KR20180006343A - Device for dispensing medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for dispensing medicines having N compartment spaces, in which N is a natural number equal to or more than 2 transferred by a rotating member, and provides the device for dispensing medicines, which comprises: an input unit inputting the medicines; an inspection unit inspecting the injected medicines; a discharge unit discharging the introduced medicine; and a controller determining whether the medicines inspected by the inspecting unit match a list of medicines listed in the prescription, wherein the input unit, the inspection unit and the discharge unit are all disposed in one of the N compartment spaces or at least one of the input unit, the inspection unit and the discharge unit is/are disposed at another partition space other than the partition space in which the other remainder is disposed. A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide the device for dispensing medicines provided with the medicine rotating unit having accuracy, promptness and convenience of packaging and inspection of the medicines before packaging the medicines by a single dose according to the prescription.

Description

[0001] DEVICE FOR DISPENSING MEDICINE [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine taking-out apparatus, and more particularly, to a medicine taking-out apparatus including a unit for automatically rotating a medicine.

In general, the automatic medicine packing machine is accommodated in a medicine dispensing apparatus which receives and dispenses the unshaped tablets such as the fixed tablet and the semispherical powder and the powder form powder, respectively, so that the medicine can be dispensed simultaneously or independently according to the prescription of the patient It is a device that automatically packs.

Wherein the dispenser may include a cassette dispensing a stylized medicament and a tablet tray dispensing an irregular medicament or a dispenser dispensing a powder.

At this time, the medicines contained in the cassettes can be stored in a large amount in the medicine dispenser and can be automatically dispensed as needed. However, a medicament that can not be accommodated in the cassette can be prepared by separately preparing a tray, So as to be automatically distributed.

On the other hand, in the conventional medicine dispensing apparatus, a plurality of cassettes and trays containing medicines are mounted on the main body, and when the user inputs the types and quantities of the medicines through the input device according to the prescription, the cassettes and trays correspond to one dose And the like.

The discharged medicines are collected in the hopper. The collected medicines are packed in a wrapping paper for one dose, and the discharge of the medicines from the cassette and the tray and the packaging operation of the discharged medicines are repeated according to the number of doses inputted to the input device, Are continuously packed.

Such a medicine automatic packing machine is a product in which the reliability and reliability of the operation are very important, for example, the type and amount of the medicine to be taken once are discharged according to the input, and therefore, the medicine packed in the wrapping paper for one- And the number of medicines according to the prescription.

That is, the automatic medicine packing machine may cause a weakening accident when the medicine is discharged from the cassette or the medicine tray by being discharged from the cassette or the medicine tray. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the inspection before the discharged medicine meets the prescription or the package.

For this reason, conventionally, an apparatus for inspecting whether or not a packaged medicine is normal is provided with a camera for photographing a medicine bottle printed with information about a medicine, a vision ) Inspection system.

As disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2014-0057943, a conventional automatic medicine packing machine uses a position changing unit and a medicine photographing unit having a circular medicine collecting unit for supplying and inspecting medicine.

The conventional circular position variable portion has a problem in that when the position variable portion rotates, the medicine collecting portion has a constant shape and the medicine is pushed to one corner of the medicine collecting portion, There is a problem.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a medicine taking-out apparatus provided with a medicine rotating unit having accuracy, promptness and convenience of packaging and inspection of a medicine before a medicine is packaged by a single dose according to a prescription.

The medicine taking-out apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with N compartment spaces (here, natural water having N > = 2) transferred by the rotating member, comprising: An inspection unit for inspecting the injected medicine; A discharge unit for discharging the introduced medicine; And a controller for determining whether the medicines inspected by the inspecting unit match the prescription drug list, wherein the inserting unit, the inspecting unit and the discharging unit are disposed together in any one of the N compartment spaces Or at least one of the charging unit, the inspection unit, and the discharging unit is disposed in another compartment space other than the compartment space in which the other remainder is disposed.

At this time, the incompatibility of the tested drug with the drug list may include at least one of omission of the drug, partial omission of the drug, over-injection of the drug, misapplication of the drug, and breakage of the drug.

At this time, the charging unit can collect the medicine from the medicine dispensing apparatus and insert the medicine.

At this time, the medicine dispensing apparatus may include at least one of a tablet storage unit, an atypical tablet storage unit, a powdered storage unit, and a special handling medicine storage unit.

Meanwhile, the charging unit may include a first charging unit for charging the medicine collected from at least one of the tablet storage unit, the atypical tablet storage unit, the powdered storage unit, and the special handling medicine storage unit; And a second dispensing unit for dispensing medicines collected from at least one of the storage units except for the storage unit for supplying the medicine to the first dispensing unit.

In addition, the first charging part and the second charging part may be disposed in the same partition space.

In addition, the first charging part and the second charging part may be disposed in different partition spaces.

The control unit may further include a re-injecting unit for re-injecting the drug to match the drug list if it is determined that the drug tested does not match the drug list.

At this time, the re-injecting unit may be disposed in a compartment space into which medicines inconsistent with the medicines list are injected as a result of the inspecting unit.

At this time, the re-inserting unit may be disposed in the compartment space having the inspection information details.

