HK1197015B - Separate packaging device for medicine - Google Patents

Description

Medicine subpackaging device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a packaging device for packaging medicines.

Background

For example, japanese patent application laid-open No. 61-232113 (patent document 1) discloses a conventional medicine packaging apparatus.

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 61-232113

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In the medicine dispensing package of patent document 1, a series of dispensing bags are formed for each patient. The name of the patient, the time of administration, etc. are printed on each sub-bag. A printer as a printing unit for printing a patient name, a medicine administration timing, and the like on each of the sachets is provided upstream of a position where the medicine is put on the packing paper.

In the above-described technique, empty bags containing no medicine are generated between the separate packaging bags for each patient, and waste of the packaging paper sheet occurs. In particular, when the number of parcels corresponding to the number of patients is small, there is a problem that a lot of paper is wasted. In view of the above problems, the present invention has been made, and an object of the present invention is to: provided is a medicine packaging device capable of reducing waste of packaging paper.

Means for solving the problems

The medicine packaging device according to the present invention includes: a sub-package data creation unit that creates one sub-package data based on prescription data on a plurality of patients belonging to the same group; and a medicine packing unit that packs medicines based on the packing data created by the packing data creation unit.

In the medicine dispensing package configured as described above, one piece of sub-package data is created based on prescription data on a plurality of patients belonging to the same group, and medicines are dispensed based on the one piece of sub-package data, so that empty packages are not generated between sub-packages between different patients in the same group, and therefore waste of dispensing paper can be reduced.

Preferably, the subcontract data creation unit acquires prescription data on a plurality of patients belonging to the same group from the host computer as one file.

Preferably, the packetizing data is an aggregate of data in units of one packet, and each data in units of one packet includes data related to the packetizing speed.

Preferably, the packetized data is an aggregate of data in units of one packet, and each data in units of one packet includes data related to a packetization size.

Preferably, the medicine packing and dispensing unit includes a hand-held medicine supply unit configured to sequentially supply medicines accommodated in a plurality of partitioned chambers formed in the tray, and packs the medicines supplied from the hand-held medicine supply unit, and the medicine packing and dispensing device further includes: a hand grasping instruction data creating unit that extracts data relating to a hand grasping medicine from prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group, and creates hand grasping instruction data that instructs a compartment in the tray in which the hand grasping medicine is to be accommodated; and a hand grasping instruction data output unit that outputs the hand grasping instruction data created by the hand grasping instruction data creation unit.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a medication dispensing system having a medicine dispensing device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal structure of the bag dispensing machine.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a tray mounted on the separate packaging machine shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an operation related to preparation of prescription data of the host computer.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation related to the acquisition of prescription data of a computer.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an action related to the creation of the packetized data of the computer.

Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining packetization data.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an action related to creation of the hand grasp instruction data of the computer.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of the manual grasping instruction.

Fig. 10 is a diagram for explaining the packetization result.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the same or corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated. In addition, the embodiments may be combined.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a medication dispensing system having a medicine dispensing device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the medicine dispensing system 1 includes a host computer 10 and a medicine dispensing device 11 as a medicine dispensing device.

The host computer 10 creates prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group as one file. In other words, the host computer 10 collectively sets prescription data on a plurality of patients as one prescription data in a group unit. In this way, prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group is handled as one prescription data, and therefore management of prescription data can be simplified. The unit of the group may be a ward unit or a treatment unit. The unit of such a group may be set as appropriate.

Prescription data includes group data relating to groups, patient data relating to patients, administration period data relating to administration periods, and medication data relating to medications. The group data is associated with a plurality of patient data. Each patient data is associated with one or more intake period data. Each intake time period data is associated with one or more medicament data.

The medicine packaging device 11 includes: a computer 20 connected to the host computer 10; a packaging machine 100 connected to the computer 20, for packaging the medicine based on the packaging data transmitted from the computer 20; and a printer 30 connected to the computer 20 and configured to print a manual instruction based on manual instruction data transmitted from the computer 20. The dispensing machine 100 functions as a medicine dispensing unit. The printer 30 functions as a manual instruction data output unit.

