such as a motor or the like inside or outside the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 according to the present invention have.

4-8. Drug dispenser box # 3 - Ampoule drug dispenser box

The ampule-type medicine dispenser box according to the present invention is an apparatus for dispensing an ampule-shaped medicine (hereinafter referred to as 'ampule') formed of a material such as glass such as an ampoule or a vial . An ampule-type medicine dispenser box 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 multi-layered multi-row partitioning unit for storing a plurality of amples, and the shutter is a component for operating each storage compartment to be opened and closed in a vertical direction, and the driving unit is a component for operating the shutter. The conveyor is a component provided at the lower end of the storage part to receive the dropping ampoule, and to transfer the placed components. Hereinafter, the components will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The housing and the lock-related constituent elements will be described with reference to Figs. 84 to 87. Fig. FIG. 84 is a perspective view showing an ampule-type medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 85 is a perspective view showing an ampule-shaped medicine dispensing box having a side opened according to an embodiment. FIGS. 86 and 87 are perspective views sequentially illustrating the operation of the locking device according to the embodiment.

The ampule-shaped medicine dispensing box BOX3 according to the present embodiment has a housing B310 constituting an outer shape. The housing B310 in this embodiment is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. The housing B310 includes a housing body B3110, a front portion B3120, and an ampule injection gate B3130. The front portion B3120 provided on the front surface of the housing B310 is provided with a discharge port B3121 through which the ampoule is discharged and a drive gear B3140 for transmitting power transmitted from the outside to a conveyor Respectively. On the other hand, it is preferable that the discharge port B3121 is formed in a downward inclined shape outwardly. By this shape, the impact due to the step of the discharge port B3121 can be minimized, so that the ampoule or vial of the glass material, which is discharged from the inside, can be prevented from being damaged. One side of the housing B310 is provided with an ampoule input gate B3130 for supplying the ampoule to the inside thereof. The ampule injection gate B3130 in this embodiment is provided so that one side thereof is opened in a state of being fixed by a hinge or the like. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 85, a hook portion B3132 formed in a hook shape is formed inside the ampule injection gate B3130. The hooking portion B3132 is a component corresponding to the latching portion B3633 provided inside the housing B310. The latching portion B3633 will be described in detail with reference to Fig. 86. Also, a plurality of ampoules B32 are housed inside the housing B310. On the other hand, as described above, all the medicines formed in the housing B310 similar to the shape of the ampule can be accommodated inside the housing B310, as well as a glass or substitute material such as a vial as well as the ampoule in the dictionary meaning.

As shown in FIG. 86, a locking device B360 corresponding to the hooking portion B3132 described above is provided inside the housing. Locking device B360 is a component that allows locking or unlocking of latching part B3132 so that ampule closing gate B3130 can be locked or unlocked.

Specifically, the locking device B360 includes a lock portion B361, a first turning portion B362, and a second turning portion B363. The lock portion B361 is provided inside the rear surface of the housing. The lock portion B361 is provided so as to be rotatable by using an effective key or the like. The outer peripheral surface of the lock portion B361 is provided so as to have a longer radius and a shorter radius in a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis.

The first turning portion B362 is provided inside the rear surface of the housing. The first turning portion B362 is fixed so that the first end portion B3621 and the second end portion B3623 are rotatable within a certain range around the first rotational axis B3622. The first end portion B3621 of the first turning portion B362 is provided so as to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the locking portion B361. In the locked state, the first end B3621 of the first rotary part B362 is provided so as to be in contact with the short radius part of the locking part B361 as shown in FIG.

The second turning portion B363 is provided inside the side surface of the housing and the first end portion B3631 of the second turning portion B363 is provided on the upper portion of the second end portion B3623 of the first turning portion B362 Respectively. The first end portion B3631 and the second end portion B3633 of the second rotary portion B363 are also provided so as to be rotatable about the second rotary shaft B3632. In the locked state, the hook portion B3132 is held by the second end portion B3633 of the second rotary portion B363 in a state in which the aforementioned ampule injection gate B3130 is closed. Hereinafter, the first turning portion B362 and the second turning portion B363 will be collectively referred to as a turning force transmitting portion, and the second end portion B3633 of the second turning portion B363 will be specifically defined as a latching portion.

Referring to Figure 87, a method of operating in the open state will be described. As the lock portion B361 rotates, the longer radius portion of the lock portion B361 comes into contact with the first end portion B3621 of the first rotary portion B362, The first end portion B3621 is pushed to one side. When the first end portion B3621 of the first turning portion B362 is pushed by the longer radius portion of the lock portion B361 and is rotated in the counterclockwise direction around the first rotational axis B3622, the first turning portion B362 Is also rotated in the same direction, that is, counterclockwise. When the first end portion B3631 of the second rotary portion B363 is lifted up by the second end portion B3623 of the first rotary portion B362, the engagement portion B3633 rotates the second rotary shaft B3632 And rotates clockwise about the center. In this case, the latching portion B3633 rotates and is lowered to be released so that the hooking portion B3132 described above can be opened from the locked state.

The driving unit will be described with reference to Figs. 88 and 89. Fig. 88 is an exploded perspective view showing an ampule-type drug dispensing box according to an embodiment, and FIG. 89 is a perspective view showing a driving unit according to an embodiment.

The driver B320 is a component for driving a shutter to be described later. The driving unit B320 is provided adjacent to one end of the storage unit B330 as shown in FIG. Referring to Fig. 89, the cam portion B3230 includes a camshaft B3231, a first cam B3232, a second cam B3233, and a third cam B3234. The first cam B3232, the second cam B3233 and the third cam B3234 are provided so as to have a long radius and a short radius around the camshaft B3231 and rotate together about the camshaft B3231. The motor B3210 generates electric power using the electric power and the gears B3220 transmit the rotational force generated from the motor B3210 to the above-described cam portion B3230. The outer circumferential surfaces of the first cam B3232, the second cam B3233, and the third cam B3234 are provided so as to be in contact with one ends of the shutters described later, respectively. The cams B3232, B3233, and B3234 operate to sequentially push the shutters sequentially from the lowermost layer to the uppermost layer upon rotation.

The storage unit, the shutter, and related components will be described with reference to Figs. 90 to 93. Fig. FIG. 90 is an exploded perspective view showing a state of a partition member according to an embodiment, and FIG. 91 is a perspective view showing a state of a shutter according to an embodiment. FIG. 92 is a perspective view showing a state in which the partition member and the shutter are coupled according to an embodiment, and FIG. 93 is a partial cutaway perspective view showing a state of a sensing unit and a sensing unit according to an embodiment.

The storage unit B330 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of partition members B331. A plurality of partition members B331 are provided to form a plurality of layers, and each of the partition members B331a, B331b, and B331c divides a plurality of spaces B3313 to store the ampoules. A member between the space portions B3313 for partitioning each space portion B3313 at this time is referred to as a partitioning partition B3311. Further, a partition member supporting portion B3314 which protrudes to the lower end and connects the partition members B3311 is formed at one lower side of the partitioning partition B3311. The other side surface of the partitioning wall B3311 is provided with a partitioning member side wall B3312 connecting the partitioning wall B3311. The partition member side wall B3312 has a constant thickness and is formed in a shape projecting laterally from the partition member B331.

At one end of the partition member B331, a receiving groove B3315 is formed. The receiving groove B3315 is formed so that one end of an elastic member to be described later can be received and / or fixed.

On the other hand, when the partitioning members B331a, B331b, and B331c are stacked, a space is formed between the partition members B331a, B331b, and B331c by the partition member support unit B3314. A space defined by the partition member support portion B3314 and each of the partition members B331a, B331b, and B331c is formed, and a shutter to be described later is inserted through the space portion. Hereinafter, such a space portion will be referred to as a shutter receiving portion.

The shutter B340 is formed in a plate shape in which a plurality of through-holes in the up-and-down direction are formed as shown in Fig. The shutter B340 is formed with gates B343 passing through the plurality of ampoules along the longitudinal direction. It is preferable that the short sides of the gates B343 are formed to be larger than the width of the ampule and smaller than or equal to the width of the space portion B3313 of the above-described partition member. At this time, the member for partitioning each gate B343 is referred to as an ampule supporting portion B341. The ampule supporting portion B341 connects the side members of the shutter B340, and divides the gate B343. A projection B343 is formed at one end of the shutter B340. An accommodating groove B3431 formed to be able to receive and / or fix an elastic member to be described later is formed inside the protruding portion B343. The other side surface of the projection B343 is brought into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cams B3232, B3233, B3234 of the cam portion B3230 described above. That is, when the cams B3232, B3233, and B3234 are rotated, the projecting portion B343 is pushed by the large radius portions of the cams B3232, B3233, and B3234, and the entire shutter B340 is pushed and moved.

On the other hand, the to-be-sensed portion B344 is formed at one end of the shutter B340. The to-be-detected portion B344 is formed to protrude by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the shutter. The subject sensing unit B344 is a component for determining whether the shutter B340 has moved or being sensed by the sensing unit to be described later or the current position of the shutter B340.

Referring to Fig. 92, a plurality of partition members B331 are stacked. The shutters B340a, 40b, and 40c are inserted between the space between the partitioning members B331a, B331b, and B331c and the shutter accommodating unit defined by the partition member supports B3314, respectively. At this time, the ampule supporting portion B341 of the shutter B340 adjacent to the adjacent partitioning walls B3311 of the partitioning member B331 forms a certain space portion in which a single ampule can be stored. Hereinafter, such a space portion is referred to as a unit cell.

The length of the short side of the unit cell is preferably made to correspond to the length of the short side of the shutter B340.

On the other hand, a side wall insertion groove B3113 is formed on one inner side surface of the housing. The above-described partition member side wall B3312 (see FIG. 90) is inserted and fixed in the side wall insertion groove B3113. The side wall insertion groove B3113 can be formed as a groove having a certain depth on the inner side surface of the housing but the side wall insertion groove B3113 having a certain depth is formed inside the step portion B3112 by forming the step portion B3112 around the groove. ) Is preferably formed. Further, guide grooves B3114 may be formed along the longitudinal direction between the side wall insertion grooves B3113. The guide groove B3114 guides the movement of the shutter B340 in the longitudinal direction while accommodating the side surface of the shutter B340.

Meanwhile, the housing has a sensing portion B360 on the inner surface thereof. The sensing unit B360 senses whether the sensing unit B344 of the shutter B340 has been moved. The sensing units B360 according to the present embodiment are provided as a pair. The first sensing unit B361 senses the sensing unit B344 when the shutter B340 moves to the sensing unit B360 and the sensing unit B362 senses the sensing unit B344 when the shutter B340 senses the sensing unit B344, B360) or in the opposite direction, it is possible to detect whether or not the shutter B340 is normally provided by detecting the detected portion B344. The sensing unit B360 may be an infrared sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit.

The conveyor of the ampule-shaped medicine box will be described with reference to FIG. 94 is a perspective view showing a conveyor of an ampule-shaped medicine box according to an embodiment.

The ampule conveyor (B350) is a constituent part in which the falling ampoule is seated and the loaded ampoule is conveyed to be discharged to the outside of the apparatus. The ampule conveyor B350 includes a conveyor belt B352, a track shaft B3512 and at least one transfer gear B3511. Conveyor belt B352 again includes belt body B3521 and belt partition B3522. The belt body B3521 rotates on an endless track via the outer peripheral surface of the raceway shaft B3512. The belt partition wall B3522 is provided on the belt body B3521 to define and form a space portion in which the ampoule can be seated, respectively. It is preferable that the interval between the belt partition walls B3522 is formed to be equal to the interval between the divisional partition (B3311, see Fig. 90) of the partition member described above and the interval between the ampoule support portions B341 (see Fig. 91) of the shutter.

The trajectory axes B3512 are provided as a pair, and are responsible for two rotation axes on the endless track of the ampule conveyor B350. The transmission gear B3511 receives the rotational force from the driving gear B3140 provided on the front surface of the housing and transmits the rotational force to any one of the raceways B3512.

95 to 97, an operation method and structure in which each unit cell of the storage unit is opened or closed will be described. FIGS. 95 to 96 are partially cutaway perspective views showing a state in which each unit cell is opened or closed, and FIG. 97 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 96.

Referring to Figure 95, when the ampule holders B341a, 41b, and 41c of the shutters B340 are interposed between adjacent unit cells in a state in which the cam portion B3230 does not rotate, . This state is defined as a state in which each unit cell or each layer is closed or closed.

96 and 97, the shutter B 340b of the second layer is pushed by the cam B3233 from below and the ampule supporting portions B341b of the shutter B 340b of the second layer are in contact with the shutter And between the partition walls B3311b and 311c of the second and third layers. The second layer at this time is defined as open or open. The first and third layers are still closed.

97, an elastic member B345 is provided between one end of the partitioning member B331 adjacent to the projection B343 of the shutter B340. Both ends of the elastic member B345 are accommodated and / or fixed in the receiving groove B3431 of the projection B343 and the receiving groove B3315 of the partition member B331. The shutter B340 can be returned to the initial position by the elastic force of the elastic member B345 in a state in which the shutter B340 is pushed to one side by the cam. That is, the elastic member B345 provides a restoring force for restoring the position of the shutter B340.

Referring to Figure 98, an overall ampoule drug dispenser box including electrical components will be described. 98 is a block diagram showing an overall appearance of an ampule-type medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment.

In this embodiment, the ampule conveyor B350 further includes a control unit for controlling supplementation of various sensing units and ampoules to determine whether the ampoule additionally requires supplementation.

The third sensing unit B3610 directly senses whether an ampule remains on the ample conveyor B350 using an infrared sensor, a proximity sensor, or the like. At this time, it is preferable that the third sensing unit B3610 is provided to sense the ampule at the most distal position in the dispensing direction among the ampule conveyor B350. It can be judged that there is no more ampoule on the ample conveyor B 350 when the ampoule does not exist at the most terminal position in the dispensing direction. The third sensing unit B3610 transmits to the control unit B370 a signal indicating that no ampule is present when no ampule is detected.

The fourth sensing unit B3620 directly senses the ampule discharged through the outlet B3121 described above. The fourth sensing unit B3620 senses the discharged ampoule and transmits a signal indicating that the ampoule is discharged to the control unit B370 whenever the ampoule is discharged.

The fifth sensing unit B3630 senses the rotation of the power transmission unit B3511, that is, the gears for transmitting the power or the rotational speed of the orbital shaft. In order to dispense one ampule, the gear or track axis must be rotated by a certain number of revolutions. The number of revolutions required to dispense one ampule is defined as one step. The fifth sensing unit B3630 senses the number of steps and transmits it to the control unit B370.

The third to fifth sensing units B3610, B3620, and B3630 may be selectively provided to determine whether the ampoule replenishment on the ample conveyor B350 is necessary or not, and two or more sensing units may be provided for accuracy Do.

The control unit B370 includes a replenishment determination means B3710 and an amp replenishment control means B3720. The supplement determination unit B3710 may determine that supplementation of the ampule is necessary when the third sensing unit B3610 receives a signal indicating that no ampule is present on the ample conveyor B350. In addition, the supplement determination unit B3710 receives the signal from the fourth sensing unit B3620 and calculates the total number of discharged ampoules. When the number of discharged ampoules reaches the total number of supplemented ampoules, an additional ampoule It can be judged that supplementation is necessary. Also, the supplement determination unit B3710 may calculate the number of discharged ampoules each time the step is performed or the number of steps is received from the fifth sensing unit B3630, and from this, it is possible to determine whether supplementation of the ampoule is necessary.

The ampule supplement control means B3720 controls the amplifier B320 so as to drop the ampule from the storage portion B330 onto the ample conveyor B350 when it is determined by the ampule supplement determination means B3710 that no ampoule exists on the conveyor ). Hereinafter, a control method of the ampule-type medicine dispenser box will be described in detail with ampule supplement control means B3720 as a center.

A control method of the ampule-form drug dispensing box will be described with reference to FIGS. 99 through 105. FIG. Figs. 99 to 104 are partial cutaway perspective views sequentially showing the state in which the ampule-form drug is dispensed, and Fig. 105 is a flowchart sequentially showing the operation sequence of the ampule-form drug dispensing box.

99 shows an initial view in which ampoules B32 are housed. As shown in FIG. 99, the ampoules B32 may also be initially put on the ampule conveyor B350. As described above, the ample conveyor (B350) operates using external power. When the driving force is transmitted to the ampule conveyor B350 and starts to be dispensed, it begins to be discharged from the ampule at the farthest end in the dispensing direction as shown in FIG. After all of the ampoules on the ampule conveyor (B350) have been discharged, the control unit determines that the ampoule needs to be replenished as described above and starts controlling the ampoule replenishment.

When replenishment of the ampule is started, the control unit controls the driving unit B3230 to control the first layer of the storage unit B330 to be opened. When the third cam B3234 rotates in one direction B3D1 and the third shutter B343c is pushed in the dispensing direction B3D2 as shown in Fig. 102, the first layer B330c of the storage portion B330 ) Is opened. When the first layer B330c of the storage unit B330 is opened, the amples stored in the first layer B330c drop onto the ample conveyor B350 to complete replenishment of the ampoule. When the ampoule replenishment is completed, initialize the number of steps summed or the number of ampoules discharged to compensate for the ampoule.

Thereafter, the control unit can set the storage unit B330 to the supplementary standby state. The supplementary standby state means that the ampules in each layer are filled in order from the lowest layer so that the ampoule can be replenished again onto the ampoule conveyor (B350). The control unit further rotates the cam portion B3230 in the one direction B3D1 as shown in Figure 103 to control the second layer B343b of the storage portion B330 to be pushed and opened in the dispensing direction B3D2. When the second layer B343b is opened, the amples stored in the second layer B343b drop. 104, the control unit further rotates the cam unit B3230 in the above-described one direction B3D1 to control the third layer B343a of the storage unit B330 to be pushed in the dispensing direction B3D2 . When the third layer B343a is opened, the ampules stored in the third layer B343a fall down.

On the other hand, the ampoules contained in the first layer should drop only when no ampoule is present on the conveyor. On the other hand, ampules of the second layer or higher can fall at various timings. It is also possible to open the first layer, the second layer and the third layer sequentially by rotating the cam at a constant speed irrespective of whether the conveyor is operated or not. When the ampoule does not exist on the conveyor, It is also possible to control so that they fall sequentially.

In summary, as shown in FIG. 105, when external power is delivered in the state of replenishment (B3S10) in the dispenser box (B3S20), dispensing of the ampules that are seated on the conveyor proceeds (B3S30). Whenever each ampoule is dispensed, it detects whether it needs to replenish the ampoule on the conveyor as described above (B3S40), and if the ampoule needs to be replenished on the conveyor, the reservoir is sequentially opened and closed from the lowest layer (B3S50 ) To replenish the ampoule on the conveyor and to control the ampoules to be located in the lower layer of the reservoir.

4-9. Drug dispenser box # 4 - Pouch type dispenser box

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a configuration of a pouch-type medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 106 is a schematic perspective view showing a pouch-type medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 107 and 108 are views showing a pouch-type medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig.

The pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box BOX4 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a box for discharging the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 one by one according to a prescription of a patient, Can be fixed to the cartridge of the medicine dispensing device together with a medicine dispensing box or the like.

In other words, the pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box BOX4 is fixed to the cartridge of the medicine dispensing apparatus and, when the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 is contained in the medicine according to the prescription of the patient, Type drug dispensing box.

Specifically, the pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box BOX4 includes a medicine housing portion B4100 for housing a plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110, a housing B410 for housing the medicine housing portion B4100, And a medicine dispensing portion B450 for discharging the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 contained in the dispensing portion B4100 to the outside.

On the other hand, when all the pouch type medicine B4110 contained in the pouch type medicine dispensing box BOX4 is discharged to the outside through the medicine dispensing portion B450, a new pouch type medicine B4110 is dispensed to the medicine containing portion B4100), so that semi-permanent use is possible.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 106 to 108, a description will be made in more detail of how the pivoting portion provided in the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated from the main body.

106 to 108, the pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box BOX4 includes a housing B410 for accommodating the medicine containing portion B4100 and a pivoting portion B410 for pivoting the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box B410 to be rotatable from the housing B410, (B430), and a power supplier (B4130) for providing power to be supplied from the outside, which will be described later, may be provided in a state exposed to the outside.

The rotation unit B430 may be pivotably coupled to the housing B410 so as to allow the medicine storage unit B4100 to be exposed to the outside, and the pivotal type medicine B4110 may be rotated by the rotation, It can be put into the storage unit B4100.

The rotation of the rotary part B430 may be determined by a locking part B470 provided on the rear side of the housing B410.

In other words, as shown in FIGS. 107 and 108, the locking part B470 may be inserted into a separate releasing member B410 to rotate the pivoting part B430 so as to insert a new pouch type medicine into the medicine accommodating part B4100, And when the lock portion B470 is rotated by the releasing member, the engaging jaw B493 of the turning portion B430 is engaged with the engaging jaw corresponding portion B470, The rotary portion B430 can be freely rotated from the housing B410 by being detached from the housing B491. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 108, the latching step B493 of the rotary part B430 can be released from the latching step corresponding part B491.