The discharging unit may include: a first discharging unit for discharging the introduced medicine toward the packaging unit; And a second outlet for transferring the injected medicament toward the disposal of the medicament.

Meanwhile, the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion may be disposed in the same partition space.

In addition, the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion may be disposed in different partition spaces.

At least one of the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion may be disposed on a lower side with respect to a plane on which the N compartment spaces are to be transported in at least one of the N compartment spaces .

At this time, the N partitioning spaces may be formed by N partitioning members having one end fixed to the rotating member.

At this time, the apparatus may further include an alignment unit for aligning the injected medicines.

At this time, the alignment unit may be disposed in the partition space in which the inspection unit is disposed, and the injected medicine may be spaced apart from the boundary surface of the partition space.

Meanwhile, the charging unit may further include an alignment member for aligning the medicine contained in the compartment space.

The inspection unit may further include an alignment member for aligning the medicine contained in the compartment space in which the inspection unit is disposed.

In addition, the partitioning member may have a trapezoidal cross section having a width of an upper side and a width of a lower side different from each other.

In addition, it is preferable that the partitioning member is formed of a material through which light is transmitted.

On the other hand, the compartment space in which the inspection unit is disposed may be formed of a material through which light is transmitted, and the alignment member is preferably formed of a material through which light is transmitted.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a medicine taking-out apparatus comprising N compartment spaces (natural number N > = 2) transferred by a rotating member, comprising: a first function performing unit for inputting a medicine; A second function performing unit for inspecting the injected medicine; A third function performing unit for discharging the introduced medicine; And a controller for determining whether or not the medicines inspected by the third function performing unit coincide with prescription standards, wherein the first function performing unit, the second function performing unit, and the third function performing unit comprise: At least one of the first function performing unit, the second function performing unit, and the third function performing unit may be disposed in any one of the divided spaces, Can be disposed in the compartment space.

Here, the first function performing unit may be an input unit for collecting and inputting medicines from the medicine dispensing apparatus, the second function performing unit may be an examining unit for photographing the divided compartment space to acquire a drug image, Or may be a discharge unit that transports the medicament toward the packaging apparatus or transfers the introduced medicament toward the medicament disposal.

According to the medicine taking-out apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention,

First, the inspection unit photographs the divided space in which the inspection unit is disposed, and the control unit analyzes the photographed image to determine whether or not the image matches the prescription basis. Thus, the shooting and determination can be performed individually, Thereby enabling continuous transfer of the compartment space.

Second, if it is judged that the tested drug is inconsistent with the prescription standard, the drug can be reintroduced through the reintroduction part, so that it can be matched with the prescription and the accuracy of the packaged drug can be improved.

Third, since the position of the re-injecting portion can be disposed in the drug introducing portion, it is possible to quickly re-inject the missing drug.

Fourth, since the reintroduction portion is located above the plane on which the partition spaces are arranged, the reintroduction agent can be dropped and loaded. Therefore, it is possible to transfer and inject the reintroduction agent through a simple structure.

Fifth, the display unit displays the consistency and inconsistency of the medicines tested with prescription medicines, so that the examiner can appropriately perform the operation of the medicament withdrawal apparatus corresponding to the indication details.

Sixth, since the medicines injected by the aligning unit for aligning the injected medicines are spaced apart from the boundary surface of the compartment space at a predetermined interval, the accuracy of medicines inspections by the inspecting unit can be improved.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a medicine take-out apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of a medicinal automatic packaging machine provided with a medicament withdrawal device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a part of the medicament automatic dispenser according to the embodiment of the present invention and the medicament automatic dispenser disposed on the upper part of the medicament dispenser.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing only the medicine taking-out apparatus in FIG.
5 is an exploded perspective view of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in Fig.
FIG. 7 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a state in which the medicine automatic rotation unit and the lower base shown in FIG. 4 are separated.
8 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a medicine disposal port of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in FIG.
9 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in Fig.
10 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a medicine disposal port of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in FIG.
11 is a top view of the compartment space shown in Fig.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible. Further, the detailed description of known functions and configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. For the same reason, some of the components in the drawings are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a medicine take-out apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a perspective view of a medicinal automatic packaging machine provided with a medicament withdrawal device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a part of the medicament automatic dispenser according to the embodiment of the present invention and the medicament automatic dispenser disposed on the upper part of the medicament dispenser.

The medicine dispensing apparatus ADM is provided in the lower body 20 of the automatic medicine packing machine 1 shown in Fig. 2, and is provided with a medicine from the medicine dispensing apparatus 10, (Not shown) by one inspection unit.

The medicine dispensing apparatus (10) includes at least one of a tablet storage portion, an atypical tablet storage portion, a powdered medicine storage portion and a special handling medicine storage portion.

The tablet reservoir accommodates the regular tablet. The tablet storage unit may be configured to include a plurality of cassettes 3 for storing tablets for each type.

The atypical tablet storage portion houses an irregular tablet. Here, the irregularized tablet is a receiving part for receiving tablets whose shape is not constant like a half-piece tablet. The atypical tablet repository may be configured to include a plurality of automatic tablet feed cassettes for storing the amorphous tablets for each type.

