KR20140057943A

KR20140057943A - Automatic inspection apparatus for tablets and automatic packing apparatus including the same

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Publication number: KR20140057943A
Application number: KR1020120124336A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김준호
Original assignee: (주)제이브이엠
Priority date: 2012-11-05
Filing date: 2012-11-05
Publication date: 2014-05-14
Also published as: KR102034539B1

Abstract

The apparatus for automatically inspecting a medicine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a position changer having a plurality of medicament collecting units for implementing injection and discharge of medicines by varying position by rotation; And a medicine photographing unit photographing the medicine collecting unit disposed at a predetermined position of the medicine collecting unit and printing information relating to the medicine on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit is packaged according to the photographed image; . &Lt; / RTI >

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a device for automatically inspecting medicines,

The present invention relates to a device for automatically inspecting a medicine and an automatic medicine packing device including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to an automatic medicine testing device for improving accuracy and convenience in packaging a medicine by a single dose according to a prescription of a patient, And an automatic medicine packaging machine including the same.

Generally, the automatic medicine packing apparatus is a device that automatically packs medicines accommodated in a medicine cassette and medicines that can not be accommodated in a medicament cassette at the same time or independently in accordance with a patient's prescription.

Here, the medicines contained in the medicament cassette can be stored in a large amount in a predetermined position in the automatic medicine packing apparatus, and can be automatically dispensed as needed. However, the medicament that can not be accommodated in the medicament cassette is separately supplied And then the medicine is automatically dispensed in the automatic medicine packing apparatus.

On the other hand, in the conventional automatic medicine packing apparatus, a plurality of medicine cassettes and trays containing medicines are mounted on the main body, and when the user inputs the type and quantity of medicines through the input device according to prescription, Minute of the drug.

The discharged medicines are collected in the hopper. The collected medicines are packed in a wrapping paper for one dose, and the discharge of medicines from the medicine 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 Packaging of medicines is carried out continuously.

Since the above-mentioned automatic medicine packaging machine is a product in which the reliability and reliability of the operation are very important, such as the type and quantity of the medicine to be taken once and discharged according to the input, the medicine packaged in the package wrapped once is damaged The presence or absence of foreign substances, and the number of medicines according to the prescription.

That is, in the automatic medicine packing apparatus, dozens to hundreds of medicines are contained in the medicine cassettes and trays, and if the medicines are packed incorrectly, they may be weakened. .

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.

Such a conventional vision inspection system is very ineffective in determining whether the medicine is normally packaged by printing information on the medicine on the wrapping paper and photographing the medicine after the medicine is packaged, So that the work efficiency is reduced.

In addition, the above-described inspection method for a user such as a pharmacist or the like is a very troublesome operation because it is determined whether the medicine is normally packaged in the final stage of the packaging step of the medicine.

Therefore, in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of pharmaceutical packaging in packaging the medicines by a single dose according to the patient's prescription, it is urgently required to provide convenience to users such as pharmacists, and to prevent weakening accidents in advance.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic medicine testing device for maximizing the accuracy of a medicine package and convenience of a user by checking whether or not an accurate collection of a medicine according to a prescription of a patient is performed before information relating to the medicine is printed on a wrapping paper for packaging a medicine, And an automatic packaging device for a medicine containing the same.

The medicine photographing unit of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention selectively displays first information or second information on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit is packaged according to the image of the taken medicine collecting unit It can be printed.

The first information of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is information for recognizing that the photographed image is associated with predetermined data, and the second information is different from the predetermined data As shown in FIG.

The second information of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be information different from the first information so as to be distinguishable from the first information or may be information printed on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit is packaged Or the like.

The position variable portion of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be changed in position by rotation.

The medicine photographing unit of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a photographing unit for photographing the medicine collecting unit and an illuminator for providing illumination necessary for photographing.

The photographing machine and the illuminator of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be disposed in one direction and the other direction of the position varying part, respectively.

The medicine collecting part taken by the medicine photographing part of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be rotated and the injection of the medicine may be completed before reaching the position corresponding to the medicine photographing part.

The medicines collected by the medicament collecting part of the automatic medicine testing device of the automatic medicine testing device according to the embodiment of the present invention are injected at least at two or more different positions before reaching the position corresponding to the medicament photographing part .

The apparatus for automatically inspecting medicines according to an embodiment of the present invention compares an image photographed by the medicament photographing unit with preset data to determine the accuracy of the medicines collected in the medicament collecting unit corresponding to the medicament photographing unit, And a control unit for providing a signal for printing information related to the medicine on a wrapping paper on which the medicine is discharged and packaged.

The predetermined area of the medicine collecting unit of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be optically transmissive for photographing of the medicine photographing unit.

The medicament collecting portion of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a medicament receiving portion on which the medicament is placed, and a predetermined region of the medicament collecting portion which is optically permeable may be the medicament receiving portion.

The medicament receiving portion of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be formed transparently.

The apparatus for automatically inspecting a medicine according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a support part having a medicine imaging space part that supports the rotation of the position variable part and is formed so as to correspond to the medicine imaging part.

The receiving unit of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a vibrating unit for vibrating the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit to improve the photographing accuracy of the medicine photographing unit.