107, in the locked state, the latching jaw B493 may be caught by the latching jaw corresponding portion B491, and the rotation portion B430 may be in the closed state.

Meanwhile, the releasing member is composed of a kind of key and can be rotated by inserting the key B470 into the locking part B470 according to the user's need. However, in order to prevent the expertise and weakness of the medicine, A separate refill station is available.

108, when a new pouch type medicine B4110 is to be introduced into the medicine containing portion B4100 of the pouch type medicine dispensing box BOX4, the pouch type medicine dispensing box BOX4 The lock portion B470 can be rotated by being detached from the medicine dispensing apparatus and inserted into the refill station. At this time, the key, which is a dismantling member provided in the refill station, is automatically inserted into the locking part B470 to rotate the locking part B470.

Therefore, safety can be improved when the refill station is used for the rotation of the lock portion B470, compared with the case of using a conventional release key only, and it is possible to prevent a weakening accident .

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 109 to 114, a state in which the pouch-type medicine is dispensed from the medicine storage portion provided in the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

FIGS. 109 and 110 are internal structural views for explaining the internal construction of the pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 111 to 114 show a pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention And is a schematic perspective view for explaining the principle of dispensing pouch type medicine from the provided medicine storage portion.

109 and 110, the pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box BOX4 includes a medicine containing section B4100 for storing the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 so that a plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110 can be moved, A housing B410 for housing the medicine housing part B4100 and a pouch-shaped medicine B4110 disposed at a predetermined position of the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 housed in the medicine housing part B4100 And a dispenser B450 for dispensing the dispensing space B455.

Specifically, the medicine dispensing portion B450 may include a closing portion B451 and a dispensing space forming portion B453. That is, the closing part B451 can close one side of the housing B410 which is formed to be openable, and the discharging space forming part B453 is provided with the discharging space B455 and the closing part B451 As shown in FIG.

In other words, the closing portion B451 can be pivotally coupled to the upper edge of the one side of the housing B410, and the dispensing space forming portion B453 can receive the medicine from the lower end of the closing portion B451 And may extend toward the charging part B4100.

Therefore, the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 positioned at the end of the dispensing direction B4120 of the medicine containing section B4100 among the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 stored in the medicine containing section B4100, Can be discharged to the outside through the discharge space B455 provided in the discharge space forming portion B453 communicating with the outside by the rotation of the discharge port B451.

The dispensing space forming unit B453 may provide a dispensing space B455 of a sufficient size to prevent the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 from being damaged during dispensing. Further, the pouch type medicine (B4110) can be dispensed by gravity, and preferably can be dispensed by free fall.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 111 to 113, the principle in which the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated will be described in more detail.

The medicine dispensing portion B450 may be rotated on the basis of a rotating shaft B4170 disposed on the upper side of the opened housing B410 and the rotation of the medicine dispensing portion B450 may be rotated by a driving force Lt; / RTI >

111 and 112, the pouch-shaped medicine dispenser box BOX4 may further include a power supplier B4130 for supplying a driving force to rotate the medicine dispenser B450. The power supplier B4130 may be coupled to the housing B410 and rotated by a driving force provided from the outside.

The medicine dispensing portion B450 may include a turning support portion B4150 formed to be in contact with the power providing portion B4130 and provided with a driving force from the power providing portion B4130.

The power supplier B 4130 includes a driving gear B 4131 that is directly rotated by a driving force provided from the outside and a driving gear B 4141 that is coupled to the rotating feeder B 4150 to engage with the driving gear B 4131, And a power transmission gear B4133 for transmitting a driving force for rotating the brakes B450. Here, the drive gear B4131 and the power transmission gear B4133 may be preferably spur gears, and the rotation providing portion B4150 may be engaged with the power transmission gear B4133.

The rotation providing portion B4150 can be engaged with and rotated by the power transmission gear B4133 when the gear B4F is engaged to engage with the gear B4F for supplying an external driving force to the driving gear B4131.

More specifically, the rotation providing portion B 4150 is rotated by the rotation of the power transmission gear B 4133 so that the medicine dispensing portion B 450 is rotated by a predetermined angle with respect to the pitch circle B 4181 of the power transmission gear B 4133 A large pitch circle B4183 may be provided. That is, the medicine dispensing portion B450 can be rotated by a predetermined angle by rotating the rotation providing portion B4150 in cooperation with the power providing portion B4130, and the dispensing portion B455 can be rotated by the medicine dispensing portion B450 The communication with the outside can be blocked or allowed.

Here, the predetermined angle may be a predetermined value, which is an angle with which the dispensing space B455 can communicate with the outside so as to discharge the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 to the outside, and the pouch- The dispenser B4110 may be blocked from dispensing if the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated below a predetermined angle.

As described above, the dispensing space B455 can be provided by the rotation of the medicine dispensing portion B450, and the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 disposed at the predetermined position can be dispensed in the dispensing space B455, To the outside.

That is, the medicine dispensing portion B450 can be rotated so that the dispensing space B455 moves from the first position where the communication with the outside is blocked to the second position where the communication is allowed.

The first position may refer to a position before the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated, and the second position may refer to a position after the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated.

Referring to FIG. 113, the dispensing space B455 may be moved outward from the lower portion B411 of the housing to communicate with the outside when the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated. That is, when the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated, the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 disposed at the predetermined position among the pouch-shaped medicines stored in the medicine containing portion B4100 is discharged through the dispensing space B455 It can be discharged to the outside.

Conversely, as shown in FIG. 111, the dispensing space B455 can be cut off from the outside by the lower portion B411 of the housing before the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated. That is, even if the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 is disposed at the predetermined position before the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated, the outflow of the medicine to the outside can be blocked by the lower portion B411 of the housing.

Meanwhile, when the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 disposed at the predetermined position is discharged to the outside as described above, the medicine dispensing portion B450 is automatically moved by the restoring member B4171 fastened to the pivot B4170 As shown in Fig.

114, the restoring member B4171 may be inserted into the rotating shaft B4170, one end of the restoring member B4171 may be in contact with the housing B410, and the other end may be connected to the medicine dispensing portion B450). In addition, the restoring member B4171 may be an elastic member that provides an elastic force so that the medicine dispensing portion B450 can be automatically rotated in the opposite direction, and may preferably be a spring.

In other words, after the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 disposed at the predetermined position is discharged to the outside, the dispensing space B455 is automatically rotated in the opposite direction by the elastic force of the restoring member B4171, As shown in the figure, the communication with the outside can be blocked by the lower portion B411 of the housing as before the medicine dispensing portion B450 is rotated.

Therefore, when the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 disposed at the predetermined position is discharged to the outside through the dispensing space B455 provided by the rotation of the medicine dispensing portion B450, the pouch-shaped medicine B4110, Can be prevented from being damaged in the dispensing process, and can be dispensed sequentially and simply one by one.

FIG. 115 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a state in which a pouch-shaped medicine is moved by a medicine receiving portion provided in a pouch-type medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Fig. 3 is a schematic view for explaining the principle of movement of the pouch-type medicine by the medicine storage portion provided in the pouch-type medicine dispensing box. Fig.

Hereinafter, the process of moving the pouch-shaped medicament B4110 stored in the medicament-accommodating portion B4100 to a predetermined position will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The pouch-shaped medicines B4110, In the dispensing direction B4120 while accommodating the pouch-shaped medicament B4110, it is noted that the pouch-shaped medicament B4110 is housed only in a part for convenience of explanation.

Referring to FIG. 115, the medicine storage portion B4100 may provide a storage space for storing the plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110 apart from each other. Accordingly, the plurality of pouch-shaped medicines (B4100) may be separately stored in the medicament-accommodating portion (B4100).

116, the medicine containing portion B4100 may preferably be in the form of a coil spring, and the movement of the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 in the dispensing direction B4120 may be controlled by the medicine containing portion B4100, As shown in FIG.

The power for rotating the medicine housing part B4100 may be provided by a rotary power supplier B4230 which is a kind of small motor and the rotational power by the rotary power supplier B4230 is supplied to the medicine housing part B4100 The medicine container B4100 can be rotated by the rotation unit B4210 coupled to the medicine container B410.

More specifically, the rotational power generated by the rotational power providing portion B4230 can be transmitted to the rotating portion B4210 through the rotational power transmitting portion B4250 and the rotational power transmitting portion B4270, The transmitting portion B4250 may be a type of spur gear engaged with the rotating shaft of the rotary power supplier B4230.

The rotational power transmitting portion B4270 may include a flat gear portion B4271 and a bevel gear portion B4273 coupled to the rotary power transmitting portion B4250 and the rotating portion B4210, The rotating direction of the rotating portion B4210 may be different from the rotating direction of the rotating power transmitting portion B4250 by the bevel gear portion B4273.

 In other words, when the rotary power transmitting portion B4250 is rotated in the first direction B4X by the rotary power supplier B4230, the flat gear portion B4232 of the rotary power transmitting portion B4233, The portion B4211 rotates in the second direction B4X 'and the rotating portion B4210 rotates in the third direction B4Y by the bevel gear portion B4211.

The pouch-shaped medicine B4100b housed in the medicine containing portion B4100 is moved in the same dispensing direction B4120 as the rotational axis direction by the rotational movement of the rotating portion B4210 in the third direction B4Y .

Accordingly, the pouch-type medicine dispenser box B410 according to the present invention can prevent the dispensing of the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 due to the linear movement of the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 due to the rotational movement of the medicine containing section B4100 By implementing this, the configuration of the box itself can be simplified.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 115, at least one of the inner surfaces of the housing B410 may include at least one concavity and convexity B4190. That is, by providing the at least one protrusion B4190, the frictional force with the inner side wall of the housing B410 can be reduced when the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 is moved by the rotation of the medicine containing portion B4100 .

As described above with reference to FIGS. 106 to 116, a plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110 can be housed in the medicament-accommodating portion B4100 disposed in the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box BOX4, The pouch-shaped medicament B4110 may be disposed at a predetermined position by rotational movement of the medicament-accommodating portion B4100. Accordingly, the pouch-shaped medicament B4110 disposed at the predetermined position can be sequentially discharged out one by one through the dispensing space provided by the rotation of the medicine dispensing portion B450.

The pouch-type medicine dispenser box BOX4 may include a control unit that can control the rotational movement of the medicine containing unit B4100 and the rotation of the medicine dispensing unit B450, And a sensing unit for sensing whether or not the sensing unit is disposed at a position of the sensing unit.

The controller may receive an instruction to dispense the pouch-type medicine B 4110 from an external device, and may control the rotational movement of the medicine containing section B 4100 when the dispense request is received. That is, the control unit can control the rotation power providing unit B 4230 to provide power for rotating the drug storage unit B 4100, and the pouch-type storage unit B 4100 The medicine B4110 may be moved to the dispensing direction B4120 and disposed at a predetermined position.

When it is determined by the sensing unit that any one of the plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110 stored in the medicine storage unit B4100 is disposed at a predetermined position, The rotation of the medicine dispensing portion B450 can be controlled so that the pouch type medicine B4110 is discharged to the outside. That is, the control unit may control the power supply B 4130 to provide driving force for rotating the medicine dispensing unit B 450 to be driven. When the power supply B 4130 rotates, The dispensing portion B450 rotates at a predetermined angle so that the dispensing space B455 provided by the medicine dispensing portion B450 can be controlled to communicate with the outside.

Accordingly, the pouch-shaped medicines B4110 disposed at the predetermined positions through the dispensing space B455 can be sequentially discharged out one by one.

Here, the control unit may simultaneously or sequentially control the driving of the medicine dispensing unit B450 and the medicine containing unit B4100. If it is determined that any one of the plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110 housed in the medicine containing section B4100 is disposed at a predetermined position by the sensing section, the control section may control the rotation power providing section B4230 The controller can control the medicine dispenser B450 to stop the driving of the rotary part B4210 by the user and control the medicine dispensing part B450 so that the pouch type medicine B4110 disposed at the predetermined position is immediately dispensed.

In other words, the control unit controls so that only one of the plurality of pouch-shaped medicines B4110 housed in the medicine storage unit B4100 can be disposed at the end of the predetermined dispensing direction B4120, The pouch-shaped medicines (B4100) stored in the medicine storage portion (B4100) can be sequentially discharged one by one.

Meanwhile, as described above, the medicine containing portion B4100 can be driven by the rotational power providing portion B4230, that is, the power supplied from the inside, and the medicine dispensing portion B450 can be driven by the power As shown in FIG.

The external power to be supplied to the medicine dispensing portion B450 may be set such that any one of the pouch-shaped medicines stored in the medicine containing portion B4100 by the sensing portion is placed at the end of the dispensing direction B4120 Whether or not the supply is made can be determined.

That is, when it is determined by the sensing unit that any one of the pouch-like medicines stored in the medicine storage unit B4100 is disposed at a predetermined position, the control unit controls the medicine dispensing unit B450 It is possible to control the power supply B4130 that provides the driving force to be driven.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that such modifications or variations are within the scope of the appended claims.

For example, the power supplier B4130 and the rotation providing portion B4150 may be formed by gears to rotate the medicine dispensing portion B450 from the housing B410, and the present invention is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG.

The main components of the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 and the drug dispensing boxes D100, BOX1, BOX2, and DX4, which are mounted on the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 and designed to automatically dispense various types of medicines, BOX3, BOX4) have been described.

Hereinafter, the drug dispensing apparatus 200 will be described.

5. Second drug dispensing device

FIG. 117 is a schematic perspective view showing a second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIGS. 118 and 119 show a packaging medicament dispensing means and a packaged medicines dispensing means transfer unit provided in the second medicament dispensing apparatus according to the present invention Fig.

117 to 119, the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention includes a packaged medicine dispensing box M4 for receiving at least one packaged medicament, A cartridge M6 (hereinafter referred to as a cartridge) for installing a packaged medicine dispenser box to be mounted on the medicine dispensing apparatus 200, a packaging medicine dispensing means M8 for dispensing the packaging medicament accommodated in the packaged medicine dispensing box M4, And a packaged drug dispensing means moving unit M10 for moving the packaged medicine dispensing means M8 in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 in a layered manner.

The packaging agent dispensing box M4 which can be mounted on the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention and the various medicine dispensing boxes D100 which can be mounted on the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 have a basic function In consideration of the fact that the medicines are stored, the medicines which are stored by the external force externally are dispensed, so that they perform similar functions.

The carton M6 for installing the packaged medicine dispenser box and the cartridge D200 provided in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention, The medicine dispensing box D100 or the packaged medicine dispensing box M4 can be mounted on the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 or the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 respectively.

Furthermore, when considering the basic functions, the packaging medication dispensing means M8 provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 and the medicine dispensing driving means D300 provided in the first medication dispensing apparatus 100 according to the present invention, , The medicine dispensing box (D100), or the packaged medicine dispensing box (M4).

The medicine dispensing means moving unit M10 provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 and the medicine dispensing driving unit moving unit D400 provided in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention, And performs the similar function in that it enables the inter-layer movement of the drug dispensing drive means (D300) or the packaged medicament dispensing means (M8) when taking into consideration the function.

However, the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 may have a different structure from the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 in the following points.

Hereinafter, a specific configuration of the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 will be described.

The second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention can be mounted with a plurality of packing dispenser boxes M4 on the cartridge M6 and the cartridge M6 can be mounted on the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 May be provided.

The cartridge M6 may be installed in at least one or more layers in each layer of the second drug dispensing apparatus 200 and the number of packing dispenser boxes M4 that can be mounted in one cartridge M6 may be set by a person skilled in the art May be variously modified in accordance with the intention of the user.

Here, the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 may be configured such that the medicine dispensing unit M12 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4 that houses at least one or more packaging medicines, And the packaging agent dispensing box M4 may be detachably mounted on the cartridge M6.

The packaging agent dispensing means M8 may apply an outward external force to the packaging agent dispensing box M4 fixed at a predetermined position on the cartridge M6 to expose at least one of the packaging agents to the outside, It is possible to apply an external force to the medicine to be discharged to the outside.

The packaging medicines dispensed to the outside can be placed on the conveyor portion M16 of the packaging medicament dispensing means M8 and the position is changed by the belt rotation movement of the conveyor portion M16 so as to be collected in a predetermined external space can do.

On the other hand, the layered movement of the packaging agent dispensing means M8 can be realized by the packaging agent dispensing means moving section M10, and the packaging agent dispensing means moving section M10 can move the packaging agent dispensing means The packaged medicament dispensing means M8 can be moved to the layer in which the received packaged medicine dispensing box M4 is disposed.

In other words, when a signal according to the prescription of the patient is applied to the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention, the packaged medicine dispensing means moving unit M10 moves the packaged medicine dispensing means M8 Layer, and then the required packaging agent can be dispensed from the packaging agent dispensing box M4 by the outgoing external force and the dispensing external force by the packaging agent dispensing means M8.

The dispensed packaging agent can be placed on the conveyor portion M16 and the conveying portion M16 on which the packaging agent is placed, that is, the packaging agent dispensing means M8 is moved by the packaging agent dispensing means moving section M10 It is possible to collect the packaging medicines seated by the belt rotation movement of the conveyor section M16 after moving to a position corresponding to the preset dispensing space MS1 in a predetermined external space.

However, the belt rotation movement of the conveyor portion M16 is not limited to being implemented after the conveyor portion M16 is moved to a position corresponding to a predetermined dispensing space MS1, May be implemented before being moved to a position corresponding to the dispensing space MS1.

On the other hand, when the packaging medication according to the prescription of the patient is accommodated in a plurality of packaging agent dispensing boxes M4 arranged in each layer and a plurality of packing agent dispensing boxes M4 arranged in various layers, the packaging medication dispensing means M8 May sequentially dispense the packaging medicines from the plurality of packaging agent dispensing boxes (M4) disposed in the later positioned layer located on one layer by the packaging agent dispensing means moving section (M10) When the dispensing is completed, the dispenser can move to another layer and dispense the dispensing agent again.

When the dispensing of the packaging medicines according to the prescription of the patient is completed from the plurality of the packaging agent dispensing boxes M4 as described above, the conveyor unit M16 in which a plurality of the packaging medicines are finally placed, that is, the packaging medicament dispensing means M8 are moved to a position corresponding to the predetermined dispensing space MS1 by the packaging agent dispensing means moving section M10 and then a plurality of packing agents seated by the belt rotation movement of the conveyor section M16 are moved To be collected in the external space.

5-1. The dispensing principle of the packaging agent from the packaging agent dispensing box by the packaging agent dispensing means

FIGS. 120 to 126 are schematic perspective views illustrating an operating relationship between a dispensing means for dispensing a medicine and a dispensing box for dispensing a medicine, both of which are provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

120, the dispensing of the packaging medicines from the packaging agent dispensing box M4 is started when the medicament receiving portion M12 of the packaging medication dispensing box M4 is in the outward external force applying portion M18 of the packaging medicament dispensing means M8 By the dispensing external force applying unit M20 after being drawn by the dispensing external force application unit M20.

Specifically, when a signal according to the prescription of the patient is applied to the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention, by the signal, the packaged medicine dispensing means moving unit M10 moves the outward external force applying unit M18, The packaging agent dispensing means M8 including the application section M20 and the conveyor section M16 is moved to a desired layer.

At least one packaging agent dispensing box M4 may be mounted on at least one of the cartridges M6 in the layer on which the packaging agent dispensing means M8 has been moved, The application section M18 is moved to a position corresponding to any one of the packaging agent dispensing boxes M4 in which the required packaging agent is accommodated.

When the outgoing external force applying section M18 is moved to a position corresponding to any one of the packaging agent dispensing boxes M4, the outgoing external force applying section M18 is slid along the departure-avoiding guide section M22, And moves toward the packaging agent dispensing box M4.

On the other hand, the pulling external force application portion M18 can apply attraction force to the packaging agent dispensing box M4, and magnetization is determined according to whether the current flows or not, Electromagnets may be included.

The medicine receiving portion M12 of the unpacking medicine dispensing box M4 is connected to the outward external force applying portion M18 so that a pulling force acts between the outgoing external force applying portion M18 and the unpacking medicine dispensing box M4. And may be provided with a front portion M24 which reacts with the magnetic force and may be provided with the pulling external force applying portion M18 and the pulling external force applying portion M18 by a pulling force acting between the pulling external force application portion M18 and the front portion M24. The medicament accommodating portion M12 can move in conjunction with the medicament accommodating portion M12.

As a result, the outgoing external force application portion M18, which is moved toward the front portion M24 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4, returns to the original position while the attraction force is applied to the medicine accommodating portion M12, The portion M12 can be pulled out from the supporting portion M14.

At least one of the packaging medicines MT may be exposed to the outside due to the draw-out of the medicament accommodating portion M12, and the exposed packaging medicines MT may be exposed to the outside of the conveyor portion M16).