The powder reservoir contains a powdered medicament.

The special handling medicine storage portion is a storage portion for storing tablets or amorphous tablets and is a storage portion for storing medicines which can not be stored in the tablet storage portion or the amorphous tablet storage portion for reasons of handling and management of the medicine. The specially treated medicament storage portion may be made to include the tray (4).

In order to perform this operation, the ADM is provided with at least two compartment spaces, an input unit, an inspection unit, a control unit, a re-inputting unit A display unit, and an input unit.

At this time, the injecting part, the inspecting part and the discharging part may be arranged to be disposed in any one of the plurality of compartment spaces conveyed by the rotary member, and at least one of the inserting part, But may be arranged to be placed in another compartment space other than the divided compartment space.

For example, the injecting portion and the inspecting portion may be arranged in the same compartment space, and the discharging portion may be arranged in the other compartment space.

The dosing unit injects one or more medicines into at least one of the compartment spaces. The dispensing portion may be a hopper or a drug dispensing passage for guiding the medicine discharged from at least one of the tablet storage portion, the atypical tablet storage portion, the acid storage portion, and the special handling medicine storage portion to at least one of the partition spaces.

According to an embodiment, the dosing unit may include a first dosing unit and a second dosing unit.

At this time, the first charging unit may be configured to inject the medicine collected from at least one of the tablet storage unit, the amorphous tablet storage unit, the acid storage unit and the special handling medicine storage unit into at least one of the partition spaces. ,

And the second dispensing portion may be configured to dispense the medicine collected from at least one of the storage portions except for the storage portion for providing the medicine to the first dispensing portion into at least one of the compartment spaces.

The first charging part and the second charging part may be disposed in different compartment spaces or in the same compartment space, respectively. When the first injecting unit and the second injecting unit are disposed in the same compartment space, one compartment of medicament can be injected into the compartment space in which the first introducing unit and the second introducing unit are disposed at a time.

FIG. 3 shows a case where the first charging part and the second charging part are disposed in different compartment spaces, and the parts denoted by reference numerals 210A and 210B correspond to the first charging part and the second charging part, respectively.

The inspecting unit is a device for inspecting medicines injected through the inserting unit, and inspects the injected medicines by photographing the compartment space where the inspecting unit is disposed.

The control unit judges whether or not the medicines inspected by the examination unit coincide with the medicines listed in the prescription. The control unit judges that when the test results include at least one of all omission of the medicine, partial omission of the medicine, overload of the medicine, misapplication of the medicine, and breakage of the medicine, the medicine is inconsistent with the prescription standard.

The reintroducing part reintroduces the medicine to match the prescription when it is judged that the medicines checked in the control part are inconsistent with the prescription standard. To this end, the re-entry unit may be placed in a compartment space into which medicines inconsistent with the medicinal product list are injected as a result of the inspection by the inspection unit. Further, the re-injecting unit may be arranged in the partition space having the inspection information details. That is, the re-dosing unit is disposed in any one of the divided spaces in which the examination is performed, and reintroduces the medicament into the compartment space containing the medicines that do not match on the prescription basis, in order to match the prescription.

The reintroducing portion can be supplied with the medicine reintroduced from the reintroducing medicine storage box designated in the medicine dispensing device 10. [ The reintroducing portion may be realized in the form of a hopper for guiding the medicine provided from the reintroducing medicine storage box to at least one of the compartment spaces.

At this time, the reintroduced medicine storage box may be any one of the cassettes provided in the tablet storage section, or one of the automatic tablet cassette automatic feed cassettes provided in the atypical tablet storage section, or one of the trays provided in the special handling medicine storage section It could be one.

According to the embodiment, the reintroduction unit may receive the medicine to be reintroduced through the external input port 221. In this case, the reintroduction portion may be configured to include a drug movement path shape for guiding the medicine injected from the external input port 221 to at least one of the partition spaces.

FIG. 3 shows a case where a medicine to be reintroduced through the external input port 221 is supplied, and a portion denoted by reference numeral 220 corresponds to a reintroduction portion. At this time, the external input port 221 can be controlled to be automatically opened when the tested medicament is inconsistent with the prescription basis.

The discharge part discharges the injected medicine. The discharge portion may include a first discharge portion for transferring the injected medicine toward the packaging device and a second discharge portion for transferring the injected medicine toward the medicine disposal.

According to the embodiment, the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion may be disposed in the same partition space or in different partition spaces.

Referring to FIG. 3, a portion denoted by reference numeral 310 corresponds to a first discharge portion. The first discharging unit discharges the medicine, which matches the prescription of the inspection result, to the packaging apparatus. The second discharge portion is omitted for the sake of brevity.

Referring to Fig. 1 again, a general embodiment in which a medicine injection operation, a medicine inspection operation, a medicine re-injection operation, and a medicine discharge operation performed in the medicine withdrawal device ADM according to the present invention are performed will be described.

The medicine drawing device ADM includes a plurality of compartment spaces C1, C2, ..., Cn divided by the medicine rotating unit 100. [ The medicine rotating unit 100 includes a rotating member 110 to be transported by the driving unit and a partitioning partition member 120 connected to the rotating member 110 to form the partitioning spaces C1 to Cn .