The vibrating part of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be mounted on a side wall defining the medicine photographing space part.

The vibrating part of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with an outer surface of a concavo-convex shape and rotated, and the medicine collecting part can be vibrated in contact with the outer surface of the rotating vibrating part.

The medicament collecting portion of the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a medicament receiving portion on which the medicament is seated, and the medicament receiving portion may include a contact portion protruding to be in contact with the vibrating portion.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic medicine packing apparatus comprising: a position varying unit having a plurality of medicament collecting units for effecting introduction and discharge of medicines by varying positions by rotation; A medicament photographing unit photographing the medicament collecting unit disposed at a predetermined position in the medicament collecting unit; A control unit comparing the image photographed by the medicine photographing unit with preset data and judging the accuracy of the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit; And a printing unit for printing information relating to the medicament on the wrapping paper on which the medicines collected in the medicament collecting unit corresponding to the medicament photographing unit are discharged according to the signal of the control unit according to the accuracy of the collected medicines .

The printing unit of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that the printing unit discharges the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit according to the signal of the control unit, 2 information can be selectively printed.

The first information of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is information for recognizing that the photographed image is associated with predetermined data, and the second information is information indicating that the photographed image is different from the preset data Or the like.

The second information of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may be information different from or different from the first information so as to be distinguishable from the first information.

The position variable unit of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention can be changed in position by rotation.

The medicine collected in the medicine collecting part taken by the medicine photographing part of the automatic medicine packing machine according to another embodiment of the present invention is completed before the medicine reaches the position corresponding to the medicine photographing part, Can be dependent on the photographed image photographed by the drug photographing unit.

The automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a medicine injecting unit for injecting the medicine into the medicine collecting unit.

The medicine dispensing portion of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may be capable of performing relative movement with the position varying portion.

The medicament dispensing portion of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a first medicament dispensing portion and a second medicament dispensing portion which are disposed at different positions, and the first medicament dispensing portion and the second medicament dispensing portion Can be detachably attached to the medicine insertion / removal part capable of relative movement with the position variable part.

The medicament dispensing unit of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a first medicament dispensing unit and a second medicines dispensing unit which are disposed at different positions, and medicines injected through the first medicines dispensing unit are collected The medicament collecting unit collects other medicines injected through the second medicament injecting unit with a predetermined time difference, and is photographed by the medicament photographing unit with a predetermined time difference thereafter and discharged. Can be packaged on the printed packaging paper.

The medicament dispensing unit of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a first medicament dispensing unit and a second medicines dispensing unit which are disposed at different positions, and medicines injected through the first medicines dispensing unit are collected The medicine collecting unit collects other medicines injected through the second medicament injecting unit, rotates again, is photographed by the medicament photographing unit, and then discharged. When the information related to the medicines collected according to the signal of the control unit is printed And can be packed in the packaging paper.

The automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a support portion supporting the rotation of the position varying portion and having a medicine image taking space formed to penetrate the medicine taking portion.

The receiving portion of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a medicine penetrating portion formed to be spaced apart from the medicine photographing space portion and allowing the medicine collected in the medicine collecting portion to be discharged to the outside.

The automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a medicine discharging part mounted on the receiving part and communicating with the medicine penetrating part.

The medicine discharge unit of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes at least one detachable magnet, and the receiving unit may include a detachable counterpart that is responsive to the magnetism of the detachable magnet.

The medicament collecting portion of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a medicament receiving portion that is rotatable so that the medicines are put into the medicines and adjusted to communicate with the medicament perforating portion, The medicament receiving portion of the medicament collecting portion arranged to correspond to the medicament penetrating portion can communicate with the medicament penetrating portion.

The receiving portion of the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention And a guide portion mounted on a side wall defining the medicament penetration portion. The medicament placement portion may include a contact portion that is in contact with the guide portion and protrudes from the medicament collection portion so as to communicate with the medicament penetration portion.

According to the automatic medicine testing apparatus and the automatic medicine packing apparatus including the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to realize the printing difference of the information related to the medicine to be printed on the wrapping paper of the medicine based on the photographed images of the medicine collected in the medicine collecting section .

In addition, it is possible to easily and accurately determine whether or not the medicine is accurately collected before packaging the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit.

In addition, by improving the accuracy of the photographing when photographing the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit, it is possible to maximize the accuracy of the medicine packing according to the prescription of the patient.

In addition, since the accuracy of the medicine package can be checked again by the simple method after the other medicine package is completed in the prescription of the patient, the convenience of the user can be improved.

1 is a schematic view for explaining an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic bottom perspective view showing an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic plan view showing an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 12 are schematic views for explaining an operation sequence of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a schematic perspective view showing the relationship between a medicine placing portion and a contact portion provided in the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 14 is a schematic perspective view showing a relationship between a medicine receiving portion and a guide portion provided in the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
15 is a schematic view for explaining the process of discharging the medicine collected from the automatic medicine testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a schematic perspective view showing an automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
17 is a schematic front view showing an automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a schematic exploded perspective view illustrating a medicine dispensing part, a position changing part, a receiving part, and a medicine discharging part provided in the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventive concept. Other embodiments falling within the scope of the inventive concept may readily be suggested, but are also considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

The same reference numerals are used to designate the same components in the same reference numerals in the drawings of the embodiments.

