WO2019137398A1

WO2019137398A1 - Traditional chinese medicine automatic dispensing device and method

Info

Publication number: WO2019137398A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/070985
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李仪
Original assignee: 李仪
Priority date: 2018-01-11
Filing date: 2019-01-09
Publication date: 2019-07-18

Abstract

A traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing device (100) and method (200). The automatic dispensing device (100) comprises: a plurality of medicine reservoirs (110) respectively used to store different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines; a plurality of gauges (120) respectively for weighing traditional Chinese medicines from the plurality of medicine reservoirs (110) and selecting the traditional Chinese medicines of desired dosages; and a movable medicine collector (130), configured to move to the plurality of gauges (120) in sequence in order to collect the traditional Chinese medicines of desired dosages from at least a part of the gauges (120) among the plurality of gauges (120). The movable medicine collector (130) is used to collect from different medicine reservoirs (110) the traditional Chinese medicine materials already weighed by the gauges (120), thereby realizing automatic dispensing of the traditional Chinese medicines, saving time and labor and avoiding mistakes possibly caused by human factors.

Description

Automatic dispensing device and method for traditional Chinese medicine

cross reference

The present application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application Serial No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Publication No

Technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of medical equipment, and in particular relates to an automatic dispensing device and method for traditional Chinese medicine.

Background technique

The development of Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years and is a valuable legacy left by Chinese civilization to modern society. Chinese medicine plays a vital role in both treatment and health care.

However, at present, the dispensing process of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, what we usually call "catch medicine", brings a lot of inconvenience to the users of traditional Chinese medicine. Usually, according to the patient's condition or physical condition, the Chinese medicine doctor will prescribe a Chinese medicine prescription that can achieve therapeutic or health effects, and often contains a multi-flavored medicine, each of which has a specific weight. When the patient takes the prescription in the Chinese medicine pharmacy, the pharmacist needs to manually weigh each medicinal material to select the weight recorded in the prescription, and then mix the medicinal herbs and divide them into multiple portions for multiple times. Take it.

It can be seen that the artificial Chinese medicine dispensing process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it may also bring about human error, which will greatly reduce the efficacy of the drug, and even have a negative impact on the body after taking the patient.

Summary of the invention

The application provides an automatic dispensing device and method for traditional Chinese medicine.

According to an aspect of the present application, an automatic dispensing device for a traditional Chinese medicine includes: a plurality of storage bins for respectively storing different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines; and a plurality of gauges for respectively weighing the traditional Chinese medicines from the plurality of storage bins And selecting a desired dose of the traditional Chinese medicine; and a movable drug collector sequentially moving to the plurality of meters to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from at least a portion of the plurality of meters.

According to one embodiment, the apparatus further includes: a plurality of drug breakers respectively located between the drug storage bin and the meter, and respectively crushing the block-shaped Chinese medicines from the plurality of drug storage bins, To form a powder or granules.

According to an embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: an operating track disposed corresponding to the plurality of gauges to enable the movable collective to be sequentially moved along the running track to the plurality of gauges To collect the selected dose of Chinese medicine.

According to an embodiment, the movable medicine collector includes: a medicine carrying portion for holding a Chinese medicine; and a moving portion connected to the medicine carrying portion and driving the medicine carrying portion to sequentially move to the plurality Meters.

According to an embodiment, the apparatus further includes: a first wireless signal transceiving module integrated in the movable collective; a plurality of second wireless signal transceiving modules respectively located at the meter; and a controller, according to the The interaction result between the first wireless signal transceiving module and the second wireless signal transceiving module controls the movable accumulator to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter.

According to one embodiment, the first wireless signal transceiving module mates with the second wireless signal transceiving module at the meter when the movable divers are moved to each of the meters, And when the matching is successful, the controller controls the movable concentrator to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter.

According to one embodiment, the plurality of drug breakers are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of drug storage bins, and the plurality of gauges are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of drug breakers.

According to one embodiment, each of the drug storage bins includes: a drug amount monitor for monitoring a dose in the drug storage bin, and when the drug amount in the drug storage bin is less than a preset threshold Alert.

According to another aspect of the present application, the automatic dispensing method of the traditional Chinese medicine comprises: separately weighing different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines from a plurality of storage bins by using a plurality of gauges, and respectively selecting the required doses of the traditional Chinese medicine; The concentrator is sequentially moved to the plurality of gauges; and the selected dose of Chinese medicine is collected from at least a portion of the plurality of gauges by the movable concentrator.

According to one embodiment, the method further comprises: crushing the bulk traditional Chinese medicines from the plurality of storage bins to form a powder or granules before weighing the traditional Chinese medicine.

