KR20140126952A - Medicine dispensing system - Google Patents

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KR20140126952A
KR20140126952A KR1020130045279A KR20130045279A KR20140126952A KR 20140126952 A KR20140126952 A KR 20140126952A KR 1020130045279 A KR1020130045279 A KR 1020130045279A KR 20130045279 A KR20130045279 A KR 20130045279A KR 20140126952 A KR20140126952 A KR 20140126952A
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Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a medicine dispensing system comprising: a medicine storing unit for storing medicine storage boxes; one or more medicine collecting units for collecting medicine from the medicine storing unit; a medicine storage box transferring unit for transferring a medicine storage box corresponding to dispensing medicine information, among the medicine storage boxes, to the medicine collecting unit; and a controlling unit for controlling the motion of the medicine storage box transferring unit to dispose a medicine storage box corresponding to second medicine information, on the medicine collecting unit, while medicine is collected from a medicine storage box corresponding to first dispensing medicine information.

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{MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a drug dispensing system, and more particularly, to a drug dispensing system that improves the efficiency of drug dispensing and packaging operations by replacing a drug dispenser in real time.

Generally, the drug dispensing system refers to a device for automatically collecting and packing medicines by a single dose according to the patient's prescription.

Conventional drug dispensing systems have limitations in the number of drug storage containers accommodated in the drug storage area, which reduces the efficiency of collection and packaging of drugs. Therefore, in large pharmacies requiring a large number of prescriptions, It was forced to increase the number of drug dispensing systems used.

In addition, when all of the medicines stored in the medicament storage box are used, the operation of the medicines dispensing system is stopped, and the pharmacist or the manager directly replenishes the medicines.

In addition, when returning the medicine storage compartment filled with medicine to the medicine storage compartment, when the medicine storage compartment is returned to a position other than the initial position where the medicine storage compartment is mounted, since the changed position information can not be checked and wrong medicine can be collected, It always implies the possibility of causing a weakening accident.

For this reason, in the collection and packaging of medicines by a single dose according to a prescription of a patient, measures and techniques for improving the accuracy and efficiency of the medicines collection operation to provide convenience to users such as pharmacists, .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine dispensing system in which more medicine storage boxes can be installed.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a medicine dispensing system capable of increasing the dispensing efficiency of a medicine while providing more medicine storage boxes.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a drug dispensing system comprising: a medicine storage unit for storing a plurality of medicine storage boxes; One or more medicament collection sections for collecting medicines from the medicament storage box; A medicine storage box transfer unit for transferring a medicine storage box corresponding to outgoing medicine information from the plurality of medicine storage boxes to the medicine collection unit; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit so that the medicine storage box corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is placed in the medicine collection unit while the medicine is collected from the medicine storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information can do.

The medicament collecting unit may be configured to store at least a medicament container corresponding to the first outpatient medication information and a medicament container corresponding to the second dispensed medicament information.

The control unit may determine whether a medicine storage box corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is stored in the medicine collection unit while the medicine is collected from the medicine storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information. Wherein the controller is configured to control the medicine dispenser dispenser to dispense a medicine dispenser corresponding to the second dispensation dispenser information from the medicine dispenser when the medicament dispenser corresponding to the second dispensation dispenser information is not stored in the medicament dispenser, Can be controlled.

In addition, when at least a first medicine storage box among the medicine storage boxes corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is accommodated in the medicine collection unit, the control unit may control the amount of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box, Or not. Wherein the controller is configured to control the operation of the medicine container transporting unit to withdraw the at least one second medicine storage container stored with the first medicine from the medicine storage unit when the quantity of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box is equal to or less than a preset reference Can be controlled.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for dispensing medicines, wherein the controller is configured to store a plurality of medicines stored in the medicament storage unit stored in the medicament storage unit while the medicines are being collected from the medicament storage unit corresponding to the first out- It is possible to confirm whether or not the quantity of medicines meets predetermined criteria.

The medicament dispensing system may further include a medicament replenishing unit for replenishing the medicament in the medicament storage box in which the quantity of medicines stored in the plurality of medicament storage units is equal to or less than a predetermined standard.

The control unit may control the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit to move the medicine storage box having the preset amount of the medicine stored in the plurality of medicine storage boxes to the medicine supplement unit.

In addition, the controller may be configured to, while the medicines are collected from the medicament storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicament information, add, to the medicament reservoir, The operation of the medicament container transport unit can be controlled so as to move the medicament container transport unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for dispensing a medicament, the system comprising: a controller for controlling the dispenser to dispense medicines from a medicine dispenser corresponding to the dispensed medicament information, It is possible to determine whether to return the medicine storage box corresponding to the medicine information to the medicine storage unit.

Wherein the control unit is configured to return to the medicine storage unit at least one medicine storage box not corresponding to the second medicine information when the medicament collection unit is insufficient to accommodate the medicine storage box corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information, It is possible to control the operation of the medicine container transporting unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drug dispensing system, wherein the at least one medicament collecting unit includes at least a first medicament collecting unit and a second medicament collecting unit, It is possible to determine the medicament collecting unit for medicines to be collected according to the third outpatient medicines information in the second medicines collecting unit.

The control unit may determine the medicament collection unit to collect the medicines according to the third outpatient medicament information, taking into account information on the medicament storage compartments stored in the first medicinal preparation unit and the second medicinal preparation unit.

According to the drug dispensing system of the present invention, a medicine storage unit capable of storing a plurality of medicine storage boxes is provided to minimize the medicine replenishment work, and at the same time, the medicine storage boxes necessary for collecting the medicine are queued in the medicine collection unit, Can be improved.

In addition, according to the drug dispensing system of the present invention, it is possible to move the medicine storage box corresponding to the next dispensed medicine information to the medicine collection section while the medicine collection operation is performed from the medicine storage box corresponding to one dispensed medicine information , It may be possible to continuously carry out the collection of medicines according to two or more dispensing medicines information.

Further, according to the drug dispensing system of the present invention, even when the medicine collecting operation is being performed, the medicine stocking operation is continuously performed by checking the stock of the medicine stored in the medicine storing box to perform the medicine replenishing operation, The drug collection operation can be performed efficiently.

Further, according to the drug dispensing system of the present invention, by automatically recognizing the position where the medicine storage box is mounted, it is possible to prevent the weakening accident due to the change of the position where the medicine storage box is returned, It can be grasped and moved to the medicines collection section.

