KR20160149153A - Tablet supplying apparatus and method of controlling tablet supplying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tablet supply apparatus which provides a structure where powdered medicine from a powdered medicine input port can be put into multiple powdered medicine retaining parts. The powdered medicine input port has first and second powdered medicine retaining parts, wherein one of the first and second powdered medicine retaining parts is moved to a position, where the powdered medicine from the powdered medicine input port is not supplied, through the rotation thereof when the remaining one of the first and second powdered medicine retaining parts is rotated and moved to a path where the powdered medicine put into the powdered medicine input port is supplied from the powdered medicine input port.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a drug supply device,

The present invention relates to a medicine supply device and a control method of a medicine supply device, and more particularly, to a structure capable of putting powdered medicine into a plurality of powder medicine holding portions from one powder medicine input port.

Conventionally, a distribution rotary table (also referred to as a rotary table, also referred to as R disk) having an annular groove for accumulating powder medicine on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion is provided in the distribution of the powder prepared in a hospital or the like, (Hereinafter, the hopper and the powder feeder are integrated to form a "powder medicine holding portion"), and the powdering agent in the annular groove is appropriately set by the extruding device There is provided a medicine distributor (hereinafter, simply referred to as a distributor or a packaging device) configured to divide and divide into a plurality of divisions and supply the same to the packaging device and wrap the powder medicine in the packaging device.

Patent Document 1 discloses a distributor in which a powdered medicine sprinkled and deposited from a powder medicine holding portion in an annular groove provided in a rotary table is taken out from the annular groove and distributed using a packing material, Thereby shortening the time and shortening the distribution time of the powder.

Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a distributor which is provided with a tablet mass accommodating tablets to be packed, in addition to a rotary table, and which can pack both tablets contained in the tablet mass and the powder deposited on the rotary table.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-173658 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-087545 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-272461

For example, in the case of a configuration in which the tablet input mass is located on the inside of the rotary table like the distributor disclosed in Patent Document 2, the position of the tablet input mass located inside the rotary table corresponds to the position (front of the distributor) And there is a problem that it is difficult to input the refining into the refill input mass or to view the input refining.

As a technique for raising the visibility of tablets put into the tablet input mass, Patent Document 3 discloses a technique of inclining the wall on the front side of the tablet inlet to the front of the distributor, It is considered that the above problem can not be solved even if the technique described in Patent Document 3 is used instead of the configuration in which the refill input mass is used.

With respect to the above-mentioned problems, for example, a member or a device such as a display or a PC for inputting distribution contents such as the type and number of medicines to be packaged in a distributor, a line-drawing unit for drawing a line indicating the dosing timing, There is a possibility that the position of the member or the apparatus is distant from the position (front surface of the distributor) where the user stands, which makes it difficult to carry out the visibility operation.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, it is conceivable to place the tablet injection mass, the display, the PC, the line drawing unit for drawing a line on the distribution sheet, etc., in front of the distributor, It is necessary to reduce the space of the powder medicine input port (powdery medicine hopper input ports A to C of Patent Document 2) by shifting forward the line PC or the line drawing unit for drawing lines on the distribution paper, that is, the number of the powder input ports Occurs.

Therefore, in the conventional distributor, since one powder medicine holding portion is positioned below the powder medicine dispensing opening with respect to one powder medicine dispensing opening, it is necessary to reduce the number of the powdery medicine retaining portions, and if the number of powdery medicine retaining portions is reduced, There is a possibility that the spraying time for spraying the moisture of the powdered powder retaining portion and the powdered powder injected into the hopper from the powdered powder retaining portion into the annular groove is increased.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure in which powdered medicines can be injected into a plurality of powder medicine holding portions from a single powder medicine input port.

The present invention provides a powder medicine dispenser comprising: a groove member having an annular groove formed therein for depositing a powder medicine; a powder medicine filling port into which powder to be sprayed is injected into the annular groove of the groove member; Wherein the first powder medicine holding portion and the second powder medicine holding portion are provided in a circular portion formed inside the annular groove by an annular groove of the groove member, And when the powdered powder holding portion of either one of the first powder holding portion and the second powder holding portion rotates and travels in a path supplied from the powder medicine input port, the other powder medicine holding portion is rotatable about the axis of the powder medicine holding portion, And is rotated and moved to a position where the powder medicine is not supplied from the powder medicine input port.

According to the present invention, there is also provided a method of manufacturing a powder coating apparatus, comprising: a groove member having an annular groove formed therein for depositing powdered powder; a powder injection port into which powder to be sprayed on the groove member is inserted; and a circular portion formed on the inner side of the annular groove by the annular groove And a first and a second powder medicament holding unit rotatable about a central portion of the circular portion and supplying powdered medicines to the groove member by maintaining powdered medicines introduced into the powdered medicament dispensing orifice, When the powder medicine holding portion of either the first powder medicine holding portion or the second powder medicine holding portion is moved to a path supplied from the powder medicine input port, the other powder medicine holding portion is moved to a position where the powder medicine is not supplied from the powder medicine input port And a moving step of moving the rotating member by rotating it.