1 is a schematic view for explaining an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an automatic medicine testing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a position changing unit 100 having a plurality of medicine collecting units 110 and a plurality of medicines collecting units 110 And a medicine photographing unit 200 photographing a medicine collecting unit 110 disposed at a predetermined position.

Specifically, the position variable unit 100 may have a substantially circular shape, and may be a rotating structure in which a plurality of the medicine collecting units 110, which means a space where medicines are injected from the outside, are radially formed.

That is, the position variable unit 100 may include a plurality of medicament collecting units 110 formed in a radial shape, may be rotated about a virtual axis by an external power, and may be positioned at a predetermined position by rotation Medicines can be injected into the medicament collecting unit 110.

In other words, the position of the position variable unit 100 can be changed by rotation, and the position of the medicine collection unit 110 can also be changed by the rotation of the position variable unit 100.

However, the position varying unit 100 and the medicine collecting unit 110 are not limited to the positions varying by rotating around the imaginary axis, and may be changed by linear motion on the same plane or vertical motion on the same axis It should be noted that the position may be variable.

Meanwhile, the medicines injected into the medicament collecting unit 110 can not be accommodated in the medicament cassette 510 and the medicament can not be accommodated in the medicament cassette 510, And may be respectively inputted to the medicine collecting unit 110 arranged at a predetermined position to be rotated by the rotation of the position variable unit 100. [

For example, if the medicament for one dose according to the prescription of the patient is two kinds, that is, the medicament that can be accommodated in the medicine cassette 510 and the medicines collected in the tray, The drug injection can be realized by the movement of the drug collecting unit 110 by rotation.

In other words, once one kind of medicine is put into the specific medicine collecting part 110, the medicine collecting part 110 rotates to move the position, and when the medicine is collected at a predetermined position, The injection of the medicine for one dose corresponding to the prescription of the patient is completed.

However, the time point at which the above-mentioned medicines are introduced into any one of the medicament collecting units 110 is not limited to the case where they are located at different positions by the rotation of the medicament collecting unit 110, All the medicines may be injected at the moment when they are located at predetermined positions.

Further, it is noted that the position of the medicine to be injected into the medicine collecting unit 110, the number of times the medicine is injected, the type of the medicine to be injected, etc. are not fixedly determined, but can be variously changed according to the prescription of the patient.

The medicine photographing unit 200 can photograph the medicine collecting unit 110 disposed at a predetermined position by rotation among a plurality of the medicine collecting units 110.

The medicine photographing unit 200 may print information related to the medicine on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit 110 is packaged according to the photographed image.

Specifically, the medicine photographing unit 200 may include an image capturing device 210 for photographing the medicine collecting unit 110 disposed at a predetermined position, and an illuminator 220 for providing illumination necessary for photographing. The illuminator 210 and the illuminator 220 may be disposed at one side and the other side of the position variable portion 100, respectively.

Here, the image information of the medicine collected by the medicine collection unit 110 taken by the medicine photographing unit 200 can be used as data for determining the accuracy of the medicine collected through comparison with predetermined data, And may act as data necessary for printing information relating to the medicament on the wrapping paper for packaging the medicament.

In other words, when the image information photographed by the medicine photographing unit 200 matches the prescription of the patient, the medicament photographing unit 200 means that the medicament photographing unit 200 coincides with the prescription on the wrapping paper for packing the medicines collected It is possible to make the printing to be performed, and if not, to perform printing which can be different from the printing in which no printing is performed or matches.

As a result, the medicine photographing unit 200 can identify whether the collected medicine is accurately collected on the wrapping paper through the photographing of the collected medicine collecting unit 110 before the collected medicine is packed.

Specifically, the medicine photographing unit 200 may selectively output first information or second information to the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit 110 is packaged according to the image of the taken medicine collecting unit 110 .

That is, the first information may be information capable of recognizing that the photographed image corresponds to preset data, and the second information may be information for recognizing that the photographed image is different from predetermined data have.

In other words, the second information may be information different from the first information so as to be distinguishable from the first information, or may be information that causes the medicine collected by the medicine collecting unit 110 to be printed on the wrapping paper on which the medicine is packaged .

Accordingly, the medicine photographing unit 200 displays a difference in printing on the wrapping paper for collecting the collected medicines according to the comparison between the prescription of the patient and the photographed images, so that the phrases printed on the wrapping paper after the collected medicines are packed It is possible to confirm the accuracy of the packaging of the medicines, thereby providing convenience to users of pharmacists and the like.

The automatic medicine testing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that when the specific medicine is input to any one of the medicine collecting units 110, It is possible to repeatedly apply the medicine to the medicine collecting unit 110 with a certain time difference.