1 is a block diagram of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining position information corresponding to a specific position of the medicine storage unit in the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3 to 5 are diagrams illustrating various configurations of a medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a medicament collection unit in a medicament dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 7 and 8 are views for explaining a medicament container transferring unit in a medicament dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a medicine refill operation in a medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11 and 12 are flowcharts for explaining a control method of returning a medicine container in a medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a view for explaining a case where two drug collecting units 200 are provided in the drug dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment of automatically recognizing the position of the medicine container in the medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 15 and 16 are diagrams for explaining a method of determining the position of a medicine storage box to be dispensed in a medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

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.

In addition, numerals (e.g., first, second, etc.) used in the description of the present invention are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

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.

1. Full Configuration

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 to 5 are diagrams illustrating various configurations of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a medicine dispensing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a medicine box (MB), a medicine box storing station 100, a medicine collecting unit 200, a medinice box transferring unit 300, a control unit 400, and the like.

The medicine storage box MB may be a box storing medicines, may be disposed in the medicine storage unit 100, and may be disposed on the medicament collection unit 200.

The drug storage unit 100 may contain at least 1000 drug storage boxes MB and at least one drug storage box MB storing the same types of medicines.

 The medicament storage unit 100 may include a medicament storage box accommodating unit 110 for mounting a plurality of medicine storage boxes MB.

The medicament container receiving portion 110 may be, for example, a cartridge, and may have a dividing portion (not shown) designed to accommodate one medicament container MB. However, the partition section is not necessarily provided. The medicine storage unit 100 may include an interfacing unit 120 for recognizing identification information of the medicine storage box MB loaded in the medicine storage unit 100.

The identification information may be unique identification information for distinguishing each drug reservoir from other drug reservoirs.

The first interface unit 120 may be designed to correspond to an identification information transmitting unit included in a medicine storage (MB).

The identification information transferring unit may store at least one of the identification information of the medicine storage box (MB), the type of medicine stored in the medicine storage box (MB), and the quantity information.

For example, when the identification information transfer unit provided in the drug storage MB is a tag based on NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, the first interface unit 120 may be implemented as a reader based on NFC technology, If the identification information transfer unit 700 provided in the medicine storage box MB is a tag based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, the first interface unit 120 may be implemented as a reader based on RFID technology . Also, when the identification information transfer unit 700 is a plug-type memory chip, the first interface unit 120 may be implemented as a port designed to be connected to the memory chip.

The medicament storage unit 100 may include at least one first interface unit 120 and each of the first interface units 120 may correspond to a specific position of the medicament storage unit 100 have.

That is, one first interface unit 120 may be paired with one position. However, the positions of the first interface unit 120 and the first interface unit 120 are not always necessarily 1: 1, and the first interface unit 120 may be paired with each of the N positions. Therefore, the drug dispensing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that a medicine storage box (MB) having a specific identification number is stored at a certain position on the medicine storage unit 100 through the first interface unit 120 It is possible to obtain information as to whether or not it is disposed in the network.

For example, the first position information allocated to the first position of the medicine storage unit 100 in which the first medicine storage box MB1 is disposed may be indicated by the position on the medicine storage unit 100. [ That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the first position information of the first medicine container MB1 mounted at the third row position of the first layer can be expressed as MB1 (1,3).

Meanwhile, the drug dispensing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may acquire positional information on a specific position in which a drug storage box (MB) is disposed directly through the first interface unit 120. [ At this time, the first interface unit 120 may have a separate communication module (not shown) capable of transmitting the position information.

Alternatively, the drug dispensing system 10 may receive only the identification number of the first interface unit 120 through the first interface unit 120. [ At this time, the medicine dispensing system 10 is configured to store a medicine storage box (MB) based on the position information corresponding to the identification number stored in the memory unit (not shown) provided in the medicine dispensing system 10 It is possible to acquire information on the specific position in which it is disposed.

In addition, the medicine storage unit 100 may be configured in various forms. That is, referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, a plurality of medicine storage boxes MB may be disposed in a shelf-type cartridge 110 having a plurality of layers. However, the configuration of the medicine storage unit 100 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be configured by a combination or modification of the configurations described with reference to Figs. 3 to 5. Fig.

6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the medicament collection unit 200 in the medicament dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The medicament collection unit 200 may be for collecting medicines from the plurality of medicament containers MB, and the medicament dispensing system 10 may include one or more medicament collection units 200.

The medicament collection unit 200 includes a medicament storage box mounting part 210 for mounting at least one medicament box MB to be dispensed and a medicament dispenser for loading medicines from the medicament box MB mounted on the medicament box mounting part 210. [ A drug dispenser 230 for dispensing medicines dispensed from the dispenser 220, a medicine dispenser 230 for recognizing identification information of the medicine dispenser MB, 2 interface unit (interfacing unit) 240.

One or more medicine storage boxes (MB) may be mounted on the medicine storage box mounting portion 210, and a space may be provided so that another type of medicine storage box (MB) can be mounted. For example, the medicine container holder 210 may be provided with a first medicine container holder 211 to which a medicine container (MB) storing a tablet or a blister medicine can be attached, A second medicine storage box mounting portion 213 to which a medicine storage box (MB) storing medicines requiring authority can be mounted, and the like.

In addition, medicine storage boxes (MB) storing frequently used medicines may be pre-installed in the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 according to the user's needs. Alternatively, at least one medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to dispensing medication information received from the outside may be sequentially mounted according to a preset reference.

The dispensing medication information may include information on a medication to be taken by the patient, and may preferably be prescription information. The prescription information may include personal information of the patient, information on the type and quantity of medicines to be taken, information on the number of days of medication, information on diseases, and the like.

In addition, the dispensing medication information may be received through a communication unit (not shown) provided in the medicine dispensing system 10. [

The medicine dispensing portion 220 may include a dispensing driving portion (not shown) for dispensing the medicine from the medicine storage box MB mounted on the medicine storage compartment mounting portion 210.

A known technique for transmitting power to the dispenser driving portion may be adopted. For example, when a gear for receiving a driving force is provided in the medicine storage box MB, the dispensing driving unit may include another gear that can be engaged with the gear and a power generating motor connected to the other gear It will be possible. The medicine stored in the medicine storage box MB can be discharged one by one from the medicine storage box MB by the dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing drive unit.

Meanwhile, the medicine dispensing part 220 may include a plurality of dispensing driving parts. When the medicine dispensing part 220 has a plurality of dispensing driving parts, a plurality of medicines can be dispensed from the medicine storage boxes (MB) at the same time, and the drug packaging efficiency can be increased.

The medicament collection unit 200 may include a moving path for guiding medicines discharged from the medicament container MB to the medicament packing unit 230. That is, the medicines discharged by the medicine dispensing operation can be moved to the medicament packing section through the movement path.