A tablet supply device comprising a tablet insertion portion into which tablets are inserted, the tablet supply device comprising: a groove member having an annular groove formed therein for depositing powdered medicine; and a tablet supply device which is provided at a position in front of the tablet insertion portion, And a plurality of powder medicine holding portions provided in a circular portion formed inside the annular groove by the annular groove of the groove member and rotatable about the central portion of the circular portion, Wherein the tablet insertion portion is provided at a position on the upper side in the gravity direction of the circular portion and the powder medicine holding portion is disposed at a position below the gravity direction of the tablet insertion portion and at a position below the gravity direction of the powder injection port, The powder medicine holding portion disposed at a lower position in the direction of the gravity direction of the portion, I by, characterized in that disposed in the position of the gravity direction lower side of the powder inlet.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a structure capable of putting powdered medicines into a plurality of powder medicine holding portions from one powder medicine input port.

Further, according to the present invention, even if a member such as a tablet insertion portion is provided in a medicine supply device in which a powdered medicine is sprayed on a groove member formed with an annular groove, the width in the depth direction of the medicine supply device The drug supply device can be made compact.

1 is a view showing a medicine supply system (distribution system) including a packaging device and a tablet supply device.
2 is a view showing the internal structure of the packaging unit.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
Fig. 4 is a simplified perspective view of the packaging device 5. Fig.
Fig. 5 is a simplified top view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
Fig. 6 is a simplified top view showing the internal structure of the packaging device 5. Fig.
Fig. 7 is a simplified top view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
Fig. 8 is a simplified perspective view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
Fig. 9 is a simplified perspective view of the upper cover of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
Fig. 10 is a simplified perspective view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
11 is a diagram showing an example of a flow chart showing the flow of the preparatory operation.
Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a flow chart showing a series of flows up to the distribution operation.
Fig. 13 is a simplified perspective view of the upper cover of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.
14 is a hardware block diagram of a medicine supply system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the drug distributor of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a packaging device 5 for packaging the supplied medicines (including tablets and powdered medicines), and a packaging device 5 (hereinafter also referred to as a distribution device, a medicament supply device, a powder medicine supply device, (Hereinafter also referred to as " tablet removal device ").

A plurality of tablet take-out units 1 are mounted on the tablet supply device 10, and tablets are taken out from the tablet sheet by the tablet take-out unit 1. [ Such a tablet extraction unit 1 can perform tablet extraction operation by inputting distribution conditions from the information processing apparatus 300 or the touch panel type display 101 provided in the packaging apparatus 5. [

Next, the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5 will be described with reference to Fig. Fig. 2 is a view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.

The packaging unit 501 is a unit in the packaging apparatus 5. Reference numeral 502 denotes a roll paper delivery mechanism for delivering a roll paper (paper in which the distribution paper is roll-shaped) following the packaging sheet to the packaging mechanism. 503 is a container in which a medicine (powder medicine, tablets) (medicine for one time drink) accumulated in the main hopper 406 is put into the package sheet, and the package sheet is heated and fused, (Packaging apparatus). In 504, the medicine accumulated in the main hopper 406 is put into the package sheet, and the package sheet is heated and welded to enclose the medicine injected into the package sheet in the package sheet (packaging mechanism). That is, the packaging sheet is heated and fused in the packaging mechanism 503 and the packaging mechanism 504, and the medicine injected into the packaging sheet is sealed in the packaging sheet.

Reference numeral 505 denotes a dividing mechanism for forming a perforation line for dividing the following roll paper into one package sheet per sheet on the package sheet. Reference numeral 506 denotes a printer, which can print date, patient data, and error information on a package sheet (printing mechanism).

With the packaging unit shown in Fig. 2, the tablets or powders for one dose can be distributed as a wrapping sheet. As the package sheet, not only a paper coated with a resin material that can be heat-welded to the surface, but also a transparent film material capable of viewing the content can be used.

Next, the problems of the conventional packaging apparatus 5 will be described with reference to Figs. 3 to 6. Fig. Fig. 3 is a simplified perspective view showing the internal structure of the conventional packaging apparatus 5. Fig.

As described in Patent Document 1 (specifically, see paragraphs [0011] to [0035] of Patent Document 1 and the like), the packaging apparatus 5 is designed to reduce the spraying time of the powder medicine, In order to shorten the time, it is provided to be rotatable inside a rotary table 301 provided with a circular groove (a groove member according to the present invention), and at the time of rotation of the rotary table 301, A rotary powder feeder 304 (corresponding to the "powder medicine feeder" of Patent Document 1) for sprinkling the powder injected into the hopper 305 and a feeder rotation mechanism 305 for rotating the rotary powder feeder 304 in the direction opposite to the rotary table (306) for quantitatively discharging the powdered powder supplied to the rotary table (301) to the outside in cooperation with the rotation of the rotary table (301) and supplying the powdered powder to the main hopper (406) (306). And a packaging unit (501) for packaging.

The rotary table 301 is an example of a groove member having an annular groove for accumulating powder medicine in the present invention.