In other words, each of the medicine collecting units 110 collects medicines in accordance with the change in the position of the position changing unit 100, and collects the collected medicines by the medicine photographing unit 200 and discharges the collected medicines. Can be repeatedly implemented.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic bottom perspective view illustrating an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic plan view showing an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing an automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 to 5, an automatic medicine testing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a position changing unit 100 having a plurality of medicine collecting units 110, And may be rotated about the rotation axis R. In the course of the rotation of the position variable unit 100, the medicine is introduced into the medicine collection unit 110, the medicine is collected in the medicine collection unit 110, All of the collected drug discharge can be realized.

The apparatus automatic test apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a position changing unit 100 having a plurality of drug collecting units 110 and a medicine photographing unit 200.

1, the position variable unit 100 may be a rotating structure rotated with a plurality of medicament collecting units 110 radially formed therein, and the medicament collecting unit 110 may be configured to rotate This is a kind of collecting space that can be collected and collected.

Here, the rotation of the position variable portion 100 may be supported by a support portion 300 which is seated so that the position variable portion 100 is rotatable, and the support portion 300 may be supported by the position varying portion 100 The side surface and the bottom surface.

16 to 18), and the main body part 500, which forms the outer appearance of the automatic medicine packing apparatus 20, is a component of the automatic medicine packing apparatus 20 (see FIG. 16 to FIG. 18) It may be a kind of structure that can slide inside.

At least one of the side surface and the bottom surface of the receiving portion 300 may include at least one rail corresponding portion 310 inserted into a rail formed in the main body portion 500. The rail corresponding portion 310 ) May be of any known shape.

The power supply M for rotating the position variable portion 100 may be mounted on the receiving portion 300. The power providing portion M may be provided with a predetermined rotational driving force Can be generated.

Here, the rotational driving force generated by the power providing portion M rotates the gear portion G coupled to one end of the power delivering portion M, and the position changing portion 100 rotates the gear portion G Can be rotated in association with the rotation of the gear portion (G) by being in contact with the gear portion (G).

Therefore, the position variable portion 100 having the plurality of medicine collecting portions 110 can be rotated about the rotation axis R by the rotation of the gear portion G, (110) may be displaced in the circumferential direction.

Each of the medicine collecting units 110 may be located at a predetermined position corresponding to the medicine photographing unit 200 in the course of the rotation. And takes a picture of the corresponding medicine collection unit 110.

The medicine photographing unit 200 can photograph the medicine collecting unit 110 by the photographing machine 210 located on the lower side and the upper side of the receiving unit 300 and the illuminator 220 rotatable on the receiving unit 300 And the difference in printing on the information related to the medicine can be displayed on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit 110 is packed according to the photographed image.

That is, the image photographed by the drug photographing unit 200 can be compared with pre-set data of the patient's prescription by a controller (not shown), and the controller can calculate the accuracy of the drug collected in the drug collecting unit 110 And provides the corresponding signal to the printing unit P, which is a component of the automatic medicine packing apparatus 20. [

Here, the printing unit P may be configured to display the information related to the medicine on the wrapping paper on which the collected medicines are discharged according to the signal of the control unit, that is, when the photographed image information matches the prescription of the patient, It is possible to print on the wrapping paper that packs the medication, which means that the prescription matches with the prescription, and otherwise, no printing or printing that can be differentiated from the printing that matches.

In other words, the printing unit P prints the first information or the second information on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit 110 corresponding to the medicine photographing unit 200 is discharged according to the signal of the controller, The first information may be information for recognizing that the photographed image corresponds to preset data, and the second information may be information for recognizing that the photographed image is different from predetermined data Or the like.

Here, the second information may be information different from or different from the first information so as to be distinguishable from the first information.

As a result, the items related to the medicines printed on the wrapping paper for packaging the collected medicines are dependent on the images photographed by the medicament photographing unit 200, And when it is compared with relative, it is printed.

Meanwhile, one part of the receiving unit 300 corresponding to the medicine photographing unit 200 for photographing the medicine photographing unit 200 may include a medicine photographing space 320 through which the medicine is taken, A rotating vibration unit 330 may be mounted on one side wall defining the photographing space 320.

The medicine collecting part 110 corresponding to the medicine photographing part 200 may contact the outer surface of the vibration part 330 and may be vibrated .

Therefore, the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit 110 can be vibrated by the vibration of the medicine collecting unit 110, and the medicine is scattered by the vibration, so that the photographing accuracy of the medicine photographing unit 200 is reduced Can be improved.

The medicine capturing unit 200 captures the medicines collected in the medicament collecting unit 110 from the lower side of the medicament collecting unit 110. The predetermined region of the medicament collecting unit 110 may be a light- have.

That is, the medicament collecting unit 110 may include a medicament receiving unit 112 (see FIGS. 13 and 14) which is a bottom plate on which the medicines are placed when the medicines are put in. The medicament collecting unit 110 May be the medicament receiving portion 112. [0053]

Here, the medicament receiving unit 112 may be a transparent material, and may be rotatable so as to communicate with the outside for discharging medicines collected after the medicament collecting unit 110 has been photographed by the medicament photographing unit 200 have.

In other words, the medicine collecting unit 110 photographed by the medicine photographing unit 200 may be rotated and moved at a position corresponding to the medicine photographing unit 200. After the medicine collecting unit 110 is moved, The medicament collected in the drug reservoir 112 may be discharged to the outside by communicating with the outside through the rotation of the drug reservoir 112.

