KR20160065376A - Medicine dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a medicine dispensing apparatus comprises: a medicine loading unit in which a medicine is stored; a plurality of medicine accommodating units capable of moving between an accommodation position at which the medicine is received and accommodated from the medicine loading unit and a dispensing position at which the medicine accommodated at the accommodation position is dispensed; a medicine transferring unit on which the medicine accommodating unit is mounted to move the medicine accommodating units from the accommodation position to the dispensing position; and a medicine returning unit returning at least part of medicine positioned between the first medicine accommodating unit and the second medicine accommodating unit to the medicine loading unit by applying an external force to the medicine before the first medicine accommodating unit approaches the dispensing position when the medicine positioned between the first medicine accommodating unit and the second medicine accommodating unit among the medicine accommodating units does not meet a predetermined accommodation condition. As such, the medicine dispensing apparatus is able to accurately dispense a medicine and is able to increase an efficiency of dispensing.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing apparatus, and more particularly, to a medicine dispensing apparatus that dispenses medicine accurately in response to a dispensing request.

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

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

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

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

For this reason, various studies have been continuously carried out to automatically collect various medicines from boxes containing medicines. However, there is a problem in that it is not possible to satisfy the accuracy and efficiency until now, have.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a medicine dispensing apparatus that dispenses medicines accurately in response to a dispensing request, and improves dispensing efficiency.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a medicine dispensing apparatus comprising: a medicine dispensing part for storing a medicine; And a plurality of medicament receiving portions capable of being moved between a receiving position for receiving and receiving the medicine from the medicine loading portion and a dispensing position for dispensing the medicine contained in the receiving position; A medicament delivery unit mounted with the medicament accommodating unit to move each of the plurality of medicament accommodating units from the accommodating position to the dispensing position; And when the medicament positioned between the first medicament-accommodating portion and the second medicament-accommodating portion of the plurality of medicament-accommodating portions does not meet the preset acceptance condition, the first medicament- And a medicine returning unit for applying an external force to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the medicine accommodating unit and the second medicine accommodating unit to return to the medicine loading unit.

The medicine returning portion of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is disposed between the first medicine receiving portion and the second medicine receiving portion and is moved from the first position to the second position, And the external force may be applied to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the second medicine accommodating part and the second medicine accommodating part.

The medicine returning unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that positional movement from the first position to the second position is realized by the movement of the medicine delivering unit, The external force may be applied to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the accommodating portions.

The medicine returning portion of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be rotatably mounted on at least one of the first medicine receiving portion, the second medicine receiving portion, and the medicine sending portion.

In the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the medicament return portion is mounted so that one side thereof is pivotally rotatable with respect to the second medicament containing portion, the one side is pivoted from the second medicament containing portion, The movement of the medicine to the second position may be realized by moving away from the medicine delivery portion so that the external force is applied to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the first medicine receiving portion and the second medicine receiving portion.

In the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the medicine delivering portion is moved, the medicine returning portion is brought into contact with the medicine returning portion to move the medicine returning portion from the first position to the second position, And a guide portion disposed at a specific position between the receiving position and the dispensing position such that the external force is applied to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the first medicine receiving portion and the second medicine receiving portion.

The guide part of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may have an inclined surface formed so as to be inclined upwards along the direction in which the second medicine accommodating part is moved from the accommodation position to the dispensing position, The position shifting of the drug delivery portion from the first position to the second position by contact with the inclined surface can be realized.

The medicament returning portion of the medicament dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a seating portion in which at least a part of the medicament positioned between the first medicament containing portion and the second medicament containing portion is in contact with each other, And a contact portion extending from at least one of the contact portions and contacting the inclined surface by the movement of the drug delivery portion.

The medicine returning portion of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is moved from the receiving position to the dispensing position by the movement of the medicine dispensing portion and then returned to the receiving position, The first position can be shifted to the second position by its own weight at any point in time when it returns to the second position.

The dispensing position of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be located on the upper side in the axial direction of the receiving position and may be located in a direction away from the medicament mounting unit.

The first medicine receiving portion of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention can reach the dispensing position at a time later than the time when the second medicine containing portion reaches the dispensing position.

In the medicine dispensing portion of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the position of the medicine dispensing portion may be changed so that the stored medicine is delivered to any one of the plurality of medicine receiving portions.

In the medicine dispensing unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the position of the medicine dispensing unit may be changed as the amount of medicines to be stored is transferred to the plurality of medicament accommodating units and the remaining quantity is reduced.