In addition, a plurality of rotating powder feeders 304 and a rotary part powder hopper 305 of the same number as those of the rotating powder feeders 304 are provided inside the rotary table 301 to spray plural types of powders simultaneously.

In Fig. 3, the packaging apparatus 5 is provided with two rotary part powder put-in hoppers 305. Fig. Fig. 4 is a view of the packaging device 5 of Fig. 3 covering the upper cover 404, and Fig. 4 is described here.

Fig. 4 is a simplified perspective view of a conventional packaging apparatus 5. Fig. The upper cover 404 of the packaging apparatus 5 body is provided with the same number of rotary part powder filling ports 401 as the rotary part powder filling hopper 305 in the packaging device 5.

The rotary part powder put-in hopper 305 is arranged so as to be positioned below the rotary part powder input port 401 (this position is referred to as an initial position) when in the standby state (state in which no operation such as chemical distribution operation is being performed) And is controlled by the CPU 351 of the control unit 5.

Whether or not the rotary part powdery medicine putting hopper 305 is in the initial position is detected by a magnetic sensor provided at the lower part of the rotary table 301. The user puts the powder into the rotary part powder input port 401 when the rotating part powder putting hopper 305 is in the initial position.

It is also possible for the user to put the powders into the stationary powder feed inlet 402 (corresponding to the "powder feeder 70" in Patent Document 1), and under the stationary powder feed inlet 402, A feed hopper 303 is provided and a fixed powder feeder feeder 511 for spraying powdered medicines to the circular groove at the time of rotation of the rotary table 301 is provided below the feed hopper 303. Further, in the present invention, the fixed powder injection port 402 is not an essential constitution.

Here, the relative positional relationship between the refill feed mass 403, the tablet conveyance unit 510, the respective hoppers, and the feeders in the conventional packaging apparatus 5 will be described with reference to Fig.

Fig. 5 is a simplified top view showing the internal structure of the conventional packaging apparatus 5. Fig. Inside the packaging apparatus 5, a tablet conveying unit 510 is provided. The tablet conveying unit 510 is located below the tablet input mass 403 and the tablet introduced into the tablet input mass 403 is sent to the tablet conveying unit 510. [ The tablet conveying unit 510 conveys the tablet to the tablet hopper 512. The tablet is further transferred and sent to the main hopper 406.

4 and 5, in order to secure the rotary part powder input port 401 at the upper portion, which is the initial position of the rotary part powder inputting hopper 305 provided inside the rotary table 301, the rotation part powder input port 401, The positions of the tablet feed mass 403 located at the back of the tablet feed mass 403 and the tablet transport unit 510 located below the tablet feed mass 403 move away from the position where the user stands (the front face of the packaging apparatus 5) There is a problem that it is difficult to input refining into the refill input mass 403 by the user or to view the refill by the user of the introduced refill. The above problem was particularly remarkable for a user having a small height.

Therefore, it is desired to place the tablet input mass 403 in front of the packaging device 5, but since the rotary part powder input port 401 is disposed in front of the packaging device 5, the tablet input mass 403 is positioned in front I could not.

Next, a problem in the case where the tablet feed mass 403 is positioned in front of the packaging device 5 in order to solve the above-described problem in the conventional packaging device 5 will be described with reference to Fig.

Fig. 6 is a simplified top view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig. When the tablet feed mass 403 is positioned in front of the packaging device 5, the tablet conveying unit 510 thereunder is also positioned in front of the packaging device 5 following the position of the tablet input mass 403, A new problem arises that the tablet conveying unit 510 closes the upper part of the rotary part powder infusion hopper 305 at the initial position of the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 in the conventional packaging apparatus 5. [

As a result, the tablet conveying unit 510 is disturbed, and powdered medicine can not be input from the rotating part powder input port 401 to the rotating part powder inputting hopper 305, so that the tablet input mass 403 It could not be moved forward of the packaging apparatus 5. [

Therefore, a structure for solving the above-described problems will be described below with reference to Figs. 7 to 11. Fig.

7 is a simplified top view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the packaging apparatus 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention In which the internal structure of the optical fiber is known.

7 and 8, in the present invention, when the feeder rotating mechanism 302 is in the initial position, the position of the rotating part powder put-in hopper 305 into which the powder is put is set as far as possible And the tablet conveying unit 510 is positioned in front of the packaging device 5 to a position where it does not block the upper portion of the opening of the rotary part powder infusion hopper 305. [

The rotary part powder putting hopper 305 is provided in a circular part formed on the inner side of the annular groove by the annular groove of the groove member in the present invention and is rotatable around the central part of the circular part, And the first and second powder medicine holding portions for holding the putter powder and supplying the powder medicine to the annular grooves of the groove member. The rotary part powder putting hopper 305 is disposed at a lower position in the gravity direction of the tablet insertion part and at a lower position in the gravity direction of the powder medicine input port and is formed in the annular groove by the annular groove of the groove member And a plurality of powder medicine holding portions rotatable about the central portion of the circular portion.

10 is a simplified perspective view showing the internal structure of the packaging apparatus 5 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

10 differs from the packaging apparatus 5 shown in Figs. 7 and 8 in that three rotating-body powder-introducing hoppers 305 are disposed in the rotary table 301 of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.