As described above, the packaging agent MT exposed to the outside can be supplied with the dispensing external force by the movement of the dispensing external force applying portion M20 of the packaging medicine dispensing means M8, and the dispensing external force applying portion M20 And can be eventually discharged to the conveyor section M16 by the dispensing external force.

The packaging agent MT discharged to the conveyor portion M16 by the dispensing external force of the dispensing external force application portion M20 is discharged to the packaging agent MT located at the foremost position among the packaging agents accommodated in the medicine accommodation portion M12, ), And when the dispensing agent MT located at the foremost position is dispensed by the movement of the dispensing external force applying section M20, another dispensing agent may be automatically placed at that position.

Accordingly, when one packaging agent is dispensed to the conveyor portion M16, the packaging agent in the medicine receiving portion M12 can be automatically arranged from the foremost order, and by the movement of the dispensing external force application portion M20, You can implement dispatch.

Here, the packaging medicines MT placed on the conveyor M16 are collected so as to be collected in a predetermined external space by the vertical movement of the conveying unit M10 and the belt rotation of the conveyor unit M16. can do.

On the other hand, when two or more packaging medicines need to be dispensed from one packaging agent dispensing box M4, one dispensing medicament is dispensed by the movement of the dispensing external force applying section M20, and then the medicines of the packaging agent dispensing box M4 In the state in which the accommodating portion M12 is drawn out, another dispensing agent can be dispensed by the repetitive movement of the dispensing external force applying portion M20.

Dispensing of two or more packaging medicines due to repetitive movement of the dispensing external force application unit M20 can be realized by automatically moving the packaging medicament in the medicament accommodation unit M12 automatically to the forefront.

Hereinafter, the packaging agent dispensing box M4, the packaging agent dispensing means M8, and the cartridge M6 for installing the packaging agent dispensing box described above will be described in detail.

5-2. Packing dispenser box

127 and 128 are schematic perspective views showing a packaging medicine dispensing box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 129 is a schematic perspective view showing a packing dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. And FIG. 130 is a schematic perspective view showing a state after the medicine receiving portion of the unpacking box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is taken out.

127 to 130, the packaging agent dispensing box M4 provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention has a predetermined inner space MS2 to accommodate at least one packaging agent And a support portion M14 for supporting the medicament accommodating portion M12 and the medicament accommodating portion M12.

Here, the support portion M14 may be a component mounted on the cartridge M6, and the medicine receiving portion M12 may be seated so as to be pulled out to the support portion M14.

In other words, the medicament accommodating portion M12 may be movable in the pull-out direction from the support portion M14 so as to expose at least one of the packaging medicines arranged in the inner space for discharging at least one packaging medicament to the outside , Which can be realized by an outward external force by the outward external force application unit M18 of the packaging medicine dispensing means M8.

That is, the outgoing external force may be provided by an outgoing external force applying unit M18 including an electromagnet whose magnetization is determined according to whether a current flows or not, and the drug accommodating unit M12 may be provided with the electromagnet And a front portion M24 for generating attraction with the electromagnet in response to the magnetic force of the external magnetic field applying portion M18.

When the at least one of the packaging medicines is discharged to the outside by the movement of the medicine receiving portion M12 in the drawing direction by the drawing external force by the drawing external force application portion M18, As shown in FIG.

Here, the attraction force acting between the medicine receiving portion M12 and the drawing external force applying portion M18 by the removal of the drawing external force is blocked by the current flowing in the drawing external force application portion M18 including the electromagnet And the automatic return of the medicine accommodating portion M12 may be realized by an attraction or an elastic member by a magnet formed in the medicine accommodating portion M12 and the support portion M14.

However, the return of the medicine accommodating portion M12 is not limited to the one realized by the removal of the pulling out external force. If the movement by the pulling external force is completed and at least one of the pills is released to the outside, It may be returned to its original position by switching the direction of the external force.

The medicine accommodating portion M12 can be slid from the support portion M14 by the outward external force by the outward external force applying portion M18 and can be moved in the pull out direction. The support portion M14 may include a movement guide portion M26 and a rotation portion M28, respectively.

The movement guide portion M26 may be coupled to the extension M30 extending from the lower end of the side wall of the medicine accommodation portion M12 toward the side of the support portion M14 by a ball bearing.

Here, the movement guide portion M26 may be fastened to the single extended portion M30 in a single manner as shown in the drawing, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be formed in at least one manner according to the intention of the person skilled in the art.

The movement guide portion M26 may be movable along the side surface of the support portion M14 so as to guide the movement of the medicine accommodation portion M12 in the drawing direction while being seated on the upper surface of the support portion M14, The side surface of the support portion M14 may include a movement guide corresponding portion M32 formed to be embedded along the drawing direction so as to provide a movement path of the movement guide portion M26 with the movement guide portion M26 inserted therein have.

Therefore, when the medicine receiving portion M12 is pulled out of the support portion M14 by the outward external force by the outward external force applying portion M18, the movement guide portion M26 is moved in the movement guide counterpart M32 So that it is possible to realize smooth withdrawal of the medicine accommodation portion M12.

The withdrawal of the medicament accommodating portion M12 from the support portion M14 can be further progressed smoothly by the rotation portion M28 which is a kind of ball bearing and the rotation portion M28 can be provided in the support portion M14 .

That is, the rotation unit M28 is disposed at a predetermined position so as to be in contact with the bottom surface of the medicine accommodation unit M12 so that the medicine accommodation unit M12 is mounted on the upper surface of the support unit M14, And may be fastened to the support portion M14 so as to be rotated in the support portion M14.

Here, the rotation unit M28 need not be formed in a single piece like the movement guide unit M26, and may be provided in at least one or more than one according to the intention of the person skilled in the art.

The sliding out of the medicine receiving portion M12 from the support portion M14 by the outward external force application portion M18 is performed by the sliding movement of the movement guide portion M26 in the movement guide corresponding portion M32, And the movement guide portion M26 and the rotation portion M28 may be changed by means other than a ball bearing.

FIG. 131 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of the packaging agent dispensing box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 132 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of the packaging dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. Fig.

Referring to FIGS. 131 and 132, at least one packaging agent may be disposed in the medicament accommodating portion M12 as described above. When the medicament accommodating portion M12 is withdrawn from the support portion M14, At least one of the packaging medicines disposed in the MS2 may be exposed to the outside.

The exposed at least one packaging agent may be dispensed to the conveyor section M16 by movement of the dispensing external force application section M20. When dispensing is completed, the packaging agent disposed in the medication container M12 may be sequentially As shown in FIG.

Here, in order to smoothly move the packaging agent in the medicine accommodating portion M12, the frictional force due to the positional movement acting between the packaging agent and the medicine accommodating portion M12 needs to be reduced, May be implemented by at least one seating portion M34 having a surface.

The seating portion M34 may be a kind of bottom wall on which the packaging medicament in the medicament accommodating portion M12 is seated and may have a concave and convex shape along the drawing direction, The contact area can be reduced to facilitate the movement of the packaging agent.

The mounting portion M34 may be detachably attached to the attaching / detaching portion M38 formed on the supporting portion M14 so as to constitute the supporting portion M14, One of the detachable portion M36 and the detachable portion M38 may be formed as a protrusion and the other one may be formed as a groove or a hole.

When the detachable portion M36 is inserted into the detachable portion M38, a predetermined spacing MS3 may be formed between the seating portion M34 and the other seating portion M34, MS3 may provide a movement path for moving the pressing portion M40 to be described later in the drawing direction.

FIG. 133 and FIG. 134 are internal structural diagrams for explaining the operation principle of the pushing portion of the packaged drug dispenser box provided in the second drug dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.

133 and 134, the movement of the packaging medicament MT in the medicament accommodating portion M12 is performed by providing a pressing force toward the front side of the packaging medicament MT accommodated in the inner space MS2 And a pressing source M42 connected to the pressing portion M40 and the pressing portion M40 to provide the pressing portion M40 with a restoring force toward the front side so as to generate the pressing force.

The presser foot M42 can be made of a rubber material which can be elastically deformed and can move the pressurizing portion M40 in a direction toward the drawing direction by the restoring force against elastic deformation.

The pressing portion M40 may protrude upward from the seating portion M34 of the medicament accommodating portion M12 and may include a spacing space MS3 formed between the seating portion M34 and the other seating portion M34. In the drawing direction.

The pressing portion M40 is disposed on the lower side of the seating portion M34 and is engaged with the pressing portion M44 and the pressing portion M44 to which the pressing root portion M42 is connected, And a pressing force providing portion M46 extending upward from the pressure applying portion M34 and providing a direct pressing force to the packaging medicament.

The pressing portion M44 may have a groove corresponding to a part of the outer surface of the pressing root portion M42 so that the pressing root portion M42 can be stably wound. And can be moved toward the drawing direction.

The medicine receiving portion M12 corresponding to the lower side of the seating portion M34 may be provided with at least one projecting and retreating portion M48 for protruding and winding the pressing base portion M42, As shown in FIG.

In other words, the protrusion M48 may have a groove corresponding to a part of the outer surface of the pressurizing base M42 so as to stably wind the pressurizing base M42, M42 may include a first pressurized root portion M41 and a second pressurized root portion M43.

The first pressurized root portion M41 and the second pressurized root portion M43 may have a first fixed end connected to the medicine receiving portion M12 and a second fixed distal end extending from the first fixed end, And may have another free end connected to the pressing portion M40 after being wound on the protruding portion M48 and each of the other free ends may be integrated with each other and wound on the pressing portion M40 .

As a result, as shown in the drawing, the pressurized root portion M42 may be a single elastic rubber, and one end is fixed to the rear side of the medicine accommodating portion M12, and the other end is elastically deformed, It may be wound around the portion M48 and then wound around the pressing portion M44 and then wound on the projecting portion M48 formed on the front side and finally fixed to the rear side.

Therefore, the pressurizing portion M40 automatically presses the pressurizing portion M42 when the packaging medicament located at the forefront of the medicament containing portion M12 is released to the conveyor portion M16 by the dispensing external force applying portion M20. It can be moved in the drawing direction by the restoring force, whereby the packaging agent can be arranged sequentially from the frontmost position.

FIGS. 135 to 145 are schematic views showing a modified example of the pressurized root portion of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 135, the pressurized root portion M42a may have one fixed end connected to the front side and another free end connected to the pressing portion M40 so as to be elastically deformable from the one fixed end to the rear side .

Here, the pressurizing base portion M42a is not limited to being formed as a single piece, but may be formed in at least one or more than one according to the intention of a person skilled in the art.

136 to 139, the pressurized root portion M42b may include a first pressurized root portion M42b1 and a second pressurized root portion M42b2, and the other free ends thereof are integrally connected to each other And can be wound around the pressing portion M40.

140 and 141, the pressurized root portion M42c can be elastically deformed to the rear side after being wound around the single protruding portion M48 formed on the front side of the medicine receiving portion M12, And the other free end may be connected to the pressing portion M40.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 141, the one free end and the other free end may be integrated with each other and wound around the pressing portion M40.

Here, the pressurizing base portion M42c and the protrusion forming portion M48 are not limited to being formed as a single piece, but may be formed with at least one or more than one according to the intention of a person skilled in the art.

142 and 143, the pressurized root portion M42d may include a first pressurized root portion M42d1 and a second pressurized root portion M42d2, each of which is connected to the medicament receiving portion M12 And a second free end extending from the one fixed end and the one fixed end and being elastically deformable and being wound on the at least one protruding and retracting portion M48 and then connected to the pressing portion M40.

Here, the other free end of the first pressurized root portion M42d1 and the other free end of the second pressurized root portion M42d2 may be wound around the pressurizing portion M40 while being connected to each other.

144 and 145, the pressurized root portion M42e may include a rack gear M42e1 and a pinion gear M42e2 and a helical elastic member M42e3 fastened to the rotation shaft of the pinion gear M42e2 , The pressing portion M40 may be fastened to the rotating shaft.

Therefore, the pressing portion M40 can generate a restoring force toward the pull-out direction by the helical elastic member M42e3 and can be moved in the pull-out direction by the rotation of the pinion gear M42e2 on the rack gear M42e1 have.

146 and 147 are a schematic exploded perspective view and a partial view for explaining the principle of detecting the movement of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention.

146 and 147, the packaged medicine dispenser box M4 may include a movement detecting sensor M50 for detecting whether or not the medicine receiving portion M12 from the supporting portion M14 is moved, that is, have.

Here, the movement detection sensor M50 may be provided in any one of the support portion M14 and the medicine accommodation portion M12, and the support portion M14 in which the movement detection sensor M50 is not provided, One of the medicine accommodating sections M12 may include a magnetic field generating section M52 for generating a magnetic field.

Here, the movement detection sensor M50 may be a magnetic sensor that measures the magnitude or direction of a magnetic field or a magnetic force line, and measures the magnitude or direction of a magnetic field generated from the magnetic field generation unit M52, Or the like.

For example, as shown in the figure, a magnetic field generating part M52, which is a type of magnet, may be disposed on the upper side of the rear side of the supporting part M14, and the magnetic field generating part M52 may be provided on the bottom side of the rear side of the medicine receiving part M12. A movement detection sensor M50, which is a magnetic sensor for sensing the magnetic field of the mobile robot 100, may be disposed.

Therefore, the movement detection sensor M50 detects the movement of the medicine accommodation portion M12 by the distance change between the movement detection sensor M50 and the magnetic field generation portion M52 at the time of withdrawal of the medicine accommodation portion M12 And the position of the magnetic field generating section M52 may be variable for the accuracy of sensing.

That is, since the sensing performance of the movement detection sensor M50 may vary somewhat depending on the environment, the position of the magnetic field generation unit M52 may be moved to correct the accuracy thereof.

The support M14 may be a magnetic sensor M50 or a magnetic field sensor M50 provided in the support M14 and the medicine receiver M12 in accordance with the movement of the medicine receiver M12. And an interference preventing space MS4 formed continuously along the moving direction of the medicine accommodating portion M12 so that interference with the medicine accommodating portion M12 may not occur.

Therefore, the magnetic field generating unit M52, which is disposed on the rear side bottom surface of the medicine accommodating unit M12 due to the interference preventing space MS4, stably moves in the drawing direction without interference with the supporting unit M14 .

148 and 149 are partial views for explaining the principle of increase and decrease of the external communication space of the packaging dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 according to the present invention.

148 and 149, the medicine receiving portion M12, which receives at least one or more packaging medicines, is drawn out by the outward external force by the outward external force applying portion M18, An external communication space MS5 corresponding to the packaging medicament dispensed to prevent interference between the dispensing medicines dispensed and the side wall M54 defining the internal space.

Here, the external communication space MS5 may be variable in size by a plurality of removable communication space adjusting units M56. The size of the communication space adjusting unit M56 may be a width of the packaging material accommodated in the internal space MS5, . ≪ / RTI >

In other words, the packaging agent that can be accommodated in the medicine receiving portion M12 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4 may vary, and accordingly, the width may be different.

In the case of the packaging agent having a relatively small width, even when the external communication space MS5 is formed to be small in correspondence with the width, the medicine containing portion M12 is drawn out and then the packaging agent is discharged through the external communication space MS5 It is necessary to adjust the external communication space MS5 in the case of a packaging agent having a width larger than that of the external communication space MS5.

Accordingly, the external communication space MS5 can be controlled by attaching / detaching at least one communication space adjusting part M56, and the number of the communication space adjusting part M56 .

150 to 152 are partial views for explaining the operation principle of the aligning portion of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

150 to 152, the medicament receiving portion M12 is provided with an aligning portion M58 movable in the internal space to press the packaging medicament in one direction for alignment of the medicament packed in the internal space MS2 ).

Here, the aligning unit M58 may be fastened to a turning unit M60 that is pivotally coupled to the internal space so as to be rotatable for inputting a new packing medication. The aligning unit M58 may be fastened to the inner space As shown in Fig.

That is, since the size of the packaging agent may vary, an alignment unit M58 is required to press the packaging agent toward one side wall in order to prevent movement of the packaging agent in the interior space.

The aligning unit M58 includes a first aligning unit M58a coupled to the pivoting unit M60 so as to be movable in an inclined direction at a predetermined angle with respect to the pivoting direction and a second aligning unit M58a And a second aligning portion M58b fastened to be movable in the direction of the second aligning portion M58b.

Specifically, the first aligning unit M58a may move in a direction perpendicular to the drawing direction to press the packaging medicament on one side wall, and the second aligning unit M58b may press the first aligning unit M58a So that the stable dispensing of the packaging medicament arranged at the foremost position can be realized.

The aligning unit M58 can stably place all of the packaging medicines except for the packaging medicines disposed at the frontmost one of the packaging medicines arranged in the inner space to the one side wall and arrange them in the internal space stably. The dispensing agent should be spaced apart from the foremost packaging agent for application of dispensing external force to the dispensing agent disposed at the foremost position of the dispensing agent.

In other words, the packaging agent that can be accommodated in the medicine accommodation portion M12 is not constant, and may vary in width and size depending on the kind of the packaging agent. Therefore, the first alignment portion M58a and the second alignment portion M58b Is provided movably in the turning portion M60, all of the above-mentioned reasons can be satisfied.

153 to 156 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the dispensed space increasing portion of the packaged medicine dispensing box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

153 to 156, the unpacking box M4 may include a medicine receiving portion M12 and a supporting portion M14 for supporting the medicine receiving portion M12, and the medicine receiving portion M12 May be further passed through the passing portion M62 when it is drawn out from the supporting portion M14 by an external force exerted by the drawing external force application portion M18.

More specifically, the passing portion M62 may be fastened to the support portion M14, and at least a part of the side wall of the medicine accommodation portion M12 may be secured before the medicine accommodation portion M12 is moved from the support portion M14. And the medicine receiving portion M12 passes through when the medicine receiving portion M12 moves in the drawing direction.

Here, the packaging agent dispensing box M4 according to the present invention is characterized in that the medicine containing section M12 is moved in the draw-out direction through the passing section M62, When the medicine is dispensed by the dispensing external force by the dispensing external force applying portion M20, the dispensing external force applying portion M20 dispenses the medicine dispensing portion M12, And a space increasing portion M64.

The front side of the medicine accommodating portion M12 is provided with a predetermined dispensing space MS6 formed between the front portion M24 and the dispensing space increasing portion M64 before the medicament accommodating portion is moved in the withdrawing direction from the supporting portion M14 And the dispensing space increase portion M64 can increase the dispensing space MS6 when the medicine containing portion M12 is drawn out.

That is, before the medicine receiving portion M12 passes the passing portion M62, the dispensing space increasing portion M64 comes into contact with the passing portion M62 to stop the movement, and the passing portion M62 It is possible to increase the dispensing space MS6 which is moved by the restoring force and formed on the front side of the medicine accommodation portion M12.

In other words, the dispensing space increase portion M64 is raised by the restoring force of the restoring member M66, which is a kind of spring, when the medicine containing portion M12 passes through the passing portion M62, And it is possible to realize smooth movement of the dispensing external force applying section M20 which provides the dispense external force due to the increase of the dispensing space MS6.

Specifically, the dispensing space increasing portion M64 includes a fixed portion M64a coupled to the medicine receiving portion M12, a pair of intermediate portions M64b coupled to be rotatable with respect to the fixed portion M64a, And an elevating portion M64c fastened to the portion M64b to determine whether to ascend or descend by the rotation of the intermediate portion M64b.

The increase of the dispensing space MS6 may be realized by the elevation of the elevating portion M64c and the elevation of the elevating portion M64c may be realized by a pair of intermediate portions M64b.

That is, when the medicine accommodating portion M12 passes through the passing portion M62, a restoring member M66 that is coupled with the fixing portion M64a and provides a restoring force in a direction of ascending to the elevating portion M64c The elevating portion M64c is raised by the restoring force, and at the same time, the intermediate portion M64b is rotated at a predetermined angle from the fixing portion M64a.

On the other hand, the restoring member M66 is inserted into a restoring portion inspecting portion M64a1 which is formed to extend substantially at the center from one side edge of the fixing portion M64a on the pull-out direction side, and at the same time, It can be received in the receiving groove M64c1 formed in the elevating portion M64c and stably fixed at a predetermined position.

However, the restoring member M66 is not limited to an elastic member such as a spring, but may be embodied as a magnet generating a repulsive force.

Here, the elevation and elevation of the elevation portion M64c can be effectively realized by the elevation guide portion M68a and the elevation guide correspondence portion M68b inserted slidably in the elevation guide portion M68a.

Specifically, the elevation guide portion M68a may be embedded in one of the medicine accommodating portion M12 and the elevating portion M64c along the elevation direction, and the elevation guide accommodating portion M68b may be embedded in the remaining one So as to be slidable with respect to the elevation guide portion M68a.

As a result, the elevating / lowering portion M64 can be elevated and lowered by sliding the elevation guide corresponding portion M68b along the elevation guide portion M68a, thereby preventing the elevating portion M64c from being separated from the elevating / can do.