The pharmaceutical packaging unit may adopt any known type of pharmaceutical packaging apparatus, or any type of pharmaceutical packaging apparatus which can be developed in the future, to the extent that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

3 to 5, the configuration of the medicament collection unit 200 may vary. That is, one medicament collection unit 200 may include one medicament packing unit or a plurality of medicament packing units. When one medicament collection unit 200 includes a plurality of medicament packing units, the medicinal packing efficiency can be further improved.

The medicament collection unit 200 may include a second interface unit 240 similar to or identical to the first interfacing unit 120 of the medicament storage unit 100 described above. That is, the second interface unit 240 can recognize the identification information of the medicine storage box (MB). The second interface unit 240 may be designed to correspond to an identification information transmitting unit included in a drug storage (MB), similar to or similar to the first interface unit 120. That is, the second interface unit 240 may be implemented as an NFC reader, an RFID reader, a port, or the like in correspondence with the identification information transfer unit provided in the medicine storage box (MB). A detailed description thereof has been given above with respect to the first interface unit 120, and therefore will not be described here.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are views for explaining an example in which the medicine storage box MB is moved by the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 in the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The medicine storage box transfer unit 300 may be a transfer unit for withdrawing and transferring the medicine storage box MB. Specifically, the medicament container transferring unit 300 can transfer a specific medicine storage box MB from the medicament storing unit 100 to the medicines-collecting unit 200, It is possible to withdraw the medicine storage box MB disposed in the medicine storage unit 100 and return it to the medicine storage unit 100. [ Alternatively, the drug reservoir MB or the drug reservoir MB disposed in the drug reservoir 200 may be transferred to a medicine replenishment unit (not shown) to be described later.

In addition, the medicament container transferring unit 300 may preferably be a robot apparatus, and the embodiment of the robot apparatus may be various. Hereinafter, the case where the medicament container transfer unit is implemented by a robot apparatus will be described as an example.

The robot apparatus 300 may be a means for transferring the medicine storage box MB to the medicine storage unit 100 or the medicine collection unit 200.

For example, the robot apparatus 300 may include an X-axis member movable left and right with respect to the X-axis, a Y-axis member movable up and down with respect to the Y-axis, and a Y-axis member movable between the medicine storage unit 100 and the medicine- And an arm (arm) 310 for moving the medicine storage box (MB).

For example, the robot apparatus 300 may further include a fixed unit 320 capable of temporarily fixing the medicine storage box MB to the robot apparatus 300. The fixed unit 320 may be a robot finger capable of gripping the drug storage MB or may be an adsorbent capable of adsorbing the drug storage MB. The adsorber may be a known adsorber that provides an adsorption force so that the medicine storage box MB can be adsorbed to one end of the arm 310.

The robot apparatus 300 may be configured such that when it is desired to move the medicine storage box MB from the medicine storage unit 100 to the medicine collection unit 200, 2) a first conveying operation for moving the robot apparatus 300 toward the medicament collecting unit 200 or the medicament replenishing unit, 3) releasing the medicine storage box MB release) in order to perform the release operation sequentially.

The robot apparatus 300 may be configured such that when the drug storage box MB is to be moved from the medicament collection unit 200 to the medicament storage unit 100, (2) a second transfer operation for moving the robot apparatus 300 toward the medicine storage unit 100; (3) a release operation for releasing the medicine storage box (MB) The release operation can be performed sequentially.

For example, the robot apparatus 300 moves up and down and / or right and left to move a medicine storage box (MB) disposed at a predetermined position in the medicine storage unit 100 toward the medicine collection unit 200 . That is, the robot apparatus 300 may grip the required medicine storage box MB from the medicine storage unit 100 and temporarily fix the medicine storage box MB to the fixed unit 320, Can be transferred toward the medicament collecting part 200 and can be mounted to the medicament container mounting part 210 of the medicament collecting part 200 by releasing the medicament container MB.

In addition, the robot apparatus 300 may grip the used medicine storage box MB temporarily and fix the used medicine storage box MB to the fixed storage unit, And can be returned to the medicine storage unit 100 by releasing the medicine storage box MB.

The control unit 400 can control the overall operation of the medicine dispensing system 10. [ The overall operation control of the drug dispensing system 10 will be more specifically described in the corresponding part.

The configuration related to the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the drug dispensing system 10 may be implemented with fewer or more components than those shown in FIG. For example, a communication unit for communicating with other devices, a user input unit for receiving necessary information / commands from a user, an output unit for transmitting information necessary for a user, A memory unit for storing various information necessary for operation, and the like may be provided in the medicine dispensing system 10.

The communication unit may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the drug dispensing system 10 and the network in which the drug dispensing system 10 is located. For example, the communication unit may include a wireless Internet module, a local area communication module, and a location information module.

The wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and the wireless Internet module can be built in or enclosed in the drug dispensing system 10. WLAN (WiFi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module is a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, RFID, IrDA, UWB, ZigBee, WiHD, WiGig, and the like can be used as the short distance communication technology.

The user input unit generates input data for controlling the operation of the drug dispensing system 10 by the user. The user input unit may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The output unit is for generating an output related to visual or auditory information, and may include a display unit, an audio output module, and the like.

The display unit displays and outputs information processed in the medicine dispensing system 10. [ For example, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) relating to the current operation state of the drug dispensing system 10, information on a prescription dispensed from the drug dispensing system 10, Etc. may be displayed.

In a case where a display unit and a sensor (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') that detects a touch operation form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch screen'), the display unit may be used as an input device have. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display portion or a capacitance occurring in a specific portion of the display portion into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller. Thus, the control unit can know which area of the display unit is touched or the like.

The sound output module may output audio data related to the operation of the drug dispensing system 10. [ For example, the drug dispensing system 10 can output audio data such as various user guidance information, an operation completion alarm, an operation standby alarm, and the like through the sound output module.

The memory unit may store a program for operation of the control unit, and temporarily store input / output data. The memory unit may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a random access (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk Media. The drug dispensing system 10 may operate in connection with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory unit on the Internet or an intranet.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof. According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing functions. In some cases, And may be implemented by the control unit 400.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that perform at least one function or operation. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. Further, the software codes may be stored in the memory and executed by the control unit 400. [

Meanwhile, the drug dispensing system 100 to be described below will be described as an example including the same components as the drug dispensing system 10 described with reference to Figs. 1 to 7. However, the operation of the drug dispensing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention does not necessarily have to be implemented by the drug dispensing system 10 described with reference to FIGS.

