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JP3771741B2
JP3771741B2 JP09663199A JP9663199A JP3771741B2 JP 3771741 B2 JP3771741 B2 JP 3771741B2 JP 09663199 A JP09663199 A JP 09663199A JP 9663199 A JP9663199 A JP 9663199A JP 3771741 B2 JP3771741 B2 JP 3771741B2
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【0001】
【産業上の利用分野】
この発明は、錠剤や散薬、分包袋等を収納する薬袋を患者名や優先順位などの条件に基づいて振分けるための振分け装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術及びその課題】
この種の薬袋は、通常、印字装置においてその表面に患者名や用法、注意事項等の情報を印字された後収納ケースに一旦収納され、その後薬袋の内部に錠剤や分包袋等が投入される手順がとられている。
【0003】
この手順を行う薬局などの調剤作業においては、薬の調剤に対して患者別に優先順位を設けたり、印字内容の変更やプリントミス等により薬袋を再発行する場合が生じる。
このような場合、従来では、薬袋の混合を防ぐため他の薬袋の製袋や印字を中断して対象となる薬袋だけを製袋・印字しており、作業能率を低下させていた。
【0004】
そこで、この発明は、その調剤作業の大幅な効率化を図ることを課題とする。
【0005】
【課題を解決するための手段】
この発明は、上記の課題を解決するため、患者名別に薬袋印字情報が印字された薬袋を送る搬送路と、その薬袋を上記搬送路から受入れて振分ける振分け手段とを備え、上記搬送路には優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋が送り込まれ、上記振分け手段は、その優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋を他の薬袋と区別して振分けるようにして成る薬袋の振分け装置としたのである。
【0006】
【作用】
上記の構成としたこの発明の薬袋振分け装置では、薬袋印字情報が印字された薬袋が搬送路へ送り込まれて振分け手段に至る。
【0007】
このとき、上記薬袋に優先順位を設けたものや再発行のものがあれば、上記振分け手段は、その優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋を他の薬袋と区別して振分る。
【0008】
【実施例】
図1(a)は、薬袋の製袋・印字装置に振分け装置を連結した実施例を示しており、この例では、1台の製袋装置1で製袋した薬袋Tを3台の印字装置2、3、4に分配し、その表面にそれぞれ患者名や用法等の情報を印字する。
【0009】
この印字された薬袋Tは、次に各印字装置2、3、4と連結した複数の搬送路5、6、7を介して搬出用コンベヤ8に送られ、その搬出用コンベヤ8の端部に設置した収納ケース9内に投入される。この収納ケース9の内側には、図2に示すように、そのケース内部を2つの収納部10、11に仕切る振分け板12が揺動可能に取り付けられている。この振分け板12は、中央部がリンク13を介してカム円板14に連結され、このカム円板14にこのカム円板を回転させる駆動モータM15が連結されている。
【0010】
また、カム円板14の周縁には、180度の対向位置に一対の切欠溝16、16が形成され、その各切欠溝16、16を検出するための近接スイッチ17、17が駆動モータ15の端面に取付けられている。この構造では、切欠溝16、16と近接スイッチ17、17が一致する範囲でカム円板14を回動させると、振分け板12が、図2において実線位置と鎖線位置との間を揺動し、搬出用コンベヤ8から排出される薬袋を各収納部10、11に振分けて収納する。
【0011】
また、各搬送路5、6、7の排出側ローラ18の外側と、搬出用コンベヤ8の排出側端部には、それぞれ薬袋の存在を検出する検出器19、20、21、22が設けられており、これら各検出器19、20、21、22の信号は、図1(b)に示すようにマイクロコンピュータ等の制御装置(CPU)23に出力される。
【0012】
一方、制御装置23は、各搬送路に設けた検出器19、20、21が薬袋を検出すると、その薬袋を一旦排出側ローラ18に噛み込んだ状態で待機させ、搬出用コンベヤ8の検出器22がオフの条件(搬出用コンベヤ8上に薬袋が存在しない状態)において、薬袋を搬出用コンベヤ8に送り出すようになっている。
【0013】