The medicament discharged to the outside from the medicament mounting part 112 passes through the medicament penetration part 340 formed in the medicament receiving part 300 and then is detachably coupled to the medicament receiving part 300. [ And may be packaged in a single dose on the wrapper paper through the bag 400.

The medicine penetrating part 340 is formed to be spaced apart from the medicine photographing space 320 on the receiving part 300 so that the medicine collected in the medicine collecting part 110 can be discharged to the outside .

The drug discharging part 400 is a structure through which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting part 110 passes last and can be detached from the receiving part 300, . &Lt; / RTI >

That is, when the medicament is discharged, there is a possibility that dust of the medicament remains to some extent, and there is a possibility that such dust may be mixed at the time of discharging the other medicament. Therefore, It is possible to prevent the mixing of the medicines by separating the medicines from the support part 300 and then performing a separate cleaning process.

The coupling between the medicine discharging part 400 and the receiving part 300 can be fixed so as to be stably detachable due to the nature of the magnetic property and the detachable magnet 410 and the attaching / detaching part (not shown) Can be implemented.

In other words, the medicine discharging part 400 and the receiving part 300 are fixed to each other by at least one detachable magnet 410 provided on the medicine discharging part 400 and on the bottom surface of the receiving part 300 And can be implemented in a detachable counterpart.

That is, the detachable magnet 410 may be mounted on the medicine discharging part 410 as a kind of magnet having magnetic properties, and the receiving part 300 corresponding to the detachable magnet 410 may be magnetically And a detachable counterpart.

Therefore, when the medicine discharging part 400 is coupled to the receiving part 300, the medicine discharging part 400 can be easily and easily detachably attached by the attraction force of magnetism

FIGS. 6 to 12 are schematic views for explaining the operation sequence of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a schematic view illustrating a medicine placing portion provided in the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing the relationship of contact portions.

FIG. 14 is a schematic perspective view showing the relationship between a medicine receiving portion and a guide portion provided in the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 15 is a sectional view of the automatic medicine testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention And is a schematic diagram for explaining a process of discharging the collected drug.

6 to 12, reference numerals A to H designate a plurality of medicine collecting portions radially formed in the position variable portion 100 in a counterclockwise direction, and (1) to (8) And the space partitioned on the receiving unit 300 for describing the movement of the collecting units A to H by rotation is named in the counterclockwise direction.

Hereinafter, the introduction of the medicines T1 and T2, the photographing by the medicament photographing unit 200, and the discharge of medicines T1 and T2 will be described with reference to the A medicament collecting unit for convenience of explanation, To the H-drug collecting unit.

In addition, the medicines T1 and T2 injected into the medicament collecting units A to H may include various kinds of medicines. In FIGS. 6 to 12, medicines (for example, medicines T1 and T2) T1 and the medicament T2 which can not be accommodated in the medicine cassette 510 and are collected in the tray 520 which is used whenever necessary.

It is also assumed that the medicament for one dose according to the prescription of the patient includes only one medicament (T1) contained in the medicine cassette 510 and one medicament (T2) collected in the tray 520, The dosing dose for each dose is assumed to be the same.

The rotation direction of the medicine collecting units A to H may be a counterclockwise direction or a clockwise direction, but the following description will be made on the assumption that the rotation is counterclockwise.

Referring to FIG. 6, the position variable unit 100 may be rotated by the power provided by the power supply M, and the A-medicine collecting unit may be located at the position (1) on the receiving unit 300.

At this time, one tablet of the T1 medicine is automatically inputted from the medicine cassette 510 to the A medicine collection unit according to the prescription of the patient.

Referring to FIG. 7, the A drug collecting unit is rotated in the counterclockwise direction to be positioned at position (2), and the H drug collecting unit is located at the position of (1), and one tablet of the T1 drug is collected from the drug cassette 510 .

Referring to FIG. 8, the A drug collecting unit may be rotated in the counterclockwise direction to be located at the position of (3), and the G drug collecting unit is located at the position of (1) .

Referring to FIG. 9, the A-drug collecting unit may be rotated counterclockwise to be located at the position of 4, and one T2-medicament from the tray 520 is automatically inserted into the A-drug collecting unit according to the prescription of the patient.

Therefore, the injection of the drugs (T1, T2) corresponding to a single dose according to the prescription of the patient is completed by the A drug collection unit.

Here, the H medicament collecting unit and the G medicament collecting unit can be automatically rotated in the counterclockwise direction, and the F medicament collecting unit is located at the position of (1), and one round of the T1 medicament is injected into the F medicament collecting unit from the medicament cassette 510 .

Referring to FIG. 10, the A-drug collecting unit may be rotated counterclockwise to be located at the position 5, and the drugs T1 and T2 collected in the A-drug collecting unit may be photographed by the drug photographing unit 200 do.

Here, the A-medicament collecting unit may be configured such that the medicines T1 and T2 according to the prescription of the patient have already been placed in at least two different positions (positions 1 and 4) before reaching the position corresponding to the medicament photographing unit 200, ) May be completed.