2. Full operation

Hereinafter, the operation of the medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The drug dispensing system 10 can receive dispensing medication information. The dispensing medication information may be generated in a terminal used by a doctor or the like, and may be transmitted to the medicine dispensing system 10 through a network to which the dispensing system 10 is connected. The drug dispensing system 10 may receive the dispensing medication information through a communication unit provided in the medication dispensing system 10.

The dispensing medication information may be prescription information about at least one medication that the patient should take. The prescription information may include personal information of the patient, information on the type and quantity of medicines to be taken, information on the number of days of medication, information on diseases, and the like.

The drug dispensing system 10 generally performs a drug-taking operation based on the contents of the received prescription information, but does not necessarily perform the drug-taking operation only based on the contents of the prescription information, May perform the drug-taking operation based on the randomly input information.

3. Control method of drug dispensing system

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

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9, a method of controlling a drug dispensing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes moving a drug storage MB corresponding to first dispensed drug information (S10) (S12) of collecting medicines from the medicament container (MB) corresponding to the information, corresponding to the second dispensed medicament information for a predetermined time during which medicines are collected from the medicament container (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicament information (MB) corresponding to the second dispensing medication information is stored in the medicament collecting unit 200 (S14). The medicines container storing unit (200) (S16) judging whether or not the medicine stored in the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information meets a preset quantity, and a medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information, ≪ / RTI > Step S18 may be included. Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

The control unit 400 may move the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensing medication information (S10).

The control unit 400 may control the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to fetch at least one medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information from the medicine storage unit 100. The control unit 400 may control the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to transfer at least one medicine storage box MB drawn out from the medicine storage unit 100 to the medicine collection unit 200 have. In order to allow the medicines according to the first dispensed medication information to be collected in the medicament collecting unit 200, the medicines collecting unit 100 is caused to wait for medicament containers (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicant information This is necessary.

Therefore, at least one medicine storage box (MB) transferred by the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 can be mounted on the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 provided in the medicine collection unit 200.

If the first medicine storage box MB1 storing the first medicine contained in the first dispensed medicine information is already disposed in the medicine storage box mounting unit 210, It may not be necessary to further move the other medicine storage box (MB) storing the first medicine from the storage unit (100). The detailed description will be more specifically described in the related section.

The control unit 400 controls the medicine collection operation of the medicine collection unit 200 to collect the medicine from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information installed in the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 (S12). Here, the drug collecting operation may include a medicine dispensing operation for dispensing the medicine from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information, and a medicine packing operation for packaging the dispensed medicine.

The control unit 400 may be operable to control the medicines containers (MB) corresponding to the second dispensing medication information to the medicines collection unit 200 (200) during the medicines dispensing operation according to the first dispensed medicines information in steps S10 and S12 The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 can be controlled. Alternatively, the control unit 400 may cause the medicines collection unit 200 to store medicament containers (MB) corresponding to the second dispensing medicament information while the medicament packaging operation according to the first dispensed medicament information is performed The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 can be controlled. Alternatively, the controller 400 may store the drug storage boxes (MB) corresponding to the second dispensing medication information into the medicines collection unit 200 while the medication dispensing operation and the medicament packing operation are performed according to the first dispensed medicament information. The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 can be controlled.

Hereinafter, an operation (hereinafter, referred to as a standby operation) for causing the medicine collection unit 200 to wait for the medicine storage boxes (MBs) corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information will be described in detail.

The control unit 400 may determine that the medicine storage box MB corresponding to the second dispensing medication information is stored in the medicine storage unit 200 (200) for a predetermined period of time from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information, (S14). ≪ / RTI > The predetermined time may be a time required for dispensing the medicine from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information according to the first prescription information included in the first dispensed medicine information and / It may be the time required for the pharmaceutical packaging operation to package the dispensed medicament. In addition, the controller 400 may perform the waiting operation so that the dispensing operation according to the second dispensing agent information can be performed before or after the predetermined time is ended.

The control unit 400 may be operable to cause the medicines collection unit 200 to store medicament containers MB corresponding to the second outpatient medication information while the medicines dispensing operation is performed in accordance with the first dispensed medicament information, The first standby operation may be performed. Alternatively, the control unit 400 may be operable to store the drug storage boxes (MB) corresponding to the second out-of-drug information during the drug packaging operation according to the first out-of-drug information in the drug- It is possible to perform the second waiting operation in which the first waiting operation is performed. Alternatively, while the drug dispensing operation and the medicine packing operation according to the first dispensed medicine information are performed in the medicine collecting unit 200, the controller 400 controls the medicine dispensing unit MB corresponding to the second dispensing information ) To the medicine collecting unit (100).

The control unit 400 controls the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 to store a medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the second dispensing medicine information during the first waiting operation, the second waiting operation or the third waiting operation It can be determined first whether or not it is already mounted.

This is because if the first medicine storage box MB1 storing the first medicine contained in the second dispensed medicine information is already installed in the medicine storage box mounting unit 210, It may not be necessary to further withdraw the other medicine storage box (MB) storing the first medicine.

For example, when the first medicine storage box MB1 storing the first medicine contained in the second dispensing medicine information for the second patient is already installed in the medicine collection unit 200, It is possible not to further withdraw the other medicine storage box (MB) storing the first medicine. This is because, as described above, the medicament collecting unit 200 may be equipped with one or more medicament storage boxes containing medicines frequently used according to the user.

Alternatively, for example, when the first medicine contained in the second dispensed medicine information for the second patient is also included in the first dispensed medicine information for the first patient, If the first medicine storage box MB1 storing the first medicine is already installed, it may not take out another medicine storage box MB holding the first medicine.

However, even if the first medicine storage box MB1 is already installed in the medicine collection unit 200, the control unit 400 may store the first medicine storage amount MB1 stored in the first medicine storage box MB1, (MB) storing the first medicament can be moved from the medicament storage unit (100) if the amount of the medicines corresponding to the second dispensed medicament information is not enough to be dispensed. The detailed operation of the control unit 400 will be described later in detail in steps S16 to S18.

If it is determined in step S14 that the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is stored in the medicine collection unit 200, the control unit 400 determines whether the second dispensed medicine information It is possible to confirm whether or not the quantity of medicines stored in the medicine storage box MB meets preset criteria (S16). The preset reference value is a value that can be arbitrarily set by the user, and can be changed according to the user's need.

If it is determined that the quantity of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box MB1 corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is less than a preset quantity, The operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 may be controlled to withdraw the medicine storage box MB2 from the medicine storage unit 100 (S17). Therefore, the controller 400 can mount the second medicine storage box MB2 drawn by the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to the medicine storage box mounting unit 210. [ At this time, the control unit 400 can move the first medicine storage box MB1 attached to the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 from the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 to the medicine replenishing unit described above.