The computer 20 acquires prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group from the host computer 10 as one file. Therefore, the communication process can be simplified as compared with a case where prescription data on each patient is sequentially acquired. The computer 20 creates the subpackage data as the dispensing data and the hand grasp instruction data based on the prescription data acquired from the host computer 10. In this way, the computer 20 functions as a packet data creation unit and also functions as a grab instruction data creation unit.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal structure of the bag dispensing machine. Referring to fig. 2, a packaging machine 100 as a dispensing machine includes a medicine box supply unit 101 and a hand-held medicine supply unit 102, and packages medicines supplied from the medicine box supply unit 101 and the hand-held medicine supply unit 102. The medicine cartridge supply unit 101 includes a plurality of medicine cartridges 111 that contain medicines, and selectively supplies the medicines contained in the respective medicine cartridges 111. The medicine cartridge 111 is disposed in a plurality of stages. The hand-held medicine feeder 102 includes a tray 141 having a plurality of compartments 141a, and sequentially feeds medicines accommodated in the compartments 141 a. The medicine feeder 102 is grasped by a hand to feed the medicine that cannot be fed from the medicine cassette feeder 101.

The medicine cartridge supply part 101 and the hand-held medicine supply part 102 are provided with: a paper dividing and packaging roller supporting portion 156 for supporting a paper dividing and packaging roller formed by winding paper dividing and packaging; a sealing section 154 that heat-seals the subpackage paper drawn out from the subpackage paper roll supported by the subpackage paper roll supporting section 156 while conveying the subpackage paper, to form a series of subpackage bags; a hopper 149 which is disposed upstream of the sealing part 154 and which injects the medicines supplied from the medicine cartridge medicine supply part 101 and the hand-held medicine supply part 102 into the packing paper; a cutting section 152 disposed downstream of the sealing section 154 and cutting the partial wrapping paper; and a conveying unit 153 disposed downstream of the cutting unit 152 and configured to convey the wrapping paper.

A printing unit 150 that prints information on the medicine on the packing paper is provided upstream of the hopper 149. The printing unit 150 prints information on the medicine on the wrapping paper before the heat sealing of the wrapping paper by the sealing unit 154 so that the information on the medicine contained in the wrapping bag formed by the sealing unit 154 is clearly shown on the wrapping bag. The information on the medicine includes a patient name, a time of administration, a medicine name, a number, and the like.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a tray mounted on the separate packaging machine shown in fig. 2. Referring to fig. 3, a tray 141 of the handy medicine feeder has a plurality of partitioned chambers 141a formed in a grid pattern. Each of the division chambers 141a is assigned a division chamber number. The partitioned chambers 141a hold medicines by hand.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an operation related to preparation of prescription data of the host computer. A database is provided in the host computer 10. The database has a prescription information table and an exclusive information table. In the prescription information table, prescription data and prescription data identification numbers are stored in association. In the exclusive information table, a prescription data identification number is stored.

When prescription data is input, prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group is created as one file, and a preparation operation of the prescription data is started. When the preparation operation of the prescription data is started, in step S11, the prescription data and the prescription data identification number are registered in the prescription information table in association with each other. Next, in step S12, the same prescription data identification number as the prescription data identification number registered in step S11 described above is registered in the exclusive information table. This completes the preparation operation of the prescription data.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation related to the acquisition of prescription data of a computer. When the prescription data acquisition operation is started, in step S21, it is determined whether or not a prescription data identification number is registered in the exclusive information table of the database of the host computer 10. The determination at step S21 is repeated until the prescription data identification number is registered in the exclusive information table, and the process proceeds to step S22 when the prescription data identification number is registered in the exclusive information table.