That is, the medicine photographing unit 200 including the photographing machine 210 and the illuminator 220 located in one direction and the other direction of the position of (5) can photograph the A medicine collecting unit in which the drugs T1 and T2 have been charged , The photographed image information can be used to determine whether or not the photographed image information is consistent with the prescription of the patient by the control unit CR that provides the print signal to the printing unit P which is a component of the automatic medicine packaging apparatus 20. [

In other words, the control unit CR compares the image photographed by the medicine photographing unit 200 with predetermined data of the prescription of the patient to determine the accuracy of the drugs T1 and T2 collected in the A drug collection unit A signal for printing the information related to the medicines T1 and T2 on the packaging sheet PK1 on which the medicines T1 and T2 collected in the A medicament collecting unit are discharged and packaged is provided to the printing unit P .

The printing unit P prints the medicines T1 and T2 on the wrapping paper PK1 on which the medicines T1 and T2 collected in the medicament collecting unit are discharged according to the signal of the control unit CR, Related information, and the content of the printing depends on whether the photographed image information matches the prescription of the patient.

That is, the image photographed by the medicine photographing unit 200 is used as information necessary for printing the information related to the medicines T1 and T2 on the wrapping paper PK1 on which the medicines T1 and T2 are packed.

As a result, the printing of the information related to the medicines T1 and T2 on the wrapping paper PK1 is implemented on the basis of the photographed image, and finally the packed packaging is finally identified with the printing phrase alone .

Meanwhile, the A-medicine collecting part may be vibrated during the photographing for the accuracy of the photographed image of the A-medicament collecting part by the medicament photographing part 200, And may be implemented by a vibration unit 330 mounted on the side wall and rotating.

13, the vibration unit 330 may be rotated with the outer surface of the concavo-convex shape, and the A-medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit 200 may contact the outer surface of the vibration unit 330 It can be vibrated.

The medicament collecting part may include a medicament receiving part 112 on which the medicines T1 and T2 are seated and the medicament receiving part 112 has a contacting part 113 protruding from one corner toward the rotation axis R can do.

Accordingly, when the A medicine collecting unit is rotated and moved to the position of 5, the contact unit 113 comes into contact with the outer surface of the vibration unit 330, and the rotation of the vibration unit 330 of the concave- 112) will tremble.

Therefore, when the medicines T1 and T2 collected in the A-medicament collecting unit are overlapped, the medicines T1 and T2 are dispersed by the vibration, so that the photographing accuracy of the medicament photographing unit 200 can be improved.

On the other hand, the H medicament collecting part may be rotated counterclockwise to be located at the position of 4, and one round of the T2 medicament is put into the H medicament collecting part from the tray 520, The dosing of the drugs T1 and T2 is completed.

Referring to FIG. 11, the A-drug collecting unit may be rotated counterclockwise to be located at the position of?, And the H-drug collecting unit may be located at the position of?.

Here, the H medicines collecting unit located at the position of (5) is similar to the medicament collecting unit (PK2) for packing the medicines (T1, T2) collected in the H medicament collecting unit by the same process as the A medicament collecting unit described with reference to FIG. The information relating to the medicines T1 and T2 can be printed.

Referring to FIG. 12, the A-drug collecting unit may be rotated counterclockwise to be positioned at the position 7, and the collected medicine T1 or T2 may be printed by rotating the medicine receiving unit 112 of the A- And can be discharged toward the completed wrapping paper PK1.

That is, the medicine receiving portion 112 of the A-medicine collecting portion can communicate with the medicine penetrating portion 340 and the medicine discharging portion 400 of the receiving portion 300 to discharge the medicines T1 and T2.

Here, the medicament receiving unit 112 of the A-medicament collecting unit maintains a state of communicating with the outside until the A-medicament collecting unit 8 moves out of the position of the A-medicines collecting unit 8. When the A- do.

The medicine receiving portion 112 is pivoted so that the A collecting portion communicates with the outside by the contact portion 113 formed in the medicament receiving portion 112 and the medicine penetrating portion 340 of the receiving portion 300 Can be realized by sliding the bottom surface of the guide portion 350 mounted on a prescribed side wall.

14 and 15, as soon as the A medicine collecting unit is rotated and passes the position of ⑦, the abutment part 113 of the medicine receiving part 112 of the A medicine collecting part can be slid to the bottom of the guide part 350 have.

Here, one side and the other side of the guide portion 350 along the rotation direction may be formed to be inclined so that the contact portion 113 can smoothly slide on the bottom surface of the guide portion 350 by contact.

While the contact portion 113 is in contact with the bottom surface of the guide portion 350, the medicine placement portion 112 is rotated by the movement of the contact portion 113 downward so that the medicine collection portion 110 is communicated with the outside And the drugs T1 and T2 collected in the A drug collecting unit can be discharged to the packaging paper PK1.

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view showing an automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 17 is a schematic front view showing an automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing a medicine dispensing part, a position changing part, a receiving part, and a medicine discharging part provided in the automatic medicine packing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

16 to 18, the automatic medicine packing apparatus 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes the automatic medicine testing apparatus 10 and the medicine shooting unit 200 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 15 And a printing unit P for printing information relating to the medicine on the wrapping paper in accordance with the image photographed by the printer.