In the medicine dispensing unit of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the inclination degree may be increased as the remaining water amount is reduced.

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a dispensing standby unit for temporarily storing the medicine dispensed from the medicine containing unit located at the dispensing position before the medicine is dispensed to the outside, And a plurality of dispensing waiting accommodating portions for accommodating a plurality of medicines dispensed from the medicament accommodating portion separately from each other.

Each of the plurality of dispensing waiting receptacles of the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that each of the plurality of dispensing waiting receptacles includes a third position for receiving the medicine dispensed from the medicine containing portion located at the dispensing position, And a fourth position where the first and second movable members are movable.

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a guide part for guiding movement of the dispensed medicine so that the medicine dispensed from the medicine containing part located at the dispensing position is transferred to the dispensing standby accommodating part located at the third position ; ≪ / RTI >

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a medicine aligning unit arranged on the upper side of the medicine storing unit to align the medicine stored in the medicine storing unit.

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that after the external force is applied to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the first medicine receiving portion and the second medicine receiving portion by the medicine returning portion, And a partition for partitioning the medicine loading part and the first medicine receiving part such that no other medicine is located between the medicine receiving part and the second medicine receiving part.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a medicine dispensing apparatus comprising: a frame which receives the medicine containing section; And a detachable frame for receiving the medicine container and detachably mounted on the frame.

The medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a medicine supply expansion unit that is in communication with the medicine storage unit to supply a new medicine to the medicine storage unit.

According to the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention, necessary medicines can be dispensed accurately and quickly in response to a dispensing request.

In addition, it is possible to prevent the breakage of the medicine when the medicine is dispensed.

In addition, the number of medicines that can be stored in a limited space can be maximized, thereby delaying the replenishment timing of the medicines.

1 is a schematic perspective view showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing the inside of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a medicine delivery unit and a guide unit provided in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
5 is a schematic exploded perspective view illustrating a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 6 to 14 are schematic views for explaining a process in which a single medicament is dispensed after a large amount of medicines are loaded in the medicament dispensing unit provided in the medicament dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Is an enlarged schematic view of C of Figs. 6 to 8. Fig.
15 is a schematic perspective view showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a schematic sectional view showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
17 is a schematic perspective view showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
18 and 19 are schematic sectional views showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 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 inventive concept. Other embodiments falling within the scope of the inventive concept may readily be suggested, but are also considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

The same reference numerals are used to designate the same components in the same reference numerals in the drawings of the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing the inside of a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a medicine dispensing unit and a guide unit provided in the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic exploded perspective view illustrating a medicine dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. to be.

1 to 5, a medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of dispensing apparatuses (not shown) installed in a dispensing apparatus (not shown) It may be a kind of drug storage unit capable of dispensing medicine.

Here, the medicament may be a tablet stored in a predetermined packaging container, a powder, an ampoule, a vial, a bottle, or the like stored in a predetermined packaging container, but is not limited thereto. It can be a concept that includes mechanisms.

Hereinafter, the case where the medicine is an ampoule will be described as an example.

The medicine dispensing apparatus 100 includes a medicine loading unit 120 for storing a medicine in a frame 110 providing a predetermined internal space, a medicine receiving unit 130 for receiving a medicine from the medicine loading unit 120, A medicine transferring unit 140 for moving the medicine receiving unit 130 and a medicine returning unit 150 for dispensing medicines from the medicine receiving unit 130 under predetermined conditions, .

The medicine loading unit 120 is a component that is rotatable with respect to the pivot shaft 114 mounted on the frame 110. When a large amount of medicines are inserted while the cover 112 of the frame 110 is opened It may be a kind of drug-loaded structure in which the drug can be loaded.

Here, the rotation of the medicine loading unit 120 is rotated about the rotation axis 114 by the weight of the introduced medicine when a large amount of medicines are initially introduced, As the amount of water remaining in the medicine storage part 130 is reduced, the position of the medicine storage part 130 is changed, that is, the degree of inclination can be increased.

Accordingly, the medicine can be naturally transferred from the medicine loading unit 120 to the medicine receiving unit 130, and a detailed description thereof will be given later with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG.

The medicament accommodating part 130 may be movable between a receiving position for receiving and receiving the medicine from the medicine loading part 120 and a dispensing position for dispensing medicines contained in the receiving position, have.