Although the six compartment spaces C1, C2, ..., Cn are shown in the drawings, this is merely a convenience of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The drug dispensing device ADM of the present invention can perform the operation of injecting a medicament, the operation of inspecting a medicament, the operation of injecting a medicament again, and the operation of discharging a medicament even when the present invention is implemented with two compartment spaces. The number of the compartment spaces to be used can be appropriately modified in accordance with the arrangement positions of the charging unit, the re-charging unit, the inspection unit, and the discharging unit.

The medicine taking-out device ADM may be provided so as to be disposed together in any one of the compartment spaces, where the input portion, the inspecting portion and the discharge portion are provided together in N compartment spaces (where N is a natural number) , At least one of the inspection unit and the discharge unit may be arranged so as to be disposed in another partition space other than the partition space in which the other remainder is disposed.

For example, the injecting portion and the inspecting portion may be arranged in the same compartment space, and the discharging portion may be arranged in the other compartment space.

At this time, if the introduction part is disposed in the partition space C1, the re-introduction part can be disposed in the same partition space C1 or placed in any of the remaining partition spaces C2, ..., CN except for the partition space C1 . The re-introduction portion may be located on the upper side with respect to the plane on which the N compartment spaces are to be transported. Referring to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the reintroducing part 220 is located above the position of the compartment space in the medicine drawing device ADM. With this arrangement, it is possible to drop the medicine by gravity. Therefore, the reintroduction portion can be formed with a simple structure.

The inspection unit may be disposed in the partition space in which the dosing unit is disposed, or may be disposed in any one of the partition spaces in the direction in which the partition space is conveyed. That is, the inspecting unit may be disposed in any one of the remaining compartment spaces in which the compartment space in which the medicines in the list of medicines described in the prescription are all collected, or the compartment space in which the medicines in the prescription drug list are all collected is transferred .

Since the inspecting unit inspects the injected medicines by photographing the divided spaces in which the inspecting unit is disposed, it is preferable that the inspecting unit is disposed in the compartment space in which all of the medicines on the prescription drug list are accommodated.

For example, when the medicine described in the prescription is composed of a medicine A, a medicine B and a medicine C, and a medicine A is injected into the input part A, a medicine B is injected into the medicine B and a medicine C is injected into the medicine C The inspection unit may be disposed in any one of the following compartment spaces of the compartment space in which the last C medicament dispensing unit is disposed or the last C medicament dispensing unit is disposed .

Since the re-dosing section is a dosing section for reintroducing the missing medicament for matching with the prescription, it is possible to select any of the next compartment spaces of the compartment space in which the medicines are inspected, that is, It is preferable to be disposed in one.

When the medicines listed in the prescription are all injected through one injection part, it is also possible to arrange both the injection part, the inspection part and the re-injection part in one compartment space.

That is, even when both the injecting unit, the examining unit and the re-injecting unit are disposed in the compartment space C1 and the discharging unit is disposed in the compartment space C2 so that the medicament extracting apparatus ADM has two compartment spaces, It is possible to operate normally.

In this way, the operation of the injecting unit, the inspecting unit, the re-inserting unit, and the discharging unit will be described in the case where the drug extracting apparatus ADM has only two divided spaces.

First, all of the medicines in one compartment (that is, the medicines in the prescription list) are put into the compartment space C1 through the input unit. Since the medicine may be different depending on the prescription, the medicine for one capsule may be composed of the medicine contained in the cassette, the medicine contained in the tray, or the medicine contained in the cassette and the tray. At this time, the dispensing portion may be a hopper connecting the medicine dropping from the cassette and the medicine dropping from the tray to one compartment space.

When the filling of one compartment is completed in the compartment space C1, the inspecting section captures the compartment space C1. The control unit analyzes the image photographed by the examination unit, recognizes the inputted medicine, and determines whether the recognized medicine matches the medicine list described in the prescription.

At this time, when the introduced medicines are adjacent to or close to the interface of the compartment space C1, the medicament may be occluded at the interface. Therefore, it is necessary to separate the injected medicine from the interface.

To this end, the medicament withdrawal device (ADM) according to the present invention includes an aligning part that separates the introduced medicines from the interface with a predetermined interval. As described above, since the inspecting unit photographs the injected medicine, the aligning unit is preferably disposed in the compartment space where the examining unit is disposed.

The alignment unit may be implemented as moving the bottom surface of the compartment space in which the inspection unit is disposed, or may be implemented as moving the partition member constituting the compartment space in which the inspection unit is disposed.

In the case of moving the bottom surface of the compartment space, vibration may be applied to the bottom surface to disperse the medicament. In this case, the vibration member that applies vibration to the bottom surface serves as the alignment part.

In the case of moving the partitioning member constituting the partitioning space, the partitioning member can be realized by moving the partitioning member a predetermined distance (for example, 10 mm) in the forward and backward directions with respect to the conveying direction of the partitioning space. In this case, It plays a role of wealth.

As another method for separating the medicine adhered to the interface of the compartment space C1, the dispensing part or the inspection part may include an alignment member for aligning the medicine contained in the compartment space C1.