FIGS. 157 to 160 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the withdrawal implementing part and the movement blocking part of the dispensing box for packaging medicines provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

157 to 160, the supporting portion M14 of the packaging medicine dispensing box M4 is provided with a movable blocking portion M4, the position of which is moved by the drawing-out permitting portion M70 of the cartridge M6 on which the supporting portion M14 is mounted, (M72), and the movement of the movement blocking portion (M72) can be realized by the elastic member (M74).

Here, the medicament accommodating portion M12 is configured such that the engagement with the movement blocking portion M72 is released by the movement of the movement blocking portion M72 by the withdrawal permitting portion M70 so that the movement in the withdrawing direction is realized And a drawing implementation unit M76.

Specifically, the drawing implement M76 may be formed to protrude downward from the bottom surface of the medicine accommodating portion M12, and a groove may be formed on one side of the rear side of the medicine accommodating portion M12 to receive the movement blocking portion M72 .

The movable blocking portion M72 can be fixed to the upper surface of the rear side of the supporting portion M14 by the cover portion M78 and can be fixed to the groove of the drawing implementing portion M76 by the restoring force of the elastic member M74 So that the movement of the drawing implementer M76, that is, the non-ideal drawing of the medicine accommodating section M12, can be prevented in advance.

In other words, the unpacking box M4 according to the present invention is retained in the movement blocking part M72 in a state in which the withdrawing implementation part M76 is caught in the medicine receiving part M12 before being mounted on the cartridge M6, The withdrawal may be blocked and the movement blocking portion M72 is pushed by the withdrawal permitting portion M70 of the cartridge M6 when the cartridge M6 is mounted on the cartridge M6, It can change to a state in which it can move freely from the movement blocking portion M72.

As a result, when the unpacking box M4 is mounted on the cartridge M6, the withdrawal of the medicine accommodating portion M12 by the outward external force applying portion M18 can be realized. If the unpacking portion M4 is not mounted on the cartridge M6 The withdrawal of the packaging agent can be blocked.

161 and 162 are schematic views for explaining the principle of operation of the lock portion of the dispensing box for dispensing the medicine provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

161 and 162, the packaged medicine dispenser box M4 may include a pivoting portion M60 coupled to be rotatable for inputting a new pesticide, and whether or not the pivoting portion M60 is rotated And a locking portion M78 formed on the rear side of the medicine accommodating portion M12.

When all the packaging medicines contained in the packaging agent dispensing box M4 are dispensed by the outward external force applying section M18 and the dispensing external force applying section M20, a new packaging medicament is dispensed to the packaging medicament dispensing box M4 In this case, the turning unit M60 must be turned.

The lock portion M78 may include a lock portion M78a whose position can be changed by a separate lock releasing member. The lock portion M60 may be coupled to the lock portion M78a so as to be detachable And a latching portion M60a for determining whether or not the lock arm M78a is locked by the movement of the lock arm M78a.

On the other hand, the lock portion M78a of the lock portion M78 can be rotated by using a separate lock releasing member to pivot the turning portion M60 to put a new packing agent into the medicine accommodating portion M12, When the locking arm M78a is rotated by the unlocking member, the locking portion M60a of the pivoting portion M60 is detached from the locking arm M78a, so that the rotation of the pivoting portion M60 is implemented .

Here, the disassembly member is composed of a kind of key and can be rotated by inserting the disengagement member into the lock portion M78 according to the user's need. However, in order to prevent the expertise and weakness of the medicine, A separate refill station may be used.

That is, when a new packaging agent is to be introduced into the medicine receiving portion M12 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4, the packing agent dispensing box M4 is detached from the cartridge M6 and inserted into the refill station, The portion M78 can be rotated.

At this time, the key, which is the unlocking member provided in the refill station, is automatically inserted into the locking part M78 to rotate the locking part M78.

Therefore, safety can be improved when the refill station is used for the rotation of the lock portion M78 as compared with the case where the release member composed only of the conventional key is used, and the weakening accident due to the input of the wrong medicine can be prevented in advance .

Figure 163 is a schematic view for explaining the mounting principle of the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention to the cartridge.

163, the supporting portion M14 is inserted from the bottom so as to fix the position on the cartridge M6 by inserting the position fixing portion M82 formed in the cartridge M6 on which the supporting portion M14 is mounted And a position fixing counterpart M84 formed therein.

When the packaged medicine dispenser box M4 is inserted into the cartridge M6, the position fixing portion M84 is inserted into the cartridge M6 so that the position fixing portion M82 can be raised and lowered, The dispenser box M4 can be fixed and the packaging agent dispenser box M4 can not be separated from the cartridge M6 without lowering the position fixing portion M82.

On the other hand, when the packaging agent dispensing box M4 is inserted into the cartridge M6, insertion is made in the insertion guide groove M86 continuously formed along the insertion direction on the lower side of both sides of the support portion M14, The guide protrusion M88 can be inserted, so that the insertion of the support portion M14 into the cartridge M6 can be smoothly performed.

That is, the insertion of the unpacking medicine dispensing box M4 into the cartridge M6 can be guided by the insertion guide protrusion M88 and the insertion guide groove M86.

The detachment detection counterpart M80 may be coupled to a bottom surface of the support M14 and may be a magnet for generating a magnetic field. The detection sensor M90 may be actuated to detect whether the support M14 is non-ideal detachment from the cartridge M6.

5-3. Packing agent dispensing means

164 to 167 are schematic diagrams for explaining the operation principle of the outward external force applying unit of the packaged medicine dispensing means provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIGS. 168 to 173 are diagrams Fig. 2 is a schematic view for explaining the operation principle of the packaged medicine dispensing means; Fig.

164 to 173, the packaging medicament dispensing means M8 applies a drawing external force to a packaging medicament dispenser box M4 for accommodating at least one packaging medicament fixed at a predetermined position, so that at least one of the packaging medicines And may be a kind of external force application device that applies a dispensing external force to the exposed packaging agent to be discharged to the outside.

The outgoing external force is transmitted to the outward external force applying portion M18 which is coupled to the support frame M92 such that the outward external force applying portion M18 and the outward external force applying portion M18 move And may be provided by an outward external driving force providing portion M94 for providing a driving force for movement.

Specifically, the outgoing external force applying unit M18 draws the packaged medicine dispensing box M4 mounted on the cartridge M6 and exposes at least one of the packaged medicines to the outside, And the pulling external force applying unit M94 is connected to the pulling external force applying unit M18 to apply a pulling force to the pulling external force applying unit M18 so as to generate the pulling external force, Can be provided.

The outgoing external force application portion M18 may be movable to a position corresponding to any one of the packaging medicine dispensing boxes M4 which are coupled to the support frame M92 so as to be movable and disposed at different positions, May be implemented by applying a signal to the second drug dispensing apparatus 200. [

That is, at least one packaging agent dispensing box M4 may be mounted on at least one of the cartridges M6 in the layer on which the packaging agent dispensing means M8 is moved by the signal, The outward external force applying unit M18 of the outwardly facing external force applying unit M8 is moved on the support frame M92 to be disposed at a position corresponding to any one of the packaging medicine dispensing boxes M4 accommodating the required packaging medicines.

When the outgoing external force applying section M18 is moved to a position corresponding to any one of the packaging agent dispensing boxes M4, the outgoing external force applying section M18 is slid along the departure-avoiding guide section M22, And moves toward the packaging agent dispensing box M4.

The departure prevention guide portion M22 may prevent the outgoing external force application portion M18 from being released in the process of moving toward the packaging medicine dispensing box M4 of the outgoing external force application portion M18, And can be fastened to the outgoing external force applying portion M18 so that the external force applying portion M18 is slid.

The departure prevention guide portion M22 may include at least one departure prevention guide groove M22a continuously formed along the moving direction of the outgoing external force applying portion M18, May include a release preventing guide protrusion M22b formed to correspond to the release preventing guide groove M22a and inserted into the release preventing guide groove M22a.

Therefore, the movement of the pulling-out external force applying portion M18 toward the packaging agent dispensing box M4 is realized while the departure-preventing guide projection M22b is inserted into the departure-avoiding guide groove M22a, Can be implemented.

Here, the pull-out external force by the pull-out external force applying portion M18 can be realized by the pull force acting between the pull-out external force applying portion M18 and the packaged drug dispensing box M4. Specifically, May be an attraction force acting between the front portion M18 and the front portion M24.

The attracting force may be generated by an electromagnet in which magnetization (M magnetization) is determined depending on whether a current flows or not, and the outgoing external force applying unit M18 may include an electromagnet to control the generation of attraction force .

The outgoing external force application portion M18 is moved toward the packaging medicine dispensing box M4 by the driving force by the outward external force driving force providing portion M94 to deliver the drawing force external force to the packaging medicine dispensing box M4 And is returned to its original position by the driving force by the outward external force driving force providing portion M94 in a state in which the force is applied to the packing agent dispensing box M4, M12) can be realized.

When the medicine receiving portion M12 is drawn out by the drawing external force applying portion M18, one of the packaging medicines may be dispensed to the conveyor portion M16 by the dispensing external force applying portion M20, The packaging agent placed on the conveyor section M16 can be shifted in position by the belt rotation of the conveyor section M16.

The movement of the outward external force applying portion M18 may be realized by the rotation of the outgoing external force driving force providing portion M94 and the movement of the outgoing external force applying portion M18 in accordance with the rotation direction of the outgoing external force driving force providing portion M94 The moving direction can be determined.

That is, the driving force by the outward external force providing portion M94 may be transmitted to the outgoing external force transmitting portion M96 by the bevel gear, and the outgoing external force transmitting portion M96 may include a first chain pulley portion A second chain pulley portion M96b, and a chain portion M96c.

The outgoing external force transmitting portion M96 is connected to the outgoing external force driving force providing portion M94 and the outgoing external force applying portion M18 so that the driving force of the outgoing external force providing portion M94 is transmitted to the outgoing external force applying portion M94, (M18), as shown in FIG.

The driving force generated by rotation of the bevel gear by rotating the bevel gear may be provided to at least one of the first chain pulley portion M96a and the second chain pulley portion M96b, The first chain pulley M96a and the second chain pulley M96b are rotated by the rotation of the first chain pulley M96a and the second chain pulley M96b by being caught by the first chain pulley M96a and the second chain pulley M96b, Can be moved.

The outgoing external force applying portion M18 may be coupled to the chain portion M96c to be moved toward the packing agent dispensing box M4 or move toward the opposite direction in association with the movement of the chain portion M96c, The rotation direction of the first chain pulley portion M96a and the second chain pulley portion M96b is changed in accordance with the rotation direction of the outward external force providing portion M94 so that the direction of the outgoing external force application portion M18 may be changed have.

On the other hand, whether or not the outgoing external force applying unit M94 moves the outgoing external force applying unit M18 during movement can be detected by the outgoing detection sensor M98, May be fastened to a sensor seating part (M100) which is fastened to one side of the base (M22).

The position where the lead-out detection sensor M98 is fastened may be a position corresponding to an initial position of the outgoing external force applying portion M18 on the sensor seating portion M100 and a position where the lead-out external force applying portion M18 is finally disposed, And can be variously modified in accordance with the intention of a person skilled in the art.

It is also noted that the number of the draw-out detection sensors M98 may be variously changed.

When the outgoing external force applying section M18 takes out the medicine receiving section M12 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4 requiring dispensing, at least one or more packaging medicines may be exposed to the outside, One can be dispensed to the conveyor section M16 by the dispense external force by the dispense external force applying section M20.

Specifically, the dispensing external force application unit M20 may be disposed on the support frame M92 in the vicinity of the outward external force application unit M18, and a dispensing external force according to the movement may be applied to the packaging medicine dispensing box M4 At least one of the received packaging medicines may be delivered to the outside conveyor section M16.

Here, the dispensing external force by the dispensing external force application unit M20 may be provided by moving in the other direction from one direction of the packaging medicine dispensing box M4 drawn out by the dispensing external force application unit M18, It is possible to move another direction from the one direction to the other direction and to apply another dispense external force.

On the other hand, the movement of the dispensation external force application unit M20 in the support frame M92 is performed by moving the dispensation external force application unit M20 to a position corresponding to any one of the dispensation medicine dispensation boxes arranged at different positions of the outward external force application unit M18 And the motors M102 and M104, which provide the respective driving forces, can be fastened on the support frame M92.

When the packaging medicines are discharged from the packaging agent dispensing box M4 by the dispensing external force by the dispensing external force applying section M20 and are placed on the conveyor section M16, whether or not the packaging medicines are dispensed or stacked on the conveyor section M16 Whether or not it is seated can be detected by the lamination detection sensor M106.

That is, the stacking detection sensor M106 may be arranged adjacent to the outgoing external force application unit M18 to sense whether the packaging agent is dispensed or not, or to detect whether the packaging agent is stacked after dispensing.

In other words, the packaged medicine dispensing means M8 is a packaged medicine dispensing box (not shown) in which the packaged medicine required by the packaged medicine dispensing means moving unit M10 is accommodated in the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 M4), and the necessary packaging agent can be dispensed from the packaging agent dispensing box (M4) by the outward external force and the dispensing external force.

When the dispensing of the packaging medicament is completed, the packaging medicament dispensing means M8 can be moved to another layer according to the prescription of the patient, and dispensing of another packaging medicament can be realized by repetitive operation.

Here, when the packaging medicines arranged on different layers are dispensed, different packaging medicines may be accommodated in the same packaging medicament dispenser box M4 only at different locations but in the same position of the conveyor portion M16, There may be a possibility of dispensing other packaging medicines.

In this case, different packaging agents can be placed at almost the same position of the conveyor section M16, and there is a possibility that they are stacked and seated.

If the different packaging agents are stacked, the movement of the outgoing external force application unit M18 and the external force application unit M20 may be problematic due to the volume of the stacked packaging agent, ).

Therefore, when the stacking detection sensor M106 detects the stacking of the packaging agent, the stacking can be removed by the belt rotation and vibration of the conveyor portion M16.

However, in order to prevent stacking of different packaging medicines, belt conveyance of the conveyor portion M16 may be performed when the packaged medicament dispensing means M8 is moved by bed.

5-4. Cartridge for box dispensing box

174 and 175 are schematic perspective views showing a cartridge for installing a packaged medicine dispenser box provided in a second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to Figures 174 and 175, the cartridge M6 may be provided for each layer of the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200, and may be a kind of a packing dispenser box installation structure Lt; / RTI >

Specifically, the cartridge M6 includes a cartridge housing M108 for supporting the packaging agent dispensing box M4 with a limited distance beyond a predetermined distance of the packaging agent dispensing box M4, And a withdrawal permitting section M70 for allowing the withdrawal of the medicine receiving section M12 of the unpacking box M4.

When the unpacking box M4 is inserted into the cartridge housing M108, the draw-out allowing portion M70 is inserted into the support portion M14 of the unpacking box M4, May be separated from the movement blocking portion M72 so that the outflow of the medicine receiving portion M12 by the outward external force applying portion M18 may be realized.

Here, the unpacking box M4 is retained in the movement blocking portion M72 in a state in which the withdrawing implementation portion M76 is engaged before the cartridge M6 is mounted in the cartridge M6, and the withdrawal of the medicine accommodating portion M12 is blocked When the cartridge M6 is mounted on the cartridge M6, the movement blocking portion M72 is pushed by the drawing permission portion M70 of the cartridge M6, M72) to be free to move.

The cartridge housing M108 includes a seating housing M110 on which the packaging agent dispensing box M4 is seated and a cartridge housing M104 which is coupled to one end of the seating housing M110 and defines an entering range of the packaging agent dispensing box M4 Limiting housing M112, which may be in contact with the rear sidewall of the packaging dispenser box M4.

The limit housing M112 of the cartridge housing M108 may have a data transmission / reception terminal connected to the packaging agent dispensing box M4 to transmit / receive data, and the data transmission / reception terminal M114 may be connected to the cartridge housing M108 can send and receive information related to the packaging agent to and from the packaging agent dispensing box M4.

The draw-out permitting section M70 may protrude from the limiting housing M112 and may be formed in parallel with the seating housing M110.

The draw-out permitting section M70 is formed to have a smaller width at the other end than the one end of the draw-out permitting section M12 toward the confining housing M112 so that the draw-out permitting section M70 is supported at the support section M14 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4 The insertion portion M76 can be separated from the movement blocking portion M72 by gently pushing the movement blocking portion M72.

For this, the width of the draw-out permitting portion M70 may be linearly or non-linearly reduced from the predetermined length after the predetermined length of the limiting housing M112, and on the other side, And may be formed to be inclined from the housing M112 toward the other side after a predetermined length.

FIGS. 176 to 182 are schematic views for explaining the operation principle of the position fixing unit of the cartridge for installing the packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

176 to 182, the cartridge M6 is inserted into the position fixing mating portion M84 formed by being embedded from the bottom surface of the packaging medicine dispensing box M4, and the cartridge M6 is inserted into the mounting housing of the packaging medicine dispensing box M4, And may include a position fixing portion M82 to fix the position of the position fixing portion M82 to the mounting housing M110.

The position fixing portion M82 may be formed on the front side of the seating housing M110 and may be lowered by the descending base portion M116 and may be automatically elevated by the restoring force after descending have.

Specifically, the descending root portion M116 may be configured such that after the position fixing portion M82 is inserted into the position fixing corresponding portion M84 of the packaging agent dispensing box M4, the dispensing of the necessary packaging agent is completed, When the medicine dispensing box M4 is to be separated from the cartridge M6, the position fixing portion M82 may be lowered to draw the packing medicine dispensing box M4 from the cartridge housing M108, The lowering force for lowering the fixing portion M82 can be provided by the contact surface with the position fixing portion M82.

That is, the contact surface between the descending root portion M116 and the position fixing portion M82 is inclined with respect to the moving direction of the descending root portion M116 toward the limiting housing M112, The position fixing portion M82 can be lowered naturally by the inclined contact surface.

Here, the descending root portion M116 and the position fixing portion M82 can be automatically returned to the original position by the restoring force after the position of the descending root portion M116 toward the limiting housing M112 is moved, A first restoring member M118 disposed between the descending root portion M116 and the seating housing M110 and a second restoring member M118 disposed between the position fixing portion M82 and the seating housing M110, 0.0 > M120). ≪ / RTI >

The first restoring member M118 may be a spring that is an elastic member disposed between both ends of the descending root portion M116 and the seating housing M110 and the second restoring member M120 may be a position fixing portion M82, And a spring that is an elastic body disposed between the bottom surface of the seat housing M110 and the seat housing M110.

Here, the number of the first restoring member M118 and the second restoring member M120 need not be fixed, and may be variously changed according to the intention of a person skilled in the art.

In addition, the first restoring member M118 and the second restoring member M120 do not necessarily have to be resilient springs, but may be implemented as magnets that generate repulsive force.

On the other hand, when the descending root portion M116 is moved in the direction toward the limiting housing M112, the stopper M122 disposed on the lower side of the descending root portion M116, And the stopper M122 may be fastened to the upper surface of the seating housing M110.

The stopper M122 may limit a moving range by contacting with the descending root portion M116, and may include a buffer portion for relieving an impact caused by contact with a contact portion.

The buffer portion may be formed of a rubber material or the like as an elastic body.

On the other hand, when the position fixing portion M82 is moved up and down by the downward and restoring force of the position fixing portion M82 due to the movement of the descending base portion M116 toward the limiting housing M112, It is possible to prevent the position fixing portion M82 from being separated by the elevation guide groove M126 into which the guide projection M124 is inserted.

The elevation guide protrusion M124 may protrude from one side of the position fixing portion M82 and one side of the seating housing M110 facing the one side surface, May be embedded in the other one.

The elevation guide protrusions M124 may be continuously protruded from both sides of the position fixing portion M82 along the elevation direction. The elevation guide grooves M126 may be formed by elevating the elevation guide protrusions M124 So that it can be continuously embedded along the lifting direction.

Therefore, the elevation guide protrusions M124 are slid along the elevation guide grooves M126, so that the elevation and the elevation of the position fixing section M82 by positional movement by the descending base section M116 can be stably realized.

The mounting housing M110 may include an insertion guide portion M128 for guiding insertion of the packaging medication dispenser box M4 when the packaging medication dispensing box M4 is inserted. The width of each of the first and second end faces is equal to the width of the second end face.

The insertion guide portion M128 may include an insertion guide protrusion M88 inserted into an insertion guide groove M86 formed on the lower side of both sides of the packaging medicine dispensing box M4, M88 may be formed to correspond to the insertion guide groove M86.

The insertion guide protrusions M88 may be formed on both sides of one insertion guide portion M128 and may be inserted into the insertion guide protrusions M88 of the other insertion guide portion M128, Can be inserted into a pair of insertion guide grooves M86 of one packaging agent dispensing box M4 at the same time.

Therefore, the insertion of the packing agent dispensing box M4 into the cartridge M6 can be stably realized by sliding the insertion guide projection M88 while being inserted into the insertion guide groove M86.