The medicament receiver 130 may be mounted on the medicament transfer unit 140 and may be moved between the reception position and the dispensing position by changing the position of the medicament transfer unit 140, The dispensing position may be A portion and B portion, respectively, as shown in Fig.

That is, the receiving position may indicate a position where the medicine receiving portion 130 can receive the medicine from the medicine loading portion 120, and the dispensing position may be a position from which the medicine is received from the medicine receiving portion 130 May be positioned at an upper position in the axial direction of the receiving position to a position where it can be dispensed to the dispensing standby portion 160 and may be located in a direction away from the medicament mounting portion 120.

Here, the receiving position at which the medicine can be transferred from the medicine loading unit 120 to the medicine receiving unit 130 may be realized as a specific area by the dividing unit 170 mounted on the frame 110, The partition 170 is a component separating the medicament mounting portion 120 and the medicament receiving portion 130.

This will be described later with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG.

The medicament accommodating part 130 includes a support part 132 mounted so as to protrude from the medicament transfer part 140 so that the medicament is seated thereon and a support part 132 disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the support part 132, And a support portion 134 for supporting the medicament placed thereon.

The end of the receiving part 132 may be inclined so as to prevent the medicine loaded on the receiving part 132 from being returned to the medicine loading part 120. The supporting part 134 may prevent the medicine, And can support the medicament without contacting the medicament delivery portion 140.

The medicament delivery unit 140 may be a kind of rail or belt that rotates in an endless track, and is a component to which the medicament accommodation unit 130 is attached and moves the medicament accommodation unit 130 from the accommodation position to the dispensing position.

However, the drug delivery unit 140 is not limited to a rail or a belt, and can be applied to any structure that can be rotated in an endless track.

The driving force for rotating the medicine transfer unit 140 may be provided by a first driving unit M1 disposed in an inner space of the frame 110. The first driving unit M1 may be a kind of motor.

The medicine transferring part 140 can be rotated by receiving the driving force of the first driving part M1 by the timing belt B1 and the timing pulley P1 is provided on the side of the first driving part M1 and the medicine feeding part 140, Can be mounted.

The driving force for rotating the medicine transfer unit 140 is not limited to that provided by the first driving unit M1 and the timing belt B1 but may be provided by various driving force providing means and various driving force transmitting means. have.

Meanwhile, when a single medicament is accommodated in a specific medicament accommodating part 130 located at a receiving position, when the medicaments stacked on the single medicament are stacked, the stacked medicines are returned to the medicament loading part 150 120 so that a single medicament is finally dispensed from the specific medicament accommodating part 130 to the dispensing base 160. This is because the guiding part 180 mounted on the guiding part 185 and the medicine And may be implemented by the return unit 150. [

The guide part 180 and the medicine returning part 150 will be described later with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG.

Meanwhile, the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dispenser base unit 160 for temporarily storing the medicine dispensed from the medicine receiving unit 130 located at the dispensing position before being dispensed to the outside .

The dispensing waiting portion 160 may include a plurality of dispensing waiting receptacles 162 which separate and accommodate a plurality of medicines dispensed from the medicament containing portion 130, that is, dispensed medicines sequentially Each of the plurality of discharge waiting accommodating portions 162 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the medicine.

The dispensation standby portion 160 may be rotated by a driving force of a second driving portion M2 disposed in an inner space of the frame 110. The second driving portion M2 may be a kind of motor.

The discharge standby portion 160 may be rotated by receiving the driving force of the second driving portion M2 by the belt B2 or the rope B2 and may be rotated by the discharge driving portion 160 and the second driving portion M2, A pulley P2 may be mounted.

However, the driving force for rotating the dispenser base unit 160 is not limited to that provided by the second driving unit M2 and the belt B2, but may be provided by various driving force providing means and various driving force transmitting means. have.

The outflow base portion 160 may be surrounded by the surrounding portion 200 to be protected from the outside and the surrounding portion 200 may include the first surrounding portion 210 and the second surrounding portion 220, .

The outflow base 160 may be surrounded by the outflow base 160 in a state where the first surrounding portion 210 and the second surrounding portion 220 are separated from each other.

The first enclosing portion 210 may include a guide portion 212, a separation preventing portion 214 and a first receiving and holding portion 216. The guide portion 212 may be provided with a medicine May refer to a kind of path for guiding the movement of the dispensed medicament so that the medicines dispensed from the receptacle 130 are transferred to the dispensing stand accommodating portion 162.