According to one embodiment, the moveable sumps are sequentially moved along the running track to the plurality of meters.

According to one embodiment, the step of collecting the selected dose of Chinese medicine from at least a portion of the plurality of gauges by the movable concentrator comprises: moving the movable concentrator with the plurality of meters The matching is performed separately; and the movable abstractor is controlled to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter according to the matching result.

According to one embodiment, the method further comprises: monitoring a dose in the reservoir; and issuing an alarm when the dose in the reservoir is less than a predetermined threshold.

Therefore, the movable medicine collector can be used to collect the traditional Chinese medicines that have been weighed by the meter from different storage bins, thereby realizing automatic dispensing of the traditional Chinese medicine, saving time and labor, and avoiding errors that may be caused by human factors.

DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an automatic dispensing device for a traditional Chinese medicine according to an embodiment of the present application.

2 shows a schematic view of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a movable collective in accordance with an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing device according to another embodiment.

Figure 5 shows a schematic view of a drug storage bin in accordance with one embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 6 shows a flow chart of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing method according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing method according to another embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows a flow chart of the above step S230 according to another embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing method according to another embodiment.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the following description is merely exemplary and is not intended to limit the application. In the following description, the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the Different features in the different embodiments described below can be combined with each other to form other embodiments within the scope of the present application.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an automatic dispensing device for a traditional Chinese medicine according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic dispensing device 100 of traditional Chinese medicine includes a plurality of drug storage bins 110, a plurality of gauges 120, and a movable drug collector 130.

Each of the drug storage bins 110 can be used to store different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, respectively. In the present embodiment, the number of the drug storage bins 110 can be set according to actual needs for storing different kinds of Chinese medicines. For example, a traditional Chinese medicine can be stored in a storage bin 110. Although only three storage bins 110 are shown in FIG. 1, due to the wide variety of traditional Chinese medicines, dozens, hundreds, or even upper Thousand storage bins 110 are used for independent storage of different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines. In addition, although each of the drug storage bins 110 shown in FIG. 1 is arranged in a straight line, each of the drug storage bins 110 may be arranged in a matrix arrangement or in any other suitable manner depending on the number of drug storage bins and the actual space requirements. Those skilled in the art can understand that each of the storage bins 110 can be appropriately sized and shaped according to actual needs, so as to store different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines.

Each meter 120 can separately weigh the traditional Chinese medicine from each storage bin 110 and select the required dose of the traditional Chinese medicine. In the present embodiment, the number of the gauges 120 may be the same as that of the drug storage bin 110, and corresponds one-to-one with the drug storage bin 110, that is, as shown in FIG. 1, a meter is disposed under each of the drug storage bins 110. 120, for weighing the traditional Chinese medicine from the corresponding storage bin 110, and selecting the required dose of the traditional Chinese medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine stored in the medicine storage tank 110 can be discharged to the meter 120 through the medicine outlet provided at the lower portion thereof. Those skilled in the art can understand that an appropriate gauge can be selected as the gauge 120 in the present embodiment according to actual conditions.

The movable concentrator 130 can be sequentially moved to the plurality of gauges 120 to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from at least a portion of the plurality of gauges 120.

Therefore, the movable medicine collector can be used to collect the traditional Chinese medicines that have been weighed by the meter from different storage bins, thereby realizing automatic dispensing of the traditional Chinese medicine, saving time and labor, and avoiding errors that may be caused by human factors. In addition, since the present application uses a movable drug collector to collect different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, the container, paper or bag of the Chinese herbal medicines containing the prescription can be laid on the movable medicine collector before taking the medicine for one prescription. To avoid secondary pollution caused by mutual contamination of traditional Chinese medicines when formulating different prescriptions.

2 shows a schematic view of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing device according to another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, in addition to the drug storage bin 110, the meter 120, and the movable drug collector 130, the automatic dispensing device 100 of the Chinese medicine further includes a plurality of drug breakers 140. For the sake of brevity, only the differences between the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 1 will be described below, and a detailed description of the same will be omitted.

