JP2001335147A - Injection drug payout device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an injection drug payout device ensuring collection of an injection drug in stacked trays used for an existing injection drug payout device without damage. SOLUTION: A chuter 5 having a freely opened and closed flap 6 mounted in an opening at the end is bridged between the terminal of a belt conveyor 1 and the tray 4. The opening at the end of the chuter 5 storing the injection drug A via the belt conveyor 1 is tilted up to the bottom of the tray 4 and the flap 6 of the chuter 5 is gradually opened while being moved backward in delivering the injection drug A into the tray 4 without damage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an injection medicine dispensing apparatus installed in various hospitals and the like and mainly dispensing injection medicines such as ampules into trays according to a prescription for each patient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an injection medicine dispensing device for dispensing into a tray, for example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-265052.

[0003] As shown in FIG.
A plurality of storage units c having a plurality of storage cassettes b for storing a large number of injections a, and a vertical belt conveyor for transporting the injections a discharged from the storage cassettes b of the storage units c to an intermediate storage d. e.

[0004] Then, the injection agent a is dispensed from the intermediate storage container d to the horizontal belt conveyor f, and the injection agent a is discharged.
From the last end of the bucket (tray) g.

[0005] As described above, in the injection medicine dispensing device of the mechanism for putting the injection a into the bucket (tray) g, the injection in the glass container falls when the injection is put into the tray from the end of the belt conveyor. It has a structure that is easily damaged by impact at the time or collision of injections.

Therefore, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-150905 for the purpose of preventing damage due to a drop impact or collision of injections.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, a buffer member i is provided at the bottom of a bucket body h, and an inclined guide surface j on which the dispensing position of the chemical solution container is formed as an upper portion is formed on the buffer member i.
A mechanism for dispensing the liquid medicine container k to the upper part of the inclined guide surface j and moving it along the inclination of the inclined guide surface j to prevent the liquid medicine container k from falling and colliding with the previously dispensed inclined guide surface j; It was done.

As shown in FIG. 8, a receiving plate 1 is detachably mounted on the upper portion of the bucket body h, and a drop port m is formed at a position of the receiving plate 1 facing the upper portion of the inclined guide surface j. By inclining the upper surface of the receiving plate l with a downward slope toward the falling port m, the chemical solution container k discharged to the upper inclined portion of the receiving plate l slides along the inclination of the receiving plate l, and the falling port m
, Falls on the upper part of the inclined guide surface j formed on the bottom of the bucket body h, slides on the inclined guide surface j and moves downward,
This is a mechanism for preventing a falling collision of the liquid container k paid out later.

[0009]

However, in the bucket having the above structure, there is a problem that the stacking of the buckets cannot be performed by providing the cushioning material in the bucket.

That is, in an injection medicine dispensing apparatus used in a hospital or the like, a large number of buckets (trays) are required according to the number of patients.
Are used, and most of them are automatically dispensed sequentially sequentially from the stacked state.
There is a problem that it cannot be applied to such an injection medicine dispensing device, and that even if it can be applied, for example, a large amount of bucket storage space is required.

[0011] In the case of the structure provided with the receiving plate, the falling collision can be more reliably prevented, but since the receiving plate is provided in the vicinity of the bucket opening, the injection dispensed on the receiving plate can be removed from the bucket. There is a risk of falling off.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an injection medicine dispensing apparatus which can reliably collect an injection medicine in a stackable tray used in an existing injection medicine dispensing apparatus without damaging the injection medicine. It is assumed that.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, various types of glass injections such as ampules containing a drug solution are stored for each type, and necessary types are stored according to the patient's prescription. A mechanism for automatically taking out an injectable medicine and dispensing it from the belt conveyor into the tray, between the end of the belt conveyor and the tray, passing a shooter with a flap that can be opened and closed at the opening at the tip thereof, A mechanism in which the tip opening of the shooter storing the injection medicine from the belt conveyor is inclined to the tray bottom surface, the flap of the shooter is gradually opened, and the medicinal solution container is discharged into the tray while moving backward.

The shooter is formed in a fan shape toward the tray from the end of the belt conveyor so as to diffuse the injection efficiently.

The inclination of the opening of the tip of the shooter is as follows.
A control mechanism such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder is used to lower the tip opening of the shooter to the bottom of the tray to tilt it.

The flap attached to the opening at the tip of the shooter has a mechanism that can be opened and closed by an electric motor or an air cylinder. When the injection is stored in the shooter, the flap is closed. Is gradually opened when the front end opening is lowered to the tray bottom surface.