In addition, the controller 400 takes out the two or more medicament containers stored with the first medicament from the medicament storage unit 100, considering the quantity of the first medicament contained in the second dispensed medicament information The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 can be controlled.

For example, 30 first drugs contained in the second medication dispensing medication information should be dispensed, and the first medication reservoir MB1 storing the first medication should be dispensed from the medication reservoir 200 of the medication collecting unit 200 And is mounted on the mounting portion 210. FIG.

If the user sets a preset quantity for the first medicine by the user and the quantity of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box MB1 is 5, It is possible to control the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to take out the other medicine storage box MB storing the first medicine from the medicine storage unit 100. [ Here, the second medicine storage box MB2 and the third medicine storage box MB3 storing the first medicine are disposed in the medicine storage unit 100, and the second medicine storage box MB2 and the third medicine storage box MB3, which are stored in the second medicine storage box MB2, If the first medicine quantity is 10 and the first medicine quantity stored in the third medicine storage box MB3 is 20, the controller 400 determines that the first medicine It is possible to control the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to withdraw the second medicine storage box MB2 and the third medicine storage box MB3 from the medicine storage unit 100 so as to match the quantity of the medicine storage box MB3.

However, if the medicine storage box (MB) in which the first medicine is stored is only the first medicine storage box MB1 mounted in the medicine collection unit 200, the controller 400 controls the first medicine storage box The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 may be controlled so as to supplement the first medicine to the MB1. Operations relating to replenishment of the first agent will be described later in detail.

When the quantity of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box MB1 corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information meets a preset reference, the controller 400 controls the medicine collecting unit 200 The operation of the medicine collection unit 200 can be controlled so as to collect the medicine according to the second dispensed medicine information (S18).

However, even if the quantity of the first medicament stored in the first medicament storage box (MB) meets a predetermined criterion, the controller (400) determines that the quantity of the first medicament contained in the second dispensed medicament information , The operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 may be controlled so as to take out at least one other medicine storage box (MB) storing the first medicine from the medicine storage unit 100.

For example, 30 first drugs contained in the second medication dispensing medication information should be dispensed, and the first medication reservoir MB1 storing the first medication should be dispensed from the medication reservoir 200 of the medication collecting unit 200 And is mounted on the mounting portion 210. FIG.

If the user sets a preset quantity of the first medicines by the user to 20 and the quantity of the first medicines stored in the first medicament storage box MB1 is 25, It is possible to control the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to take out the other medicine storage box MB storing the first medicine from the medicine storage unit 100. [

If it is determined in step S14 that the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is not stored in the medicine collection unit 200, the control unit 400 controls the second medicine storage unit The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 may be controlled so as to fetch at least one medicine container (MB) corresponding to the dispensed medicine information (S17).

Accordingly, the control unit 400 controls the medicine collection unit 200 to wait for the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the next dispensed medicine information in advance while the medicine collection operation according to the received dispensed medicine information is performed It may be possible to prepare medicines for a plurality of patients in real time.

4. Refill operation of medicines in medicine storage box

Hereinafter, a method of controlling the refill operation of the medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a medicine refill operation in a medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, a method of controlling a medicine refill operation in a medicine dispensing system 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a step S20 of fetching a medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to dispensed medicine information, A step S22 of collecting the medicines from the medicament container MB corresponding to the medicament information, a step S22 of setting the quantity of medicines stored in the plurality of medicament containers MB stored in the medicament storage unit 100 during the medicines collection, (S24) of judging whether the amount of the medicine stored in the medicine storage box (MB) meets the criterion, and moving (S26) the medicine storage box (MB) . Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

The control unit 400 can control the movement of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 so as to take out the medicine storage box MB corresponding to the dispensing medication information from the medicine storage unit 100 at step S20, 300 may transfer the withdrawn medicine storage box MB to the medicine collection unit 200. In addition, the controller 400 may control the operation of the medicine collection unit 200 to collect medicine from the medicine storage box MB delivered by the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 (S22). Since steps S20 and S22 may correspond to the operations performed in steps S10 and S12 described above, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The control unit 400 controls the plurality of medicines stored in the medicament storage unit 100 for a predetermined period of time to collect the medicines from the medicament container (MB) corresponding to the dispensed medicament information in the medicament- It is possible to determine whether the quantity of medicines stored in the storage MB meets a preset reference (S24).

If it is determined in step S24 that the number of medicines stored in the first medicament container MB1 among the plurality of medicament containers MB is less than a preset reference, It is possible to control the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 so as to take out the storage box MB1 from the medicine storage unit 100. [ At this time, the first medicine storage box MB1 drawn out from the medicine storage unit 100 can be transferred to a medicine replenishing unit (not shown) provided in the medicine dispensing system 10. [

The medicine replenishing unit may be a predetermined storage space for storing a medicine storage container requiring refilling of the medicine and a medicine storage box having been refilled by the user. The medicine replenishing unit may be configured to be the same as or similar to the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 provided in the medicine collecting unit 200. The medicine replenishing unit may include a space in which a medicine storage box requiring refill is placed, May be provided so as to be separated from each other. The medicament replenishing unit may include a conveyor belt. When the medicament replenishing unit is implemented as a conveyor belt, medicament containers requiring refill of the medicines through the conveyor belt are conveyed to the outside of the drug dispensing system 10 Can be discharged.

For example, the first medicine storage box MB1 requiring the refill of the medicine may be taken out by the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 and moved to the medicine supplementary unit, 1 Drug reservoir (MB1) can be supplemented with medicine. When the controller 400 confirms that the first medicine storage box MB1 replenished with the medicine by the user is relocated to the medicine replenishing unit, the controller 400 stores the first medicine storage box MB1 supplemented with the medicine, The operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 may be controlled so as to move to the storage unit 100.

However, if it is determined in step S24 that the number of medicines stored in the first medicament container MB1 among the plurality of medicament containers MB is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, (S20). Alternatively, as described in step S14, the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the next medicine information may be stored in the medicine collection unit 200 It can be judged whether or not it is stored.

The control unit 400 may be configured such that when the medicine storage unit MB corresponding to the next medicine information is stored in the medicine collection unit 200, It is possible to further judge whether or not it is.

That is, while the medicines corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information for the first patient are collected by the medicament collection unit 200, the controller 400 controls the medicament storage unit 100 and the medicament collection unit 200 by checking the quantity of the medicine stored in the medicine storage box MB. Accordingly, the drug dispensing system 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention can continuously prepare medicines for a plurality of patients.