Each of the medicine breakers 140 may be located between the medicine storage tank 110 and the meter 120, and respectively crush the bulk medicines from the medicine storage tank 110 to form powder or granules. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, since most Chinese herbal medicines have been made into the form of pieces, it is necessary to crush various Chinese medicine pieces before dispensing, in order to be able to weigh the required weight of Chinese medicine. A medicine breaker is arranged between the medicine storage bin and the meter, and the Chinese medicine piece can be crushed before weighing to facilitate weighing. The traditional Chinese medicine stored in the medicine storage tank 110 can be discharged to the medicine breaker 140 through the medicine outlet provided at the lower portion thereof, and the Chinese medicine medicine crushed by the medicine breaker 140 can be discharged to the meter through the medicine outlet provided at the lower portion thereof. 120.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that each of the drug breakers 140 can be disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the respective drug storage bins 110, and each of the gauges 120 can also be disposed in one-to-one correspondence with each of the drug breakers 140. However, it can be understood that for some traditional Chinese medicines that do not require crushing treatment, a medicine breaker may not be provided between the corresponding medicine storage bin and the meter.

According to one embodiment of the present application, the automatic dispensing device 100 of the traditional Chinese medicine may further include a running track (not shown). The running track can be arranged corresponding to each meter 120 for enabling the movable drawer 130 to be sequentially moved along the running track to each meter 120 to collect the selected dose of the medicine. Thereby, the arrangement of the respective tracks at each meter ensures that the movable drug collector can be moved to the respective meters for the collection of the Chinese medicine. Accordingly, the movable drug collector may be a mobile cart containing a Chinese medicine medicinal material that can travel along the running track to receive the Chinese medicine at each meter 120. Alternatively, the movable concentrator can also be a device having a drug reservoir and a robotic arm that can travel along the running track to grasp the Chinese medicine at each meter 120.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a movable collective in accordance with an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3, the movable medicine collector 130 includes a medicine carrying portion 131 and a moving portion 132. The medicine carrier 131 can hold the Chinese medicine. The moving portion 132 is connected to the medicine carrying portion 131, and drives the medicine carrying portion 131 to sequentially move to each of the gauges 120 to collect the Chinese medicine. For example, the moving portion 132 may be a wheel that can travel along the running track to drive the medicine carrying portion 131 to travel along the running track.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing device according to another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, in addition to the drug storage compartment 110, the meter 120, and the movable medicine collector 130, the automatic dispensing device 100 of the traditional Chinese medicine further includes a first wireless signal transceiver module 150 and a plurality of second wireless signal transceiver modules 160. And controller 170. For the sake of brevity, only the differences between the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 1 will be described below, and a detailed description of the same will be omitted.

The first wireless signal transceiving module 150 can be integrated into the movable concentrator 130, that is, can be disposed inside or on the surface of the movable concentrator 130. The information of the traditional Chinese medicine to be collected may be input to the first wireless signal transceiver module 150 before the movable collective 130 is started.

Each of the second wireless signal transceiving modules 160 can be located at each of the meters 120. The information of the traditional Chinese medicine stored in the corresponding medicine storage bin 110 can be preset in each of the second wireless signal transceiver modules 160.

The controller 170 can control the movable concentrator 130 to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter 120 according to the interaction result of the first wireless signal transceiving module 150 and the second wireless signal transceiving module 160. According to one embodiment, the first wireless signal transceiving module 150 matches (ie, interacts with) the second wireless signal transceiving module 160 at the meter 120 as the movable diverter 130 moves to each meter 120. If the traditional Chinese medicine information to be collected by the first wireless signal transceiver module 150 includes the traditional Chinese medicine information preset in the second wireless signal transceiver module 160, the movable collective 130 needs to be from the meter 120. The selected dose of Chinese medicine is collected, that is, the matching is successful. When the matching is successful, the controller 170 controls the movable concentrator 130 to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter 120, that is, to control the movable concentrator 130 to slightly stay at the meter 120 to collect The meter 120 is weighed and then continues to travel. If the match is unsuccessful, the controller 170 controls the moveable concentrator 130 not to collect the Chinese medicine from the meter 120 and proceeds directly to the next meter 120.

A person skilled in the art can select an appropriate first wireless signal transceiver module and a second wireless signal transceiver module to be disposed in the automatic medicine dispensing device of the present application according to actual needs. For example, the first wireless signal transceiver module and the second wireless signal transceiver module may each employ a short-range wireless communication module such as an NFC module.

Figure 5 shows a schematic view of a drug storage bin in accordance with one embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 5, the drug storage bin 110 can include a dose monitor 111. The dose monitor 111 can monitor the amount of drug in the drug storage bin 110 and issue an alarm when the dose in the drug storage bin 110 is less than a predetermined threshold. For example, when the dose in the drug storage tank 110 is less than a preset threshold, the dose monitor 111 may send an alarm sound signal and/or an alarm light signal to remind the operator that the medicine storage tank needs to be supplemented with the corresponding medicine material. .

FIG. 6 shows a flow chart of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6, the method 200 includes steps S210 to S230.

