KR20160041669A

KR20160041669A - Cartridge for refill

Info

Publication number: KR20160041669A
Application number: KR1020140136083A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 배병우; 김근영
Original assignee: 주식회사 인포피아
Priority date: 2014-10-08
Filing date: 2014-10-08
Publication date: 2016-04-18

Abstract

Disclosed is a drug cartridge for refill, preventing errors in drug preparation. A drug cartridge for refill according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a case and a refill member, wherein a tag is formed on the refill member, and a tag reader reading drug information from the tag is formed on the case. The case contains drugs. The refill member is slid to be coupled with the upper part of the case, and discharges the drug stored inside to the case.

Description

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The present invention relates to a medicine cartridge for automatically discharging medicine according to a prescribed signal.

In recent years, a pharmaceutical packaging apparatus has been proposed in order to solve the problems caused by the manual packaging of medicines by the physician. Typically, the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus has a plurality of tablet cartridges arranged in a multi-stage arrangement, and tablets are accommodated in the tablet cartridges. The refill cartridges are interfaced with a computer to selectively discharge the tablets through a computer operation of the donor, and the tablets discharged from the refill cartridges are collected in a hopper and packed in a packaging unit installed in a lower portion of the drug packaging apparatus.

The tablet cartridge is provided with a discharge hole on the lower side of the storage case in which the tablets are stored and a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of guide teeth and tablet insertion grooves along the outer periphery of the discharge hole, . The rotating body rotates the rotor as it is rotated by the rotating motor.

When a large amount of tablets are stored in the storage case in such a tablet cartridge, one tablet is stored in the tablet insertion grooves between the guide teeth of the rotor provided below the storage case. In this state, The grooves are positioned so as to be in line with the discharge holes provided in the lower side in order, and the tablets in the tablet insertion groove are discharged. At this time, a tablet stopper is provided at a position above the discharge hole of the storage case. When one of the tablet insertion grooves is positioned in a straight line with the discharge hole, the tablet stopper blocks the upper part of the tablet insertion groove, Thereby preventing the tablet from being injected and discharged through the tablet insertion groove. A related art document related to this is Registration Practical Utility Model No. 20-0438560 (published on February 22, 2008).

On the other hand, when the medicine contained in the storage case is discharged or a small amount remains, the medicine is refilled in the storage case. Incidentally, there is a case where a problem that the medicine contained in the storage case is filled with a medicine other than the medicine originally contained in the storage case due to a mistake of the operator, and the like may occur.

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0438560 (published on February 22, 2008)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a refill-only medicine cartridge that prevents the occurrence of a malfunction.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refill-only medicine cartridge including a case and a refill member, wherein the refill member includes a tag, and the case includes a tag reader that reads drug information from the tag. The case accommodates medicines. The refill member is slidably engaged with the upper portion of the case to discharge the medicine contained therein to the case.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the refill member may be provided with an opening hole formed in the lower surface thereof and a sliding door opening and closing the opening hole.

According to another aspect of the present invention, it is possible to further include opening means for allowing the opening hole to open when the refill member is engaged with the case.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the opening means may be an opening protrusion formed on the upper portion of the case so as to interfere with the sliding door so that the opening hole is opened.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the refill member may further include an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the sliding door to close the opening hole.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus may further include a locking portion formed of a locking protrusion formed on the upper side of the case and a locking groove formed on the lower side of the refill member.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the refill member is recessed on both sides, so that a handle for facilitating the user's gripping can be formed.

According to the present invention, there is no problem that the medicament cartridge is injected with a medicament different from the originally introduced medicament and thus is not misjudged.

1 is a perspective view of a refill-only medicament cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view showing a state before the refill member is mounted on the case in the refill-only medicine cartridge of FIG. 1; FIG.
Fig. 3 is a view showing a state after the refill member is mounted on the case in the refill-only medicine cartridge of Fig. 1; Fig.
4 is a perspective view of a refill-only medicament cartridge according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and further aspects will become apparent through the embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification, corresponding elements in each figure are referred to by the same numerals. Further, in the detailed description, a detailed description of the related art may be omitted when it is considered that the gist of the present invention may be unnecessarily obscured.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refill-only medicament cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a state before the refill member is mounted on a case in the refill-only medicament cartridge of FIG. 1, Fig. 8 is a view showing the state after the refill member is mounted on the case in the refill-only medicine cartridge.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a refill-only medicine cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a case 10 and a refill member 20.

The case 10 accommodates medicines. Here, the medicament may be a medicament of a general shape such as a circular tablet, an elliptic tablet, a rectangle tablet, etc., a tablet in the form of a half-piece or a slice, capsule-packaged medicine, blister packaged medicine, cellophane, Packaged medicines, packaged medicines, and the like. The case 10 may have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped inner space and an open top.