Further, a control device such as the air cylinder or the electric cylinder is moved by an electric motor or the like in the front-rear direction as a mechanism for lowering the opening at the tip of the shooter to the bottom of the tray and moving the flap gradually parallel to the rear as the flap is gradually opened. This is a mechanism that translates in parallel.

In the present invention, instead of a mechanism for dropping an injection directly into the tray from the end of the belt conveyor,
From the state in which the injection is stored in the shooter via the belt conveyor via the shooter, the tip opening of the shooter is lowered to the tray bottom surface, and a downward slope is provided toward the tip opening of the shooter.

Further, the injection medicine is prevented from jumping out of the shooter by a flap attached to the tip opening of the shooter, and the shooter is parallelly moved backward while gradually opening the flap with the tip opening of the shooter lowered to the bottom of the tray. By moving, the injection medicine is gradually dispensed from the shooter into the tray without being damaged.

Further, since a large amount of injections can be stored in the fan-shaped shooter, many injections can be discharged into the tray at one time, which leads to a reduction in processing time.

As the tray used in the present invention, an existing stack-type tray used in many injection medicine dispensing apparatuses can be used.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, the belt conveyor 1 has a structure in which an endless belt 3 is wound between driving pulleys 2 and 2. The belt conveyor 1 is configured so as to be inclined with a downward angle of a ° toward the tray 4 drop opening.

A shooter 5 is provided in front of the belt conveyor 1 so as to communicate with the belt conveyor 1. The shooter 5 has a structure in which a flap 6 can be opened and closed by a cam drive (not shown) at the open end of the shooter. Is what is done.

The shooter 5 is a mechanism that can be moved in the front-rear direction and moved up and down by a control device 7 such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder. The flap 6 is a mechanism that can be rotated by an electric motor or an air cylinder.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the shooter 5 is formed in a fan shape from the base opening 8 of the belt conveyor 1 to the front opening 9 of the tray 4.

In the injection medicine dispensing apparatus having the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 3, a required number of injection medicines A serving as one prescription are conveyed into the shooter 5 by the belt conveyor 1.

Then, a required number of injections A are injected into the shooter 5.
After being stored, the shooter 5 is
Moves in parallel to the vicinity of the front end in the tray 4 and lowers the open end side of the shooter 5 so that the shooter 5 is inclined with a downward slope to the open end.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, while gradually opening the flap 6 from this state, as shown by the imaginary line in the figure, the shooter 5 is translated rearward, so that the shooter 5 is moved.
The injection A stored therein is gradually dispensed into the tray 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, after all the injection A in the shooter 5 is dispensed into the tray 4, the shooter 5 is closed while the flap 6 is closed as shown by the imaginary line in the figure.
Is raised to return to the starting position.

In this manner, a plurality of injections, which are one prescription, conveyed by the belt conveyor 1 are transferred to the shooter 5.
With the configuration in which the shooter 5 is tilted once and is gradually dispensed into the tray 4 in a state of being stored in the inside, damage due to collision between the injections A made of glass can be prevented, and a large amount of the fan-shaped shooter 5 can be provided. Can be stored at the same time, so that a large number of injections A can be put into the tray 4 at one time, which leads to a reduction in processing time.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, a shooter is provided between the conveyor belt and the tray, and once the injection is stored in the shooter, the shooter is gradually discharged into the tray. It is possible to prevent the damage due to the falling collision into the tray, and to prevent the damage due to the collision between the injection medicines by paying out the injection medicines in the tray so as to be arranged. Also, by making the shooter fan-shaped, a large amount of injection medicine can be dispensed at one time, thereby greatly improving the work efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a form of a shooter of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view in a first stage of payout according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view in a second stage of payout according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view in a third stage of payout according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional tray-type injection medicine dispensing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a conventional collecting bucket provided with an injection medicine collision prevention mechanism.

FIG. 8 is another explanatory view of a conventional collecting bucket provided with an injection medicine collision prevention mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A injection 1 belt conveyor 4 tray 5 shooter 6 flap 7 control device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mechanism for storing various types of glass injections, such as ampoules, in which a drug solution is stored, and automatically taking out necessary injections according to a patient's prescription and dispensing them into a tray from a belt conveyor. A shooter having a flap that can be freely opened and closed is provided between the end of the belt conveyor and the tray, and a tip opening of the shooter storing the injection medicine from the belt conveyor is placed on the bottom of the tray. The injection medicine dispensing device is characterized in that the injection medicine dispensing device has a mechanism in which the flap of the shooter is gradually opened, and the injection medicine is dispensed into the tray while moving backward. 2. The injection medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the shooter is formed in a fan shape from the end of the belt conveyor toward the tray.