The aligning member reciprocates leftward or rightward or upward and downward when viewed in the vertical direction (that is, the direction viewed from the upper surface). The alignment member may be configured to move the partition member, or may be implemented to move the bottom surface of the compartment space C1.

The alignment member is configured to separate the medicine from the partition member by a predetermined distance to prevent the partition member from being included in the drug image, so that the alignment member may be formed of a transparent material and sandwiched by the partition member. The alignment member will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG.

On the other hand, the control unit judges whether the drug injected into the compartment space C1 is completely missing, partially missing, overturned, misplaced, damaged, or broken, Check if the drug was not recognized.

At this time, the control unit controls the drug dispensing device (ADM) so as to perform operations corresponding to all omission of the medicine, partial omission of the medicine, overload of the medicine, misapplication of the medicine, And controls the discharging portion to discharge the medicine.

The discharge portion includes a first discharge portion for transferring the introduced medicine toward the packaging device and a second discharge portion for transferring the introduced medicine toward the medicine disposal,

The control unit allows one of the medicines corresponding to the prescription drug list to be discharged through the first outlet.

For example, the control unit controls the input unit when all of the medicines injected into the compartment space C1 are missing on the prescription basis, so that the medicines in one compartment are put into the compartment space C1 again as a result of the inspection. In other words, the medicine falls from the cassette 3 and the tray 4 and is controlled to be put back into the compartment C1.

As another example, if the medicines injected into the compartment space C1 as a result of inspection are missing on the prescription basis, the control unit controls the reinsertion unit so that only the missing medicines are put into the compartment space C1. In other words, the missing medicine is supplied through the auxiliary tray or the external input port 221 and is controlled to be inputted into the compartment space C1.

Thereafter, the inspecting unit photographs the compartment space C1, and the controller analyzes the photographed image by the inspecting unit, recognizes the injected medicine, and judges again whether or not the recognized medicine coincides with the prescription standard.

On the other hand, if the drug injected into the compartment space C1 as a result of examination shows that the medication is put on the prescription basis, the medicine is misplaced, or the medication is broken, the control unit controls the second discharging unit, .

The second discharge portion may be disposed on the lower side with respect to a plane in which the N compartment spaces are rotated, in at least one of the N compartment spaces. When the medicine drawing device ADM is provided with only two compartment spaces, it is preferable to arrange them in the compartment space C1.

That is, in the case where the medicines put in the compartment space C1 as a result of inspection are over-dosed with the prescription base, mis-injected medicines, or the medicines are broken (in other words, The discharge space is controlled to be opened so as to empty the compartment space C1. Thereafter, the control unit closes the second discharge unit and controls one compartment of the medicine to be introduced into the compartment space C1 through the input unit.

If the medicine inserted into the compartment space C1 matches the prescription standard, the control unit rotates the rotary member 110 to move the medicine contained in the compartment space C1 to the compartment space C2, And the discharged medicine is discharged to the packaging apparatus.

In another embodiment, the inspection section may be configured not to perform the inspection by photographing the compartment space C1 after the completion of the injection of one compartment of the compartment in the compartment space C1, but in a situation where only some of the medicines are put into the compartment space C1 The inspection may be performed in advance.

Since the medicament prepared in the tray 4 may contain an irregular medicament, the possibility of misapplication may be higher than the medicament prepared in the cassette 3. [ Therefore, the medicines prepared in the tray 4 are first put into the compartment space C1 to perform the inspection, and if there is an error in the medicines, the medicines can be discarded. That is, only the medicine injected from the tray 4 can be discarded. Therefore, it is possible to prevent all of the medicine in one capsule from being discarded.

The placement positions of the insertion unit, the examination unit, the re-insertion unit, and the discharge unit are not limited to the case where the medicine dispensing apparatus ADM is composed of two divided spaces, and the drug dispensing apparatus ADM may have two or more divided spaces The present invention is also applicable to a case in which a plurality is provided.

In other words, the placement positions of the injection section, the examination section, the re-introduction section and the discharge are not limited to the positions of the above-described compartment spaces but may be appropriately set within the range of the composition of the medicine group constituting one medicine and the above- Modifications are possible.

For example, the examining unit may be arranged in a compartment space into which the last medicament of the medicament group constituting the medicine of one capsule (that is, the medicines listed in the prescription) is introduced, And the reintroduction portion may be disposed in the partition space in which the inspection portion is disposed, or may be disposed in any of the next partition spaces based on the conveyance direction of the partition space.

According to another embodiment, the drug removal device ADM may further include a display unit 500 for displaying the details of the inspection. At this time, the inspection details may include details of inconsistencies of the tested medicines on the prescription basis.

2, the display unit 500 is provided in the medicine dispensing apparatus 10, but the position of the display unit 500 is not limited thereto. For example, the display unit 500 may be provided on the lower body 20, or may be supported on a table or a stand separately provided from the automatic medicine packing machine 1.

The display unit 500 may display at least one of a total omission of the medicine, a partial omission of the medicine, an overload of the medicine, a misapplication of the medicine, and the breakage of the medicine as disagreement details. In addition, the display unit 500 may display the unrecognizable details when the injected medicine is not recognized through the analysis of the photographed image. At this time, the displayed details may be displayed only in a text format or may be displayed as a captured image.