5. Return operation of chemical container

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, description will be made of a return control method of the medicine storage box in the medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

11 and 12 are flowcharts for explaining a control method of returning a medicine container in a medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

11, a step S30 of extracting a drug storage MB corresponding to the first dispensing medication information, a step S32 of collecting medicines from a medicine storage box corresponding to the first dispensing medication information, (S34) of determining whether to return the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information to the medicine storage unit 100 considering the dispensed medicine information. Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

The control unit 400 can control the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to take out the medicine storage box MB corresponding to the first dispensing medication information from the medicine storage unit 100 at step S30, 300 may transfer the withdrawn medicine storage box MB to the medicine collection unit 200. In addition, the controller 400 may control the operation of the medicine collection unit 200 to collect the medicine from the medicine storage box MB delivered by the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 (S32). Since steps S30 and S32 may correspond to the operations performed in steps S10 and S12 described above, a detailed description will be omitted.

In addition, while the medicine is collected from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information in the medicine collecting unit (200), the control unit (400) It is possible to determine whether to return at least one medicine storage box among the plurality of medicine storage boxes stored in the medicine storage unit 200 to the medicine storage unit 100 at step S34.

For example, it is assumed that the first dispensing agent information includes the first agent and the second agent, and the second dispensing agent information includes the first agent and the third agent.

At this time, the controller 400 stores the first medicament container MB1 and the second medicament in which the first medicament contained in the first dispensation medicines information is stored in the medicament collection unit 200 (MB1) storing the first medicines while performing the first medicines collecting operation can perform the first medicines collecting operation from the second medicament storage box (MB2) It can be determined that it is not returned to the mobile terminal 100. This is because the second dispensed medicine information also includes the first medicine contained in the first dispensed medicine information.

However, the control unit 400 may not necessarily return the second medicine storage box MB2 storing the second medicine contained in the second dispensed medicine information to the medicine storage unit 100. [ If the storage space is left in the medicine storage compartment mounting unit 210 of the medicine collecting unit 200, the third medicine contained in the second dispensing medicine information is stored without withdrawing the second medicine storage box MB2 The third medicine storage box MB3 can be attached to the medicine storage box mounting part 210. [

12, when the medicine storage box MB is installed in the medicine storage box mounting part 210 of the medicine collecting part 200, the return control method of the medicine storage box includes the steps of: (S42) of collecting medicines from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicament information, and a step (S42) of extracting medicines from the medicament storage box (S44) of determining at least one medicine storage box (MB) to be returned to the medicine storage unit (100).

The steps S40 and S42 may correspond to the operations performed in the steps S30 and S32, respectively, and thus will not be described in detail.

The control unit 400 controls the operation of the medicine storing unit 200 so that the medicine storing unit MB is stored in the medicine storing unit 200 when all of the medicine storing units MB are mounted in the predetermined storing space provided in the medicine collecting unit 200. [ At least one medicine storage box (MB) to be returned to the medicine storage unit 100 can be determined (S44). That is, the control unit 400 may move at least one of the medicine containers MB installed in the medicine collection unit 200. If there is no medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the second dispensing medicine information among the medicine storage boxes (MB) mounted in the medicine storage box mounting part 210, At least one drug storage box (MB) corresponding to the information may be fetched and mounted.

At this time, there may be a variety of methods for determining which medicine storage box (MB) to move among the plurality of medicine storage boxes (MB) installed in the medicine storage box mounting unit 210 by the control unit 400.

The control unit 400 controls the medicine dispensing unit 220 to dispense medicines corresponding to the first prescription information included in the first dispensed medicine information from a medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medication information, During the dispensing operation, the medicine packing unit 230 performs a medicine packing operation for packing the medicine according to the first prescription information included in the first dispensing medicine information, The medicine storage box MB can be returned to the medicine storage unit 100 immediately.

In addition, the controller 400 controls the medicine dispenser 220 to store the medicine according to the first prescription information included in the first dispensed medicine information from the medicine storage box (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information During the dispensing operation of dispensing the medicines according to the first prescription information included in the first dispensed medicament information in the medicament packing unit 230 after the medicines dispensing operation is performed, (MB) that does not correspond to the second dispensing medication information among the plurality of medicine storage boxes (MB) disposed in the medicine storage box transfer unit (300) is returned to the medicine storage unit (100) Can be controlled.

For example, the second dispensing medication information includes a first medication contained in the first dispensed medication information and a second medication not included in the first medication information, and the medication collecting unit 200 The control unit 400 controls the first medicine storage box 200 to store the first medicines among the plurality of medicament storage boxes MB installed in the medicament storage box mounting unit 210, It is possible to control the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to return any medicine storage box (MB) out of the medicine storage boxes (MB) except for the medicine storage box MB1 to the medicine storage unit 100. [

Therefore, the control unit 400 controls the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to withdraw any third medicine storage box MB3 from the medicine collection unit 200 and return it to the empty space of the medicine storage unit 100 And then the second medicine storage box MB2 storing the second medicine can be taken out and transferred to the medicine collection unit 200. [

Therefore, while the medicines corresponding to the first outpatient medication information for the first patient are collected by the medicament collection unit 200, the control unit 400 controls the medicines corresponding to the medicines for the second patient (MB) corresponding to the dispensed drug information can be controlled in advance. Accordingly, the drug dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention can continuously prepare medicines for a plurality of patients.

6. Determine the order of preparation of medicines

Hereinafter, a control method of the drug dispensing system will be described in the case where there are two or more drug collecting units in the drug dispensing system according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a view for explaining a case where two drug collecting units 200 are provided in the drug dispensing system 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 13, the drug dispensing system 10 may include a first medicament collection unit 201 and a second medicament collection unit 203.

(N = 1, 2, 3, ...) including Nth prescription information (N = 1, 2, 3, ...) from the outside through the communication unit as described above, Can be continuously received. The control unit 400 determines whether the Nth agent preparation operation based on the Nth outgoing agent information is performed based on the Nth outgoing agent information received via the communication unit is performed by the first medicament collection unit 201 and the second Can be controlled to be continuously performed in the medicine collecting unit (203).

The control unit 400 may determine the medicine preparation order so that the first medicine collecting unit 201 and the second medicine collecting unit 203 alternately perform the medicine preparing operation continuously.

For example, it is assumed that the first dispensed medicine information, the second dispensed medicine information, the third dispensed medicine information, and the fourth dispensed medicine information are successively received.