Fig. 9 is a simplified perspective view of the upper cover of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.

And the rotary part powder filling inlet 401 provided in the upper cover 404 is one. The position was set on the rotary part powder feed hopper 305 which does not overlap with the tablet conveying unit 510 when the feeder rotating mechanism 302 in the packaging device 5 is at the initial position. Similarly, the tablet input mass 403 was disposed so as to overlap on the tablet conveying unit 510.

The upper cover 404 is an example of the second cover provided on the groove member, the first and second powder medicine holding portions, and covering the groove member and the first and second powder medicine holding portions in the present invention.

The tablet conveying unit 510 is provided in the upper part of the powder medicine holding part when the powder medicine holding part of the present invention is moved to a position where the powder medicine is not supplied from the powder medicine input port, It is an example. The tablet conveying unit is an example of the present invention. Further, the tablet input mass 403 may be a tablet insertion portion.

The rotary part powder input port 401 is an example of the powder input port into which powder to be sprayed into the annular groove of the groove member is introduced in the present invention. In addition, the rotary part powder input port 401 is provided at a position on the upper side of the circular part in the gravity direction in the present invention, and the tablet supply device is provided at a position in front of the tablet introduction part as viewed from the front, Is an example of a powder input port into which powdered medicament to be sprayed is injected.

When the feeder rotating mechanism 302 is in the initial position, the tablet conveying unit 510 is disposed at a position where it does not block the upper opening of one rotary part powder infusion hopper 305, (403) does not block the upper opening of the rotating powder input port (401).

Therefore, even when the rotary table 301 is provided with a plurality of rotary part powder dosing hoppers 305, the tablet input mass 403 can be prevented from being poured into the packing device 403 within a range that does not block the rotary part powder introduction port 401 of the upper cover 404, It is possible to arrange the tablet feed mass 403 on the front side of the tablet feed mass 5 and to obtain the effect that the user can easily input the tablet into the tablet input mass 403 or visually check the input tablet.

8 to 10, by placing the tablet conveying unit 510 in front of the packaging device 5, when the feeder rotating mechanism 302 is in the initial position, one rotary part powder putting hopper 305, The entire or a part of the opening on the upper portion of the other rotating powder medicine putting hopper 305 is overlapped under the tablet conveying unit 510. [

As a result, all or part of the openings in the upper part of the rotating-part powder putting hopper 305, which is a plurality of rotating-part powder putting hoppers 305, can not be put into the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 covered with the tablet conveying unit 510. However, So that powdered medicine can be injected into the rotary part powdered hopper hopper 305.

First, a first method in which a user puts powdered medicine into a plurality of rotary part powder putting hoppers 305 at a rotary part powder input port 401 will be described with reference to Figs. 8 and 9. Fig.

First, the user puts the powder medicine from the rotary part powder input port 401 into one rotary part powder putting hopper 305 at the initial position, and then the user presses the feeder rotation mechanism operation switch 901 shown in Fig.

Next, when the packaging device 5 detects that the feeder rotation mechanism operation switch 901 is pushed by the user, the feeder rotation mechanism 302 of Fig. 8 is operated to rotate the feeder spinning mechanism operating switch 901 And the rotary part powdery medicine putting hopper 305 is moved to be positioned below the rotating part powder input port 401.

That is, when the powder medicine holding portion of either the first powder medicine holding portion or the second powder medicine holding portion rotates and moves to the path supplied from the powder medicine input port, the other powder medicine holding portion is supplied with the powder medicine from the powder medicine filling port And moves to a position where it does not move.

Then, powder is injected into the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 which is moved from the rotating part powder input port 401 to be positioned below the rotary part powder input port 401.

In the case where three or more rotating-body powder putting hoppers 305 are provided as in the second embodiment of the present invention, by continuing this operation, the rotating-body powder putting hopper 305 The powdered medicine putting hopper 305 can be charged with the powder.

In addition, the rotary part powder filling hopper 305 at the initial position is an application example of the first powder medicine holding part in the present invention, in which the powdered medicine put into the powder filling inlet with respect to the powder filling inlet is located in the path supplied from the powder filling inlet.

In addition, the rotary part powder put-in hopper 305 which is not located below the rotating part powder input port 401 is an application example of the second powder-containing part holding part in which the powder input into the powder input port is located at a position other than the path from the powder input port.

The operation of detecting that the feeder rotating mechanism operation switch 901 is pushed by the user and the operation of detecting the completion of the input of the powder medicine by the weight sensor to be described later are the same as the operations of the second powder medicine holding unit And an accepting means for accepting an instruction to move to the position of the first powder medicine holding portion.

The operation of operating the feeder rotating mechanism 302 to move the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 which is not positioned below the rotating part powder input port 401 to be located below the rotary part powder input port 401 When the instruction for moving the second powder medicament holding section to the position of the first powder medicament holding section is received by the receiving means, the second powder medicament holding section is moved to the path for supplying the powder medicines to the powder- Lt; / RTI >

As described above, even if there is only one rotating part powder input port 401, by rotating the rotating part powder putting hopper 305 so as to be sequentially positioned below the rotating part powder input port 401, It is possible for the user to put the powder into the container 305.