Here, the automatic medicine inspecting apparatus 10 and the printing unit P may be disposed in a main body 500 forming an outer tube with a predetermined space, and the printing unit P may be disposed in the above- And may be a printing apparatus that performs printing on the wrapping paper on which the medicine is packed according to a signal from the control unit CR that determines the accuracy of the medicine collected by the image taken by the medicine shooting unit 200. [

The medicine to be supplied to the medicine collecting unit 110 can not be accommodated in the medicine cassette 510 and the medicine cassette 510 and can be accommodated in the tray 520 And the medicines may be injected into the medicament collecting unit 110 through the medicament injecting unit 530.

The medicament injecting section 530 may be capable of relative movement with the receiving section 300 and the position varying section 100 in the main body section 500 so that the user may be able to perform the operation of washing the components, The components can be disposed outside the main body 500 according to the convenience of the user.

The medicament injecting unit 530 may include a first medicament injecting unit 532 and a second medicament injecting unit 534 disposed at different positions. The second medicament introducing portion 534 may be detachably attached to the medicament introducing and fixing portion 540 capable of performing relative movement in the main body portion 500. [

Therefore, due to the detachable characteristics of the first medicine introducing part 532 and the second medicine introducing part 534, it is possible to easily wash the dust that may be generated in the process of putting the medicine into the medicine collecting part 110 Therefore, mixing of the dust and other medicines can be prevented beforehand.

The first drug injecting unit 532 and the second drug injecting unit 534 may inject the drug into the drug collecting unit 110. The first drug injecting unit 532 and the second Each of the medicament injecting sections 534 may be a medicament accommodated in the medicament cassette 510 and a medicament passage accommodated in the tray 520.

That is, the medicament collecting unit 110, through which the medicines injected through the first medicament injecting unit 532 are collected, can collect other medicines injected through the second medicament injecting unit 534 by a predetermined time difference , And then taken out by the medicine photographing unit 200 with a predetermined time difference therebetween and then discharged.

In another aspect, the medicament collecting unit 110, through which the medicines injected through the first medicament introducing unit 532 are collected, collects other medicines injected through the second medicament introducing unit 534, And can be photographed by the medicine photographing unit 200 and then discharged.

Here, the medicament discharged from the medicament collecting unit 110 may be packed in a wrapping paper on which information relating to medicines collected by the control unit CR and the printing unit P is printed.

Therefore, the automatic medicine packing apparatus 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that the medicine is introduced into the medicine collecting unit 110 through the first medicine injecting unit 532 and the second medicine injecting unit 534, The photographing of the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit 110, the comparison of the photographed image by the control unit CR with the prescription of the patient and the provision of the signal to the printing unit P, The process of printing the information and packaging the medicines can be used to manufacture medicines according to the patient's prescription.

In addition, since the printing phrase by the printing unit P is determined after the photographing by the medicine photographing unit 200, the user can check the accuracy of the packaging by using only the phrase printed on the packaging sheet after the collected medicine is packed.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that such modifications or variations are within the scope of the appended claims.

For example, the time or place of injection of the medicine into any one of the medicine collecting units 110 according to the prescription of the patient is not limited to different points of view or different positions due to the rotation of the medicine collecting unit 110 All the medicines corresponding to the prescription of the patient may be injected at a time when the medicament collecting unit 110 is located at a predetermined position.

The number of times the medicine is injected into the medicine collecting unit 110, the type of medicine to be injected, and the position of the medicine photographing unit 200 are not fixedly determined, but can be variously changed according to the convenience of the user Leave.

10: Automatic medicine inspecting apparatus 20: Automatic medicine packing apparatus
100: position variable section 110: drug collection section
200: medicine photographing unit 300:
CR: Control section P: Printing section

Claims

A position changing part having a plurality of medicine collecting parts for allowing introduction and discharge of medicine by variable position; And
A medicine photographing unit photographing the medicine collecting unit disposed at a predetermined position of the medicine collecting unit and printing information related to the medicine on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit is packaged according to the photographed image; Automated medicament inspection device.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicament photographing unit selectively prints the first information or the second information on the wrapping paper on which the medicines collected in the medicament collecting unit are packaged according to the image of the medicament collecting unit photographed.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first information is information for recognizing that the photographed image is associated with preset data, and the second information is information for recognizing that the photographed image is different from predetermined data.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the second information is information that is different from the first information so as to be distinguishable from the first information or information that causes the medicines collected in the medicament collecting unit to be printed on a wrapping paper on which the medicines are packaged.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the position varying unit is configured to vary the position by rotation.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicine photographing unit comprises an image capturing unit for photographing the medicine collecting unit and an illuminator for providing illumination necessary for photographing.

6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the photographing device and the illuminator are disposed in one direction and the other direction of the position varying portion, respectively.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicament collecting unit taken by the medicament photographing unit is rotated and the input of the medicament is completed before reaching a position corresponding to the medicament photographing unit.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicament collected in the medicament collecting part taken by the medicament photographing part is put in at least two different positions before reaching the position corresponding to the medicament photographing part.