In step S22, the prescription data identification number is acquired from the exclusive information table, and the prescription data associated with the prescription data identification number that is the same as the prescription data identification number is acquired from the prescription information table. Next, in step S23, the prescription data acquired in step S22 and the prescription data identification number associated with the prescription data are deleted from the prescription information table. Next, in step S24, the same prescription data identification number as the prescription data identification number deleted in step S23 is deleted from the exclusive information table. This ends the acquisition operation of the prescription data.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an action related to the creation of the packetized data of the computer. When prescription data on a plurality of patients belonging to the same group is acquired from the host computer 10, the operation of creating the subpackage data is started. When the operation of creating the subpackage data is started, the acquired prescription data is analyzed in step S31. Next, in step S32, based on the analysis result, the packetization data is created. At this time, one piece of packetized data is created for prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group. Next, in step S33, the packetizer 100 is transmitted with the packetized data created in step S32, and the operation of creating packetized data is terminated.

Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining packetization data. The packetized data is an aggregate of data in units of one packet. Each data in units of one packet includes data related to medicine supply, data related to cutting, data related to a packaging speed, and data related to a packaging size.

The data on the medicine supply is data for supplying the medicine from the medicine cartridge supply part 101 and the hand-held medicine supply part 102. The data on the medicine supply specifies from which of the medicine box medicine supply part 101 and the medicine grasping part 102 the medicine is supplied, and further, in the case of supplying the medicine from the medicine box medicine supply part 101, specifies the medicine box 111 to which the medicine is supplied, and specifies the number of medicines to be supplied from the medicine box 111.

The data on cutting indicates whether or not the cut-out portion 152 cuts the cut-out paper. The data related to the cutting is set to be cut for the final packet, and is set not to be cut for the other packets. The data related to the cutting may be appropriately set to be cut for the data other than the final packet.

Data relating to the packetizing speed is set according to the position of the medicine cartridge 111 containing the medicine. The longer the distance between the cartridge 111 and the funnel 149, the longer it takes to move the medicament from the cartridge 111 to the funnel 149, thus slowing down the packetization speed. For example, in the cartridge medicine supply unit 101 of fig. 2, when the medicine accommodated in the upper cartridge 111 is to be packaged, the packaging speed is slower than when the medicine accommodated in the lower cartridge 111 is to be packaged. By setting the packetization speed for each packet, the packetization speed can be increased as a whole.

Data relating to the size of the sub-package is set according to the number of doses. The larger the number of doses, the larger the size of the sub-package. The size of a sub-package is the size of a sub-package pocket. By setting the size of each packet, waste of the packet paper as a whole can be reduced.

The dispensing machine 100 dispenses medicines based on the dispensing data. The packetizer 100 forms a series of packet packets by sequentially executing operations based on data in units of one packet from the first packet to the final packet. The subpackaging machine 100 forms the subpackage of the final package, conveys the subpackage of the final package to the downstream of the cutting unit 152, and cuts the subpackage paper by the cutting unit 152.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an action related to creation of the hand grasp instruction data of the computer. When prescription data on a plurality of patients belonging to the same group is acquired from the host computer 10, the operation of creating the manual instruction data is started. When the operation of creating the hand grasping instruction data is started, in step S41, data relating to the hand grasping medicine to be supplied from the hand grasping medicine supply unit 102 is extracted from the acquired prescription data. At this time, the drug master database is referred to, and it is determined whether or not the data relating to the drug included in the prescription data is the data relating to the drug gripped by hand.

Next, in step S42, the compartment number and the data relating to the extracted hand-held medicine are associated with each other, and hand grasping instruction data indicating the compartment 141a in the tray 141 in which the hand-held medicine should be stored is created. Next, in step S43, the gripper instruction data created in step S42 described above is transmitted to the printer 30, and the operation of creating the gripper instruction data is ended.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of the manual grasping instruction. The content of the manual instruction includes a group name, a patient name, a time of administration, a division number, a medicine name, and a quantity. The compartment number is associated with the medicine name and the number, thereby indicating the medicine name and the number related to the hand-grasped medicine that should be accommodated in each compartment 141a within the tray 141. The compartment number is in turn associated with the patient name and the time period of administration. The operator can receive the hand-held medicines of a plurality of patients in each of the divided compartments 141a of the tray 141 at a time in accordance with such hand-holding instructions.