Meanwhile, the medicament withdrawal device ADM may further include an input unit 600 for receiving an operation command for performing an operation corresponding to the examination details. Specifically, it is possible to input an operation command to perform at least one of operations such as omission of all of the medicine, partial omission of the medicine, overload of the medicine, wrong insertion of the medicine, breakage of the medicine and unrecognition of the medicine.

The input unit 600 may be a switch button for receiving an operation command, or may be a touch input unit integrally provided with the display unit 500 as shown in FIG. The examiner can appropriately perform the operation of the medicine withdrawing apparatus corresponding to the details displayed on the display unit 500 through the input unit 600.

If it is possible to match the prescription with the reintroduction of the medicament as a result of the examination, the control unit may open the external input port 221 and display the missing medicament on the display unit 500. [ The inspector inserts the missing medicament into the external input port 221 and operates the input unit 600 to allow the inputted medicament to enter the medicament withdrawal device ADM.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a part of the medicament automatic dispenser according to the embodiment of the present invention and the medicament automatic dispenser disposed on the upper part of the medicament dispenser. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing only the medicine taking-out apparatus in FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in Fig. FIG. 7 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a state in which the medicine automatic rotation unit and the lower base shown in FIG. 4 are separated. 8 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a medicine disposal port of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in FIG.

Referring to Figs. 3 to 8, an example in which the medicine drawing device ADM includes eight compartment spaces will be described.

The medicine taking-out device ADM includes a medicine rotating unit 100, an upper case 200 and a lower case 300.

The medicine rotating unit 100 is formed of a combination of the straight line 130 and the curved line 140. However, the medicine rotating unit 100 according to the present invention is not limited to this, It is also possible. The partition space C may be formed in various forms according to the shape of the rotary member 110 and the number and shape of the partition members 120.

The upper and lower cases 200 and 300 are formed by combining the rectilinear section 130 and the curved section 140 and the shape of the medicine rotation unit 100 The following description will be made by way of example.

The upper case 200 is provided with injection portions 210A and 210B for injecting medicines on the upper side thereof. The charging units 210A and 210B may be formed as one or more than one as needed, but two charging units 210A and 210B are illustrated in the present embodiment. The insertion portion 210A is for inputting the medicine falling from the tray 4 which is used whenever necessary for reasons that can not be accommodated in the cassette, and the insertion portion 210B inserts the medicine that can be accommodated in the cassette It is assumed that it is a usage. The insertion portion 210A and the insertion portion 210B can be implemented in the form of a hopper for guiding the medicine discharged from the tray and the cassette to the corresponding partitioning space.

In addition, the upper case 200 is provided with a re-insertion portion 220 on the upper side where the missing medicine is reintroduced. The reintroduction unit 220 can be implemented in the form of a passage connected to the external input port 221 which can be immediately inserted into the missing drug.

The lower case 300 forms the bottom of the compartment space C where the medicament is disposed and a first discharge unit 310 and a second discharge unit 320 through which the medicine is discharged are formed on the lower side. The medicament is transferred through the first discharging portion 310 to the packaging portion located below the medicament withdrawal device ADM and packed.

The medicine rotating unit 100 is disposed between the upper case 200 and the lower case 300 and includes a rotating member 110 and a plurality of partitioning members 120.

The rotary member 110 is provided so as to be rotatable periodically by a driving unit (not shown). The partitioning member 120 is radially arranged with one end thereof fixed to the rotary member 110 so that the partition space C in which the medicine is disposed is rotated intermittently.

The rotating member 110 may be provided so that the partitioning member 120 transports the medicament by the rotational force for dispersing the medicament and has a rest period before transporting the adjacent compartment space so as to have time for examination of the medicament . In other words, the rotary member 110 can perform intermittent transfer and dribble transfer of the injected medicine by intermittent driving. By such a dribble, the medicament can be uniformly dispersed in the partition space C without being concentrated on the surface of the partitioning member 120.

The partitioning member 120 may be arranged to stand upright in a vertical direction, and some of the partitioning members 120 may include an elastic material to prevent damage to the medicine.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the partitioning member 120 may include a lower portion 121 in contact with the medicament and an end portion 122 in contact with the medicament may include a stretchable material.

Here, the rotary member 110 is formed in a chain shape to facilitate coupling with the partition member 120, and one end of the partition member 120 is fixed to the rotary member 120 by a hinge (H). Thus, the compartment space C can be varied according to the shape of the rotary member 110 and the arrangement of the partitioning members 120, so that various compartment spaces of the medicine rotating unit 100 can be easily set.

5 and 7, the upper case 200 and the medicine rotation unit 100 are provided to be detachable from the lower case 300 to facilitate the cleaning of the upper surface of the lower case 300 . As shown in FIG. 7, the medicine rotating unit 100 is fixedly coupled with the lower case 300 by a disengagement shaft S provided with a projection.

6, the medicine rotating unit 110 includes a pair of rectilinear portions 130 facing each other in a plane, and a pair of curved portions 140 facing each other connecting both ends of the rectilinear portion 130 .