また、制御装置23には、オンラインでデータメモリ24が接続し、そのデータメモリに、各薬袋の表面に印字する患者名や用法等の印字情報が収納されており、制御装置23は、製袋装置1で製袋された薬袋が各印字装置2、3、4に分配されると、データメモリ24から各印字装置に対して薬袋に印字する情報を出力し、印字装置の動きを制御するようになっている。
【0014】
さらに、制御装置23は、振分け板12の駆動モータ15の駆動回路25と接続し、後述するように駆動モータ15の作動を制御するようになっており、また、外部入力器26が接続して、制御モードや印字装置の制御に必要な各種のデータを外部から制御装置23に直接入力できるように構成されている。
【0015】
この実施例は上記のように構成されており、次にその作用を説明する。薬袋の振分けを行なうには、先ず、制御装置23に対して、患者名別の振分けか、或いは優先順位や再発行に基づく振分けかの振分けの種類を決める制御モードを、外部入力器26を介して指令する。
【0016】
この場合、患者名別の振分けの場合は、その制御モードを指定するだけで、データメモリ24の情報に基づいて振分けが行なわれるが、優先順位や再発行に基づく振分けの場合は、制御モードと共に、優先される患者名や、優先順位、又は再発行する患者名等のデータを制御装置23に指令する。
【0017】
このように制御モードを指定した後、製袋装置1から各印字装置2、3、4に薬袋が分配されると、制御装置23からそれぞれの印字装置2、3、4に対して印字情報が出力され、薬袋の印字が行なわれる。
【0018】
印字された薬袋が、次に各搬送路5、6、7に送られ、排出側ローラ18の位置で待機すると、各検知器19、20、21から信号が制御装置23に出力される。この状態で、制御装置23においては、各々の印字装置に分配された薬袋にどのような印字情報が印字されているか特定できているので、待機位置にある薬袋とその印字情報とを判別することができる。
【0019】
このため、その印字情報と制御モードの内容に基づいて駆動モータ15を駆動し、振分け板12を揺動させて薬袋を所定の収納部10、11に収納する。なお、この場合、各検出器19、20、21のうち2つ又は3つの検出器から同時に薬袋の待機状態が出力された場合は、各薬袋に優先順位があるときはその順位通りに、また優先順位がないときは制御装置23に入力された印字情報の古い順に薬袋を搬出用コンベヤ8に送り出し、収納ケース9に振分ける。
このとき、この実施例では、収納部が2つのため、薬袋に優先順位を設けたものや再発行のものがあれば、それらの薬袋が優先的に1つの搬送路に導入されて、その優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋が、例えば、振分け板12が鎖線状態になって一方の収納部10に送り込まれ、振分け板12が実線状態における他方の収納部11に送り込まれる他の薬袋と区別して振分けられる。
【0020】
このように制御装置23によって搬送される薬袋と印字情報が正確に特定され、それに基づいて振分け板12の動きが制御されるため、薬袋が優先順位などの条件に応じて確実に振分けて収納することができる。
【0021】
なお、上記の実施例では、薬袋の振分け方向を2方向としたが、3方向以上に振分けるようにしてもよい。また、薬袋と同時に処方せんを印字装置と搬送路に流し、薬袋と同様に振分けるようにしてもよい。
【0022】
【効果】
以上のように、この発明は、患者名別に薬袋印字情報が印字された薬袋を送る搬送路と、その薬袋を上記搬送路から受入れて振分ける振分け手段とを備え、上記搬送路には優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋が送り込まれ、上記振分け手段は、その優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋を他の薬袋と区別して振分けるようにしたので、薬袋の混合を防ぐため他の薬袋の製袋や印字を中断して対象となる薬袋だけを製袋・印字する必要がなくなり、調剤作業の大幅な効率化を図れるという効果がある。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】(a)は実施例の全体構造図、(b)はその制御構造を示すブロック図
【図2】同上の要部の拡大図
【図3】振分け板とその駆動部を示す斜視図
【符号の説明】
2、3、4 印字装置
5、6、7 搬送路
8 搬出用コンベヤ
9 収納ケース
12 振分け板
14 カム円板
15 駆動モータ
19、20、21、22 検出器
23 制御装置
24 データメモリ
[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a sorting device for sorting medicine bags for storing tablets, powders, sachets and the like based on conditions such as patient names and priorities.