Figure 183 is a schematic view for explaining the operation principle of the detachment detection sensor of the cartridge for installing a packaged medicine dispenser box provided in the second medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 183, the cartridge housing M108 may be provided with a release detection sensor M90 for detecting whether the packaging agent dispensing box M4 is released from the cartridge housing M108, (M90) is coupled to the bottom surface of the support portion (M14) of the packaged medicine dispenser box (M4) to sense the departure detection counterpart (M80) for generating a magnetic field.

Therefore, the departure detection sensor M90 senses whether the unpacked medicine dispensing box M4 is unexpectedly released from the cartridge M6, and detects the unexpected release of the unpacked medicine dispensing box M4 by the unauthorized third party. The draw-out can be prevented in advance.

6. Control method of drug dispensing system

Hereinafter, a method of controlling a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The control method of the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the above-described environment with reference to FIG.

The method of controlling the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a drug dispensing system 300 configured by combining the drug dispensing apparatuses 100 and 200 and the drug collecting apparatus 300 described above with reference to FIGS. 2 to 183, (1). ≪ / RTI > Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the drug dispensing system 1 is composed of one first drug dispensing apparatus 100 and one drug collecting apparatus 300 (refer to FIG. 2 ). The first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 is located on the left side of the medicine collecting apparatus 300 as an example. That is, it is assumed that the left side is located farther from the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 and the right side is located closer to the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100.

For convenience of explanation, the control unit 318 provided in the medicament collection device 300 will be described below to explain the operations of the medicament collection device 300 and the medicament dispensers 100 and 200 constituting the medicament dispensing system 1 It will be explained that they are all controlled. However, the dispensers 100 and 200 need not always be controlled by the control unit 318 of the medicine collecting apparatus 300, and each of the dispensers 100 and 200 may have a separate control unit .

Hereinafter, the medicine collecting apparatus to be described will be described by taking as an example the same constituent elements as those of the medicine collecting apparatus 300 described with reference to Figs. 7 and 8. However, the control method of the drug dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention need not always be implemented by the drug collecting apparatus 300 described above with reference to FIGS. That is, it may be implemented by a drug collection device having more or fewer components than the drug collection device 300 described in Figs.

184. FIG. 184 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 184, a method of controlling a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving at least one prescription (S10), storing a received prescription (S12), receiving at least one prescription A step S14 of selecting a drug, a step S16 of dispensing a medicine according to a prescription, and a step S18 of storing information of dispensed medicines. Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

The communication unit 302 may receive at least one prescription from the server 2 (S10).

The prescription may correspond to a specific patient, and the prescription may include information such as a type of medicament, a quantity of the medicament, a method of taking the medicament, information on the medicinal time (hereinafter, referred to as 'prescription').

The prescription can be transmitted in real time by the server 2, and the transmitted prescription can be received in real time by the communication unit 302 and can be received via the network N described above.

In addition, the communication unit 302 can receive various information about the patient corresponding to the prescription besides the prescription from the server 2 together. As described above, various kinds of information about the patient include information such as personal information such as the patient's name, sex, and age, history information such as the patient's disease history, information on the doctor in charge, information on the nurse in charge, Information and information on the hospital room. For example, with the prescription for patient A, the patient A's doctor is called 'B', the nurse in charge is' C ', and the patient A receives information that he / she is hospitalized in' .

The storage unit 308 may store the prescription received by the communication unit 302 (S12).

At this time, the storage unit 308 may store various information about the patient corresponding to the prescription received in step S10.

The storage unit 308 may categorize and store the received prescription based on various types of information on the patient corresponding to the received prescription.

The category may be a doctor in charge, a nurse in charge, a hospital ward, an inpatient ward, etc., and the storage unit 308 may store the received prescription in association with at least one of the categories.

For example, the first prescription for Patient A, Patient B, Pediatric Ward, Patient C in Hospital 300, and Patient D in Patient A ', Patient B, Pediatric Ward, When the second prescription is received, the first prescription may be stored in the doctor A category, and the second prescription may be stored in the doctor A 'category. In addition, the first prescription and the second prescription may be stored in the category of the nurse B in charge. The first prescription and the second prescription may be stored in the 'pediatric ward' category, and the second prescription may be stored in the '300' category of the pediatric disease, the '200' category of the first prescription, .

The control unit 318 may select at least one prescription among the received at least one prescription (hereinafter, referred to as 'at least one selected prescription') (S14).

The control unit 318 may automatically select the at least one selected prescription according to a predetermined algorithm or may select the at least one prescription according to a user's input.

Hereinafter, at least one prescription is selected according to a predetermined algorithm.

The control unit 318 can select a prescription according to various events.

For example, the control unit 318 can select different prescriptions according to the user who logged into the drug dispensing system 1. [ That is, when the nurse A logs in the drug dispensing system 1, the control unit 318 can select prescriptions corresponding to the patients nursing patient A is nursing. If nurse B logs in, prescriptions corresponding to the patients assigned to nurse B may be selected.

For another example, the control unit 318 can select different prescriptions in consideration of the medication time included in the prescription. That is, in view of the current time, the prescriptions prescribed to take the medicine at a time within a predetermined range based on the current time can be selected. That is, when the current time is around 2:00 pm when the first prescription is at 2:00 pm, the second prescription is at 3:00 pm and the current time is near 2:00 pm, the control unit 318 selects the first prescription And the second prescription may not be selected. The predetermined range may be changed according to the setting of the user, or may be set in advance. For example, when the predetermined range is +30 minutes, prescriptions corresponding to the range from the current time to the time when 30 minutes are added to the current time can be selected (considering prescribed prescription time), and the predetermined If the range is -15 minutes to +20, prescriptions corresponding to the range from the time 15 minutes before the current time to the time 20 minutes after the current time are added can be selected.

Subsequently, at least one prescription is selected according to the user's input.

The control unit 318 may provide at least one user interface for receiving a user's input for selecting the at least one prescription.

For example, the control unit 318 may output a prescription list through the output unit 310 so that the user can individually select a prescription corresponding to each patient. Accordingly, the user can select a necessary prescription (i.e., a prescription requiring the dispensing of medicine) from the prescription list. For example, the user can select a prescription corresponding to 'A patient' and / or 'B patient' from the prescription list displayed on the video output unit 312.

For example, the control unit 318 may provide a first user interface including an image or text so that the user can select at least one prescription based on the category stored in the storage unit 308 have. The image or text may correspond to a ward, a room, a doctor in charge, a nurse in charge, etc., and the user may select a category necessary for prescription selection using the displayed image or text. For example, the user can select an image corresponding to 'ward' among the categories displayed in the first user interface. Then, the controller 318 may provide a second user interface to select a lower category corresponding to the categories selected by the user. For example, if the user selects the 'ward' category via the first user interface, the control unit 318 may provide a second user interface to select at least one ward among the plurality of wards. Accordingly, the user can select an image or text corresponding to at least one (e.g., 'pediatric ward') out of a plurality of wards (for example, a pediatric ward, a cancer ward, etc.) displayed on the second user interface have. In accordance with the user's selection input, the control unit 318 controls the at least one prescription corresponding to the patient in the 'pediatric ward' based on various information about the patient stored in the storage unit 308 Can be selected.

The control unit 318 may control the dispensing operation to dispense the medicines contained in the selected at least one prescription (hereinafter, referred to as a prescription medicine) (S16).

The control unit 318 may transmit a drug dispensing operation request to the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 including at least one drug dispensing box D100 storing medicines contained in the prescription.

The drug dispensing operation request may include information for dispensing the specific medicines contained in the prescription from the at least one medicine dispensing box (D100). For example, the medication dispensing operation request may include prescription information (for example, the type and quantity of medicines prescribed), information (for example, medicament dispensing box D100) for storing medicines contained in the prescription The selection information of the medicine dispensing box D100 storing the medicines contained in the prescription and the dispensing order information of the selected medication dispensing box D100, At least one may be included. The information necessary for the medicine dispensing operation (for example, the selection information and the dispensing order information of the medicine dispensing box D100) will be described later in detail.

The kind of information included in the drug dispensing operation request may be determined by the role sharing between the drug collecting apparatus 300 and the first drug dispensing apparatus 100. [

For example, there may be a case where the drug collecting apparatus 300 determines all items necessary for the dispensing operation, and the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 receives the determined items and performs only the dispensing operation. In this case, the control unit 318 transmits selection information and dispensing order information of the medicine dispensing box D100 to the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, and the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 transmits the received medicine dispensing box D100) and the order of dispensing the selected medicine dispensing box (D100), the operation of the at least one medicine dispensing box (D100) can be controlled such that the medicines contained in the prescription are dispensed. On the other hand, for each medicine, the quantity information to be dispensed can also be transmitted / received together.

In another example, the case where the drug collecting apparatus 300 delivers the minimum items necessary for the drug dispensing operation and the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 determines all items necessary for the drug dispensing operation and performs the dispensing operation Can be. In this case, the control unit 318 can transmit only the selected prescription information to the first drug dispensing apparatus 100, and the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 selects the drug dispensing box D100 in consideration of other necessary matters And controls the operation of the at least one medicine dispensing box D100 so as to dispense the medicines contained in the prescription according to the determined order after determining the dispensing order of the selected medication dispensing box D100.

For example, the medication collecting apparatus 300 may determine some items necessary for the dispensing operation, and the first dispensing apparatus 100 may determine other items necessary for dispensing the remaining medicines, There may be cases where In this case, the control unit 318 selects the medicine dispensing box D100 based on a prescription or the like to transmit the medicine dispensing box D100 selection information to the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, Determines the dispensing order in consideration of other necessary items (for example, the position of the selected dispensing box D100, etc.) based on the received selection information, and determines, based on the determined order, The operation of the at least one medicine dispensing box D100 can be controlled so as to be dispensed.

A detailed control method of the medicine dispensing operation by the controller 318 and / or the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 will be described later in the related part.

The storage unit 308 may store medication dispensing information corresponding to the selected at least one prescription (S18).

The drug dispensing information may be information on whether or not the medicine contained in the prescription is normally dispensed corresponding to the dispensing operation request in step S16. That is, when the medicine of some or all of the medicines contained in the received prescription is dispensed, or when some or all of the medicines contained in the received prescription are not dispensed, You can save the dispense information.

The storage unit 308 may store the drug dispensing information separately from the prescription stored in step S12, or may store it in association with the prescription. For example, the drug dispensing information may be stored in a separate file, or the drug dispensing information may be stored in a prescription.

According to the drug dispensing system (1) of the embodiment of the present invention, by storing drug dispensing information, the medicine corresponding to the received prescription can be correctly dispensed and delivered to the patient, It is possible to prevent a weakening accident that may be caused by being delivered in duplicate to the patient.

6-1. Control Method of Discharge Operation - First Embodiment

Hereinafter, a specific control method of the dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the related drawings. That is, the specific control method of the above-described dispensing operation control step S16 will be described in detail below.

FIG. 185 is a flowchart for explaining a dispensing operation of a medicine in the dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 186 is a flow chart for selecting a dispensing box in the dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention Fig.

185, a method of controlling the dispensing operation of a medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a step (S40) of checking a medicine to be dispensed based on a prescription, a step of dispensing a medicine to be dispensed A step S44 of checking the information on the box D100, a step S44 of selecting a medicine dispensing box to dispense medicine, a step S46 of determining the dispensing order of the selected box, And the operation of the medicine dispensing box D100 (S48).

184, the controller 318 may select at least one prescription among the prescriptions received from the server 2 (S14). At this time, the controller 318 may select the prescription The medicine to be dispensed can be identified on the basis of S40. In other words, the control unit 318 can confirm the type of medicine to be dispensed, the quantity information of the medicine, and the like based on the prescription information included in the selected prescription.

The control unit 318 can confirm the information about the medicine dispensing box D100 in which the medicine to be dispensed is stored based on the type of the medicine and the quantity information of the medicine identified in the step S40 (S42).

As described above, the drug dispensing box D100 includes a packaged medicine dispensing box BOX1, a blister packaged medicine dispensing box BOX2, an ampule-type medicine dispensing box BOX3, and a pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box BOX4, Or the like. As described above, the packaged medicine dispensing box BOX1, the blister packaged medicine dispensing box BOX2, the ampule-shaped medicine dispensing box BOX3, and the pouch-shaped medicine dispensing box BOX4 are connected to the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100).

Information on the medicine dispensing box D100 may be information such as the kind of medicines contained in the medicine dispensing box D100, the stock quantity, the expiration date, and the position information of the medicine dispensing box D100.

In addition, information on the medicine dispensing box D100 may be manually input by a user, and the input information may be stored in the storage unit 308. [ Alternatively, the information on the medicine dispensing box D100 may be separately stored in the memory included in the medicine dispensing box D100.

The control unit 318 can confirm the information on the medicine dispensing box D100 in which the medicine to be dispensed is stored based on the information on the medicine dispensing box D100 stored in the storage unit 308 .

Alternatively, the controller 318 may request information about the medicine dispensing box D100 from the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100. [

The control unit 318 can acquire information on the medicine dispensing box from a separate memory provided in the medicine dispensing box D100 in which the medicine to dispense is housed. Alternatively, the control unit 318 determines whether or not the medicine to be dispensed is dispensed based on the information on the medicine dispensing box stored in advance in a separate storage unit provided in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 Information about the box can be obtained.

Therefore, when a plurality of medicines are contained in the prescription, the control unit 318 determines whether a box in which each of the plurality of medicines is stored is a medicament dispensing box (D100) among the plurality of medicament dispensing boxes D100 included in the medicament dispensing system And confirm the availability of the medicines stored in the medication dispenser box D100, the expiration date, and the location information of the identified medication dispenser box D100.

≪ Selection of medicine dispensing box >

The controller 318 may select a box to dispense medicine based on the prescription and information on the identified medicine dispensing box D100 (S44).

If the controller 318 determines that the number of the drug dispensing boxes D100 including one of the plurality of medicines included in the prescription is greater than the number of the drug dispensing boxes D100 included in the drug dispensing system 1, (D100), the one medicine dispensing box can be selected.

Meanwhile, the controller 318 determines whether one of the medicines included in the prescription is included in the two or more medication dispensing boxes (D100) among the plurality of medication dispensing boxes (D100) included in the medication dispensing system D100), it is possible to select at least one drug dispensing box (D100) among the two or more drug dispensing boxes (D100). At this time, in selecting the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense medicines out of the two or more medication dispensing boxes D100, the controller 318 determines the position of the medicament dispensing box D100, At least one of the stock quantity and the expiration period of the medicine stored in the container D100 can be considered.

The controller 318 can select a drug dispensing box D100 to dispense medicines according to a predetermined priority order among the inventory quantity, validity period, and position information. The control unit 318 can select a medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense medicine according to a weight given in advance to at least one of the stock quantity, the validity period, and the position information. The priority and the weight may be preset by the user. That is, when the priority order is set as the validity period, the inventory quantity, and the position information among the inventory quantity, the valid period, and the position information, the drug dispensing box D100 to which the medicine is to be dispensed is selected .

Hereinafter, a method for the controller 318 to select at least one drug dispensing box D100 in consideration of at least one of inventory quantity, validity period, and position information will be described in detail.

For convenience of explanation, the first prescription for the patient A includes five A drugs and two B drugs, and as shown in FIG. 186, the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 is provided with A The first and second medicine dispensing boxes A1 and D100 storing the medicine and the second medicine dispensing box A2 and D100 storing the medicine A and the third medicine dispensing box B and D100 storing the B medicine, And a case in which it is arranged as shown in FIG.

[Validity]

When the control unit 318 confirms that the A medicine is stored in the A1 and A2 medicine dispensing boxes A1, A2 and D100 (S42), the A1 medicine dispensing boxes A1 and D100 and the A2 medicine dispensing boxes A2 and A2, D100 can be preferentially selected to have a shorter validity period of the A agent. For example, if the drug contained in the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) remains valid for one month and the drug contained in the A2 drug dispensing box (A2, D100) remains valid for two months, The dispenser 318 may select to dispense the A agent in the A1 dispenser box A1 or D100.

On the other hand, when selecting the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense medicines in consideration of the valid period, the control unit 318 sets a critical range for the valid period and sets the validity period of the medicines stored in the medicament dispensing box D100 If it is outside this critical range, the validity period may not be considered. For example, if the critical range for the validity period is set to be within 6 months, the validity period of the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) and the A2 drug dispensing box (A2, D100) , Priority may not be given due to the valid period between the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) and the A2 drug dispensing box (A2, D100). In this case, the control unit 318 can select the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense the A medicine in consideration of the factors behind the validity period.

[Available stock]

When the control unit 318 confirms that the A medicine is stored in the A1 and A2 drug dispensing boxes A2 and D100 (S42), the A1 drug dispensing boxes A1 and D100 and the A2 drug dispensing boxes A2 and D100, It is possible to preferentially select the less stock of the A agent stored in the storage means. For example, when the number of medicines contained in the A1 medicine dispensing box (A1, D100) is eight and the number of medicines contained in the A2 medication dispensing box (A2, D100) is 14, the controller 318 You can choose to dispense the A medication from the A1 dispensing box (A1, D100).

However, if the stock quantity of the A drug stored in the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) is smaller than the drug quantity of the A drug contained in the prescription information (for example, the stock quantity of the A1 drug dispensing box The control unit 318 can select the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense the A medicine as follows.

The control unit 318 can select both the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) and the A2 medicine dispensing box (A2, D100). That is, when a total of five A drugs are to be dispensed as prescribed in the prescription, the control unit 318 dispenses three A drugs from the A1 drug dispensing boxes A1 and D100, and the remaining two A drugs It is possible to select both the A1 medicine dispensing box A1 and D100 and the A2 medicine dispensing box A2 and D100 so that they can be dispensed from the A2 medicine dispensing box A2 and D100.

Alternatively, the control unit 318 can preferentially select the medicine dispensing box D100 that can dispense the quantity of medicines contained in the prescription. For example, if the number of medicines dispensed in box D100 is three and the quantity of medicines dispensed in box D100 is 10, control unit 318 sets 10 It is possible to select the medicine dispensing box D100 having ten inventories so that the medicine can be dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 having the in-stock items.

Alternatively, the control unit 318 can select the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense the A medicine in consideration of other factors except the stock quantity. In particular, the control unit 318 can select the drug dispensing box D100 to dispense the A drug, taking into account other factors considered as subordinate to the quantity of the stock. For example, the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) is in a different layer from the B drug dispensing box (D100) storing the B medicine, but the A2 dispensing box (A2, D100) The controller 318 controls the dispensing box A2 to dispense the dispensed medicament in the dispensing boxes A2 and D100 in consideration of factors such as the dispensing speed of the dispensed medicament, Boxes A2 and D100 can be selected.

[Position relation # 1 - vertical position]

When the control unit 318 confirms that the medicine A is stored in the medicine dispensing boxes A1, A2, A3 and D100 (S42), the control unit 318 compares the A1 medicine dispensing boxes A1 and D100, The box located at the highest position among the boxes A2 and D100 and the medicine dispensing box A3 and D100 located at the lowest position can be preferentially selected. For example, when the A1 medicine dispensing box (A1, D100) is at the highest position, the A3 medicine dispensing box (D100) is at the lowest position and the A2 medicine dispensing box (A2, D100) 318 may choose to dispense the A agent in the A1 agent dispensing box (A1, D100) or the A3 agent dispensing box (D100).

The control unit 318 may consider the vertical distance relative to the drug inlet 320 (see FIG. 8), rather than considering the absolute height of the drug dispensing box D100 in the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 have. That is, it is possible to select the medicine dispensing box D100 whose vertical distance is further or closer to the medicine dispensing opening 320 of the medicine collecting apparatus 300. [

Alternatively, the control unit 318 determines a drug dispensing box D100 to dispense medicines in consideration of the relative vertical distance between the medicine dispensing box D100 and the medicine dispensing unit D500 in the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 .

[Position relation # 2 - horizontal position]

When the control unit 318 confirms that the A medicine is stored in the A1 and A2 drug dispensing boxes A2 and D100 (S42), the A1 drug dispensing boxes A1 and D100 and the A2 drug dispensing boxes A2 and D100, It can be selected to be located closer to the medication inlet 320. [ For example, when there is one medicament collection device 300 included in the medicament dispensing system 1, the medicament dispensing box D100, which is located closer to the medicines collection port 300 than the medicament dispensing device 320, If there are two or more drug collecting apparatuses 300 included in the drug dispensing system 1, one drug collecting apparatus 300 to collect the dispensed medicines is selected, and the selected drug collecting apparatus 300 The medicine dispensing box D100 may be located closer to the medicine dispensing opening 320 than the medication dispensing box D100.

