TWI723939B - How to take medicine from the medicine cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for taking medicine from a medicine cabinet is to prepare a medicine cabinet including a plurality of medicine box units. Each medicine box unit has a plurality of containing boxes and a plurality of lids that can be opened in time. The statistical data analysis and investigation of the types and quantities of medicines used in the prescriptions issued by the doctor reveals the percentage of each medicine ordered by the doctor. Most of the storage boxes store the predetermined quantity of medicines with the largest percentage of each medicine. Others A small part of the containing box stores other quantities of medicines that are different from the medicine with the largest percentage. The lid of the predetermined position is controlled and automatically opened according to the preset program, and the containing box corresponding to the opened lid is taken. medicine. In this way, the purpose of rapid drug withdrawal and drug safety can be achieved.

Description

How to take medicine from the medicine cabinet

The invention relates to a medicine cabinet, in particular to a method for taking medicine from the medicine cabinet.

There is a kind of medicine cabinet in which a large number of medicines are placed in most medicine compartments. The pharmacist takes out a predetermined number of medicines from each medicine compartment according to the doctor's order. However, the problem of taking the wrong medicine quantity when taking the medicine is easy to cause the safety or the medicine. Unable to achieve the problem of effective medication.

There is another kind of medicine cabinet (Taiwan Certificate No. M567033 Patent Case), which is divided into several layers of medicine racks. Each medicine rack is filled with medicine boxes. Each medicine rack can be pasted on the outer edge with a single point. Positioning the full-color LED light strip. The front elevation of the medicine box can be affixed with the name of the medicine, the medicine bar code and the storage location number.

When taking the medicine, the pharmacist removes the medicine box from the designated storage position (the one with white light or red light is highlighted), and scans the medicine code barcode on the medicine box with a handheld barcode reader. The medicine cabinet control host is in the handheld The quantity display on the barcode reader shows the quantity of the medicine to be picked up. After the pharmacist takes out the correct quantity of medicine from the medicine box, he scans the medicine code barcode on the medicine box with the handheld barcode reader to indicate that the medicine is picked up. , And notify the full-color LED at the same time The light strip controller changes the LED lamp bead in the storage position to blue to indicate that it has been picked up, until all the medicines have been picked up, after the pharmacist confirms the medicine cabinet control host informs the full-color LED light strip controller to extinguish all lights, and wait A prescription pad.

Although this medicine cabinet can achieve the intended purpose, when taking medicine, the pharmacist must scan the medicine code barcode on the medicine box with a handheld barcode reader, and the medicine cabinet control host is on the handheld barcode reader. The quantity display shows the quantity of the medicine to be picked up. Not only the medicine withdrawal speed is slow, but also the problem of manually taking a predetermined quantity of medicines will still cause the wrong quantity of medicines to be taken.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for taking medicines from a medicine cabinet that can take medicines correctly.

Therefore, the medicine taking method of the medicine cabinet of the present invention includes the following steps: (A) Prepare a medicine cabinet including a plurality of medicine box units, each medicine box unit has a plurality of storage boxes arranged in a row, and most of them are respectively arranged in the medicine cabinet. The box cover on one side of the container box can be controlled according to a preset program to operate from a closed state to an open state relative to the corresponding container box. (B) Use according to the specific medical hospital within a predetermined period of time Analyzing and investigating the statistical data of the types and quantities of medicines used in the prescriptions issued, the percentage of each medicine in the doctor’s orders was analyzed. (C) The quantity of each medicine stored in most of the containers of each medicine box unit The predetermined number of medicines with the largest percentage, and the other small part of the containing box stores other quantities of medicines that are different from the medicines with the largest percentage. (D) Controlled by a preset program and automatically turned on the special Set the box cover at the predetermined position of the medicine box unit, and (E) take medicine from the containing box corresponding to the opened box cover.

The effect of the present invention is that the above-mentioned simple steps can achieve the purpose of accurately taking the medicine, avoiding the wrong quantity of the medicine caused by human factors, and then producing the effect of medication safety.