The method according to claim 1,
The image picked up by the medicine photographing unit is compared with predetermined data to determine the accuracy of the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit, And a control unit for providing a signal for printing of information related to the medical image.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the predetermined area of the medicine collecting unit is light-transmissive for photographing of the medicine photographing unit.

12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the medicament collecting portion has a medicament receiving portion on which the medicament is seated,
Wherein the predetermined region of the drug-collecting unit which is light-permeable is the medicament-seating unit.

13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the medicament receiving portion is formed in a transparent manner.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: a support portion supporting a variable position of the position varying portion and having a medicine photographing space portion formed so as to correspond to the medicine photographing portion.

15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the support part includes a vibration part for vibrating the medicine collected in the medicine collecting part corresponding to the medicine photographing part to improve the photographing accuracy of the medicine photographing part.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the vibration unit is mounted on a side wall defining the medicine imaging space.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the vibrating portion is provided with an outer surface of a concave-
Wherein the medicament collecting unit vibrates in contact with the outer surface of the vibrating unit rotating.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the medicament collecting portion has a medicament receiving portion on which the medicament is seated,
Wherein the medicament receiving portion has a contact portion protruding to be in contact with the vibrating portion.

A position changing part having a plurality of medicine collecting parts for allowing introduction and discharge of medicine by variable position;
A medicament photographing unit photographing the medicament collecting unit disposed at a predetermined position in the medicament collecting unit;
A control unit comparing the image photographed by the medicine photographing unit with preset data and judging the accuracy of the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit; And
And a printing unit for printing the information relating to the medicine on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit is discharged according to the signal of the control unit according to the accuracy of the collected medicine, Automatic packaging equipment.

20. The method of claim 19,
Wherein the printing unit selectively prints the first information or the second information on the wrapping paper on which the medicine collected in the medicine collecting unit corresponding to the medicine photographing unit is discharged according to the signal of the controller.

21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the first information is information for recognizing that the photographed image corresponds to preset data, and the second information is information for recognizing that the photographed image is different from the preset data.

21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the second information is information different from or different from the first information so as to be distinguishable from the first information.

20. The method of claim 19,
Wherein the position varying part is configured to be variable in position by rotation.

20. The method of claim 19,
The medicine collected by the medicine collecting unit taken by the medicine photographing unit is completed before reaching the position corresponding to the medicine photographing unit,
Wherein the printing unit is constrained dependent on the photographed image photographed by the medicine photographing unit.

20. The method of claim 19,
And a medicine dispensing part for dispensing medicines into the medicament collecting part.

26. The method of claim 25,
Wherein the medicament injecting unit is capable of performing relative movement with the position varying unit.

26. The method of claim 25,
Wherein the medicament introducing portion includes a first medicament introducing portion and a second medicament introducing portion disposed at different positions,
Wherein the first medicament introducing portion and the second medicament introducing portion are fixed so as to be detachable to the medicament introducing and fixing portion capable of performing relative movement with the position varying portion.

26. The method of claim 25,
Wherein the medicament introducing portion includes a first medicament introducing portion and a second medicament introducing portion disposed at different positions,
The medicament collecting unit, through which the medicines injected through the first medicament introducing unit are collected, collects other medicines injected through the second medicament introducing unit with a predetermined time difference, Wherein information relating to the collected medicament is packed in the packaging paper on which the collected information is printed according to a signal of the control unit.

26. The method of claim 25,
Wherein the medicament introducing portion includes a first medicament introducing portion and a second medicament introducing portion disposed at different positions,
The medicine collecting part, through which the medicine injected through the first medicine injecting part is collected, is rotated and collects other medicines injected through the second medicine injecting part, is rotated again and taken by the medicine photographing part and discharged. Wherein information relating to the medicine collected according to the signal is packed on the printed paper.

20. The method of claim 19,
Further comprising: a support portion supporting a variable position of the position varying portion and having a medicine photographing space portion formed so as to correspond to the medicine photographing portion.

31. The method of claim 30,
Wherein the receiving portion is spaced apart from the medicament photographing space portion and has a medicament penetrating portion for discharging medicines collected in the medicament collecting portion to the outside.

31. The method of claim 30,
And a medicine discharging part mounted on the receiving part and communicating with the medicine penetrating part.

33. The method of claim 32,
Wherein the medicine discharging portion is provided with at least one removable magnet,
Wherein the receiving portion has a detachable counterpart that is responsive to the magnetism of the detachable magnet.

32. The method of claim 31,
Wherein the medicament collecting portion includes a medicament receiving portion that is rotatable so that the medicament is inserted and seated and communicated with the medicament penetrating portion,
Wherein the medicament receiving portion of the medicament collecting portion arranged to correspond to the medicament penetrating portion of the medicament collecting portion is in communication with the medicament penetrating portion.

35. The method of claim 34,
The receiving portion And a guide portion mounted on a side wall defining the medicine penetrating portion,
Wherein the medicament receiving portion is in contact with the guide portion and has a contact portion protruding from the medicament collecting portion so as to communicate with the medicament penetrating portion.