The refill member 20 is slidably engaged with the upper portion of the case 10 to discharge the medicine contained therein to the case. The refill member 20 may also have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped inner space for accommodating medicines therein and an open top. In order to allow the refill member 20 to be slidably engaged with the upper portion of the case 10, elongated engaging projections 21 are formed on both sides of the lower side of the refill member along the inserting direction, An elongated engaging groove 10d corresponding to the engaging portion 21 can be formed.

The refill member 20 may have an opening hole 23 formed in the lower surface and a sliding door 24 opening and closing the opening hole 23. Therefore, when the refill member 20 is coupled to the case 10, the opening hole 23 can be opened to allow the medicine contained in the refill member 20 to be transferred to the case. The opening hole 23 may be a square or a circle.

The sliding door 24 is installed at the lower portion of the refill member 20 and is slidable to open and close the opening hole 23. A guide strip 26 may be installed on the lower portion of the refill member 20 to guide the sliding movement of the sliding door 24. The guide strip may be formed in a U shape. The refill member 20 may be provided with an elastic member 22 so that the opening hole 23 is kept closed when the refill member 20 is not engaged with the case. The elastic member 22 may be a coil spring or a leaf spring.

It may further comprise opening means for allowing the opening hole 23 to be automatically opened when the refill member 20 is engaged with the case without the user directly opening the opening hole 23. The opening means may be an opening protrusion (13) formed so as to protrude from the inside upper side of the case. The opening protrusion 13 interferes with the sliding door 24 when the refill member 20 is engaged with the case so that the opening hole 23 is opened (see Fig. 3).

The refill member 20 is provided with a tag 25 and the case 10 is provided with a tag reader 15 for reading drug information from the tag 25. [ The tag 25 is provided in front of the inserting direction of the refill member 20 and the tag reader 15 can be provided on the surface of the case 10 corresponding thereto. In the tag 25, drug information including the size of the medicine contained in the refill member and the like can be recorded. The tag 25 may be a non-contact tag such as a near field communication (NFC) tag, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a bar code, or the like, or may be a contact tag. The tag reader can read the drug information from the tag. Further, the case may be equipped with a communication unit for communication between the pharmaceutical cartridge and the server of the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus.

In the refill-only medicine cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, when the refill member is slidably coupled to the case, the tag reader provided in the case reads the drug information of the refill member and compares the information with the information of the case, It is detected whether or not the member is inserted into the case.

It may further comprise a locking portion (30) which prevents the refill member from flowing with respect to the case after the refill member is engaged with the case. The locking portion 30 may include a locking protrusion 10b formed on the upper side of the coupling groove of the case and a locking groove 20b formed below the coupling protrusion of the refill member. When the refill member is coupled to the case by the locking portion 30 thus configured, the refill member is stably fixed without flowing.

On both rear side surfaces of the refill member, a handle 29 may be formed to facilitate gripping of the user. The handle may have a recessed shape on both sides or a protruding shape. By providing the handle, the user can easily attach and detach the refill member to the case.

4 is a perspective view of a refill-only medicament cartridge according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4, an elongated insertion groove 21a is formed on both sides of the lower part of the lower part of the refill according to the present invention, and an elongated insertion protrusion 10c corresponding to the insertion groove 21a is formed in the upper part of the case. Can be formed.

In addition, the refill-only medicine cartridge according to the present invention may further include a lock portion provided at one side of the case to prevent the refill member from being engaged. The locking part may be provided on the front surface of the case. The tag reader installed in the case can read the tag information of the refill member and release the lock only when it is confirmed as a correct refill member. In the case of a wrong refill member, the refill member can not be mounted without releasing the lock. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the problem that the wrong refill member is mounted on the case and the medicine is misapplied. The locking part can be locked or unlocked by a linear motion using a solenoid or a linear motor, or can be locked or unlocked by a rotary motion using a step motor or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

10: Case 13: Opening projection
15: tag reader 20: refill member
21: engaging projection 22: elastic member
23: Opening hole 24: Sliding door
25: tag 26: guide strip
29: Handle 10b: Locking projection
10c: insertion protrusion 10d: coupling groove
20b: locking groove 21a: insertion groove

Claims

A case for accommodating medicines;
A refill member slidably coupled to an upper portion of the case and discharging medicines contained therein to the case;
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The refill member is provided with a tag,
Wherein the case is provided with a tag reader for reading drug information from the tag.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the refill member is provided with an opening formed in a lower surface thereof and a sliding door opening and closing the opening hole.

3. The method of claim 2,
Further comprising an opening means for allowing the opening hole to open when the refill member is engaged with the case.

The method of claim 3,
Wherein the opening means is an opening protrusion formed on an upper portion of the case and interfering with the sliding door to open the opening hole.

5. The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a locking portion formed of a locking protrusion formed on the upper side of the case and a locking groove formed on a lower side of the refill member.

6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the refill member is provided with a handle for facilitating the user's gripping.

The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the refill member further comprises an elastic member for applying an elastic force to the sliding door to close the opening hole.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a lock portion provided at one side of the case to prevent engagement of the refill member.