9 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in Fig.

9, the medicine rotating unit 100 includes a pair of rectilinear sections 130A and 130B facing each other in a plane, and a pair of opposite curved lines connecting the opposite ends of the rectilinear sections 130A and 130B. The upper case 200 and the lower case 300 are provided to correspond to the shape of the medicine rotating unit 100. [

At this time, a plurality of partition spaces C arranged in the straight line portions 130A and 130B are formed, and the partition spaces C arranged in the curved portions 140A and 140B can be formed as one unit. The partition space C is defined as including 130A1, 130A2, 130A3, 130A4, 130B1, 130B2, 130B3, 130B4, 140A, 140B in FIG.

130A1, 130A2, 130A3, 130A4, 130B1, 130B2, 130B3, and 130B4, which are partition spaces (C) disposed in the linear portions 130A and 130B, serve as one or more of the input, air, inspection, . Of course, any one or more of the injection, the atmospheric, the inspection, the discharge and the disposal of the medicine may be arranged in the curved portions 140A and 140B as necessary.

Any one of the compartment spaces (C), for example, 130A1, is provided with a charging portion 210A serving as a primary charging of the medicine.

In addition, in the partition space C arranged, the partition space 130B1 may be provided with a loading portion 210B serving as a secondary injection of medicine.

The inspection unit 400 may be disposed on one side of the compartment space 130B1. That is, the medicines can be inspected directly in the compartment space 130B1 where the second injection of medicament is disposed. At this time, the medicines are scattered naturally due to the falling. In some cases, the scattered medicines may come into contact with the interface of the partition space 130B1, that is, the partition member 120.

In this case, since the drug recognition rate may be lowered, it is necessary to separate the medicine from the partitioning member 120. [

To this end, the medicament withdrawal device (ADM) according to the present invention includes an aligning part that separates the introduced medicines from the interface with a predetermined interval.

The aligning unit may be implemented to move the bottom surface of the partition space 130B1 or may be configured to move the partition member 120 constituting the partition space 130B1.

In the case of moving the bottom surface of the partition space 130B1, vibration may be applied to the bottom surface to disperse the medicament. In this case, the vibration member for vibrating the bottom surface serves as the alignment unit.

The partitioning member 120 can be implemented by moving the partitioning member 120 at a predetermined distance (for example, 10 mm) in the forward and backward directions with respect to the conveying direction of the partitioning space 130B1, The rotary member 110 for driving the partition member serves as an alignment unit.

The time required for the drug test can be minimized by the alignment process of the drug sorting unit.

On the other hand, the second compartment space 130B2 adjacent to the compartment space 130B1 may be arranged so that a second discharge port 320, which can be opened and closed at the lower side, communicates with the second compartment space 130B2 so as to dispose the medicine.

In addition, the first discharge portion 310 may be disposed in the next curved portion partition space 140B of the compartment space serving as the disposal of the curved portions 140A and 140B on the basis of the rotation direction. The medicine can be transferred to the packaging unit through the first discharge unit 310 and the packaging can be performed.

FIG. 10 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a medicine disposal port of the medicine taking-out apparatus shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 11 is a view showing the compartment space shown in FIG. 10 from the top.

When the introduced medicament is in close contact with the partitioning members 120a and 120b constituting the partition space 130B1 in which the inspection unit 400 is disposed, the partitioning members 120a and 120b may be covered with medicines. As a method for separating the closely adhered medicines, the alignment member R may be disposed in the partition space 130B1 in which the inspection unit 400 is disposed.

The alignment member R is provided on the bottom surface of the partition space 130B1 and may be connected to a driving member (not shown). When the driving member applies a short-circuit vibration to the alignment member R, the medicine is dispersed, so that the medicine adhered to the partition members 120a and 120b can be separated.

According to another embodiment, the alignment member R can be moved by a distance by which the medicament is separated in the direction of the compartment space 140A and the compartment space 130B by the driving member, and when the alignment member R moves, The medicines of the partition member 130B1 are aligned by the partition members 120a and 120b so that the medicines are spaced apart from the partition members 120a and 120b when the alignment member R is in position.

On the other hand, when the rotary member 110 is brought into close contact with the partitioning members 120a and 120b by a method of moving the rotary member 110 by a predetermined distance in the direction of the partition space 140A and the partition space 130B (for example, The drug can be separated.

The wall HS constituting the hinge H of the rotary member 110 may be formed to protrude so as to separate the medicine adhered to the hinge wall HS.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the partition member 120 is formed in a shape different from the width of the upper side and the width of the lower side, that is, a trapezoidal shape. More specifically, it is preferable that the width of the upper side is formed to have a trapezoidal cross section longer than the width of the lower side. The upper side of the partitioning member 120 is inclined toward the partitioning space 130B2 so that the inspection unit 400 can prevent the illumination of the partitioning member 120 from being reflected when the partitioning space 130B2 is photographed have.

In addition, at least one surface of the compartment space 130B1 in which the inspection unit 400 is disposed may be formed of a material through which light is transmitted so as to prevent shadows from being generated in the medicine. For example, the bottom surface of the compartment space 130B1 may be formed of a light transmitting material, or the partitioning member 120 may be formed of a light permeable material.