In the second method in which the user puts the powder into the plurality of rotary part powder putting hoppers 305 at the rotary part powder input port 401, since a weight sensor not shown is provided under the rotary part powder feeder 304, The feeder rotating mechanism 302 may be automatically rotated when powdered medicine is put into the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 at the initial position and the weight sensor detects completion of the filling.

13, when the feeder rotation mechanism operation switch 901 is pressed by the user or when the weight sensor detects completion of the injection of the powder medicine, the feeder rotation mechanism 302 of Fig. 8 is operated The powdered powder inlet cover 1301 covering the rotating powdered powder input port 401 when the rotary powdered powder input hopper 305 which is not located below the rotary powder input port 401 is moved to be positioned below the rotary part powder input port 401, .

Fig. 13 (a) is a simplified perspective view of the upper cover of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig. As shown in FIG. 13 (a), the powder medicine input port cover 1301 is configured to cover the rotary part powder input port 401 and prevents dust and other particles from entering the rotary part powder input port 401.

The powder coating input port cover 1301 is an example of the first cover which is provided so as to cover the opening of the powder input port and is capable of opening and closing in the present invention.

13 (b), the powdered medicine input port cover 1301 is provided with a lock hole 1302 provided in the lower portion of the powder medicine input port cover 1301, and a left-and-right movable projection 1303 provided at the tip of the solenoid 1303, It is possible to lock by inserting.

The lock hole 1302 and the solenoid 1303 are examples of the lock means for locking the cover so that the first cover is not opened while the powder holding portion is moving.

When the feeder rotating mechanism operation switch 901 is pressed by the user or when it is detected by the weight sensor that the dosing of the powder is completed, the feeder rotating mechanism 302 shown in Fig. 8 is operated, The CPU 351 of the packaging device 5 controls the solenoid 1303 to rotate the lock hole 1302 so that the lock hole 1302 is closed when the rotary part powder put- And the tip end projection of the solenoid 1303 is inserted to lock the powder medicine input port cover 1301.

As shown in Fig. 13A, an opening / closing member 1304 such as a shutter is provided in the rotary part powder input port 401.

The opening and closing member 1304 is configured such that when the feeder rotation mechanism operation switch 901 is pushed by the user or the filling of the powder medicine is completed by the weight sensor as in the case of the lock of the powder medicine filling port cover 1301 by the solenoid 1303 When the feeder rotating mechanism 302 shown in Fig. 8 is operated to move the rotary part powder dosing hopper 305 which is not positioned below the rotating part powder input port 401 to be positioned below the rotating part powder input port 401 , The CPU 351 of the packaging apparatus 5 is controlled to close the opening / closing member 1304.

The opening and closing member 1304 is an example of a blocking portion that is provided in the path for supplying powdered medicines to the powder input port of the present invention and is capable of blocking the path of the powdered medicament input port, , The flow path is blocked and the path is not blocked while the powder medicine holding portion is not moving.

By closing the powder coating input port cover 1301 by the solenoid 1303 or by closing the opening and closing member 1304 while the rotating part powder putting powder hopper 305 is rotating the rotary part powder putting inlet 401 is rotated, It is possible to reduce the possibility that the user mistakenly injects the powdery medicine when the hopper 305 and the rotary part powdery feeder 304 are not present. Thus, the description of Fig. 13 is completed.

Next, a flowchart for executing the above-described second method by the packaging apparatus 5 will be described with reference to Figs. 11 and 12. Fig. First, Fig. 12 will be described.

12 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow chart showing a series of flows until the packaging apparatus 5 performs the distribution operation. Each step shown in Fig. 12 is executed by the CPU 351 of the packaging apparatus 5. Fig.

In step S1201, the packaging device 5 displays a basic screen on the touch panel type display 101 on the packaging device 5. [ The basic screen is a screen for accepting from the user input of types of drugs to be distributed, input of distribution numbers, and start / stop of distribution operations.

In step S1202, in the case where the powder medicine is distributed, the packaging device 5 executes a process of accepting the input of the powder medicine from the user. The detailed processing of step S1202 will be described later with reference to Fig.

In step S1203, the packaging apparatus 5 receives an operation from the user through the basic screen displayed on the display 101 in step S1201.

In step S1204, it is determined in step S1203 whether or not an instruction to start the distribution operation has been received from the user in step S1203.

If the packaging apparatus 5 determines in step S1204 that the instruction to start the distribution operation has been received through the basic screen displayed on the display 101, the process proceeds to step S1205. In step S1204, (Such as acceptance of the kind of medication to be distributed, acceptance of input of the distribution number, acceptance of input of the main body setting of the packaging apparatus, and the like), and reception of an instruction to start the distribution operation Wait.

In step S1205, the packaging apparatus 5 determines whether or not the kind of the medication received in step S1203 includes the powder medicine. When the powder medicine is included, the processing in step S1206 is executed. If not, the tablet packaging operation is performed in step S1213.