In step S210, different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines from a plurality of storage bins are respectively weighed by using a plurality of gauges, and the required doses of the traditional Chinese medicines are respectively selected. In step S220, the movable collective is sequentially moved to a plurality of meters. In step S230, the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine is collected from at least a portion of the plurality of meters using the movable collective.

FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing method according to another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, in addition to steps S210 to S230, the method 200 further includes step S205. For the sake of brevity, only the differences between the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 6 will be described below, and a detailed description of the same will be omitted.

In step S205, that is, before step S210, the bulk Chinese medicines from the plurality of drug storage bins are respectively crushed to form a powder or granules.

According to one embodiment of the present application, the movable sumps can be sequentially moved to a plurality of gauges along the running track.

FIG. 8 shows a flow chart of the above step S230 according to another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the above step S230 may include sub-steps S231 and S232.

In sub-step S231, the movable collective is matched with the plurality of meters, respectively. In sub-step S232, the movable aggregator is controlled to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter according to the matching result.

FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of a traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing method according to another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, in addition to steps S210 to S230, the method 200 further includes steps S240 and S250. For the sake of brevity, only the differences between the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 6 will be described below, and a detailed description of the same will be omitted.

In step S240, the amount of the drug in the drug storage bin is monitored. In step S250, an alarm is issued when the dose in the drug storage bin is less than a preset threshold.

It should be noted that the order of occurrence of each step in the above method flow charts is merely exemplary. In some alternative embodiments, the order of execution of the various steps may be reversed or performed simultaneously.

Although the above description includes many specific arrangements and operations, it should be noted that these specific arrangements and operations are merely illustrative of one embodiment of the present application. This should not be construed as limiting the scope of the application. A person skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions can be made thereto without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the application should be construed in the light of the claims.

Claims

An automatic dispensing device for traditional Chinese medicine, comprising:

Multiple storage bins for storing different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines;

a plurality of gauges for weighing the traditional Chinese medicines from the plurality of storage bins and selecting the required doses of the traditional Chinese medicine;

A movable sumps are sequentially moved to the plurality of gauges to collect a selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from at least a portion of the plurality of gauges.
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

A plurality of drug breakers are respectively located between the drug storage bin and the meter, and respectively crush the block-shaped traditional Chinese medicines from the plurality of drug storage bins to form powder or granules.
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

A running track is disposed corresponding to the plurality of gauges to enable the movable collective to be sequentially moved along the running track to the plurality of gauges to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine.
The device of claim 1 wherein said movable collective comprises:

a drug carrying department for containing Chinese medicine;

The moving portion is connected to the medicine carrying portion and drives the medicine carrying portion to sequentially move to the plurality of meters.
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a first wireless signal transceiver module integrated in the movable collective device;

a plurality of second wireless signal transceiving modules respectively located at the meter;

The controller controls the movable concentrator to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter according to the interaction result between the first wireless signal transceiver module and the second wireless signal transceiver module.
The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said first wireless signal transceiving module and said second wireless signal at said meter are moved by said movable collector to each of said meters The transceiver module performs matching, and when the matching is successful, the controller controls the movable drawer to collect the selected dose of the Chinese medicine from the meter.
The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of medicine breakers are in one-to-one correspondence with said plurality of medicine storage tanks, and said plurality of meters correspond to said plurality of medicine breakers in one-to-one correspondence.
The device of claim 1 wherein each of said drug storage bins comprises:

a dose monitor for monitoring the dose in the drug storage bin and issuing an alarm when the dose in the drug storage bin is less than a preset threshold.
An automatic dispensing method for traditional Chinese medicine, comprising:

Using a plurality of meters to separately weigh different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines from a plurality of storage bins, and respectively selecting the required doses of the traditional Chinese medicine;

Moving the movable sumps sequentially to the plurality of gauges;

The selected dose of Chinese medicine is collected from at least a portion of the plurality of meters by the moveable dispenser.
The method of claim 9 further comprising:

Before weighing the traditional Chinese medicine, the bulk Chinese medicines from the plurality of storage bins are respectively crushed to form a powder or granules.
The method of claim 9 wherein said movable sumps are sequentially moved along said running track to said plurality of meters.
The method of claim 9 wherein the step of collecting the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from at least a portion of the plurality of gauges using the movable summarizer comprises:

Matching the movable collective with the plurality of meters; and

The movable concentrator is controlled to collect the selected dose of the traditional Chinese medicine from the meter according to the matching result.
The method of claim 9 further comprising:

Monitoring the amount of the drug in the drug storage bin;

An alarm is issued when the dose in the drug storage bin is less than a preset threshold.