It is possible to provide lighting for photographing on the lower side (that is, the alignment member R) forming the partition space 130B1 by forming the bottom of the partition space 130B1 with a material transmitting light, 120 is formed of a material that transmits light, it is possible to eliminate a place where the light is not reflected, thereby preventing shadows from being generated in the medicine to be photographed.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of the present invention in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, and it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to no. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

1: automatic medicine packing machine 10: medicine dispensing device
20: Lower body 3: Cassette
4: Tray 9: Door
100: medicine rotating unit 110: rotating member
120: partition member 200: upper case
210: input portion 210a: first input portion
210b: second input portion 220: re-input portion
300: Lower case 310:
320: discarding unit 400:
500: display part 600: input part
ADM: Drug extraction device

Claims (26)

(N > = 2) transported by the rotating member, characterized in that:
An input unit for inputting a medicine;
An inspection unit for inspecting the injected medicine;
A discharge unit for discharging the introduced medicine; And
And a controller for determining whether the medicines inspected by the inspecting unit match the prescription list on the prescription,
The inserting portion, the inspecting portion, and the discharging portion are all disposed in any one of the N compartment spaces,
Wherein at least one of the charging unit, the inspection unit, and the discharging unit is disposed in another compartment space other than the compartment space in which the other remainder is disposed. The method according to claim 1,
The fact that the tested drug does not match the list of drugs,
Characterized in that it comprises at least one of a complete omission of the agent, a partial omission of the agent, an overdosing of the agent, a misapplication of the agent, and a breakdown of the agent. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Wherein a medicine is collected from a medicine dispenser and then introduced. The method of claim 3,
The medicine dispensing apparatus includes:
And at least one of the tablet storage portion, the atypical tablet storage portion, the acid storage portion, and the special handling medicine storage portion. The method of claim 4,
Wherein,
A first charging unit for charging the medicine collected from at least one of the tablet storage unit, the atypical tablet storage unit, the acid storage unit and the special handling medicine storage unit; And
And a second charging unit for charging the collected medicine from at least one of the storage units excluding the storage unit for supplying the medicine to the first charging unit. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the first charging part and the second charging part comprise:
And is disposed in the same compartment space. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the first charging part and the second charging part comprise:
And are arranged in different compartment spaces. The method according to claim 1,
And a reintroduction unit for reintroducing the drug to match the drug list if it is determined that the drug tested in the control unit does not match the drug list. The method of claim 8,
The re-
Wherein the inspecting unit is disposed in a compartment space into which medicines inconsistent with the medicines list are injected. The method of claim 8,
The re-
And the inspection information is placed in a partition space having inspection information details. The method according to claim 1,
The discharge portion
A first discharging portion for transferring the introduced medicament toward the packaging device; And
And a second discharging portion for transferring the introduced medicine toward the medicine disposal. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the first discharging portion and the second discharging portion,
And is disposed in the same compartment space. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the first discharging portion and the second discharging portion,
And are arranged in different compartment spaces. The method of claim 11,
Wherein at least one of the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion includes:
Wherein at least one of the N compartment spaces is disposed at a lower side with respect to a plane on which the N compartment spaces are to be conveyed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the N compartment spaces include:
And the N number of partitioning members having one end fixed to the rotating member. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an aligning portion for aligning the injected medicament. 19. The method of claim 18,
The alignment unit may include:
Wherein the inserting portion is disposed in a partition space in which the inspecting portion is disposed. 18. The method of claim 17,
The alignment unit may include:
And the injected medicine is spaced apart from the interface of the compartment space by a predetermined distance. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Further comprising an alignment member for aligning the medicament contained in the compartment space. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Further comprising an alignment member for aligning the medicament contained in the compartment space in which the test section is disposed. The method of claim 20,
The alignment member
Wherein the light emitting device is formed of a material through which light is transmitted. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the compartment space in which the inspection unit is disposed,
Wherein at least one of the surfaces is formed of a material through which light is transmitted. 16. The method of claim 15,
The partitioning member
Wherein a width of the upper side and a width of the lower side are different from each other in a trapezoidal cross section. 16. The method of claim 15,
The partitioning member
Wherein the light emitting device is formed of a material through which light is transmitted. (N > = 2) transported by the rotating member, characterized in that:
A first function execution unit for inputting a medicine;
A second function performing unit for inspecting the injected medicine;
A third function performing unit for discharging the introduced medicine; And
And a controller for determining whether the medicines inspected by the third function performing unit match the prescription basis,
The first function performing unit, the second function performing unit, and the third function performing unit may be arranged together in any one of the N compartment spaces,
Wherein at least one of the first function performing unit, the second function performing unit, and the third function performing unit is disposed in a different compartment space than the compartment space where the other function performing units are disposed. . 26. The method of claim 25,
Wherein the first function performing unit is an input unit for collecting and inputting the medicine from the medicine dispensing apparatus,
The second function performing unit is an examining unit for photographing the divided space and acquiring a drug image,
Wherein the third function performing unit is a discharge unit for transferring the introduced medicine toward the packaging apparatus or for transferring the introduced medicine toward the disposal of the medicine.

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