1: medicine cabinet

10: Pill box unit

101: Drug Name

11: containing box

12: Box cover

121: hook

13: Electromagnetic control lock

14: Elastic parts

15: Indicator light

The other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiment with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the method for taking medicine in the medicine cabinet of the present invention; FIG. 2 is the implementation Part of the three-dimensional schematic diagram of the example; and Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the medicine extraction of the embodiment.

An embodiment of the medicine taking method of the medicine cabinet of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step 1: With reference to Figures 1 and 2, prepare a medicine cabinet 1 including a plurality of medicine box units 10, the medicine box units 10 are arranged in a matrix, and each medicine box unit 10 has a plurality of storage boxes 11 arranged in a row , Most are respectively provided on the box cover 12 on one side of the accommodating box 11, an electromagnetic control lock 13 installed on the accommodating box 11, an elastic member installed between the accommodating box 11 and the box cover 12 14, and most of the display lights 15 corresponding to each accommodating box 11 respectively. For the convenience of description, only one containing box 11, one box cover 12, one electromagnetic control lock 13, and one elastic member of one of the medicine box units 10 are shown in FIG. 14 and a display light 15. The box covers 12 can be operated from a closed state to an open state with respect to the corresponding containing box 11 according to a preset program control. The medicine cabinet 1 is marked with a medicine name 101 on one side of each medicine box unit 10 ( As indicated in Figure 1, only indicated by A to J). The outer side of each box cover 12 of each medicine box unit 10 is marked with the number of medicines, and the inner side of the box cover 12 is provided with a hook 121. Moreover, each electromagnetic control lock 13 can be controlled to switch between a power-off state and a power-on state according to a preset program. When each electromagnetic control lock 13 is in the power-off state, the box cover 12 is closed on the containing box 11, and each When an electromagnetic control lock 13 is in the energized state, the box cover 12 is acted on by the elastic force of the elastic member 14 to open the accommodating box 11, and each electromagnetic control lock 13 simultaneously emits a control indicator light 15 when in the energized state Gives a signal of bright light.

Step 2: Analyze and investigate the percentage of each medicine ordered by the doctor based on the statistical data of the type and quantity of medicines issued on the prescriptions issued by the specific medical hospital during the predetermined period. For example, if the doctor ordered one medicine A It accounts for 20%, 60% with two medicines A, 10% with three medicines, and 10% with four medicines (for simplified explanation, only medicine A is explained here).

Step 3: Most of the accommodating boxes 11 of each medicine box unit 10 store the predetermined number of medicines with the largest percentage of each medicine, and the other small part of the accommodating boxes 11 store different from the medicine with the largest percentage. Other quantities of potions. For example, in the medicine box unit 10 used for storing medicine A in FIG. 1, one medicine A is placed in the first and second accommodating boxes 11 from the left, and the third to eighth accommodating boxes 11 Placed two The ninth container 11 contains three medicines A, and the tenth container 11 contains four medicines A. In the medicine box unit 10 for storing medicine B, one medicine B is placed in the first to seven accommodating boxes 11 from the left, and the eighth housing box 11 contains two medicines B. The ninth accommodating box 11 contains three medicines B, and the tenth accommodating box 11 contains four medicines B. The accommodating boxes 11 used to store the medicines C to J are also respectively placed with a predetermined number of medicines, and no further explanation is needed.