Fig. 10 is a diagram for explaining the packetization result. Between a series of sachets corresponding to one group and a series of sachets corresponding to the other group, empty sachets not containing a medicine are generated. However, since empty bags not containing medicines are not generated between the separate bags between the different patients in the same group, waste of the separate bags can be reduced.

In embodiment 1 as described above, the host computer 10 is provided with a database, and the computer 20 acquires prescription data via the database, but in other embodiments, the database may be provided in the computer 20. In addition, the database may be provided in other devices than the host computer 10 and the computer 20. Further, the prescription data may be transferred from the host computer 10 to the computer 20 without going through such a database.

In embodiment 1, the host computer 10 collectively processes prescription data on a plurality of patients on a group basis, but in another embodiment, the computer 20 may collectively process prescription data on a plurality of patients on a group basis. In this case, the computer 20 may sequentially acquire prescription data on each patient from the host computer 10, or may acquire the prescription data by manual input to the computer 20.

In embodiment 1, the printer 30 functions as a manual instruction data output unit, but the manual instruction data output unit is not limited to the printer 30. The manual instruction screen may be displayed on a display unit provided in the computer 20. The manual instruction form may be printed by a recording printer provided in the packaging machine 100, or the manual instruction screen may be displayed on a display unit provided in the packaging machine 100.

It should be considered that the embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims rather than the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the claims.

Description of the reference numerals

1: a dispensing system; 10: a host computer; 20: a computer; 30: a printer; 100: a bag separating machine; 101: a medicine box medicine supply part; 102: a hand-held medicine supply unit; 111: a kit; 141: a tray; 141 a: dividing the chamber; 149: a funnel; 150: a printing section; 152: a cutting part; 153: a conveying section; 154: a sealing part; 156: a paper dividing and packaging roller supporting part.

Claims (5)

1. A medicine packaging device is provided with:

a packet data creation unit (20) that creates one packet data in units of a group on the basis of prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group; and

a medicine packing unit (100) for packing medicines based on the packing data created by the packing data creation unit,

wherein the prescription data includes group data related to the group, patient data related to the patient, administration time data related to an administration time, and medicine data related to a medicine, the group data is associated with a plurality of the patient data, each of the patient data is associated with one or more of the administration time data, and each of the administration time data is associated with one or more of the medicine data,

the package data is an aggregate of data in units of one package, each of the data in units of one package including data related to medicine supply,

the medicine packing part (100) forms a series of packing bags corresponding to the same group, and avoids the generation of empty bags which do not contain the medicines between the packing bags of different patients in the same group.

2. The medication sub-packaging device according to claim 1,

the subcontracting data creating unit acquires prescription data on a plurality of patients belonging to the same group as one file from a host computer (10).

3. The medication sub-packaging device according to claim 1,

each of the data in units of one packet includes data related to a packetization speed.

4. The medication sub-packaging device according to claim 1,

each of the data packets includes data relating to a packet size.

5. The medication sub-packaging device according to claim 1,

the medicine packing and dispensing unit is configured to have a manually grasped medicine supply unit (102) for sequentially supplying medicines accommodated in a plurality of partitioned chambers formed in a tray, and to pack the medicines supplied from the manually grasped medicine supply unit,

the medicine dispensing and packaging device further includes:

a hand grasping instruction data creating unit (20) which extracts data relating to a hand grasping medicine to be supplied from the hand grasping medicine supply unit from prescription data relating to a plurality of patients belonging to the same group, and creates hand grasping instruction data which instructs a compartment in the tray in which the hand grasping medicine is to be accommodated; and

and a hand grasping instruction data output unit (30) that outputs the hand grasping instruction data created by the hand grasping instruction data creation unit.