The tablets to be packed in step S1213 are the tablets fed from the user into the tablet input mass 403 or the tablets taken out to the tablet sheet by the tablet take-

In step S1206, the packaging machine 5 starts rotating the rotary table 301. [ The packaging apparatus 5 rotates the powder at a high rotational speed such that the powder does not protrude by the centrifugal force so as to uniformly spray the powder on the rotary table 301.

In step S1207, the packaging apparatus 5 rotates the rotary table 301 in accordance with the operation of the rotary part powder feeder 304 and the fixed part powder feeder (the rotating part powder putting hopper 305 and the fixed part powder putting hopper 303) And the powdered powder introduced into the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 and the fixed part powder putting hopper 303 is dropped onto the rotary table 301. Since this operation is the same as that of the conventional method, the description is omitted.

In step S1208, the packaging device 5 detects the drop of the powder by the powdery powder feeder 304 and a powdery powder detection sensor (not shown) located near the discharge port of the fixed powdery powder feeder, Determine the presence or absence of powdery chemicals on the fixed-bed feeder feeder. When all of the powdery medicine is lost, the process proceeds to S1209.

In step S1209, the packaging apparatus 5 stops rotating the rotary part powdery feeder 304. [

In step S1210, the packaging apparatus 5 rotates the rotary table 301, and at the same time, the powdering apparatus 306 discharges powdered powder toward the outer periphery. The extruded powder is supplied to the packaging unit 501. In step S1210, the number of times of output by the packaging apparatus 5 is the distribution number input by the user in step S1203.

In step S1211, the packaging device 5 packs the powdered powder in the package sheet by the compacting device 306. [

In step S1212, the packaging apparatus 5 extracts the powdered powder of the distribution water inputted by the user in step S1203 by the production apparatus 306 and determines whether or not the powder is wrapped.

The packaging apparatus 5 extracts the powdered powder of the distribution water inputted by the user in step S1203 by the producing apparatus 306. When the packaging apparatus 5 determines that the packaging is completed, the packaging apparatus 5 terminates this processing. In step S1203, The powdering agent is discharged by the discharge device 306. If not, the powdering agent is discharged by the discharge device 306 as much as the number of distributions input by the user in step S1203, Continue the discharge operation and packaging operation. Thus, the description of Fig. 12 is terminated.

Next, the detailed processing in step S1202 in Fig. 12 will be described with reference to Fig. 11 shows the flow of the preparatory operation before the packaging operation such as spraying the powder on the rotary table 301 is performed. Fig. 11 is a sub-flow process called in step S1202 of Fig.

Fig. 11 is a subflow called in step S1202 in Fig. 12, and each step in Fig. 11 is executed by the CPU 351 of the packaging device 5. [

In step S1101, the packaging apparatus 5 starts processing in step S1102-1 and subsequent steps when it is in a waiting state (state in which no operation such as drug distribution is performed), and ends processing of Fig. 11 do.

In step S1102-1, the packaging apparatus 5 determines whether or not the powder medicine input port cover 1301 is open based on the detection result of the cover detection sensor not shown. When the powdering medicine input port cover 1301 is determined to be open, the packaging device 5 performs the process at step S1102. When the powdering medicine input port cover 1301 is determined to be closed, the packaging device 5 performs step S1101 To return the processing to.

In step S1102, when the user puts the powder medicine into the rotary part powder putting hopper 305, the weight sensor detects the weight increase of the rotary part powdery feeder 304. [

If it is determined in step S1102 that the gravity sensor does not detect the increase in weight of the rotary part powder feeder 304, the process returns to step S1101. In the case where the tablets are distributed, the packing apparatus 5 determines NO in step S1102, returns the process to step S1101, and inputs the start of the packaging operation from the user on the basic screen displayed on the display 101 By accepting, in step S1101, the packaging apparatus 5 determines NO, and the processing of Fig. 11 is terminated.

Subsequently, in step S1103, the packaging apparatus 5 monitors the detection status of the weight increase of the rotary part powder feeder 304 by the gravity sensor for a predetermined period of time, and if there is an increase in gravity, , The processing is not advanced to step S1104-1, and if there is no increase in gravity for a predetermined time, it is determined that the input operation by the user is finished, and the processing proceeds to step S1104-1 (reception means in the present invention) .

In step S1104-1, the packaging apparatus 5 determines whether or not the powder medicine input port cover 1301 is closed based on the detection result of the cover detection sensor. When the powdering medicine input port cover 1301 is determined to be closed, the packaging device 5 performs the process at step S1104. When the powdering medicine input port cover 1301 is determined not to be closed, The powdered medicine input port cover 1301 is closed.

In step S1104, the packing apparatus 5 locks the powder filling inlet cover 1301. In step S1105, the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 in which the powder is put in step S1102 and the rotary part powder feeder 304 are rotated A rotary part powder putting hopper 305 which is located at a position where the powder to be inputted into the input port 401 is not supplied and instead the powder to be inputted into the rotary part powder input port 401 is not supplied and a rotary part powder feeder 304 ) To the position where the powder to be charged is supplied to the rotating part powder input port 401 (moving means in the present invention).