[Position relation # 3 - Relative position relation with other box]

When the control unit 318 confirms that the A medicine is stored in the A1, A2 and A3 medicine dispensing boxes A1, A2, A2 and D100 (S42), the A1 medicine dispensing box A1 and D100, It is possible to preferentially select a box located in the same layer as the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense other medicines out of the boxes A2 and D100 and the A3 medicine dispensing boxes A3 and D100. For example, the A1 and A3 drug dispensation boxes A1, A3 and D100 are on different layers from the B drug dispensing box B and D100 storing the B medicine, The controller 318 controls the A2 agent dispensing box (A2, D100) to dispense the A agent from the A2 dispensing box (A2, D100) when the agent is in the same layer as the B dispensing box A2, and D100).

Hereinafter, for the sake of more detailed explanation, a criterion for selecting at least one drug dispensing box D100 to dispense medicines out of a plurality of medicament dispensing boxes D100 in various situations will be described as an example.

[Validity period vs stock quantity]

For example, the inventory quantity of the A drug contained in the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) is 10, the expiration date is 3 months remaining, and the inventory quantity of the A drug stored in the A2 drug dispensing box (A2, D100) , And if the expiration date is one year, it is assumed that the first prescription requires that five A drugs be dispensed. At this time, if the expiration date is preferentially taken into account (priority: valid period> stock quantity), the controller 318 can select the A1 drug dispensing box A1 or D100 having a short remaining effective period.

However, if the stock quantity is preferentially taken into consideration (priority order: valid period < inventory quantity), the control unit 318 sets the A2 drug dispensing box (A2, D100) Can be selected.

[Validity period vs. location information]

As another example, as shown in Figure 186, the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) storing the A medicine is disposed in the first layer of the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, and the A medicine dispensing box And the B medicine dispensing boxes B and D100 storing the B medicine are arranged in the second layer and stored in the A1 dispensing boxes A1 and D100 The expiration date of the A drug remains 3 months, and the expiration date of the A drug stored in the A2 drug dispensation box (A2, D100) is assumed to be one year. At this time, if the validity period is given priority (priority: valid period> position information), the control unit 318 can select the A1 drug dispensing box A1 or D100 having a short remaining effective period.

However, if the position information is preferentially considered (priority: valid period < position information), the control section 318 can preferentially consider the position information regardless of the valid period. In the case shown in Figure 186, the control unit 318 determines whether or not the B medicament dispensing box (B, D100) has the same remaining validity period of the A medicament stored in the A2 dispensing box (A2, D100) The A2 dispenser box (A2, D100) disposed in the layer can be selected.

[Inventory quantity vs location information]

As another example, as shown in FIG. 186, the A1 drug dispensing box (A1, D100) storing the A medicine is disposed in the first layer of the first drug dispensing apparatus 100, and the A The A2 drug dispensing box A2 and D100 storing the medicine and the B medicine dispensing box B and D100 storing the B medicine are arranged on the second floor and the A1 dispensing box A1 and D100 It is assumed that the stock quantity of the stored A drug is 6, and the inventory quantity of the A drug stored in the A2 drug dispensing box (A2, D100) is 10. The control unit 318 can select the A1 medicine dispensation box (A1, D100) in which the quantity of stock remaining is less than that in the case where the stock quantity is given priority (priority: inventory quantity> position information). Alternatively, it is possible to select the A2 dispenser box (A2, D100) having sufficient quantity of stock to dispense the prescription quantity of medicine.

However, when priority is given to the position information (priority: inventory quantity < position information), the control section 318 can preferentially consider the position information regardless of the inventory quantity. Accordingly, the control unit 318 can preferentially consider the positional relationship with the B drug dispensing box (B, D100) storing the B medicine, and the control unit 318 controls the B medicine dispensing box (B, (A2, D100) disposed on the same layer as the drug dispensing box (A2, D100). This is because, when a drug in the same layer as the other drug dispensing box D100 is selected, the drug can be dispensed at the same time, so that the drug can be dispensed more quickly than dispensing the drug from the drug dispensing box located in another layer.

&Lt; Determination of drug dispensing order >

The control unit 318 may determine the dispensing order of the medicines from which drug dispensing box D100 the medicines dispensing box D100 is to dispense at step S46.

Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. 187. Figure 187 is a diagram for explaining a medicine dispensing order according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the A drug was selected to dispense in the first drug dispensing box (1B, D100), the B drug was selected to dispense in the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) Dispensing boxes 3B and D100, and the D medicines are selected to be dispensed from the fourth medicine dispensing boxes 4B and D100, respectively.

In this case, the control unit 318 can determine which order out of the first to fourth drug dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, and D100 to dispense medicines.

Basically, in determining the drug dispensing order, factors considered may be the time required to dispense the medicament or the travel distance (e.g., vertical travel distance) of the medicament delivery unit D500 required to dispense the medicament.

Alternatively, in determining the dispensing order, the factor to be considered may be the presence of fragile medicine and / or the number of fragile medicine out of dispensed medicaments.

The fragile medicine is a drug which is broken or fragile in the process of dispensing the plurality of drugs, for example, can be an ampule-type drug.

Among the drugs included in one prescription, a drug treated as a drug for ease of breakage is one of the drugs included in the other prescription, It can be handled as a breakage-causing medicine (the breakage-inducing drug means a drug that breaks or tears easily the breakage-causing drug).

For example, when there are a plurality of ampullable drugs out of the plurality of drugs being dispensed, the ampullable drug having a larger volume (or larger weight) is treated as a breakdown inducing agent, and a smaller volume (or a smaller weight ) Can be treated as an easy-to-break drug. In the same case, if the material of the ampule-type medicine is made more fragile, it is handled as an easy-to-break drug, and if it is made of a less fragile material, it can be treated as a break-inducing drug.

Hereinafter, for more detailed explanation, a criterion for determining the drug dispensing order of a plurality of drug dispensing boxes D100 in various situations will be described as an example.

The control unit 318 controls the flow of the medicine dispensing unit D500 for transferring the medicine dispensed from the selected medicine dispensing box D100 to the medicine collecting apparatus 300, The order of dispensing can be determined so that the time to be dispensed is the shortest time. Hereinafter, it is referred to as the shortest time condition in which consideration is made so that the path through which the medicine feeding part D500 moves is the shortest distance is considered to be the shortest time condition and the time required for the medicine to be dispensed is the shortest time.

The control unit 318 controls the drug dispensing boxes D100 and D100 so that when the drug dispensing boxes D100 to dispense medicines are divided into a plurality of layers in order to achieve the shortest path condition and / One of the drug dispensing box D100 located at the highest position and the drug dispensing box D100 positioned at the lowest position among the plurality of drug dispensing boxes D100 and D100 is determined as the best priority drug dispensing box D100 and the remaining one is determined as the last ranked drug dispensing box D100 . At this time, the remaining boxes except for the medicine dispensing box D100 at the highest position and the medicine dispensing box D100 at the lowest position are placed in the medicine dispensing box D100, which is closer to the best-ranking medicine dispensing box D100, . 187, the first medicine dispensing box 1B, D100 is located at the highest height, the second medicine dispensing box 2B D100 is placed at the next height, and the third medicine dispensing box 3B and D100 and the fourth medicine dispensing boxes 4B and D100 are located at the lowest positions, the control unit 318 controls the first medicine dispensing box 1B and D100 and the fourth medicine dispensing box 4B and D100 ) Can be determined as the best-order drug dispensing box (D100). At this time, if the first drug dispensing box 1B, D100 is determined as the best-order medicine dispensing box D100, the second ranking is given to the second drug dispensing box 2B, D100, Dispensing box (3B, D100), and the last order may be given to the fourth medicine dispensing box (4B, D100). On the other hand, if the fourth drug dispensing box 4B, D100 is determined as the best-order dispensing box D100, the second ranking is given to the third drug dispensing box 3B, D100, Dispensing box (2B, D100), and the last order may be given to the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100).

The control unit 318 determines whether the fragile medicine is out of the drugs dispensed from the selected dispenser box D100 and / or the number of fragile medicine, The dispensing order can be determined so as not to be damaged.

The control unit 318 can determine whether or not there is an agent for facilitating breakage among dispensed medicines. For example, it is possible to judge whether or not an ampule-form drug is contained among the drugs to be dispensed.

If the medicines to be dispensed do not include the medicines for breakage, the control unit 318 can determine the dispense order so as to conform to the shortest path condition or the shortest time condition described above.

On the other hand, if medicines that should be dispensed are included, the controller 318 can judge whether or not the medicines to be dispensed are included in the medicines to be dispensed.

If the breakable drug is included in the medicines to be dispensed, but the breakage inducing medicines are not included, the control unit 318 may determine the dispense order so as to meet the shortest path condition or the shortest time condition described above . In this case, since the breakage-inducing agent that may damage the breakage-inhibiting agent is not included, there is almost no possibility that the breakage-inhibiting agent is broken even if the first agent is dispensed first.

On the other hand, if both the drug-destroying agent and the damage-inducing agent are included in the medicines to be dispensed, the control unit 318 can determine the dispensing order so that the damage-inducing medicines are dispensed earlier than the medicines. For example, if all of the drugs that need to be dispensed contain both an X-size ampoule drug and a Y-size ampoule drug (Y is greater than X), the Y-size ampoule drug is treated as a break- , The X size of the amplifying agent may be treated as an agent for facilitating breakage. In this case, the controller 318 may determine the dispensing order such that the Y-sized amplifying agent, which is the damage inducing agent, is dispensed first.

When both the damage-inducing agent and the easy-to-break-down agent are included, the reasons for releasing the failure-inducing agent earlier are as follows.

First, medicines which can be dispensed in a prescription unit are dispensed by the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, and then medicines dispensed in the process of being delivered to the medicament collection apparatus 300 are continuously supplied by the operation of the medicine dispensing unit D500 In this transfer process, when the breakable drug is first dispensed to the drug dispensing box D100 and the breakage-inducing drug is located close to the stored drug dispensing box D100, the breakdown-inducing drug falls freely into the drug transfer unit D500 , It is more likely that the drug for breakage will be damaged.

In the process of delivering the medicines dispensed by the first medicament dispensing apparatus 100 to the medicines collection apparatus 300, the medicines collected at one end of the medicament delivery unit D500 as a prescription unit are dispensed at once (Not shown) of the device 300. If the breakage-inducing drug falls into the drug-collecting space later after the drug-breakage-preventing drug is first placed in the drug-collecting space, This is because the possibility of breakage is higher.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figs. 187 and 188, an example will be described in which the order of dispensing is determined in a more specific situation.

Figure 187 shows a case where drug dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B and D100 to dispense medicines are selected and the selected medicament dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B and D100 are all on different layers As shown in FIG.

188 shows a state in which the positions of the first to fourth drug dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B and D100 are different from those shown in FIG. 187 in that the first medicine dispensing box 1B, Are placed on the same layer with the dispenser boxes 2B and D100.

First, referring to FIG. 187, it is assumed that the selected medicine dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, and D100 are all located on different layers.

At this time, it is assumed that the breakage inducing agent is stored in the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100), and the drug for breakage is stored in the third drug dispensing box (3B, D100). In this case, the control unit 318 must determine the dispensing order so that the breakage-causing drug is dispensed earlier than the breakage-preventing drug. For example, the order of dispensing is 2B> 3B> 1B> 4B, 2B> 3B> 4B> 1B, 1B> 2B> 3B> 4B, 4B> 1B> 2B> 3B, 2B> (Breakage inducing agent) of the second drug dispensing box 2B or D100 is dispensed earlier than the drug (the breakage facilitating agent) of the third drug dispensing box 3B or D100, such as> 3B> 4B, . On the other hand, the order of dispensing is that the medicine (breakage-inducing agent) of the second drug dispensing box 2B, D100, such as 3B> 2B> 1B> 4B, 3B> 1B> 4B> 2B, 3B> 1B> 2B> 3 drug dispensing box (3B, D100). On the other hand, under such a situation, the control unit 318 selects a combination that can best match the shortest path condition or the shortest time condition among the combination of the dispensing order in which the breakage-inducing agent can be dispensed earlier than the breakage- The order can be determined. For example, in the case of the above-described example, the dispensing order of 1B> 2B> 3B> 4B satisfies the shortest time condition or the shortest path condition and is a combination in which the breakage inducing agent is dispensed before the breakage agent, 318) can determine this dispensing order (1B> 2B> 3B> 4B).

On the other hand, it is assumed that the breakable drug is stored in the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100), and the breakage-causing drug is stored in the third drug dispensing box (3B, D100). 4B> 3B> 2B> 1B, which is a dispensing sequence capable of satisfying the shortest time condition or the shortest path condition while the breakage inducing agent C is dispensed before the breakage facilitating agent B, In the order of dispatch.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the breakable medicine is stored in the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) and the breakage-causing drug is stored in the third medicine dispensing box (3B, D100). In this case, the order of dispensing that can best meet the shortest time condition or the shortest path condition may be determined as 4B>3B>2B> 1B, while satisfying the condition that the breakage inducing drug should be dispensed earlier than the drug for easy breakage.

Drug dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B and D100 to dispense medicines are selected as shown in Figure 188 and some of the selected boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B and D100 are identical to each other Layer. On the other hand, in the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100), the medicine A and the medicine B are dispensed to the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100), the third medicine dispensing box 3B, and D100), and the D drug is stored in the fourth drug dispensing box (4B, D100).

At this time, it is assumed that the breakage inducing agent is stored in the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) and the drug for breakage is stored in the first drug dispensing box (1B, D100). In this case as well, the control unit 318 must determine the dispensing order so that the breakage-inducing agent is dispensed earlier than the breakage-inhibiting agent. For example, the order of dispensing is 2B> 3B> 1B> 4B, 2B> 3B> 4B> 1B, 1B> 2B> 3B> 4B, 4B> 1B> 2B> 3B, 2B> (Breakage inducing agent) of the second drug dispensing box 2B or D100 is dispensed earlier than the drug (the breakage facilitating agent) of the third drug dispensing box 3B or D100, such as> 3B> 4B, . However, as shown in Figure 188, since the first drug dispensing box 1B, D100 is located on the same layer as the second medicine dispensing box 2B, D100, It is preferable that the order of dispensing is determined to be one of 2B> 1B> 3B> 4B or 4B> 3B> 2B> 1B. In this case, as described above with respect to the medicine dispensing drive means D300 of the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) and the second medicine dispensing box The control unit 318 controls the first dispenser box 1B and dispenser dispenser dispenser 1B to dispense medicines at the same time, D300 and each medicine dispensing box 1B, 2B, D100 so that the medicine can be dispensed first from the second medicine dispensing box 2B, D100 before the medicine is dispensed from the dispensing box D100 .

On the other hand, when the control unit 318 controls the timing of the dispensing operation of the first medicine dispensing box 1B or D100, it is sensed whether or not the medicine is actually dispensed from the second dispensing box 2B or D100, The timing can be controlled so that the medicine can be dispensed from the first medicine dispensing box 1B or D100 after the medicine is actually dispensed from the dispensing box 2B or D100. In this case, it is preferable that each of the medicine dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, and D100 has a sensor capable of detecting whether or not the medicine is dispensed to the dispensing portion provided in each of the medicine dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, and D100.

Alternatively, when the controller 318 controls the timing of the dispensing operation of the first medicine dispensing box 1B or D100, after the medicine is actually dispensed from the second dispensing box 2B or D100, The time interval between the dispensing timing of the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100) and the dispensing timing of the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) can be controlled to be sufficiently long so that the medicine can be dispensed from the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100). In other words, in the case of such control, it is not necessary to provide a sensor capable of sensing whether or not to dispense.

On the other hand, suppose that the breakable medicine is stored in the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100) and the breakage-causing drug is stored in the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100). In this case, the control unit 318 may determine the dispensing order to be 1B>2B>3B> 4B or 4B>3B>1B> 2B. In this case, even if the breakage inducing agent is first dispensed from the first drug dispensing box (1B, D100) and the breakage facilitating agent is dispensed later from the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100), the first medicine dispensing box 1B and D100 and the second drug dispensing boxes 2B and D100 are far apart, the drug for breakage is actually dispensed in front of the breakage-causing drug and can be placed on the drug transfer unit D500. In such a case, as will be described later, the operation timing of the medicine delivering unit D500, the medicine dispensing drive unit D300, and the medicine dispensing box D100 may be controlled to prevent the breakage-causing drug from being damaged.

The control unit 318 may control the operation of the medicine dispensing unit D500 and the selected medicine dispensing box according to the determined dispensing order (S48).

The controller 318 can control the drug dispenser D500 to move up and down between the layers of the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 according to the determined drug dispensing order as described above. That is, as described above, when the drug dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, and D100 are selected as drug dispensing boxes to dispense medicines, the control unit 318 controls each of the medicine dispensing boxes 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, and D100, respectively, so that the drug delivery unit D500 can move up and down. That is, the inter-layer up-and-down movement of the drug delivery unit D500 can be realized by the drug dispensing drive means moving unit D400 described above with reference to FIG. The control unit 318 may transmit a drug dispensing operation request including the drug dispensing order to the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 and may transmit the drug dispensing operation request to the first drug dispensing apparatus 100, The dispensing drive means moving section D400 can be driven. Therefore, the medicine dispensing drive unit moving unit D400 can sequentially move the medicine dispensing unit D500 to the corresponding layer according to the medicine dispensing order.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 189, the control unit 318 can control the drug dispensing timing between the drug dispensing boxes D100 located in the same layer. 189 is a diagram for explaining a method of controlling drug dispensing timing of drug dispensing boxes according to an embodiment of the present invention.

189, when the fifth and sixth dispensation boxes 5B and 6B are selected as medicine dispensing boxes to dispense medicines, the control unit 318 controls the control unit 318 to select the fifth medicament dispensing box During the time period between the first time t1 at which the medicine is dispensed from the first medicine dispensing box 5B or D100 and the second time t2 at which the medicine is dispensed from the sixth medicine dispensing box 6B or D100, The drug delivery unit D500 may be controlled such that a drug a dispensed from the drug delivery unit D100 is transferred to one end of the drug delivery unit D500. That is, when the medicine is dispensed according to the determined medicine dispensing order, the medicine dispensing unit D500 can be controlled to continuously rotate while the dispensing operation is being performed from the selected medicine dispensing box. 189, a medicine a is discharged from the fifth medicine dispensing box 5B or D100 at the first time point t1 and a medicine a is put on the medicated paper transfer unit D500 (A) continues to move by the drug delivery unit D500 until the b drug (b) is dispensed from the sixth drug dispensing box (6B, D100) at the second time point (t2) .

The feed speed (i.e., rotation speed) of the feed control unit D500 may be constant or variable.

The transfer direction of the medicine transfer part D500 may be a direction toward the medicine collection device 300. [ That is, the conveying direction of the drug delivering unit D500 may be a direction toward one end which is closer to the drug introducing port 320 of the drug collecting apparatus 300 than the drug placed on the drug delivering unit D500.

The reason why the drug delivery unit D500 is continuously rotated is that the drugs dispensed at arbitrary positions fall freely into the drug delivery unit D500 and are seated in the drug delivery unit D500, To reduce the possibility that the medicine dropped by the medicine transferring unit D500 collides with and collapses with each other. The medicines settled in the medicament transfer part D500 must be discharged to the medicament collecting device 300 in the prescription unit. At this time, the medicament conveying part 500 is moved to the medicament- It is possible to discharge the medicines at a faster time when discharging the collected medicines to the medicament collecting apparatus 300. [ Meanwhile, the medicines are collected at one end of the medicament conveyance part D500, and the medicines are separated from the medicament conveyance part D500 only at the position where the position of the medicament conveyance part D500 corresponds to the position of the medicament introduction port 320 A gate (not shown) that can be opened and closed may be provided at one end of the drug delivery unit D500. That is, the gate (drug discharge blocking gate) is closed when the drug delivery unit D500 is moving to collect medicines dispensed from the drug dispensing boxes D100, and then the medicines, which are collected in the prescription unit, When one end of the drug delivery unit D500 is moved to a position corresponding to the position of the drug inlet 320 for delivery to the drug collecting apparatus 300, the drug delivery unit D500 may be opened. At this time, a gate (a medicine discharge blocking gate) which prevents the collected medicines from separating (discharging) from the medicine transferring unit D500 is opened, so that the medicines are continuously transferred to the medicine transferring unit D500 And may be transferred to the drug inlet 320 by operation.

As described above, after all the medicines contained in one prescription are dispensed from the medicine dispensing boxes D100, the medicines are delivered to the medicines collection device 300 through the outlet, (100) can dispense medicines contained in the following prescription in the same manner.

At this time, after the medicines contained in the first prescription are dispensed, the medicines contained in the second prescription are transferred to the medicament delivery section for a time period from the medicament dispensing box (D100) The operation can be stopped.

For example, if the first prescription contains a medicament and a medicament, the second prescription includes a medicament and a medicament, and the dispensing order is determined so as to dispense the medicament prior to the medicament, And r drug to the drug collecting apparatus 300, the transferring operation of the medicine transferring unit D500 can be stopped. Then, in order to dispense the k medicines contained in the second prescription, the medicament conveyance unit D500 can move to the layer where the medicament dispensing box D100 storing the medicament k is located. At this time, The feed operation of the feed roller D500 may be stopped. However, when the k-drug is dispensed from the drug dispensing box D100 to the drug delivery unit D100, the feeding operation of the drug delivery unit D500 may be resumed.