First, the controller 400 controls the first medicine dispensing operation according to the first dispensed medicine information in the first medicine collecting unit 201, the second medicine dispensing operation in accordance with the second dispensed medicine information, The control unit 203 can perform control continuously. Alternatively, the controller 400 may be configured such that the first medicament dispensing operation according to the first dispensed medicament information is performed by the second medicament collecting unit 203, the second medicines dispensing operation according to the second dispensed medicament information is performed by the first medicines And can be controlled to be continuously performed in the collecting unit 201.

The third drug preparation operation according to the third dispensed drug information may be performed by the first drug collection unit 201 and the fourth drug preparation operation according to the fourth drug information may be performed by the second drug collection unit 203 Can be controlled. Alternatively, the third medicament preparation operation may be controlled such that the fourth medicament preparation operation is continuously performed in the first medicines collection unit 201 in the second medicament collection unit 203.

 At this time, it is needless to say that the first drug preparation operation, the second drug preparation operation, the third drug preparation operation and the fourth drug preparation operation can be performed simultaneously.

In addition, the controller 400 may control the first drug preparation operation based on the first dispensed drug information and the second drug preparation operation based on the second dispensed drug information, based on the first medicines collection unit 201 and the second medicines, While performing in the collecting unit 203, in accordance with the third drug preparing operation according to the third outpatient drug information among the first drug collecting unit 201 and the second drug collecting unit 203 and the fourth outpatient drug information It is possible to determine the medicament collection unit to perform the fourth medicament preparation operation.

The controller 400 determines whether the third drug dispensing operation is to be performed based on the third dispensed drug information and the drug storage MB installed in the first drug- And information on the medicine storage box (MB) attached to the second medicament collecting unit 203 can be based on the information. The information on the medicine storage box may include at least information about the type of medicine stored in the medicine storage box.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the first medicine collecting unit 201 stores the first medicine, the second medicine, and the third medicine in the third dispensed medicine information. A first medicine storage box MB1 storing only the first medicine storage container MB1 and storing the first medicine, the second medicine and the third medicine in the second medicine collection unit 203; When the medicine storage box MB2 and the third medicine storage box MB3 are installed, the second medicine collection unit 203 may determine to perform the third medicine preparation operation.

Also, for example, when the first medicament, the second medicament, and the third medicament contained in the third dispensed medicament information are all included in the second dispensed medicament information, It is possible to continuously perform the drug preparation operation according to the third prescription information in the second drug collection unit 203 where the second drug preparation operation is being performed.

In addition, the controller 400 may be configured such that the first medicament among the first medicines and the second medicines included in the third dispensed medicines information is attached to the first medicines collection unit 201, When any one of the first medicines collecting unit 201 and the second medicines collecting unit 203 is performed in the third medicines collecting unit 203, It can be determined to be a medicament collection section.

In order to determine the drug preparation sequence so as to continuously perform the drug preparation operation in the first drug collection unit 201 and the second drug collection unit 203, May be given.

Therefore, according to the drug dispensing system 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention, it is possible not only to prepare drugs for a plurality of patients continuously, but also to prepare medicines efficiently.

7. How to know the location information of the medicine container

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16, a method of automatically recognizing the position of the medicine storage box in the medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment of automatically recognizing the position of the medicine container in the medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 15 and 16 are diagrams for explaining a method for determining the position of a medicine storage box to be dispensed in a medicine dispensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

As described above, the drug storage unit 100 may include one or more interface units 120, and each of the interface units 120 may correspond to a specific position of the drug storage unit 100. [

The memory unit (not shown) stores information related to drug storage boxes (MB) corresponding to identification information of drug storage boxes (MB) stored in the drug storage unit 100, ) May store location information corresponding to each identification number.

Referring to FIG. 14, a step S50 of withdrawing a first medicine storage box MB1 mounted at a first position of the medicine storage box receiving unit 110, based on the first dispensing medicine information, (S52) returning the first medicine storage container (MB1) to the second position of the medicine storage box containing portion (110), and when the first medicine storage box (MB1) is to be taken out based on the second dispensed medicine information, (S54) controlling the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 to withdraw the first medicine storage box from the first medicine storage box. Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

The medicine container transferring unit 300 can take out the first medicine storage box MB1 mounted at the first position of the medicine storage box accommodating unit 110 based on the first dispensed medicine information (S50)

When the first dispensed medicine information is received through the communication unit, the control unit 400 controls the medicine dispensing apparatus 400 to store medicines dispensed from the memory unit based on the first prescription information included in the received first dispensed medicine information It is possible to obtain the identification information and the location information of the library MB1. Alternatively, the controller 400 may acquire information on at least one medicine container (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information and position information of the at least one medicine container (MB) from the interface unit 120 You can obtain it directly. Therefore, the controller 400 controls the operation of the medicine container transport unit 300 to fetch at least one medicine container (MB) corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information based on the obtained identification information and the position information can do.

For example, when it is necessary to dispense the first medicine and the second medicine according to the first prescription information included in the first dispensed medicine information, the controller 400 controls the first medicine storage box The identification information of the second drug storage box MB2 storing the second medicament, the identification number of the interface unit corresponding to the first medicament container MB1, and the identification information of the second medicament container MB2 stored in the second medicament container MB2 (MB1) corresponding to the identification number of the first medicine container (MB1) and the information related to the second medicine container (MB2) corresponding to the identification number of the second medicine container Information related to the second medicine container MB2 can be obtained. That is, as shown in FIG. 14, the controller 400 determines whether or not the first medicine storage box MB1 storing the first medicine is installed at the (2,3) position in the medicine storage unit 100 And when the second medicine storage box MB2 storing the second medicine is confirmed to be mounted at (3,5) position in the medicine storage unit 100, The medicine container transferring unit 300 may move to the (2,3) position and the (3,5) position to control the first medicine storage box MB1 and the second medicine storage box MB2 to be drawn out.

 The medicine storage box transfer unit 300 may return the first medicine storage box MB1 to the second position of the medicine storage box receiving unit 110 at step S52.

The control unit 400 may return the first medicine storage box MB1 corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information to the medicine storage unit 100 while performing the medicine dispensing operation according to the first dispensed medicine information . The method of determining whether or not to return the first medicine storage box MB1 has been described above, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the control unit 400 determines to return the first medicine storage box MB1, the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 takes out the first medicine storage box MB1 and moves to the medicine storage unit 100 . At this time, the controller 400 may return the first medicine storage box (MB) to the first position of the medicine storage unit 100 where the first medicine storage box (MB) When the empty space exists in the second position in the medicine storage unit 100, the first medicine storage box MB1 may be returned to the second position. As described above, since the controller 400 can confirm the changed position information of the first medicine storage box MB1 based on the position information allocated to the interface unit, the controller 400 can recognize the changed position information of the first medicine storage box MB1, It is possible to withdraw the first medicine storage box MB1 from the changed position thereafter.