The release preventing part 214 is located on the upper side of the guide part 212 and prevents the medicine from being released during the process of being accommodated in the discharge waiting accommodating part 162 along the guide part 212 The first receiving and holding part 216 is disposed on the downstream side of the guide part 212 and is formed so as to correspond to the discharge standby part 160 to function as a cover of the discharge waiting accommodating part 162 Can be performed.

Therefore, the medicine contained in the dispensing waiting accommodating portion 162 can be prevented from being separated by the first accommodating and holding portion 216 and maintained in the accommodated state.

The second enclosing part 220 may include a second accommodating and holding part 226 and the second accommodating and holding part 226 may perform the same function as the first accommodating and holding part 216 .

Meanwhile, the surrounding portion 200 may include an opening S1 in which a predetermined region is opened, and the opening S1 may be a space for allowing the medicine contained in the dispensing waiting accommodating portion 162 to be discharged to the outside have.

The opening S 1 may be adjusted by opening and closing the shutter S mounted to the surrounding portion 200 so that the shutter S can be opened and closed in addition to the surrounding portion 200, So that the opening and closing of the opening S1 can be adjusted.

The shutter S may be realized by various methods such as a sliding method, a rotating method, and a linear motion method.

The detection unit 200 may include at least one detection sensor. The detection sensor detects the presence or absence of the medicine passing through the guide unit 212 from the medicine accommodation unit 130 or the number of medicines, The presence or absence of a medicine or the number of medicines injected into the dispensing waiting receptacle 162 from the dispensing chamber 212, the presence or absence of the medicines stagnating in the guide unit 212, and the number of medicines.

In addition, at least one or more detection sensors may be provided in the dispenser base 160, so that the degree of rotation of the dispenser base 160, whether the medicine is received in the dispensing waiting receptacle 162, And the like.

FIGS. 6 to 14 are schematic views for explaining a process in which a single medicament is dispensed after a large amount of medicines are loaded in the medicament dispensing unit provided in the medicament dispensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Is an enlarged schematic view of C in Figs. 6 to 8. Fig.

6 to 14, when a large amount of medicines are injected in a state that the cover of the frame 110 is opened, the medicament mounting part 120 is rotated by the weight of the medicine to be inserted into the frame 110 And is rotated about the coaxial shaft 114 to maintain a substantially horizontal state.

An elastic member such as a spring may be mounted on the rotary shaft 114. The elastic member may be elastically deformed by the weight of the medicine to be loaded, As shown in FIG.

However, the elastic member is not necessarily mounted on the pivot shaft 114, but may be mounted to connect any point on the drug loading unit 120 and any point on the frame 110 with each other.

In addition, the elastic member is not necessarily limited to the spring, and any member having elasticity is applicable.

The medicament mounting portion 120 can not be inclined more than substantially horizontally so that the loaded medicament is naturally moved to the medicament receiving portion 130 when a large amount of medicines are loaded and a large amount of medicines are loaded, , It can not be changed in position upwardly inclined toward the medicine accommodating part 130. This can be realized by the limit specifying part 116 and the inclination specifying part 118. [

The limit defining part 116 may be mounted on the frame 110 and may be disposed adjacent to the rotation axis 114. When a large amount of medicines are loaded on the medicament mounting part 120, Can be limited with respect to the pivot shaft 114.

That is, the medicament mounting portion 120 can be prevented from being displaced from the position substantially obliquely and inclined by the contact with the limit defining portion 116.

The slope defining portion 118 may restrict the degree of tilting of the medicine loading portion 120 like the medicine loading portion 120 and the slope defining portion 118 may be formed through the frame 110 .

When the medicine loading unit 120 is loaded with a large amount of medicine, the medicine loading unit 120 may be rotated while the medicine loading unit 120 is at least partially inserted into the slant defining unit 118 ) Is brought into contact with the lower inner surface of the inclination defining portion 118, so that further rotation can be restricted.

The limit defining part 116 and the inclination defining part 118 may be configured such that when a large amount of medicines are loaded on the medicament mounting part 120, the medicines mounting part 120 moves away from the medicament accommodating part 130 So that the delivery of the medicine from the medicine loading unit 120 to the medicine receiving unit 130 can be effectively realized.

In the meantime, when the stored medicine is transferred to the plurality of medicament receiving portions 130 and the remaining amount is reduced, the medicament mounting portion 120 is rotated by the restoring force of the elastic member due to the weight reduction of the loaded medicament, Can be changed.