The transferring operation of the medicine transferring unit D100 is for collecting and dispensing the drugs faster as described above. After all of the medicines contained in one prescription are collected and discharged, the other one contained in the other prescription This is because it is not necessary to continue the above-described transfer operation at the time when the medicines are collected again.

As described above, by stopping the feeding operation of the medicine feeding part D500 while selectively controlling the medicine feeding part D500 to perform the feeding operation continuously, it is possible to prevent unnecessary power loss between the one prescription and the other one prescription There is a possible effect.

However, if the layer of the medicine dispensing box D100 storing the medicines determined to be dispensed first among the medicines contained in the second prescription is the same as the layer where the dispensing port is located, the medicine dispensing box D500, The medicine contained in the second prescription will be dispensed without stopping the operation of the second prescription.

The control unit 318 controls the dispenser dispenser box D100 to dispense the medicament dispenser box D100 to the dispenser dispenser dispenser box D100 May control the selected dispenser box D100 to dispense medicines according to the determined dispensation order. The medicine dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing box D100 can be realized by the above-described medicine dispensing driving means D300. That is, the medicine dispensing driving means D300 may drive the medicine dispensing box D100 so that the medicine according to the prescription is dispensed from the selected at least one medicine dispensing box D100.

At this time, in the case of the medicine dispensing box D100 which needs to be prepared in such a state that the medicine can be dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 by the medicine dispensing driving means D300 as described above, The box D100 can perform the preparatory operation for dispensing the medicine before the medicine dispensing drive means D300 operates or simultaneously with the operation of the medicine dispensing drive means D300. For example, an operation such as step B3S10 shown in FIG. 105 may be a preparatory operation for drug dispensing. As another example, as described with reference to Fig. 116, the pouch-shaped medicine B4110 can be positioned at a predetermined position (for example, the end of the dispensing direction) by the rotation of the medicine containing portion B4100 The action may be a preparatory action for drug release. In the case of other types of medicine dispensing box D100 as well, when the preparatory operation for dispensing the medicines as described above is required, each medication dispensing box D100 carries out preparatory operation in advance and supplies medication dispensing driving means D300 It is preferable that the medicine can be immediately dispensed by the driving of the medicine.

As described above, in accordance with the movement of the drug delivering unit D500, the drug dispensing drive unit D300, and the medicine dispensing box D100, the drugs contained in the prescription from the selected drug dispensing box D100 are sequentially discharged .

At this time, in order to prevent breakage of the breakable drug, as described above, the drug dispensing order is determined to prevent the breakage of the drug, but in order to achieve the object of preventing drug breakage by controlling the dispensing order, It is necessary to control the operation timing of the medicine dispensing box more accurately.

If the medicine storage box D100 containing the breakage inducing agent and the medicine storage box D100 containing the breakage agent are located in the same layer, as shown in FIG. 188, the breakage inducing agent may be included It is assumed that the first medicament storage boxes 1B and D100 are farther away from the medicament injection port 320 than the second medicament storage boxes 2B and D100 containing the breakable medicines.

In such a case, there is still a possibility that the breakage-inducing drug may be broken even if it is first dispensed from the box. This is because even if the breakage-inducing agent is first dispensed from the first medicament storage box 1B or D100, the medicament transfer part D500 continuously performs the rotation movement (transfer carving), so that the breakage- At the instant when the breakable drug is released from the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) and is seated in the drug delivery part (D500), the breakage-inducing drug that is being moved is transferred to the drug- So that the drug can be damaged.

Therefore, in this case, the control unit 318 can control the medicine dispensing operation as follows.

First, the control unit 318 controls the distance between the first drug dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage inducing drug and the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) storing the breakage drug and the distance between the medicine transferring unit , It is judged that the breakage inducing agent has been passed by the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) which has been transported by the transferring operation of the drug transferring part (D500) and stores the drug for easy breakage After the time has elapsed, the drug dispensing drive means (D300) and the like can be controlled so as to dispense the drug for easy breakage. That is, the interval from the point of time when the breakage inducing agent is dispensed to the point when the breakage releasing agent is dispensed is determined by the distance between the first agent dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage inducing agent and the second agent dispensing Can be changed according to the distances of the boxes 2B and D100 (assuming that the feeding speed of the chemical feeding section is constant).

Secondly, the control unit 318 sets a predetermined time, which is a sufficiently long time so that the breakage inducing agent and the breakage preventing agent do not collide with each other, and sets the predetermined time to the time when the breakage- The drug dispensing drive means D300 and the like can be controlled so that the medicine can be dispensed. That is, the interval from the point of time when the breakage inducing agent is dispensed to the point when the breakage releasing agent is dispensed is determined by the distance between the first agent dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage inducing agent and the second agent dispensing Can be constant without changing according to the distances of the boxes 2B and D100.

Thirdly, the control unit 318 uses the sensor provided at one end of the drug delivery unit D500 (that is, one end where the gate that can be opened and closed is located) to transfer the breakage inducing drug to one end of the drug delivery unit D500 It is possible to control the drug dispensing driving means D300 and the like so that the breakable drug can be dispensed.

In addition, the control unit 318 can also control the dispensation timing so as to prevent collision between the breakage inducing agent and the breakage preventing agent, thereby preventing breakage of the breakage agent.

The control method of the dispensing operation according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. The control method of the dispensing operation described above employs a method of determining the dispensing order of the medicines, in particular, in order to prevent the breakage of the medicines for breakage and / or the efficiency of dispensing medicines. Hereinafter, another embodiment of the dispensing operation control method will be described.

6-2. Control Method of Discharge Operation - Second Embodiment

A dispensing operation control method of the medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. That is, another embodiment of the specific control method of the dispensing operation control step S16 described above will be described in detail below.

FIG. 190 is a flowchart illustrating a dispensing operation control method of a dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 190, the dispensing operation control method according to another embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of identifying a medicine to be dispensed on the basis of a prescription (S50), confirming information about a box containing the dispensed medication A step S54 of selecting a medicine dispensing box to dispense medicine, a step S56 of determining a dispensing order of the selected medicine dispensing box, a step of controlling the vertical moving speed and / or the horizontal conveying speed of the medicine dispensing unit (S58), and controlling the dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing box (S60). In this case, steps S50, S52, S54, and S56 are the same as or similar to steps S40, S42, S44, and S46 described above, and therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted here. Hereinafter, steps S58 and S60 will be described in more detail.

Based on at least one of the information on the medicine to be dispensed, the information on the selected medicine dispensing box D100, and the medicine dispensing order, which are information obtainable through the execution of steps S50 to S56, the control unit 318 controls the medicine dispensing unit The vertical movement speed and the horizontal feed speed of the recording medium (S58).

Of course, basically, as described in an embodiment of the method of controlling the dispensing operation according to the present invention, the control unit 318 controls the dispensing unit D500 so that the medicine dispensing unit D500 dispenses the first medicine It is possible to control the vertical movement between the layers of the dispenser 100. When the medicine is dispensed in accordance with the determined medicine dispensing order, the control unit 318 controls the medicine dispensing unit D500 to continuously rotate while the dispensing operation is being performed from the selected medicine dispensing box have. When the drug delivery section D500 is located in the layer where the drug dispensing box D100 is to be dispensed based on the determined dispensing order as described above, the control section 318 controls the selected drug dispensing box The dispenser box D100 must be able to control the selected dispenser dispenser box D100 so as to dispense medicines in accordance with the determined dispensation order, and it is necessary that the dispenser dispenser dispenser dispenser D100 is ready to be dispensed from the dispenser dispenser box D100 In the case of the medicine dispensing box D100 having the medicine dispensing box D100, the medicine dispensing box D100 is operated before the medicine dispensing drive means D300 operates, or simultaneously with the operation of the medicine dispensing driving means D300, Can be performed. That is, in accordance with the movement of the drug delivering unit D500, the drug dispensing drive unit D300 and the medicine dispensing box D100, the drugs contained in the prescription from the selected drug dispensing box D100 are sequentially dispensed .

The control unit 318 controls the medicine dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing unit D500 (hereinafter referred to as &quot; D500 &quot;), And a method of controlling at least one of the vertical movement speed and the horizontal movement speed of the recording medium.

The control unit 318 can control at least one of the vertical moving speed and the horizontal feeding speed of the medicine feeding unit D500 in consideration of several factors.

For example, the control unit 318 controls at least one of the vertical movement speed and the horizontal movement speed of the drug delivery unit based on whether the agent to be dispensed contains the agent for easily destroying the agent and / or whether or not the agent causing the damage is contained .

For example, the control unit 318 determines at least one of the vertical moving speed and the horizontal feeding speed of the medicine feeding unit D500 based on the mutual positional relationship between the medicine dispensing boxes D100 storing the medicine to be dispensed Can be controlled. That is, in the first medicine dispensing box (D100) storing the first medicine and the second medicine dispensing box (D100) storing the second medicine, the first medicine dispensing box (D100) And the second drug dispensing box 1500 is located on the Mth column of the Q layer, the vertical distance Dv between the P layer and the Q layer and the horizontal distance Dh between the Nth column and the Mth column, It is possible to control at least one of the vertical moving speed and the horizontal feeding speed of the medicine feeding part D500.

First, a method of controlling at least one of the vertical movement speed and the horizontal movement speed of the drug delivery unit based on whether the drug to be dispensed contains an agent for easily destroying and / or whether or not a damage-inducing agent is included will be described.

If the drug to be dispensed is not contained in the medicine to be broken, the controller 318 may not change the vertical moving speed and the horizontal feeding speed of the medicine feeding part D100. That is, the medicine dispensing drive means moving unit D400 and the driving rolls CB14 of the medicine dispensing unit D500, etc., are operated so that the medicine dispensing unit D100 can operate based on a preset basic vertical movement speed and a predetermined basic horizontal conveyance speed Can be controlled. However, even when the breakable drug is not contained, the vertical movement speed and horizontal feed rate of the drug delivery unit D100 are controlled in consideration of the positional relationship between the drug dispensing boxes D100, which will be described later, You can do it.

On the other hand, if medicines that should be dispensed are included, the controller 318 can judge whether or not the medicines to be dispensed are included in the medicines to be dispensed.

If a breakage inducing agent is included in the medicines to be dispensed, but the breakage inducing medicines are not included, the controller 318 sets the predetermined basic vertical movement speed and the predetermined basic horizontal feed speed The driving roll CB14 of the medicine feeding part D500, the medicine dispensing driving unit moving part D400, and the like can be controlled. At this time as well, the vertical movement speed and the horizontal conveyance speed of the drug delivering unit D100 may be controlled in consideration of the positional relationship between the drug dispensing boxes D100.

In the meantime, when both the agent for easily destroying medicine and the agent for causing breakage are included among the medicines to be dispensed, the controller 318 considers the positional relationship between the medicine dispensing boxes D100 as described below, It is possible to control the vertical moving speed and the horizontal feeding speed of the medicine feeding part. That is, the vertical moving speed of the predetermined medicine feeding part and the horizontal feeding speed of the predetermined medicine feeding part can be changed by the control of the controller 318. [

The control unit 318 determines the order of dispensing medicine to prevent breakage of the medicines, as described above, in order to prevent the breakage of the medicines for breakage, but in order to achieve the purpose of preventing the breakage of medicines by controlling the order of dispensing, It is necessary to control at least one of the vertical moving speed and the horizontal feeding speed of the medicine feeding part D500 more precisely as described below.

If the medicine storage box D100 containing the breakage inducing agent and the medicine storage box D100 containing the breakage agent are located in the same layer, as shown in FIG. 188, the breakage inducing agent may be included It is assumed that the first medicament storage boxes 1B and D100 are farther away from the medicament injection port 320 than the second medicament storage boxes 2B and D100 containing the breakable medicines.

In such a case, there is still a possibility that the breakage-inducing drug may be broken even if it is first dispensed from the box. This is because even if the breakage-inducing agent is first dispensed from the first medicament storage box 1B or D100, the medicament transfer part D500 continuously performs the rotation movement (transfer carving), so that the breakage- At the instant when the breakable drug is released from the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) and is seated in the drug delivery part (D500), the breakage-inducing drug that is being moved is transferred to the drug- So that the drug can be damaged.

Therefore, in this case, the control unit 318 can control the medicine dispensing operation as follows.

FIGS. 191 and 192 are diagrams for explaining a method of controlling dispensation timing of a medicine dispensing box according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the medicine dispensing operation of the control unit 318 will be described with reference to Figs. 191 and 192. Fig.

First, the control unit 318 controls the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage inducing medicine (a) and the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100) storing the breakage facilitating medicine Considering the vertical distance (for example, the distance between the layers where each box is located) and the horizontal distance (for example, the distance between the columns where the boxes are located), after the damage inducing drug is dispensed, So that the breakage-inducing agent is already passed through the heat-transfer box 500D so that the medicine-dispensing box storing the medicine-breaker box is already passed before the medicine-transferring part D500 moves to the layer where the medicine- The vertical movement speed can be controlled.

For example, when the drug delivery unit D500 moves to the layer in which the medicine dispensing box B storing the breakage facilitating agent (b) is located after the breakage inducing agent (a) is dispensed, As shown in a), when the vertical movement speed of the drug delivery portion D500 is shifted to Vv1, the breakage inducing agent (a) can be disposed further behind the breakage agent (b). In this case, as described above, there is a higher risk that breakage facilitating agent (b) will be broken by the breakage inducing agent (a) in the process of transferring the dispensed drugs to the drug collecting apparatus (300). Therefore, in this case, as shown in Figure 191 (b), when the drug delivery unit D500 is vertically moved at a speed of Vv2 greater than Vv1, the drug destruction facilitating agent (b) And therefore, the possibility of breakage of the drug (b) to be broken can be reduced.

On the other hand, when the vertical distances of the first drug dispensing box 1B, D100 storing the breakage inducing agent a and the second drug dispensing box 2B, D100 storing the breakage facilitating agent b are sufficiently large The control unit 318 may control the medicine transfer unit D500 so that the breakage inducing agent a may be positioned further ahead than the breakage facilitating agent b without controlling the vertical movement speed of the drug transfer unit D500. D500) may not need to be changed.

In addition, when the horizontal distances of the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage inducing agent (a) and the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100) storing the breakage facilitating agent The control unit 318 can control the drug delivery unit D500 even when the vertical movement speed of the drug delivery unit D500 is not controlled because the breakage inducing agent a can be positioned further ahead than the breakage facilitating agent b. It is not necessary to change the vertical movement speed of the second lens D500.

Further, when the horizontal transfer speed Vh of the drug delivery unit D500 is sufficiently large, even if the vertical movement speed of the drug delivery unit D500 is not controlled, the breakage-inducing agent a is positioned farther forward than the breakage- The control unit 31 may not need to change the vertical movement speed of the medicine feeding unit D500 even in this case.

That is, the control unit 318 controls the vertical movement speed of the drug delivering unit D500 in consideration of the horizontal distance, the vertical distance, and the horizontal transport speed of the drug delivering unit D500 in a comprehensive manner between the drug dispensing boxes 1B and 2B can do.

Secondly, the control unit 318 determines whether the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage inducing medicine and the second medicine dispensing box (2, D100) storing the breakage facilitating medicine , The distance between the layers where the respective boxes are located) and the horizontal distance (for example, the distance between the heat in which the respective boxes are located), the medicine dispensing box The breakage inducing agent controls the horizontal conveying speed of the drug delivering unit 500D so that the breakage-causing drug already passes the heat in which the medicine dispensing box storing the drug is stored before the drug delivering unit D500 moves .

For example, when the breakage-inducing agent (a) is dispensed and the drug delivery unit D500 moves to the layer where the second drug dispensing box (2B, D100) storing the breakage drug (b) As shown in FIG. 192 (a), when the horizontal conveying speed of the medicine feeding part D500 is Vh1, the breakage inducing agent (a) can be arranged further behind the breakage facilitating agent (b). In this case, as described above, there is a higher risk that breakage facilitating agent (b) will be broken by the breakage inducing agent (a) in the process of transferring the dispensed drugs to the drug collecting apparatus (300). Therefore, in this case, as shown in Figure 192 (b), if the drug is horizontally transported at a speed of Vh2 greater than Vh1, the drug (b) for breakage can be moved further forward than the drug (a) So that the possibility of breakage of the drug (b) to be damaged easily can be reduced.

On the other hand, when the vertical distances of the first drug dispensing box 1B, D100 storing the breakage inducing agent a and the second drug dispensing box 2B, D100 storing the breakage facilitating agent b are sufficiently large Or the horizontal distance of the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100) storing the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the breakage causing drug (a) and the breakage preventing medicine (b) , Or when the vertical movement speed Vv of the drug delivery part D500 is sufficiently small, the breakage-inducing agent a is more likely to be broken down than the breakage agent b, even if the vertical movement speed of the drug delivery part D500 is not controlled. The control unit 318 may not need to change the horizontal conveying speed of the medicine conveyance unit D500.

That is, the control unit 318 controls the horizontal conveying speed of the drug delivering unit D500 in consideration of the horizontal distance, the vertical distance, and the vertical moving speed of the drug delivering unit D500 in a comprehensive manner between the drug dispensing boxes 1B and 2B can do.

Thirdly, the control unit 318 determines whether the first medicine dispensing box (1B, D100) storing the damage inducing medicine and the second medicine dispensing box (2B, D100) , The distance between the layers where the respective boxes are located) and the horizontal distance (for example, the distance between the heat in which the respective boxes are located), the medicine dispensing box The vertical movement speed of the medicine feeding part 500D and the vertical feeding speed of the medicine feeding part 500D are adjusted so that the breakage inducing agent is already passing through the heat source box where the medicine dispensing box storing the drug- You can control both speeds.

As a result, according to the control method of the dispensing operation according to another embodiment of the present invention, the vertical distance between the medicine dispensing box D100 for storing the breakage-inducing medicine and the medicine dispensing box D100 for storing the breakage medicine is H, When the horizontal distance between the two boxes is S, the vertical movement speed of the drug delivery part D500 is Vv, and the horizontal transport speed of the drug delivery part D500 is Vh, the drug dispensing box D100 for storing the breakdown- The control unit 318 may be configured to satisfy the formula S / Vh < H / Vv or the formula modified therefrom when the drug dispensing box D100 is disposed farther from the drug inlet 320 than the drug dispensing box D100 Vv and / or Vh may be controlled so as to satisfy the following expression.

The control method of the dispensing operation according to another embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

The method of controlling the dispensing operation according to the embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a method of controlling the dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing unit D500 and / Or controlling the conveying speed, the timing at which the medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 to the medicine delivering unit D500 is controlled to achieve some of the objects of the present invention, and the medicine dispensing according to another embodiment of the present invention The control method of the operation controls the moving speed and / or the conveying speed of the medicine feeding part D500 rather than controlling the timing at which the medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 to the medicine feeding part D500, There are differences in that the objectives are achieved.

However, although the control method of the drug dispensing operation according to the embodiment of the present invention and the control method of the drug dispensing operation according to the other embodiment of the present invention are different from each other in a specific control method, they are not mutually exclusive, The two embodiments described above can be implemented in a combined manner. have.

For example, when the medicine dispensing box D100 for dispensing medicines is selected and the dispensing order of the medicines is determined, the control unit 318 controls the moving speed and / or the conveying speed of the medicine dispensing unit D500 , And the timing at which the medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100 to the medicine delivering unit D500.

7. Other variations

Hereinafter, various modifications of the above-described method of controlling the operation of the drug dispensing system 1 and / or the method of controlling the drug dispensing system 1 will be described.

7-1. Variation Example of Drug Delivery Unit - A plurality of drug delivery units

Hereinafter, when the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 includes two or more drug delivery units, the control operation according to step S48 will be described with reference to the related drawings.

FIGS. 193 to 196 are views for explaining a control method of a drug delivery unit when two or more drug delivery units are provided in the drug delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 193, the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 may include a first drug delivery unit D500-1 and a second drug delivery unit D500-2. At this time, the first drug delivering unit D500-1 and the second drug delivering unit D500 may be driven by dividing a responsible region in the first drug dispensing apparatus 100. [ When the medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing boxes D100, the medicine dispensing unit D500 has to move to the layer where the medicine dispensing box D100 is located. Each of the medicine dispensing units D500-1, D500- 2) can be moved in the dispensing operation in which the medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing box D100. In this case, as described above, the drug delivery unit D500 has been described as being able to move up and down in the first drug dispensing apparatus 100. Therefore, the drug delivery units D500-1 and D500-2 The responsible area may be said to be the up-and-down movement range of each of the drug delivery units D500-1 and D500-2.

The service area may be a predetermined fixed area or a variable area determined by the control part 318. [

First, the case where the responsible area is a predetermined fixed area will be described.