At this time, when there are a lot of empty spaces in the medicine storage unit 100, there may be a variety of ways for the controller 400 to determine the position to return the first medicine storage box MB2.

For example, the control unit 400 determines to return the first medicine storage box MB1, and if there are many empty spaces in the medicine storage unit 100, The first medicine container MB1 can be returned to an arbitrary position. Referring to FIG. 14, the controller 400 controls the first medicine storage box MB1 to store the first medicine storage box MB1 (2,3), (2,5), (2) Can return the first drug storage box MB1 to one of the positions 8, 8, 3, 1, 3, 7, 3, 8, have.

Alternatively, for example, the control unit 400 may determine a position to return the first medicine storage box MB1 such that the distance or time that the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 moves is the shortest distance or the shortest time . That is, the control unit 400 determines whether the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 is in the (2, 5), (2,8), (3,1), (3,7) (2, 3) or (4, 5) position of the first drug reservoir MB1 is compared with the distance or time for moving the first drug reservoir MB1 to the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 5, respectively.

Accordingly, if it is necessary to retrieve the first medicine storage box MB1 again, the control unit 400 determines the first medicine storage box MB1 from the second position on the basis of the second dispensed medicine information The operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300 may be controlled to be taken out (S54).

 When a plurality of the first medicine storage boxes MB1 are arranged in the medicine storage unit 100, the controller 400 determines the position to withdraw the first medicine storage box MB1, At least one of the moving distance of the medicine storage box transfer part 300 and the quantity of medicines stored in each of the plurality of first medicine storage boxes MB1 may be considered. In addition, the controller 400 may prioritize the first dispensing medication information, the movement distance of the medicine storage box transfer unit 300, and the quantity of medicine stored in each of the plurality of first medicine storage boxes MB1 .

For example, according to the second dispensing information, 30 first drugs need to be dispensed, and a plurality of first drug storage boxes (MB1) storing the first drugs are present outside the returned second position in step S52 , The following description will be made. It is also assumed that a priority is given to the quantity of medicines stored in the first medicine storage box MB1 in determining the position to take out the first medicine storage box MB1.

As shown in FIG. 16, the first medicine storage box MB1-A storing the first medicine is disposed at (1, 8) and stored in the first medicine storage box MB1-A The quantity of the first agent is 20 pieces. Also, the first medicine storage box MB1-B is disposed at the (1,7) position, and the number of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box (MB-B) is fifteen. Also, the first medicine storage box MB-C is disposed at the (1,6) position, and the number of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box (MB-C) is 40. In addition, the first medicine storage box MB-D is disposed at the (2,3) position, and the number of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box (MB-D) is 28. In addition, the first medicine storage box MB-E is disposed at the (2,5) position, and the number of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box MB-E is 25. At this time, the controller 400 may determine to withdraw the first medicine storage box (MB-C) corresponding to the quantity of the medicine according to the second dispensed medicine information among the first medicine storage box (MB).

Therefore, according to the medicine dispensing system of the present invention, by automatically recognizing the position where the medicine storage box is mounted, it is possible to prevent the weakening accident due to the change of the position where the medicine storage box is returned, It can be grasped and moved to the medicines collection section.

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.

10: Pharmaceutical dispensing system MB: Pharmaceutical storage
100: drug storage unit 200: drug collection unit
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Claims (14)

A medicine storage unit for storing a plurality of medicine storage boxes;
One or more medicament collection sections for collecting medicines from the medicament storage box;
A medicine storage box transfer unit for transferring a medicine storage box corresponding to outgoing medicine information from the plurality of medicine storage boxes to the medicine collection unit; And
And a control unit for controlling the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit to place the medicine storage box corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information into the medicine collection unit while the medicine is collected from the medicine storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information Drug dispensing system.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
A medicine dispenser corresponding to at least the first dispensed medicine information and a medicine dispenser corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information.
3. The apparatus of claim 2,
Wherein the medicine dispenser determines whether a medicine container corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is stored in the medicine dispensing portion while the medicine is collected from the medicine container corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information.
The apparatus of claim 3,
When the medicine storage box corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is not stored in the medicine collection section, the operation of the medicine storage box transfer section is controlled so as to fetch the medicine storage box corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information from the medicine storage section Drug dispensing system.
The apparatus of claim 3,
When at least the first medicine storage box among the medicine storage boxes corresponding to the second dispensed medicine information is stored in the medicine collection unit, it is checked whether or not the quantity of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box meets preset criteria Drug dispensing system.
6. The apparatus of claim 5,
And a controller for controlling the operation of the medicine storage box transfer unit to discharge at least one second medicine storage box storing the first medicine from the medicine storage unit when the quantity of the first medicine stored in the first medicine storage box is less than a preset reference Dispensing system.
The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the system checks whether the quantity of medicines stored in the plurality of medicament storage units accommodated in the medicament storage unit meets a predetermined criterion while the medicines are collected from the medicament storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicament information.
The method according to claim 1,
And a medicament replenishing unit for replenishing the medicament into a medicament storage box in which the quantity of medicines stored in the plurality of medicament storage units is equal to or less than a preset reference value,
9. The apparatus according to claim 8,
And controls the operation of the medicament container transferring unit to transfer the medicament container having a quantity of the medicines stored in the plurality of medicament containers to a preset amount or less to the medicament replenishing unit.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8,
Wherein the medicine dispenser is configured to dispense medicines from the medicament storage compartment corresponding to the first dispensed medicament information to the medicine dispenser, A medicine dispensing system for controlling the operation of a storage box transfer section.
The apparatus of claim 1,
Determining whether to return the medicine storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information to the medicine storage section in consideration of the second dispensed medicine information while the medicine is collected from the medicine storage box corresponding to the first dispensed medicine information, Dispensing system.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11,
Wherein when the medicament collecting unit has insufficient space for accommodating a medicament container corresponding to the second outpatient medicament information, the medicament container dispenser is configured to return at least one medicament container not corresponding to the second medicament information to the medicament container storage unit A drug dispensing system that controls motion.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the at least one medicament collecting portion includes at least a first medicament collecting portion and a second medicament collecting portion,
Wherein the control unit determines a medicament collection unit to which the medicines are to be collected according to the third outpatient medicament information among the first medicines-collecting unit and the second medicines-collecting unit.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12,
Wherein the information on the medicine storage box stored in the first medicines collecting unit and the second medicines collecting unit is taken into consideration to determine the medicines collecting unit to collect medicines according to the third outpatient medicines information.
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