In other words, the inclination degree may be increased as the remaining amount of the medicament mounting part 120 is reduced, and the inclination may mean a degree of inclination downward toward the medicament accommodating part 130.

However, the inclination may be set by the contact with the upper inner surface of the inclination defining portion 118 of the medicament mounting portion 120.

As a result, even if the quantity of medicines to be stored is reduced, the medicines can be delivered to the medicament receiving unit 130 positioned at the receiving position naturally due to the inclination due to the positional change.

When the medicine loaded in the medicine loading unit 120 is transferred to the medicine receiving unit 130 located at the receiving position, the medicine receiving unit 130 located at the receiving position moves the medicine transfer unit 140 The medicine can be dispensed from the dispensing position to the dispensing base 160 as shown in FIG.

In the meantime, according to the present invention, when a large amount of medicines are loaded into the medicament loading unit 120 and a large amount of medicines are loaded, the amount of medicines loaded is counted, or when the medicines stored in the medicament loading unit 120 are plural medicines And a load cell (not shown) for counting the remaining quantity or the dispensed quantity when the remaining quantity delivered to the receiving section 130 is reduced.

The load cell may calculate the quantity of the medicine stored in the medicine loading unit 120 by comparing the weight of the medicine stored in the medicine loading unit 120 with the weight measured by measuring the weight of the medicine stored in the medicine loading unit 120 .

In this case, the medicine loaded in the medicine loading part 120 by the rotation of the conveyor belt may be transferred to the medicine receiving part 120. In this case, the medicine loading part 120 may be formed as a conveyor belt that rotates in an endless track by a driving force. (130).

Hereinafter, in order to specifically explain the process of dispensing the medicament contained in the medicament accommodating part 130 located at the accommodating position to the dispenser base 160 at the dispensing position, The first medicine receiving portion 130a and the medicament receiving portion 130a which are adjacent to the first medicament receiving portion 130a and reach the dispensing position earlier than the first medicament receiving portion 130a, (130) is defined as a second medicine receiving portion (130b).

Referring to FIG. 6, when a single medicament, that is, the first medicament D1 is received in the first medicament receiving portion 130a located at the receiving position, the second medicament, (D2) may be stacked.

7, the first medicament D1 and the second medicament D2 are dispensed by the movement of the first medicament receiving portion 130a by the movement of the medicament transfer portion 140, Position.

8, the second drug D2 may be returned to the drug loading unit 120 by the drug return unit 150 before the first drug receiving unit 130a reaches the dispensing position So that only the first medicament D1 may be present between the first medicament accommodating part 130a and the second medicament accommodating part 130b so that only the first medicament D1 is discharged at the dispensing position, And is discharged to the base 160.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the first medicament is discharged to the outside from the dispensing base 160.

Hereinafter, the dispensing principle will be described in detail.

When the medicine positioned between the first medicine accommodating portion 130a and the second medicine accommodating portion 130b does not meet the preset acceptance condition, the first medicine accommodating portion 130a is rotated A structure capable of applying an external force to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the first medicine receiving portion 130a and the second medicine receiving portion 130b and returning to the medicine loading portion 120 before reaching the dispensing position Lt; / RTI >

Here, the preset acceptance condition is such that, when only the first medicament D1 is to be dispensed from the first medicament accommodating part 130a to the dispensing base part 160 as in the case described above, the first medicament accommodating part 130a, And only the single medicament is accommodated between the second medicament accommodating part 130b and the second medicament accommodating part 130b.

However, in the case where a predetermined number of medicines are to be dispensed from the first medicament accommodating portion 130a to the outflow base portion 160, the predetermined medicament receiving portion 130a, In this case, the size of the first medicine receiving portion 130a and the size of the dispensing standby portion 130a of the dispensing standby portion 130b may be the same, The size of the light guide 162 should also be changed.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that only the first medicament D1 is to be dispensed from the first medicament accommodating part 130a to the dispensing base 160 for a preset acceptance condition.

9, when a single medicament, that is, the first medicament D1 is received in the first medicament-accommodating portion 130a located at the receiving position, the first medicament D1 is supplied with the second medicament, The first medicament D1 and the second medicament D2 may be stacked on the first medicament receiving portion 130a by the movement of the medicament transfer portion 140, To the dispensing position.

In this case, the medicament positioned between the first medicament accommodating portion 130a and the second medicament accommodating portion 130b does not meet preset acceptance conditions.