Step 4: As shown in Fig. 3, the electromagnetic control lock 13 which controls the predetermined position according to the preset program is energized, and the lock of the hook 121 on the inner side of the box cover 12 is released, and the elastic force of the elastic member 14 is used And the box cover 12 of the medicine box unit 10 at a specific position is opened, and the containing box 11 corresponding to the opened box cover 12 is opened, and at the same time, the display lamp 15 emits bright light. For example, in FIG. 3, the medicine box unit 10 for storing medicine A, and the third box cover 12 from the left is opened, and the two medicines A pre-placed in the third container 11 are available for taking medicine. . In FIG. 3, the medicine box unit 10 for storing medicine B, and the first box cover 12 from the left is opened, and a medicine B pre-placed in the first container 11 is available for taking medicine. In Fig. 3, the medicine box unit 10 for storing medicine C, and the first box cover 12 from the left is opened, and a medicine C pre-placed in the first container 11 is available for taking medicine. In Fig. 3, the medicine box unit 10 for storing medicine D, and the second cover 12 from the left is opened, and the two medicines D pre-placed in the second container 11 are available for taking medicine.

Step 5: To the accommodating box 11 that is open and that the indicator light 15 emits bright light Take medicine. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, two medicines A, one medicine B, one medicine C, and two medicines D can be taken out of the container box 11 that is open.

Therefore, by using the above-mentioned continuous steps, the pharmacist can easily take out the correct amount of medicine from the accommodating box 11 at the predetermined position, which not only takes the medicine fast but also takes the medicine correctly, and can achieve the purpose of medication safety.

It is worth mentioning that when the containing boxes 11 corresponding to the predetermined number of medicines to be taken out have been completely taken out, as shown in FIG. 1, in the containing box 11 for placing two medicines A When all the medicines have been taken out, according to the preset program control, you can control the opening of the first lid 12 and the second lid 12 of medicine A from the left, and you can also take out two medicines A. Therefore, no Will affect the effectiveness of taking medicine.

In summary, the medicine cabinet of the present invention has simple overall steps, can avoid the problem of wrong medicine quantity, and can indeed achieve the purpose of the invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification still belong to Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

1: medicine cabinet

10: Pill box unit

101: Drug Name

11: containing box

12: Box cover

121: hook

13: Electromagnetic control lock

14: Elastic parts

15: Indicator light

Claims (6)

A method for taking medicine from a medicine cabinet includes the following steps: (A) Prepare a medicine cabinet including a plurality of medicine box units, each medicine box unit has a plurality of storage boxes arranged in a row, and most of them are respectively arranged in the storage boxes The box cover on one side of the box, which can be controlled by a preset program from a closed state to an open state relative to the corresponding containing box; (B) Use the opened state according to the predetermined period of the specific medical hospital Analyzing and investigating the statistical data of the types and quantities of the medicines used in the prescription, the percentage of each medicine in the doctor's orders; (C) The most of the containing boxes of each medicine box unit account for the largest percentage of each medicine. A predetermined number of medicines, other small part of the containing boxes store other quantities of medicines that are different from the largest percentage of medicines; (D) Control and automatically open the lid of the predetermined position of the specific medicine box unit according to the preset program; and ( E) Take medicine from the containing box corresponding to the opened lid. The medicine taking method of the medicine cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the medicine box units of the medicine cabinet prepared in step (A) are arranged in a matrix. The medicine taking method of the medicine cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the medicine name is marked on one side of each medicine box unit of the medicine cabinet prepared in step (A). The medicine taking method of the medicine cabinet according to claim 3, wherein the medicine cabinet prepared in the step (A) has the medicine quantity marked on one side of each accommodating box of each medicine box unit. The method for taking medicine from the medicine cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the medicine cabinet prepared in step (A) further includes a plurality of electromagnetic controllers corresponding to each accommodating box. A lock, and an elastic member installed between the accommodating box and the box cover, each electromagnetic control lock can be switched between a power-off state and a power-on state, each electromagnetic control lock is in the power-off state The box cover is closed on the accommodating box, and when each electromagnetic control lock is in the energized state, the box cover is acted on by the elastic force of the elastic member and the accommodating box is opened. The method for taking medicine from the medicine cabinet according to claim 5, wherein the medicine cabinet prepared in step (A) further includes a plurality of display lights corresponding to each accommodating box, and each electromagnetic control lock is in the energized state. At the same time, it sends out a signal to control the indicator light to emit light.

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