For example, referring to Figure 193, the first chargeable region CR1 of the first drug delivering unit D500-1 may be set to the upper side in the first drug dispensing apparatus 100, as shown in the figure And the second region CR2 of the second drug delivery portion D500-2 may be set to the lower side in the first drug dispensing apparatus 100. [

At this time, the first drug transfer part D500-1 and the second drug transfer part D500-2 are connected to the first and second medicine transfer parts D500-1 and D500-1, And the vertical length of the second up-and-down moving rail to which the second up-and-down moving rail D500-2 is coupled. That is, the first up-and-down moving rail and the second up-down moving rail may be physically separated from each other. The first medicine feeding part D500-1 can move only on the first up-and-down moving rail, Since the transfer unit D500-2 can move only on the second vertical moving rail, the first area CR1 of the first chemical transfer unit D500-1 can be determined by the length of the first vertical moving rail, The second region CR2 of the second drug delivering unit D500-2 can be determined by the length of the second up-and-down moving rail.

On the other hand, the region of charge of the first drug delivery unit D500-1 and the second drug delivery unit D500-2 can be logically determined. That is, as described above, even if the first drug delivery unit D500-1 and the second drug delivery unit D500-2 are coupled to the upper and lower movable rails common to each other instead of using the vertically movable rails physically separated from each other, The first chargeable region CR1 of the first drug delivery portion D500-1 and the second chargeable region CR2 of the second drug delivery portion D500-2 can be logically set as shown in the figure .

The control unit 318 confirms the position of the at least one medicine dispensing box D100 selected in step S44 in the first medicine dispensing box 100 and confirms the position of the at least one medicine dispensing box D100 selected by the first medicine dispensing unit D500 Whether or not the medicine is dispensed in the first dispensing area CR1 of the dispensing box D2 or in the second dispensing area CR2 of the second dispensing unit D500, It is possible to control the first drug delivery unit D500-1 and the second drug delivery unit D500-2, respectively. In other words, when the medicine dispensing box D100 to dispense medicines is determined, the control unit 318 determines the medicines dispensing box D100 of each drug delivery unit D500-1, D500-2, The drug dispensing box D100 can be assigned to the transfer units D500-1 and D500-2 and the drug dispensing units D500-1 and D500-2 can perform the dispensing operation independently of each other. Here, the meaning that the drug dispensing units D500-1 and D500-2 can perform the dispensing operation independently of each other means that the operation of the first medicine dispensing unit D500-1 is controlled in time to dispense the medicine It is possible to control the operation of the first drug delivering unit D500-1 and the second drug delivering unit D500-2 at the same time as controlling the operation of the second drug delivering unit D500-2, It means. Even if the operations of the drug delivering units D500-1 and D500-2 can be independently controlled at the same time, the control unit 318 determines the order of dispensing the medicines in accordance with necessity, for example, The operation timings of the first drug delivery unit D500-1 and the second drug delivery unit D500-2 may be appropriately controlled to each other.

Next, the case where the responsible area is variable will be described.

Each time the medicine dispensing boxes D100 storing the medicines to be transferred to the medicine collecting apparatus 300 are selected at once, the control unit 318 considers the positions of the selected medicine dispensing boxes D100, It is possible to determine the responsible areas of the drug delivery units D500-1 and D500-2.

For example, FIG. 194 (a) shows a case where all the boxes A, B, and C for dispensing medicines are all located on the upper side of the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100. In this case, The control unit 318 determines the layer in which the medicine dispensing boxes A and B are located as the third responsible area CR3 of the first medicine delivering unit D500-1 and sets the layer in which the medicine dispensing box C is located as the second medicine It can be determined as the fourth chargeable region CR4 of the transfer unit D500-2.

194 (b) shows a case where all the boxes A, B, and C for dispensing medicine are located below the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100. In this case, too, , The control unit 318 determines the layer in which the medicine dispensing boxes A and B are located as the fifth area CR5 of the first medicine delivering unit D500-1 and sets the layer in which the medicine dispensing box C is located as the second It can be determined as the sixth chargeable area CR6 of the medicine feeder D500-2.

The control unit 318 can determine the responsible areas so that the time taken for dispensing medicines to be dispensed at a time can be minimized in determining areas of charge of the respective drug deliveries D500-1 and D500-2 will be.

When the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 is provided with two or more drug dispensing units D500, the drug dispensing opening 320 through which the medicine is delivered from the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 to the medicine collecting apparatus 300 is a medicine May be provided as many as the number of the transfer unit D500. That is, in the case where the number of drug delivery units D500 is two, two drug injection ports 320 may be provided.

On the other hand, even if the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 is provided with two or more drug dispensing units D500-1 and D500-2, only one medication inlet 320 may be provided as shown in FIG. 195 . At this time, it is preferable that the medicine inlet 320 is provided at a middle height of the medicine collecting apparatus 300.

The control unit 318 may be configured to control the amount of the medicine to be dispensed to the first drug delivering unit D500-1, (D500-1) controls the first delivery timing at which the medicine is delivered to the medicine collection device (300) and the second delivery timing at which the second medicine delivery portion (D500-2) delivers the medicine to the medicine placement device (300) can do.

For example, as shown in Figure 196, the control unit 318 controls the first drug delivery unit D500-1 to be positioned at a height corresponding to the drug inlet 320 and to deliver the drug, The second drug delivery unit D500-2 may be positioned at a height corresponding to the drug inlet 320 to deliver medicines.

At this time, in consideration of the time taken for dispensing the medicines to be dispensed at once or whether the medicines for breakage and / or the breakage-inducing medicines are seated in any medicines transfer part D500, (D500) to determine whether to deliver the medication to the medicament collection device 300. [

7-2. How to manage inventory of medicine dispensing box

A control method for managing inventory of a dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the medicine dispensing box D100, as described above, various kinds of medicines can be stored. The user can mount the medicine dispensing box D100 in a separate refill station in order to store medicines in the medicine dispensing box D100. When the medicine dispensing box D100 is mounted on the refill station, the medicine dispensing box D100 ) Can be put into a state in which a new drug can be injected. For example, as described with respect to the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2, by mounting the blister packaging agent dispensing box BOX2 on the refill station, the locking portion B2L rotates and the rotating portion B2102 can rotate Thereby making it possible to put a new medicament into the medicament accommodating section B2110.

In this way, when the medicines are filled in the medicament storage box D100, the medicament storage box D100 is mounted on the first medicament dispensing apparatus 100. [ Subsequently, as described above, the medicines stored in each medicine storage box D100 dispense the medicines sequentially stored in accordance with the prescription dispensing operation. Accordingly, the inventory quantity of the medicines stored in the medicine storage box D100 is gradually reduced.

The drug dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention can set the stockout alarm value for each drug dispensing box D100 and the control unit 318 monitors the stock quantity of each drug dispensing box D100 , When the stock quantity of the specific medicine dispensing box D100 becomes equal to or less than the stockout alarm value set in the medicine dispensing box D100, You can tell the lack.

For example, if 5 is set as the stockout alarm value in the specific medicine dispensing box D100, if the quantity of medicines stored in the specific medicine dispensing box D100 becomes 5 or less through the dispensing operation , The control unit 318 can inform the user that the specific medicine dispenser box D100 is out of stock.

Meanwhile, 5 can be set as the stockout alarm value in one drug dispensing box D100, but 8 can be set as the stockout alarm value in the other medicine dispensing box D100. By setting different inventory alarm values for each medicine dispensing box D100 as described above, it is possible to more effectively perform inventory management for each medicine. Such an in-stock alarm value for each medicine dispensing box D100 may be set individually by the user.

There may be a wide variety of ways in which the drug dispensing system (1) informs the user that the inventory is insufficient.

For example, the control unit 318 can inform the user of the out-of-stock situation through the output unit 310 in a visual or auditory manner.

For example, a lamp corresponding to each medicine dispensing box D100 may be provided on the front or rear surface of the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 as many as the number of the medicine dispensing boxes D100, The lamp corresponding to the medicine dispensing box D100 may be lit. Thereby, the user can know which medicine dispensing box D100 is in short supply.

In another example, a lamp corresponding to each medicine dispensing box D100 may be provided in the cartridge D200 on which the medicine dispensing box D100 is mounted, and a medicine dispensing box D100, The lamp corresponding to the lamp may be lit.

7-3. Variation of prescription selection method

Hereinafter, a method of selecting a prescription for dispensing medicines more conveniently using the terminal 3 used by a user or the like will be described. That is, another embodiment of the step S14 of selecting at least one prescription described with reference to Figure 184 will be described.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the terminal 3 used by a user or the like is a smart phone. However, the terminal 3 such as a user does not necessarily have to be a smart phone, and it may be a mobile terminal manufactured for a special purpose used in a hospital or the like.

It is also assumed that the terminal 3 used by a user or the like is individually provided to each user such as a user.

Hereinafter, the term 'proximity tagging' refers to a process in which a user or the like can perform communication in accordance with a predetermined protocol such as a reader and a tag prescribed by NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Within a certain distance. That is, when an NFC reader or an RFID reader is located in the drug collecting system 1 and an NFC tag or an RFID tag is located in the terminal 3 used by a user or the like, Quot; proximity tagging &quot; may be referred to as an operation of bringing the reader closer to the mounting position of the reader of the reader (1). When the user performs 'proximity tagging', the NFC reader and / or the RFID reader and the NFC tag and / or the RFID reader detect that they are 'closely tagged' with each other and perform the communication procedure defined in the NFC communication protocol and / . Accordingly, the NFC reader and / or the RFID reader and the NFC tag and / or the RFID tag can transmit / receive necessary information to / from each other.

Further, the terminal 3 described in the present invention may include a control unit for collecting the components of the terminal 3 and the operations of the terminal 3, And an output unit for outputting necessary information and the like.

Hereinafter, details will be described with reference to FIGS. 197 is a flowchart for explaining a method for selecting a prescription according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 198 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a method for selecting a prescription according to an embodiment of the present invention.

197, a prescription selection method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a step S70 of receiving information on a prescription by the terminal 3, a step S72 of selecting at least a part of the received prescription, (3) is proximate-tagged to the drug dispensing system (1), the terminal (3) transmits the first identification information and the drug dispensing system (1) receives the first identification information (S74) 1) includes providing a user authentication interface for user authentication (S76), and performing a dispensing operation (S78) when the user information confirmed through the user authentication interface coincides with the stored user authentication information can do. Hereinafter, each step will be described in more detail.

The terminal 3 can receive the prescription information through the communication unit provided in the terminal 3 (S70). The terminal 3 may be individually paid to each user. For example, the first terminal 3 may be paid to the first nurse, and the second terminal 3 may be paid to the second nurse.

At this time, the server 2 or the medicine dispensing system 1 may be configured such that the first terminal identification information for the first terminal 3 corresponds to the user information of the first nurse, the second terminal identification information for the second terminal 3 The second terminal identification information may be stored in correspondence with the user information of the second nurse. Alternatively, the first terminal 3 may store user information for the first nurse, and the second terminal 3 may store user information for the second nurse.

The doctor can issue a prescription issued to each patient after the patient's treatment, and the issued prescription can input the content of the prescription through the terminal 3 such as a computer used by a doctor or the like. In this way, the inputted prescription can be transmitted to the server 2. When the server 2 receives a prescription from the doctor's side terminal, the server 2 can confirm the prescription patient information and confirm the information of the terminal 3 of the nurse corresponding to the patient. That is, the server 2 can confirm whether the first nurse is in charge of the issued prescription patient or whether the second nurse is in charge of the prescription, and also the information about the terminal assigned to the nurse in charge (for example, The number assigned to the smartphone, and the unique serial number of the smartphone). Subsequently, the server 2 can transmit information on the prescription to the verified nurse's terminal 3, so that the terminal 3 can receive information on the prescription. The information received from the server 2 may be the prescription itself, but it may also be an alarm of the fact that a prescription has been issued.

Referring to the first terminal 3 allocated to the first nurse, the first terminal 3 can receive information on the prescription when a prescription is issued to the patients in charge of the first nurse . At this time, the number of patients in charge of the first nurse may be plural, and accordingly, information on the prescription received by the first terminal 3 may be plural.

On the other hand, when the information related to the prescription is received, the terminal 3 can output an alarm notifying the user that the information related to the prescription has been received.

In addition, the terminal 3 can output an alarm indicating that the medication time has arrived, when the medication time of the prescription already received arrives.

Subsequently, the terminal 3 can select at least some of the received prescriptions (S72).

The terminal 3 may receive an input for selection from the user to select at least some of the received prescriptions. For example, as shown in FIG. 198, the terminal 3 can visually display a list of received prescriptions so that the user can select at least a part of the received prescriptions, You can choose a prescription to prescribe medication during prescription. The user interface for some prescription selection provided by the terminal 3 to the user may be designed in various ways.

Alternatively, the terminal 3 can select at least a part of the received prescriptions according to a predetermined algorithm.

For example, only prescriptions corresponding to a predetermined criterion can be selected in consideration of the time taken for taking the medicine of the received prescription. For example, in consideration of the current time and the prescription drug use time, only those prescription drugs that have already arrived or will arrive within a predetermined range (for example, within 30 minutes) from the current time can be selected.

On the other hand, if the user is provided with a user interface for prescription selection, but no input is received from the user for selection, the terminal 3 will be able to select all of the prescriptions received.

Subsequently, when the terminal 3 is tagged close to the drug dispensing system 1, the terminal 3 transmits the first identification information and the drug dispensing system 1 can receive the first identification information (S74). That is, when the user approached the drug dispensing system 1 to perform proximity tagging, the terminal 3 and the proximity communication modules (for example, NFC communication) installed in the drug dispensing system 1 The NFC communication module mounted on the terminal 3 and the NFC communication module mounted on the medicine dispensing system 1) can be started and the first identification information Can be transmitted / received.

The first identification information may be a unique serial number of the first terminal.

Alternatively, the first identification information may be user information (e.g., a nurse's name, a nurse's employee number, a nurse's social security number, etc.) for the first nurse holding the first terminal.

On the other hand, the terminal 3 may transmit the information on the selected prescription to the drug dispensing system 1 at step S74 or separately from step S74 through the short distance communication modules at step S72.

Meanwhile, the proximity communication module may be a module provided separately from the communication unit for receiving information on the prescription by the terminal 3. For example, the communication unit for receiving prescription information may be a module for WiFi communication or a module for communication through a mobile communication network (e.g., an LTE network) Module or a module for RFID communication.

Meanwhile, if the terminal 3 is tagged close to the drug dispensing system 1, the drug dispensing system 1 may provide a user authentication interface for user authentication (S76).

For example, in order to authenticate a user, the drug dispensing system 1 may include biometrics information such as a user's ID and password, registration number, authorized certificate and fingerprint information, facial recognition information, speech recognition information, iris recognition information, A user authentication interface that can receive the user authentication information from the user.

When the user authentication information is received through the user authentication interface, the drug dispensing system 1 can compare the user authentication information corresponding to the first identification information received in step S74. That is, when the user authentication information received in step S76 is the user password, the drug dispensing system 1 determines whether the password stored in association with the first identification information received from the terminal 3 is equal to the password input by the user Whether or not it is possible to compare them. Alternatively, when the received user authentication information is fingerprint information, it is possible to compare whether the fingerprint information stored in association with the received first identification information is the same as the fingerprint information inputted by the user.

At this time, the drug dispensing system 1 may have a separate input means for receiving user authentication information from a user. For example, a device for user authentication such as a fingerprint recognition device, an iris input device, and a face recognition device may be provided in the medicine dispensing system 1. [

If the user information confirmed through the user authentication interface matches the previously stored user authentication information, the drug dispensing system 1 can perform the prescription dispensing operation (S78).

At this time, the drug dispensing system 1 can perform the dispensing operation based on the prescription selection information received via step S74 or received separately from step S74. That is, the drug dispensing system 1 can perform a drug dispensing operation for at least a part of the prescriptions selected by the terminal 3 among the prescriptions received at the terminal 3. [

On the other hand, the drug dispensing system 1 may perform an operation for confirming the prescription selected by the terminal 3 from the user before performing the drug dispensing operation. For example, a list of prescriptions selected in the terminal 3 may be output through an output unit 310 such as a video output unit 312, and the user may select a prescription list (a prescription for performing a medicine dispensing operation List) and then perform a confirmation input thereon, or exclude some prescriptions from the list, or add more non-selected prescriptions.

The drug dispensing operation has already been described above, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The control method of the dispensing system according to some embodiments of the present invention has been described above. The control method of the drug dispensing system has been described above assuming the drug dispensing system 1 constituted by the combination of the first drug dispensing apparatus 100 and the drug collecting apparatus 300. [

However, the drug dispensing system 1 constituted by the combination of the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 and the medicine collecting apparatus 300 may also be operated by a method similar to that described above.

Unlike the drug dispensing drive means D300 which can dispense a plurality of medicine dispensing boxes D100 located in one layer at the same time, the second drug dispensing apparatus 200 is provided with one There may be some differences in the control caused by this difference because the packaging agent dispensing means M8 is provided which is capable of delivering the driving force for dispensing the medicine only to the packaging agent dispensing box M4 of the dispensing apparatus.

On the other hand, when the drug dispensing system 1 is constituted by the combination of the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 and the medicine collecting apparatus 300, the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100, And the second drug dispensing apparatus 200 can be implemented independently of each other.

However, when a plurality of first drug dispensing apparatuses 100 are included in the drug dispensing system 1, the drug dispensing operations between the first drug dispensing apparatuses 100 may be performed in cooperation with each other, The controller 318 may control the plurality of first drug dispensers 100 so that the dispensing operation according to the determination of the dispensing order may be implemented. The same is true of the case where the drug dispensing system 1 includes a plurality of second drug dispensing apparatuses 200.

For convenience of explanation, the medicine box mounted on the first medicine dispensing apparatus 100 is described as a medicine dispensing box D100, and the medicine box mounted on the second medicine dispensing apparatus 200 is a box (M4), the drug dispensing box D100 and the packaged medicine dispensing box M4 may be collectively referred to as a medicine dispensing box.

In the medicine dispensing system and the control method thereof according to the present invention, the constituent elements and / or steps constituting the respective embodiments are not essential, and therefore, each embodiment selectively includes the above-described components and / or steps can do. Moreover, the steps constituting each embodiment are not necessarily performed in accordance with the described order, and the steps described later may be performed before the steps described earlier.

In the drug dispensing system and the control method therefor according to the present invention, the respective embodiments may be used individually or in combination. Further, the steps constituting each embodiment can be used individually or in combination with the steps constituting the other embodiments.

Further, the control method of the drug dispensing system according to each embodiment of the present invention can be stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a code or a program for performing the control method.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings. In addition, the embodiments described in this document can be applied to not only the present invention, but also all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications can be made.

1: Pharmaceutical dispensing system
2: Server
3:
N: Network
100: First drug dispensing device
200: second drug dispensing device
300: drug collection device
D100: medicine dispensing box (for dispensing first medicine dispensing device)
D200: Cartridge
D300: drug dispensing drive means
D400: drug dispensing drive means moving part
D500: Drug transfer part (conveyor part)
M4: Chemical dispensing box (Packing dispenser for dispensing the second medicine dispensing device)
M6: cartridges for packing box dispenser
M8: Packing agent dispensing means
M10: Packing agent dispensing means moving part

Claims (12)

A plurality of drug dispensing boxes;
An outlet for discharging the medicine to the outside;
And a first and a second medicine transferring unit that transfer medicines dispensed from the plurality of medicine dispensing boxes to the discharge port and are movable up and down,
Wherein the first drug delivery portion operates in a first vertical movement range and the second drug delivery portion operates in a second vertical movement range,
Drug dispensing system.
The method according to claim 1,
The first drug transfer part is vertically movable on a first vertical movement axis,
And the second medicine transferring part is movable up and down on the second up-
Drug dispensing system.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first vertical moving shaft and the second vertical moving shaft are separated from each other
Drug dispensing system.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first vertical movement range is determined by the first vertical movement axis and the second vertical movement range is determined by the second vertical movement axis.
Drug dispensing system.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first vertical movement range and the second vertical movement range are set in advance
Drug dispensing system.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a control unit for controlling operations of the first drug delivery unit and the second drug delivery unit,
Wherein the controller determines the first up-and-down movement range and the second up-down movement range in consideration of the position of at least one box to dispense medicine out of the plurality of medicine dispensing boxes
Drug dispensing system.
The method according to claim 1,
The first drug transfer part is located above the second drug transfer part
Drug dispensing system.
The method according to claim 1,
And the number of the discharge ports is one
Drug dispensing system.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the drug release timing of the first drug delivery portion is different from the drug release timing of the second drug delivery portion
Drug dispensing system.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the outlet includes a first outlet and a second outlet,
The first drug delivery portion discharges the medicine through the first outlet,
And the second medicament conveying portion discharges medicines through the second outlet
Drug dispensing system.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the drug release timing of the first drug delivery portion is different from the drug release timing of the second drug delivery portion
Drug dispensing system.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the drug release timing of the first drug delivery portion is the same as the drug release timing of the second drug delivery portion
Drug dispensing system.

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