The medicine returning unit 150 may be rotatably mounted on at least one of the first medicine receiving unit 130a, the second medicine receiving unit 130b, and the medicine transfer unit 140. For example, And can be rotatably mounted on the second medicine receiving portion 130b.

The medicine returning part 150 is disposed between the first medicine receiving part 130a and the second medicine receiving part 130b and is moved from the first position to the second position to receive the first medicine receiving part 130a, The external force may be applied to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the first medicine receiving portion 130b and the second medicine receiving portion 130b.

Specifically, the medicament returning part 150 may be rotatably installed on one side of the second medicament receiving part 130b, and one side of the medicament returning part 150 may be pivoted from the second medicament receiving part 130b, The position shifting to the second position is realized by moving away from the medicine transferring part 140 so that at least a part of the medicine located between the first medicine receiving part 130a and the second medicine receiving part 130b, An external force can be applied to the medicine D2.

9, the first position may be a position adjacent to the medicine receiving portion 130, and the second position may be a position where the first medicine receiving portion 130a (130b) so as to return at least a part of the medicine (second medicine) to the medicine loading part (120) by pressing at least a part of the medicine located between the second medicine receiving part ) At a predetermined angle.

The rotation of the medicine returning unit 150 can be realized by the guide unit 180 and the guide unit 180 is fixed to the predetermined position by the guide fixing unit 185 disposed in the frame 110 .

When the medicine transferring part 140 is moved, the guide part 180 contacts the medicine returning part 150 to move the medicine returning part 150 from the first position to the second position An external force may be applied to the second medicament D2 which is at least one of the medicines located between the first medicament accommodating portion 130a and the second medicament accommodating portion and may be applied to a specific position between the accommodating position and the dispensing position .

The guide part 180 may have an inclined surface formed to be inclined upwards along the direction in which the second medicine receiving part 130b is moved from the receiving position to the dispensing position, The position shifting of the medicine transferring portion 140 can be realized by the contact with the inclined surface 182 to shift the position from the first position to the second position.

Here, the medicament returning part 150 includes a seating part 132, which is in contact with a second medicament D2 which is at least a part of medicines located between the first medicament-receiving part 130a and the second medicament-receiving part 130b, And a contact portion 154 (see FIG. 3) extending from at least one of the one side and the other side of the seat portion 132 and contacting the inclined surface 182 by the movement of the medicine transfer portion 140 can do.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the second drug D2 stacked on the first medicament D1 contained in the first medicament accommodating portion 130a is moved in the process of being moved It is possible to return to the medicine loading section 120 by an external force provided by a change in position from the first position to the second position of the medicine return section 150 which is generated as the contact section 134 contacts with the inclined surface 182 have.

The medicine returning unit 150 can be returned to the receiving position after being moved from the receiving position to the dispensing position by the movement of the medicine transferring unit 140, The first position can be moved to the second position by self weight.

When a large amount of medicines are loaded into the medicament mounting part 120 and a large amount of medicines are loaded, medicines may not be delivered to the first medicament receiving part 130a located at the receiving position, (Not shown).

In other words, the medicament receiving portion 130 through which the medicines can be transferred from the medicament mounting portion 120 is the first medicament receiving portion 130a located at the receiving position, and from the second medicament receiving portion 130b, The part 170 functions as a kind of blocking wall and the medicine can not be accommodated.

As a result, the partition 170 can prevent the second medicament D2, which is at least part of medicines, located between the first medicament accommodating portion 130a and the second medicament accommodating portion 130b by the medicament returning portion 150, The first medicine receiving portion 130a and the second medicine receiving portion 130b are separated from each other so that no other medicines are located between the first medicament receiving portion 130a and the second medicament receiving portion 130b. 130a.

13 and 14, the first medicament positioned in the first medicament accommodating portion 130a may be dispensed to the dispensing base portion 160 at the dispensing position and may be accommodated in the arbitrary dispensing waiting accommodating portion 162, The discharge waiting accommodating portion 162 may be formed by a plurality of radial impregnation.

Each of the plurality of dispensing waiting receptacles 162 is disposed between a third position for receiving the medicine dispensed from the medicine receiving portion 162 located at the dispensing position and a fourth position for dispensing the dispensed medicament to the outside It can be rotated and moved.