Then, in step S1106, the packaging apparatus 5 releases the lock of the powder medicine input port cover 1301.

In step S1104, while the packaging apparatus 5 locks the powder medicine input port cover 1301, in step S1105, while the rotating part powder putting hopper 305 and the rotating part powdery feeder 304 are rotating, that is, It is possible to reduce the possibility that the user mistakenly injects the powdery medicine when the rotary part powder putting hopper 305 and the rotary part powdery feeder 304 are not disposed below the inlet 401. [

In addition, in step S1105, the rotary drum powder put-in hopper 305 and the rotary drum powder feeder 304 that have been filled with the powder by the user, the rotary drum powder put-in hopper 305 to which no powder is yet added, Even if only one rotary part powder input port 401 is provided by disposing the tablet input mass 403 on the front side of the packaging device 5 by replacing the rotary part powder input hopper 305 and the rotary part powder 309, It becomes possible to put the powder into the feeder 304.

Further, in the case of the first method for rotating the rotary part powder put-in hopper 305 in accordance with the instruction of the user described above, the processing from step S1101 to step S1103 is not executed and the user operates the feeder rotation mechanism operation switch 901) is pressed, the processes of steps S1104-1 to S1106 are executed, and the packaging operation is started from the user through the basic screen displayed on the display 101 in step S1201 of Fig. 12 The process in step S1204 and subsequent steps in Fig. 12 is executed.

The opening and closing member 1304 is also controlled so that the opening and closing member 1304 is also closed by the packaging device 5 at the timing of locking the powder medicine input port cover 1301 in step S1104, and S1101 to S1103, S1106 Is controlled to be opened by the packaging apparatus 5 during the execution of the processing of Fig. The description of FIG. 11 is thus ended.

Here, an example of the hardware configuration of the tablet supply system will be described with reference to Fig.

In Fig. 14, the CPU 330 of the information processing apparatus 300, the CPU 351 of the packaging apparatus 5, and the CPU 311 of the tablet supply apparatus 10 cooperate with each other in the packaging apparatus 5, (Each unit) controlled by the tab feeder 10, and various operations of each device (each unit) controlled by the tablet feeder 10 are controlled. However, a single CPU may be configured to control all the devices in the tablet supply system.

First, the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 300 will be described. The CPU 330 of the information processing apparatus 300 can collectively control each device and controller connected to the system bus. A basic input / output system (BIOS), an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS), and a function executed by each server or each PC are realized in the ROM 331 or the external memory 336 And various programs and the like which will be described later are stored. The RAM 333 functions as a main memory, a work area, and the like of the CPU 330. The CPU 330 loads the programs and the like necessary for executing the processing into the RAM 333 and realizes various operations by executing the program.

Further, the CPU 330 controls input from a keyboard or input terminals such as a mouse (not shown). The video controller VC can control display on a display unit such as the display 334 and can also be used as a hard disk for storing boot programs, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, HD), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, or a compact flash (registered trademark) memory connected via an adapter to a PCMCIA card slot.

The I / F 320 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network. In the present embodiment, the I / F 320 is connected to communicate with the I / F 350 of the packaging device 5.

Next, the hardware configuration of the packaging apparatus 5 will be described. The CPU 351 of the packaging apparatus 5 can collectively control each device connected to the bus. The ROM 352 stores a control program of the CPU 351 and various control programs. The RAM 353 functions as a system work memory for the CPU 351 to operate. The CPU 351 controls the display of the touch panel type display 101 or accepts input of information from the user using the touch panel function of the display 101 as the input terminal 362, Or you can do it. The CPU 351 also controls the powder medicine distribution mechanism 355 to be operated when packing the powdered powder introduced from the powder input port of the packaging device 5 into one capsule or packs the tablets introduced into the tablet input mass 403 from the user Or to control the manual scattering and insertion mechanism 356 to operate when it is operated. The packaging device 5 and the tablet feeder 10 are communicably connected to the I / O 354 of the packaging device 5 and the I / O 312 of the tablet feeder 10.

Next, the hardware configuration of the tablet feeder 10 will be described. The CPU 311 of the tablet supply device 10 can collectively control each device connected to the bus. The ROM 314 stores control programs of the CPU 311 and various control programs. The RAM 313 functions as a system work memory for the CPU 311 to operate. The CPU 311 may control the take-out operation in the tablet removal mechanism 15 or may control the transport mechanism 16 that transports the tablet sheet.

In such a hardware configuration, it is possible to perform control such that tablet extraction is performed as follows. The CPU 351 of the packaging device 5 first transmits a tablets removal operation command to the CPU 311 of the tablet supply device 10. [ The CPU 311 of the tablet supply device 10 can control the tablet taking-out mechanism 15 and the conveying mechanism 16 to perform the tablet taking-out operation in accordance with the takeout operation command. The CPU 311 of the tablet supply device 10 may also transmit operation information indicating the status of tablet removal operation to the CPU 351 of the packaging device 5. [

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a structure capable of injecting powdered medicines into a plurality of powder medicine holding portions from one powder medicine input port.