[0002]
[Prior art and problems]
This type of medicine bag is usually temporarily stored in a storage case after the patient name, usage, precautions, and other information are printed on the surface of the printing device, and then a tablet or sachet is placed inside the medicine bag. The steps are taken.
[0003]
In the dispensing operation of a pharmacy or the like that performs this procedure, priority may be given to each patient for the dispensing of the medicine, or the medicine bag may be reissued due to a change in printing contents, a printing error, or the like.
In such a case, conventionally, in order to prevent mixing of the medicine bags, the making and printing of the other medicine bags are interrupted and only the target medicine bag is made and printed, and the work efficiency is lowered.
[0004]
Then, this invention makes it a subject to aim at the significant efficiency improvement of the dispensing operation | work.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention includes a conveyance path for sending a medicine bag on which medicine bag printing information is printed for each patient name, and a distribution means for receiving and distributing the medicine bag from the conveyance path. A medicine bag sorting device in which a medicine bag with a priority order or a re-issued medicine bag is sent, and the sorting means distributes the medicine bag with the priority order or the re-issued medicine bag separately from other medicine bags. It was.
[0006]
[Action]
In the medicine bag sorting apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the medicine bag on which the medicine bag printing information is printed is sent to the conveyance path and reaches the sorting means.
[0007]
At this time, if there is a prioritized or reissued medicine bag in the above-mentioned medicine bag, the sorting means distributes the medicine bag or the reissued medicine bag provided with the priority order separately from other medicine bags.
[0008]
【Example】
FIG. 1A shows an embodiment in which a sorting device is connected to a bag making / printing device for a medicine bag. In this example, a medicine bag T produced by one bag making device 1 is divided into three printing devices. 2, 3, and 4, and information such as patient name and usage is printed on the surface.
[0009]
The printed medicine bag T is then sent to the carry-out conveyor 8 via a plurality of conveying paths 5, 6, 7 connected to the respective printing devices 2, 3, 4 and to the end of the carry-out conveyor 8. It is put into the installed storage case 9. As shown in FIG. 2, a distribution plate 12 that divides the inside of the case into two storage portions 10 and 11 is swingably attached to the inside of the storage case 9. The distribution plate 12 is connected at its center to a cam disk 14 via a link 13, and a drive motor M 15 for rotating the cam disk is connected to the cam disk 14.
[0010]
In addition, a pair of notch grooves 16 and 16 are formed at a peripheral position of the cam disk 14 at 180 degrees, and proximity switches 17 and 17 for detecting the notch grooves 16 and 16 are provided on the drive motor 15. Installed on the end face. In this structure, when the cam disk 14 is rotated within a range in which the notch grooves 16 and 16 and the proximity switches 17 and 17 coincide with each other, the distribution plate 12 swings between the solid line position and the chain line position in FIG. The medicine bags discharged from the carry-out conveyor 8 are sorted and stored in the storage units 10 and 11.
[0011]
Detectors 19, 20, 21, and 22 for detecting the presence of a medicine bag are provided on the outside of the discharge side roller 18 of each of the transport paths 5, 6, and 7 and on the discharge side end of the carry-out conveyor 8, respectively. The signals from the detectors 19, 20, 21, and 22 are output to a control device (CPU) 23 such as a microcomputer as shown in FIG.
[0012]
On the other hand, when the detectors 19, 20, 21 provided in the respective conveyance paths detect the medicine bags, the control device 23 waits in a state where the medicine bags are once bitten by the discharge side roller 18, and the detector of the carry-out conveyor 8. Under the condition that 22 is off (a state where no medicine bag is present on the carry-out conveyor 8), the medicine bag is sent out to the carry-out conveyor 8.
[0013]
The control device 23 is connected to a data memory 24 online, and the data memory stores printing information such as a patient name and usage to be printed on the surface of each medicine bag. When the medicine bags made by the apparatus 1 are distributed to the respective printing devices 2, 3, and 4, information to be printed on the medicine bags is output from the data memory 24 to each printing device so as to control the movement of the printing device. It has become.
[0014]
Further, the control device 23 is connected to the drive circuit 25 of the drive motor 15 of the distribution plate 12 to control the operation of the drive motor 15 as will be described later, and the external input device 26 is connected. Various data necessary for control mode and control of the printing apparatus can be directly input to the control device 23 from the outside.