Here, the third position may refer to the X region shown in FIG. 13 at a position corresponding to the opening S2 formed on the downstream side of the guide portion 212 of the first enclosing portion 200, The position may refer to the Y area shown in FIG. 14 at a position corresponding to the opening S1 formed in the second enclosing part 220. [

When the first medicament located in the first medicament accommodating portion 130a is dispensed at the dispensing position, the first medicament may be accommodated in the first dispensing stand accommodating portion 162a located at the third position as shown in FIG. 13, When the first dispensing waiting accommodating portion 162a is moved to the fourth position by the rotation of the first dispensing waiting accommodating portion 162a.

However, the dispensing of the first medicine D1 from the first dispensing waiting chamber 162a located at the fourth position may be dispensed when the shutter S is opened, The first dispensing waiting accommodating portion 162a may be positioned at the fourth position and may be dispensed at the same time.

Meanwhile, the medicine contained in the dispensing waiting portion 162 of the dispensing waiting portion 160 can be dispensed to the outside in various ways. For example, after the medicine is received in all the dispensing waiting portions 162, the shutter S By the positional movement of each of them.

In other words, the medicine sequentially discharged from the plurality of medicine accommodating portions 130 in a state in which the opening S1 formed in the second enclosing portion 200 is closed by the shutter S, To be accommodated in each of the plurality of discharge waiting accommodating portions 162 sequentially.

The state in which the medicine is housed in all the discharge waiting receptacles 162 can be a waiting state for discharging the medicine to the outside and the opening of the opening S1 due to the movement of the shutter S when the discharge is necessary, The required number of medicines can be dispensed to the outside by rotation of the standby portion 160. [

When the number of medicines which need to be discharged to the outside is larger than the number of the discharge waiting accommodating portions 162, the shutter S is moved to close the opening S1, It is possible to dispense medicines corresponding to deficiency by the opening of the opening S1 and the rotation of the dispenser base 160 after the medicines are received, and the above process can be repeated.

However, when the number of medicines that need to be discharged to the outside is larger than the number of dispensing waiting receptacles 162, the medicines are not contained in all dispensing waiting receptacles 162, Medicines may be sequentially received from the dispenser 130 and discharged one by one.

When the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 requires dispensing of the medicine to the outside, the medicine dispensing unit 140 sequentially moves the medicines one by one out of the waiting state by rotation of the dispensing base 160, It may be dispensed.

FIG. 15 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

15 and 16, the medicine dispensing apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention is similar to the medicine dispensing apparatus 300 shown in FIGS. 1 to 14 except that the medicine dispensing portion 320 is detachable from the frame 310. FIG. The description of the drug dispensing unit 320 will be omitted because it has the same structure and effects as those of the drug dispensing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The medicine container 320 may be disposed inside a detachable frame 340 having a predetermined internal space, and the detachable frame 340 may be a structure having an open front.

A large amount of medicines can be introduced into the inner space through the open front face of the detachable frame 340. The detachable frame 340 having been inserted is mounted on the frame 310, .

Here, the mounting method of the attaching / detaching frame 340 and the frame 310 may be various and is not limited to a specific method.

As described above, the drug dispensing apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention can be realized by detachably mounting the drug loading unit 320, which loads a large amount of medicine, with the frame 310, Since a plurality of drug loading units 320 can be prepared in advance, it is possible to improve the efficiency of replacement when the drug is exhausted.

FIG. 17 is a schematic perspective view showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 18 and 19 are schematic sectional views showing a medicine dispensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

17 to 19, the drug dispensing apparatus 400 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes the medicine dispensing unit 405, Description of other than the medicine supply expansion unit 405 will be omitted because the configuration and effects are the same as those of the medicine dispensing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment.

The medicine supply expansion unit 405 can be detachably mounted on the frame 410 and can temporarily store medicines supplied to the medicine loading unit 420.

When the medicine supply extension part 405 is mounted on the frame 410, the communication part 408 mounted on the rear surface of the frame 410 is separated from the frame 410 or moved The medicine supply extension portion 405 and the medicine loading portion 420 may be communicated with each other.

Therefore, the medicine dispensing apparatus 400 according to another embodiment of the present invention can overcome the limit of the space of the medicine dispensing unit 420 and improve the dispensing efficiency of the medicine.

Meanwhile, the medicine supply expansion unit 405 may be applied to the medicine dispensing apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 15 and FIG.