In addition, since the tablet mass is positioned on the front side of the main body within a range that does not block the powder injection port, the user can easily input the tablet into the tablet input mass, and the visibility of the tablet put in the tablet input mass can be increased.

The means and the steps constituting the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be realized by operating a program stored in a RAM or a ROM of a computer. This program in which the apparatus is readable and the computer-readable recording medium in which the program is recorded are included in the present invention.

Further, the present invention can be applied to, for example, a system, an apparatus, a method, a program, a recording medium, or the like, and specifically to an apparatus including one or a plurality of apparatuses.

Although the present embodiment has been described as a housing in which the information processing apparatus 300, the packaging apparatus 5, and the tablet supply apparatus 10 are respectively divided, the packaging apparatus or the tablet supply apparatus may be integrally formed.

Furthermore, the present invention supplies a software program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely to a system or an apparatus. And a case where a computer of the system or apparatus is also achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

Therefore, in order to realize the functional processing of the present invention by the computer, the program code itself installed in the computer also realizes the present invention. That is, the present invention also includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention. In this case, if the program has a function, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by the interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by executing the program read by the computer. Further, based on the instruction of the program, the OS or the like running on the computer performs a part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can be realized by the processing.

As another method, a program read from a recording medium is first written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted in a computer or a function expansion unit connected to a computer. Based on the instruction of the program, a CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs a part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

1: Tablet extraction unit
5: Packaging machine
10: Tablet feeder
101: Touch panel type display
102: manual dispensing input part
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300: Information processing device
301: Rotating table
302: Feeder rotation mechanism
303: Go-go powdered hopper
304: Spinning powder feeder
305: Turning powder input hopper
306:
400: Tablet feed unit
401: Turning powder input port
402: Solid government powder input
403: Tablet injection mass
404: upper cover
406: Main hopper
501: Packing unit
502: Roll paper
503: Packaging equipment
504: Packaging machine
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506: Printer
510: Tablet conveying unit
511: Solid government feeder feeder
512: Tablet hopper

Claims (7)

A groove member in which an annular groove is formed for depositing the powder medicine,
A powder medicine input port into which powder to be sprayed is injected into the annular groove of the groove member,
The first and second powder medicine holding portions for holding powdered medicine put in the powder medicine input port and supplying the powdery medicine to the annular groove of the groove member,
And,
Wherein the first and second powder medicine retaining portions are provided in a circular portion formed inside the annular groove by the annular groove of the groove member and are rotatable about the central portion of the circular portion,
When the powdered powder holding portion of either one of the first powder holding portion and the second powder holding portion rotates and moves to a path supplied from the powder medicine input port, the other powder medicine holding portion is not supplied with the powder medicine from the powder medicine input port Moving to a non-rotating position
Wherein the medicament supply device comprises: The tablet according to claim 1, further comprising a tablet introducing portion into which tablets to be distributed are introduced,
Wherein the tablet inserting portion is provided at an upper portion of the powder medicine retaining portion when the powder medicine retaining portion is moved to a position where the powder medicine is not supplied from the powder medicine input port. The powder medicine dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising a shielding portion provided in a path supplied from the powder medicine input port and capable of shutting off the pathway,
Wherein the blocking portion blocks the path while the powder medicine retaining portion is moving and does not block the path while the powder medicine retaining portion is not moving. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a first cover which covers an opening of the powder filling inlet and is openable and closable;
And a lock means for locking the first cover so that the first cover is not opened while the powder medicine holding portion is moving,
Further comprising: a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the medicine. The dust collecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second cover provided on the groove member, the first and second powder medicine holding sections, and covering the groove member and the first and second powder medicine holding sections,
And the powder medicine input port is installed in the second cover. A tablet feeder comprising a tablet feed part into which tablets are fed,
A groove member in which an annular groove is formed for depositing the powder medicine,
A powder medicament introduction port provided at a position ahead of the tablet infusion section when viewed from the front of the tablet supply device and into which powder to be sprayed is injected into the annular groove of the groove member;
A plurality of powder medicine holding portions provided on a circular portion formed inside the annular groove by the annular groove of the groove member and rotatable about the central portion of the circular portion,
And,
Wherein the tablet inserting portion is provided at a position on the upper side of the circular portion in the gravity direction,
Wherein the powder medicine holding portion is disposed at a position below the gravity direction of the tablet charging portion and at a position below the gravity direction of the powder medicine filling port,
Wherein the powder medicine holding portion disposed at a position lower than the gravity direction of the tablet introducing portion is disposed at a lower position in the gravity direction of the powder medicine input port by rotating the central portion of the circular portion about the axis. Wherein the groove member is provided in a circular part formed inside the annular groove by an annular groove of the groove member, and the circular part is formed in the circular part by the annular groove of the groove member, And a first powder medicine holding portion rotatable about a central portion of the first powder medicine holding portion and holding the powder medicine put into the powder medicine filling port to supply the powder medicine to the groove member,
When the powdered medicament holding portion of either one of the first and second powdered medicament holding portions is moved to a path supplied from the powdered medicament input port to the powdered medicament input port, the other powdered medicament- A moving process for rotating and moving
And a control unit for controlling the medicine supply device.

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