[0015]
This embodiment is configured as described above, and its operation will be described next. In order to perform the distribution of the medicine bags, first, a control mode for determining the distribution type according to the patient name or the distribution based on the priority order or the reissue is given to the control device 23 via the external input device 26. Command.
[0016]
In this case, in the case of distribution by patient name, distribution is performed based on the information in the data memory 24 just by specifying the control mode. In the case of distribution based on priority or reissue, the control mode is used. The control device 23 is instructed with data such as the name of the patient to be prioritized, the priority order, or the name of the patient to be reissued.
[0017]
After the control mode is designated in this way, when the medicine bag is distributed from the bag making device 1 to each of the printing devices 2, 3, 4, the printing information is sent from the control device 23 to the respective printing devices 2, 3, 4. It is output and the medicine bag is printed.
[0018]
The printed medicine bag is then sent to the respective transport paths 5, 6, 7, and when waiting at the position of the discharge side roller 18, signals are output from the detectors 19, 20, 21 to the control device 23. In this state, the control device 23 can identify what kind of printing information is printed on the medicine bags distributed to the respective printing devices, so that the medicine bag at the standby position and the printing information can be discriminated. Can do.
[0019]
For this reason, the drive motor 15 is driven based on the printing information and the content of the control mode, the sorting plate 12 is swung, and the medicine bags are stored in the predetermined storage units 10 and 11. In this case, if two or three of the detectors 19, 20, and 21 simultaneously output the standby state of the medicine bag, if there is a priority order for each medicine bag, When there is no priority order, the medicine bags are sent out to the carry-out conveyor 8 in the order of the oldest print information input to the control device 23 and distributed to the storage cases 9.
At this time, in this embodiment, since there are two storage units, if there is a medicine bag with a priority order or a reissued one, those medicine bags are preferentially introduced into one transport path, and the priority is given. For example, the medicine bags with the ranks and the reissued medicine bags are sent to one storage unit 10 with the sorting plate 12 in a chain line state, and the other medicine bags are sent to the other storage unit 11 in the solid line state. It is sorted and distinguished.
[0020]
As described above, the medicine bag conveyed by the control device 23 and the printing information are accurately specified, and the movement of the sorting plate 12 is controlled based on the information. Therefore, the medicine bag is surely sorted and stored according to the conditions such as the priority order. be able to.
[0021]
In the above embodiment, the distribution direction of the medicine bags is two directions, but it may be distributed in three or more directions. Also, the prescription may be sent to the printing device and the conveyance path at the same time as the medicine bag and distributed in the same manner as the medicine bag.
[0022]
【effect】
As described above, the present invention includes a conveyance path for sending a medicine bag on which medicine bag printing information is printed for each patient name, and a sorting unit that receives and distributes the medicine bag from the conveyance path. In order to prevent mixing of medicine bags, the above-mentioned sorting means distributes the medicine bags that have been given priority and the medicine bags that have been reissued separately from other medicine bags. There is no need to make and print only the target medicine bag by interrupting the bag making and printing of other medicine bags, and there is an effect that the efficiency of the dispensing operation can be greatly improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A is an overall structural view of an embodiment, FIG. 1B is a block diagram showing a control structure thereof, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of the same. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a distribution plate and a driving portion thereof. Figure [Explanation of symbols]
2, 3, 4 Printing device 5, 6, 7 Conveying path 8 Unloading conveyor 9 Storage case 12 Distribution plate 14 Cam disc 15 Drive motor 19, 20, 21, 22 Detector 23 Controller 24 Data memory

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患者名別に薬袋印字情報が印字された薬袋を送る搬送路と、その薬袋を上記搬送路から受入れて振分ける振分け手段とを備え、上記搬送路には優先順位を設けた上記薬袋や再発行の上記薬袋が送り込まれ、上記振分け手段は、その優先順位を設けた薬袋や再発行の薬袋を他の薬袋と区別して振分けるようにして成る薬袋の振分け装置。  A transport path for sending medicine bags printed with medicine bag printing information for each patient name, and a distribution means for receiving and distributing the medicine bags from the transport path, the transport paths having the priority order and the reissue bags A medicine bag sorting device in which the medicine bags are fed and the sorting means sorts the medicine bags having the priority order and the reissued medicine bags separately from other medicine bags.
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