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

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A drug loading part in which the medicine is stored;
A plurality of medicament receiving portions capable of being moved between a receiving position for receiving and receiving the medicine from the medicine loading portion and a dispensing position for dispensing the medicine contained in the receiving position;
A medicament delivery unit mounted with the medicament accommodating unit to move each of the plurality of medicament accommodating units from the accommodating position to the dispensing position; And
Wherein when the medicament positioned between the first medicament-accommodating portion and the second medicament-accommodating portion of the plurality of medicament-accommodating portions does not conform to a preset acceptance condition, before the first medicament-accommodating portion reaches the dispensing position, And a medicine returning unit for applying an external force to at least a part of the medicine positioned between the receiving part and the second medicine receiving part to return to the medicine loading part.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
And at least a part of the medicine positioned between the first medicine accommodating part and the second medicine accommodating part and moved from the first position to the second position and located between the first medicine accommodating part and the second medicine accommodating part, A medicine dispensing device for applying an external force.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
The position shifting from the first position to the second position is realized by the movement of the medicament delivery portion so that the external force is applied to at least a part of the medicament positioned between the first medicament accommodating portion and the second medicament accommodating portion Dispensing device.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicine dispenser is rotatably mounted on at least one of the first medicine accommodating portion, the second medicine accommodating portion, and the medicine dispensing portion.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein the first medicine receiving portion and the second medicine receiving portion are rotatably mounted on the second medicine receiving portion, the one side is rotated from the second medicine receiving portion, the other side is moved away from the medicine sending portion, And the external force is applied to at least a part of the medicament positioned between the first medicament accommodating part and the second medicament accommodating part.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when the medicament delivery portion is moved, the medicament return portion is brought into contact with the medicament return portion to move the medicament return portion from the first position to the second position so that the medicament return portion is moved between the first medicament accommodating portion and the second medicament accommodating portion And a guide portion disposed at a specific position between the receiving position and the dispensing position such that the external force is applied to at least a part of the dispensing position.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the guide portion has an inclined surface formed so as to be inclined upwards along a direction in which the second medicine accommodating portion is moved from the accommodation position to the dispensing position,
Wherein the medicament returning portion is brought into contact with the inclined surface by positional movement of the medicament delivery portion to realize positional movement from the first position to the second position.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7,
And at least one of medicines positioned between the first medicament-accommodating portion and the second medicament-accommodating portion is in contact with at least one of the medicines positioned between the first medicament-accommodating portion and the second medicament-accommodating portion, and at least one of the one side and the other side of the seating portion, And a contact portion to which the medicine is dispensed.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
The medicine is moved from the accommodation position to the dispensing position by the positional movement of the medicine delivery unit, and then returned to the accommodation position,
And is moved from the first position to the second position by its own weight at an arbitrary point of time from the dispensing position to the receiving position.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicament dispensing unit is located on the upper side in the axial direction of the receiving position and is located in a direction away from the medicament mounting unit.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first medicament-
And the dispensing position reaches the dispensing position at a time later than the time when the second medicine containing portion reaches the dispensing position.
The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 1,
And the position of the medicine to be stored is changed so as to be transferred to any one of the plurality of medicine receiving portions.
13. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 12,
Wherein the stored medicament is transferred to the plurality of medicament receiving portions, and the position is changed as the remaining amount of the medicines is reduced.
14. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 13,
And the inclination degree increases as the remaining amount decreases.
The method according to claim 1,
And a dispenser base portion for temporarily storing the medicine dispensed from the medicine containing portion located at the dispensing position before the medicine is dispensed to the outside,
Wherein the dispensing waiting section includes a plurality of dispensing waiting accommodating sections for separately accommodating a plurality of medicines dispensed from the medicament containing section.
15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of discharge waiting receptacles includes:
And a third position for receiving the medicine dispensed from the medicament containing portion located at the dispensing position and a fourth position for dispensing the medicament transferred to the outside.
17. The method of claim 16,
And a guiding part for guiding the movement of the dispensed medicine so that the medicine dispensed from the medicine containing part located at the dispensing position is transferred to the dispensing atmosphere containing part located at the third position.
The method according to claim 1,
The external force is applied to at least a part of the medicament positioned between the first medicament-accommodating portion and the second medicament-accommodating portion by the medicament returning portion, and then between the first medicament-accommodating portion and the second medicament- And a partition for partitioning the medicament mounting portion and the first medicament receiving portion such that no other medicament is located.
The method according to claim 1,
A frame receiving the medicament accommodating portion; And a detachable frame for receiving the medicine loading portion and removably mounted on the frame.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: a medicine supply extension portion communicating with the medicine loading portion to supply a new medicine to the medicine loading portion.

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